Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
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After his return from the trip to
New England and Lake Champlain
President Taft gave out his plans for
the coming extensive travels. He is
to start from his summer residence at
Beverly, Mass, about the middle of
September, for Seattle, to attend the
exposition there, and making stops en-
route at Denver, Salt Lake, Spokane
and other places yet to be determined.
From Seattle he will go to San Fran
cisco, visit the Yosemite Valley and
see a sister in Los Angeles. Thence
he will go by way of San Diego
through New Mexico and Arizona to
Ell Paso, Tex, where he has accepted
an invitation to meet President Diaz
of Mexico. Later at New Orleans he
will attend the waterways conference,
after which he will tour the southern
tier of States to Georgia cities, and
stop on his way north at Wilmington,
N. c., and Richmond, Va, intending
to get back to Washington about the
middle Of November.
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Commissioner Williams has been dis
lot of the immigrants ar
riving at Ellis Island by strict en-
forcement of the law regarding non
admission of persons likely to become
public charges. He has taken the
stand that any one arriving at that
port with less money than $25 in his
or her possession must be held up and
deported unless friends on shore come
forward with bonds. Several hundred
would-be immigrants have thus been
detained under very trying conditions,
and several hundred have been sent
back. Charges of brutal Ill treatment
of those held have been made by them
and thsir friends, and test case has
been taken to court to determine the
'onstitutionality of the proceeding.
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A ruling was made at Washington
by the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion that zone carrier shipping fuel,
material or other supplies over the
lines Of another carrier must pay the
legal tariff rates applicable to the same
shipped between the same
points by an Individual" If carriers
insist upon making or maintaining
preferential rates, 1t may be confident
ly expected that such voluntary action
will be accepted as evidence of the
pnreasonableness of higher rates.
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The plan favored by Mr.. Powderly
of the immigration Bureau to have
the government transport free of cost
to places where they can
get work and also to give such free
to any of the unem-
ployed Is opposed by the Federation
of Labor A bill to authorize such
transportation is being urged by the
National Liberal immigration League.
The federation officials say that behind
the plan they fear that scheme to
send strike breakers turks.
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Among the appointments which have
been made recently at Washington are
the following: Frank A. Clause, of
Salem, Indiana, superintendent Of the
public schools in the Panama canal
zone; Fred H. Abbott, of Nebraska,
assistant commissioner of Indian af
fairs; Charles S. Sloane, now serving
as Geographer of the census was ap-
pointed permanent geographer under
he new census act.
Government printers and pressmen
nave been shifted to a per diem basis.
There are about 1000 employees of the
bureau of engraving and printing, ard
he change from the monthly pay roll
o the new system carried out the
deas of Secretary of the Treasury
NcVeagh and Director Ralph, with
yiew to placing the bureau on strict.
y business system.
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At the request of the Most Rev.
Ireland the United States
government has consented to make
he site of St. Charles, Minnesota, a
Monument Reserve" This will dedi-
ate the spot to the memory of the
'ioneers of Christian faith and civili'
alton in the Western country.
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Almost on the eve of his departure
or Europe, Samuel Gompers called
N President Taft. He said he would
eturn to this country in time either
o attend the annual convention of
he American Federation of Labor or
o go to jail.
The failure of Mr.. Herring to dc
liver his flying machine to the War
on July l, the last day of
lis time extension, has forfeited the
go, 900 deposit, and this sum may be
lsed by Gen. Allen in furthering the
,lans for flying experimentation.
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The Isthmian Canal Commission has