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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
7
A broad miscellany reports events from around the world and nation. Topics include political shifts in the United States and Honduras, labor tensions in Tennessee and Louisiana, naval and aviation incidents, a Japanese liner dispute, and a japonais steamer sinking off Chiba with twenty lost. It notes Scotland and England weather, Mexico and Isthmus affairs, and social unrest alongside domestic political races and local crime highlights.
A Sunday afternoon blaze in the center of New Orleans commercial district destroyed multiple wholesale houses and stores along Brianville Chartres as it spread to Conti and Royal streets. Two wine and liquor warehouses burned as barrels exploded. firefighters struggled due to water shortages while the fire raged for hours, threatening nearby buildings and shopkeepers.
London Sept 1 Trinidad may start a new industry in paper making using cane megals and bamboo fiber. Professor Carmody presented specimens to the Trinidad board of agriculture and estimated annual fiber output could reach about 0,000 tons. Bamboo fiber paper reportedly stays white and resistant to insects, and a 1479 paper journal example showed no yellowing, remaining in perfect condition.
Pekin September 1 An imperial edict details yearly steps to convert China to a foreign political system and promises a constitution in nine years An edict last year already forecast a constitution within a decade Provinces push for reform and delegations visiting Pekin report respectful treatment by the grand council Delegations cite Persia and Turkey to argue China should not lag behind other nations
Winnipeg dispatch reports a land rush across Alberta and Saskatchewan as Doukhobor lands forfeited for noncompliance open to settlement. The new pre-emption law also takes effect allowing a second homestead entry while officials fortify offices with barricades and chutes to control crowds.
A Livingston relay to the Independent reports soldiers in Yellowstone National Park captured a suspicious man tied to a park holdup. He carried a substantial amount of money but his identity remains unknown.
Japanese immigrants sent to Sao Paulo by the Imperial Immigration Company of Tokio are quitting plantation work in large numbers and returning to Rio de Janeiro. Many seek domestic service jobs after dissatisfaction with cafe work and travel back to the city in September.
The University of Colorado will soon have a fully ecotipped timber testing laboratory in Boulder. Two testing machines with 206000 and 40000 pound capacities will be installed, each on its own motor, plus a power driven saw and planer for preparing test specimens. The first research will compare strength of dead and fire killed timber with timber cut while growing.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson returned from a trip through western states and said timber plantings alone cannot supply wood east of the divide. He urged watershed forestry, noting that at 2000 feet in Deadwood forest reserve broadcast seeding after last spring snows is workable, but reforestation must be done wholesale by the department.
Baron Takahira, Japanese minister to the United States, held a private talk with President Roosevelt in Oyster Bay on September 1. He declined to reveal the mission, saying details would be known soon. He suggested American sailors would receive a great welcome when they reach Japan.
American forests can yield more wood per acre than German forests if managed well. Native trees and favorable American climate and soil give higher potential profits, yet ignorance and carelessness have left woodlands poorly stocked and underused.
First Lieutenant William Bowen of the Coast Artillery at the Presidio San Francisco was convicted of neglect of duty and false reports and sentenced to dismissal. The sentence was confirmed by the President and then commuted by General Murray to a 30 percent rank reduction.
Washington reports say a Brazil Argentina dispute may flare soon as Argentina’s chamber of deputies approves a 35 million dollar credit for armaments. Buenos Aires seeks to buy warships and any nation selling arms to Argentina could find an eager cash buyer.
Special orders announce that by presidential direction a general court martial is to convene at Fort Wayne Michigan on September 19, 1908 for the trial of officers or others brought before it. The court includes high ranking army officers indicating a senior officer may be on trial.
Washington Sept 1 The Department of Justice announced that George Ferry United States marshal at Fairbanks Alaska has been removed by order of the president. Official reasons were not disclosed but Ferry was said to lean toward the mine owning interests.
A balloon test was conducted at Fort Meyer on Wednesday by three Signal Corps officers. Lieutenant Frank Lahm served as pilot and will participate in the upcoming international balloon race in Berlin, accompanied by Lieutenants Foulers and Selfridge.
The General Land Office reports the U S public domain remaining undisposed of on July 1 1905 totals 754 850 296 acres. Alaska holds 386 021 500 acres with Oregon 4 769 456 acres unsurveyed and Washington 2 287 176 acres. Idaho shows 19 476 044 acres yet unsurveyed.
Washington reports the Rosebud Indian reservation lands on the south side of South Dakota will be disposed by lottery on October 19. The lands, adjoining Gregory county opened in 1904, are touted as desirable for farming and stock raising. Registration and drawing follow the Gregory plan with harsher features removed to ease applicants.
Washington reports from Minister Gertes of Colombia stating that despite grievances with Venezuela over the Holland conflict, Colombia will not permit revolutionary forces to cross its frontier. He emphasizes the government will seek redress only by fair means and rejects any use of unfair actions.
The state department rejects talks of Britain and Holland acting together to discipline Venezuela. It stresses the United States would lead any such action, not a European power, and denies approval of joint European measures.
Washington reports from London say Britain may act to visit Holland in the Castro dispute and a Venezuelan reference has circulated between British and American diplomats. State Department officials say the United States is watching and waiting for developments in the Venezuelan affair.
On September 2 at Oyster Bay Acting Secretary Forster went to Sagamore Hill with official business for the president. He stayed at the executive's summer home for some time and returned to the offices late at night. The nature of the business was not divulged.
Washington on September 4 indicates the United States is watching developments before officially recognizing Mullai Hafid the sultan of Morocco. State department stance suggests US would follow European powers if they recognize him.
Kermit Padevall departed Oyster Bay with rifles shotguns revolvers cartridge belts and hunting gear for a practice hunt in the Northwest ahead of his African expedition with his father planned for next March.
Extension of the south branch canal of the Klamath irrigation project awarded to W. T. Mason of Klamath Falls. The job covers about seven miles of canal with excavation and embankment of roughly 112000 cubic yards of material. Mason bid $22708.
Washington reports September 8 as housecleaning day in arsenals nationwide. All obsolete and out of date ordnance material on hand will be offered for sale.
City Attorney Long has advised the board of education that nativity does not determine eligibility for public schools. Chinese children are Mongolians regardless of birthplace, and if separate schools of equal standing are not provided they may attend any school. The opinion responds to parents seeking non Oriental school for their daughters.
Hetty Green, famed wealth holder, declares American women chase fashion amid hard times. She criticizes spending on clothes, cites New York luxury as a cause of economic strain, and laments a looming hard winter. She calls for government action and criticizes Rockefeller.
Brigadier General Winfield S. Edgerly warned in St Paul that the United States must deploy a thousand troops to protect Yellowstone Park travelers from robbers. Fort Yellowstone holds about 400 cavalry, with guards patrolling the 120 mile main road daily, as civilians note firearms are barred unless sealed. He expects the lone robber, said to be in Jackson Hole, will be caught.
W. H. Carlson, former president of the defunct Consolidated Bank, faces arrest on charges of falsifying bank entries after a district attorney warrant was issued. The failed bank owed depositors about 50 100 dollars. Carlson previously served as a U S railroad commissioner in Cuba during McKinley’s first term.
The Italian cruiser Puglia, arrived from Vancouver, slipped out of Seattle harbor on Saturday en route to Portland. She will stay about three weeks for boiler cleaning and machinery overhaul.
A dispatch from Anaconda Montana says the first snow of the season fell there Saturday as the town of Butte reports Aug 31.
Portland shows record wheat shipments surpassing Chicago with 210 export cars in a day. About 79 500 sacks totaling 144 465 bushels and valued near 1 555 980 dollars mark a world class port performance. If lined up, 210 cars stretch about 135 miles.
A Winnipeg dispatch reports the Montreal committee of machinists boilermakers carmen and other CP workers demand a conference with the company to settle the strike or risk a total work stoppage. The battle pits unions against the Canadian Pacific with the company intent on testing its strength. Former Master Mechanic Cross of Winnipeg is in England on a recruitment mission.
Tokio officials announced the expo will be postponed to 1917 amid cabinet retrenchment policy protests from all chambers of commerce. Exposition staff were convened as the government declared its plan and indicated the delay would yield benefits to the event.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. will officiate the groundbreaking ceremony for the Institute's main hospital building and isolation annex in New York. Plans filed last week call for a seven story brick and Indiana limestone front with a two story isolation ward connected by steel bridges, costing about 400000 dollars.
Winnipeg dispatch reports west coast trains delayed as machinists strike grows. Railway commission to convene September 10 with unions pressing accusations of alien labor law violations by the railroad company.
Winnipeg reports the worst washout in the Canadian Pacific line history with rain torrents flooding the line between Winnipeg and Kenora. Hundreds of yards of track washed away and dozens of trains delayed or held up.
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