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2 TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1909. TARIFF SITUATION DISPLEASES TAFT President Hopeful, However, Tangle May Be Straight ened Out by Tuesday. FREE HIDES UNDERLIES ALL Without This Duty Removed, Other Reductions Cannot Follow He Thinks Downward Revision Means Protection. WASHINGTON". July 23. Sunday brotiirht no cessation of President Taffs tariff activities. His conference with House and Senate leaders covered prac tically the entire day. The President admitted frankly to some of his callers today that the situation was not all that could be desired, but expressed the hope that another 24 hours would straighten out the tangle and the re port of the conferees would be pre sented In the House Tuesday next. It is also hoped at the White House that Congress may adjourn by the last of the week. Toft Want Free 11 ides. President Toft has not receded In any way from his demand for free hides, as he regards free hides as underlying the whole principle of downward revision. A compromise duty of 7 cents a reduc tlon from the li per cent duty under existing law would be of no benefit. according to the President's views. Un less hides are made absolutely free, there con be no reduction on boots, shoes and other leather manufactures. The President, it is said, has been deep ly impressed by the representations of the leather interests that under the protection of the prohibitive 15 per cent duty the leather and shoe manufactur ers are at the mercy of the four or five big meat-packing concerns of the Mid dle West. Does Not Expect Free Wool. The President, on the other hand, it is declared, hae not been much impressed by the arguments of Western Senators that free hides would be followed by a demand for free wool. Hides never were protect ed until the enactment of the Dlngley law. Th- President's chief concern is as to hidef. The other schedules have appar ently been worked Into acceptable shape, (.-voiding to his information, and once the free hides and reduced leather goods pro gramme has been agreed upon, the end on the fight Is In view. President Taft. it is said, does not be lieve revision of the tariff downward is foirig to bring reduced prices or would be cf immediate benefit to the ultimate con sumer. Prices Soon to Go Fp. 'isrtead of a reduction. It is declared, tr.re will be actual increases during the comir-f yesr on mfc-iy of tne necessaries of l'.'e, inciuang wearing apparel. LVen th? resiovtJ o2 the duty on hides and an aocor.ipanjir.E reduction on the duty on fiuvired leatii.- Is not er.pecttd to work a redaction ia the price of bcots, shoes, har n,F or oth'T leather manufactures. Tfc. Pres'dent's advices are that hides rzs rrl("ly increasing in price, and that Viv c'frr.and Ir so great that even tne la-y- Importations expected from Ar srertinfc ur.der a free-entry clause will not suffice to keep the prices at current t Mires. An advance of 22 to 25 per cent In woolen goods already has been an nounced, despite the fact that no change has been made in the woolen schedule. This schedule, the President has been told, cannot now be reopened. Protect Asa'nst Jlonopoly. In discussing the situation with callers today, the President explnlned his theory of the principle of the down ward revision from the protectionist point of view. The Idea Is not to reduce duties to the point affecting home In dustries, or to admit imports to the ex tent of what the Republicans term un fair competition with home-made arti cles. The President is represented as regarding downward revision as a means of protecting the people from monopoly and excessively high prices. Kven if the tariff is not lowered suffi ciently to admit of Imports on a large scale, the President Is said to feel that in . lowering the tariff on articles of general use a great gain would be made. as the rate on hides was made yester day. At that time Payne is reported to have said he could not censent to a vote. Ue declared the sentiment of the country favored free hides, and re ferred to the president's expressions. . During a morning session today the conferees discussed the parliamentary situation, but tonight 'the motion was renewed. Mr. Payne, it Is said, reit erated his position with increased em phasis. Aldrich Is reported to have upbraided Payne for his "obstinacy," and to have said that he was "tired of dictatorial methods" to defeat the will of a majority of the conferees. Payne was unrelenting. When It was seen nothing could be accomplished, Payne's signature being necessary to a report, the conference adjourned. The story of the Intense feeling leaked out through confidences given by conferees to other Congressmen. The House conferees continued In session tonight, discussing the situa tion. Another conference, attended by Senators Warren and Clark of Wyo ming, Sutherland. Borah and Dick, was held. Karller in the day Senator Smoot and Senator Carter had met with their Western associates. These Senators decided they would , insist upon the shoemen fulfilling their agree ment to permit leather goods to go on the free list, in return for like treat ment of hides. During the hearings be fore the House committee, boot and shoe men declared they were willing to have their manufactures put on the free list if hides were made free. When the bill reached the Senate,, hides were taken from the free list, where they had been placed by the House, and THAW READY FDR TEST OF SANITY Patient in Better Physical and Mental Condition Than for Years. ORDEAL WILL BE SEVERE Judge Mills Insists Hearing Shall Take Place in Open Court If Declared Sane, Thaw Will Likely Be Released on Bail. WILLAMETTE'S NEW ATHLETIC COACH A FRIEXD OF YOST. ..I ! f f i I y s - . v , y - --. jvw - -if 1 Ik h y U if : -v ' ... - - I ! Dr. C.J. Sweetlaod, Jr. SALEM, Or., July 25. (Spe cial.) Willamette Univer sity's new athletic director. Dr. C. J. Sweetiand, is a personal friend of F. H. Yost, the famous Michigan coach, by whom he Is warmly recommended. While In this city last week. Dr. Sweetland ex pressed the belipf that there will be no great difficulty In placing athletics at Willamette on a plane that will reflect the highest credit on the famous old school. AI.imiCH WIIL WIX: TELLER Colorado's rx-Scnator Predicts That Taft Will Sign His Bill. SPOKANE, Wash.. July 25. "Senator Akirich, the boss of the United States Senate, will win out In his tight for the tariff as he has outlined it." said ex-Senator H. M. Tetler, of Colorado, here tonight. In speaking of the Con gressional contest now on in Washing ton. "It is my opinion that neither hides nor oil will be admitted free, but prob ably will land about 10 per cent each, and President Taft will sign whatever regulations Congress may make fn the bill. 1 do not believe that the Senate will give In one iota In its light, but that the House will have to come around to the Senate's way of thinking on the tariff problem. 1 think Taft is making a good President, and that he will be able to hold his own in any matter which Congress may take up. "No, I am not on any otlicial trip, al though I am still a member of the Mon etary Commission, and am continuing my study of the financial ' problem which the commission has in hand. I expect to spend a few days In Lewis ton. Idaho, and will then wend my way to Seattle to attend the fair for a week or so, thence back to my home in Colo rado in the course of the fore part of August." ALnmCH AND PAYNE CLASH Bitter Words Passed Between Two Tariff Leaders. WASHINGTON. July 25. Bitter words between Senator Aldrich and Representative Payne just before the close of an hour's session of the tariff conferees tonight are reported to have oilowed an attempt by Mr. Aldrich to compel a vote on a motion to make hides dutiable at 7 per cent half of the existing rates. The session was adloumed until 2 30 P. M. Monday; with the hide and leather tariff stili unsettled. From the variety of reports concern ing the Incident, none of which can be definitely confirmed, it appears the Senate leader was angered because of the country and the President were in sympathy with the action of the House In putting hides on the free list, and that he did not purpose to be governed by what a majority of the conferees thought. A formal motion fixing Tfc per cent made dutiable . at lo per cent ad valo rem, as under the Dlngley law. This was accomplished after a hard fight. "We want the hoot and shoe men to make good," , said Senator Warren, at the conclusion of . the conference in which he participated. t "They made their bluff, now let them ! live up to their agreement." Other Senators expressed the opinion that President Taft would have no more difficulty in getting reduced rates on leather than In putting hides on th free list, if he contends for the former with as much force as for the latter. None of the other controversies Is thought to Involve Insuperable diffi cult fes. When the hides and leather schedules are out of the way, the feel ing Is that the other subjects can be disposed of in an hour. It is settled that coal will be made dutiable at 45 cents a ton, print paper -4. $3.75, Iron ore at 15 cents a ton, oil free, lumber at $1.25 or $1.50 a thousand feet, with the Senate differentials, and gloves and hosiery at rates slightly under the ad vances over the Dingley rates. The Philippine schedule was adjusted today. As the bill passed the House It provided for the free admission of al articles except sugar and tobacco. which were "wholly the growth and product of the Philippine Islands.' In amending the Philippine section, the Senate included articles manufactured In the Philippines from materials which were wholly the growth of the islands or of the United States. The section was rewritten In conference, and Inad vertently It was changed so that It would include all articles the growth. product or manufacture of the Philip pines, without regard to where the raw materials were produced. The proposed change was brought to the attention of Senator Brandagee, and he lost no time In presenting to the conference hi; view on the subject. He said that If the proposed modification were enacted Into law It would let into this country free of duty the raw material of the world, provided It were manufactured in the Philippines. WHITE PLAINS, X; Y., July 26. (Fpecial. Harry K. Thaw will go to the final test of his mental condition De fore Judge Mills tomorrow morning in the best physical condition and ap parently in the best mental condition he has exhibited since the days immediately following hia killing of Stanford White at the Madison Square Roof Garden, June 25, 1906. He feels sure he will be free within a week. On the outcome of the test beginning tomorrow. Thaw's future liberty or re straint for years to come probably rests. This will be the first time he has of fered himself to a full and free examina tion as to his mental state. That it will be thorough and probably trying to Thaw, is assured by District Attorney Jerome's consent to appear with Roger Clark, Deputy Attorney -General, in de fense of Thaw's continued detention in Matteawan State Hospital. Judge Mills, who is hearing his petition for release, has decided that this exam ination and every test of the sanity of Thaw shall take place in open court. Judge Mills showed very distinctly in the hearing of the testimony prior to the adjournment until tomorrow, that he feels he is the person to be convinced of Thaw s mental state. Long hours of a crucial test are as sured for Thaw, and it Is likely that his examination will last for days. The two trials through which he went under the murder charge and the long examina tion in the previous hearing as to his sanity, furnished a vast number of ques tions for Thaw's interrogators. That he will be called on to recount the killing of Mr. White and what prompted him to that act and all the - attendant circum stances is almost certain. Mr. Jerome's last experience with Judge Mills ended In the New York District Attorney seizing his hat and rushing from the courtroom before the hearing was ended. Judge Mills, in October, last year, declined to grant the motion of Jerome and District Attorney Winslow, of Westchester County, for removal of the hearing, as to Thaw's mental state, to New York. Mr. Winslow said it was not incumbent Jn Westchester County to defend Judgo Dowling's order, commit ting Thaw to Matteawan. which was asked by the writ of habeas corpus obtained by Thaw's attorney, the late J. Frank lin Bartlett. Judge Mills denied the writ and was sustained by the upper court on appeal. Thaw and his family, and Charles Morschauser, his counsel, are entirely confident that Thaw's sanity will be fully established and that he will be dis charged from custody. Judge Mills' de cision is open to appeal, but if he should declare Thaw sane, he probably would permit his release on bond, -pending an appeal. GAVE-IN FOLLOWS Bi GAP AT EAST EIGHTH AXD MORRISON BLOCKS CAR. JUDGE GETS BAD CHECK WILL HEREAFTER DEMAXD CASH IX PAYMENT OF COSTS. Water-Soaked Earth, 30 Feet Wide, Slides Into Hollow Lodgers Are Alarmed. At Kaat Eighth and Bast Morrison streets a section of the street and side walk caved In last night about 10:30 o'clock, blocking the Sunnyside and Mount Tabor car service and causing con siderable damage. The accident followed the heavy rain which rushed, down the hill until it came to the level, where It met with insufficient provision for its outlet. The water poured over the side walk Into the hollow on the north side of the street and the newly-fllled earth finally becoming soaked for a distance of about 30 feet it slid off into the hollow. A large hole extending to the ties on the Incoming track of the streetcar line was left gaping. o one was about at the time of the accident. People living in the Montgomery rooming-house at the corner telephoned the police and the City Engineer was notified. The streetcar company had an Inspector on the spot quickly and the incoming cars were obliged to switch at Thirteenth street and run to Grand avenue on the outgo ing track. Roomers in the Montgomery rooming- house were alarmed and gathered out side the building fearing another cave-in might follow and threaten the piling foundation of the building. Drops Case Against Young Man When Father Writes Check for Costs, but Payment Is Stopped. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. July 25. (Spe cial.) Judge Hart, of Long Beach, has taken a solemn vow hereafter to re fuse to accept checks in payment of costs. He dismissed the charge against Roy Stevens of having uttered a check without funds In the bank, because Stevens' father satisfied the claim and gave the Judge a cheek to cover the costs. JudKe Hart held the paper until yesterday, when, he presented It at the bunk, and was told payment had been stopped. The indignant Judge came here last right to consult the District Attorney. He was told nothing could be done In the matter. The District Attorney In formed him costs are not collectable 4n dismissals of criminal cases and the debt is simply one of . honor. Judge Hart was advised to make an entry nn his docket that navmenl hAii hppn i made by cheek subsequently stonoed bv i which had been guarding the body BOY HUNTER IS KILLED Meets Accidental Death While In Woods Near Goldendale. GOLD END ALE, Wash.. July 25. (Special.) A large party which had been out since Wednesday searching for the 17-year-old son of J. A. Se'lers, returned late last night with the body, which had been found about two miles from the house. The boy had left home with his dog and a 12-gauge shotgun, promising to return by 10 o'clock of the same morn ing. Failing to come back by night, the father, who was at Cliffs, was sent for nd the party organized. From the position of the body when found the coroner, who was in the party, decided that death was unques tionably due to the accidental discharge of the shotgun, and that death had been Instantaneous, the charge entering the back of the head and tearing away the lower part of the skull. The party were led to the place of the accident by the dog. which was seen Demonstration Schram Jars-Sd. Floor Canning Fruits and Vegetables Portland Agents Ladies' Home Journal Patterns, Royal Worcester Corsets Fine Neckwear at 98c Stock collars, jabots, Dutch collars, lace collars and belts. A special lot. Values up to $2.00, today, choice of any in the Q Q n lot at this low price . u 0 u $1.00 Applique 48c Appliques, bands, gal loons, etc., for trimming Summer wash dresses. Values up to $1.00; bar- garmzed for today at, your choice . . . . 48c $3.50 Gloves $1.95 Women's embroidered silk ' gloves, 16-button length in blue, navy, pink and all colors. Regular values up to PI QC $3.50, special at. .0 I lUJ Reynier Gloves $1. 75 The famous Reynier suede kid gloves for Summer wear, in light and medium shades. Extremely styl ish, on sale at, Q1 7C the pair, only U 1 1 1 0 Great Sale THIS WEEK of Soiled and Mussed Linens Read the items and see for yourself if the bargains are not much better than any others you've heard of where you knew the qualities of the goods offered to be of such sterling sorts as these. Take advantage of this unusual opportunity and supply linens for the cottage or the city home. Broken lots, mussed linens reduced Hemstitched Table Cloths. Regularly,$400 each; for this sale.$2.90 $4.50 Table Cloths $3.25 l Extra Heavy Double Table Cloths, somewhat soiled, fine pattern, cloths k 07 QC worth $9.00, special at. UfiZ J Regular $7.50 values at. .$C.OO Scarfs, Squares, Fancy Pieces, Richardson's lin ens, hemstitched or hand embroidered. Lot of 200 pieces at HALF PRICE $6 Table Cloths at.$4-50 $7.50 Table Cloths $4.75 $8.50 ; Table Cloths, spe cial at, each.. $5.75' Damask Table Cloths are Rich ardson's Irish damask, 3 yds. long, 2 yds. wide, 100 m lot, $4.75 vals..$3.90 Napkins Large size, good pat terns; regularly worth $10 the dozen, but for this sale they are remarkably low priced Of 7C at, the dozen Ul 1 1 J Napkins, Table Cloths, Etc., slightly mussed, but extra good values at prices never equaled for their littleness. r v ...-,. . . Wis ' . msjt YX Ji'"" . .n ' ' '. ' . " A. Sale of Union Suits at 50c A new line of union suits for women just received. Ideal gar ments for Summer wear, because they're light weight and neat ly trimmed. Knee length with umbrella knee, low neck, Cn sleeveless; extra good value at, the suit UUU Great Sale of. Embroideries Women's corset cover embroideries and also 12 and 18-inch skirt flouncings ; also fine swiss, nainsook and batiste embroid eries in edges or insertions. A superb assortment with CQn values up to $1.25 the yard, for Monday's selling, choice. DoU Stirring Bargains Here for Baby Week THE REGULAR MONTHLY BABY WEEK starts today and we're sure that it will arouse more enthusiasm than any of the weekly sales that have preceded it. Thrifty mothers know full well that no other store hereabouts has such sterling qualities in baby goods, and that the reductions shown during our monthly sales spell savings not to be equaled. Baby Biographies to Every Customer Who Visits Our Baby Department This Week. Infants' Coatsr of Bedford cord, plain or fancy trimmed, short or long. Reg. CQ 1 Q vals. to $4.50 ea., sp'Owi I J Babies' Lawn Bonnets, regularly 00n ... U3b worth to 65c each, special at. Babies' Shoulder Shawls, of white flannel, trimmed with fancy stitching. For- PQn this sale at, each Dull Baby Bassinets, regularly $8.00 fjfj AQ each, on sale at this low price, ea.$DiT0 Receiving Blankets, in white, bound with dainty colored ribbon, regular $2.25 Q A "7Q value, special at $ 1 1 1 0 Pinning Blankets, of outing flannel, regular 35c values, special at, each. . Ir..-- T- 7i 27c Curt'ns $3.35 Real hand-made lace curtains. Renaissance designs in flush-edge effects or with insertion and edge. They're mounted on the best French net. Only a few pairs of each pattern, and for that reason remarkable reductions are of fered. Secure curtains here for the cottage or for the finest home. YouH find them all here at spe cially reduced prices. Regular $4.25 val- CQ QC ues, special, pair OuiwU Regular $4.50 val- CO Cfl ues, special, pair vuiuu Regular $5.00 val ues, special, pair.... Regular $6.00 val- CC ues, special, pair... w iiOJ Regular $7.50 val ues, snecial. nair.... Regular $9.00 val- (PC 7C ues. special, pair QUil u S3.95 S4.65 .55.65 j Linen Dresses and Suits Vl Every linen suit or dress in our entire stock placed before Portland's economists today, and. all are invited to come and save. Regardless of former worth or of the loss that this sweeping reduction entails, we offer every one of ww ir these garments we own at just nail Italian Silk Vests 4 Less All Parasols Reduced Now Choose here and now select any parasol in our magnificent' assortment and pay only a small portion of what it would cost you at most places. Always marked here lower than in ordinary stores now reduced to the very lowest Qf Oft notch. For instance $3.50 parasols.are now yZiZO Women 's Low Shoes $3.19 Nearly every pair of $3.50 and $4.00 oxfords in our stock and many $5.00 qualities. Sizes in each style are complete. There are patent leathers, plain kid or calf, tan Russia calf and brown kid ; pumps, button, blucher and lace O Q 4 Q styles; light weight or heavy soles, on sale at, pair. .OJi 1 u Fruit Jars 55c 55c Mason Fruit Jars, pint size, special, the dozen. , Mason Fruit Jars, quart CCft size, special, the dozen... ...DuC Mason Fruit Jars, y2 gal- gC Ion size, special, dozen... 0U(J Mason Jar Rubbers, the 1 n dozen, 5, 8 and I UQ Mason Jar Caps and Qfl Rubbers, special, dozen..... ZUQ Jelly Glasses, open or with 0fft tin tops, the dozen, special.. JU(J Schram Fruit Jars, pint 0C size, special, the dozen 0(J Schram Fruit Jars, quart QIo size, special, the dozen DwU -gallon size, the dozen.. 1.35 Schram Jar Caps, dozen 20 Economy Fruit Jars, pint size, the dozen.... Quart size, the dozen SI. 15 -gallon size, the dozen.. $1.50 Economy Jar Caps, dozen. . .30 95C the signer and to consider the closed. Incident j since the fatal accident. Bids Reasonable, Engineer Says. VANCOUVER. Wash., July 25. (Spe cial.) In the matter of the seven con tracts entered Into by the City Counqll with Rector Daly for street improve ments, the statement has been erroneous ly marie that City Engineer Letter "ad vised the City Council that the bids were not reasonable." Thi is Incorrect, A. Mr TtTr arivlri th fftilnfll that ' the blda of Rector A D&ly were reasonable. Two Games at Marshf icld. MAB.SHFTEL.D. Or., July 25. (Spe cial.) Two baseball (tames were played here this afternoon before a large crowd of spectators. The first frame was be tween Coqullle and Marshfteld. The lat ter tram gave up the game in the fifth inning, when the score wu 16 to 1 in favor of Coqullle. The second game was a record-breaker for the league this sea son. Marshneld defeated Myrtle Point 6 to 5. but not until 16 Innings had been played to dcida. WHAT 15 A FARMER? SHERIFF APPEALS FROM THE COrRT'S DECISION. Franklin County, that. Intending' to cultivate Question of Exemption From At tachment Causes Vexing Liti gation at Frosser. PROSSER, Wash.. July 26. (Special.) Sheriff A. G. McNeil wants the Su preme Court of the state to decide what is a farmer, and when. It a farmer a farmer when he Is not farming? John McKee, of this county, thinks he is, and Judge Holcomb, of the Superior Court, took that view of It, but the Sheriff is not convinced, and asks the higher court to consider the question of what constitutes an agriculturist in good and regular standing. Some time ago the Sheriff, in his of ficial capacity, filed an attachment on the property of John McKee and Sarah McKee. his wife, because of suit brought by D. S. Sprinkle, a Prosser merchant. McKee claimed exemption from the attachment to the amount of $250. In place of stock and other prop erty of farmers which mar not be at tached, but which McKee did not own. To this the Sheriff objected, on the ground that McKee Is not a farmer. McKee occupied a homestead in the Rattlesnake Hills. At the time of the trial last month he had not lived on It for eight months, because of 111 health. He had cultivated IS acres of the home stead. Moreover, he had leased land In STUDENT LOAN FUND GROWS University Now Has $5000 Drawing Interest for Needy Students.' UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, July 25. (Special.) The past year has shown a remarkable gain in the amount of the Student Loan Fund at the Univer sity of Oregon. From a total of approx imately J800 at the beginning of the year. It now amounts In round numbers to $3000, and the indications are that this amount will also be largely increased during the coming year. Nearly 16 gifts to the fund have been made, ranging In amount from $25 to $1000. One of the largest of these was made by the D. P. Thompson estate, of Port land, and was for $1000. Another gift of approximately the' same amount was re ceived, but its donors have requested their names withheld. Senator R- A. Booth, of Eugene, gave $500, and several others added amounts varying In size from $150 to $250. 0 Loans from these funds are made to deserving students at a low rate of in terest, and the plan Is to have ten men guarantee the fund against loss. Since the beginning of the University Loan Fund some six years ago only one loss has been sustained. Receipts Show Growth. JACKSONVILLE. Or., July 26. (Spe cial.) That Jackson County has more than doubled in wealth and resources the past ten years Is shown by a comparison of receipts and expenditures at the County Courthouse. Ten years ago tax receipts were $250,712. They are now $500,649. Receipts from all sources by the county In ten years total $1,701,568. Disbursements for the same period were $1,661,106. N INSULTS OFFERED TO CZAR Labor Party Holds Big Demonstra tion In London. LONDON, July 25. A huge demonstra tion by the organized labor party was held at Trafalgar Square today to protest against the visit of the Emperor of Rus sia to England. Numerous banners which headed the different processions were Inscribed with uncomplimentary mottoes, such as "Let the Hanging Czar Remember," "Shall We Grasp His Bloody Hand?" "A Message From Jiell Welcome Little Father." Prize for British Aviator. LONDON, July 25. Baron do Forest has offered a prize of $20,000 to the first British aeronaut to cross the channel In a British-built aeroplane In record time. Says I to myseir. Says I. The Rex Dental Co, Is the place to go, Says I. Ablngton Bldg., SIS U22J,G0SL Greatest Strength builder for Sum- -mer Weather The Government Guarantees its wholesomeness We Guarantee its flavor DEMAND IT Piaaesr PafrkreJtfiJat,ifi Portland, Oregon,