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-ff i-f i In '' " wiw iiiliTTTiT Vffl' il ' J iBMi BiTi mm mi litr ' IWHIIM lift ill Hi i 1 THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1906. NATURE'S ESSENCE. jj . m MAKE INQUIRY REAL President's Message on Coal and Oil Monopolies. DEFECTS IN RESOLUTION Tells Congress Garfield Has Nearly Finished Inquiry Info Same Sub jects Commission Needs Money and Power. WASHINGTON. March 7. President Roosevelt today sent a message to Congress announcing his signature to the Joint -resolution recently passed In structing the Interstate Commerce Commission to make examination into the subject of railroad discriminations jind monopolies in coal and oil. He my frankly that he has signed It with hesitation, because it may achieve lit tle or nothing. He Indicates, too, that If the Investigation proposed by the resolution is conducted thoroughly, it will result In giving immunity from criminal prosecution to all persons who are called and sworn as witnesses. In the opinion of the President, the direction contained In the resolution will remain practically inoperative un less money be provided to -carry on the Investigation and tlie Commission be authorized to take testimony under Its provisions. He suggests, therefore, that Congress give serious considera tion to Just what it desires the Inter state Commerce Commission to do. and that $50,000 be placed at the disposal of tho commission to defray the ex penses of the produced Investigation. The message in full reads: Make Inquiries Effective. WHITB HOUSE. Waahtncton. March 7. To the House and Senate: I. have sirned the Joint resolution "Inatructlns the Interstate Commerce Commission to make .examinations Into the subject of railroad discriminations and monopolies In coal and oil. and report on the Mine from time to time." I have slrned It nith hesitation, because In the form in which It was passed It accomplishes very little and may accomplish nothing, and It la highly unde sirable that a resolution of this kind shall be come law In such form .as to give the Impres sion of Insincerity; that Is, of pretending to do fomethlnr which Is really not done. But. Rfter hesitation, I concluded to sign the reso lution because Its defects can be remedied by legislation which I hereby ask for; and It must be understood that unlens this subse quent legislation is granted the present resolu tion must be mainly, and may be entirely. Inoperative. Before ineclfing what this legislation is. I wish to call attention to one or two prelimi nary facts. In the first place. & part of the investigation required by the House of Repre sentatives In tho resolution adopted February 15. 1805, relating to th oil inquiry and & further part having to do with the anthracite coal taaulry. haa been for some time under Investigation by the Department of Commerce and Labor. These investigations, I am informed, are ap proaching completion, and before Congress ad. Journs I shall submit to you the preliminary report of these Investigations. Until these reports are completed the Interstate Commerce Commission could not endeavor to carry .out so much of the resolution of Congress a re fers to the ground thus already covered with out running the risk "of seeing the two investi gations conflict and therefore render each other more or less nugatory. In the second place. I call your attention to the fact that if as in vestigation of the nature proposed in the Joint rwehttlee. to tfcereughly &b4 effectively ess- ducted it will result in giving Immunity from criminal prosecution to all perrons who are called, sworn and constrained by compulsory prtKvies of law to testify as witnesses, thouch. of course, uch Immunity from prose cution 1h not given to those from whom tate. menta or Information merely In contradistinc tion to sworn testimony la obtained. This Is not at all to fay Uiat such Investiga tions fhould not be undertaken. Publicity can by itself often accomplish extraordinary re sult for good, and the court of public Judg ment may secure such rcsulti wher courts or law are powerless. There arc many caia where an Investigation hecurlng com pi Me pub licity about abuses and giving Congress the material on which to proceed In the enact ment of laws is more useful than a criminal prosecution can possibly be. But It nhould not b provided for in law without a clear under standing that It may be an alternative Instead of an additional remedy; that is. that to carry on the investigation may nerve an a bar to the successful prosecution of the offenses disclosed. Money and Power Required. The official body directed by Conxrrres to make .the invwtlgutlon must, of course, carry out ltrt direction, and therefore the direction should not be given without full appreciation of what It means. But the direction contained in the Joint resolution which I have- aimed will remain almost Inoperative unless money is provided to carry out the Investigation of the question, and unless the commission in carrying them out Is authorized to administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnemw. As the resolution now in, the commission, which is very busy with its legitimate work, and which has no extra money at Its disposal, would e able to make the investigation only in the most partial and unsatisfactory manner; and. moreover, it 1 questionable whether it could, under the resolution, administer oaths at all or compel the attendance of witnesses. If this power were disputed by the parties In vestigated, the Investigation would be held up for a year or two until the- courts passed upon it. In which case, during the period of waiting, the commission could only Investigate to the extent and in the manner already prencrlbed under lln organic law, ko that the passage of the resolution would have achieved no good retwlt whatever. I accordingly recommend to Congress the serious consideration of Jukt what they wish the commission to do and how far they wish to go, having in view the possible Incompati bility of conducting an investigation like thin and also proceeding criminally In a court of law, and. furthermore, that sufficient sum, ay, $50,000, be added to the current appro priation for the commission, so as to enable them to direct the work In a thorough and concise manner, while at the ame time the power is explicitly conferred upon them to ad minister oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses In making the investigation in ques tion, which covers work quite apart from their utfual duties. It acems unwise to require an investigation by a commission and then not to furnish either the legal power or money, both of which are necessary to render the resolu tion effective. THBOPORB ROOSEVELT. INDICTED FOR GRAFTING Four St. Louis Police Wanted Two Cannot Be Found. ST. LOUIS, March 7. The names of four police officers Indicted recently by the grand Jury on charges of bribery and graft were made public today. They arc Ser geant J. J. Connors and Patrolmen Ed ward CantiUion, "William J. Habcrstrohe and Theodore Vollmer. Connors and Can tiUion were placed under arrest, Haber strohe and Vollmer could not be found. Suit Has Cost Him Dear. ABERDEEN, "Wash.. March 7. J. A. Actson. of Hoqulam, brought suit to re cover $3 for alleged excess charges pf the water company of that city. He recov ered 50 cents rebate In the Justice Court and loses In the Superior Court. The costs against him amount to $1L Italian Tiller Is Sentenced. ABERDEEN. "Wash., March 7. Spe cial.) George Lewis, convicted of robbing the Northern Pacific statloa at Montc sano, has been sentenced to two years la prteoa. Extracted From Forest Plants. Nature's laws are perfect if we obey them, but disease follows disobedience. 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The refreshing influence of this extract is like Nature's influence the blood is bathed in the tonic which gives life to the blood the vital fires of the body burn brighter and their in creased activity consumes the tissue rubbish which has accumulated during the winter. Dr. K. V. Pierce, the founder of the Invalids' Hotel and urgical Institute, and a physician of large experience and practice, was the first to make up an ALTERATIVE EXTRACT of roots, herbs and barks, Without a Particle of Alcohol or Narcotics, which purifies the blood and tones up the stomach and the entire system in Nature's own way The "Golden Medical Discovery is just the tissue builder and tonic you require when recovering from a hard cold, grip, or pneumonia. No matter how strong the constitution our stomach is apt to be "out of kilter" after a long, hard winter; in consequence our blood is disordered for the stom ach is the laboratory for the constant manufacture of blood. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery strengthens the stomach puts it in shape to make pure, rich blood helps the liver and kidneys to expel the poisons from the body. If you take this Natural Blood Purifier and Tonic you will assist your system in manufacturing each day a pint of rich, arterial blood, that is stimu lating to the brain and nerves. The weak, nervous, run-down, debilitated condition which so many people experience at this "time of the year is usually the effect of poisons in the blood; it is often indicated by pimples or ..boils appearing on the skin, the face-becomes thin you feel "blue Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery CURES all blood humors as well as being a tonic that makes one vigorous, strong and forcefuL Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical "Discovery STANDS ALONE as the one medicine for stomach, liver and blood disorders that has the ingredients printed upon the wrapper of every bottle leaving the great laboratory at Buffalo, K Y., which CURES in natures own way; not only in respect to its ingredients but also as the only spring tonic and reconstructive which absolutely contains NO ALCOHOL. T T Civic Federation Will Manage New Campaign. MAKE LAW MORE SEVERE Klecllon TCcform Conference Hears How Elections Arc Hun .and Hcsolvcs to "Work for Definite New Laws. NEW TORK, March 7. The Natfonal conference for the reform of the primary and election laws, held here under tho auspices of the National Civic Federation, concluded Its sessions today. It is expect ed that the work for ballot reform begun by the conference will be carried forward by a department of the National Civic Federation, charged with this duty and created through a resolution adopted by the conference. This resolution was In troduced by Joslah Qulncy. of Boston. All the members of the conference are to be come members of the new department. Another meeting of the conference, it Is. provided, shall be called at such future time as may be expedient. Another reso lution Introduced by Mr. Qulncy and also adopted reads: Proposed Changes in Law. Repolved, That experience shorn that ex isting provisions of criminal law against the purchase of votes are Inadequate; that proper 'corrupt practices legtalatlon should Include II) the publication of all contribution! and expen ditures; (2) the prohibition of political contri butions by corporations; (3) the definition and limitation of permissible political expenditures; (4) provisions for Judicial Inquiry Into elec tion expenditure and existence of corrupt practlcce. In which proceeding any citizen may participate. (5) the punlthxneat of corrupt practices by further penalties, such aa dto franchlsement or disqualification for oSlce, In addition to fine or IxnprUooment. The conference declined to adopt a reso lution declaring for direct nominations through tho primary system, referring the matter by a vote of IS to 11 to the depart ment of the Civic Federation. Professor H. A. Garfield, of Princeton, said he believed in municipal ownership, but the man who knows only municipal ownership was not fitted to be Mayor of a great city. He favored the Massachu setts form of ballot. A. W. Terrell, ex-Mlnister to Turkey, chairman of the committee on elections in the House of Representatives and au thor of the Terrell law, spoke of the elec tion laws of his state. He said that iha poll tax qualification of the Texas law has given the state a clean general election. Tho man who Is unable to pay the tax of $1.73 Is not desirable as a voter, he said. Congressman 'William a Bennett, of this city, told the conference) that when he wanted the Congressional nomination it depends upon the action of one man. al though he represented the suffrage of 250.009 people. Seth Low, ex-Mayor of New York, said: "There Is a keen realization throurhnnr tho country that vast sums of monev hv been spent, often unnnecessarily and often improperly to secure elections. People think with the increase In freauenev that an election here and an election there has been won by the use of money." asar . swiuvan. of this city, said that in recent elections in a county of South western Pennsylvania he saw X15.608 haiwi- ed out on election day among 909 voters. 'EJWr n It . . w i'ti an im. iae vote wtcs purchased." he continued. "The farmers regarded It as a part of their annual In come. Mr. Sullivan said that his experience In elections In Isiulsvllle. Ky.. has proved to him that the city was helplessly corrupt. LET WATER HEGULATE HATES Hansdcll Proposes Rivers and Ca- nals as Check on Railroads. NEW YORK. March 7. The develop ment of the waterwnys of this country as the best means of regulating railroad rates was advocated by Congressman Jo seph E. Ransdell. of Louisiana, in ait after-dinner speech last night at the an nual banquet of the North Side Board of Trade In the Bronx. "Water transportation." said Mr. Rans dell, "costs only one-third to one-llfth as much as rail, and It should be developed to the utmost both us a carrier of freight and a regulator of rates. Whenever wo have rivers, canals and lakes with good navigation, freights are cheap, and there Is no demand for rate legislation." Mr. Ransdell called attention to the cheap freight rates prevalent In Franco and Germany as a result of the numerous canals of those countries, and offered statistics to show that of the total appro priation for all purposes made by Con gress In tho last ten years, the rivers and harbors had received only 3 per cent, and that only one per cent In addition to that had been appropriated for the promotion of commerce, while 40 per cent had been expended for the Army, tho Navy and pension purposes. INITIATIVE PLAN FOR OHIO Senate Approves Amendment Allow ing People to Make Laws. COLUMBUS. O.. March 7. The Senate today, by a vote of 3 to 13, adopted a res olution providing for submission to the people of a constitutional amendmont per mitting the people to Initiate and to vote on legislation. The resolution goos to the House. Let Lawyers Nominate Judges. NEW YORK, March 7. A movemont is to be launched next week among the law yers of the city to take the nomination of Judges out of politics, and to put for ward for Judicial otllces next year men se lected and Indorsed by the legal fraternity without regard to the wishes of any polit ical organization. Ten prominent mem bers of the bar of this city are to attend a dinner to be held next week. At this the condition of the Judiciary bill will be considered. Candidates, it is said, are to be nomi nated for alt the vacant Judgeships, and It Is Intended that the legal profession shall head a campaign In their favor as Independent of all organization support. It is understood that among those asked to the dinner will be William Cl rhiuto "W. B. Hornblower, Austen G. Fox. Fran cis Lynde Stetson, Paul D. Cravath. and District Attorney Jerome. Committee on Currency Reform. NEW YORK. March 7. Morris J. Jes sup, president of the Chamber of Com merce, appointed Monday a committee to consider the general question ofcur rency reform. The members arc Frank A. Vandcrllp, Isador Straus. John Claflln. Duraont Clarke and Charles A. ConanU This committee has been named as the result of a resolution introduced by Jacob H. SchifC and adopted by the Chamber of Commerce at Its February meeting. The report of this committee when com pleted Is to be submitted to the President of the United States and to the Secretary of the Treasury. Two-Cent Fares for Virginia. RICHMOND. Vn . Afnroh -Churchman bill fixing railway passenger rates at cents per muc for 500 and 1000- mne ucxets passed the House today. It has Breviettslv Baased the Stnat an.i n gee t the Governor. BURIED 15 SOLDIER ;Army and Church Conduct Funeral of Schofield. ! GENERALS BEAR THE PALL President, Veterans - of Army and Navy, and 3'cmbers of Cabinet Present Body Laid In Ar lington Reside Sons. WASHINGTON. March 7.-CItlzcn and soldier paid reverent tribute to the mem . ory of the late Lleutenant-Gcncral John M. Schotleld. at St. John's Protestant ; Episcopal Church, this afternoon, where the burial service was read over the body of the distinguished soldier by Right Rev. Alexander Mackay-Smtth. bishop coadju tor of the diocese of Philadelphia, a warm friend of the late General. The inter mcnt was In the National Cemetery at Arlington, in a beautiful spot on the east ern slope, selected by General Schofield more than 15 years ago. Near by lies the body, of General Philip Sheridan, and to tlie westward rises the Temple of Fame. The troops that formed the funeral es cort comprised practically all that are on duty In Washington and at the posts near the city. Heads of Nation and Army Attend. The services at St. John's, where Gen eral Schofield was a worshiper while sta tioned In Washington, consisted of the reading of the simple burial service of the Episcopal liturgy. The casket was covered with the American flag, and at Its head, rising several feet from the floor, was a wreath of Easter lilies and white carnations from President and Mrs. Rooscvclt. The President, accompanied by his mili tary and naval aides, attended the serv ices at the church. Back of the President sat the Secretary of State, the Secretary of War. the Postmaster-General and the Secretary of the Interior. The Chief Jus tice of the Supreme Court of the United States occupied the third pew with Major "Wallace Randolph. U. S. A., retired, and other close friends of the family. The pallbearers, except members of the Cab inet, who sat with the President, occupied the next two seats, and Included Senator Alger. Senator Proctor and Senator El klns. formerly Secretary of War; Admiral Dewey, who was accompanied by his aide, Lieutenant-Commander Wood; Lleuten-ant-GcneraJ Merrltt. U. S. A., retired: Major-General John C. Bates. Chief of Staff of the Army; Major-General J. P. Sanger, and Brigadier-Generals S. M. Dodge. Thomas M. Vincent and W. M. Wherry, retired, officers of the United States Army. Filling the remainder of the nave of the church were representa tives of the Society of the Army of Ten nessee. LeaSers of the Army and Navy Union and other veterans of the Civil War, with officers of the General Staff of the Army, and hundreds of friends of the deceased, were in the transepts and the and Salute at Arlington. From the church the body was taken to Arlington Cemcterv. Ther Krhti . cavalry band played a dirge. military sa- tuic oi ii Euna was nreu as a last tribute to General Schofield as an ex-Secretary of War. At the grave three volleys were fired by the squadron of cavalry. A bu gler slowly marched up to the grave and. while the guns of Fort- Meyer boomed i forth a last salute. "Taps" was soundpd and the body lowered Into the grave. Goncral Schofleld'w grave immediately ad Joins that of his son. Captain C. B. Scho field, Second lTnltod States Cavalry. BOY ESCAPES KIDNAPERS Son of Italian Banker Saves Father $20,000 Hansom. NEW YORK. March 7. Antonio Boz zufll. tho 14-year-old boy who was kid naped last Sunday and held for $20,000 ran som, returned alone to his homo today. He escaped from his captors, he said, by stealing out of a room above a saloon in Fifty-ninth street today, while one of his captors, who had been left alone to guard him, turned his back for a moment. The boy says that It took him but a second to spring beyond the man's reach and get downstairs to the street, where no at tempt was made to pursue him. He told how he was terrorized Into writ ing a letter to his father, John Bozzufli, an East Side banker, Informing him that $3X000 must be paid, and that if the police were Informed his life would bo taken. One of the men. he said, pressed a re volver against his head and commanded him to write the letter. After this epi sode, according to the boy's story, he was treated kindly. DIE OF COLD AND HUNGER Sufferers In North Japan Perish by Thousands. VICTORIA. B. C March 8. Advices by the steamer Kamagawa say: The famine In North Japan is causing considerable starvation, the death list from cold and hunger growing dally. Tho Japanese newspapers have correspondents In the famine districts, and their tales of woe and misery till column after col umn of the vernacular press. It has been an exceptionally cold Winter. The officials were holding back, although thousands applied at the relict works, fearing to pauperize the people, but, as one correspondent said: "This Is no longer a consideration; nothing is but the saving of life." Ex-Sheriff Must Go to Jail. BOI3B. Idaho. March 7. (Special.) Pe ter A. Steers must serve the sentence of 24 years Imposed upon him by the District Court of Bannock County, under convic tion of embezzling $300 from Bingham County while he was Sheriff there. The Supreme Court handed down an opinion today affirming the Judgment of the lower court to that effect. In tills case It was found, after Steers had gone out of office, that he had failed to account for $300 collected from E. C. Shearer, May 23, 1S04. for a retail Hquor license. He was arrested on a charge of embezzlement. Tho case was removed to Bannock County on the application of the defendant. There he was convicted and sentenced on August 11, 3305, to serve 2& years for the crime. Steers has been out on ball pending the result of his appeal. The opinion In the case is written by Chief Justice Stock slager. It covera a number of technical points. Benson the Stumbling-Block. NORTH YAKIMA. "Wash.. March 7' (Special.) E. F. Benson, of the Prosser Falls Land & Irrigation Company, was successful in his efforts to Induce the Washington Irrigation Company to take up a portion or tne oonds of hts comuanv Thdre are no new developments' in the water squabble. Benson seems to be the stumbling-block In the way of further progress. The centenarv of thi hfrth nf xm t. Ib, March 6, will be celebrated by "the Plo aeer Club la Lonitea. BLOOD 11 ROOT ' 4 W:herry I W BARK. I ED Oregon Iron & Steel Company Causes Loss to Ranchers. DAM PUT IN THE TUALATIN For Fight Years Dilatory Tactics Have Been Used in the Courts, While Fruitful Acres Lie Waste. OREGON CITY. Or.. March 7. (Special.) For eight years a considerable acreage of rich agricultural land bordering on the Tualatin River near this city has been rendered impossible of cultivation. The responsibility for this condition belongs to tlie Oregon Iron &. Steel Company, which, through It3 dilatory tactics, is exhausting every legal recourse to avoid a compliance with the mandate of the State Circuit Court for Clackamas County. In 1SS8. when the Oregon Iron & Steel Company was operating its plant at Oswego, the company installed a dam in the Tualatin River at a point near the confluence of that river with the Willam ette, In order to supply a flume construct ed for the purpose of delivering wood from the Upped Tualatin country to the com pany's plant at Oswego. This obstruc tion caused the Tualatin River to over flow, flooding a considerable acreage of the rich and productive agricultural land on either side of that stream. Owners of this property found their land rendered useless for the reason that the water did not recede, making It pos sible to cultivate' the land until late In the Fall, during the dry season, when there remained an insufficient timo. In which to cultivate and harvest a crop of any kind before the land was again In undated by reason of the Winter rains. The farmers appealed to the manage ment of the Oregon Iron & Steel Company for relief, but receiving no satisfaction, August Krause. In 1901, Instituted suit against the company for $1000 damages and a decree of the court enjoining the corporation from further maintaining the obstruction In the rlvr. The case was tried In the Circuit Court the following June, when Judge McBrlde awarded the plaintiff damages In the sum of $100, his costs taxed at $215.S0. and directed that the dam be abandoned. In his decree, ht said: "If the said dam Is allowed to remain across the said Tualatin River hi its pres ent state, it will be a permanent and Ir reparable Injury to the plaintiff." Tho defendant company appealed the case to the Supreme Court, which. In every respect, affirmed the Judgment oi the lower court- But stIU further to de lay the final determination of the matter, the company, by Its attorneys, filed a mo tion requiring Judge McBrldo to Interpret the decree of the Appellate Court. This motion was dismissed by Judge McBrlde, on the grounds of lack of Jurisdiction. and from this ruling the Iron & Steel Company has again carried the case to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, as has been stated, the lands affected by the dam, which Is now worthless to the Oregon Iron & Steel Company, since the corporation Is not operating Its mill at Oswego, continue, to remain practically worthless to the owners. The appeal on Judge McBride's ruling is now pending before the Supreme court at saiero. 13 mi BBi