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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
3
A collage of international items notes fire near Cobalt Ontario and a Newport landslide death. Reports cover a Jewels heist in London, Taft era White House expansion, anti trust actions against sugar interests, and Zeppelins and polar voyages.
An explosion in a Clark Street alley near the central telephone exchange seriously injures two or three and damages stores and windows for blocks. Police suspect a gambling war bomb. Powers Lambert saloon and Madden associates appear connected. The Chicago Telephone Co. suspends work for the night.
Ottawa June 29 A Board of Railway Commissioners ruling extends Canadian authority to tolls on through traffic originating in the United States. The Dawson board of trade had argued the Yukon and White Pass lines fell partly outside Canada, but the chairman Mabes rejected that view and held the tolls on traffic from Skagway to White Horse and back under Canadian control.
Copper River and Northwestern president S W Eccles arrived in Seattle and will sail July 1 to Cordovan Alaska to survey road work and Morgan Guggenheim interests. He predicts 1910 traffic and a rush to interior Alaska as hardships on the trail ease with the new line. Eccles envisions farming viability and plans a 50 mile railroad to access gold fields once land titles are secured.
In Manila on June 29 Captain Byram des and Anderson with detachments of the Sixth Cavalry and the mosquito fleet under Captain Signor conducted successful actions against Jikiri’s Moro band. Thirty-one bandits have been killed or captured in the past 30 days, but Jikiri remains elusive. Pursuit continues with detachment units aiming to capture or exterminate the outlaws.
The viceroy of Chi Li Yang Shih Siang died in Tientsin from an apoplectic stroke suffered two weeks earlier linked to the emperor’s funeral duties. His death affects the political scene as his position tied to Yuan Shih Kai and the central power structure.
Caracas June 29 the cabinet approved a draft concession to the Orinoco corporation arranged with Rudolph Dolge and Senor Arrayro. The grant allows work on large mineral tracts including the taca iron mines and related resources.
The Senate adopted the corporation tax amendment to the tariff bill by a 60 to 11 vote after discarding other amendments. The substitute for the income tax provision passed 45 to 81. Duty on material rose to 2 cents a pound with changes to woven fabric and soda chlorate duties, plus free wood pulp with exceptions.
Washington reports the senate nearly agreed to a Tuesday vote on the entire income tax amendment to the tariff bill including the corporation tax substitute. Bulkeley blocked the compact as Borah urged the income tax while Root backed the corporation tax but opposed the income tax. Bourne of Oregon predicted the corporation tax would prompt publicity of corporate affairs.
Washington June 20 Cummins of Iowa and Borah of Idaho led the senate discussion focusing on tax policy. Borah argued against the finance committee chair while Aldrich’s position was used to justify a corporation tax as a tool to defeat the income tax. He warned of a potential 1911 year end deficit of at least 175 million dollars unless the tariff amendment includes an income tax.
Washington reports that with tariff schedules finished the senate opened debate on income and corporation taxes. Chairman Aldrich signaled support for a corporation tax as a weapon against the income tax and suggested a potential deficit could be covered by corporate revenue, with possible modification or repeal within a year or two.
The tariff schedules wrap up after adjournment planned for tomorrow to tackle the corporation tax. Senate places duty on cot ton ties at six dollars a ton and adds half a cent per pound to bottle caps. Time detectors added to watch movements. Sine blocks pigs and zinc dust duties rise to ten cents per pound.
Washington June 26 The senate failed to conclude debate on tariff bill schedules. Bacon failed to free agricultural implements 26 to 45. Davis amendment to free lumber defeated 18 to 87 amid Aldrich protest. A 5 cent per square yard duty discussed.
Washington report shows 844 more total railroad casualties in January to March 1909 than the same period last year, while total deaths decreased by 65. The Interstate Commerce Commission issued the quarterly accident bulletin noting 69 men and 122 were injured during the period.
Work on the Panama canal locks starts as preliminary tasks proceed at the isthmian site. By summer’s end construction in force will begin on anchorage castings gate mitring and related structural material for lock construction. Most material will be embedded in masonry.
Washington July 2 changes in the Treasury daily cash system aim to fix persistent balance discrepancies. Going forward all receipts and disbursements will be recorded from a single source to ensure exact tallying with the daily cash statement.
The House appropriations committee will start drafting a deficiency appropriation bill likely totaling about 1,000,000 dollars. Highlights include 25,000 for the president's travel expenses while preserving a 75,000 salary, 200,000 for Brussels exposition participation, and 106,000 for Department of Justice special assistants.
The United States will erect a marble and granite monument costing about 8700 in the Confederate section of Finn's Point National Cemetery at Salem New Jersey to mark the graves of 2460 Confederate officers and men who died as prisoners at Fort Delaware from 1862 to 1865. Poor records prevent placing individual headstones on each grave.
President Taft will deliver the opening address at the sixth annual National Rivers and Harbors congress in Washington September 8 10. Leader Representative George A Ransdall of Louisiana presides with prominent members nationwide supporting a national waterways policy and a $50 000 000 bond issue.
Secretary Ballinger will not stop in Malheur county on his Seattle trip to review irrigation schemes. He plans a late July trip to Ontario and nearby towns to announce whether the project will be built by the government or private interests.
The secretary of the interior halted the contract with Standard Building Company of San Francisco for the Sulphur Creek waste way at Sunnyside Washington. The firm has suspended work, sold its machinery, and attempted to move gear from the site in direct violation of the contract terms.
The president sent to the senate the nomination of M. T. Hartson of Spokane to be collector of internal revenue for Washington. He will replace B. D. Crocker who resigns September 1. Hartson is current Spokane postmaster and will be succeeded by W. P. Edrus, endorsed by Rep. Poindexter.
Rear Admiral designated as bureau chief in a contemporary naval leadership reshuffle. The appointment signals strategic emphasis on maritime operations and administrative oversight within the department.
In Chicago Secretary Ballinger vows radical reforms in the Western Indian service. He says red tape hampers work and incompetent agents hinder progress, plans to replace with businesslike officials. discusses inspection of stock shipped to reservations and outlines a broader campaign, then departs for Kansas.
The U S Department of Agriculture says Oregon faces stunted beet sugar growth due to transportation gaps with only one factory at La Grande and potential new plants in Enterprise. Washington also has a single factory at Waverly, while towns like North Yakima Spokane and Thorp weigh new mills as firms secure contracts and incentives for beet cultivation.
United States Marshal Sitka captures the Japanese schooner Kenai Maru well inside Sitka’s three mile limit. Japanese cruisers were slated to patrol Bering Sea near St Paul and St George. The Thetis, Manning, Emma and other vessels are reported moving through Unalaska, Herschel Island, Barrow, and Belkofski amid ice and trade activity.
Dr Robert Lincoln Watkins declares tuberculosis a blood disease that can be cured and is not infectious, sparking opposition from members of the American Electric Medical association. He argues disease develops inside the body and questions sanitation and air as cures.
Stanley Moore representing Patrick Calhoun announced in Judge Lawlor's court that a motion to impeach Assistant District Attorney Francia J. Heney would be filed today. A second motion alleges Judge Lawlor is biased and prejudiced following a jury deadlock last Sunday over a bribery charge.
The executive committee of the Federation of Iron, Steel and Plate Workers refuses Republic Iron and Steel's demand for an open shop. If the demand stays firm, about 6,000 workers are expected to walk out in the likely strike.
A severe heat wave grips the Eastern United States with ten deaths in Chicago and additional fatalities in New York while Philadelphia and Boston report numerous prostrations. Cooling breezes arrive late, and authorities open parks to the public as emergency measures. The Salvation Army plans a lake trip for 2,500 needy children.
A late thunderstorm in New York caused one death and several injuries with a heat wave tally rising. At Polo Grounds lightning struck the center field flag staff as New York faced Brooklyn, tearing down the pennant. Health Commissioner Darlington reports a sharp rise in heat wave fatalities compared with last year. An East Side blacksmith lapsed into sudden insanity at work.
W K Newell of Gaston representing the Oregon Horticultural Society met with Secretary Wilson and other Agricultural department officials. He reported no danger of Oregon apple overproduction and near unlimited Eastern demand, but urged cost reductions to bring prices down for consumers. Newell cites intermediaries as the main cause of high East Coast prices and says reforms can lower them.
In Sedalia near Denver, eight people were injured when three coaches of Denver & Rio Grande's No. 6 San Francisco Limited derailed as heat warped rails. Hours later, a Colorado Midland train derailment at Mississippi Avenue within Denver city limits was attributed to heat, with engine and two coaches involved.
Des Moines Iowa June 29 A can non firecracker thrown into an automobile carrying Gertrude von Petveld a noted English suffragette nearly killed or seriously injured them all The car was wrecked and four occupants were badly shaken but escaped serious harm Miss von Petveld is pastor of the First Unitarian church in Des Moines.
San Francisco June 29. The district of the legislature was held constitutional in an opinion rendered by the Sagres court. The infant Ri eet ate wen ee.
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