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WEATHER
Pair ..Muv l, ltd llunil.
illy 1(1 per cent. Mln t).
imlly Hlxlh YiMir.
I'orty-Kliwl Year
mzDFOiiD, oitmoK tvuhday, august 1, iojl
3STo. 112.
FARMERS FREE LIST BILL PASSED
URN
E
BY THE HOUSE
IS NEXT SIEP
Gives Farmers Advantanos In Trade
Which It Was Asserted Were Not
Contained In the Canadian Reci
procity Measure.
Senators Not
"Gentlemen"
w
NSH
LA FOLLETTE CHAMPION
OF THE NEW MEASURE
Farmrr Was Left at Mercy of Rail
roads and Manufacturers, Ac
cording, to Progressives.
WASHINGTON, l. (, Aug I.
Tin! farmers' free lint lull mln
punned tint senate. Hv it vole nf 18
Id .'10, Urn measure designed dy ill''
demcierulH of lliu hoimo and intended
iih a Mippleuicntul measure to give lo
Hid ugiiuiilturnl sections of Mm
country advantages in trade which
it was a w it el with nut coiitninud
in the Canadian reciprocity lull, was
finally adopted after it had been de
clared lout ly Vicu President Slier
man. The first vote wim n tii. iduiidiiig
:i!) in .'ID, and Vice President Slier
niiin, exercising for tint liinl time on
an imMiiliinl iiiOiiHiiru his eon-Uliu-tiiuial
prerogative of ranting (he de
ciding vote, dcalnn-d (lie meiimiri' Inst
Senator LaFidluttit of WimmiiihiiI
uliuno wool .tariff hill wan recently
punned iimler hliiillar procedure
moved a rccotiHidcrulinii, which car
lied. W'lien Iho final vote wan taken
the tie wan broken and tint fiee U(
pilHMud,
Tim measure Iuih already passed
Hie house. A panned liy (lie senate
it Iiiih lieen aineiuled and eoneiirreneo
liy the house or by a roniinitlee is
the necessary htep hel'iirn it ean lie
Mint to the president.
The fu'o lint in largely a demo
cratic nioamirn and it was paused m
the seiialo an was the wool hill
through coalition of pnigiessivoi am.
democrats.
The progressives, partieiiluily La
Follotle favored the mensiue be
cause they usier! that reeiproeily as
planned wan for the benefit alaiont
exclusively of llm iniiliufnolurcrs. Tim
farmer, it was aHcerlaiaed, wan lull
at the mercy of the railioads and
iiiainifaeturerH by the Canadian
agreement. Tim fiee lint proxides
for the removal of duticr on ceituin
importH fiiim Canada. Of parlienhir
iniportnneo in the mt are meals a'ld
meat products.
Tim bill ax it came fioin the house
wiih j ejected, and iih 1 iniilty adopted
it carry mi amendment by Kern dem
ocrat, Indiana) piovidiug for free
mcatH from all countries giving the
wiiuii euiiurssioiiH to the United
Stales, The principal umuudiucnts
adopted canm from democrats and
for this leasoii it was holieved late
today "that the house illicit concur
and Hint llm message would hood he
Kent to l'icHidciit Taft for his ap
proval. Tim bill wiih pnssed liy the same
coalition of democrats ami progiCNS
ivn republicans that earned the wool
bill through. Tho only progressive
republican who voted against llm
measure wiih Senator Houinu of Ore-
Republicans voting against llm
bill were; Hourne, ltradley, Hrnudo
gee, Hriggtr Hiirnham, Hiirton, Clnrl;,
('nine, Culloin, Lodge, I,orimer, Alu
Lean, Nixon, Oliver, Page, uI'iMiih
Hiohnrdsoii, Knot, Smith, Sniool
Slopluiiisnii' TowiikuiiiI, Warienl
Wot more.
Those not voting were: Culberson
Dillingham, Dnpont, Fryo; Oulliiigor
Lou, I'eiiroHtt, Percy, Kayner, .Sullmr
land, Tillman and Williams.
Some- of thcHo worn paired.
Sinmtor Hailuy of Toxiih wiik tho
only domourat wlio voted iiKiiiuNt thu
ineiiKiire,
Thu hill plncoH on tliu t'reo lint iik
limilliiral iniplcineiilrt, not Ion biiKKinK
cotton ties' IiooIh and hIioch, i'ence
wire, iiuioiiIh, broad, liunbur, Hewing
machines, Ball and other commodities
liHiul lnrj,'oIy in the nrinultiiral hou-tiona,
PAV NG WORK
SEPTEMBER
1
Reported That Clark & Hcnery Con
struction Company Will Move Their
Outfit North-Work On Present
Contract Being Completed.
Yfi
CLASH BETWEEN JAPAN'S ERMT M Wi LEADERS. NEW AUTO LAW
Senator .lohii Sliarn Williains of
MiKNiMOpiii, iiiililii'ly aiMilouireil to the
meiiibern of the linted Kliitc nenate
for calling them gentlemen in a
npeech on the Canadian reciprocity
bill. Tim apolo piovoked lant;hter
fiom the usually staid and dipiitiod
inemlMirM of the upper Inmso and
caused Mr. Williams to blush in cin-
barreshinent.
"I am more hchoolcd in the wnyn
of the other hoiihc than of the pro
cediue here," he explained.
GRADING WILL BE COMPLETED
WITHIN NEXT TEN DAYS
Concrete Base Gang Following Close
lyWork Has Been Rapidly
Done This Season.
BUMPS SAY BOB
WILL WIN 1912
Professor Says Boh LaFolletto Is
Republicans Only Hope tor Next
Year Gets His Dopo From Little
Giant's Lead.
('IIICAtlO III.. Aiir. 1.- Humps of
bin head proclaim .Senator Robert .M
l.ar'ollctlo to be the only hope of the
republican party in 11)12, according
lo Dr. J. T. Allen of Aurora collide
who has aeipiired considerable icpii
lalion locally as a phrenologist.
Dr. Allen says that I.nFollelle's
head tellrt him that with the pos-il lc
exception of Theodoio Roosevelt, l.a
Follclte is the only man whom the
republicans can elect lo tho presidency.
WOMAN FALLS THREE
STORIES: IS MYSTERY
The Clark &. Hcnery Construction
Company will complete their woik
of pavltiK In UiIh city early In Kep-
tombcr nml It 1m reported that they
will leavo the city by September 1C,
moving their plant north.
Work linn bwn very rapid durliiK
the numtner mid although a new con
tract wdh let recently much progress
Iiuh been jundu on that, (irnden will
be through In about ten days while
tho curb and nutter Knnj,'. as well as
tho concrete bao layerH aro follow
ing clone. Tho entire contract will
soon bo completed.
UcnlilentH on a number of other
HtreotH In tho city may petition for
puvhiR luaMinuch an It would tie
completed thin season. Hut aniens
putltlotm are circulated In tho near
futuro and a contract let tho com
pany will leavo.
ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO
V.J. SgWte n
AwmHWKm nwitfi
PRINCE KATSURA
prince yamaata: "
Aceordini: lo ndiiccH from Tokio. serious friction is believed to exist in high political circles in conse
quence of the rivnlry between the military and naval parties, headed by Prince YnmnRatn. and Admiral Yam
atoto respectively.
The former dem-Mids n standing army in C'orca nnd the Inttcr the expenditure of 300,000,000 yen as the
irreducible minimum for naval expansion.
I'rinee Katsum, the premier, is seeking to effect a compromise.
HERE'S WAY TO MAKE
YOUR FACE PRETTIER
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn.,
Aug. J. Here's thu latest
thing for thu complexion:
Sunshine and thu aroma of
grccu growing tobacco leaves.
At least thai is what a
company of young New York
women, who aro living in
tents on the Sumatra Tobac
co company's plantation on
thu Suffield plains hero de
clared today.
Several of them told won
derful stories of complexion
transitions and exhibited
smooth and delicately tinted
cheeks to prou it.
f l H
MORGAN WILL
NOT CALLED
Stanley House Committee Investigat
ing Steel Trust Will Not Force Fi
nancier to Appear Perkins Is Ex
pected to Tell All.
NUW YOIUC. Wl,l. J. IMerpont
Morgan will not be forced to testify
buforo tho Stanley bouso committee
which Ih Investigating tho steel trust.
CougrcsHinan Stanley, chairman of
tho committee, made this statement
lodny, qualifying It, however, with
iho declaration that whllo ho does
not expect Morgan will ho called, a
subpoena will bo Issued for tho fin
ancier should ho return from Europe
before tho closo of tho Investigation.
George W. Perkins. Morgan's part
ner, is expected to tell tho committee
what Morgan knows about tho gob
bling by tho trust of tho Tenessee
Coal and Iron Company. Ho will
take tho Htand a week from today
and will fho questioned at length
on tho conference In tho Morgan lib
rary which resulted In Mooro and
Schley being forced to let go of tho
Teimesseo Company.
POSTAL RECEIPTS
SHOW INCREASE
July, 1911 Is Good Month Showing
Great Gain Over One Year Ago
Postal Savings Deposits Are
Increasing.
ST. 1.01'IS, .Mo., Aug. 1.- Fash
ionnbly attired and bearing evident
marks of refinement, an unidentified
woman was found dying in an alloy
today under an open thiid story win
dow of Iho Vendoum hotel. Shu died
without basing utteied a word.
Tim woman was legistored as
"wife" by a man who disappeared
half nit hour before the woman was
injurud. A iopo fire escape was dang
ling from the window of thu room and
the theory of (ho police is that slm
tried to ilco' and foil to lior death.
Tim mini in tho ease has not yet boon
arrested.
M'MANIGAL'S UNCLE
REFUSES TO ANSWER
STATE BREAKS RECORD
AS A MONEY SPENDER
KALHM, Ore., Aug. 1. at) n
money spender tho atato of Oregon
broke all her i coords during July,
aenndliig to thu atato troatiuror to
day. A total of IRriO vouchora ropreount
lug a an in between $1150,000 and
? 100,000 woro IhbiuuI,
ROKKHURU, Or. Ftn'h fires in
Iho Uinpipm forest reserve nro re
ported lo hu spreading. Eighteen
fires, most of them Biniill nro buru-
LOS ANUKI.KS, Cal., Aug. 3.
Facing the possibility of staying in
jnil until he agreed to answer such
ipmstions as Iho district attorney
asked him, George- lielun, uncle of Or
tie K. iMc.Manigal, stale's star wit
ness in the Los Angeles Timos dyna
miting uase, wan scheduled to appear
in couit at 10 o'clock today to show
cause, why he should not bo adjudged
guilty ot contempt.
Taken into custody Into yesterday
following repeated refusals to an
swer imy (pientions propounded by
the grand jury except with tho stere
otyped "that dooeii't concern the
ease," Uehm was released on 'J000
bail.
According lo District Attorney
Fredericks, Uehm was subpoenaed to
tell what hu knew of an alleged plot
to tamper with thu prosecution's wit
uesseu in the Timos case. Uehm, al
though bis uepliow is allied with the
prosecution, has been active, in thu
dufenso of John J. and James 11. Me
Namarii, held in connection with thu
destruction of thu Timos plant.
Town Wiped Out.
AIHLKNK, Texas, Aug. 1. Tho
entire village of Hamlin, in Jones
county, is reported demolished by a
turrit hi storm. Couriers arrived heto
say thu town was wiped out. All
wires aro down and there aro no do.
tails of (hu disaster available,
FOLK IS IN FULL
ACCORD WITH BRYAN
The recclptH o ftho local postofflec
during July 1911 were 72 per cent
greater than they were ono year ago.
Tho receipts last month were J3,-
is&.& wnuo ono year ago they were
$2,197.80. Tho increaso was $1,-
5S7.7S or 72 per cent.
The deposits In tho postal savings
hank now total $-1,950. There aro 92
depositors.
MOTH IS NOT
BROWN TAIL PEST
I IMI I
Northwest Fears Set at Rest by Gov
ernment Report On New Critter
Found in Rainier Valley. Not
Moth So Much Dreaded.
SEES PROSPERITY
EOR NORTHWEST
Steamship Company President On
Return From East Says Opening of
Panama Canal Will Mean Much to
Pacific Coast.
TACOUA, Wh-r-Aup.. rTIuit
the moth discovered two weeks ago
in Rainier valley near Seattle is not
the dreaded brown tail pest became
definitely known today when a let
ter from the government entomolo
gist at Washington was received by
State Horticultural Commissioner
Huntley. Further examination of the
moth will bo mudo by agricultural de
partment experts in an effort to es
tablish its identity. The horticultural
commission of New York state is also
at work on the case.
The brown tail moth is the most
feared tree pest on this coast and
much apprehension was felt by orch
ardists pending tho decision of the
government entomologist as to tho
identity of the insect.
NOWNEFFECT
MAY TEST IT
Automobile Owners Sate That It Op
erates as Double Tax and Therefor
It Is Unjust May Take Test Suit
Into Court.
HITS0N SAYS HE WILL
ENFORCE NEW STATUTE
MISS QUINBY GIVEN
AVIATOR'S LICENSE
If Owners Haven't Secured New Li
cense Jhcy Are.Llablc to
Arrest.
SALKr, Or.. Aug. 1. With 3118
nutomobilo licenses mailed out and
oOO applications piled up through
lack of time to attend to tlicm, tho
last day of tho CO alloyed nutomobilo
owners of Oregoc io register their
machines closed at midnight and to
day, wben the registry law went into
effect it was estimated that at least
1500 owners had failed to comply
with the statute.
For the benefit of maehino owners
who bnvo paid their fees but have
not received their licenso tags, Secre
tary of State Olcott bns had 1000
cards printed. These will not oxempt
show that the feo has been ETAIN
the owners from arrest but will show
that the fee lias been paid.
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There is a movement on foot
among local automobile owners to
bavo a test case brought to test the
new automobile law, claiming tbnt the
license is in tho nature of a doublo
tax as an automobile is assessed as
property and taxes paid on them..
Cbief of Police Ifitson stated today
that be would enforce the atset law
in regard to the licensing of machines
and that owners of nil machines not
so licensed would bo arrested. How
ever, if an owner can show that an
application for a licenso bas been
made, this will bo taken as an evi
denco of good intent nnd the chargo
will not be pressed.
LINCOLN, Neb.' Aug. 1. Declar
ing himself in full accord with all of
William .1. Hryan's policies, Joseph
V. Folk of Missouri, in a letter to
tho Commoner today answered Hry
an's recent interrogation to piesidcn
tial candidates.
No leplies to Hryan's list of queric
have yet been received from the other
men he iccently designated as jxih-i
hilities for the democratic nomiiia
tion in 1012.
E OF DELANEY
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Thu explosion of a lamp in tho
residence of Frank Dolaney. on
North Central avonuo about 11
o'clock Monday ovonlug Bet flro to
tho Interior of tho kitchen and caus
ed Romo little damago to thu room
and tho root ot tho dwolllng,
Tho flro company was callod and
made a very quick run to tho scono
and tho building bolng only ono
story tho flro was booh but a memory.
ALBANY, Or. Two new forest
fires aro burning in Linn county to
day. OOuo of them is on tho water
shed between Cnlapooin and the
South Santiam valley and Iho other
is along the Cnlapooin river and Hol
ley, Thy Urea tiro small,
TACO.MA, Wash.. Aug. 1. That
within five years following tho open
ing of tho Panama Canal, tho popu
lation of the Pacific Coast states will
have doubled, ami an era ot prosper
ity unparalleled In tho history of this
country will follow, Is tho opinion ex
pressed today by II. F. Aloxander.
president of tho Alaska Pacific
Steamship Company, who has just
returned from an eastern trip.
"Whllo In tho east I becamo Im
pressed with the attitude ot tho poo
plo toward tho Pacific Coast states
and their future, following tho open
ing of tho canal," said Alexander.
"Tho peoplo of tho eastorn soauonrd
talk a great do.il mora about tho
canal than do tho peoplo on this
coast, who aro oven moro vitally af
fectod. "It Is thu unanimous opinion, and
I bellevo justly so, that tho opening
of tho big ditch will spoil wonders
for this region. That tho Hnmburg
Amcrlcnn Hue, In purchasing largo
holdings In Portland. Is to run Its
steamers directly to this coast, Is
ovldent, and It Is known that tho
North German Lloyd steamers and
the Illuo Funuol lluors nlso aro to
niako direct trips to San FranclBco,
Portland, Tncoma and Sonttlo. The
coming of theso stoamorB, and they
will not bo nlono In this servlco,
means tho dawning ot a now day on
tho Pacific Coast."
HEMPSTEAD, L. I.. Aug. 1. Tho
first aeroplane pilot's licenso ever Is
sued to a woman In America was
granted to Harriet Qulnby today by
tho Aoro Club of America. Miss
Quinby's recent flights havo been of
a most sensational nature. Sho de
scribed figure eights in tho air and
mado such perfect landings that tho
club officials decided sho was entitled
to a licenso.
OHKOON CITY, Or. Sparks from
a pipe bo was smoking exploded two
stliuks of dynamite that Walter
Crookor, a farmer near Aiaplo Lano,
was carrying. Only fragments of his
wifu who heard, the explosion.
"FUTURES" MAY BE
GIVEN DEATH BLOW
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 1. An in
junction secured in thu federal court
against paying out money on u big
wheat doal may striko a blow at spec
ulating in "futures." Tho action was
brought by William Lanyon of St
Louis, himself a big speoulator in
grain. Tho injunction provonts llen
nolt & Co. from paying money on
deals that Lanyon ordered them to
mnko. Thu order was asked and
granted on tho ground that tho recent
"uornor" in May wheat was en
gineered "in restraint of trado" and
that thu cereal was advanced 15
cents pur bushel an a result of this
manipulation. Lanyon bas appliod
for a permanent restraining oritur
und tho court will hoar arguments
on the matter. Should his conten
tion he sustained, dealing in futures
would bo sovoroly haiuliuapped, ac
cording to brokors Lore. '
MAN WHO STOLE
$21500 IS DEAD
LOS ANGKLES, Cal.. Aur. 1.
According to advices today, Wilson
B. Evans, former paying teller of tho"
Farmers' aud Merchants' bauk of
Los Angeles, who was necused of
having embezzled $27-500 from tho
bunk nnd fled to Lowor California,
died last Friday in tho jail at Aculpu,
where ho was awaiting cxtrnditiou.
Evans bad been in jail for moro
than fho months. It is said that foi
lowhiff his flight from Los Angeles
last Christmas, Evans wont to San
Francisco, whore bo chartered tho
schoonor Knto and sailed out of tho
bay. Ho was seen at Acaluno bv u
steam&bip who recognized bim. Ev
aus bud i?ll,000 when arrested.
POPE MAY ASSIST
MANUEL REGAIN THRONE
LISnON, Aug. 1. That tho Popo
Is disposed U lend aid to thq movo
meut for tho restoration of tho mon
archy In Portugal is Indlcatod by
Cardinal Merry Dol Vat's reply to a
letter 'from Captain Concolro. leader
of tho Portuguese royalists, promis
ing to establish tho auproniacy of tho
church. Tho papal socrotary of stato
asked for furthor Information re
garding tho royalist organization.
Jeff to Hunt In Alaska.
LOS ANQELES. Cal., Aug. 1.
James J. Jeffries' formor world'
champion, accompanied by lua
brothor, Jack Jeffries, will leave to
morrow for Alaska to limit big game.
They will go direct lo Seatllo, sailing
from thoro August 8 for Jutieaii.
From Jinienu they will skirt liiu isl
ands dotting the Alaskan const, ulti
nmtery prriving at Kodink island.
The return will bo made Novewbor 1,
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