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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
Saturday, July II.

Washington. July 1.-THE tariff
conferees today settled the question of
giving the secretary of the treasury
authority to issue 50-year 3 per cent
bonds to cover the entire cost of the
Panama canal. The effect of the bond
provision is to repeal the limit of the
bond authorization of the Spooner act,
although not interfering with 2 per
cent bonds issued under that authority
to the amount of $84, 4,63l, $3.50. The
estimated cost of the canal is $685.
POI, 900, which will be the figure
named in the new authorization, and
bonds may be issued as they are needed
at the rate of per cent to the extent
of $500, $50, ,020.
There is no doubt that per cent
tax on the net earnings of corporations
will be accepted.
Practically the only subject consid-
cred during the forenoon session of the
conference was the woolen schedule.
A reduction of per cent was made in
the Dingley rates on women's and
children's dress goods made of cotton
warp. Three changes in the wool
schedule were agreed upon. All OF
these were reductions. the lower duty
on women's and children's dress goods
being made on woolen fabrics weigh
ing four ounces or over to the square
yard and woven into contton wark. A
reduction of 25 per cent was also made
on yarns valued at 80 cents pound or
leaa
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
HOT CONTEST ASSURED.
Senate and House Will Each Hold
Out for Lumber Rate.

Senate and House Will Each Hole
Out for Lumber Rate.
Washington, July l6.-The make ur
of the committee on conference that is
now handling the tariff bill, endeavor-
ing to compromise the differences be-
tween the house and senate bills, is not
such as to inspire confidence in the
hearts Of those senators and represent
atives who favor the senate duty on
rough lumber, $l.50 per 1000 feet. 1t
may be that that rate will be re-
tanned, but there is only one Republi-
can on the conference committee who
is directly interested in the lumber
schedule, and that man is handicapped
because he is a big lumberman.
Of the senate conferees, not one has
any direct interest in the tariff on lum-
Der. Aldrich, Rhode Island; Burrows,
Michigan; Penrose, Pennsylvania
Hale, Maine, and Cullom, Illinois, rep
resent states that care far more about
cheap lumber than they do about high
protection for the American lumber
man. A few years ago Burrows might
have been some ewhat concerned. but
now his interest is secondary. On the
house side, Payne, New York; Dalzell,
Pennsylvania; Mccall, Massachusetts
Boutell, Illinois; Calderhead, Kansas,
and Fordney, Michigan, are the confer
ees, and Fordney is the only enthusias-
tic advocate of high tariff on lumber,
for he owns fabulous quantities of
timber land and operates numbsr of
lumber mills.
1t will be the contention of the
house members that the duty on rough
lumber must be reduced 81, the rate
fixed by the house in the Payne bill.
They will insist that the house will not
stand for $l,50, and will point to the
fact that it was only by narrow mar
gin that the house rejected free lum-
ber amendment.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Trust Funds Are Gone,

New Orleans, July 15.-Wyatt H..
Angram, Jr., the trust officer of the
Hibernla Bank & Trust company, of
New Orleans, was arrested at his home
this evening, charged with being de-
faulter to the amount of between $75,-
900 and 100000 Ingram is said to
have confessed to Vice President Pool,
of the Hibernia bank, that his defalca-
tions would approximate 100000. In
gram stood high in business and social
circles of New Orleans. His family
connections in Kentucky, Maryland and
other Southern states are prominent.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Mone ay, July IL.

Washington, July 12.-By the decis-
i've vote OF BIT to ID, more than the
necessary two thirds, the house today
passed the senate joint resolution pro-
viding for the submission of an income
tax Constitutional amendment to the
states. The negative votes were all
cast by Republicans. The resolution
now goes to the president for his sig
nature.
The debate lasted four hours. Chair
man Payne, of the committee on ways
and means, voiced the sentiment that
such tax would make "a nation of
liars" The burden of the Democratic
speeches was that it was simply case
of stealing Democratic thunder, al
though some of the remarks on that
side incidentally touched upon tariff
and the corporation tax, with no little
amount of castigation of the Republi-
cans for failing to keep party pledges.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
NEW GERMAN CHANCELLOR.
DR.. Won Bethmann-HolIweg Will Sue
ceed Won Buelow.


Berlin, July 14.-Dr. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg has been practically decided
upon as Prince Won Buelow's successor
as imperial chancellor. The appoint
ment will be recommended by Prince
Won Buelow at his audience with the
emperor tomorrow and there is every
reason to believe it will be made.
DR.. Won Bethmann- Hollweg is now
vice chancellor and minister of the in
terror. He is college friend of the
emperor. He is of Jewish origin and
is SO years old.
After the clerk of the reichstag had
announced today the passage of the bill
providing increases in the salaries of
civil servants, DR.. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg rose and said that, as the rep
resentative of Prince Won Buelow, he
had message from the emperor to be
read. His communication was a de-
cree closing the present session. The
house will not reassemble until next
autumn.
AS had been expected for some days,
the Socialists, to show their disregard
for monarchial institutions, remained
seated while the message was being
read. All other members arose. The
Socialists then left the chamber, while
the other delegates gave three cheers
for Emperor William.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
COREA ACCEPTS CHANGE.
Transfer of Courts to Japan Quietly
Received.

Seoul, July 16.-The news of the
new agreement between Japan ard
Corea arranging for the transfer OF
Corean judicial authority to Japan, is
being quietly accepted here, now that
its terms are fully understood.
1t was feared that some disturbance
might follow the public misapprehen-
sion that the disbanding of the court
guards was included in the abolition of
tie Corean war office. Now that it is
known generally that the guards are
not to be discharged, but merely are
to be placed under the command of the
emperor's aide the cause for
uneasiness has been removed.
1t is believed that the convention be-
tween the two countries relative to the
transfer was signed July II. The pro-
visions of the document, besides the
changes mentioned, look to the control
of Corean prisons by the Japanese.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
FOURTEEN DROWN
AS STEAMER SINKS
Collision in Dense Fog Near $500"
Costs Vessel Laden With Iron.
Stricken Beat Sinks so Rapidly That
Members OF Crew Have No Time
to Don Lifebelts Before leaping
From Doomed Ship-Passing ves-
sci Picks Up Captain.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, July 13.-
Three minutes after the steel steamers
Isaac M. Scott and John B. Cowle had
collided in Lake Superior early today,
about mile and half off Whitefish
Point lighthouse, the Cowle had gone
to the bottom in so fathoms of water,
carrying with her IA members of her
crew.
The Scott, although badly damaged
about the bows, put back to this port,
where she arrived this afternoon with
part of the crew of the Cowle. A
heavy fog was responsible for the col
lision.
The Scott, new boat on her maiden
trip to the head of the lakes, had just
passed the light at Whitfish Point, and
Strengthened out her course up the
lake, when she suddenly saw the Cowle
loom up through the fog, broadside on
and only few feet away.
The Cowle was down bound with
5000 tons of iron in the hold. For Is
feet the bow of the Scott penetrated
the side of the Cowle. Tons of water
rushed into the great opening and in
three minutes the Cowle had settled.
Immediately after the collision line
was thrown from the deck of the Scott
to the forward deck of the Cowle, and
three members of the crew escaped to
the deck of the up bound boat by this
means.
The rest of the crew who were saved
jumped from the sinking steamer into
the lake, some without life preservers,
and were picked up by the Scott.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Cossacks Desert Shah.

Teheran, July 16.-The Royalist
forces apparently have had er ough of
fighting and are prepared to admit the
supremacy of the Nationalists. The
secretary of the Russian legation here
submitted proposals for the surrender
of the Cossacks. He asked that the
Nationalists cease attacking the Ccs-
sacks, that the Cossacks be allowed to
continue service under the future Per-
sian government and that their safety
be guaranteed, which was agreed to.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
TWO PEAKS SINK.
Quakes and Volcanoes Play Queer
Freaks IN Far North.

Washington, July 14.-The destruc-
tion of two imposing mountain peaks.
the transformation of bay into lake,
and the creation of two new islands are
feats of nature discovered in Behring
sea, by government party and report
ed to the Treasury department today.
A report received by Captain Com
mandant Ross, of the revenue cutter
service, says that a party from the
revenue cutter Perry landed on Bogos-
lof island, on June 10 last, and found
hat number of changes had taken
place.
Perry peak and McCulloch peak have
disappeared and the opening of the bay
or lagoon, pretty spot shown in pic
lures on file in the Treasury depart
ment, has closed up, forming lake of
warm salt water of a sea level.
In its center two small islands have
sprung up. One of these islands is
throwing off volume of steam.
The interesting phenomena are be-
lieved to have been caused by earth
quakes and volcanoes.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Attempt to Cure Lepers.

San Francisco, July 14.-Dr. Donald
H. Curry, director of public health
at Honolulu, arrived from the islands
today on his way to Bergen, Norway,
where he will be the sole representa-
tive of the United States at the inter-
national conference August 16 to plan
a campaign against leprosy. DIR. Curry
is attached to the new hospital at Mo-
lokai leprosy settlement. He says that
Is patients will be selected from the
], 900 suffering in the settlement for
treatment in the new hospital with the
hope of effecting cure.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
CRANE Is MINISTER.
Prominent Chicagoan Accepts Post at
Chinese Capital.

Washington, July 17.-Charles R.
Crane, of Chicago, vice president Of
the Crane company, has been chosen by
President Taft to represent the United
States as minister to China, succeeding
w. w. Rockhill, who was taken from
China to be ambassador to Russia. 1t
is understood that Mr. Crane has an
nounced his willingness to accept, and
that his appointment awaits the ex.
change of usual preliminary formali-
ties between the two countries.
The Chinese mission. under policy
with regard to Oriental affairs already
inaugurated by the present administra-
ton, will be one of the most important
posts in the diplomatic service. Pres
ident Taft has experienced much diff
Guilty in finding the right man for the
place. He believes he has just the
person in Mr.. Crane, who not only
stands high in the business world, but
has made an exhaustive study of inter
national politics.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
STORM ALONG MISSISSIPPI.
Waves Wash Over Levees, lnundate
Farms and Drive OFF Families.

Waves Wash Over Levees, lnundate
Farms and Drive OFF Families.
St. Louis, July ia cyclonic wind
struck st. Louis and suburbs at noon
today. Telegraph and telephone wires
were blown down. In st Louis county
trees were uprooted. Several persons
were injured.
The heaviest storm was at Alton,
H., where the excursion steamer Alton
was buffeted by the wind. Finding
that his boat could not make headway
toward the regular wharf, the captain
headed it across the river in an at
tempt to effect a londing on the Mis-
souri, side. The boat was tossed back
to midstream, which threw the passen-
gers into q panic. The boat was
jammed broadside into the pier of
drawbridge, where the wind held the
vessel firmly until the passengers were
taken off.
Lashed by the wind, the waves
dashed over the levee protecting Ven
ice, ILL.,, from the Mississippi river.
Tel thousand acres of farm land were
inundated and $50 families were forced
to flee for their lives.
The wind attained velocity of SO
miles an hour and telephone messages
state that it was heavier north.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
LAND DRAWINGS
ATTRACT THR0NG
Only One in Fifteen Can Get Home.
steadS Worth While in Lottery.
Registration Closes August 6 and Lot
terry Will Bes Held August 9 for
Lands in Three indian Reserva-
tions Opened-LittIe Girls to Draw
Numbers.

Occur d'Alene, Idaho, July l5.-Reg.
istration for lands in the Coeur d'Alene
Indian reservation commenced in the
city at IL o'clock last night and will
conclude at midnight on August S. A
heavy registration-at least 100, 200
people is expected, and the notaries
are ready to do their share of the labor
connected with the opening.
Many of them were already central
ly located and are in their old offices,
but others have constructed temporary
buildings in the business section. A
charge of 25 cents will be made for re-
ceiving applications, but there is moth
ing to prevent notary from acting as
agent for applicants, in which case he
will notify has clients as to their sue
cess in the drawing and receive COM
pensation for it.
All the hotels and lodging houses
have prepared for the rush, and every
available room will be used. Some of
the hotels have rented buildings and
equipped them with beds and many in
dividuals have secured buildings and
equipped them for sleeping purposes.
Yet with all of these accommodations
it is feared the large crowd will not be
amply provided tor.
James w. Witten, superintendent in
charge of the opening of the reserves.
estimates that 100, 600 men and women
will file for lands, many applying for
all three reservations, making grand
total of probably 200,0 900 applications.
From $1,000 to 10000 applications
from veteran soldiers and sailors are
expected. A single notary already has
210 veterans listed for filings.
Some of the homesteads to be drawn
August are valued at SIS, 900 to $780,
900. 1t is believed about one applicant
in Is will be able to secure homestead
worth taking up.
Miss Harriet Post, daughter of At
torney F. 7. Post, of Spokane; Miss
Helen Hamilton, of Occur d'Alene,
daughter of General Ortis Hamilton,
and Miss Christina Donlan. daughter of
Judge Donlan, of Missoula, have been
chosen to draw all the numbers for ap-
plicants for lands in the Occur d'Alene,
Spokane and Flathead reservations re-
spectively.
On August 9 these girls, who are
about IL years old, will he bindfolded
and placed beside the hugh piles of
probably 200, 900 envelopes containing
applications for lands. These they will
draw at random, homeseekers being
given their choice of lands in the order
in which the names are drawn.
There is little evidence of a rush to
file applications in Spokane for the
Spokane reservation, but there will be
a crush on the trains to Occur d'Alene,
35 miles distant.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Lost Shin to Be Sought.

Victoria, B. c., July 16.-It is semi
officially announced that H. M. S. AL
gerine will be dispatched shortly to
cruise the South Pacific and search the
islands for traces of possible survivors
or news of the fate of the Greenock
ship Australian. just posted as missing
at Lloyd's and hopelessly overdue al
Sydney from Mazatlan, whence she
sailed last November. Lang & Full
ton, owners, have petitioned the ad-
miralty that search be made of the
many islands and atolls along her
route.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Thursday, July l5.

Washington, July 15.-Questions on
cotton goods and lead products were
taken up by the tariff conferees today.
Members of the house conference
committee declined to accept the SEN
ate amendments to the cotton schedule
when that subject was taken up. These
amendments consist chiefly of changes
from ad valorem to specific duties for
the purpose of carrying out the orig
inal intent of the Dingley rates, which
senate conferees assert have been
pulled down by the misinterpretation
of the Dingley law.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Awaits Harriman's Word.

New York, July 15.-It is stated
that orders amounting to $l3, 900, 600
for the electrification of the Sacra-
mento division of the Southern Pacific
railway project that has been under
consideration for some time-will be
placed as soon as a cable of authorize
tion, now expected hourly, is received
from E. H. Hartman. Steep grades,
heavy snowfall and many snowheds
and tunnels have always hampered
steam locomotives.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Building Falls; 7 Dead.

Philadelphia. July 16.-Seven men
were killed, one fatally injured and "a
seriously hurt today when building at
the northwest corner of Eleventh and
Market streets collapsed. One man is
also missing. The building, five
story brick structure in the heart of
the business section was being remod-
eled. and it is supposed the removal of
one of the girders caused the entire
structure to weaken and crash to the
earth.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Record Flight Made,

Orleans, France, July 14.-M. Bier
lot made a successful landing at Che
Willy today. having covered the %
miles from Etampes in Sc minutes and
10 seconds elapsed time. This includes
a stop of IL minutes to examine his
aeroplane. His average altitude for
the trip was 100 feet. As the time
limit for the flight from Etampes was
six hours and there was no ruling
against making a landing, NJ. Bleriot
wins the prize of $4,000.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Taft Io Visit Yosemite.

Washington, July Is. - President
Taft will spend three days in the Yo-
semitic valley when he goes to the Pa
cific coast this fall. The president has
asked Congressman Needham, of Cali
fornia, to make all arrangements. He
said two days would be devoted to a
ride in stage and on the third he
would travel on horseback. The exact
date of his trip through the Yosemite
will not be determined until the entire
Western itinerary is mapped out.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Taft Given big Stick"

Washington, July IA. - President
Taft was presented with bludgeon six
feet long and shaped like big stick OF
Rooseveltiau authority, which became
famous during the last administration.
The doner was J. E. Forbes, of Ottawa,
Kan, who sent it with this message
The Almighty probably grew this big
stick for some good purpose, and l ex-
pect that it was to allow you to swat
the tariff bill and other schemes of
criminal extortion."
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Bids for Cutoff Opened

Seattle, Wash, July defenders
for the contract to construct the Mis-
soula- Kooskis division of the Northern
Pacific known as the Lolo pass cut off,
which effects a saving of over 100
miles between st. Paul and Portland,
were opened today by Northern Pacific
officers at Misscula. Caughren, Win
ters & Smith, Foley Brothers & Lar
son, Thomas L. Greenough and Porter
Brothers & Welch were the leading
bidders
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
MISsOULA BECOMES CROWDED
About 5000 Homeseekers Expected
to Register for Land.

About 5000 HomeSeekerS Expected
to Register for Land.
Missoula. Mont, July l5.-It is es-
timated about / 900 homeseekers arriv-
ed in Missoula today to register for
lands in the Flathead reservation, and
it is expected before tomorrow night at
least 1000 will have registered.
In an effort to get ahead of the crowd
from other parts of the country, home
seekers from various parts of Montana
and surrounding states have been pour
ing into the city in crowds since yes
terday. Hotel Accommodations are at a
premium. Lodging houses are filling
rapidly and tomorrow night the visitors
probably will sleep in tents.
Fifty thousand persons are expected
to register in this city, and to handle
this crowd So government notaries
have been appointed.
A large number of people have pass
ed through on their way to kalispell,
where there is another registration
office for the Flathead reservation.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Professor Newcomb Dies,

Washington, July IS. - Professor
Simon Newcomb, the famous astronom-
er. deid at his home in this city at an
early hour this morning at the age OF
"a. Probably the most noted American
astronomical mathematician since the
days of Benjamin Franklin, Professor
Newcomb was recognized at the time
of his death as one of the worlds great
est scientists.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
GIVES STANDARD OIL LINE.
Government Allows Pipe From Okla
homa to Mississippi River.

Government ALLOWS Fipe from OkIa-
homa to Mississippi River.
Washington, July 16.-A right of
way to the Prairie Oil & Gas company,
a subsidiary of the Standard Oil COM
pany, for the construction of an eight
inch pipe line for the purpose of con-
Quoting oil from point in Tulsa
county, Okla, in the Glenn pool field,
through the Creek, Cherokee and Choc-
taw nations in a southeasterly direc-
tion to the Observation-Disclosures state
line, distance of ISL miles, was today
approved by Acting Secretary of the
Interior Pierce. The new pipe line
will then extend onward to Baton
Rogue, La.
The new pipe line is the outgrowtt
of Secretary Ballinger's action III
amending the oil and gas regulations
by striking out the common carriers
and "confiscatory" clauses: none of
the companies being willing to extend
their lines under the old regulations.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Bolivia Asked to ExpIain,

Buenos Ayres, July 1S.-The Argen-
tine government is in direct communi-
cation with the government of Bolivia
through Senor Fonseca, the Argentine
minister at La Paz, who has presented
to the Bolivian government demand
for an explanation of the attitude of
the Bolivian minister here as we'll as
for the recent attacks on the Argentine
legation at La Paz. Senor Fonseca
has informed the Bolivian government
that he will withdraw from La Paz if
the situation does not imprOv.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Prefer American [ labor.

Butte, Mont, July 16.-E. P. Mat
thewson, superintendent of the Washoe
smelter, has announced that the policy
of the company hereafter will be to
employ American labor before alien
labor. Mr.. Matthewson also stated
that the company store system has
been abandoned in Anaconda.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Many Places Want Taft.

Washington, July 13.-Since the an
nouncement of President Tsft's tenta-
tive itinerary for his Western trip, the
White House has been fairly flooded
with kilograms and letters requesting
that the tour be extended to include
various states and cities that did not
have a place on the presideont's list.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-22
Loafing Causes Shake-Up.

Washington, July 16.-A "shake-up''
IN the personnel of the Department of
Commerce and Labor took place today,
when approximately 100 employees
were reduced and the designations of
about 10 others accepted. The reduc-
tions were made, it is stated, because
the employees losfed on the job.