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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1912)
CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. General Return« of Important Events Preaer'ed In Condensed Form for Our Huey Reader*. Ixindon suffragist* continue to riot and smash windows. Manchu troop« And loyal guard Pekin from mutineer*. poll** A parcels poet system is included in the postoffice appropriation bill. General Orosco ia preparing tn move on the City of Mexico with an army of 6,000 men. After traveling for ten year* aa a clown in a circue, Raleigh T. Wilton, of Lincoln, Neb., haa resigned to take up the ministry. The Inland Pet Stock and Poultry association has established a central depot in Spokane from which poultry and eggs will be delivered direct to consumers. Mei lean federal soldiers dashed across the border al Brownsville, Tc-x- aa. and arrested two revolutionists, escaping with their prisoner* into Mexican territory. The temperature at Billings, Mont , fell 18 degree* in one hour, reaching 26 below aer«. Five hour* later it was 1* above. Much suffering and loss to stock is expected. A 850.fXMl.000 merger has liecn or ganised at Klamath, Oregon, to con trol the Klamath I.and company, the Hot Springs company, the Pioneer Pres* Publishing company, the White Pelican Mineral Springs company, the Klamath Investment company, the S. O. Johnson company and the White Pelican Hotel company. A prominent doctor of Maryland claims he ha* entirely cured himself of tuberculosia by injection* of rat tlesnake poison, brought In tablet form from South America. Children from Lawrence, Mas*., testified before the house committee that they were forced to pay 5 cents a week for drinking water in the textile mill*, and that the water was totally unfit to drink. Taft plead* for a common sense tar iff policy. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track price*: Bluest«**. Xhji.iMVc; club, K6<«H7c; red Russian. H6c; valley, H6<«K7c; 40-fold, H®««z 87«. Mlllstuffgs Bran. 820(0 22 per ton; short*. 822oi 24; middlings. 830. Com New. whole. 834, cracked. 835 per ton. Hay No 1 Eastern Oregon tim othy. 816 <>i 16; No. 1 valley. 813/«.14, alfalfa. 813; clover. 89; grain 810<o 11. Oat*—No. 1 white. 832(« 32.50. Potatoes — Buying price«: Bur bank*. 81.16<« 1.60 per hundred. Vegetables — Artichoke*. 90c Jier dosen; asparagus, 1 Of«;lie per pound; garlic. Hi.110c pound; hothouse let tuce. 50fii.75c per box; peppers, 12jc pound, pumpkina, lp«2c pound; rhu barb. 82.75403 per box; sprout*. He; •quash, lpii2e pound; turnip«. 8I«> l. 10 per sack; rutabagas, 816(1.10; carrots, 81 («1.10; parsnip*. Sloil.lO; I hi I s . 81 25. Onion* Association price, 82.50 per •ack. Apple* — Yellow Newtown, 82'u 2.50; Spitsenburgs, 81.75«13; Bald win. 81.60012; Ben Davi*. 8141 1.76; Red Cheek Pippins, 82<«2.5O; Gano, flM 1.76. Hop*—1911 crop, .WtSHje; olds, nominal; 1912 contract*. 26m 2<lc. Wool Eaatem Oregon, 14m. 16c per pound; valley, lfW« 17c; mohair, 1911 clip. 3tk«31e. flutter Oregon creamery butter, solid pack, 33|c; print* extra. Egg» Fresh Oregon ranch, candled. 21c per dosen. Pork Fancy, H|c per pound. Veal Fancy, 13m 14c per pound. Poultry Hena, 15m 16c; springs. 14m 15c; ducks, 16m 17e; geese. H<rf 10c; turkeys, live, 16c; dreaaed, 20m lie. Cattle—Choice steers, 86m 6.65; good. 86.75i.i6; choice cowa, 85(.i 6.60; good, 84 75<<i6; choice spayed heifer*. 85.35m5.50; good to choice heifers, 85m6.25; choice bulla, 84.25 («4.50; good, |4m4.25; choice calve*, 8 h «4H.6 o . good. 86.75m 7. Hog* Choice light hogs, 86.504« 6.76; smooth heavy hogs, 86.75m 6; rough heavy, 86.5Otil5.76. Sheep — Choice yearlings, 84.60/« 4.76; choiee twos and three*. 83.90m 4.26; choice killing ewe*. 84 4.60; culls, 82.60m3.25; choice grain- fed lamb*. 85.50<d.6.60; choice spring lambs. 84 75m6; good to choice lamb«, 84.5O«t4.76; fair to good lamb*. 84 25*14.60; cull lamb«. 83.76 4*4. KANSAS IS CALLING. Womsn Fsttarad By Stat* Laws May Find Freedom There REBELS MARCH TO CHIHUAHUA Topeka If there ar* women a«| where in this broad land who feel that their sphere of activity is curtailed by the law* of the state« in which they Scene of Mexican Conflict Shifts live. Kansas will extend a welcoming From Jmrez. hand to them. Kansas prides itself in being just to women, ¡ar.d there are few restrictive laws tn this state, as Orosco 8*>d to Have Ds tart ad" With compared with other state*. In only Entir« Command — Americans a few of the Eastern stales can wo Rstir* Across Border. men practice law. but there are mor» than 60 women in the active practice Washington, D. C.—A telegram re of law In Kansas today. There are ceived by private persona here from more than 100 women physicians, not El Paeo drew a grave picture Of con counting the numerous osteopath* and dition* on the Mexican border. The chiropractor*. telegram said that fighting between It ia asserted by no les* an author Federal* and rebels began at Chihua ity than the attorney general of Kan hua (ity st 11 o'clock Sunday, and that many Americans were in danger. •aa, John 8. Dawson, that no state Americana in Northern Mexico are has more liberal provisions than Kan rushing aero«* the border at El Paao - and other point*, fearing massacre by sas has for the women. Just notice the thirgs that women Mexicans, despite denials by adminis tration officials that President Taft can do in Kansas : intends to intervene in Mi-xico. She may retain her maiden name Feverish activity prevailed Sunday when she is married. in the War department, which usually This activ- She may persuade her husband to ' is deserted on that day. * ity, around which a veil of secrecy give up his own name and lake her waa thrown, ia believed to mean that maiden name. more troops will soon tie moved to the She may retain her maiden name I border. and her husband retain his name. El Paao A telegram saying that She may retain her maiden name fighting for the possession of Chihua for business and lake her husband's hua City, capital of the Mexican state ' of that name, had begun, was followed name for social intercourse. She can bold property that her hua- by the hasty departure of the rebel i garrison at Juarez to join their com band cannot touch and may aril it rade* in the fight without asklag him anything about it Two telegrams bearing on the fight She can bold any elective office, j were received by General Ynes Sala- county office or district office. There sar, the Juares commander, from are M0 women holding county elective Braulio Hernandes, one of the rebel office* an>i more than 200 announced | leader* in the district about Chihua candidate* for different county elec hua. Neither mesaage waa as detail- ' *d aa its recipient could have wished. tive office*. She can hold any elective office, : but both were sufficient to dispel lan school district or municipal office. guor which has characterised the work There is a woman mayor in Kansas, of the Juares force«, and the detach- Mrs. Ella Wilson, of Hunnewell, and ■ ment of from H00 to 1,000 men was many school board* are managed by j speedily placed on board three sec- women. , lions of a freight train. She can wear men's trousers if she FOOD SAMPLES STARTLE. desires, but she must not pretend to be a man. As long aa she wear* trouser* aa a woman, she cannot be Sand. Salt. Alum and Glucose Among arrested. Men are prohibited from Adulterant* Usad. wearing dreases in public. New Haven, Conn. Even the food Kansas men fully appreciate the wo chemist* at the Connecticut Agricul men of the state. This is shown by tural station are surprised by the the fact tha a majority of the county result of a series of teals they have superintendent* of public instruction juat completed, which show that of are women and that a number of other 722 sample* of food, drink and drugs positions in the county office* hereto analyted, 232, or nearly one-third, fore held entirely by men are being were adulterated below standard or tilled successfully by women. misbranded The wooden nutmeg waa STRIKE IS ORDERLY. English Leaders S*s Entering Wedge for Minimum Wsgs Scala. Ixindon The coal strike, the great est in the history of the British Isles, is marking time. One satisfactory feature is the complete absence of dis order. All negotiations looking to a settle ment have ceased, as the leaders who recently gathered in Ixindon have scat- tercd to attend the local matter* in connection with the strike. labor leaders in recent speeches have insist ed that the public support the miner* t>ecause now that the government haa decided to institute a minimum wage in connection with the miners, it will be impossible longer to withhold es tablishing a minimum wage in all In dustrie*. Thus, the strike will be come a general trium|»h for the cause of labor. The next word is with the govern ment and Premier Asquith's promised statement is awaited with interest. However, no arrangemnet has been made for the introduction of a mini mum wage bill. At a mass meeting of dock worker* of Bristol a resolution wax adopted providing that import* of foreign coal should not be handled. Most of the railways announce a further curtailment of their service*. Fourteen stations in Ixindon will be ?lo*ed until the strike end*. not in evidence, but other things were, for example: Of 290 samples of milk, 7 were skimmed. H7 watered, and 3 both skimmed and watered. Of 46 sample* of summer drink*, 10 contained ben»>aic acid, 2 coal tar dye*. 20 saccharine, and H artificial coloring*. Only 4 out of 27 "cider vinegar" sample* were genuine. The rent were made of distilled vinegar, boiled cider, apple waste and dried apple«. Sand was found in chocolate. Root beer was commonly sweetened with glucose. Every sample of table relish except two had alum in it. TONGS PLANNING FOR WAR. Outbreak Is Expected at Any ment in San Francisco. Mo San Francisco — The temporary treaty of peace in Chinatown.J which leading Chinese prayed would be made permanent, has been broken and the war cloud again hangs low. Repre sentative Chinese conferred with the leader* of the five tong* involved in the controversy and pleaded in vain that the existing difficulties be forgot ten and that peace be restored. The peace envoys met with no sue- r»ss ami ssked the Six Companies to intervene. However, prominent Chin ese concede that the prospect of re storing the peace hatchet is dim and war is expected at any time. Every member of the police squad in China town is alert, for it ia known several gunmen have come to the local Orien tal quarter and are in hiding. daps to bend Freighter*. San Francisco — Shipping men of this city profess to have authorltive information that the Nippon Yusen Kaiaha, which operates a line of freight and passenger steamers from l*uget Sound to Japan and China, will establish soon a line of freighters from the Columbia River to the Orient The reimrt is that the Japanese line will be put on in advance of the announced increase in the fleet of the Weir line, operating from Portland and Seattle. Striker* to Resume Tasks. Lawrence, Mas*. - Striking opera tives of the Arlington and Pacific milla, affiliated with the Centra) La bor union, have returned to work and accepted the 5 per cent minimum wage increase offered. The action is accepted generally as an indication that the Centra) Labor union will rec ommend the acceptance of the conces sion offered in all the milla. The In dustrial Worker* of the World strike committee declined the offer. Pekin Missionaries Sats. Boston Assurance of the safety of the foreign mi**ionarir* stationed at Pekin came here in a cable message to the headquarter* of the American board of commissioner* of foreign miaaion*. The cable message read: "All Pekin miaaionari** and mission building* *afs." Amtrlcani Advised to Leave. Washington. D. C.—The gravity of th* situation in Mexico ha* caused President Taft to issue a proclamation virtually warning American citixens to refrain from entering the country and advising those now resident there to leave when conditions threaten. SACCHARINE RULED OUT. Cabinet Vote* to Bar Ait of Food. Adulterant WOMEN SMASH SHOP WINDOWS Washington. D. C.—By a vote of tiro to one, the hoard of cabinet offi cers charged with the enforcement of the pure food law entered a final de London Suffragists Forcibly De ci aion agalnat the use of saccharine in mand Attention. prepared foods. Secrrtarv Wilson and Secretary Nagel confirmed the de- M<at f»>d containing sa<--‘«rr. Attack Hom* of Asquqh Streets • as adulterated Secretary MscVcagh htrewn With Broken Plate Glass Bator« Police Arrive. dissented. He thought there waa no harm in its use In small quantities. One month's grace will be given man Ixndon — Aa the eoal miner* had ufacturer* to arrange for the elimina hern able to gain government recog tion. "The argumrnt that it may Im used nition of their grievance* by threat in small quantities." aald Dr. W'lley ening the buaineaa of the country, the in the brief submitted. "ia the old suffragettes entered u;»n a policy of They carried it out familiar one which adulterators ami menace to trade those who seek to adulterate have suddenly and with an ardor that re financial losses, used from the very beginning of sulted in hesvy thing*. If we admit one injurioua brought consternation to merchants of substance in email quantitiea, we can then..»! pn>»|H-rvu» shopping district of the city and paralysed business. not with any justice exclude other*. "The argument of small quantities Before the police were able to muster absolutely has no ethical, logical or their forces and restrain the women, legal foundation, end is most danger streets were showered with piste glass ous. No more dangerous concession from the show windows of ebues. It was a window-breaking expedi- to the interests seeking to debase and adulterate and misbrand food products ! tion aolely and a thoroughly organixed could tie ma-!«. 1 urge the importance one. Hundreds of windows in many of refusing in any way to condone the | of the most famous shops of the world use of saccharine in foods.** were broken. One hundred and fifteen women SCORES BAH ASSOCIATION. were dragged to the police stations by police or excited and indignant mer Msny others, however, es W'cksrsham Protasis Ousting of chants. caped. All those arrested were re Colored Member. leased on ball, coupled with promises Washingbin, D. C. — A decision by to refrain from further window break the executive committee of the Ameri ing The trouble centered about Trafal can Bar association to ouat William H. Lewis, a negro and an assistant at gar Square, ranged along the Strand eastward and westward and up Regent torney general of the United States, street, Picadllly and Oxford streets, from membership in the tier associa where arc situated the fashionable tion has aroused Attorney Genera! jewelry and dry goods bouses. Mr*. Emmaline Pankhurst, the vet Wickersham to the defense of his as eran of many a suffragette battle, aistanL In a spirited letter sent to each of struck the first blow. In an automo the 4.700 members of the association, bile accopipanied by Mrs. Marshall the attorney general charges the exe and Mrs. Tukes, she drove up to the cutive committee with an arrogance premier'* residence in Downing street of power unwarranted by the body's at 3 o’clock. The three women leaped constitution, "in order to gratify a from the machine and drew out stones race prejudice entertained by some of concealed in their muffs. Four windows crashed in before the its members." The attorney general points out that police could reach the women. The Ix-wis was elected after he had been three were arrested, but while being nominated regularly and invited to led to the station managed to heave join by the secretary of the associa missiles through the windows of the colonial office. Taxicabs were the tion. "The object of the association," the favorite vehicles of approach used by attorney general continues, "is statrd the suffragettes and large numtiers of in the constitution to be 'advance the innocent-looking women were helped science of jurisprudence, promote the out of them by porters stationed in There was no hesita administration of justice, uphold the front of stores honor of the profession of the law and tion on the part of the women, who at encourage cordial intercourse among one* attacked the show windows with bricks or hammer*. The surprise of the mem tiers of the American bar.* "Any person fulfilling certain re the porters was ao great that a major quirements," Mr. Wiekersham adds, ity of the attacker* were able to lose themselves in the crowds before the "is eligible for membership." The action of the executive com guardians of the shop« could collect mittee. he declares, hardly can be con their sense* and restrain them. The sidered to tend to "uphold the honor women who did not use the taxicabs of the profession of the law and en merely walked along the streets crack courage cordial intercourse among the ing and smashing windows with ham member* of the bar. It certainly mer*. while crowsis followed them does not tend to promote the adminis cheering or hooting. The police were wholly unable to tration of justice." deal with such widespread outbreaks and at least nine-tenths of the win MILLS OFFER ADVANCE. dow-attacking army escaped. The air Readjustment of Lswrsnci Tsitila was filled with sounds of police whist les, yell», the slamming of blinds and Workers' Seal« Conceded, shrieks of frightened shopper*, punct Lawrence, Mass. A readjustment uated now and then with crie* of of wages, which in no case will be leas "Votes for Women." than 6 per cent inercaae, to take effect Whenever a window waa shattered, March 4, was announced by President there the crowd surged, while the em Whitman, of the Arlington mills. ploye* of the shop rushed to the street Still another investigation into cer to prevent the unprotected goods from tain feature* of the strike situation being stolen. Not even the establish was begun with the arrival of Dr. C. ment* of undertakers were spared. u P. N*ill, Commissioner of l.abor, from So systematically and quickly waa Washington, with a special agent the work accomplished that it waa from his department. well over before police reserve* could More operative* were working in lie called out Hundreds of extra po the various milla than on any previous licemen were placed on duty protect day of the big strike, which is now in ing the damaged building*. it* eighth week. Fewer picket* were The suffragette leader* declare it ia in evidence than usual, and the police their purpose to continue their cam were given but little trouble. paign of window breaking until, like Much attention was given by the the coal miner«, they force the gov strike leader* and the special child ernment to take up their claims for ren** committee to the arrangement* suffrage in order to protect the bu*i- for forwarding to Washington a party neaa interests. of strikers, principally child worker*, who are to appear before a congres Canal Cost Not Raised. aional committee as a living exhibit Wash.ngton, D. C. The great earth in connection with the striker*' story elides in the Culebra cut. aggregating of their grievance*. four and one-third billion cubic yards, will not increase the estimated cost of Entrymen Will Rac*iv* Patents. constructing that section of the Pana Washington, D. C. Asa result of ma canal, according to an official the activity of Representative Haw statement in the Canal Record. This ley. patents have been ordered issued •hows the cost of excavation per cubic to six Oregon entrymen whose claims yard haa been reduced 36 cents below have been pending before the depart the original estimate aa a result of ment for month*, and in aome case* th* adoption of superior machinery year*. Settlers who will receive pat and methods. ent* are: John 'Fletcher, Samuel C. Untutored Editor Dead, Bruce. Bert W. Read, John A. Moore, and I>elbert A. Owen, all of Carson, Nev.—A. C. ¡Pratt, one’of Jackaon county, and W. G. Sherman, the beat known men in public life’in Toledo. Nevada, died here after a short ill- neaa. Mr. Pratt waa formerly sur Protection of Valdai Recommended veyor general of the state. W bile he Washington, D. C.— An appropria never attended school a day in hia tion of 855.000 for the protection of life, he mastered telegraphy, survey Valdex, Alaska, and the adjacent re ing and aasaying, and often waa called gion from glacial floods was recom upon to expert book* of publie offi mended to the senate by the commerce cial*. For several year* he conducted committee. newspaper* in Nevada and California.
