The Santiam news., March 21, 1912, Image 3

RIOTING MARKS
GERMAN STRIKE
SENATE OPPOSES PITNEY.
Nominee for Supreme Bench Attack* Alleged Dynamite Conspirator*
Defiant and Confident.
ed on Picketing Decision.
Washington. D. C.—Eor more than
three hour* the senate, in one of the
■torraiest and moot protracted execu­
tive *e*slon* in recent history, debat­
ed th* cvnfirmathiJKof Chat rl; -r Pit­
ney, of New Jersey, whom Pre*ident
Taft nominated to succeed the late
Ona Unionist Killed in -E>ght Van* Justice Harlan on the Supreme Bench.
A rough canvas* made by Chancel*
Carry Man to Work Fuel
lor Pitney'* supporters after the fray
Shipment* Dwindle.
showed the vote probably will be
close, and that therv wa* some danger
Berlin—The ¡coal miner*' atrike In of hi* rejection.
Senator Culberson,
the groat German coal field* of West­ of Texas, led in the attack, and in hi*
phalia continue* to spread. There are speech and those of other senator*,
more than 24<>.000 men now on itrikr the New Jersey judge waa assailed in
and th* utuation ia becoming worse bitter language, which extend«! to an
attack even upon hi* general fitne**
everywhere.
Conditions have taken
fur tbe bench.
a mo«t serious turn in several district*
The fight *iu baaed mainly upon
and already have reaulted in a fatal
Chancellor Pitnoy's decision in the
conflict between the jmllc* and the
gla«a bottle blower»' Case.
That de­
atriker* in the district of Herne.
cision restrained journeymen green
Keeling among the men I* increa»-
glass bottle blower», their officer* and
itig in mtentTly. owing to the rigid r.-
the member» who »truck against a
presaive measures of the authorities |
glass work* in New Jersey some years
and it ia Mid officially that the pro­
ago, from uaing coercion or ¡wrsuaaion
vincial authorities have been instruct- ■
to make loyal employes leave their
cd tn call out the troop* if the police
work in breach of contract or of the
prove inadequate to deal with the ait- i
master and servant doctrine.
uation.
Mineowners and leader* of .
The decision prohibited the striker»
the ao-callcd Christian trade* union*, |
from personally molesting the strike­
whose member* are rapidly breaking
breakers in any way. and Interdict«!
away and Joining in the atrike, which
picketing or boycotting
was brought about by the Social nt
Senator Cummin», of Iowa, pictur«!
trade* union*, are clamoring for mili­
till-
•
a» ■ ; , r.......... 4t- A ’ ri
tary assistance.
can labor.
The police preaident at Mochum,
the center of the atrike region*, ha*
HOUSE HAS FILIBUSTER.
forbidden the «ale of spirits.
Disturbances have been reported
from varioua aectiona. The moat a< r- Agricultural Appropriation« B.tl Pat»-
ioua of theae occurred at Heme, a
e* After Hard Fight.
mining village five mile* from Boch­
Washington,
D. C. The »ecuml fili­
um, where a number of strikers threw
■tonea and tired revolver* at a detach­ buster within four days pr«c«!cd tbe
ment of armed police.
One of the passage of the agricultural appropria­
atriker was killed.
tion bill In the house.
The measure,
At llitnlx-rn, in th.- hutrict of |
which carries approximately 115,-
•eldorf, where fighting occurred be-
tw.-en the atriker* and the police and HOO.OOO was delayed in its final legis­
a numtier of persons were injured, lative stage in the bouse by Minority
large reinforcement* of police have Leader Mann.
He waged a fight
arrived.
The
atriker* repeatedly again«! it in an effort tn obtain appro­
bombarded with bottle* and atone* the
priations for the national forest» ami
police escorting the non striker*.
eliminate those voted for drainage
The mineowners
have provided
purposes.
covered wagon* in which the non-
The fight waa fill«! with roll calls
striker* are escorted with ptdice pro­
and lasted until N o’clock, when It
tection to and from the pita. Many
suddenly terminated.
The bill now
arrest* have been made.
goes to the senate.
Representative Fitxgerald, of New
NEW COAL STRIKE LOOMS.
York, chairman of the appropriation*
committee, led an saaault on the bill
Men Insist on Rai** Operator* Say earlier in the day.
It I* Impossible.
Using points of order aa hia weap­
New York—The anthracite opera­ on», Mr. Fitxgerald defeat«! senate
tor* and the Unit«! Mineworker* of amendments for Increase, forced out
America profs«» unyielding adherence an item of f 10,000 for expense* for
to their attitude*
concerning the the division of accountants and lop|ied
off salary increase» for official» of that
miner*' demand*.
"The situation look* blue, and the division.
Indication* point to a atrike," de­
clared President White, of the miner*.
MFRGER FIGHT RENEWED.
The operator* »ay they will make no
concession*.
Sats
Forth
With the formal rejection of the ! Brief of BOO Psge»
"Fact*" In Case.
miner*' demand* and the counter prop- |
ositlon that the present agreement
Washington, D, C.- The govern­
which expire* March .11, be continued ment'* fight to aplit the merger of the
for three year*, the operator*' com­
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
mittee of ten adjourn«!.
Adjournment was taken upon re­ system» has opened in the Supreme
quest of the miners' official*, who court of the United States. Attorney-
meantime will meet, consider the General Wickrrsham and hi* special
operator*' reply, and plan their pro­ assistant*. Frank B. Kellogg and Cor-
cedure. Their decision, it is expect­ denio A. Severance, filed a comprehen­
ed. will be announced at a joint meet­ sive brief of their argument bi be
ing.
made orally in court shortly after
" It i* out of the question to advance April I.
wage*," reads the operator«' reply,
In addition to the brief of argu
"unle«s we can in some manner real­ ments, a second brief of 6OO page*
ise from the sale of coal a sum equal w*i required to *et forth the "fact*"
to the increase in wages.”
in the case.
The court wa* told in
This, it is »aid, would aggregate the second brief that the railway com­
526,000,000 a year, and the whole ad­ bination now sought to be di**olv«i
vance, which would average about #7 originated with Edward H. Harriman,
cents a ton, would be borne by the Jacob H. Schiff and associates.
domestic users of coal.
It brought under a common control,
the government contend«!, the Union
Music to Reform Crook*.
Pacific, the Southern Pacific ami the
New York Patrick A. Whitney, San Pedro. Ixvs Angele« A Salt Lake,
commissioner of corrections, ha* de­ with varlou« ocean steamahip line*,
cided that music should have a large among which waa the Pacific Mall
part in the work of reforming youth­ Steamahip company, which form* a
ful criminals and he has accordingly part of the Panama route from New
directed the employment of a teacher York to San Francisco; in addition it
of instrumental music at the eity re­ secured an influential voice in the
formatory on Hart's Island. Hi* order management of the Atchison, Topeka
to this effect is indorsed by the Aider­ A Sant* Fe railway.
men ami he will offer the eonvicta *n
"optional course" of *0 instrumental
Fort Bill Mssti Favor.
lesson* this spring.
Washington, D. C.
The fortifica­
Taft Quiet* Cuba'* Fear*.
tions appropriation bill, carrying a
Washington, D. C.- President Taft total of 5l.lH6.235, including 5150,-
ha* assured the Cuban minister. Dr. ' 000 for the purchase of a site for the
Antonio Msrtin-Rivere, in emphatic,
term*, that the United States ha* no ' protection of the entrance to Chesa­
intention of intervening in Cuban peake Bay, was ordered favorably re­
affair*. Characterising the report* of I ported from the senate committee on
contemplated
intervention
coming appropriation*. Serious opposition to
from Havana a* "pure fabrications," this provision appeared in the bouse
and it waa »truck out. The senate
the president said:
"Intervention is not being thought committee put in thi* item.
of."
Taft Would Recompense Teaa*.
210,000 Coal Miners Out and
Situation Is Dark.
King'* Lit* Attempted.
Roma—An attempt was made to
assassinate Victor Emanuel of Italy.
Several »hot* were fired at the king,
but all missed their target and hi*
majesty escaped unhurt.
Hi* assail-
ant was arrested.
PLEAD NOT GUILTY.
Washington. D. C.- President Taft
sent to congress a brief message rec­
ommending an appropriation sufficient
to reimburse the State of Texas for
the pay of additional Texas ranger»
employed in policing and petroling the
Mexican border.
Are
Indianapolis, Ind. —"Not guilty"
waa tbe plea of 46 men arraign«! in
APPLE DECAY STOPPED.
FARMERS RAP SINGLE TAX.
Federal court here on indictments
charging complicity in the alleged Teat* on Cold Storage Fruit Reveal Douglas County Grange Will Wage
Vigorous Fight Against Measure.
Fungu* Remedy.
con pi racy unlawfully to transport dy­
Roseburg
Denouncing the single
Hood River -The discovery by Prof.
namite from »tat* to state. Judge
Anderson overruled all demurrer* of W. H. luiwrence and B. B. Pratt, of lax as unfair and detrimental to the
the pomologica! department of the best interests of fanners, the mem­
the defense, but granted 30 days for
United States department of agricul­ bers of Ihiugla* County Grange in ses­
the filing of exception to hl» ruling.
ture, that the decay of apples in co’d sion here vol«! to wage an op«-n fight
Conaolidation of the case* asked by storage is due for the most part to the against the measure in every section
The Granger» also
United State* District Attorney Mil­ attack of the spores of anthracno»c, of the county.
and that the remedy to use Is »pray­ went on record disapproving of bond
ler was order«!, subject to petition
ing with Bordeaux mixture, will mean i*«uea planned to bring aliout better
for separate trial* if the defense so the saving of many hundreds of dol­ road» or other public improvements,
desires. The court instructed that the lars to the fruitgrowers of Western which funds, they declar«!, should be
defendant* appear when presentation Washington and Oregon, Prof. law raised through the levying of special
of the matter is made.
The trial waa rence. county fruit inspector and local taxes.
The IXiuglas County Grange also is
orchard expert, Iwgan his Investiga­
set for October 1.
tion» along this line several year* ago op|»>s«l to the present system of
When Judge Anderson announc«! he and continued the work throughout the county grange election of delegates to
would overrule the demurrer* to tbe term of hi» office as expert anti direc­ the state grange «invention and will
34 indictments, he turn«! to the de­ tor of the Hoot! River Fellowship as- present a resolution at the next meet­
fendants, for whom seats hail been •Delation.
ing of the state grange advocating the
rang«! in tiers, and said:
During last autumn Mr. Pratt be- re|irescntation of subordinate granges,
"Gentlemen, do you know th* na­ ' gan for the government service a »er­ of which there are 2v In Ihiuglas
ture of the charges against you?"
ica of experiments at Portland.
He county.
"We do," came in a heavy chorus. ’ and Prof, Lawrence announced last
Delegates to the state grange which
Then, one by one, the indict«! men, week that the experiments hail proved will meet in Roseburg in May were
pre»«-nt or ex-labor officials from many I that the greater part of the rot was pdected as follows:
J. T. Rmiifer,
sections of the country, and head«! by caus«l by the attack of the anthrac­ Dram; Edwin Weaver. Myrtle Creek;
Frank M Ryan, president of tbe In­ nose fungus. A single »pore striking F. A. Goff, Melrose, F N. Howard,
ternational Association of Bridge and an apple will penetrate it and cause it Stephens, and 0. C. Brown, Dixon
Structural Iron Workers.
aro*e as to rot
!.Ville. The Douglas County ill-legs
their names were call«! by the clerk
Prof. Lawrence has been testing the ti-.in WM m«trui-ti-d to indorse t' I .
am! respond«!
anthracnose in his laboratory here. Spencer, of Oregon City, for maater,
A. ,\ t gui:ty
Apple* that had decayed prematurely and T. L. Lee, of lxtoking Glass, for
Attacks from many angle* werv were us«i in the experiment*.
The overseer.
made on
the indictments, which | disease ha* been known to orchard-
charge the defendants with aiding and j :»ts for many years. Tbe apple« will
FUND IS NOW AVAILABLE.
allotting Ortie E McManigal and John not suffer from the pest.
However,
and James M McNamara in the trans­ wind may blow «¡ure» from >»•!’ ining
portion of dynamite on passenger infect«! orchard*. In the experiments 915.0C0 tor Booklet to Advertise
Oregon Rslsated.
train*, with being principals with Me of the cx|M-rta it wa* found that apple»
Manigal an-l the McNamaras with taken from an orchard
uninfest«!
Portland
Simultannxus with the
the illegal acts, and with having con­ •howed only one apple out of several news that Governor West had released
spired to violate the *tatutr* prohibit boxes that display«! a rot caused by the fund appropriat«! at the last leg­
ing such transportation.
anthracnose.
Until a remwiy wa* islature for the Oregon immigration
found for the disease several years fund, C. I. Chapman, secretary of the
ago. the orchardista used tn destroy Oregon Development league, and man­
COAST IS MISSING.
their infected trees
In 1910 Grant* ager of the promotion bureau of the
Map Changed Bines Durvills Visited Pass was so badly affect«! that it wa* Portland Commercial club, was noti­
iecided to c.i-qi d-'WIt the tree*
An fied of his apimintment on the Oregon
Antarctic In I83H
expert, however, visit«! It and cured Immigration board to succe«! Leroy
Hobart, Tasmania The ship Au­ the dlsea»«! trees, which soon after Park, who has resign«!.
r:
of tho f I 2.000 ,,f tl,.-
rora. which »ail«! from thi* port on produced * crop of apples w hich sold
immigration
fund now available,"
December 2 last with an Australian I tor ji i.vov.
says Mr. Chapman, "will enable us to
Antarctic exp«!ltion under the leader­
DEER SEEN IN PARK SOON.
produce, for the first time, a booklet
ship of Dr. ltouglaa Mswson, has re
advertising the state of Oregon, back-
turned to Hobart.
The Aurora is Warm Weather in Crater Lake Coun­ id by the authority and the seal of the
state of Oregon, and for that reason
commandml by Captain J. K. Davis.
try Promises to Bring Herd* Out
should have more weight with home
He, landed two separate parties at two
Klamath Falls If open weather seeker* in the East than any advertis­
¡»lints in the Antarctic regions, one
continue* the drovrs of deer which are ing matter issued by any private or­
under Dr. Mawson. January IN. and
one of the greatest attractions of Cra ganisation ur by a corporation. One-
the other under Dr. Wilde, a veteran
ter Lake National Park probably will fifth of the fund will be utilix«! for
of the Shacklton and Scott march«-»,
enter the park a month earlier than establishing a
statistical
bureau,
February 19.
usual. The park is the warm weather something that the state has never
The Aurora found no trace of the
■canon resort for the monarch* of the before maintain«!. This will be un­
Claris coast, from which it waa con­
forest. In the winter they seek the der the management of the Oregon
cluded that it was *n ice barrier that
fiiothills, where there I* Isa* *now am! Agricultural College, with which the
ha«! broken up since Durville’s discov­
a milder cold seaosn than on the sum­ immigration board will co-operate in
ery in 1H3N.
The Aurora left the
mit of the monutalns.
A strange every way possible in preparing the
Antractic in February an-l intend«! to
thing is that the blacktail and mule­ development booklet which will lie
return in the spring
tail deer never mingle nor trespass on publish«! with the remainder of the
Some of th" b«»t known British ex­
each other's preserve*.
fund.
plorer* are with the partie* land«! by
The blacktails, which predominate
the Aurora, which muster 25 men in
by a large majority, always stay on
LOGANBERRY IS POPULAR.
all. The most advanc«i feature of the
the west side of Crater lake, and dur­
«¡uipment is a monoplane in charge o’
ing the rold months seek the west side
Lieutenant Watkins, who ha* taken
of the Cascades, while the muletail» Marion County Growtri Will Sst
part in several aviation meets. Speak­
2000 Acrss to Thi* Fruit,
pas* the summer to the east of the
ing of the value of the aeroplane In
lake ami winter on the lower lands
Brook*
A canvass of Marion
exploration. Dr. Mawaon. prior to the
east of the mountains. The lake does county discloses an unprec«lent«l pop­
departure of the expedition, said:
not divde the an tire park, anil either ularity of the loganberry
Fruit
"An aeroplane can fly over an ice
variety of brute could get on the other growers are planning to set 2,000
crevasse or a ridge as easily a* over
side without trouble.
acres to the berries this spring, in ad­
anything else, whereas a party on foot
dition to the 500 acres already bear­
might have to search a long time to
Lin* to Rea I* Planned.
ing. The A. M. Aspinwall fruit farm
find a pa»», and an aeroplane can do a
Gold Hill From Medford to Cres­ of this place, ennaisting of 50 acres,
journey of 150 miles in thr<-e hour«."
cent City via Jacksonville, up Willow has just »uppliwi • shipment of several
creek and *cro*s Blackwell hill* to thousand plants to Nebraska and fihio,
ROBBERS HOLD UP TRAIN.
Kane’s creek, at a point two and a ■nd recently sent 30,000 plant* to Sa­
half miles south of Gold Hill, on to lem. where they will be forward«! to
Taxa* Fhsriff and Po*«s Ride Light the great Blue L«!g" ropper mine and Howell Prairie, where 100 acres are
Engine to Meet Detperado*.
through heavy timber all the way to tie planted.
Another 100-acre tract to be set
El Paso Southern Pacific passenger from Kane's creek to the sea, I* the
train No. 9, wetabound, due at El route of a propo»«! railroad, surveys out thi* spring i* the Voget farm at
Pa*o at 6 30 a. m., wa* held up by for which are report«! to have ticen Brooks. A few contract* have lieen
made and rumors of which are rife made for the 1912 crop at 25 cents,
robbers Wednesday morning at 2 15.
but most of the growers are holding
The scene of the holdup is two mile* here
It Is understood that the line as pro- for 30 cents. The plants are in ex­
east of Sanderson, Tex., and the rob
winter«!
ber* detach«! the engine, mail «ml | ¡»i»«! touches no town in the Rogue cellent condition, having
baggage car* and took them toward River valley except Medford ami Jack­ well and have beet) practically all
Sandcrwm. The sheriff ¡and a posse, sonville, between which points the sold out in this vicinity at 125 a
thousand, which nets the grower 1100
on a light engine, left Sanderson to present Barnum line will be used.
an acre for the tip* alone, which does
meet the robber*.
Will Fight Codling Moth.
not interfere with hl* profit on the
Southern Pacific official* expy»» the
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor berries.
belief that the train holdup was com­
mitted by Mexican malcontent*.
vallis In order to find out just what
Government Hunter Gets Wildcat*
is the best time to make the second
Rattler* to Be Raised.
spray for the control of the codling
Pendleton 8. W. Purdy, govern­
l-enox. Mass. One hundred rattle­ moth. Prof. H. F. Wilson of the en­ ment hunter, ha* just *rriv«l here
snake* from the Schagtieoke hill* in tomology department of the Oregon from Meacham, in the Blue Moun­
Connecticut are to be brought here by Agricultural college will make a tour tains, with two big male bobcats. In
a syndicate of Connecticut farmer* to of Southern Oregon and other points the encounter with the first wildcat
Almut two one of Mr. Purdy'* fine hounds was
start a 12-acre rattlesnake farm, land the coming summer.
for which ha* been purchased. Rat­ i weeks after the calyx spray of the bady hurt a* the big cat and d<>g
tlesnake oil ia worth 15 a pint, and apple tree* he plans to visit consecu­ roll«! down the hill together in a fight.
there i* also a good return in the tively Roseburg. Medford, Ashland. This is the second successful hunt in
Portland, Hood River, Union, Ontario, less than two weeks, he having
•kin*.
recently tre«j and killed a cougar
The farmer* expect to have at lea*t and then Astoria and Coo* Bay.
with hi* dog*.
5,000 rattler* within the next few
Extension Work In Has Raising.
month*.
Cutoff Again D*l*y*d.
i'l.rvall.* Dr. I. F Phillips of the
Com Grow* in Appendia.
U. S. bureau of entomology has given
Klamath Falls Sine* the date set
th* Natron-Klamath
Lawrence, Ind.—Three grain* of the department of agriculture at the for finishing
com that had begun to sprout were Oregon Agricultural cullrge 200 copie* Falls cutoff has been deferred from
found in the appendix of James B. of Farmers' bulletin No. 447, publish­ the fall of 1912 to *om* time during
Powell, a wealthy farmer, when he ed by the U. 8. department of agricul­ the year 1913, the anxiou* one* are
The announce­
waa operated upon for acute appendi­ ture, to be used in extension work. becoming impatient.
citis. The appendix wa* 11 inches It is a valuable work, giving briefly, ment by on* of the high official* of
long. Powell had a habit, he said, of with illustration*, the information the Southern Pacific that the line
eating a few grain* of com every ne«l«l by person* engaged in keep­ would be completed this year I* now
ing bee*.
gravely doubted here.
time he fed bi* stock.
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