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
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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;
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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.