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THE MORNING QKEGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1907. H CORNER Moors Suddenly Surround Cavalry by Feint. SHELLS SCATTER ENEMY Frctcndcd Retreat Followed by Ap pearance of 12,000 Fanatic Horsemen Frenchmen AVln by Splendid Discipline. CASA BLANCA, Aug. 30. During the fighting between the French forces and the Moors yesterday near the French camp, the Moors at first retreated and It was believed that the engagement was over, when suddenly the enemy reappeared In great force In two directions. The Spahl and Irregular Algerian cavalry found themselves al most surrounded but formed a square end slowly fell back until reinforced. In the meanwhile the French ships showered shells among the hills, scat tering the enemy. The engagement lasted three hours. The line of battle extended over two miles, and It Is estimated that about 12,000 Moors were engaged. The loss of the latter Is not known, but It is believed to have been heavy, as the Frenchv officers counted the bodies of 20 Moors in one roadway. The French loss was 15 killed or wounded. The cruisers Glolre and Guardon to day bombarded the beach beyond1 Casa Blanca, where the force of Moorish cavalry gathered, but soon dispersed it. MOROCCO MUST PAY THE COST France Will Demand Expenses Is Supported by Germany and Britain. PARIS, Aug. 30. It Is stated that France will insist that Morocco must pay the heavy expenses Incurred by .the French military and naval action in the latter country and that Germany and Great Britain are in sympathy with France and will also demand payment of losses sustained by their subjects In Morocco. According to the latest ad vices the French losses in today's battle are three killed and 12 wounded. KEEP ARMY AT CASA BLANCA Beleaguered Port Only One Open Daring Equinoctial Gales. PARIS. Aug. 30. It Is declared that Casa Blaiica is the only port open during the heavy storms now approaching. Three thousand French troops are to. be main tained at Casa Blanca, 1000 more distrib uted among Mazagan, Safia, Rabat and Mogador. At the same time the warships will continue to protect the coast. Drive Arabs From Ambush. CASA BLANA, Aug. 30. Native troops supported by artillery went out- Tuesday afternoon and dislodged small parties of Arabs who had ambushed themselves In the vicinity of the French camp. FULTON OPENS CAMPAIGN (Continued From First page.) lcally or will fflve as good service to the public as can and will individuals or private corporations under proper Government su pervision and control. I believe that under our form of Government, far more than un der a monarchy, the vast army of employes would become a dangerous and disturbing factor in the administration of government. I believe that the conptruction of new and the extension of established lines would be come more largely political than commer cial or business problems. It Is not my purpose, however, at this time, to discuss Government ownership. I purpose only. In this connection, to point out a certain amendment to the Federal Constitution which I deem necessary to the complete and effectual supervision and control of transportation lines and the destruction and prevention of trusts and monopolies. I have already shown how meager and limited are the legislative powers of the General Government. The only clause of the Federal Constitution which grants any au thority to Congress to legislate on these subjects Is what Is commonly known as the commerce clause, which provides that Con gress shall have power "to regulate com merce with foreign nations. among the .states and with the Indian tribes.' It will be observed that Its power so far as regu lating domestic commerce is concerned is confined to commerce among the states, or as we have come to designate it "Interstate commerce.". Hence it can only regulate transportation lines that are engaged in in terstate commerce and only so far as they are engaged In that character of commerce. It can only prohibit trusts and combina tions In restraint of trade in so far as they affect interstate commerce. Yet It Is often times difficult to determine Just when and where interstate commerce begins and when and where it ceases. For instance, the pure food law enacted by the last Congress rests for authority on the commerce clauio of the Constitution. It. therefore, can ap ply only to Interstate commerce. A factory may be putting out an article contrary to that law, but until the article has been shipped from one state to another It is not subject to the act of Congress. Could the agents of the Government seize the fraud ulent article In the factory the remedy would be far more effective, but they may rot do so under the Constitution as con strued by the courts. And so, in the regu lation of transportation lines, it is quite clear that In order to determine whether a certain rate is or is not reasonable, the en tire earnings, of a line should be ascer tained and considered in connection with its cost, value, etc. But, In Smyth (vs. Ames, reported in volume 109 of the United States .Supreme Court Reports, it was held, and I do not Question the correctness of the rul ing, that a state railway commission In es tablishing rates for intrastate business can not consider the through or interstate "busi ness of the railway. It follows, of course, that the Interstate Commerce Commission in prescribing through or Interstate rates must do so without considering the local traffic or purely Intrastate business of the road. This rule to my .mind so compli cates an already complex and difficult prob- lem inai its correct solution becomes a practical impossibility. No one doubts but that the railroad In adjusting its local arid through rates would take Into consideration Its entire earnings and It certainly would greatly facilitate the work of a commis sion, state or National, to be able to do so. It Is Just as important that the .Internal commerce of a state shall be regulated as it is that interstate commerce shall be; Just an desirable that trusts and combinations In restraint of intrastate commerce or trade should be denounced and destroyed as it is that those affecting Interstate trade should be, and the same law and procedure ap plicable to the one should equally be ap plicable to the other. It will be said, prob ably, that the states can deal with those affecting their Internal trade, and so they may, but surely it will be conceded that it would be better If one law could be made to apply to all and one jurisdiction, have cognizance of all. Besides, as I have pointed out, it Is often difficult to de termine whether a given act Is within the Jurisdiction or violative of the laws of the one or the other sovereignty. Since I have been In Congress the conviction has steadily grown on me that the power to regulate ' commerce of every character, state and in terstate, should be vested solely In the Fed eral Government. I have prepared and shall offer at the coming session, a proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution granting to the General Government that power. The present administration is doing splendid work in inforcing existing Jaw against the trusts, rebates and . preferential rates. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion is doing good work, but the Consti tutional amendment I suggest, U required, is necessary, to enable it to accomplish the best possible results. Divide Work of Commission. It is my conviction that the interstate commerce law will have to be revised . In any event, to meet the growing demands cn the commission. It is not possible for the commission as at present organised to dispese properly of alj the work that is im posed on it. I think the country should be districted and a sub-commissioner appointed for each district. We should have one for the Northwest, ore for the Southwest, etc. The sub-commissioner should be authorized to inquire summarily into and adjust every complaint. - If his order is not satisfactory either party should be allowed to take the matter directly to the commission. In nine caees out of ten, the action of the sub-commissioner would be acceptable to all parties. Being assigned to a certain territory, ho could better inform himself of conditions therein and his report would prove of great value to the . commission. Some such amendment to trie interstate commerce law I hope to see enacted in the near future. Too much credit cannot be given to Pres ident Roosevelt for the Influence he exer cised in securing the amendments made to the interstate commerce law by the last Congress. But for his ceaseless and untir ing efforts the very valuable additional leg islation then enacted would not, in my Judgment, have bee'n adopted. By that legislation the commission was for the first time empowered to substitute a reasonable rate or practice in a given case, for an existing rate or practice which it deemed unreasonable. This was a very great and important step In advance in the matter of railway regulation legislation. That prin ciple being established, It will not be dif ficult to secure from time to time such additional legislation- as experience shall demonstrate is necessary to secure complete regulation and control of transportation lines. But a perfect system of legislation cn the subject can never be secured until the power to regulate all commerce, state and interstate, shall be vested in the Fed eral Government. I am also of the opinion that all corpora tions engaged in transportation . and in the business of insurance should be formed un der National rather than state laws. They would then be more easily subjected to Na tional regulation. Inspection and control Election of Senators by Fopular Vote. I also believe that the Federal Constitu tion should be so amended as to permit the election of United States Senators by di rect vote of the people. It is true that we have as nearly as possible, under the existing Constitution, adopted that method In Oregon. Still we are far from it yet, for the Legislative is not and cannot, sim ply by state legislation, be made to be bound by the popular vote, although I be lieve it Is morally certain that the popular choice will, as a rule, be chosen by the Legislature. Some people have said to me, "Inasmuch as you favor election of Sena tors by popular vote, why do you not Insit-t on candidates for the Legislature subscrib ing to Statement Kb. 1 ?" My answer is that I do not deem it incumbent on me to instruct members of the Legislature as to their duty in that regard. That is a ques tion which every candidate must solve for himself. It is a matter concerning which he must satisfy his conscience. The Fed eral Constitution provides that Senators in Congress "shall be chosen by the Legisla ture." To choose, means, "to take by pref erence one out of several offered. To se lect." The Constitution of the United States also specifically provides that the "members of the several State Legislatures shall be bound by oath of affirmation to support" it, and such an oath is taken by eve ry member of our Legislature. Now I can understand that in- some circumstances a man may conscientiously say, "the choice of the people will be my choice and I can also understand how in other circumstances he may not be able conscientiously to bind himself to that extent. His oath Is "to support the Constitution of the United States." That instrument imposes on him the duty of "choosing" a Senator. The plain command of the - Constitution and hence the letter and spirit of his oath are that he hall exercise his honest convictions.- that he himself shall choose, shall exercise his own judgment, not the judg ment of some other person or persons. If the Constitution permitted the people to elect, then their votes would of course decide the matter, but such Is not the law and the legislators are required to choose. Take' a case for illustration, where the people declare In favor of a candidate holding certain political views. A member of the Legislature believes such views, if carried lfpto legislation, would be detri mental to public interests. Would it be possible for him to vote conscientiously to elect such a candidate to the Senate ? Should he do so simply because the majority- or a plurality of the voters had de clared in favor of such candidate? Would ,he not be violating his oath which requires him to choose that Is, select such person as he himself deems best qualified for the position? I can well understand that when a legislator agrees with the political con . vlctlons of the candidate selected by the people and knows nothing against his com petency or moral character which should prevent his election, he can conscientiously say that the people's choice Is his choice, but just so long as the Federal Constitution Imposes the duty of choosing on legisla tors. Just so long will conscientious mem bers decline to violate their conscientious convictions by selecting for Senator one whom they belive to be wrong on great fundamental political principles. A legis lator, for instance, who believes In the doc trine of protection or in the single gold standard, or both, could not be said to have exercised his choice within the mean ing of his oath of office who should vote to elect a man to the Senate who was an avowed free trader or advocate of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, simply because such per son had been indorsed by a plurality or even a majority of the voters.- To do so would clearly be to violate his conscientious convictions and hence his oath of office, for his oath is to exercise his choice, that is, his preference. It will not do to answer that the responsibility Is with the people. When that is so, well and good. It Is not yet so, for the law requires the legis lator to choose and requires him to take an oath that he will do so. Therefore, while I expect that as a rule, the choice of the people will be the choice of the Leg islature, you can readily see why I do not feel that it would be proper for me to Insist that candidates shall subscribe ( to Statement No. 1. I have no objections to their so doing. I make no opposition there to and offor no advice on the subject, for I deem It a matter of conscience which every candidate must or should determine for himself. Not Like flection of President. Some people seem to think they see a, parallel case to Statement No. 1 in our mode of selecting candidates for President. The cases are entirely dissimilar. A Pres idential elector Is called upon to sign no obligation or statement whatever. By cus tom he is under a moral obligation to vote for the candidate of his party. The people do not vote for a Presidential candidate but for the electors, and regardless of what the popular vote indicates the sentiment of the majority of the people to be, the elector Casts his vote for the choice of his party. As I have Bald, that may well be bis choice, and hence he is executing the law, but were he. because of some previous pledge, compelled to vote for the candidate of the opposite party a candidate standing for political policies to which he Is unalterably opposed, it could not be fairly affirmed that he had, in so doing, exercised, as the law implies ho should, his best Judgment. It may be thought by some that my po sition on this subject. Is the result of a desire on my part to pave the way to an atmeal to the Legislature " for re-election should I fall to iecure approval of my can didacy by the voters. I assure you that I have no such thought or purpose. If It shall happen that some other candidate receive a larger vote for United States Senator than I do, at the election to be held next June, I promise you now that I will retire from the field and will not permit my name to be presented to the Legislature for that or any -other office. Free Locks at Oregon CHy. The Improvement of the public river and harbors of the country has become a set tled policy of our Government. But the rapidly Increasing demand ror transporta tion facilities requires larger appropriations and more extensive Improvements than have heretofore been deemed necessary. Within the last few years the railways have proven entirely Inadequate to the task of providing anything like sufficient transpor tation facilities for our products. Some peo ple have advocated Government ownership of railway lines as a remedy, but have failed to Indicate how the capacity of the railways to handle freight would be In creased by Government ownership. It Is un reasonable to assume that the transporta tion lines are not as a rule or have not been doing all in their power to meet the demands on them In that respect. It is their business to carry freight and they naturally carry it to the extent of their capacity. The "truth Is that when this Nation Is enjoying an era of prosperity such as has obtained during the last several years and still exists, the volume of its internal trade and commerce exceeds, and probably always will exceed, the capacity of the railway lines to promptly provide the required transportation. In my judgment the only remedy Is to increase the capacity ,nd navigability of our rivers and harbors and la tua construction ol canals. Bfc ao doing we will at once provide additional transportation facilities and the best pos sible regulators of railway freight and passenger rates, for no railway commis sion that ' can be constituted can equal water transportation as a rate reducer within the zone of its influence. Take the Willamette Valley, for instance. Let th Government take over the locks and cant at Oregon . City, make the river free and! Improve the channel so as to make it nav igable throughout the year as far as Eugene, and no railway commission will be required for that section of the state. Thereby would we secure not only the best possible service from the railroads at the cheapest possible rates, but as well absolutely ade quate transportation facilities for that splendid ana, productive section. Nor would the expense be too great.. It would not cost anything like as much as it would to condemn and take over to Government own ership the main Southern pacific line be tween Portland and Eugene. This 125 miles of railway. Including equipment, would cost not less -than $50,000 per mile, or say $0,000,000. At my request, Colonel Roessler, United States Engineer, has kindly prepared for me an estimate of the cost of so improving the Willamette as to render It navigable as far up as Eugene throughout the year. He informs me that It will involve the con struction of a canal from Harrisburg to Eugene, a. distance of about 20 miles, at a cost of approximately $3,500,000- No survey has been made, so you must remember that the estimate is only approximate, though Colonel Roessler thinks the cost will not exceed that sum. The Oregon City locks can be had and put in good condition for at least $700,O0O. and $300,000 expended in improving and deepening the channel between Oregon City and Harrisburg will provide a good high way for freight steamers the year around and thereby an additional transportation line would be provided at a less cost than would be incurred in acquiring the existing railway line. And here and now I wish to say that it is my purpose to make an espe cial and continuous effort to, secure the necessary appropriations to accomplish this result. The Government should at once ap propriate whatever Is necessary, in addition to the $300,000 provided by the state, to take over and put In good condition the Oregon City locks. That is the first step to be, taken. That accomplished we must bend every energy to secure the necessary appropriation for the improvement of the channel as far as Eugene. I And what I suggest for the Wlllametta Valley should be simply pursuant to a set tled policy of the Government throughout the country. Wherever a river or harbor can be improved at a .reasonable cost, jm- prove it. Wherever a canal will aid In transportation and its cost will be reason able compared with Its benefits, dig it. I believe the Missouri River should be made navigable from its mouth up into Montana, and It can be at a cost far less than would be required to construct or acquire a rail way line that would supply equal transpor- , should be connected by canal with the Mississippi. , Waterway Improvements Elsewhere. j That waterway transportation is the cheapest means of transportation known, all ; experience proves. It is estimated by com petent authorities, that the average charge for carrying freight by railways throughout this country Is nine mills per ton-mile, and that water transportation is only from one sixth to one-eighth of that cost. The vast sums that states and municipalities both in Europe and America are expending In Im proving waterways and constructing canals evidence how strong and widespread is the conviction that through such policy must largely come the solution of the ' transpor tation problems In the future. A few years ago, I think in 1903. the State of New York appropriated one hundred million dollars to deepen, widen and improve the Erie Canal. In magnitude, measured by the quantities of earth and material to be moved, this un dertaking exceeds that Involved In the con struction of the Panama Canal, and yet it Is willingly undertaken by the people of one state, of so great Importance do they deem.lt to their trade and commerce. Tho City of Chicago has spent over $38,000, 000 in constructing her drainage canal which is designed ultimately to be a portion of a canal connecting that city with tho Mississippi River. The City of Glasgow has spent over $60,000,000 in improving and deepening the Clyde. Liverpool has spent over $106,000,000 in Improvements at the mouth of the Mersey River. The Keil Ship Canal In Germany, lately opened for traffic, is 61 miles long, 30 feet deep and 72 feet wide at the bottom, .216 feet wide at the surface, and cost over $37,000,000. The people of Pittsburg' realizing the ne cessity of water transportation from the Iron-ore mines on the Great Lakes, have in corporated the Lake Erie A Ohio Ship Canal Company, under Congressional charter, and propose to construct a ship canal from Lake Erie to that- city at a cost of over $150, 000,000. . The last river and harbor appro priation bill passed by Congress carried over $80,000,000, the largest sum ever appropri ated by Congress ln a river and harbor bill. All of which demonstrates the strong tide that Is rising the world over in favor of Increased waterway facilities for trans portation. It is a world movement for cheaper transportation, for more clearly than ever do the people now realize what cheap transportation means. It means greater prosperity to every community for it means Increase trf Industries, wider mar kets, cheaper living. Throughout the world's history, the prosperity, progress and development of every people have largely depended upon and been In proportion to their facilities for trade and commerce. There Is no greater problem before the American people today than that of How to secure the cheapest and best transporta tion. Legislation on the Tariff. Something over two years ago at a pub lic meeting held In the City of Portland, known In history as the "Republican Har mony Convention," I announced that in my judgment certain of the existing tariff schedules, notably the steel schedule, should be revised with a view to lo veering the duties therein imposed. I am a profound believer in the doctrine of protection. I firmly believe that Its observance Is largely responsible for. the wonderful and unpre cedented prosperity the people of every com munity throughout our country are enjoying today.. The work of revision, when under taken, must be guided by a spirit of loyalty to the protective principle and every Amer ican Industry must be accorded that meas ure of protection which experience has prov en is necessary to protect the American laborer and producer, whether manufacturer or agriculturist, against the cheap labor prices of foreign competitors. I am not of the opinion that -any industry of this coun try has appreciably suffered in the past or Is seriously hampered at present by any existing' duty. But I am Impressed with the belief that In some few instances the duties now imposed by law are In ex cess of what Is necessary to afford the re quired degree of protection and hence I favor a judicious and careful revision by the friends of the protective principle. While It Is quite likely that the prevailing sentiment of the next Congress will favor postponement of all tariff legislation until after the next Presidential election, so far as I shn concerned, I see no objections to entering upon the work at once. I am aware that there are some substantial ob jections .to initiating such legislation cm the eve of a Presidential election, for the opportunity thereby afforded to make party capital by insincere contentions, experience teaches, will not be overlooked by those who view party success as more Important than their country's welfare. But the American people are becoming more and more intel ligent and discriminating every day, and I believe that a political party which evinces a determined and firm purpose to do its duty by the people at all times without re gard to partisan advantage will not fall to secure their Indorsement and approval. In any revision that shall be made, how ever. It will be the duty of the represents tives from the AVest to see to it that the products and Industries of that section are cared for and protected equally with those tk the East. There Is a class of protec tionists in the East who are imbued with the idea that the protective, policy was de vised and designed solely in the interest of the manufacturers of New England. Their Idea is that the products of their factories, their shoes and woolen goods should have ample protection but that ' the hides, wool and lumber of the West should be subjected to the competition of the world. " In 'other words, that they should be permitted to sell In a protected market and purchase their raw material in a free trade market. That Is rot my idea of protection and whenever the Westean producers' of the raw material shall.be relegated to a free trade .market In which to dispose of their wool, hides, lumber, livestock and other products, I shall insist that they be accorded the priv ilege of purchasing their shoes and woolens in the same market. Fortunately, how ever, the dominant sentiment of the East does not favor any such unjust discrimina tions, but realizes that the protective policy must extend to every industry, an equal measure of protection. Japan Will Return Chinese. TOKIO, Aug;. 30. AU the Chinese labor era imported to work on the Kagoshima and Higo Railway have been dismissed and will be returned to China at the ex pense of the contractors, who overlooked obtaining official sanction before importation. ( STORE CLOSES ON SATURDAYS AT SIX SATURDAY'S SPECIALS Interesting bargain items offered for today only, subject to delivery at our earliest convenience and for, which mail, telephone or c. o. d. orders will not be accepted. ML BRASS SIXTH FLOOR' Regular 10c values per dozen brass Picture Molding Hooks, special, per dozen .5 Regular 10c brass Extension Curtain Rods, with fixtures, special, each 5? Regular 10c package, brass-headed Tacks, special per package .... 5 ENTIRE LINE OF GO-CARTS AT CLEARANCE' PRICES YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD ONE MAN BEATS BOOKIES CASHIER AT MEADOWS ECSS OFF WITH". THE MOXEY. Dodges Pinkertons at Race Track Gate and Gets Out ot Towjl With $2200. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 30. (Special.) While the owners of the book -were watching the second race at the Meadows today, Bert Burton, ' cashier for the Advance Club, gathered up $2200 and dis appeared, leaving ' the bookmakers but $13 with which to pay off the race. The Pinkertons at the main gate, did not see Burton leave, and the detectives believe he left the grounds by way of the stables, crossed the river to South. Seattle and caught a train out of town. Maury Rafael and C. Williams, who owned the book, do not know much about Burton, but he is said to have had a wife and child living here with him. Other bookmakers loaned the Advance Club enough money to stick out the day. HAS RAILROAD BROKEN IAW? Portland Company to Explain Why It Issued "Miflnlght Schedule." SALEM, Or., Aug. 30. (Special.) The Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany has violated the Railroad Commis sion law. by adopting what is known In Tallroad parlance as a "midnight sched ule," and the commission has -threatened prosecution. If the company should han dle freight at the rates named In the spe cial schedule the Commission will prose cute under the statute fixing a fine of from $100 to $10,000 for such' offenses. This particular offense is not of importance In itself, but the commission regards It of importance because. If overlooked. It will stand as a precedent for future action. The Portland Railway, Light & Power Company made a special rate of $50 on a steam shovel on its own wheels from Fair view to Anderson, the rate to be effective from August 80 to September 6. The law provides that ten days' notice must be given of changes In schedule unless per mission Is obtained from the Railroad Commission to give a shorter notice, and that a change must remain in force at least ten days. The purpose of this law is to prevent discriminations by the adop tion of rates for a short ime for the benefit of favored shippers. While the Commission is satisfied that there would be no discrimination In this Instance, It says In a letter to the company that the principle underlying this special tariff is such that It cannot be passed without dis approval. It is possible that the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company has made this case a means of testing the railroad regu lation law, and will fight it out. .'As there Is no actual discrimination, the company may be of the opinion that it could win In the courts and thus discredit the Rail road Commission law. In Its' letter the Commission says: If this rate Is used without further per mission of the Commission blns; had we will be .obliged to proceed accordingly. If there Is any valid reason for the tariff go ing; Into effect without notice we will be pleased to entertain an application to that end, but in no cases will the rate be per mitted to be discontinued on less than ten days' notice to the Commission and the public. MAT LOCATE CONSULATE HERE Persian Minister Coming to Port land After Visit to Tacoma. TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 30. (Special.) Arrangements are being, perfected by the Persian government for the establish ment of a Persian Consulate In Tacoma. The Persian Minister plenipotentiary to North and South America, General Morteza Khau, whose headquarters are at Washington, D. C, spent today In Ta coma viewing the city, securing a general idea of -the character of its business In terests and attending to matters prelimi nary; to the location of a Persian Consul GILT FRAME PICTURES SPECIAL 48c Perfect water-color re productions, several ' attrac tive feminine subjects, in appropriate gilt oval fram ings. Purchasers limited to two pictures each. No deliv eries except with other arti cles. SPECIALS, IC0MPLETE-H005E-FURm511ER5 here. After dining at the Tacoma Hotel In the evening the visitors left for Port land. The General will visit all Pacific Coast cities and will make a general tour of the United States before returning to Wash ington. Accused of Using Brass Knuckle. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 30. (Special.) R. P. Damatio was arraigned In the Justice Court this afternoon on an in formation charging him with assault ing Jack Thurston with a dangerous weapon. He is accused, of striking Thurston with a brass knuckle. His hearing was set for tomorrow after noon. Bay Succeeds Bennett. CHEHALIS. Aug. 30. (Special.) W. D. Bay, the newly elected Superintendent of the Lewis County Schools, will assume office Monday, succeeding R. E. Bennett, who will go to Eastern Washington and engage In the fruit business. Mr. Bennett has made a splendid record as a public official. Mr. Bay has for several years taught In Centralla. He Is a capable man. Lumbermen Meet Today. , SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 30. (Special.) The Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Association meets tomorrow and may close negotiations with Eastern attorneys to represent them- In the suit to prevent TSieGov.ernment oOEie IstheTonlyJGovern lament Tnthe World thatproyicIes; its citizens with a '. JjjL simple rneariswof distinguishing! between? REAL igi whiskey fandjimitations. JJnder the Bottling In .Bond Act, whiskey'bottled un-4 W'A'A4&i. X" WEST MONT OF CAPITOL? m f J 1 IV BOTTLED W.BON0' LH MyJJlTHE. RUBE 1 jkfj.; BecatiM then'youTwlll KNOW-that theTwhiskeyTyou drink is nof lmmatiTre7artif cially, aged, or F adulterated? in 4myway. SUNN Yj, BROOK i distilled i scientifically.1 matured thoroughly , ripened and; flavored by age only , and bottled. under the direct . supervision of U. S. Internal Revenue Officers. felt reaches the consumer, It h its high quality ' and ' soft,-rich 'flavor fully, 'preserved awhiskeywithout;an:cqual the, choicest product lOfKentuckyV greatest! Distillery BLUMAUER & HOCH, poT DISTRIBUTOR TABLE OILCLOTH, Per Yd. 15c Regular 25c yalue per yard in white marble or figured Oilcloth, 4 feet wide. FANCY CRETONNE, Per Yd. 25c Regular 40c value per yard in fancy Cretonne, all colors, suitable for coverings and hangings. FRINGED COUCH COV'RS $1.6Q Regular $2.75 values in full-size Couch Covers, fringed all sides, in Oriental stripes and colorings. nickel-plated TEA-KETTLES REG. $1.25 VAL SPECIAL 65c In the Base me n t only, this serviceable Tea full nickel plated the proposed 25 per cent advance In lum ber and shingle rates. Taking a tip from the action of creamery men in the Middle West, the law department of the lum bermen's organization may advise that an application be made to the Federal courts to restrain the railroads from putting the new rates Into effect before their reasonableness can be argued before the Interstate Commerce Commission. WYMAN WELL KNOWN HERE Alleged Embezzler Bore Good Repu tation in Portland. ' Watson H. Wyman, until recently man ager for the Seattle branch of the Cali fornia Saw Works, now in the King County Jail on a charge of embezzlement of $20,000, formerly lived in Portland, and is well known here: ' Up to three years ago, he was in charge of the concern's local office, but when the Portland and Seattle branches were consolidated he was ordered to go to the Sound city and take charge there. He remained with the firm until last Tuesday, when his arrest occurred. Wyman Is regarded as a good business man, and not until his arrest was he sus pected of crookedness, although those who knew him here state that he lived high, apparently beyond the means of a man on salary. He attended to the in jin the healthTreqUiresla!stimuIantdemand; ROOD DISTILLED. IN. KENTUCKY O'CLOCK Department for today - Kettle, seven-quart size, WOOD, COAL, GAS AND OIL . HEATERS BASEMENT DEPT. MAKE YOUR OWN TERMS terests of the company and transacted a good trade in their line, so that at the first opportunity he was rewarded by promotion by being made' agent in charge of the Puget Sound office.- Wyman is said to have confessed to embezzlement, which, he is quoted as saying, he invented In real estate In various sections of the Northwest. He is said to have offered to turn over these holdings to square up his accounts, but Harry Bird and C. F. Fischer, constituting the firm, have re fused the compromise, and It appears that the alleged embezzler must stand trial. The Portland interests of the Califor nia Saw Works are now In charge of a First-street commission firm. Fourth Letter Carrier Added. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 30. (Spe cial.) The postmaster here has received word from Washington authorizing him to put another regular carrier on the city delivery force September 16. This is proof of the rapid growth of thin city. Two years ago. when the city delivery was first started, there were only two carriers. A third one was added six Vionths later, and now it is necesary to add the fourth, thus doubling the original force. Just a Yellow Journal Yarn. NEW YORK, Aug. 30. The published re port that Attorney-General Bonaparte is to resign and be succeeded by Francis B. Kelloge, of Minnesota, is denied. fe-v must jDearoverine heck?bffeach bottlea "" Green Stamp onj which iswpIainTystated the inexact sage, Jstrength' kndcquantityfofiWhiskeyi bottle.Whenlyour