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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16

Governor Of Chihuahua l,s,..
Anti-American MESSAGE
Call to Arms Is Sounded
Bands Active Forces clo,;n. ''''
In On Juarez.

Fl Paso. Tex. - Mexico i, n !.
crushed under the military force :.
the United States and is to lo.. =. ~
identity as a world power. Til, =
the message of Acting Goverpo, A.
reliance Gonzales to the people Of M nu'
leo and his native state of Chibn.h,ssA '
The message was telepraphed - a.
the Jefe politicos of the state o., ~
created q sensation among the Ma uu
lean and American population Of a.
state. - 'ue
The mobilization of the America,
army means the invasion of May;"a u
Governor Gonzales says in his s.o
brand message.
"The hand of the oppressor is press.
ing hard upon your BROW" he cont;n S
ued, "and will brand all true Mey;
cans as slaves unless they resist n.
foreign power. The attitude of ths
United States toward Mexico is one ~
a lordly master toward an abiect
slave. ''
"The manhood of Mexico demand,
its resistance by all possible means
Mexico has lost, or is losing, its iden.
tity as nation among nations. The
Americans are attempting to contrib
the business affairs, the politics and
the economics of Mexico. Unless 70.
sistance is shown at once, Mexico will
be but a dependency of the United
States"
The proclamation amounts to call
to arms to resist an American inyas.
ion Of Mexico and has caused con.
sternation here as well as across the
border.
Colonel Antonio Rojas, at the head
of 500 men, now is on his way toward
Juarez to attack the city, according to
a report received in Juarez from San
Antonio, west of Chihuahua. In view
of the report that Rojas would demand
the surrender of Chihuahua in five
days. the report is not generally cred.
tied.
Braulio Hernandez, with force Of
300 rebels, is reported operating south
of Chihuahua, along the line of the
Mexican Central, which has abandoned
temporarily it's efforts to make repairs
between chihuahua and Torreon.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
START WORK ON DAM.
Nicely & You-g to Irrigate Tracts in
Central Washington.

INSSty * tOursS 10 tVVsSato tracts IN
Central Washington.
Trinidad Nicely & Young have COM
menced work on the dam being con-
structed as reservoir site to. supply
water for the land they plan to irri-
gate north Of town.
The attendance at the school has
increased so rapidly that additional
teachers and room are necessary. A
building has been rented by the school
board to accommodate the eighth
grade and high school.
Winter wheat has never looked bet
ter at this time of the season. The
wheat has healthy green color and
has been growing, under heavy
blanket of snow.
There have been Is inches of snow
and rain this winter. A number of
the farmers will plant broom corn this
spring.
A deposit of magnesia has been
found south of town. Experts claim
that it is almost pure.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
DlsREsPEcT DENIED.
Compers Contends He Is Not Guilty
Of Contempt.

! Washington, D. G. - Samuel Com
pers, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, made an unequivocal
denial of any intent to disobey the in
junction of the Supreme court Of the
District of Columbia, when he took
the stand in his own defense against
the charge of contempt in connection
with the Bucks Stove & Range COM
pany boycott case. His testimony
was not completed and he will be a
witness again.
Gompers insisted under oath that
his editorials in the American Fedora
ZIONIST and the utterances Of himself
and other officials .of organized labor
in the campaign of 1908 were not in
tended to aid or abet the boycott of
the company.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16

Washington, D. C.-The senate has
passed . bill reducing from Eve "a
four years the time necessary Tor
aliens to serve in the navy to be nat
uralixed. The bill also extends ia
members Of the revenue cutter service
the right Of naturalization without
continuous residence. It was SO
amended as to make sure Of the ex-
clusion Of Chinese who may enter the
navy.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
PORTLAND MARKETS.

Wheat = Track prices: Bluestem,
88@89c; club, 86@87c; red Russian,
S5c; valley. SEC; forty-fold, 86@87c.
Millstuffs = Bran, $23 ton; shorts,
$25; middlings, $50; rolled barley,
$1,000.
Barley-Whole, $40 ton.
Corn = New, whole, $34; cracked,
$35 ton.
Oats-No. l white, s32@32.5O ton.
Hay-No. l Eastern Oregon timo-
thy, $17@18; No. valley, $15@16;
alfalfa, $13@14; clover, $12; grain,
$12@13.
Cranberries, $10@11.50 per barrel.
Potatoes Buying prices: Burbanks,
90c@$1. 20 per hundred.
Vegetables - Artichokes, $1.25 per
dozen; cabbage, $14@1ac per pound /;
celery, $5@5.50 per crate; garlic, So
loo per pound; dollhouse lettuce, 5Oc@
81 per box; pumpkins, 1a@2c per
pound; spinach, $1@1.25 per box
sprouts, &c; squash, 1a@2c per
pound; turnips, $1@1.10 per sack
rutabagas, $1@1.1O; carrots, $1@
Ito; parsnips, $1@1.1o; beets,
Onions - Association price, s2.25
per sack.
Apples-Fancy Rome Beauty, So. so
per box; choice Rome Beauty. So:
fancy Yellow Newtown, $3.50; fancy
Spitzenbergs, $2.75; Delaware Red.
$1.75; Winesap, So; Northern Spy.
$1.6O; Baldwin, $1,000; Ben Davis,
$1.25; Red Cheek Pippin, extra
fancy, $3.50.
Butter-Oregon creamery butter,
solid pack, S3ac; prints, extra; but.
ter fat. average buying price, s4ac
Portland.
Eggs-Fresh Oregon ranch, candled,
S0@31c per dozen.
Pork-Fancy, .7a@8ac per pound.
Veal-Fancy, 1s@13ac per pound.
Poultry-Hens, 14c; springs, l3@
lSac; ducks, young, &c; geese, 123c:
turkeys, live, 18c; dressed, 2O@22c.
Cattle Choice steers, SIS. 75M5. 95
good, $5.60@5.75; choice cows, $4.75
@5; good. $4.2S@4. 80; choice spayed
heifers, S.. 35@5.50 good to choice
heifers, $5@5.25; choice bulls, $4.25
@4.5O; good, $4@4.25; choice calves.
$7.50@8; good, $6.75@7.
Hogs Choice light hogs, $3.50
6.75; smooth heavy hogs, $5.75@6
rough heavy. $5.50@5.
Sheep Choice yearling wethers,
$4.l6@4.85; choice killing ewes. 81
@4.2s; choice lambs, $4.75M5;
good, $4.6Ot@4.75; culls, $s.75@4.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
WRECK OF MAINE FLOATS.
Battleship Ready to Proceed to Final
Resting Place.

Havana-The wreck of the Maine
foated free from the mud when the
water was turned into the dam sur
rounding the wreck. The water with
in the dam is ID feet below the harbor
level at low tide.
It is the intention to raise the
wreck Immediately to the harbor lev
ell, leaving nothing more to be done
except to break the dam and float out
the ship.
Water was forced into the dam
through system of pipes fixed at the
bottom of the ship, the power being
supplied by a pump that had been re-
covered from the wreck. The ship
began to rise almost Immediately
The ship will remain within the
dam until orders are received from
Washington to float her out, which
can be done within fortnight.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
viii Issue Edict Soon.

Pekin-An edict establishing inc
republic will be issued in February
A statement from the Chinese foreign
office board says the Republicans aie
harrassed by dissentions and are pre-
pared to waive majority OF the plO
posed notifications. The Stationery
further says that there is no rear -
the transfer of the capital from feA. ..
"A Tien Tsin dispatch says that t nsse
bombs were thrown at General onat
Erh- Hsun, viceroy Of Manchur,s' -; :.
Mukden. The viceroy was not "
jured and his assailant escaped.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
INVESTIGATE CHARGES.
Everglades Land Scandal Declared
to Be Unfounded.

Everglades Land Scandal Declared
to Be Unfounded.
Washington, D. c. - Thorough in
vestigation of the charges that gov
eminent reports on Florida everglade
lands were suppressed by officials OF
the department Of agriculture at the in
stance of land spectators and that de-
partment engineers were dismissed be-
cause of controversies in this conDec-
ton was determined upon by the Dem
ocratic members of the house commit
tee on expenditures in the department
of agriculture.
A statement issued by Solicitor
McCabe, of the department of agricul-
ture, with the approval of Secretary
Wilson, declares that the charges
against the department are untrue and
that "the effort to besmirch the secre-
of agriculture will fail"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
SEALING TREATY DELAYED.
Proposed Addition Of Restrictions
Prevents Passage.


Washington, D. Can attempt to
amend the international fur seal
agreement so that it will prohibit any
killing of. seals by Americans on the
Pribyloff Islands for Is years occupied
the house and was pending when that
body adjourned Saturday.
Chairman Sulzer and the majority
of the house committee on foreign
affairs are opposed to ANY change in
the treaty as agreed to by the. diplo-
matte representatives of the White
House, Great Britain, Russia and
Japan. The bill to carry this agree
ment into effect has been brought for
passage but a strong movement to in
sert restrictions upon American seal
killing at the Pribyloff Islands pre-
vented its passage.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
First Auto Ride is Last.

MERGED, Cal.-His first automobile
ride proved also the last for an uni
Identified man about so years old VINO
was given lift by Edward Ruddle.
Riddles car, containing four otner
men, picked up the stranger on tne
outskirts of town. A few minutes
later the machine, in rounding turn
pitched over an embankment. All es'
capped injury except the wayfarer,
whose neck was broken. He was
telling Ruddle that it was his hrst au'
tomobile ride when the accident oc'
Cured.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
Rulers View Launching.

Ferrol, Spanking Alfonso and
Queen Victoria were present Thursday
at the launching Of the battleship Es-
pana. The Espana is the first of the
battleships of the new Spanish navy
to take water. King Alfonso was
present at the laying down of her
keel, in July, 1909. The Espana is a
four screw steel vessel, 435 feet in
length. Her displacement is $3.50
tons and her estimated speed 10. s
knots. She will carry eight 12-inch
guns, 20 4-inch guns and number of
quick-firers and machine guns.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
WHEAT TO EvADE BIG TAX.
Harry w. Price Sends 20. 900 Bush
els to Portland.

Harry w. Price Sends 10000 Bush
els to Portland.
Pullman Harry w. I.rice, who
owns 5000 acres near Pullman, is
shipping the last Of his 1911 crop Of
20. 600 bushels Of wheat to Portland
The grain has not been sold, but is
being shipped to Portland warehouses,
where it will be stored to wait higher
prices.
The reason for making this ship
ment is to avoid paying taxes on the
wheat. Mr.. Price estimates the taxes
will be about three cents bushel if
the wheat is in Washington on March
l. and, as the wheat must eventually
90 to Portland anyway, he is shipping
it now and will sell it when the price
is satisfactory. Mr.. Price said:
"This tax law is radically wrong.
It is used as club by the buyers, who
usually drop the price of wheat about
February Is, as they know that farm
ers must sell before March / or pay q
tax of 2 or 8 cents bushel on the
grain. IdAho has no such law, and
neither has. Oregon. A farmer may
have borrowed money on the wheat re-
ceipts and invested it in property and
he will have to pay taxes on the prop
erty and on the wheat, thus making
double taxation. This was illustrated
two years ago, when many farmers
held their wheat, refusing to take the
high prices offered in the fall. Some
of them had borrowed as much as rs
cent on their wheat and the price
dropped to 60 cents, yet they paid
taxes on the wheat and on the money
they had borrowed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
Traction Line Survey On.

Centralia-The preliminary survey
ing for a traction line between Cen
tralia and Olympia has been started
by the Washington Oregon Corpora
tion, and corps of men is now out
running lines north of this city under
the direction Of C. A. Harmony, for
merly city electrician. They are max
ing rapid progress on several tentative
routes. The traffic offered is not ex-
tensive, but probably will develop. If
right of way can be secured at reason
able prices, construction will be start
ed and equipment ordered Immediately.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
Conferees Cannot Agree.

Washington, D. &. The conferees
of the two houses of congress on the
joint resolution providing for the cleo
ton of senators by direct vote have
decided to report disagreement. The
report will not be made until friends
of the resolution feel sure of the pres
ence in the senate Of all its support
ers. The disagreement is over the
Bristow amendment, retaining the SUI
pervision Of congress over senatorial
elections.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
PriceIess Gift. Made.

New York At the annual meeting
of the trustees Of the American Mus
cum Of Natural History important
gifts to the museum by ]. p. Morgan,
Jr.,. and Ogden Mills were announced.
Mr.. Morgan presented his almost
priceless collection Of meteorites and
minerals and Mr.. Mills gave the
George Catlin collection Of $50 oil
paintings Of Indians and the life Of
the redskin in the West between 1882
and 1910.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
Robins and SQUIRRELS Out.

Washtucna-The robins have come !;
the squirrels have been out for a
week; geese are flying north; nearly
all Of the farmers are blowing and
many are seeding; the grounding
failed to see his shadow February 2,
and withal it is the general expression
Of opinion that spring has come. Win
ter wheat is reported in excellent con-
dition, and it is stated that even
should there be more winter following
the present warm spell fall-sown grain
will not be injured.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
Farmers Favor Pure Seeds.

Farmers Favor Pure Seeds.
Albion-At the second days session
of Whitman County Farmers union
the pure seed resolution was passed as
at the wheat convention. Twenty one
men of the county union subscribed
enough money to pay the debt on the
Pacific Farmers union paper. Men
in all locals took stock in the terminal
warehouse. The next county conven-
tion will be held at Colfax in March.
Ext President A. E. Kirkland compli-
mented the Albion local on having one
OF the best county conventions and the
largest attendance Of any meeting.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEEK
Doings Of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
General Resume Of Important Events
Presented in Condensed Form
for Our Busy Readers.

Floods are creating havoc in Spain
and Portugal.
David Starr Jodan says the Roths-
childs are the real rulers of Europe.
The British secretary of war is on
an unofficial peace visit to Germany.
The State department assures Mex
leo that there is no intention of in
tervention.
Mayor Gaynor, of New York, doubts
that the tariff is wholly to blame for
hard times.
It is admitted in Pekin that Yuan
Shi Kai has good chance Of saving
the throne of China from abdication.
Hetty Green, worlds richest wo-
man, is accused of trying to extort
unfair interest from w. R. Hearst on
a mortgage.
A woman telegraph operator testi-
fled that an attempt was made to
bride her to show kilograms in the
Lorimer case.
Charles M. Schwab, ex-president of
the U. S. Steel corporation, says ser
ious consequence will follow reduc-
ton of the tariff on metals.
Abe Ruef was allowed to visit his
bed-rioden mother, 80 years of age,
who believes cher boy" has been
travelling in Europe for his health.
Heavy rains and the presence of
many troops prevented any distur-
Dances when Lord Winston Churchill
made political speech at Belfast, Ire
land.
L. E. Lakin confessed to an Iowa
minister that he killed a man at Rex
burg, Idaho, four years ago, and had
been tormented by his conscience ever
since. He was acquitted of the muir
der on the ground of self-defense.
The Borah- Jones three year home
stead bill has passed the senate.
Steeplejacks scaled the walls of the
burned Hotel Helena, at Helena, Mon
tana, and recovered diamonds valued
at $4,000, $500 chunk of melted
gold coin, and also the ashes of roll
of currency, from an upper room.
Idaho mining men are preparing to
fight the reduction of the tariff on
metals.
King George and Queen Mary have
returned to England from their cor
onation trip to India.
Universal war is being made on the
clipping" system, and a Chicago
Judge has branded it as "illegal and
un-American."
Fire practically destroyed st. Cath
crimes Home, in San Francisco.
Thirty invalids were removed by at
tendant Sisters.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
WILSON Is ACCUSED.
Committee Investigates Scandal h
Connection With Reports.


Washington, d. G Another inves-
tigation OF the department Of agricul-
tire involving orders Of Secretary
Wilson and Solicitor McCabe and en-
bracing charges Of suppressed reports
and influence Of land spectators over
government officials. is.to be institute
ed by the house committee on expend-
lures in the Agricultural department.
Troubles relating to exploitation Of
Florida everglade lands, millions Of
acres Of which have been sold
throughout the country by syndicates,
started before the house committee a
q result Of the summary dismissal
from government service by Secretary
Wilson of C. G. Elliott, chief engineer
of the drainage division Of the depart
ment, and A. D. Morehouse, assistant
engineer, and the suspension of F. E.
Singleton, an accountant, on techni-
cal charge Of transference Of public
lands.
Representatives Clark, of Florida,
and Bathrick, of. Ohio, who have In
stigated the investigation, charged
that officials Of the department Of
agriculture had been influenced by
Florida everglade land promoters in
the suppression of q report on the con-
dition of the land made by the drain
age department; that Chief Engineer
Elliott was threatened by agents OF
the land promoters unless he would re-
wise a circular letter to the house
which did not contain laudatory refer
ences to the lands they were selling
that upon his refusal the circular and
q subsequent fuller report were sup
pressed by the order of Secretary Will
son and that later Engineers Elliott
and Morehouse were removed from
Office.
Solicitor McCabe, before the house
committee, denied the dismissal Of the
department officials was in any way
caused by the Florida land case and
asserted that the action was taken
following charges that the dismissed
men had misapplied funds.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
Democrats in Quandary..

Washington, d. C. - Democratic
members Of the ways and means COM
mittee were unable to determine
whether the sugar or the chemical bill
should have the right of way as the
next tariff revision measure to be
taken up in the house.
Anothe- meeting will be held and
the bill that is the more nearly COM
pleteSat that time will be reported.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
Woman Urged for Der Oh.

Washington, D. C. President
Taft's meditations on filling the pres
ent vacancy in the Supreme court
were momentarily disturbed by COM
munication from the Woman Suffrage
association of the District of Colum-
bia, suggesting that woman be ap-
pointed to the bench. On the ground
that women are now voting in six
states, while three more states are
preparing to adopt woman suffrage,
the president was urged to appoint
Mrs. Ellen S. Mussey, Miss Emma M.
Gillett or Mrs. Belva Lockwood.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
Resolution Not Personal.

Washington, D. C.-Representative
Slayden, author Of the anti-third term
resolution, at the White House denied
that it had been aimed at Theodore
Roosevelt.
"The resolution was aimed at the
dangerous and un-American PROPOSE
tion of the third term, said Mr.. Stay
den. ~ mean third term, whether
consecutive or with ap intervening
term.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
CANNERY WILL BE OPENED.
CentraIia Fruitgrowers Association
to Lease Plant.

Centralia-At meeting of the Gen.
tralia Fruitgrowers' association in
this city Saturday it was decided to
reopen the cannery by the association
here, which has been closed since last
September. Owing to a debt of ST.
100 the association does not think it
advisable to operate the concern it.
self, but has decided to lease the plant
to outside parties for one year at a
nominal rental. If the lessee makes
profit from the concern the associa-
ton expects to sell additional stock
and raise the debt of the plant.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16

"VyossS~Seo0sE eSSSo ~ OsOOSOOOs
Centralia B. F. Arnold, county
treasurer, has completed the compil-
ing Of the 1911 taxes of the Weyer-
haeuser Timber company in Lewis
county. The total amount to be paid
by the company is $151, 1862. Is. It is
customary to make ont the receipt for
the taxes Of the Weyerhaeuser com
pany before they are paid. to enable
the company officials to check them
over.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-02-16
INSECTS INCREASE COST.
Californian Says Plant Pests Influence
Food Prices.

Food Prices.
Washington, D. Can important
factor in the high cost of living is the
enormous sum the American govern
ment and the farmer are obliged to
spend every year in fighting plant dis
eases and insect pests, according to
James Mills, of Riverside, CAL, here
in the interest of legislation aimed to
help these conditions.
He consulted with Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson, DR.. Howard of
the bureau of entomology and other
department officials who are interested
in the fight against plant pests and
diseases.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-03
CIRCUIT COURT
.HASADJOURNED
TO WEDNESDAY
THE CIVIL DOCKET COMPLETED
AND MURDER CASES WILL Be
TAKEN UP WHEN TIE COURT
MEETS.

ANer nnisEinE the civil docket the
circuit court adjourned yesterday aft
eruoun Until "wednesday morulnE. All
~ The civil cases not heard during
ne term we're continued until the
NEXT term
wednesday criminal cases VIII D.
taken up % the court AMI special
Venire for twenty-five adaitionnl 80
rurs drawn. The nrat case te O.
heard viz BE that 81 Ned Reed col
nred. charged with murder.
ON Thursday the case - Nnpoiean
MCPhsrsun wfn BE- heard. He 10 also
coiored and eharEel with murder.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-03
MRS. MAGGIE \.
STEWARD DEAD
WIFE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONED
"a. STEWARD PASSES AWAY
AFTER a LINGERING ILLNESS.

Mrs. MAxNie a. steward. wife q
en- County Commissioner James q
Steward. passed away 81 her h0ms n
this city about o'clock YESTERDAY
morning after a long Illness
Her remains VIII be sent a. Pine
Barren On the 7 o'clock train todat
and vii BE inferred In the family
buryinw grounds AZ that place at -
o'clock this moFnsng
Besides her husband and three can.
dren. the deceased is survived -
three brotherm and two sisters
Mira steward was born In Escnmh. 4
county and has = large number -
friends who vii regret 10 learn 81 he
death.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-11-03
NEGRO TAKEN
FROM HOUSE
AND BEATEN UP
WILL YOUNG SAYS TWO NEGROES
AND ONE WHITE MAN InPER.
soEATEo OFFICERS TO GET
HIM TO OPEN DOOR.

AZ zoe O'Clock this morning WIN
Y5ung. a negro man. called AZ she ro-
lice station and reported that ne had
been dragged from his house by two
neEroes and one white man and badly
beaten and kicked. lie said that the
assault occurred a short distance this
side 81 Carpenters Greek about NJ
o'clock and that the men who beat
him said they we're officers when he
refused o. admit them.
The authorities are investigating the
matter. No arrests have been made.