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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-28
Annalachian Bill Renorted.

Washington, April 20. - The bill
creating the Southern Appalachian and
White Mountain forest reserve was IA
vorably reported today from the COM
mittee on agriculture in the house.
The purpose Of the bill is to preserve
watersheds by conservation Of trees
and reforestation where necessary.
The bill is designed to conserve navi-
gable rivers, but the first application
contemplated is to the forest reserve
mentioned.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-28
Taft Asked for Pardon.

Washington, April 2O.-Representa-
tive Culloch, of Indiana, presented to
President Taft today petition for the
pardon of John R. Walsh, the Chicago
banker. The petition was signed by
%, 600 residents of the Second Indiana
congressional district, into which the
railroads built by Mr.. Walsh extend.
The president directed that the petit
tion be referred to the department of
Justice to follow the usual course.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-28
Storms Menace Fruit crops.

Winchester, Va, April 2O.-Snow
and hail fell at intervals this morning
over the fruit belt of Northern Vir-
ginia. The thermometer has taken a
decided tumble, falling as degrees
since yesterday noon, approaching the
freezing point.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-28
Aviator Breaks Record

Charleville, France, April 21.-The
French aviator, Roger Sommer, accom-
plished a remarkable feat today, which
established new worlds record for
aeroplanes. He made fight of more
than five minutes across country " tn
four passengers.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-28
OLD BUDGET INTRODUCED.
Lloyd-George Comments Upon De-
crease in Whisky Consumption.


London, April 20. - David Lloyd
George, chancellor of the exchequer,
re-introduced last years budget in the
house of commons today. He declared
that he realized that the present deficit
of $131, 240, 900 would be more than
wiped out when all arrears had been
collected and that there would be an
actual surplus of S14, 800, 00G.
If the budget had been passed as
usual last year, he said, there would
have been surplus of $21, 900, 900.
The chancellor commented upon the
remarkable decrease of 32 per cent in
the consumption of whiskey, decrease
that he attributed mainly to the extra
duty imposed. The loss in the revenue
from spirits, as compared with the es-
timated figures, was $l4, 900, 900.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-28

Washington, April 18.-Swept along
on flood of sharp questions as to his
authority for charging members Of
congress and newspapers with being
,corruptly influenced, John M. Maxwell,
former editor of the American Flag,
the organ of the Merchant Marine
league, today refused point blank to
answer questions on his source of in
formation.
The interrogatories again will be
put to him at a special session of the
house special committee tomorrow, and
unless he changes his mind the atti-
tude of the witness will be reported
to the house.
Prodded by counsel for a member of
congress accused by the league, Max
we'll, without counsel and on the ground
of editorial privileges, justified his re-
plies, parried or declined TO answer the
queries.
Speaker Cannon today was sustained
by the house by a vote of 120 to l62 on
the question as to whether a resolution
declaring that the refusal of the speak
er to ascertain the presence of a quor-
um at the beginning of each days ses-
sion was in violation of the rules, was
privileged.
The Warren irrigation bill, which
passed the senate last week, was to-
day referred to the subcommittee of
the house committee on irrigation,
with instructions to report next Fri
dav.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-28

Washington, April 81. - Traffic
agreements consumed the entire time
given by the senate today to the rail
road bill and they were under consid-
Grafton when the senate adjourned.
Senator Cummins held the floor
throughout. He spoke against the
section permitting such agreements
and against the Crawford substitute
for it.
Declaring his intention of denounc-
ing any legislation that nullified the
antitrust law, as this provision did,
he said that the ultimate purpose of
the legislation was to allow the rail-
roads to fix their own rates without
first submitting them to the Interstate
Commerce commission. Without the
establishment of rates any traffic
agreement must be vague and of little
effect.
Mr.. Elkins said Mr.. Cummins' con-
tention for approval of rates in ad-
vance was impracticable and absurd.
He said that from 5000 to 1000
people were now employed by the rail-
road companies in establishing rates
and he asserted that the Interstate
commerce commission must have great
forces of experts to carry out Mr..
Cummins' idea.
81 am not ready to stand here and
destroy the entire freight traffic struc-
ture of the railroads." he said, "and l
don't believe that the people demand
we should do so.
He said he did not want the anti
trust law repealed, but he did desire to
assist in relieving the executive Off
cials of the embarrassment they find
themselves under enforcing the law.
The extent of the Guggenheim con-
troll of transportation and mineral in
terests in Alaska was discussed by
Delegate Wickersham today before the
house committee on territories, in con-
nection with hearing on bills that
would provide for Federal guarantee of
bonds issued by the Alaska railroads.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-28

cised the president and the attorney
general. He practically charged a
purpose Of so Transforming the Su-
preme court as to insure such construc-
tion of the proposed law as to supplant
and nullify antagonistic state laws and
state constitutions.
He was dealing with the merger
provision of the bill, and having stated
that the North Dakota state constitu-
tion prohibited the consolidation of
railroad lines, he contended that under
decisions Of the Supreme court it had
been held that questions of this charac-
ter were subject to state control.
The Pickett conservation bill, auth
orizing the president to make with
drawals of public lands for purposes of
conservation, was passed by the house
today. No record vote was taken, the
final passage of the bill being unani-
nous.
AS passed, the bill is practically in
the form it was introduced by Mr..
Pickett, of Iowa, it being stated that
in that form it had had the approval of
the president. Under its terms the
president is authorized to withdraw
from location public lands for public
uses, and for examination and classifi-
cation to determine their character and
value. These withdrawals, the bill
provides, are to remain in force until
revoked by the president or by con-
gress.
The battle between the butter and
oleomargarine interests began in con-
gress today when the house committee
on agriculture held its initial hearing
on pending bills.
Representatives Burleson, of Texas,
and Lever, of South Carolina, both
authors of proposed remedial legisla-
tion in favor Of the oleomargarine pro-
duct, advocated their measures.
Mr.. Burleson urged repeating the
tax on oleomargarine and dairy pro-
ducts and substituting an annual Ii
cense for manufacturers.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-28

Washington, April 2O.-In his maid
en- speech in the senate, delivered to-
day on the railroad bill, Senator Pur-
cell, of North Dakota, sharply criti-
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-28

Washington, April %. - Beginning
its session at IL o'clock today in an
ENHANCEMENT over the questions of q
quorum, the senate adjourned few
minutes before O'Clock, when it was
unable to muster enough members to
continue business.
The debate on the section of the bill
permitting the railroads to enter into
traffic agreements continued through
out the afternoon, the principal partic-
ipants being Senator Crawford,
Sutherland, Clapp, Elkins, Cummins
and Carter.
For the most part the controversy
partook of what to layman would be
considered hairsplitting, the chief con-
tention being whether the provision in
the Crawford amendment making
agreements Subject to the approval
of the Interstate Commerce commits
sion" has the effect of requiring this
approval before the agreements take
effect.
After the pros and cons of this ques-
tion had been presented at some length
it appeared for a few moments as
though a vote might be obtained.
The ayes and noes had been ordered
when Senator Dolliver expressed a de-
sire to be heard on the amendment.
He did not want to proceed at so late
an hour and some friendly senator
raised the point of no quorum.
The Dixon long and short haul
amendment to the Elkins interstate
commerce bill now before the senate
will probably be defeated because the
lumber senators, who at first glance
were inclined to favor this provision,
have become convinced that Coast ter
minal rates should not be robbed of
advantages that come to them by rea-
son of their water competition.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-28

Washington April 10. = The an
nouncement of the prospective retire
ment of Senator Hale from the senate,
following so closely on a similar an
nouncement regarding Senator Aldrich,
seemed to have stunning effect on
the senate. That the Oldest of the
senators in point of service should vol
UNFAIRLY decide to retire from that
body was scarcely less of a surprise
than that the recognized leader should
have decided upon a similar step. Most
of the senators declined to make any
comment. Mr.. Hale was in the senate
building early in the day, but kept
aloof from other senators and from Wis
itors generally.
"Who will be the leader of the SEN
ate now?" was asked Of Senator Dol
liver.
~ suppose the mantle of the leader
ship will be deposited in the Smithson-
ian Institution, together with other
relics of al discarded and abandoned
SYSTEM" replied the Iowa senaor.
AS he was leaving the White House
Speaker Cannon was asked if the re-
tirement of Senator Aldrich and Sena-
tor Hale would have any influence on
him or other members of the house.
He declared that the senators had been
influenced wholly by considerations of
health. Politics, he believed, did not
enter into their determination.
The river and harbor bill, carrying
an appropriation of about $50, 500, 900,
was passed by the senate today. There
were no material amendments but
there was considerable debate over
various provisionss'- qr-<~-
The house military committee, at
the conclusion of hearing today, was
on the verge of favorably reporting
Senator Jones bill directing the sale
of the Walla Walla military reserva-
tion to Whitman college at $3.50 an
acre, when the chairman received a
telegram, signed by John Ankeny and
one Johnson, of Walla Walla, offering
to buy the reservation at $500 per acre.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-28

Ministers and divorce judges are
kept busy revising the marriaee lists
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-04-28

Take a good watch to a pawnbroker
and see how quickly the time passes
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-07-09
News Brieflets.

Religious riots occurred at Bilbao,
Spain.
The formal annexation of Korea
to Japan is believed to be iminent.
The increase in internal revenue
tax on tobacco became effective July
1st.
A strike of several thousand train
men on Southern railroads is threat
ened.
The new British budget has been
introduced In the House of Com
mons.
The Deutchsland, Count Zeppe-
Inns airship, was wrecked during a
storm in Germany.
A Cuban congressman attempted
to assassinate fellow-member OF
congress at Havana.
CONGRESSMAN Sisson presented to
President Taft petition for the par
don of George w. Field, postmaster
at Grenada, Miss, convicted OF en-
bezzlement.
The postal bank system will be
in operation within three months.
On account of the inability of the
attorneys to obtain a hearing of the
Pullman case before the United
States Circuit Court in Chicago the
Interstate Commerce Commission
suspended its order effective July /
until July IL.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-07-09
HEAT KILLS SCORES.

Temperature of 105 Degrees Recorded
in Several Northern Cities
Chicago, lIh,-Four deaths and
more that score of prostrations from
heat occurred here. The temperature
was SO degrees.
Pitteburg, Pa,-Ninety- three de-
srees at the weather bureau on the
top of skyscraper was the official
temperature, with 101 registered on
the streets. An abnormally high hui
midity caused intense suffering and
four deaths directly due to heat are
reported Prostrations reported to-
tailed more than score.
New York City-There were many
deaths from the heat in Greater New
York, and countless prostrations
The maximum temperature was sc.
Milwaukee, Wis.-One dead and six
Frustrated was the toll of the heat
wave in Milwaukee. The maximum
temperature was 90.
Detroit, Mich.-One death and four
prostrations resulted from the heat
in Detroit. The weather bureaus re-
ported temperature of 96 degrees,
bat the government thermometer in
the street level Kiosk registered 105.
Cincinnati, Ohio.-Eleven prostra-
tions were reported here as a result
OF a temperature of SO degrees, ac-
conpanied by excessive humidity.
Philadelphia, Pa.-Six deaths were
reported as due to the heat here
Ninety degrees were registered,
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-07-09
DENOUNCES AUTOMOBILES.
Judge Calls Reckless
Auto Driving Public Scandal.

Philadelphia Judge Calls Reckless
Auto Driving Public Scandal.
Philadelphia, Pa.-"The fact that
the running of automobiles regard
less of anybody's rights has become
a public scandal, is due to the SUI
pineness of the people in not rising
up and demanding that one class of
people shall not have practically the
exclusive use nf tha- Stroots and noadn-
of our city," declared Judge Bregy, in
discharging the June grand jury In
the criminal court.
There are, Of course" continued
the court, "plenty of people who run
their motor cars in a reasonable way,
but ther care also two other classes.
I'VE have, first, class of drivers
who are utterly lawless and drunken,
and who regard no ones right.
"The other class, equally dangerous,
is the young immature drivers of
both sexes, who have not the judg
ment to appreciate the responsibility
that goes with the running of an en-
gine on the public streets-for, after
all, that is all that an automobile is;
it is an engine, ocomotive-running
on the city streets and country road.
ITO my mind, the reports which
we see in the newspapers Of hun
dreds of millions of dollars being
spent for automobiles is an indica-
tion of a wild extravaganza which
goes far beyond what people can af-
ford, and before long will bear its
fruits of failure, foreclosed mortgages
and crime"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-07-09
CENSUS SHOWS INCREASE
IN SOUTH'S POPULATION
Including Missouri and Oklahoma
Gain Is 81 Per Cent.
1,4l5,297 PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH
Southern Commercial Congress Makes Predic-
ton, Basing Figures Upon Provisional Es-
Inmates Of the Census Bureau.

Washington, p. c-That the cen;
s,s OF 1870 viii show the southern
states, including Missouri and Okla
homa, to have made a gain in pop
ulation of 21 per cent since 1900 is
the estimate of the southern com
mercial congress. The congress es-
Inmates that population to be 32,415,-
297. The gain of other states of the
union during the same period is esti-
mated by the congress to have been
Is IL per cent.
The five states of the south which
have made the greatest gain in pop
ulatfon, according to the estimate, are
Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Georgia
and Alabama Oklahoma is said to
have gained 100000. The figures
were based upon provisional esti-
mates of the census bureau.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-07-09
COTTON AND OkRA CROSSED
Make LONG STAPLE PLANT
Mississippian Working Wonders
With the Cotton Plant.
WONDERFUL CORN EXPERIMENTS
Eastin c. Jones Of Kinds County, Mississippi,
Is Performing Marvellous Feats With
Cotton and Corn.

jackson, Miss California has her
Burbank, the man who startled 4ie
world by cross-breeding and develop
ing fruits and flowers, but Kinds coun-
ty has her Jones, the man who is de-
veloping cotton and performing mar
yelOus featS with corn.
Taking common variety of corn
fourteen years ago, when corn culture
was practically unknown in this sec
ton, Mr.. Jones has crossed and de-
corn to the acre in Kinds county,
three miles from Jackson, than any
farmer in the world He makes his
corn produce six to fourteen ears to
the stalk, and the yield is at the rate
of from one hundred and fifty to two
hundred bushels an acre.
This has been done on ordinary
Mississippi land, without using more
than the usual quantity of fertilizer.
Not only is the yield large. but
the weight of the grain, after it is
shelled, Is far above the average,
showing the corn is not only well
fruited, but fully developed.
In addition to performing wonder
full feats in the way of corn culture,
Mr.. Jones, by cross-breeding okra
with short staple cotton, has produc-
ed long staple of finest texture and
endurance. His achievement with
both corn and cotton are attracting
a great deal Of attention. He has
been taking off all prizes at the Mis-
sissippi state fair since it was organ
lied with his corn. This year Mr..
Jones expects to add one more ear
to the stalk in his corn field. He has
added an ear every year for fourteen
years, and believes he will increase
the yield this year again.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-07-09
REPORT ON WHITE SLAVERY.
Rockefeller Grand Jury Report Dis
closes White Slave Conditions.

Rockefeller Grand Jury Report Dis
closes White Slave Conditions.
New York city-Judge O'Sullivan
filed and made public the long-de-
layed presentment of the special
grand jury of which John D. Rocke1eI
Ter, Jr., was foreman, and which had
been Investigating white slave condi-
tions In this city since last January.
The presentment declares that the
jurors were unable to find the evl-
dence of any incorporated or other
wise organized band of white slavers,
and also cleared the New York In
dependent Benevolent association,
which was mentioned in connection
with the existing conditions Moving
picture shows are severely censured
and strong recommendations are.
made toward more rigid enforce
ment Of the tenement house laws and
for special legislation to make the
punishment of slayers more severe.
A sensational part of the present
ment is the declaration of the jurors
tnat their investigations led them to
believe tnat individual white slavery
is on the Increase, and recommends
that additional legislation be enacted
with the object of exterminating this
form of vice.
Suggestions are also made that
laws be more rigidly enforced relating
to the safeguarding OF children in
reference to Raines law hotels.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-07-09
CONGRESS SPENT FREELY.
Over Billion Dollars Spent by Con-
qress at This Session.

Washington, D. c-The appropri-
ations made by the sessions of con-
gress just closed amounted to $1,027,-
1873, ,446, according to an official an
nouncement made by the house ap-
preparations committee.
Separate statements were made by
Representative Tawney, republican,
and Representative Livingston OF
Georgia, ranking democratic member
of the committee, analyzing the hg-
ures from the standpoints of the two
parties Mr.. Tawney contended that a
reduction of $28,529,821 over the last
session Of the sixtieth congress had
been achieved.
The democratic view was that
"again the high water mark of bill
lion dollars OF expenditures is pass
ed,'' that including the authorized
reclamation issue, rivers and harbors
obligations, public buildings autaoriz-
ed, light houses, etc, the total direct
and indirect appropriations for the
past session reached $1,096,952,051,
increasing the previous regular ses-
sion appropriations by $15,207,90
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-07-09
GRUESOME WARNING.
Bloody Human Ear Sent as Warnir
by Strikers

Bloody Human Ear Sent as Warning
by Strikers
Cleveland, Ohio.-Wrapped around a
bottle of alcohol in which lay bloody
human ear, Harry Coulby, president
Of the Pittsburge Steamship Company,
received a letter here in which he
was threatened with nameless mutila-
tion and death If he refused to ac-
cede to the demands of the sailors
who have been on strike for two years.
the man to whom the ear belonged
has already been identified as Edward
Frazier, non-union sailor who was
assaulted in Buffalo, New York. re-
Gently After the assault his ear was
severed from his head by his assail-
ants. The man was picked up several
hours later by the police. He was in
a dying condition from loss of blood.
Across his chest there was pinned a
sheet Of paper on which was written:
Don't be a scab!" On receipt of
the letter Mr.. Coulby turned it, to-
gether with the bottle and it's grue-
some contents, over to the federal
authorities and a search was immed-
lately commenced through every port
on the Great Lakes for the perpetra-
tors of the outrage. In the letter,
which has been made public, it was
explicitly stated that teh writer's were
the same men who had assaulted
Frazier
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-07-09
NEW RAILROAD PLANNED.
Railroad May Be Built From Gainesville, ca. to
Murphy, N. c.

Gainesville, Ga.-Every indication
is that within a short time a party
of northern and western capitalists
will make large investments in tim
Der in northeast Georgia, and per-
haps build a railroad north from
Gainesville to either Blue Ridge, Ca,
or Murphy, N. G..
For quite year Congressman
Thomas NJ. Bell has been quietly at
work to interest some northern and
western friends in this section of the
state, and he has at last perfected ar
rangements for the coming of these
men to go over the ground and see
for themselves the attractions Offer
ed in timber and railroad interests.
Seme slime between July aud
August |, a party consisting of Col
onel j. A. Finch, pardon attorney in
the department of justice in Washing
ton; Congressman William E. Cox,
brother-in-law, Honorable Albert
Fem. the latter named gentleman be-
ing a multi-millionaire, will arrive
here, accompanied by W. A. Winburn,
vice president of the Central of Geor.
g1a railway, and make a trip OF per
sonal inspection through the counties
north of Hall including Lumpkin,
White, Habersham, Dawson, Rabun,
Towns and Union.
1t is likely that other capitalists
will accompany the above named gen
tlemen On the trip
No section is SO needful of a rail
road to place this timber within
reach of the market. The soil in this
section is as fertile as can be found
In the state, and great progress is
already being made along agricultur-
al lines. To further the development
and to make of the mountain coun
ties a veritable garden of Eden
railroad only is needed
To interest these capitalists in tnis
section means that northeast Georgi.,
will rapidly forge to the very fore
most of Georgia counties.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-07-09
Beet Prices Drop.

Chicago, III.-Retail beef prices
dropped sharply following the whole
sale price reduction. Quotations re-
vealed that sirloin steak which hal
been selling for Is 1-2 cents per
pound, could be had for 16 IL cents
Porterhouse that sold for % cents,
was quoted at 20 cents.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-07-09
L. & N. BUYS Railroad.

st. Louis, Mo.-A deal by which
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
Is to obtain control and practical own-
ership of the ST. Louis Southeastern,
known as the Cotton Belt, which has
been pending for ninety days, and is
expected to be consummated within
the next thirty days, became know
here. The control of the Cotton Belt,
it is reported, will pass to the Louis
vile and Nashville for cash outlay
of little more than S1,500,000. By
the acquisition the Louisville and
Nashville will gain short route u
the west and southwest.