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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1911)
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. General Resume of Important Event! Presented in Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. The United States .* preparing for intervention in Hayti. Admiral Togo has arrived in New York City on a visit to America. The senate has pass«! the ^appor tionment bill, insuring another repre sentative for Oregon. Wool merchants of San Francisco are up in arms against the new wool tariff, saying Japan will profit by it. An angry ball-player at Seattle hurled the ball at the umpire's head and then knocked him senseless with a blow from his flat. The International Harvester com- pany will wage active war against tuberculosis in all its great manufac turing establishments. ASSAY OFFICES DOOMED. Government Says Operation Considerable Loes, Is By Washington, D. C. - More land marks of the Old West will begin to disappear January 1, unless congress should pass legislation to maintsm the Western assay offices on their present basis. The government has decided to double the charge for assaying at Deadwood, Carson, Salt Lake, Helena, Boise, and Seattle. Members of con gress from those places protest that increased charges will close the offices because the mining companies will prefer to send their gold to the mints, where the assaying charge will not be increased. Treasury officials say the offices have been a dead lose for years. Se attle, they say, does quite a business in assaying gold that comes from Alaska, but at all others the govern ment loses money. The government established most of these offices in the stirring days when a messenger setting out with a fortune in his saddle bag often failed to return, and the professional "as- sayer" was classed with the card sharper and the "gun man." No miner was assured of an honest assay of his treasure. But with the advent of mining ma chinery the offices became less useful because many of the big companies sent their gold direct to the mints. MORGAN WILL BE CALLED. Many bones have been found in the wreck of the battleship Maine, but it is ns yet impossible to remove them Financier of Steal Trust to Be Put from the tangled iron and steel. on Defensive. A San Francisco woman who shot ar.d killAd her worthless, drunken hus band because she could not reform him. wan released on 1100 bail and will probably lie acquitted on grounds of temporary insanity. A clone and friendly understanding between Germany and Japan as re- ga ds questions affecting their inter • sts in the Pacific is foreshadowed as a probable direct result of the Anglo- American arbitration treaty. Six German soldiers were found on the French frontier, where they had cut the telegraph wires and broken down several poles. PORTLAND MARKETS. New York The congressional com mittee of inquiry Into the United States Corporation is now desirous of hearing ¡x-monally from J. Pierpont Morgan with regard to the absorption of the Tennessee Coal & Iron company by the Steel corporation in 1097. This was made known here at the commit tee headquarters That a subpoena will be issued within a few days for Charles M Schwab, ex-president of the corpira- tion, also was revealed. "The liest man to defend J. P. Mor gan for his ;>art in the Tennessee Coal A- Iron transactions," said Chairman Staley, "is Mr Morgan ' himself. I sincerely hope that Mr. Morgan’s en- gsgements in Europe will not deter him from appearing. Mr. Morgan's own story of that transaction and the momentous events at the time of that financial panic, and the effect of the steel stock transfer in the midst of it are certain to be of great value." That the New York financier will !>e subpena«! to appear before the com mittee when he does return now seems certain. RICH MAN COINS BOGUS MONEY Wealthy San Franciscan Is An Expert Counterfeiter. Formerly Accomplished Metal Work er, Claims Me First Made Bad Coins As Pastime. San Francisco--George Wilson, the most skillful counterfeiter of gold coins ever captured in San Francisco, was arrested by secret service opera tives and has made a complete con fession. At his home, a $10,000 house in a fashionable street of the Richmond district, the secret service men found a complete outfit for mak ing counterfeit $5 coins. JVhen Wil son was searched 15 coins bf his own make were in his possession. He is reputed to be moderately wealthy. The perfection of the molds and the startlingly fine workmanship of the counterfeits drew from the officers the statement that the coins are the most nearly perfect ever seen. Wil son formerly was an expert metal worker. For some time the secret service men worked quietly in tracing the authorship of the almost perfect $5 counterfeit coins. When srrested Wil son at once confessed and led the secret service men to the hiding place of his molds and counterfeiting tools. These were kept in a desk drawer in the living room of the Wilson home. Mrs Wilson, a nervous woman, who has lived for weeks in terror of just such a termination of her husband's work, collapsed when the officer* crosM-d her threshold Wil»n h.«l not been content with the plaster of paris molds used bv tfir unskilled coun terfeiter, but constructed his of cop per. cast with wonderful skill, and in both the old and new designs of the fivc-dollar coins. In his confession Wilson implicated his wife, but said that she did not pass any of the illegal coins and had no part in their production. She was not arrested. Wilson bore a good reputation. He was well-known in the Richmond dis trict, where he had lived for some time. His ham)some home is sur rounded by residences of many of San Francisco's best-known business men, many of whom were his friends. Wil son said that he began making the coin* experimentally, anti they looked so good to him that he could not resist the temptation to make more of them. GERMANS ATTACK EMPEROR Moroccan Quesbon Settlement Cause of Trouble. Berlin— The prospect of a speedy settlement of the Monicran question between Germany and France is wel comed on every hand, but the term* of the agreement wpn they become known, probably will cause considera ble dissatisfaction. Details still remain to be arranged. Both Germany and France have been compelled to concede Weighty pointe because neither was prepared to press matters too far. The first indications of indignation have appeared in the Pan-German Post and Zukunft. the organ of Maxi- milien Harden. The leading article of the Pan-Gerfiian Post not only at tacks foreign minister Von Kiderlin- Waechter and Imperial Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollwrg, and demands their retirement from office, but makes a terrific onslaught upon Em peror William, asking . "What has happen«! to the Hohen- Bollerns?" It also calls the emperor the strong est supporter of the Anglo-French policy.* The Pan-German Post concludes by calling the emperor "William the Timid," and "The Valorous Poltroon." Herr Arden in the Zukunft also at tacks His Majesty severely, naming him "William the Peaceful." MEAT INQUIRY OROERED. Freight Rales to Be Special Subject of Commission's Quest. Washington, D. C. A sweeping in quiry, numbering 162 railroads in the West, South and Southwest, as re spondents. was ordered by the inter state commerce commission into the freight rates charg«i on livestock, fresh meats and packing house prod ucts. It is indicated by the commis sion that the purpose of the inquiry is not only to secure a parity of rates, but to establish by definite order, rates which the commission shall re gard as reasonable and not unjustly discriminatory. Incidentally, commercial rivalry between two sets of meat packer* in Chicago enter* into the case. In view of the great importance of the several proceeding* heretofore in- stitut«!, it was decided by the com mission to consolidate them into one case. It was regarded a* next to im possible so to adjust the rates as to insure parity of charges throughout the territory by the consideration and disposition of individual cases. HAYTI PRESIDENT PUT TO FLIGHT Island Rebels Triumph and Ruler Forced to Quit. Government Chamberlain Slain and Five Others of Party Killed— Daughter Wounded. Port Au Prine«. Hsyti The revolu tion in Hayti has triumphed. Presi dent Simon fled the capita) Thursday and took refuge on board the Haytian cruiser Seventeenth of December, formerly the yacht American. With him went hie wife and children and a number of his follower*. On ail sides the capital is invest«! by followers of General Firmin, one of the revolutionary leaders. The city itself is in the hands of a committee of safety and there is no general dis order. Foreign interests are believed to be secure. None of the foreign warships has landed bluejackets. As the sged president was embark ing there was a clash in which hie chamberlain. Deputy Prin, and five other persons were killed and Clemen tina Simon, his daughter, and six other persons were wounded. The injuries of Miss Simon are slight. Promptly at 4 o’clock Simon came out of the main entrance of the palace. Over hi* shoulder the old man. who had drclarvd that he would fight to the end, carried his rifle. With head erect, he marched down to the wharf. At hi* side his daughter, Clemen tina, walk«!. Other members of his family previously had taken refuge on board the Seventeenth of December. As Simon and his daughter reached the wharf there was a rush from the mob, which had gathered to witness the departure. Miss Simon was the center of the attack, and several wo men, howling and shrieking, succeed- «1 in pulling off her hat. The chief of police l«i the young woman toward a schooner, and Deputy Prin offered Flis arm to Miss Simon. As he did so a man rush«! up and, pressing the barrel of his rifle into the deputy's face, shot and kill«! him. Firing became general and before it ceased five other persons had been killed and six wounded. Wheat New crop, Rluestcm, HOoi Hlc; club, 75<ii76c; red Russian, 74c; valley. Millstuff» Bran, $24.5<k<i 25; mid dlings, $32; shorts, $25.60<>i26; rolled HEAT RECORD IS MADE. barley, $2H6i 29. TOGO RIDES WITH ENGINEER Corn Whole, 1.13, cracked, $34 ton. Barley New Feed, 124.50 per ton: Summer Hottest in United States brewing. $2M per ton. Noted Japanese Admires America's For Forty Years. Oats Old white. $25 ton; new, $24 Electrical Eminence. Washington, D. C.—Not in the past JAILS PLACES OF EASE. Iley Timothy, valley, $15oi 16; al New York Admiral Togo left New 40 years have temperatures in the falfa. $11; clover, $M.50i<i9; grain York Friday night for Washington. Unit«! States during the late spring WRECK GIVES UP BONES, hay, $ 10. Federal Judge Seeks Real Punish His departure had a feature quite as and early summer been so uniformly Fresh Fruits Cherries, Lamberts. ment for Guilty Forgers. unusuail as hi* midnight arrival and high for so long a period and over Engineer« Find Relle* of Msme Vic $2.50<-i3 j>er bog; apricots, $l«( 1.25 welcome in New York bay the night such a large portion of the country as St. ixMiia, Mo. Federal Judge Dyer tim* on Every Mend. |>er crate; cantaloupes, $1.5(k>i2.25 before, for he left the city in the cab this year, according to Weather Bu per crate; peaches, 75coi$1.5o per is looking for a Missouri jail where Havana With the gas-bla*t appar of a big electric engine, drawing a reau officials. The high tem|M-ratures Federal prisoners are kept in confine box; watermelons, lc per pound; were moat pronounc«! over the more plums, $1.75 per crate; prunes. $1.75 ment, and not allowed to go fishing. atus installed by the engineers, the heavy Pennsylvania train for the capi central and northern portions of the tangled barnacled mass that was once tal. per box; new apples, $l.75o;2.50 per The judge made his wishes known in the United States battleship Maine is Although the private car Olivette, country, while the Southern states box; raspberries, $1.7561 1.65; logan pasting sentence on a forger of money being dislodged from the muck of the which the government has provided were comparatively exempt from un orders. He fixed the punishment at berries, $1.25*11.75; blackberries. harbor, where it was sunk by a mys for him, was attached to the trjiin. the usual heat six months in jail, 1.756!1.90; |>ears. $2.50 per box. naval hero elected to sit by the en The intense heat over the more pop "But," said Judge Dyer, "1 want a terious explosion in 1696. Vegetables Beans. A*» 10c; cab Within the past week almost every gineer's side and watch him operate ulous sections caused severe suffering few days tn determine what jail I will bage, $l.5ooi2 per hundred; com. 30 step taken by the engineers in the ex the 4.000-horscpower motor. in the congert«! portions of the cities <>r40c per doten; cucumbers, $U<il.25 send the prisoner to. Recently 1 heart) "1 am intensely interest«! in your and resulted in the loss of probably ploration of the wreck has revealed per br eggplant, 16c per pound; that government prisoners are allowed the bones of ill-fated men-o'-war*men world pre-eminence in electrical en thousands of lives. garlic, 1 ten 12c per pound; lettuce. 30 absolute freedom in the rural jails. who went down with her. gineering and railroading," the little Lack of rainfall over the great agri "I have been told that prisoners oi 36c per tloxen; hot house lettuce, Of the remains found this week, admiral sai l through his interpreter, cultural districts during most of the $l.25oi 1.76 per box; peas, 4615c per sent to Montgomery City were permit only one set of bones has been identi "and I wish to avail myself of thia op long heated period greatly retarded pound; peppers, 9»<rl0c; radishes, ted to go out and fish al) day and re fied. and in this instance it is possible portunity to observe, so 1 will ride vegetable growth and threatened a turn to jail at nighL 1 also heart! of I2|c ;>er doxrn; rhubarb, 2$6i3c per with the engineer. ” serious 'curtailment of crop produc pound; tomatoes, 90e<«i $1.25 per box; one pvrson who went to ace a prisoner that the engineers are mistaken. The identification was that of the bon«* tion. Opportune rains, however, new carrots. $1.75 per sack; tumi;>s, and was surprised when the prisoner of Assistant Engineer Merritt, pos with cooler weather, greatly improv«! Work Maks* Earth Paradise. met him at the railroad station." $1.75; beets, $1.75. sible from the fact that the upper New York Thomas A. Edison has conditions, and the outlook at the Potatoes New Oregon, lpo lfc per jaw contains two gold teeth, and from start«! for a European trip for the present time is favorable for the pound. Old Glory Shelters Babe. a peculiar mark on the skull. first time in 22 year*. With him on gathering of the usual harvests of Onions Walla Walla, $1.76 per Seattle, Wash. Mrs. George Snow The bones supposed to 'be those of the Mauretania were his son, Charles, most great staples. hundred. den, a niece of Prvedent Taft, who has Merritt were discovered at the precise Tlie period of greatest discomfort and in London Mrs. Edison and their Poultry Hens. 15$otl6ci springs. been making her home temporarily in spot where Midshipman Boyd testified daughter Madeline will soon jein wa* from June 22 to July 10. Higher iMc; ducks, young. 15c; geese, nomi Vancouver. B. C.. hastened to Seattle that he and Merritt had been separ them. The family will make an auto temperatures oceurr«! at other periods nal; turkeys, nominal. some days ago to gn* birth to a grand ated by the inrush of water while mobile tour of the Continent. Edison over much of the territory, but the Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, can- nephew to the president, which was struggling to make their way from was ask«! if he had anything new up resulting discomfort and loss of hu died. 27c per dosen. born a few days ago at the Minor the junior officers' wardroom to the his sleeve. He replied: "No. 1 have man life were doubtless augmented in •bitter -City creamery, extra, 1 and Hospital. Mrs. Snowden says she main deck. just finished something new. My talk the period ju«t passed by the fact that 2-pound prints, in boxes, 2Hc per could not bear the idea of being ths Bones of two other men were found ing pictures are complete. Two hun the most intense heat occurred to found; leas than box lots, cartons and mother of a child that was not bom near the warrant officers' quarters on dred sets of them have been made and ward the close of a long heated delivery extra. under the ting of the country in which the port side of the berth deck, but they are wonderful. You ought to see period, when animal vitality had been Pork Fancy, lOoilOfc per pound. her uncle in president, so she came to identification is impossible. The total largely depleted and therefore was not them and hear them." Veal Fancy. 12«tl3c per pound. Seattle that the babe might be a na number of bodies recovered is 21. in condition to withstand further the Hops 1911 contracts, 3o(- jmt tive-born American. debilitating effect of still grester Woman Steam Tug Pilot. pound; 1910 crop, 26<«i27c; 1909 Aviator Dive* Into Sea. crop, ■ !0c; olds, 10«i 15. J Tacoma The little steam tug Fawn, heat. The nearest approach to the re Bore for Buried Miner. Wool Eastern Oregon. 9‘<il6c per Ixing Bench, Cal.— After thrilling a of Tacoma, comes now to the front cent hot waves wa* in 1901. Joplin, Mo. More than 100 men pound, according to shrinkage ;’val great throng of Sunday visitors to the with a distinction all her own. She Taft's Stsnd is Opposed. ley. !6oil7e; mohair, choice, ¿36<>i and tsiys are working desperately in beach here with a spiral dip close to has a regular "lady skipper," Captain an effort to sink a shaft tn the drift of Seattle Following closely the dec 37|c per pound. the wave tops. Aviator Frank Cham Mrs. T. J. Walthey. Mr*. Walthey a mine east of here in which Joseph Cattle Choice steers $5.Ste.ifi; pion startled the spectators with an ha* a pilot license for vessels of 100 laration of President Taft advocating Clary, 21 years old, is held a prisoner g"»d. $5.25«<i5.50; medium, $4.5te»5; unexpected plunge into the surf a hun ton* plying between Cap« Flattery the leasing*’system for the develop under 70 fret of earth and rock. common, $3.75614; choice cows, $4.50 dred feet from shore. Bathers and and Puget Sound points. Captain ment of the Alaskan coal resources, As it will be days before Clary can At 4.75; good. $4 25*1 4.50; good, aver life guards swam to his aasisatance. Walthey, her husband, who is at pres the Rotary club went on record unani be reached they are boring a six-inch age* 1050 pounds, $4«i4.25; common, unfasten«! the straps which bound ent taking orders from Mrs. Walthey mously as opposing the leasing system hole through which Clary can be fur $2.75">3; choice heifers, $4.756i5; him to his seat and brought him safely as engineer, says the license would and favoring private ownership at the nished with air. food and water if he choice bulla, $3.fib'll 3.75; choice ashore. Hr had been blinded, he qualify his wife to act a* mate on one weekly luncheon at the New Washing is still alive. The resolution adopted calves, 2oo pounds and under, $7fri said, by oil flying from the engine of of the big steamers that come into ton hotel. will be presented in turn to the cham 7.25; good to choice, $5.5ten6; com his monoplane, and steered down hop port from ail over the word. Stone ber of commerce, the Commercial mon, $4 ii 5; choice stags. $4.50m ing to lami on the beach. • to Mark Site of Debate. Storm Hits Southwest. club, the Arctic club and the Seattle I 15; good. H i I 50 Bloomington. III. — A red granite 'British Warship Ashore. Hogs — Extra choice light hogs. boulder weighing six tons, discovered Kansas City Rains which have fal chapter of the American Mining con $7.35«|H; heavy, $6.6fx>i6.90; heavy by the Woodford County Historical so Halifax, N. S.~ A wireless dispatch len in Southwest Missouri, .Southeast gress. rough, $5.76''i6.25. ciety on the farm of Thomas Bratt, received here says the British cruiser ern Kansas and Norther Oklahoma Eastern Mills Shut Down. Sheep — Choice yearling wethers, near Low point, will be used to mars Cornwallis is stranded on the I«Igea of since Wmlneeday morning have done coarse wool, $3.25m T.50; chojffc the spot where Lincoln and Ih>uglas Cape Sable, a few miles from where damage estimated at more than $1,- Fall River. Ma**.—Notires were yearling wethers, east of mountains, met in their famous debate at Mata- the Canadian flagship Niobe went on 000,000. At (¿»well, near Galena, an posted in the Fall River Iron Works $3.25'd 3.50. choice two ami threes, mora in 1656. The stone will be dedi the rocks July 30. The message said electric company dynamited its 30- company mill that after August 4 $3613.25; choice spring lambs, $5.25 cated at the annual meeting << the that the Cornwallis was not tak foot power dam. which cost nearly they will be shut down until further «<i5.5O; good, choice spring lambs, $5 Old Settler« of Woodford county next ing water and apparently had sus $500,000, in order to save the costly notice. Th« shutdown affects 5,000 «15.25; choice killing ewes, $2.75<<i3. month tained no serious damages. machinery of its plant operatives.
