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BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY WORK OF NATION’S LAWMAKERS Washington. June 22 Ex Governor | Washington. June 20—The House of Yates of Illinois, who once accu« - I Representatives by a vote of 221 to Governor la*neen of playing politics 1*S) today pased the Vndwrwood wooi and sent word to him through Senator tariff i< vision bill, providing for a Lorimer that he was a "Uar still,'* de redu tloa of the duty on wool and nied today before the senate commit u oten k --«*- i -* Tvoulj four Rapubb tee to Investigate the Lorimer elec ca.is voted with the ls*mocrata for lion, that he had ever heard of the the 141 »sage of the measure and ono use of money In that election until Itomocratlc Representative, Francldco, more than a year afterward. of Ohio. Voted against It Both he and George W Hinman. Many amendments were offered and editor and publisher of the Chicago voted down, the only one adopted bo- lnter-4>cean. the only other with»-as. .cg a alight change in phra»*ology professed the greatest friendship for Almost five houra were &i*ent b. the Mr Lorimer. House .n debate under the ia- tuln Mr. Hinman expressed the beliet *..tc I u'e that there had bo-n "a jackpot." or Immediately ¡■receding the final general corruption fund In the Rprtng- v.u*. a motion offered by a reprvoen- field legislature for many years, but tallye of New York, that the bill be •he pointed to Mr. teirimer's enemies resubmitted to the «a» a and mean« as the probable contributors committee, with Instructions that it Mr Yates emphatically denied that 3W:t t a report from the tariff b jr<’ he ever had any conversation with <-n the woolen industry before tnak Edward Hines, of Chicago, over the Ing final report of the bill, was lost long-distance telephone on the day by a vote of |»9 to 118. Senator Lorimer was elected. In re-1 Representative t'nderwood. chair gard to corruption fund for Mr man of the ways and means commit lerrlmer's election or any other sub tee and In charge of the bill, kept ject. Attorney Healy, for the commit his forces well together In their op tee, explained that there had been position to all amendments. While the barest suggestion that he held a some Democrats proposed amend conversation with Mr. Hines on that ments. With one exception they voted day but that be did not believe there with the party when the bill came to would I m * any testimony to that ef passage feet before the committee. Representative Gray, of Indiana, of The ex governor's ¡xilltlcal Conner fered an amendment to place raw tlons were probed deeply, first by wool on the free list. Instead of pre attorneys for the com till t tee and then scribing a duty of 20 l***r cent ad by Elbridge Hanecy. representing Sen valorem, and commit the bill to th» Attorney llealy first committee with Instructions that man ator Ixtrimer. took Mr. Yates through a history of ufactures be re<|uc**d to 20 ¡»er cent Illinois politics. ■Mr. Yates writ a»k***t ad valorem This was lost. If lie- had had any political differ- ences with Senator Lorimer. Ji.r.i-- Through Its "Senator Iatrimer did not support first witness. Cyrus H McCormick, me for renonilnatlon for governor In of Chicago. president of th*- Interna 1904 anil there was quite a |M>|ltlcal ! tlouai Harvester Company, the lx>ri- difference in my mind," said the ex met Investigating committee auc<>-*-d governor. ed I today In Introducing Into Ita reo ord the principal allegation In which Washington, June 22—Treading gin i the senate was Induced to reo[>en gerly over ground rendered danger I the case against the Illinois seuator ous by adverse reixirts mad** todaj . 1 • I ■ • s i’uiiK. h m It by the senate committee on finance ager of the harvester company. that on the Democratic farmers’ free list ■ ! • ■. i ■■.■•■'I ■. ■ • ■ . . p ' and the wool tariff revision bills, the request for a contribution of 810.- and startled by the threat that these M a part of a fund of 8100 006 measures, together with bills to re : to I m * raised In behalf of lmrimer. vise the cotton, sugar, lead and steel Mr McCormick said Funk told him schedules would be offered as amend j of his proposition, and said that he na-nts to the reciprocity bill, the sen had refused and by his refusal had ate concluded today without reaching won bls (McCormick's) commends the exi»*cted vote on the Canadian : lion. measure. Mr McCormick said further that < * : ri..in l; ■' f:: .« ■ ! the harvester company had made a committee, fulfilled his promise made I practice to hold aloof from politics, in anger on the floor yesterday when and to .«void efforts to Influence leg It became apparent that the Republl lalatlon. Taking this as a cue. coun can majority had been hobbled by sel for Senator Lorimer sought to the coalition of insurgents and Demo : show that In many states the com crats and called a meeting of the tinny had made an effort to prevent finance committee for tiulay. It re ■ the passage of bills considered objec- sulted In the adverse reporting of the j tlonable to it The wlness admitted wool bill. to 4. and the farmers' that the company had made a general tree list bill. K to 5. ■ opposition to legislation providing for When these reports were presented I'he manufacture of bindlug twine In to the senate, every chance of an j prisons. agreement for n vote on the reciprocity Washington, June 19.—Frauds bill, to be followed by an early ad .-«mounting to several million dollars journment of the extra session, was in duties on Importations of cutlery removed. ¡during the last few years have been That the senate had entered upon tervlce the most difficult stage of Its progress discovered by the se<-ret who toward action on the reciprocity mda» (agents of the customs service, country working in this ! have been tire was conceded on every hand It was admitted the measure was threat and In the Hölingen district of Ger- imports ened with «loath or amendment that many, whence most of the might make It fnacoeptable to Brest ¡come to the I'nllcd States, Secretary of the Treasury Mac- d«nt Taft or obnoxious to Canada. When the finance committee met Veaglt began an Investigation several It Is not sufficiently I months ago. today the regular Republican mom hers. who had a bare majority of that ¡completed to say what action may l>e one-time Invulnerable body, expressed taken to recover the duties It Is al relief that it had been demonstrated legrd the government has been de- that their organisation was no longer ■ fratided of A selxure of cutlery made In New In command, so that they could shift ( the burden to the senate Itself and York on Saturday Illustrates that fact. In 411 caws of cutlery entered as that it was no longer necessary to •ig a value of 81° 243. an or»*!*-« dissemble At the same time the views <<f the Republican regulars that valuation of only |868 was found, the effect would be to accomplish but on that one selsure the govern practically nothing In the present sea ment had been defrauded of 83397 »Ion was voiced by Such men as Pen i In duties. The duty on cutlery Is very high. rose and Ixxlge Washington, June 18. -The retort just submitted by the attorney gen- eral to the committee tnvestigating the expenditure In the department of justice shows that special counsel em ployed In (and fraud caws In the West have received liberal fees dur ing the two years of me Taft admin latratlon The coa>|s*nsatlon of all such employes Is fixed arbitrarily by the attorney general, according to what be believes their services are worth. The report shows that B. D Town send. from the beginning of the Taft WashtngtoA, June 22 Represcnta {administration to date. hat received five Warburton, of Washington, fol 124.018 for his services In the Routh lowing out the idea contained In hl* ( ern Pacific land grant cane and at recent speech In the house of repre , special counsel In the Alaska and sentatlves. baa Introduecd a new bill other land fraud and roal cate» placing sugar on the free list and In-, Tracey M Recker, for hit work on creasing the Internal revenue tax on Oregon land fraud cases, since March 4. 1909. baa received 115.788. 8. R. cigars and tobacco It Is his contention that such legit-j Rush, who prosecuted land cases In 1st Ion will tend to reduce the cost of Idaho and other western states, has sugar to the consumer and at the, received 819.593 In two years and same time provide not only sufficient Peyton Gordon, for similar prosecu revenue to compensate for the loss: tlons, largely In Idaho l most all of of customs duties on imported sugar. | which have failed), has received but a surplus which can be used to 819.984. offset the loss of customs revenue Autot Repaired by Navy. If other food products and necessities of life are placed on the free list. Washington — Vte of the shop of the Washington navy yard by officers for the repairing of their automobile« Hermann Will Practice. Washington—Ringer Hermann, of and motor boats ► being Investigated Roseburg, ex-reprerentatlve In con by, the house committee on expendi The committee has learned gress and ex-commlssloncr of the gen tures. eral land office, was today admitted that such repairs have been made In to practice bebwe the Interior depart many Instances and Secretary of the ment This announcement foreshad Navy Meyer told the committee that owi Mr. Hermann a entry Into land It had been the custom to make such repairs at cost law practice. Seattle. Wash . June 2! —One hun- dred and twenty six of the 200 claim anta of the McAlpine coal group. In the Cook Inlet country of Alaska, have been directed by the Juneau hind office to show cause within 60; days why their claims should not be recommended for cancellation because of failure of the claimants to comply with the requirement of the I nlted Staten statutes which provide that application for patent shall b*- mad* within three years from the time of locating coal lands. BANQUET IS MAGNIFICENT. Tont of Gold Art Shown on Tablet. Royal Ijondon —The m< yt regal banquet palace of king or emperor ever wit nested, and a gorgeous Shak*-sp«*ar ran ball under the auspices of noted society leaders, stand forth as shining features of the secund day of Corona tl*»n week The banquet in Bucking ham I’alacs was a scene of Imperial grandeur, so far as th«* asemblage of royal and eminent personages and the setting of costly magnificence apd beautiful decorations could make It. The King and Queen entertained the special delegations, the foreign tmbaasador« and Ministers, th** offl cere of state and the household, the members of the cabinet, and ex- cabinet membets, the heads of the church and judiciary and of the army and nav* Th** two largest apartments In the palace, the ballroom and the picture gallery which adjoin, were utilised as a banqueting hall On the tables was displayed th** royal gold plate, used only on historic «xcaslons. the cost of which is estimated at 8l5.'*”d.U00. and its weight eight tons This plate, for the most ¡»art. was obtalu*-d In the reigns of the four Ge«>rges. and the principal pl«*ces Is a maeslve p«-*i cock captured in one of the Iridian wars, whose tall Is studded with dla monds Cut glass worth a fortune. Ivory decautere hundreds of yearn old. and old win**» dating back more than a century were ou th» latard The gallery hold* more than 800 pictures The d«*curatlons In both nxims are largely of gilt, and the background was emlH-llished with banks of palms and giant llllus. while oichi<ls, rugea and ferns were stacked on th«* tables* Yeomen of the guard were ranged about tin* walla and all the diners wore their rlch«*st uni forms, decorations, gowns and jewels WIVES TO DIVIDE WORK. Woman Will Cook Msals on Alternate Days for Sharp. Pittsburg, Kan.—The two wives of Peter C. Sharp must live apart the rest of their II»«»« Two three-room cottages, one on each side of his own little home, will be built, one for lulu g*.»t: i•«.- .«nd !or li.-t fi>»' Louisa. That which was thought would be a happy family wh*-n Peter met his first wife. Anna Catherine, a month ago arter a separation of 40 years, will I m * divided henceforth Th« »•■paratlou comes as a mult of a quarrel, which terminate«! In « physical encounter and the decision of the husband that his two wives shall live apart from now on. Peter, although hoping that be could patch up the quarrel between his two wives, saw that all h«»pe had vanished and decld«*d to build a cot tage for each wife on the optxeille aides of his little home Louisa Is to do the housework and «-*>*>k his m*-als one day. and Anna Catherine the other HANGING ON LIVE WIRES. SAVED Breathless Crowd Watches Rescue of Paralysed Lineman. Spokane. Wash —While a crowd of several hundred persons gaged breath lessly on the exploit, G«*orge C«*wley tin.* foreman employed by the Wash ington Water Power Company, with four assistants, rescued Gordon It Stone. a lineman who had been par alyje«! by an electric shock, from a perilous posltlim among the wires at the top of a pole. Stone ha«i been w«>rklng near the top of the pole, which carries a heavy. Ioa«l of cnsisarms and a network of wires He came In contact with bare wires carrying a high voltage feed circuit. Hr was thrown clear of the pole, but th«* safety belt encircling the pole saved him from being dashed to death on the pavement. Cnconsclous. he fell acrAss lower voltage wires several f*-et below where he had been working His companion, Hnr telephoned hie chief, who came In an automo bile with assistants and tackle, ar riving before the automobile patrol with emergency hospitals stewards, who had been summon«*«!. INDUSTRIAL DBEI.OPMENT AND I’RMRESS OF OUR HOME STATE INVADERS TO FEEL AX. GOOD APPLE CROP IN EAST. Tore go Corporations Operating in ths Northwest Condition Brighten State Under Ban. Season Advances as Salem Declaring that the State of Th** Northwestern Fruit Exchange Oregon Is losing approximately from Kites the following report of apple 810jxH) to 8.‘5.'Hhi annually because crop cundltiom* of foreign rorpuratlons entering this Since th« date of our last bulletin, state to transact business without "k*» 91. no changes of »¡a’cial im- Complying with Oregon laws requlr- portauce havu been reported to the Ing the filing of certain pa|*era and •*«* hang** Statements In regard to the payment of declaration and an the crops east of the Missouri river nual license fees. Secretary of Hlat * »re conflicting In many ways, but Olcott la sending out letters to all.th** general tone «-unflrma the pre«I- district attorneys IlTthe state request 'ously reiterated advices that tl.-* lug them to advise him of all such yield In those districts will be much corporations lu his district that the lai ger than has l*een harvested for fin«*« and license fee» may be recov a number of years Many section-« ered by action» al law In the east have been visited with Il d>w*s not seem to be generally abundant rains which have helped known, said Secretary Olrott In a strengthen the situation. Ou th« statement, that there is any penalty whole, th«* rains have b«*en of excep- attached to the failure of foreign tlonal value at this time, following cor|s>ratlons to comply with the laws the extremely hot w*-atl>«r and »<• of this state In regard to the filing »er«* drouths The Jun«* drop will of declarations, power of attorney i*«* much heavier than was exi»ected. and certified copy of the articles of while a nmubrr of localities report Incorporation However, I have cun blasting of some varieties. It seems eluded that section t>><)7 of lairds ¡certain that New York and Michigan, Oregon laws ^applies to foreign cor at least, will have bumper yields Isirailons that enter this state and ■•»|M*clally In the fall varieties The commence the transaction of busl Vltglnlaa promise a very fair crop, neaa without first filing the above although smaller than that «>f 19ID. pa tiers ami ¡laying the declaration Information from New York stat« au*l annual license fees. The sec under recent date shows heavier tion ab«»v«* cited provides that every droppings than Is considered d«*slr- such cor |«>tat|on. j«dnt stock com at»l<* In some I*« allties, while others ¡»any or association, foreign as well report blasting, but on th«« average as domestic, shall pay an annual II vondlttons Indicate an exceedingly cen»«* fee In pro|*ortlon to the amount i large volume of tonnag«*. of Its atithorited capital slock.' and Michigan reports are of the same any corporation, joint stock com ¡•any general chaiacter. or association doing business In this Virginia reports are recent an! state contrary to thia act shall Iw* comprehensive The Shenandoah Val liable to a fine of *««M>, to I m ** recov ley and eastern panhandle of West ered. together with any llc**n»«* ■*•« \ Irglula proml»«* crops of unusually <lm*. by an action at law In the mills fin** quality, but ou the whole th« of the state.' quantity will baldly exceed •*<• or •*’■ "The law makes It the duty of the i>«r cent of last year's harvest Th« secretary of state to request district laal attorne's to institute actions to re lat«* frost, and the excessive drouth cover In cases where the law has lasting three weeks The drop has been violated, and It Is the Intention also tu'en abnormally heavy. The of this office to see that foreign cor falling off in the older orchard» (Mirations doing business In Oregon which bore heavily last year, will bw comply with the law " ■>ff»M*t to a large extent, by th«* great I acreage of young orchards Just com CONVICTS TO SEE PICTURES. ing Into tM-arlng The Shenandoah ; \ alley was visited by severe hall, Amusement Fund Provides Bassball lightning an«l wind storms on June K th«* effect of which coiil«! not I»** Outfits Also. determined at the time of our ad Kalern From the amusement fund vic**» Whatever damage has resulted of the state prisoners a moving pic In the southern |>arta of the valley ture machine for the |*enll>*ntlary will may be equalised by the benefit of be procured within the next few days rainfall in the northern sections. Superintendent James holies to be OREGON CITIES PAVING. able to ari.ing-- for a circuit of films to I m * used In the ¡»enltentiary, the tndustrial school, th« state asy Numerous Towns Are Engsged in lum and the d«*af school and on the Some Permanent Street Work. asylum farm A moving picture show lav Grande The Warren Construc together with several numl>crs SU|>- plled by th«* convicta will lie given tion company baa completed the pav at the ¡»enltentiary on the Fourth <>f ing of Sixth street and has begun Washington July An outdoor entertainment will work on Main avenue. make up the greater ¡»art of the avenue Is also being graded atnl th« rock baa lM-«n laid for on« block On day's programme The amusement fund of the pris Elm street everything la awaiting th« oners. which was created last month hot stuff which will l*e applied as when the earnings of the prisoners j »<><»n a» Main avenue Is completed In the shops was applied to this With these and other streets paved fund since there was no contract for and Second. West, Adam» and South Fourth macadamMcd. I .a Grande will shop w*rk. consists of about 8 have na many first class Two baseball outfits have tM*en pur ■surely chased. th<> two teams tu'lng known streets as any town or city of Its as the shop team and the house team »ire In Oregon. It was from this fund that th« prta Salem The city council has agreed oners entertalneil th** boys ut the ! to lay hard surface pavement on stale Industrial achool. j East State street Instead of ma- ! cadam. It Is th« plan of the stat« For Good Roads. to construct a boulevard connecting Start on a new campaign to obtain the ¡»«nlti-titlai y ami th«* as» lum If g*M*d roads for Oregon was mad** at thia street Is paved, and that will a meeting of the Oregon Association ¡mean much travel on th" street arid for Highway Improvement amt the In th« judgment of the council, makes trustees of the Oregon Development j It lni|H>ratlve that a bard surface la-ague recently. At this meeting It was pavement l»e laid. practically decided that the develop ment league will enter the campaign, Medford TJtst year nearly l<M),noo actively In an effort to line up' all squnre yards of hard surface pave interests, both rural and city, on a ment was laid In Medford. Con plan that will I m * thoroughly repre tracts aggregating nearly 150, «»*«0 sentatlve. The development league square f««*t were carried over for will hold Its annual meeting Angus' completion this year. This amount, 14. 15 and II One of the days will with what has been contracted for be given over to consideration of thia reason, to date brings the total the g*»«>d roads problem The matter up to 270.000 square yards to lie laid of taking up the work for g-Hxl r«*a 11 this jear. will titan I m * placed formally I m * for.* lb*- 4gates, and If the vote Is fa Forest Grove—Street Improvement vorablc, as it la expected It will ba. work Is going rapidly on. Ditch«*» the league will go ahead actively to for th« curbing on Main afreet from father a g«x>«i roads bill that Is b*»un«l »forth Hec«»n«l avenue to 1‘aclflc a»» to ba adopted by the next l< glala- nue have been made and are prse- ture. : tically ready to receive the concrete mixture Rock la l»*ln* delivered for constructing the IM blocks of haul Athena The outl«»ok for a bumper surface streets for which the city wheat crop on the t'matllla Indian has contracted. reservation was never better than n«»w The wheat Is well headed and Baker—Street paving In Baker has there Is plenty of moisture In the tieen dela»«M several times, btit ac land to nil the heads with grain tive work la now being pushed for If weather conditions remain as fa ward Baker la doing so much pav vorabln for the next 30 days as they ing this year that there has been have been for the past m«»nth a yield some anxiety that the delay might of KO bushels to the acre will I m * a prove sufficient to prevent the com common occurrence The acreage In pletion of all that Is^gontemplated. wheat In this vicinity Is somewhat greater than last year. Farmers are Springfield—At an adjourned meet already getting their harvesters In ing of the common council a resnl't readiness for the coming crop. Ser tlon was passed providing for an ad eral combines will be run by gas ditional b«»n<1 Issue of 8-'*b.<XM). to be Largest Boat Arr vr« machines this year. ■ ex|*ended In street Improvement, i This action Is In line with the conn- New York—The n«w White Star Sherwood to Have 8ew«r System. {«Si's plan to make Springfield a mod* liner Olympia, the largest steamer Sherwood—The city council has or el «tty. afloat, passed Fire Island on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic at dered a large main sewer through Corvallis—The paving of Third 12.17 A. M This ¡mint Is 75 miles the renter ot town to drain Into a from the New York waterfront and septic tank. The coat will be about street was begun several days ago the steamer will dock In this clty.i 83000 and there Is enough money In and the block between Madison and Although It Is reported that there the treasury tn complete this part Jefferson, with a part of the one to It 1« planned by an the n«>rth. Is entirely finished. The was no effort at great speed, the new of the work liner Is several ho«irs ahead of the other year to have laterals that will street between Adams and Jackson | Is 52 feet wide. scheduled time of her arrival. reach every part of the town. Frost Nips Vegetables. Tacoma, Wash.—June'« cool record Included a killing frost In the suburbs Wednesday. Just south of the city limits, on the Spanway line. Ice formed. Potato vin«*s. cucumbers, to mat»«*« and other vegetables fell un der the cold blast Gardeners on the reservation suf fered to a greater or less extent, but It will require a day or two to tell the extent of the damage At the local weather bureau the register at 4 30 A M showed 43 degree»« al»ove l«*ro. It («'generally warmer In the city fhan a few miles away from the water. Umatilla Wheat Good.
