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NO. 145
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CONGRESS
Becord-Breaking Session Ends Au
liropriations Total $1,626,439,210
Chamberlain Asks Lobby Probe-
Homestead Grazing Bill Passed
17,801 Bills Introduced and 252
Become Laws, in Addition to 33
Public Resolutions and 150 Bills.
WASHINGTON', Sept. S. Congrass
adjourned nine die this morning at
10 o'clock concluding a session rocord
breaking in many respects, with ap
propriations and authorizations for
the future running well toward two
billion dollars.
Approprlatlons-iit the scsion closed
today totalled exactly ? 1 ,0 20 ,4 39.a 1 0,
which, with obligations and authori
zations for the future makes the total
$1,858,384,483.
These figures, announced In
speeches by Representatives Fitzger
ald, New York, democrat, and Gillett,
Massachusetts, republican, were de
fended by the former and attacked by
the latter as half a billion dollars
greator than at any session of a re
publican congress.
Senator Owen announced in the
scnato today that he would not fur
ther, press his corrupt practices bill
at this session but would let It re
main tlio unfinished business before
that body and call it up at next ses
sion. Work ltecnpltiiliilcMl
As, senators and representatives as
sembled from brief rests following
the arduous night sessions both hous
es marked tlmo while awaiting the
final formalities of the greatest ses
sion of congress In many respects In
history.
in closing addresses while awaiting
t lie arrival of President Wilson, ref
erences to the long program of legis
lative achievements were made, dom
inated chiefly by national propared
ness measures at a cost of more than
$600,000,000.
Democrats lauded the record of the
session and commended It to the
country while republicans sought to
criticise, alleging waste and extrava
gance In spite of the appropriations
for defense.
Two llillinn Dollar Country
.Administration champions In Infor
mal reviews of the congress answered
republican taunts of a "two billion
congress," with declarations that the
"United States is a .two billion dollar
.country."
The senale began Its session at 8 a.
m. upon passage of the emergency
revenue bill. At the outset Senator
James Hamilton Lewis sought to have
passed the Spanish war widows pen
sion bill. Senator Hoke Smith of
Georgia announced that such a meas
ure could not pass for several years.
If he could prevent It.
Senator Owen then addressed the
senate on his corrupt practices bill.
In withdrawing the bill Senator Owen
said that the democratic party had
broken its platform pledges relating
to such an act, but charged that a re
publican filibuster was responsible
for the dilatory tactics which had pre
vented a vote.
"I profoundly regret that the lead
ers of the republican side have taken
a position against this bill, said he.
"There 1b nothing about It that could
not havo been adjusted and It ought
to be notice to the moral clement of
the country what It may expect in the
coming election."
(luniilMM'Inln Protest
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon,
(Continued on page three)
WASHINGTON. Sep!. 8. Six';
seven of the large: -team railways
earned a net revenue of s.'i-Ti per mile
during last July, a nincrca-c of .f-i:t
a mile over July, !).). A summary
made, public today by I he interstate
commerce .commission shows net rev
ennes totalled .41.X.',fl21. compare,!
with .lli,:i-,N,''8M in July. 1!M'. The
large-t gains were made in til? oai-l
NDS WORK
ADJOURNS
MOVES TO RELIEVE
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l'OliTl.AND. Or.. Sent. H.
Shippers were notified bv ol'fi-
4 .if tln Koothorn Pni'il'it
railroad here today that, begin-
niiiif next Monday snociul trains
from California will begin bring-
ing fit ty freight cars per day
into Oregon. The cars will con
tinue to conic into the state until
tlie shortage is relieved. The
Oregon public, service commis
sion yesterday ordered an in
vestigation of the shortage,
which it is said has forced the
closing down of u number of
manufacturing plants.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Sept. 8'.
The National Woman Suffrage asso
ciation convention today defeated by
an overwhelming vote u resolution
that the association in the present
national campaign support only those
candidates for national offices who
pledge .their support to the passage
of the Susan B. Anthony amendment
for a federal constitutional amend
ment. The resolution was offered bv
Ills. Raymond Uobins of Chicago and
a number of other delegates.
In enrryin - out the election the wo
men are using voting machines and
for the last two" days-delegates have
been practicing on the machines in
order to be able to vote without mak
ing a mistake. Sirs. Carrie Chapman
Catt, 'national president of the or
ganization, tried one in New York, a
week ago and voted a full ticket in
seventeen seconds.
With the exception of three offi
cers who have announced they will
retire, all the present officers expect
to be re-elected. So Tar as can be
learnqd, Mrs. Cult has no opposition
for president. It is said Mrs. Walter
McNab Miller of Columbia, Mo., will
be elected first vice-president to suc
ceed Mrs. Frank M. Koessing of
Pittsburg.
TO
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CHICAGO. Sept. 8. Details of tin
"spiritual" promptings which caused
him to slay his young wile to "save
her soul,'1 are contained in a confes
sion said to have been obtained from
J. Maurice Pettit. the former Cedar
Rapids. la., bank cashier, in jail here
today. The confession was made
public by (lie state's attorney's office
late I.-'- l night.
In the confession Pettit is quoted
as saying that when he was married
in the early part of the year he ex
pected to live with Ins wile on
"spiritual plane," hut that hi mother
in law objected to that plan. Al
though his wife wils a "pure woman,"
the confession continued, he had at
tacks of jealous fits in one of which
he cut the throat of his wile with a
razor and left her lying dead while he
fled the house.
According to the confession Pettit
sought to kill himself on a farm near
Detroit, where he was captured, and
that he vet hoped to end his life so he
could join his bride "-piritually.''
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. Members
of the conference committee on the
revenue bill today pointed out an Im
portant change in the Income tax sec
tion as finally approved, extending
the $4,000 exemption, Instead of the
$3,000 one to "heads of families
whether married or not, replacing
the provision of the old law, wh'ch
cave the larger exemption only to
"married persons."
BULBARS SEIZE
DOBRIC FORTRESS SERIOUS LOSS IN
LOSING ORSOVA
Russians Join In Offensive in Balk
ansSlavs Cross Dvina German
Attacks Along Somme Futile Brit
ish Raid Trenches Near Lille
Fighting in Orogress on All Fronts.
LONDON, Sept. 8 The beginning
of a great battle in southeastern liu
mania, where the Russians have taken
the offensive against the llulgarians
and Germans, is reported in a Home
dispatch given out by the Wireless
l'ress.
LONDON, Sept. 8. An undated of
ficial Bulgarian announcement re
ceived here says the Bulgarian and
German forces which nrc invading
eastern ltuniailia have captured the
fortress of Dobrie ( Ilasardjik) and
the scaporls of Ilultjik, Kavarna and
Kali Akra. The occupation ot Or
sova by the liuniuninns is conceded in
the Bulgarian statement.
Orsova Is Seized.
LONDON, Sept. 8. liunianinn
troops have occupied Orsova, an im
portant Hungarian town on the Dan
ube, according to a dispatch to the
Times from Bucharest today. Or
sova is one of the principal ports on
the lower Danube and has consider
able commercial importance.
The struggle is now under way over
the whole front in Dobrudju between
the Danube and the Black sea. Fight
g is desperate near Bultjik, on the
Black sea coast, about ten miles north
of the Bulgarian frontier.
fliis information, the wireless dis
patch says, virs "received in Ifomo
from Pctrogrud.
(tcrniaiis ltoptilesd.
PKTliOOUAD, Sept. 8. Russian
troops winch have crossed the Dvinn
.river, north of Dvinsk were atlackcd
repeatedly by the' Germans yester
day, the war office announces, but
succeeded in holding the captured
positions.
PA HIS, Si'pt. 8 Violent artillery
fighting is under way in the front in
Greek Macedonia, t he war office an
nounced today. The principal en
agements are in progress on the
Struma front, in the region of Mount
Boles and in the vicinity of Lake Doi-
rau.
On Nomine Front.
PAHIS, Sept. 8. Renewed and
parliculurly violent ultacks were
made bv the Germans on the Soniuic
front Inst night in an effort to re
ain ground won by the French. The
war office announced today that the
German assaults were futile, the
French holding their ground every
where.
The German attacks were made in
strong force on the front between
Bernv and Chaulncs, south of Hie
Somme. Fighting was especially
between Vermundovillers and Chaul
ncs. The Germans preceded their in
fan try assaults with intense bombard
incuts.
The Germans al.-o made an effort
to regain the ground won bv the
French yesterday on he Verdun front
between Yuux-Chupitrc wood anil
Chenois, where ncarlv a mile of the
German first line positions were car
ricd. The official report say the
German onslaughts were iinsucee-s
fill.
Jtalds by British.
LONDON, Sept. 8. British troops
southwest of Lille la-t night raided
the German trendies southeast of
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TWO BRITISH SHIPS
LONDON. Sept. H. The Briti-h
stcani-hip Strathlay and the Kller
man line steamship Tagus have been
sunk. The crew of the Strathtuy
was saved. It is rcpor'ed the Brit
ish stcam-hip llazelwood has been
sunk.
The Stralhtay, 4248 ton-, sailed
from New York August 22 for Havre.
The llazelwood was a IllOO-ton ves
sel. The Tati was ol 957 tons.
OR CAUSES
NATION S CROPS
Output of Corn Clipped 67,000,000
Bushels, Wheat 43,000,000 Bushels,
Oats 43,000,000 Bushels, Potatoes
46,000,000 Bushels Tobacco Alone
Shows Increase In Yields.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. Hot and
dry weather during August caused a
loss ot 67,000,000 bushel in the pros
pective production of corn, 43,000,-
000 bushel in spring wheat crop, 43,
000,000 bushel In oats and 4G.000,-
000 bushel In potatoes. Tobacco pro
duction prospects increased 27,000,
000 pounds.
A stutement issued by tho depart
ment commenting upon the report.
says:
"Nearly all crops doclined In condi
tion during the past month, duo to
the hot, dry weather in the northern
and central wost portions of the Unit
ed States.
"Corn declined In prospect 07,000,-
000 bushels: spring wheat doclined
43,000,000 bushels, oats 44,000,000;
barley, 11,000.000, potatoos 46,000,-
000 bushels and apples 3,900,000
barrels.
'On the other hand, tobacco pros
pects Improved 27,000,000 . pounds
and the hay estimate is 1,600,000
tons higher than the August 1 fore
cast and flax and sugar beet pros
pects Improved slightly.
"Tho reduction of the spring wheat
condition brings the forecast ot all
wheat down to 611,000,000 buBhclB,
which Is not more than the normal
domestic requirement and compares
with an estimated production of
slightly over 1,009,00(000 bushels
last year and 783,000,000 the yearly
average of tho preceding five years.
"The corn crop, forecast Is now
slightly below the avorage prediction
of recent years, the shortage bolng
most severe in Kansas. In most
states almost an average crop is fore
cast. "The oat crop Is short only In com
parison with early forecasts and ap
ples are now estimated at 67,700,000
barrels."
I OFF
WASHINGTON, Scpl. 8. Presi
dent Wilson left. Washington at 1
o'clock for a slav .which may exlend
until lifter election in November. 11c
expects to arrive at Allanlie City at
5:4,") o'clock this nflcnioon, nnd to
night will speak before the National
American Woman SnlTrngo associa
tion. After spending Ihc night in At
Inutio City he will motor to the sum
mer while hou-c, Slmdow l.awn, at
Long Brunch, N. J., for mi extended
slay.
The president was busy up to the
lime of his departure with work in
cident to the adjournment of eon
gross. After spending an hour at the
capitol signing bills, lie returned t
tin' while house nnd attached his sig
nature to ninny commissions and ex
ecutive papers.
FORD LOSES SUIT
PORTLAND, Sopt. S. V. W. Wln-
cliell and F. M. Hathaway of Kugcne,
won their suit against the Ford Motor
Company In federal court yesterday
when Judge II. S. Bean directed tho
Jury to return a verdict In favor of
the plaintiffs. The verdict awards
the plaintiffs a refund of $16,077.50
and $6,000 damages.
On the theory that the Ford com
pany had violated the anti-trust law
by Its efforts to force the plaintiffs,
who were agents of the company, to
maintain certain selling prices on
Ford automobiles, tho plaintiffs Im
mediately filed a motion asking that
the amount of the damages awarded
bo trebled. The ant-trust law pro
vides that victims of violations of the
anti-trust law .e entitled to three
times the ac'ual amount of damages
suffered. Arguments on this motion
will be heard next Monday.
DEFENSE OF U.S.
PR NGiPALWORK
64TH CONGRESS
Reorganization and Re-equipment of
Army and Navy Appropriations
Break Records Much Important
Legislation Enacted Many Con
structive Measures Become Laws.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. The first
session of the sixty-fourth congress
which adjourned today was concern
ed chiefly with national defense.
When the gavel fell congress hud
directed reorganization and re-equip
ment of the army and navy for do
tense ot the country at the unprece
dented cost of $655,000,000 with au
thorizations that will increase the to.
tal in three years to nearly $800,000,
000. With all othor expenditures,
appropriations were brought to the
grand total ot $1,637,583,082, the
greatest aggregate In the country's
fiscal year by more than half a bil
lion dollars.
Expenditures, necessitated by pre
paredness and tho calling Into action
of military forces to meet the Moxl-
can emergency demanded revenuo
legislation in the closing days ot the
session. Congress responded by
doubling the normal tax on Incomes,
creating an inheritance tax, muni
tions tax and miscellaneous excise
taxes to raiso $205,000,000 and by
directing sale of $130,000,000 Pan
ama Canal bonds.
Work Is Slliiunallzcd
Congress established a tariff com
mission; a government shipping board
to rehabilitate the American mer
chant marine; a workmen's compen
sation commission to administer i
now "uniform- compensation lawt i
farm loan bunking system; A child
labor law; enlarging the Bystem of
self-government In the Philippines
and enacted many othor important
laws which had been contemplated
by the administration.
The session was disturbed through
out by frequently recurring threats of
foreign complications from the Euro
pean war and imminence at one time
of a diplomatic break with Germany
interference with American mails and
commerce; invasion of American soil
and killing of Americans by Mexican
bandits, and danger of actual war
with Mexico.
Later In the session trouble arose
over the nomination of Louis D. I Iran
dels of Boston, to succeed tho lato
Justice Lamar as a member of the su
prenie court. Weeks of Investigation
and deliberation by the Judiciary com
mittee ended in confirmation of Mr
llrandcls by a largo majority.'1
Averting tho Htriko , .
In the week before, adjournment
congress was occupied with legisla
tion which porvented a threatened
nation-wide railroad strike. Presi
dent Wilson, after futilo negotiations
with officials of the railroads and
railroad brotherhoods, submitted the
controversy to congress, recommend
ing legislation to prevent the strike
and to prevent such emergencies from
arising In the future.
After a week of consideration,
during which the president visited the
capitol daily, conferring with admln
istratloa leaders, a bill was passed to
establish an eight hour had as a basis
of pay for railroad workers, the pres
ent rate of pay for ten hours not to
be reduced and the men to receive
prorata pay for work In excess of
eight hours pending an investigation
by a special commission Into tho ef
fect of the eight hour day on railroad
revenues.
Most Important legislative enact
ments o fteh session, exclusive of law-s
for national defense, Included the
following:
Mca-Mll-oN l-iulctcl
Government Ship Law: Approprlat
Ing $50,000,0110 to operate ships In
(Continued on page 'hree)
BF.KLIN, Sept. 8.- The Dutch gov
"rnmeut has announced lo the Ger
man foreign office flint il will run in
tain iiiisoiuie neutrality in the war
between tiie "friendly powers," Ru
mania and Aiitria-lliim'ury, Ger
many, Bulgaria and Turkey.
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NFW LONDON, Conn., Sept.
8. At the resumption hero to
day of the conference of Hie
Mexican-American joint com
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mission seeking n permnnent
settlement of the international
difficulties, it was regarded .
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probable that before this after
noon's deliberations were com
pleted the Mcxicnn delegates
would make a formal request for
Ihc withdrawal of Genera!
Pershing's punitive expedition
from Mexican territory.
ES
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LF.WIS'I'ON, Me., Scpl. 8 Chas.
K. Hughes, speaking here today, con
tinned his attack on the administra
tion in connection with the ennctmcut
of the Adumson law. Mr. Hughes ns-
serled that the "whole country stood
aghast" at the abandonment of ex
ecutive prerogative and congressional
duty.
"Now, if anyone rises in this conn
try to say Unit I am nol the friend of
labor," the nominee ndded, "he knows
he is not telling the truth."
Mr. Hughes, reviewing his record
in connection with labor legislation
while governor of New York, X'ead an
editorial from the legislative labor
news of October, 11110, in which il
wiih said he was the "greatest friend
of labor laws Hint ever occupied the
governors chair at Albany.
"That is complimentary, hut it is
tnui,'" itly.' Hughes said. "It was
written 'iiC'ii time when I suppose!
and thev supposed that I had I
forever the political field.
"What we need in this country is
fnir-mindedness. When we have a
grievance the thing to do is to ex
amine the busis of fact. There is not
a ipiestion in this country that can
not be settled if yon get at it in the
right wav.
"The hill to which I refer carried
on ils face the declaration of ils own
defects, it proceeded to absolutely
impose a wage scale nnd then to con
sider il, lo find oul whellier it had
any business doing il."
STILL A MYSTERY
IFADI'AUTF.IIS ITNITIVK F.X-
PF.DITION, Mexico, Sept. H. Border
reports concerning Villa's move
through the Santa Clara canyon to
ward Lngiina have not hecu confirm
ed bv i nvestigation, General J. J.
Pershing, commander of the Aineri-
nu punitive expedition, announce
today. General Pcr-hing returned to
field headipiiirlers after completing
in-pcetion ol Hie American camps in
Mexico.
"I am delighted with conditions my
inspection trip disclosed," be said
"The American hoops in Mexico
are in the pink o condition and their
equipment, morale, ordnance, trans
portation and couimiiuicutiou leave
nothing to be de-ired.''
FAILS TO REPORT PLOT
TO DESTROY PES MOINES
BOSTON. Scpl. 7. Commander
Bbikclv of the crui-cr Dcs Moines
now at Barcelona, Spain, in a rou
tine report dated today and receiver
nt the navy department late tin- at
tciuoon made no mention of n plot
to blow up the Dcs Moines, reported
in cable di-patchcs to have been dis
covered bv Barcelona authorities.
SHARP DECLINE IN
PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC
NFW YOKIs, Sept. 8.-A sharp dc
elinc ill infantile pnrnlvsi- cases wa
shown today in the figures announce:
bv Ihi' health authorities. The tola
cases were IH. or 1.1 fewer than yes
tcrduy, while the dent hs( were 1, ;ll -i
a drop of 13.
ASK INJUNCTION
AGAINST BONDS
VOTED RAILROAD
Attorney Newman, Acting for Charles
D. Colby, Asks Circuit Court for
Restraining Order Against City of
Metlford Issuing $300,000 Bonds,
Alleging Conspiracy and Illegality.
complaint bus been filed on be
half of Charles D. Colby, a Medt'ord
property owner, by F. J. Newman at
Jacksonville nskiug a restraining or
der to prevent the sale by the city of
Med ford of any bonds for tho pro
posed railroad to the Blue Ledge dis
trict, alleging conspiracy, friiud nnd
illegality.
The grounds of the complaint ns
set forth by Mr. Newman are sub
stantially as follows:
That the charter amendment pro
pared by tho city council provided
that before it should become u part
of the city charier it should receive -a
vole of the majority of the qnuli
fied voters of the cilv of Medford.
At the election i:t:i7 votes were cast,
1007 for the measure. It is estimated
that there nre at lenst H0I10 qualified
voters in the oily, and thereforo the
election was not legully carried.
Technical ObjwUons.
In the ordinance submitted for the
vote of the people it said the rail
road should he constructed from tho
'Opp mine to the Blue Ledge mining
district. In the contract, tho com
plaint snys, no mention was made of
tlie Blue Ledge district. Also another
Iciinl objection is found in the fact
that there is' legally no Blue Ledge
mining district. Furthermore, tho
contract binds Mr. Bitllis and the
Southern Oregon Traction company
lo build their line to no definite place.
The complaint also states that tho
wholu bond issue is an attempt on
Ihc part of the city of Medford to
loan its credit to the Southern Oro-
iin I ruction company lor the pur
pose of constructing n railroad line
to become the property of the said
I'ompany. This, the complaint cotes,
is in direct violation of article 2, sec
tion il. of the constitution of thu
tale of Oregon.
Assumed $:ir7,()00 Debt.
The ordinance voted upon by the
people provided that the city nssiimc
an indebtedness of .flllU.OIld. In tho
out met the city lakes over a mort
gage of $.-7,0l)() held against tho trac
tion company. Ibis makes the tolal
indcblcilness ifiiriTJMIII. No provision
nuidc in the .amendment for the
payment of priucipu! or interest on
the $.'17,01)1).
No provision has been muile, the
'omplaiut continues, for n terminal in
Iho city of Medford, which must be
made to insure legality, and further,
provision is muile for funds for
the construction of a terminal.
The contract slates that Mr. Bullis
will receive $10,1)1)11 for each mile of
road const ruclcd. It does not, how
ever, hind linn lo construct any iiei-
iuite mileage. He may, under the
oul met, build only a portion instead
of the complete line to the Blue Ledge
as contemplated.
llackiMl by Taxpayers.
Tl omplaiut was filed. Mr. New
man explained, in the interest of a
number of Medford people who are
heavy taxpayers. The papers have
been put in the hands of the sherilt,
(Continued on page tlx)
ASK TEDDY TO
HELP HUGHES
NKW YORK, Sept. 8. Theodore
Roosevelt, according to Information
from the republican national head
quarters today, has been asked to
take a more active part In the Hughes
campaign and hns consented to a con
siderable addition to the number of
speeches already arranged for him.
The colonel's part In the campaign
was discussed at a conference at
Oyster Bay, New York yesterday and
today when a number of republican
leaders went to Mr. Roosevelt's home
to figure with blin In a series of mov.
Ing pictures. These pictures will show
the colonel Bhaklng hands and con
versing with several promluent re
publicans and progressives, .