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BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY
WORK OF NATION’S LAWMAKERS
ONE DEAD. FIVE HURT.
First Day's Auto Raei’-g
Accidents.
Motor Spe«sdway, Ind , May 31.
One life was sacrificed an«! m -vera I
SPEAKS OF PEACE AND WAR.
Washington. June 2.
Senator l»>r-
men were injur««! yesterday in the
imrr, of lllimii*. face« another inve»-
ligation at the hand* of hi» colleagues. Taft Par» Tribute to Dead Hero»» at first SOO mile race on the s|w««iway
The race was won by Ray Harroun,
The inquiry will lie conducted by a
Arlington Cemetery.
driving a Marmun car. in 6 hours. 41
committee c«>m|«>»ed of four Repuhli-
Washington
Under thr ahad«-d minute« and K ssreonda. Closely prvaa-
cans and four
Demoerata.
The
method selected is regarded a» the arches of thr Washington National mg Harroun for victory were Ralph
Cemetery Tues« lay.
President Taft Mulford, with a Loner, wh«r finiah«l
latest thing in jury trials.
It took seven hours' debate tn agree spoke not so much as the friend of eerond. and David Bruce Brown, in a
upon the system, and it was Anally peace, but as the enemy of war • Fiat, a grxxi third.
Seventy seven
thousand
(«-rsons
adopted by a vote of 4K to 20. being Thousands of veterans tram [««I thr hot '
substituted for the plan urged by l a asphalt of thr street, cross«! the Po- . sbout«i enrouragement to the 40 pi­
Follette of turning the case over to tomac and trudged dusty roa«i* tn Ar­ lot* who start«! the race at 10 o'clock
In the morning, and with unflagging
five senator* who were not mrmlwM lington to hear the president apeak.
Thousands of others cam«- in auto enthusiasm ch«-er«-d th«- leader* in the
w hen the case was voted upon before,
mobile» am! by »tree! cars, and Prrsi- ! last lap* and watch««! the field |»>und
ami therefore were sup|s>M*d to be un-
dent Taft, with Secretary of War | around the course in division of the
biased.
Before the vote was taken. Bristow, Stimson, came up to the vine cover«! lesser honors.
In the most serious accident of the
who favored the l.a Follette plan, ac­ amphitheater .an«! »aw fully 10,000
cused Dillingham. chairman of the elec ¡tersoni crowd«! about thr »|x-aker»' day 8. P. Dickson, of Chicago, me-
It probably was the moat chamcian for Arthur Greiner, driving
tions committee, of having capitulated staml.
in the interest of a Democratic pro­ largely attend««! Memorial day cere an Amplrx, lost his life in an upset on
the back stretch. The race had t««-n
posal of turning the investigation over m-«ny Washington has seen.
“Far be it from me,“ said the on but a few minute» end the Ample*
to a sub committee
This w*s ba.»«-d
upon the fact that the author of the president, “to minimise in any way wa* in it* 30th mile when the rim of
resolution adopted was .Martin, the the debt we owe to the men buried one of the front wh«-els flew off. The
Democratic leader.
It was said that here who carried on th«- succeaaful car twist«! on the track, hurling the
Dickson was
the old guard of Republicans had struggle that result«! in the abolition men from their seats
formed an alliance with the bemo­ of the cancer of slavery, which seem- thrown against a fence 20 feet away
He wax
crata. and that they hail placed the ed ineradicable save by such an awful and wa* terribly mangl«l.
mantle of Aldrich "on the shoulders slaughter of the brightest and braveat instantly killed, Greiner was serious-
and best of the Nation's youth and ly injur««! and it was feared he had
of Martin."
concussion of the brain, but it was
That the committee on privileges manhood.
“I shall not discuss whether it later learn«! that his only injury was
ami elections had shirk««I its duty in
the former investigation was charg««l might have been possible to accom­ a fracture of an arm.
Men injur««! in the mishap* wer«-
unreservedly by the supporters of the plish the same reform by milder meth­
Dave la-wis, mechanician, right leg
Whether that lie true or not, the
l.a Follette resolution.
I.ea. of Ten­ ods.
nessee. said he would no more turn supreme sacrifice of these men who lie broken near hip.
Harry E. Knight, driver of Wes
the case over to the elections com­ atxvut us, in the cause of advancing
mittee for another trial than h<- would humanity cannot be lessen«! or ob- cott, breast bruis««! and jMssible in­
ternal injuries.
submit to a second operation for ap­ •cur«i by such a suggestion.
John T. Glover, Knight's mechan­
"But
the
thought
at
which
I
would
pendicitis by a surgeon who had failed
on the first operation to locate the but hint this morning, is that, even ician. Ixxiy bruis«!.
the hallow«! presence of these dear!,
Bob Evans, mechanician for Jack
trouble.
wh-’<«- ideals -f-patri. 11on al ! I.-.«-
Tower. Jackson ear, txxiy
bruis«!
Washington, June 2. Offering to their countrymen it ne««i««l a war to when be leaped from car In panic.
John W«xxl, m«-ehsnici»n for Joe
lay bare all the facts concerning the make everlastingly evident, we shoulii
United States Steel corporation ami hi abate mi effort am! strain every nerve Jaeger-sburg, Case car, run over and
"staml or fall on the record;" deny- and avail ourselves of every honorable badly bruis««!.
. ■ g ''-..«I h<- i-
• n <.g (. I ■ :i i ti . ••• device to avoid war in the future.
"I am not blind to the aid in crest- |
to control steel pnsiucts and prices of
the entire world, and admitting that mg stunly manhood that the military I
the Steel corporation
has absolute discipline we »ee in the standing armies
domination of the subsidiary com­ of Europ«- an«! in the regular army of
panies. Elbert II. («ary. chairman of this country, nor do I deny the inci­
Spokane, May 31.
Derail««! at a
the board of directors, appeared tixlay dental benefits that may grow out of
sharp curve at Malden, seven mil,-»
as the second witness in the inquiry the exigencies and aequelae of war.
ea»t of Ralston, 26 miles east of Lind,
being conducted by a house committee But when th«* books are balanced, th«-
bia
awful horrors of either international I
into the steel trust.
passenger train on the Chicago, Mil­
Mr. Gary surprised the committee or internal strife far outweigh the
waukee A Puget Sound railroad, wa.«
with the statement that th«- Tennessee benefits that 'may be attain««! in it."
wreck«! at 1 o’clock this morning
Coal & Iron company, before its ab­
Seven coach«-» were derailed, the en­
sorption. while nominally independent
Washington, May 30.
The house gineer and fireman instantly kill«!,
“of all other companies." was "very
was in session 10 minutes today. A and at least one passenger is known to
de|M-ndent so far as getting a liveli-. handful of members who had not been
be seriously injur«.«!.
hood was concerned,” a remark which draft«! for memorial day addresses
Th«- Columbian went Into a sharp
he quickly asked to have expung««l were present. After routine business
curve just before entering a cut near
from the records, and which he said h«- adjournment was taken until Friday, j
Ralston at a high rat«- of «(»•««!. Th«-
had no "business to make."
A resolution was introduced by Rep- j engine, smoker and day coach left th«-
This remark, however, served to resentative Harrison of New York, ,
rail* and pi 1«! up on the track.
They
forecast
»he
possibility that Mr. directing th«- secretary of state to in
were demolish«!.
Gary tomorrow might make state­ form the house whether Russia has .
ments not in accord with the testi­ ordered any overtures lixiking to its
LAWS MAKE JUDGE ANGRY.
mony given by John W. Gates to the
rmxlification of the
discrimination '
highly prosperous condition of the against th«- American passport in the
Ssys Provincial Legal Habit Mikes
Tennessee Goal A Iron company at the hands of th«- American Jew.
U* Blunder Along.
time of the "forced sale” to the steel
"My fear is.” san! Mr. Harrison. 1
corjs-ration.
Mr. Gary told thr c >m- "that the reported policy at St. Fe- I
New York
In a decision given here
rnittee that the Tennessee Coal 4 Iron teraburg ia put forth only to quiet the : by Judge Hand, of the Federal «>urt,
company still owes th«- steel corpora­
,u»t indignation of th«- American ;««>- j involving highly technical scientific
tion 110,167,700 for money advance«!.
pie at Russia's treatment of our Jew­ matters, the court stopped aside from
the questions at issue to Iterate the
ish citizens."
Washington. June 1.
Public hear
That congress will not conduct an "provincial l«-gal habit of mind." of
ings on the Canadian reciprocity bill
investigation into th«- arrest and ex- I American jurisprudence.
were practically compl«-te«l by the sen­
”! cannot stop," said Judge Hand,
tradition to California, in connection '
ate finance committee today, an«i next
with th«- Los Angeles dynamiting case, | "without calling attention to the ex­
Wednesday was fix««l for a vote on th«-
of J. J. McNamara, the Indianapolis; traordinary condition of the law which
measure by the committee.
labor leader, was indicated belay when ' makes it pixisible for a man without
No amendments other than that
the house committee on rules d«-id«-d «•ven th«- rudiment* of chemistry to
offer««! by Root on the paper Hause
to tak«- no action on the Berger reso­ pa»» on qu«-*tions like these.
w ill have any chance of consideration,
"In Germany, the «>urt summons
lution providing for such an inquiry.
it was said by a member of the com-I
technical judge* who can intelligently
mittee. The Root amendment, it was
pass on the issue».
How long we
ad«ie«l. will have to be materially mod-
Washington, May 31. Bryan's de­ shall «intiriue to blunder along nolxxiy
ified before it can lie accept««!.
fiance tixiay of the party leaders in th«- knows, but all pereons n«it cunvmtion-
It was decided to re«|Ue»t officers of house, his warning to the Democratic : •lixed by provincial legal habit* of
the Associate«! Publishers' association members that the voters ar«- yet to mind ought to unite to effect some
to appear to answer some question» l>ass on th«- w<xd schtxiules they ar«- to advance. ’'
regarding the matters under consider­ ratify ami his appeal to them not to
ation,
add hypocrisy to the sin of voting for I
Peace Treaty Disparaged.
Joseph H. Allen, of the firm of Al­ a revenue on wool, have caus«l in-1
Ixmdon Rowland Hunt, Unionist
len X Graham, of New York, employ­ tense feeling in th«- party.
member of parliament, who has malr
ed t<> conduct the fight being ma«ie
Nothwithstanding, Underwood, a«
against reciprocity by the national chairman of the house committee on it his special business to bait Sir Ed­
grange, acknowle«lge<i that M. Wood, ways and means, tonight was insistent . ward Grey. the British foreign secre-
*
president of th«- American Woolen in the pr«diction that the revenu«- bill i
Taft's
arbitration
proposal, return««!
company; Arthur C. Hasting-«, preci i will be approved by a big majority.
to the charg«- in th«- house of com­
«lent of th«- American Paper A Pulp
"In my judgment,” Underwood said j
mons, and suggests that the great ex­ ■
ass-ciation; Chester W. Lyman, a-« in answer to Bryan, "his statement '
sistant to the president of the Inter­ la unjust an«! unfair to thr memliers of | portation* which had twen raised by
national Paper company, an-1 l-eonard the way» and means committee and to . th«- president’* original offer hud been
whittle«! away, a* its ratification by
Bronson, general manager of the Na­ the Democratic representatives in cod - I
the senate »»« required. am! that the
tional Lumber Manufacturers' asso­ greas who will support the bill.
proposal could not longer tie regard«!
ciation, had volunteered contributions
"The ways and mean» committer ’
has cut in half the
whole wool 1 as the basis for a treaty of arbitration.
to the fight.
W L. Graham, of this firm, while sch«iule. They have r«iuc«i the du-
Mob Rules Canary Isiss.
he admitted h«- was not connect««! with tie« on manufacture«! good* as low a- 1
Las
Palmas.
Canary Islamis Made
a law firm at all, notwithstanding the they were under the Wilson bill that !
statement of W. M. Hull, master of Mr. Bryan voted for when raw w«»l I furious by th,- delay accompanying thr
discussion by the Spanish parliament
the Michigan grange, that it was rm- was plac«i on the fr«*e list.
In that |
of a bill providing for th«- division of
ployed as the farmers' legal advisers, r««!uction they have fallen short of the
the Canary archip>-lago, a mob took
was a»ke«i if any interest* other than »«> ,000.000 now raised by w,x»l by I
possession of the streets here and at­
the national grange contributed.
»13,000,000, and it is necessary in or­
"We have been promis««! nothing,” der to secure this revenue to place a tempt«! to bum the government build­
he replied, "but we d«> expect that revenue tax on raw w«»l im[x>rted into ings. Troops were call«! to restore
order, but public excitement contin­
any manufacturer who is interest««! in the United State*.”
ues.
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this matter ami who appreciates what
we are doing, will pay us for our
T»H May Visit Coast.
Japs ar* Not Wanted.
work; if they do, we will be glad to
Melbourne, Australia
William
Washington,
D.
C.-
-As
having
a
take it. "
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probable Ix-armg on his nomination in Morris Hughes, acting premier of the
Policy on Wool Attacked.
1912. President Taft's plana for the commonwealth, in a remarkable ar­
Washington, I). C. — William Jen­ coming fall are attracting unusual at­ ticle which hr has contributed to the
nings Bryan took exceptions to the tention. The president told Senator Sydney Telegraph, declared that Aus­
program of his party in the house and Smoot, of Utah, that he expected to tralia will never agree except at the
criticism! sharply the majority of the accept an invltaton to visit Salt Lake sword’s point, to admit Japanese im-
This trip may migrants, even should such refusal
Democrat«, who have agreed to sup­ City in September.
port the revised tariff schedule on also take the president as far as the mean separation from the mother
country.
i Pacific Coast.
wool and woolen gixxia.
NEU EAST TRAIN IS
WRECKED ON Cl RYE
INDI STKIAI. DEVELOPMENT AND
pko (; bess of our home state
USERS GET POWER SITE
Klamath Glad Government It Holding
Locstlon Near Kero.
FRUIIMEN INDUSTRIOUS
Lebanon and Brow'tv.lle
Fine Section.
Folk
Have
Portland
That Browns* ill«- and
Klamath Falls Th«- directors of th«-
Klamath Water Users' association Lebanon will build up on«- of the best
fruit districts of th«- state in regard to
feel elated over the order issu««! by
growing and preserving small fruits
the »ccrvtary of the interior, CxMinter- Is th«- belief of J. D. Lee. who visit««! a
mantling the order for the sale of the meeting at th«- former place of |H«qde
government power sit«- on the Kamath interest««! in th«- industry.
Mr. I.ee went to Brownsville as the
river near K«-no.
At the inception of
repress-ntative of the Portland commer­
the Klamath reclamation project this cial club and mad«- an address encour­
power sit«- was purchased at a co»t of aging the organization of fruitgrow­
»10,000. The government abamione«! er»' unions in that district.
"This is a very fertile district."
the lands above the gravity canal and
said Mr. I.«-e, "am! th«- future is
<-on»(«|U«-ntly has no us«- for the )*>w<-r
Conditions
bright in this industry.
for pumping purpitse», but the di rec- are right for th«* formation of a fruit
tors of the Water Users' association union in Brownsville, which probatily
feel that while ths« pump lands have will combin«- w ith the similar organ­
isation already in operation at Leb­
in moat instance been éliminât«!
anon.
from the Klamath project, th«- time is
“Berries, cherries, pears, and in
coming when they will again Itrcomr fact all th«- fruits common to this cli­
a portion of th«« project and th«- power mate thrive remarkably well in that
region.
F rom th«- earliest time in the
will then !>e nes-ded.
state's history th«- people of that dis­
<'«>ngre»a-
The director» appeal««! to
trict have had a reputation for being
man Hawley and through him thr
pion«-ers in progressive work and all
matter was |>re»ent<»l to the Interior
that is required at thia time is the re­
department.
In order to hold the site
incarnation of the old spirit, organis­
th«- government has to do a certain
ation and activity along progressive,
amount of development work and the
modem lines
We had a gixxl audi­
reclamation »«-rvice is now |x-rforming
ence with a delegation from Lebanon
this work
It is not known [what will
•nd I think our meeting awaken««! a
lie the ultimate disposition of the
greater interest in fruit culture and
|x>wer site, but the directors are ¡dan
its preservation.”
mng to acquire title to the pro|>erty
by adding it* csist to the Klamath pro-
FRUIT PEST CRUSADE
j«*ct.
By this melhtxi it would pa»s
into full control of the association a»
Mam as the land owners paid back to Agricultural College Expert* Begin
Summer Campaign.
th«- government the money ex(x-nded
in building th«- irrigation system
Corvallis
Th«> campaign for the
Several cnr(xiralions wer«- ready to eradication of crop ¡«-sts in Oregon
bid on th« site aixl ha«! it not been for ha» commenc««! and will be in full
thr timely action taken by the waler force tiy July L »ays Dean A B Cord-
user» the sale woul<! have b«-en made ley, of th«' Agricultural college.
Col
and in later years the lan<l owners
'.
• >
I... . ■ I eie • . ■ ' d t •
might have been forced to pay a high llminary trips alxiut the state and
price for power to aotne private con­ Dean Cordley will visit Eugene to
cern.
make arrangements to establish head­
quarters there.
Professor II F Wil­
SHEEPMEN ENTER PROTEST.
son spent th«* latter pxrt of the past
week at lnd«'|x'ndence ami Salem in­
Altnttinsnt Against Th»ir Property
vestigating th«< diseases re|»irted to
S»-d to 8» Too High
ha Ve l«'«-n making ravages on th«« hop
Baker Declaring that ah«-ep ar«- ns- ami fruit crops of this vicinity, It
«e»«««i out «»f pnqxirtion to their mar- hi«» been decided to have headquarters
ket value, and that the sheepmen of ut Portland, Salem and Eugene.
th«* county of Baker are paying more
than their proportion of the taxes on
Cold Holds Wheat Back
the county ami state, the legislative
Condon
Owing to th«- «>ld and
committer of th«- Baker-Union 1 Wool- backward weather in this county this
grower»' asmxdation has draft««! I re»- spring, grain crops in thia locality are
olutions to th«- state txiard of tax com- atxiut two weeks In-hind th«- average
ini»«loners asking thr board to use its enxon. While th«- grain is not suffer­
inffeunce
with
county
assessors ing from want of moisture in most
through«iut th«- state to hav<* sheep as­ sections of th«- oiunty, a han! ram at
sessed at a lower rate
Member* of this time would lie a vast benefit and
the local association say that this is h this in particular appli«-» to th«- north
state-wide movement.
Similar res­ «•nd of the county.
Farmers alxiut
olutions will be sent in from every Coniion and south of here claim they
sheep county in th«- state.
Th«- res­ i
olutions say that ewes are sold on th«- to see warm weather.
Fall grain is
market for »2 and yearlings for »1.60 doing well and will do well if a gixxl
to »2. while ewes are assess««! at »6 rain is had in Jun«- and the fore part
ami yearlings at »5.50 in Baker coun­ of July, which has seldom fail««! in
ty. The sheepmen also assert that this «>unty, but spring grain which
Jerry Fl«u-tw«xx!. the county assessor, was sown late should have rain in the
is a cattleman and is inclinesl to give next ten days in order to insure a gixxl
the sheepmen th«- worst of it.
aveage crop.
SEATTLE MAN BUYS IN OREGON
One of the Finest Orchard* Brings
• 76.000, for 00 Acre*.
Grants Pass Fred G. Cutler, of Se-
attle, has purchas«-d th«- Elmer Shank
orcbani, four miles down the river,
for the sum of »75,000. This tract of
land «insist* of 90 acres in fruit, fio
acres in bearing trees 12 years old.
and balance in five-year-old trees.
The output last year was 1M.00O boxea
of merchantable apple*. This is one
of thr best orchards in th«- country
and th«- price is the largest «-ver paid
for a single orchard in this vicinity.
Cutler will irnm«liately bring hi--
family to Rogue River valley to («a-«
th«- «umm«-r
A few years ngo this
land was sold to Shank for one half
th«- pres««nt price. Since that time thr
new land has b«-rn brought to a high
state of cultivation am! th«- number of
bearing trees greatly increase«!.
Sea Lion 8eason on Soon.
Marshfield The season for hunting
sea lions on the Curry «runty coast
will begin soon. It is likely that some
of the local fishermen wh«i have sea­
going txrats will hunt for the sea lions.
In pust years th«- industry has b««-n
carri«! on quite extensively.
There
are many sea lions along different
l»>int» on Curry «runty and they are
valuable for the fat, which ia u»«-d for
oil, and for th«- hides, which ar«-
tann««i and u*<-<! in making lielting
Th«< »«-a lions an- shot and ¡nek««! up
by gasoline Ixrats.
Ready for Irrigation.
Lakeview Fifty men are employ««!
on the Davis Greek orchards dam,
which is nearly completed. Th«' com­
pany has fio acres pl«nt««l to trees and
alxiut 2<*0 acres in grain, with an ad­
ditional 3o0 acre» in alfalfa ami tim­
othy. There will be plenty of water
for irrigation pur|»i«es this year, the
reservoir having already been fill««l to
Rush Keep* Land Office Busy.
Lakeview Th»« government land the 12 fixit level and then releas««l
office h«-re ia work««! to its full capa­ several time».
city hxiking after th«- many filings of
’Salmon Catch Improved.
lam! throughout this lan<! district.
Astoria Since th«- warmer w«-ath«-r
People from all ¡lartxof th« country are
coming in
preparatory
to g«-tting Ix-gan then- has b«M-n quite an improve­
lands before the completion of the ment in the runs of salmon and the
railroad from the South that is now gillnetters during th«- past two or
under construction, with over 4<M| men three days have !»rrn making fairly
While thr season thus
at work grading near Davis creek, the g«xx! catch«-».
rapidly growing town at the lower end far, is regarded generally as a poor
one, one of thr cannrrs says that the
of the valley.
pack to date is fully wjual to the
Immigration Commission Named.
amount put up al thr corresponding
Salem Member* of the stat«- board time a year ago.
of immigration commissioners were
Peach Orchard* Yield Heavy.
nam«! by («overnor West. They are
Hood River Athough moat of the
W E. Coman. John M Scott, LeRoy
Park, Port I a nd ; Thoma» C.
Burke, (teach trees of Hood River valley have
but little fmit on them this season,
Baker; and A. F. Hofer. Jr., Salem.
C. H. Stranahan reports that thr trees
Hood River Builds Macadam Road
of his orchard are overloaded and that
Hood River Thia county ia building he has found it necessary to thin away
four miles of macadam road this year, more than one-half of the fruit. On a
two miles on the East side and two on twig less than five inches long there
are 10 large, well-shaped peaches.
the West side, main trunk lines.
I