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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-09

Members af the Ways and Means
Committee have shown decided
disposition lately by self-interest n
framing the new tariff bill. A recent
criticism by Dr. James J. Orton, Of
New York at meeting Of the Amer.
can Association for the Advancement
of Science at Baltimore, Of Rep. Ford
ney, Of Michigan, because he has
large lumber interests, has brought
forth a hot retort from the irate Con-
gresham. DR.. Orton's comment was
that Rep. Fordney, having these lum-
Der interests, would naturally oppose
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-09

WASHINGTON, Jan, o,--l.ittls
or no eredenee il given the widely
circulated story that pr. Harvey w,
Wiley the Governments Chief Chem
ist viii resign from the Department
ot Agriculture because of reported
differences with the President over
the prosecution oi the pure food law.
Il may be said with authority that Or,
Wiley has had no differences with
the President, nor does the President
desire the Chief Chemist to recede
one step from his uneompromiSing
attitude all yiolators OF the pure food
and drugs act To those who have
watched the effect OF this law since
its passage two years age, i, would
act as a great curprise II the President
let DR.. Wiley leave the Federal ser.
vice for no other reason than that a
trivial difference had disturbed their
harmonious relations. II would seem
that the President had at last surren'
dered to the interests which have
long sought to diseredit DR. Wiley'be
cause he has carried the burnt Of the
fight waged by the Department Of
Agricultlre to expose criminal yioiat.
tons Of a law whose effect is now
regarded as one Of the creates, OF
public blessings
The President and DR., Wiley may
be said to represent extreme radical
ism in their desire to see this law up
held, not only by the Government but
by the food ard drug manufacturers
las well Both believe that the per.
sons who manufacture and sell foods
known to contain substances injuri-
GUS to human health are TO be count
ed among soeiety's greatest enemies,
and should be dealt with accordingly.
The penalties provided by the present
aw are inadequate. In the opinion OF
both these men, and il is not unlikely
that DR.. Wiley will recommend to
the Taft administration that the law
in certain respects by amended TO i'm
pose severer punishments on its vio-
lators
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-09
A Religious Author'a statement

For several years was afflicted
with kidney trouble and last winter
! was suddenly stricken with severe
pain in my kidneys and was confined
to bed eight days, unable to get 40
without assistance. My urine con
tanned thick white sediment and /
passed same frequently day and
night. | commenced taking Foleys
Kidney Remedy, and the pain grad
ually abated and finally ceased and
my urine became normal / cheer.
fully recommend Folcys Kidney
Redemy Owl Drug Store, r II
Laurin, Prop.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-09

lKHIlS. II, q. GREEN and family, os
IVl Lewis Creek, Ind, wFi.ai ave
cannot expFoaa 10 ypa our thanks tor
what Pcruna has done for mother.
"whon she began your medicine ahe
was not able to he up all day, but now
she Ii helping with tho work and ~
pFeaen, has gone on ylait, Her health
Ia improved In general. No discharges.
Good appetite. slcepa well aud looks
well.n
1pY following yoar Instructions Ana
- taking yonE FeFunA and MAnAilm
] am cured Of eatArFh.
~ had oatAETh for twelve years and
Qults . bad cough 80 ] could not alssp
nights, do not have any cough now,
II foei anything in the threat take Q
swallow OF PeEuna and am Ail rights
MIR. w. n. Smith, sE., aiA0 Forest aam
Port Huron, Mich.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-09


lMr. Perkins was frequently interrupt
cd By applause Upon the conclusion
Of his remarks he submitted the com
mittees report, which, after quoting
from the Presidents message was as
follows:
Understanding this language 70 be
4 reelection on the integrity Of its
membership and aware Of its own
constitutional duty as to its member
ship and aware OF its own constitu.
tional duty as 10 its membership, the
House in respectful terms calls on
the President for any information
thar would justify the language OF
the message that would justify the
language Of the message or assist it
in its Constitutional duty to purge
the House Of the implied charge Of
corruption.
"The President in his message Of
January 4, denied that the paragraph
OF the annual message casts reAec-
tons on the integrity Of the House;
attributes to the House An entire
failure to understand my message;
declares that he has made no charge
OF corruption against any members Of
this House and BY implication states
that he has no proof Of corruption Of
any member Of this House.
Whether the House, in its resolu-
tion of December IL, 1908, correctly
interpreted the meaning OF the
words used by the President in his
annual message or whether it misun-
derstood that language as the Presi-
dent implies, viii be judged now and
in the future according to the accept
ed interpretations Of the English
language. This house charged only
with its responsibility to the people
of the United States and its obliga-
ton to transmit unimpaired to the fu
ure the Representative institutions,
inherited from the past and to pre-
serve its own dignity, must insist on
its own capacity to understand the
import OF the Presidents language
We consider the language Of the
President in his message OF Decem-
Der 8, 1908, unjustihed and without
basis of fact and that it constitutes a
breach Of the privileges of the House;
therefore be It
Resolved, that the House. in the
exercise of its constitutional prero-
gatives decline to consider any com
munication from any source which is
not in its own judgment respectful;
and be it further
Resolved, that the special commit
tee and the committee Of the whole
House on the State OF the Union be
discharged from any consideration o
50 much Of the Presidents annual
as relates to the secret serv-
ice and is above set forth and that the
said portion Of the message be laid
on the table; and be it further
Resolved, that the message of the
President, sent to the House on
January 4, 1909, being unresponsive
to the inquiry OF the House and con
stituting an invasion of the privileges
Of this Hose by questioning the mo-
tives and intelligence Of members in
the exercise Of their constitutional
rights and functions, be laid on the
table"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-09
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Ihs Kind You Have Always Bought
ass:s.,. s;s:s .: q Mhzzz-
House Slippers. Etc.

LLUu5s Shippers, ETC.
In the great odd and end sale now
on at the Brown Shoe Store you can
get house and bedroom slippers, dress
shoes, work shoes, dancing pumps,
and in fact a little of everything in
broken sizes can be obtained at a
great saving by purchasing today.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-09

"a the existing Balloon Corps, whose
services ior scouting purposes Ii time
OF war would undoubtedly be ieyala'
lwill be resumed At Fort Never next
lSpring, wheh III addition "a Mr,
Wright other inventors Of airshlps
lwill he given opportunity toprovc
their availability Ii TIME 81 war Am.
oug those whe win test their aero.
planes viii be Herring, around those
Invention there has been drawn a
veil Of secrecy both by the Inventor
and The War Department
! How Ear this government Il AZ pres
.ent to fostering spy system, far
outgrowing the original intention OF
Congress, is shown By the radid grow
.th of Chief Wilkic,s secret service
bureau since its establishment This
service was created by Congress 20
Investigate aud stamp out counterfeit
Ing. 10 investigate frauds IN connec
tion with bounty claims, and 70 safe
guard the person Of the President It's
expenses, as provided ior by Con
gress annually have increased n
twenty years from abos, $1,000 up
more than $i2s,000, and il ramihca
tons extend 40 far heyord iIs origi
nal scope that il Il no longer a secret
that Chief wilkes men serve in what
ever Investigating capacity they are
called upon,
In this connection, Il may be said
tat the resentment OF Congress Is due
largely to the activity 81 secret SER
vice men ID gathering Information
abou, It's members, Senators and Rep.
resentatiyes alike, q, the will Of not
only the President bur also oi ths
heads OF federal departments The
presence OF secret service men at the
Capitol became 50 frequent last win
ter and 50 Objectionable to members
OF Congress that at one time q plan 10
expcl them from the building was con
sidered imperative AT the present
session their presence has not been
marked and had il no, been for the
utterances in the Presidents message
much of the tension would have been
relieved,
As the result OF a recent visit to the
White House Of Col ! w Colen.
brander, c. B., OF South Africa, IA.
nous hunter Of big game in the dark
continent. President Roosevelt prob.
ably win alter the route he had map.
ped out for his coming visit TO Africa.
When the President laid his plans for
his hunting trip in Africa. he followed
largely the advice Of friends who had
hunted with him in this country, The
result was, as he subsequently learn
ed, that his proposed route covered
what hunters 10 Africa call the beat
en- path" Col colenbrander has in.
formed him that il he really hopes to
bag anything that resembles an elc'
phant he must avoid the settled eoun.
try and enter the wildes where the
face Of white man Is seldom seeu
II is needless to say that the presi.
dent was keenly interested in what
his English visitor had to say, and Il
will be surprising to the Presidents
friends IL he announces change in
his route in accordance with his rec
ent visitors advice
Next TO the famous sportsman, FG
Selous, the most renowned hunter Of
big game in Africa is Col Colenbran-
der. He is the personal friend and
has been the hunting companion OF
King Edward, and il is understood
that he visited President Roosevelt
at the express wish Of the British
monarch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
PLAN WORKED OUT
City Engineers Solution of the
Flood Problems.
Would StraightenShunganunga
and Save Many Miles.
COST WOULD BE SMALL
Make Levies Under State Drain
age Laws.
Mr.. Rodgers Ideas Given in De-
tail Form.

Start at the channel of the Shunga-
nunga creek out near the Baughman
ice cream factory, follow it up through
the city, cutting out the bends, clean
ing out the rubbish. at the extreme east
end of the city limits turn the creek in
easterly direction and direct it out
through the country to Deer creek and
join them about a, mile east of the city
limits. widen the Deer creek channel
and finally place the whole water way
under the supervision and controlling
ownership of a board ruling under. the
state law-this is the mammoth and
still inexpensive plan of John p
Rogers, city engineer-a plan that will
do away completely with the trouble
and damage caused by the overflow OF
the treacherous Shunganunga-
Ever since the recent freshet of tho
classic stream which has given Topeka
so much trouble the last few weeks
and years-Mr. Rogers has been out
along the channels Of the waterway
figuring on this plan. He has taken
the value of the property the present
and necessary bridges, the condition
of the soil the lay of the land and the
course of the water all into considera-
ton and with these facts before him he
has compiled a scheme and a map that
will be the means of saving the city OF
Topeka, Shawnee county and the own
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15

ers of land and property thousands OF
dollars
The map accompanying this article
will tell the whole story. Follow out
the drawn cuts the cut out bends anu
the widened channel-this will tell In
full the result of many days figuring
by the efficient city engineer who is al
ways ready to invent some plan for the
betterment Of the city and the economy
of the people.
Mr.. Rogers proposes to start opera
tions on the Shunganunga out near the
Baughman ice cream establishment
near the country club Excavation
would begin near the would be inter
section of Twenty-ffth and Lane
streets and extend 1.00G feet over to
the creek bed again at Tventy-second
street. This cut would save in Itself
at least 1000 feet of waterway'-a7d a
waterway of the most treacherous sort.
Cut No. would commence at TWEEN
ty-f1rst and Fillmore streets. This IS
just southwest Of the fair grounds and
the territory is not thickly settled. This
short cut would extend TO the bridge
on Topeka avenue or in all a straight
channel of $500 feet. Everyone knows
how the Shunganunga winds around
the fair grounds like a snake and how
valuable the land between the bends
is for garden truck and growing ma
terial of all kinds The water only has
to raise a few hours for this whole
territory to be one big lake BY this
cutoff, a mile of creek bed would be
saved and the water would wash alons
in a straight line without cutting the
banks in the least. This is a very
valuable change.
Cut No. 8 shoots through the
Daniels addition from Van Buren,
street to the bridge on Kansas ave
nue.. This cut is short but sweet.
No. commences just across Kan
sas avenue and the santa Fe tracks
in South Topeka a short distance
from Reid street. Here the creek
would be Strengthened out in a north
easterly direction until it met the
original bed at Adams street where
Nineteenth street would intersect if
extended This is another very i'm
portant cut off. The original bed
forms a triple curve clear up into the
city near Euclid avenue and at high
water times the damage in this dis
trict is great. The cut would only
make an excavation of 1900 feet and
would save at least a mile of the old
waterway
from Euclid avenue north to the old
stream again. This curve is also a
menace to the flow
No is one of the worst bends in
the creek This is out northwest of
the ball park just northeast OF where
the street car line crosses the stream
Here is where the last fiood broke
through and swept over the east por-
ton of the city 1t broke through in
! such a manner IhaL II the rogers
idea does not prevail there are more
foods to follow. A new bed of about
500 feet would remedy the whole evil
and the creek would flow as peace
fully as a canal. The present loop
makes two right angles and the water
| cuts the banks continually. The new
plan would save about 500 feet of
| worthless bed.
] From this point to the next cut. No.
/ I at the Fourth street bridge there
I sr n
| creek are thickly settled and there
are six bridges overhanging the
stream. The people living along here
are careless with their use of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15

terial from Canada which Is absolutely
essential to the continued prosperity
of that business.
THE house bill made the tariff 50
per tan on print paper instead OF So;
but by so doing we would secure pulp
wood from Canada without restriction
of expectation.
THE senate amendment on the con-
tarry, will raise the tariff on print pa
per from Sc, the present rate, to IS.
and in effect will stop the expectation
of pulp wood from Canada. 1 have
stated what will be the effect OF the
two propositions, note merely what
they nominally propose. There are
two states in the Union which would
be benefited by the adoption Of the
proposition of the senate; two states
which have two-thirds OF the spruce
wood in the United States. which can
be used in the manufacture Of news
print paper. I give notice now that II
those two states write the provision IN
the conference report on news print
paper and on wood pulp, in the inter
est of their states and against the In
terest OF the consumer OF paper and
the manufacture Of paper in the rest Of
the Union, so far as I am concerned I
shall swallow my desire to stand with
the organization Of the house, my de-
sire to prove that the Republicans arc
able to write a tariff bill, and vote
against the conference report"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
THREATENED HER LIFE.
Evelyn Thaw Swears Harry said He
Would Kill Her.

White Plains, n. Y, July Is
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw took the stand at
the afternoon session today in the
hearing of Harry K. Thaw's mental
witness for the state, which is oppos-
ing the release of her husband from
the Matteawan insane asylum.
Justice Mills ruled that Mrs. Thaw
could answer the questions the state
desired to ask her regarding an al
legged threat to kill her made by Harry
Thaw during a conversation at Mat
teawan. Mrs. Thaw asked If she could
not claim privilege in refusing to
answer on the ground that to reply
would tend to incriminate her The
court ruled she could not and Mrs.
Thaw when asked if Thaw had made
The qestion Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was
requested to answer was:
Did Harry K. Thaw say this to you,
or this in substance, I shall have to
XIII you when I get out Of hereT"
Turning to the court with tears in her
eyes, Mrs Thaw said:
Il doa't want to answer that ques-
ton: it places me in a terrible posi-
ten My husband Will refuse TO sup
port me the minute I answer it and
will incur his everlasting ennity. I know
It I am very much afraid to answer
4 don't care how he has treated me-
she continued. L am still married to him
and I do not want to answer it,
Justice Mills quietly instructed the
witness to answer and she said with =
long drawn sigh:
Yes, he did"
Mr.. Clark asked her TO give Mr..
/ Thaw's exact words He said:
7 suppose I sail have to kill YOU
when I get out of here :. she replied
/ Mrs. Thaw further testified that dur
ling the same conversation Harry. Thaw
told her he was not crazy on the night
/ he shot Stanford White
Il only missed him BY a minute or
1.-THE night before" the witness said hel
husband told her.
1 Thaw sat with his eyes intently
/ upon his wife as she testified and
/ shook his head when she told Of the
/ threat.
On cross examination Mr.. Nor
/ schauser had the witness identity a
/ number Of letters either in Thaw's OF
her handwriting. Mrs. Thaw was al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15
PUBLISHERS FRIENDS.
Tariff Recommendations of Justice to
Newspapers.

Washington, July 15.-When the
United States senate at washington
returned to the house of representa-
tives the socalIed Payne bill with S47
amendments, a resolution was offered
that the house do not concur and that
committee be appointed to confer
with similar committee Of the SEN
ate upon the points Of difference
Spea king upon that resolution, Con-
gresham James r. Mann Of Illinois,
who had been chairman Of the select
committee of the house Of representa-
tives. of which Hon. J. NJ Miller Of
Kansas was an active member, and
months in a study Of the paper indus
.sMr. Speaker. it seems to me the
only thing we can do is to adopt the
resolution and send the bill TO confer
ence. It IS out Of the question TO be-
lieye that we will remain here and
give calm and cool discussion TO the
this I desire to add a word in refer
ence TO certain amendments of the
senate Without any desire on my
part. I was placed in position where.
with other members of the house, we
were compelled TO make an investiga-
tanned in the tariff bill which at least
| took more time than the investigation
uDon all the other items combined.
/ The committee that investigated the
subject Of wood pulp and print paper
will properly not be represented upon
the conference committee
THE house passed Dill Wnlcn
upon these items would reduce the
tariff on print paper, to the benefit OF
| the consumer probably, and at the
same time would give TO the manufac-
/ turer of print paper that free raw ma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-15

other good plan for the doing away of
overfiows and damage to private dwell
lings.
No. would be a small cut to Df-
vision street extending about 500 feet.
Here No. 9 would take UP the good
work and place a straight line from
No to the beginning of No. 10 near
the alley between Division and Swy-
CART south of Second street.
No. 10 extends to the bridge at the
intersection of Third and Burr streets
and is one of the best arguments in
favor of the new Rogers plan. The
creek makes a wide swath clear down
to Fourth and Gray streets and during
the high water the damage is great
very great, All this territory is valu-
able and the value decreases as the
water rises. With the new Rogers
idea the water will never get out of its
banks, being in one straight line with
out a detriment of any kind.
No. IL and No II. shoot through
the territory encircles by the old creek
between Burr and High streets near
Second.
and the one that will cost the most
money and do the greatest good. This
begins at the alley between Golden
and High streets, goes straight east
Deer creek just south of Mulvane's
subdivision. The Shunganunga as
she now stands takes a northerly
course up into Oakland bordering the
w alnuI park ddulllDI lHel II
squirms around. eating out the soil
for miles through the Dawson. Parr,
Welton, Butler. McCarter, Evans Bat
man and other farms. All through
this territory the creek places a low
value on the lands and covers them
with water without the least provoca-
ton. In some places it has destroyed
hundreds Of dollars worth of crops
and stock this year
There is only one way to solve the
whole problem. said Mr.. Rogers this
morning. and that is to cut the Shunga-
Deeer creek until its channel is larger
than the two combined at this time and
the water will take care of ITSELF
And this seems to be the only and the
best way to do The Shunganunga now
shoots into Deer creek this side of Te-
cunseh. Instead flow them together just
Deer creek channel would be widened to
200 feet. according to the Rogers plan
and the water could never get out of its
banks One side of Deer creek Is high
out easily Some of the people along
Deer creek say that this would make an
formed that the channel would be cleaned
out and widened-
The cost of all this work would not be
great Mr.. Rogers plan is to make a
benefit district out Of the whole territory
and conduct the levee under the state
drainage act. This would place the mat
ter in the hands OF board with a con-
trolling ownership and thus the whole
creek throughout the district would be
patroIled and watched at all times-both
as TO the flood conditions and sanitary
cOmr,arat lively and when the work was
done the trouble with the Shunganunga
which has been bothering the citizens for
years would be ended forever.
/ Mr. Rogers has taken time and trouble
/ 10 work out the solutiOn-the people
should now play the game