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VOL. IV. NO. 209.
UHCLE JF CANNON AGAIN
ELECTED MB OF HE
The Attempt to Adopt Rules of Last
Session of the House Defeated and
Leaves "Insurgents" Victorious —
Champ Clark is Leader of Minority
in the House.
(By Associated Press.)
ttishiagtoo, March 15. —Precisely
at ndon today the extraordinary ses
sion of the 61st congress, called by
the president for the purpose of en
acting tariff legislation, began with
great crowds in attendance. In the
senate the interest centered on the
new vice president, Mr. Sherman,
and the swearing in of Senator Ste
phenson, of Wisconsin, reelected
after a bitter fight in the legislature
of his state.
At the other end of the capitol a
different situation was presented.
The house, with its 77 new members,
had to organize. This consumed
considerable time. Following the
swearing in of the entire member
ship the fcouse entered upon the
work of electing a speaker.
Joseph Cannon, of Illinois, was re
elected speaker, receiving 204 votes;
Champ Clark, of Missouri, 166; Coo
per, Wisconsin, 8; Esch, Wisconsin,
1; Norris, Nebraska, 2; Hepburn,
lowa, 1.
The roll call at the democratic
caucus showed 162 present out of
171 democratic members of the
hetfpf l , three or four belated members
earring caucus after roll call. Rep
resentative Clayton, of Alabama, as
chairman, recognized Representative
Underwood, who presented a resolu
tion which pledged the members to
support Champ Clark "in his efforts
to overthrow the present arbitrary
rules of the house and to adopt rules
that will enable the majority of the
NO TAX REBATE
AFTER TOOAY
Today is the last day in which
citizens of Chelan county may pay
taxes under the 190S levy an?, re
ceive the regular 3 per cent discount.
After today the full amount of the
taxes must be paid and no rebate
whatever will be allowed. Thousands
of de4lars were paid in last week,
and today has been a big day with
the county treasurer.
All taxes in the county become de
linquent June 1, but a provision is
made that half the taxes may be
paid prior to June 1 and the last
half prior to December 1. In case
the last half becomes delinquent 15
per cent a year is charged dating
from the first day of June preceding.
Fjfreclosure proceedings on property
A be instituted only after the ex-
Jfation of three years from the
original date of delinquency.
Start Work April First
C. B. Halbert Will St*rt Building
Operations on New Building
Adjoining Postofih-e.
C. B. Halbert expects to start
building operations on his new struc
ture April 1. The contract for the
work will be let by that time and
every effort will be made to hurry
the building along. This adjoins the
postoffice on the south and the build
ing will be 60x120, two stories aud
basement.
Leader in Spokane Contest.
Miss Bessie Estes still leads in the
Spokesman-Review contest in this
district. She has 272.061 votes to
ft*r credit, to 242.994 for Misß De
pfcane Reeves, of Lakeside.
republicans in congress to legislate.
To accomplish this end we favor the
enlargement of the number of mem
bers on the rules committee to 15,
to be elected by the members of the
house, and we favor a thorough and
complete revision of the rules of the
house."
The resolution also denounced
the "present rules as a machine to
thwart and destroy the representa
tive character of the house and to
enable the speaker of the house to
absolutely control legislation regard
less of the will of the majority."
The fight on the rules in the house
began this afternoon when Dalzell
offered a resolution making the rul<?s
of the last house for the present ses
sion. The democrats froced a roll
call on ordering the previous ques
tion. The previous question was
'ordered 194 to 188, the effect of
j which was to shut off debate. Bell
jthen called for the adoption of the
resolution, which was defeated 189
to 193, thus accomplishing the suc
cess of the insurgents.
Clark, of Missouri, offered a reso
lution providing for the appointment
|of a committee of 15 to amend the
rules and with modifications making
the present rules applicable for the
present. Clark moved the previous
question on the adoption of his reso
lution and the roll call was ordered.
iThe house refused, by a vote of 179
to 203, to order the previous ques
tion, with the result that the ques
tion was again left in the air.
OPTICIANS GOT
BILL THROUGH
Washington opticians are pleased
I over the passage yesterday of senate
jbill 247. regulating the practice of
! optometry and providing for the ap-
I pointment of a board of examiners
j and penalties for violation.
"Under existing lax methods of
(dealing with the shysters who invade
i the optical business, as they do cv-
I cry other calling," said a well
| known optician, "the public has had
i scant protection in being safeguard
jed against falling into incompetent
hands and having more harm than
good done to eyes.
"The bill establishes a board of
: examiners of three members, who
shall have sufficient theoretical and
practical knowledge of optometry to
i practice, who shall have practiced
j not less than five years.
"So-called opticians who fail to
i pass such examination before Janu
jary 1, 1910, shall have no authori
!ty to practice thereafter. Persons
iare exempt from the examination if
they have, previous to the passage of
the act, practiced optometry in the
state continuously for at least two
years.
"Violations of the act will be pun
ishable by a fine of not more than
$500 and imprisonment for not less
than two nor more than six months
!or both. Each day of the violation
j will be considered a separate of
! fense."
The act does not apply to duly
authorized physicians
Asks to Be Disincorporated.
I The Cashmere Fruit Growers'
: union has filed a petition in the su
! perior court asking that the cor
poration be dissolved and disincor
porated. The union has existed about
two years. All debts of the union
have been paid.
THE WENATCHEE DAILY WORLD, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1909.
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAW: REGARDING
MATERIAL HENS
LAST LEGISLATURE MAKES IT
MANDATORY TO ISSUE DUPLI
CATE STATEMENTS OF MA
TERIAL PURCHASED.
One of the new laws pased by the
recent legislature is for the purpose
of protecting owners of buildings
erected from the contractor who
might want to beat some of the ma
terial bills and provides for the issu
ance of a duplicate statement of ma
terial bought and is as follows:
"An act relating to materialmen's
liens and the enforcement thereof.
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the State of Washington:
"Section 1. Every person fur
nishing material or supplies to be
used in the construction, alteration
or repair of any mining claim, build
ing, wharf, steamer, vessel, boat,
bridge, ditch, dyke, flume, tunnel,
well, fence, machinery, railroad,
street railway, wagon road, aqueduct
to create hydraulic power, or any
other building or any other structure
or mining claim or stone quarry,
shall, at the time such material or
supplies are delivered to any person
or contractor, deliver or mail to the
owner, or reputed owner, of the
property, on, upon or about which
said materials or supplies are to be
used, a duplicate statement of all
such materials or supplies delivered
to any contractor or person to whom
any such materials or supplies have
been sold or delivered, and no ma
terialmen's lien shall be filed or en
forced unless the provisions of this
act have been complied with.
Passed by the house February 16,
1909.
Passed by the senate February 24,
1909.
Approved by the governor March 4,
1909.
IBIS CROWDED
WITH COLONISTS
(By Associated Press.)
Ogden, Utah, March 15. —The Rio
Grande passenger trains from the
east brought 255 colonist passengers
bound for different points in Idaho.
Oregon and Washington. These went
over the Oregon Short Line, while
110 colonists went over the Union
Pacific to California.
Oregon Couple Losl
(By Associated Press.)
Salem. Ore., March 15. —The par
ents, relatives and friends of Clifford
Benson, eldest son of Gov. Benson,
and Miss Bertha Allen, of Portland,
daughter oj County Clerk R. D. Al
len, of Multnomah county, are great
ly alarmed over their disappearance.
They left Wilsonville in the Willa
mette, in a motor boat yesterday for
this city, and should have made the
trip in a few hours, but up to noon
today there is no trace of them, and
much apprehension is felt. Benson
is an expert boatman and swimmer.
Brewster Nurseries Bring $50,000.
Brewster, Wash., March 15.—Geo.
T. Crane of Spokane, has purchase!
the Brewster nurseries of W. J.
Doust, also of Spokane, for $50,000.
Three years ago this piece of prop
erty was sold for $12,000. A. L.
Smith and W. J. Doust, both of Spo
kane, being the purchasers. Smith
later sold his interest to Doust. The
piece contains about 120 acres.
Briendberg-Peele
A marriage license was issued to
day to G. W. Briendberg of this city
and Olga Peele of Spokane.
Bought Peachey Lot.
R. M. Russell this morning pur
chased lot 26, block 1, Peachey addi
tion. The lot belonged to the We
natchee Realty company and the
price was $450.
CRITICISE QUAKE
RELIEF IRK
EARTHQUAKE SUFFERERS ARE
SLOW TO GET HELP FROM
GOVERNM FXT AGENTS—NI WS
STRICTLY CENSORFD.
Rome, March 15. —' lie bitterest
complaints are reaching Rome in a
perfect flood, from the country de
vastated by the recent earthquake,
of the inefficiency with which relief
is being administered.
That there should have been con
fusion and many mistakes for a
time, in the fact of so colossal a dis
acter, is recognized as probably hav
ing been unavoidable.
Now, however, the complainants
say, two months and a half have
elapsed and it is time some sort of
system should have been brought
throughout the stricken region.
A few of the authorities' critics j
are themselves officials, who declare
they can accomplish little on account
of the procrastination and incompe
tency of those above them. A large
proportion consists of foreigners
who have been engaged in relief work
since the day after the catastrophe.
Others are sufferers of the better
class.
Of dishonesty, which was charged
iat first In some cases, there seems
! really to have been very little, if
jany. It is of the authorities' delay,
lack of administrative ability and
failure to grasp the seriousness of
the situation that the complaints are
received.
Th rigid censorahip which the
government has exercised over news
from the earthquake region has been
responsible for many wild stories,
however. The Italian press is per
mitted to print little concerning ac
tual conditions, and correspondents
of papers abroad are strictly pro
hibited from telegraphing informa
tion they may gather to their vari
ous offices.
More or less of it has gone out by
mail, but even this method of news
I transmission involves the danger of
'the correspondent's expulsion from
the country if the authorities are
' able to satisfy themselves that he has
j violated their orders. The result of
this policy of suppression has been
| the creation of suspicions of grave
I money scandals, of which there have
reaily been practically none at all, in
(connection with the handling of re
i lief funds.
Sold His Wheal Ranch
H. J. Betty Used a Want Ad. in the
Daily World and Had No Trou
ble Selling His Place.
H. J. Betty last week sold 160
acres of wheat land lying directly
I across the river from Wenatchee.
jCourtway & Reed were the purchas
ers and the price was $5,500. The
i land is all in wheat and is a good
! buy.
Mr. Betty is very enthusiastic over
the advertising columns of the Daily
World. He carried a small ad in
the World telling of this place. It
run but twice and then he sold it.
Mr. Betty feels that this is the
best country on earth for a man to
get ahead. He came here four years
ago with practically nothing, and in
that time has sold off $6,000 worth
of property and has another tract
just above the ditch in East Wenat-
Jchee. for which he has had an offer
lof $15,000, but expects to get $18,-
--1000 for it.
SIX ACRES ON SFNNYSLOPE
J. N. Bullock Secured Sunnyslope
Tract of Homer Betty for
$5,500.00.
Homer Betty last week sold his
six acre tract on Sunnyslope to J. N.
Bullock, of the Ellls-Forde company.
The consideration was $5,500. The
sale was made by Lake ft Rickerd.
Mr. Betty is now In the Yakima
country looking it over, brit will re-,
turn and make his home in East We
natchee.
m TROOPS RUNNING
AMUCK PILLAGE VILLAGES
Dispatch Says That Russian Infantry
and Cavalry on Border Between Rus
sia and Persia Have Laid Waste A
Large Territory and Killed Hundreds
of Natives—Panic Reigns.
St. Petersburg, March 15. —A dis
patch from Julfa, on the frontier be
tween Persia and Russia, says 1,000
government horsemen and 500 in
fantrymen are marching on Julfa
from the Persian bank of the Araxes
river, devastating the villages and
shooting down the people. Already
ten villages, four of them inhabited
ARISTOCRACY
GREETS CHAMPION
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, March 15.—Jack John
j son, champion heavyweight pugilist
Jof the world, arrived here this morn
ing. He was greeted at the depot
by a large crowd of people of the col
ored aristocracy. Polka dot hosiery,
peg top trousers, boldly designed
! spirit, the masculine of cabriolet hat,
and other compliances to dictate the
fashion promulgated from the sar
j torial throne of the so called black
' belt, is In evidence everywhere. John-
Json was radiantly happy as he wasj
' greeted by his friends and went to
the home of a friend in an auto-;
mobile. He stated that he was will
ing to fight Jeffries for a purse split,
60 and 40. Johnson's wife did not;
accompany him, but stopped off in
Milwaukee to visit friends.
OPEN MEETING TONIGHT
Reception to Representative Holm
and Jollification Over Free
Bridge at (lub Rooms.
The celebration in honor of the
state purchase of the Wenatchee
i bridge and the reception to Repre
sentative R. F. Holm, who made a
valiant fight for the bill, will be held
lat the Commercial club rooms to
night. An interesting program has
i been arranged and a full member
ship of the club is expected.
Representative Holm returned
; yesterday afternoon and will have
: some interesting reminiscences of
1 legislative doings to relate.
j
I IMPROVING WENATCHEE AYE.
Road Supervisor Ben Pitcher, with
a crew, is at work grading and other
wise improving Wenatchee avenue
north. The principal work will be
between Fifth and Ninth streets. Be
sides grading the street it will be
graveled and put in first class shape.
Shepherd to Speak Here.
E. H. Shepherd, editor of "Better
Fruit," will address the Chelan Coun
ty Horticultural society in this city
on March 20. The committee ?n
charge of the meeting consist of
Fruit Inspector Darlington, M. Horan
and Howard Honnor.
New Owner of Lndwg Place.
Alex. Brons and family, of Fort
Wayne, Indiana, are recent arrivals
here. Mr. Brons was here last fall
and purchased the Frank Ludwig
place of ten acres, dn North Murray
street. After buying here Mr. Brons
went back to Indiana and with his
family returned here last week.
Miss Blanche Schnack sprained her
ankle badly last Sunday. She was
prepared to leave for Dakota, but
this had to be postponed for some
time.
5c PER COPY.
Iby Russian subjects, have been pil
laged and burned. The troops are
'ruthlessly killing the fleeing peas
ants. Many women carrying children
on their backs made for the Araxes
i river to get to the Russian side, but
| were shot down. Three hundred
; homeless families are refugees on
|an island in the river opposite Julfa..
HUGE STRIKE IN
PARIS POSTOFFICE
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, March 15. —Paris is in sus
pense concerning the likelihood of %
genral strike of telegraph and tele
phone employes in the bureaus of. the
postoffice. A general meeting to con
sider the situation will be held to
night. The service is already con
siderably disorganized and detach
ments of police and municipal qua- is
surround these buildings and a regi
ment of infantry is camped in the
court yard of the general postoffice.
The mail wagons are driven under a
military escort.
MAKE YAKIMA CLEANEST CITY
March 20 Set for Cleaning Day, and
March 22 for Inspection.
North Yakima, March 15. —Mon-
day night an ordinance will be intro
duced in the city council which is
expected to pass and make Yakima
the cleanest city fn the northwest.
The bill provides that March 20 is to
be clean-up day.
All property owners must clean
their yard? lawns on that day
and they will be inspected by the
board of health March 22. Metal re
ceptacles must be used for garbage
and no refuse of any sort can be.
thrown into yards or streets.
Property owners will be compelled
to connect with sewers, and food in
restaurants will be inspected. Two
lecturers will be brought here. One
is to lecture on the house fly, to ex
plain how the pest spreads disease.
The other will talk on consumption.
Dr. J. Nywening, city health officer,
has planned this campaign and will
carry it out.
TUNNEL IN RED MOUNTAIN
Chewawa Company Uncovers Several
Ore Bodies.
At the Chewawa Lead and Smelter
company's mine, on Red mountain,
a tunnel has been driven about 375
feet. Several ore bodies have been
crosscut and from these veins sam
ples have been taken out and will
be carried to the assayer. The out
look for the mine is bright.
The snow in the mountains is still
eight or nine feet deep, but is going
off rapidly.
Annual Meeting Tomorrow.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National bank
will be held tomorrow. The election
of officers and a board of directors
will be held at that time.
Wanner Tomorrow.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington—Pair tonight and
Tnesday; warmer except near coast;
easterly winds.
Grace Noe left yesterday for Spo
kane, where she expects to stay for
a time.
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