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THE 3IOKNING OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1910. DODGE OF INDIANA BY TUFT RUMORED Indianapolis Engagement Can celed to Aid Beveridge Is General Belief. MAY 1 MEETING IS OFF Senator's Friends Argue That Presi dent's Action. Is Result of Con vention's Stand, as Visit 'Would. Entail a Tariff Speectu WASHINGTON, April . President Taft has canceled his engagement to visit Indianapolis on May 6. While no statement has been issued In regard to this decision, It Is believed To be the direct result of the events in the Indiana State Republican convention yesterday. It Is not admitted at the White House that the President had a definite en gagement to visit Indianapolis, al though dispatches from that city sev eral days ago announced that the President would be there from 2:15 P. M. until midnight of May 6. In view of the circumstances sur rounding yesterday's Indiana Repub lican convention. It was said by friends of the Administration today that. If the President spoke at Indianapolis at all, he would more than likely express again his well-known views regarding the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. It was argued that If the President should do this, t might be Interpreted adversely to Senator Beveridge, and rather than be put In that attitude the President will give Indiana a wide berth In his forthcoming visit to the Middle West. It was said at the White House to day that the President's trip West, which begins April 29, will probably he curtailed several days, and It was Intimated that this was probably re sponsible for the failure to visit Indianapolis. AGASSIZ'S WORK GOES ON Calumet Copper Properties Change Hands With Scientist's Death. BOSTON, April 6. Younger heads and more athletic hands took up the management of the Calumet Copper properties, which Professor Alexander Agassiz dropped at his death last week. Quincy A. Shaw, the largest Indi vidual owner of stock In the Calumet & Hecla Mining Co., was chosen presi dent in place of Mr. Agassiz. R. I Agassis, the late scientist's second son, was made a director and vice-president of the company, while Thomas Nelson Perkins was elected a director In the two subsidiary companies Tamarack and Isle Royale. Mr. Shaw has been closely identified with the Calumet company since the death of his father, who assisted Pro fessor Agassiz in the development of the northern Michigan mines. R. Agassiz studied mining under his father. Mr. Perkins is a lawyer and a fellow of Harvard University. CANAL EASY TO FORTIFY Board Finds Cost of Adequate De fenses Will Be Moderate. WASHINGTOX. April 6. It will be en tirely practicable to provide adequate de fenses for the Panama Canal at com paratively moderate cost. This is the ronclusion of the Panama fortification board, some of the members of which, have just returned from Panama. Prior to its visit to the isthmus the board had prepared tentative plans for a seacoast defense at both ends of the i-anal and for land defenses at those ter mini and at the canal locks, docks,' etc. Estimates had been prepared for the probable amounts and number of troops required for such defenses. After complete inspection at botlt ends and along the route of the canal, the board found that the tentative plans re quired only slight modifications. The areas to be set aside as military rpsnrvation for defensive purposes were determined upon and sites were selected for quartering troops. Nearly all the areas desired are now the property of the United Stales. AX-VICTIM MAY NOT LIVE 'Mill, land Battered by Koummale Is Still l ..conscious. Waldek Rojratzki. the mHlhancl. who was seriously wounded by his room mate. Mi la Stolkovich, Tuesday, while Ptoikovich is said to have been at tempting to rob him. Is In a critical condition in St. Vincent's Hospital. Prom the time lie was found he has not regained consciousness. City Physician Ziegler says that Hiuong Kogralxki's other injuries a fracture of the skull had been sus tained, and that hJa recovery is doubt ful. It is the theory of the police that the attack made upon HoKalxkl was for purposes of robbery and that It was not the result of a quarrel over differences regard fnrc a debt owed by Stoikovich. stoikovich is still at large and re doubled efforts are being made by De tectives Coleman and Snow to appre hend him. In event of Kogalzki's death a charge of murder In the first degree will be placed against Stoikovich. DESK BILLS FRAUDULENT K.vlilblls In Pennsylvania Trial Show' Shrinkage of 14 1-2 Feet. HARRISBURC. Pa.. April 8. The commonwealth today won the first big contested point In the trial of Archi tect Joseph M. Huston on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the state by certifying to an alleged padded bill for desks, when it succeeded in getting four of the desks mentioned In the in dictment placed before the Jury as evi dence. . O. L. Holton. of St. T.ouia. ex-super-Intendenl of the company which fur nished the desks, testified. One desk, which he measured before the jury, wss 5 feet long and had been billed s 10 feet. He said that the desks in evidence were designed by employes of the company and not by Architect Huston. Metch-Hetohy Hearing Set. WAPH1NOTOX, April . An oral hen1- tary Ballinger to representatives of the City of San Francisco on the question of the revoking by the Interior .Department of the permit granted to that city author izing the contingent use of the Hetch Hetchy Valley as a source of water sup ply for the city. TAFT BIG MAN, SAYS DAY Chancellor Ieclares President Tid Not Decline Dinner Invitation. SYRACUSE, X. Y.. April 6. Chancellor James R. Day, of Syracuse University, addressing the students in chapel today, referred to the published statement that President Taft declined an Invitation to a dinner of the New York alumni be cause the chancellor had at Pittsburg criticized the Administration. Dr. Day said: - "So far as I know no invitation to the dinner was extended to President Taft. Had he received an invitation, he is too great and too big a man to decline for the' reasons given in the newspapers." BETTER BUTTER IS EATEN Elgin Official Denies Price Control; Explains High Price. WASHIXGTOX, April . Denial of the charges that the Elgin Board of Trade regulated the butter market of BROKERS' RECORDS HID GRIFT INQUIRY Books of Defunct New York Firm Show Sums Deposit ited for Legislators. LOUIS BEDELL INVOLVED Money Was Placed r ex-Assemblyman's Credit, by Agent of Trans portation Companies Others May Also Be Included. NEW YORK. April 6. W. H. Hotch kiss. State Superintendent of Insurance, through the books- of Ellingwood & Cun- rNSTJRGENT WHOSE OPPOSITION TO TARIFF "WILL CAUSE TAFT TO AVOID INDIANA ON WESTERN TOUR. 4y rv f I I f kaXK -'-ii i .i,sr, ., - , rs.., 1 nm.-ar. wr-.JX- r mini uU.f; i- ,- -T , AT.BKRT J. BKVEKIDGK, ViMTED STATES SENATOR. the country was made by John New man, president of that board. In testi fying before the Senate- Cost of .Living Committee" today. Mr. Newman said the board fixed the price every Monday for the product of its members sold during- the week, but that the New York ani Chicago mar kets had much to do with the prices of butter made elsewhere than in the El gin district. Mechanics and laborers were eating a higher grade Of butter, Mr. Newman said, which partially accounted for the Increased price. Explaining the re markiAile 6-cent drop in the Elgin prod uct from Monday to Monday last Janu ary, Mr. Newman said it was made to make the Elgin price conform with the New York price, which had been gradu ally decreasing during the week. ROOSEVELT'S WORK TOLD Scientific Value of Expedition to Africa Considerable. WASHINGTON, April 6. "The collec tion of African specimens made by the Roosevelt party,- said Mr. Mann, of Illinois, in presenting to the House to day m letter from the ex-President, making a preliminary report to the Smithsonian Institution on the work of his expedition into the jungle. "un doubtedly is the most complete and valuable collection in the world and it will be of great service to naturalists and scientists." Applause from all parts of the House greeted this statement. It was inter spersed, however, with derisive laugh ter. Aftor detailing the parts of the country the different members of the expedition had visited Mr. Roosevelt enumerated, the number of various specimens obtained. The total is 11, vertebrates, consisting of 4S97 mammals, 4000 birds, 2000 reptiles and batrachiane and 5000 fishes. In ad dition to these, there was a considerable number of invertebrates. The collection includes several thousand plants and a large number of marine and fresh water shells, crabs, beetles and millipeds. Two East African bongo, two new species of antelope and a new species of red monkey, secured by John Jay "White in British East Africa in the Summer of 1908, have been added to the Smithsonian museum here. $1000 VOTE PRICE NAMED MissWisippt Bribery Case Itesitmed, Representative .Recounts Plot. JACKSON. Miner., April Representa tive J. O. Cowart, was the principal wit ness today at tlie Senate Investigation of the charges of bribery made by Senator Kilbo. He wa present at the confer ence when a plan to entrap Dulaney was formed. He. testified that Dulaney suggested to liim that it might be to his personal interest to vote for Mr. Percy for United States Senator and asked him if $1000 would Influence his vote. Cowart said he replied. "I don't think It will." Iater when dlwunslng the affair with Senator Bilbo, the latter laughed and raid: "You are a A fool. You ought to have taken some of it." Reorganized Mormons Convene. KANSAS CITY, April 8. Delegates rep. rrnenting IW.OOO worshipers met at Inde pendence, Mo., today when the annual conference of the Reorganised Church of lur Duy Sfiinta waj called to order by Joseph Smith, the president of the church. Added interest attaches to the eonferem-e. h it marks the firtth anniver sary of the presidency of President Smith. Read about fre excursion given by mwrihip-n Q fit h. fluid Co OfUflg,' nlngham, a brokerage firm, which failed in 1904, uncovered a new trail on the ac celeration of Insurance legislation at a brief sedon of the fire insurance in quiry today. Mr. Hotchklss discovered that substan tial sums, according to the records of thts concern, had been credited to various members of the Legislature between 1900 and 1904, at times when bills' affecting New York transportation companies were up for consideration at Albany. The only legislator whose name is disclosed, how vr, is Loui Bedell, formerly Assemmy ma n from Goshen. Some Accounts Held Back. James W. Cunningham, former mem ber of the brokerage firm, was the only witness of the day. On the advice of counsel he declined to produce the full accounts of the company, but he turned over to Mr. Hotchkiss accounts sufficient to throw Bedell's name into the limelight. They showed that Tracy- Rogers, former silent member of the firm and reputed legislative agent of certain transportation interests, oaveral years ago, had placed money to the ex-Aefeembly man's credit on the firm's books. Rogers-, who lives at Binghamton, N. Y., is being sought by subpena-servers. The - records showed, when the firm failed In 1904, Bedell was in debt for more than $7000. Cunningham testified that in sofar as be knew the obligation had never been discharged. ITnder date of May 1, 1901, there was an entry on .the firm's books labeled "Cash, special ac count $3500." The witness said that was Bedell's account. Two days after, this record showed Rogers plaoed a check for $2500 to Bedell's, account, while in that same month 500 shares of New York transportation stock were sold for him at $7000. leposlt of $9000 Made. On April 23, 1901. the dav the Legisla ture adjourned, "Someone." as Mr. Hotch- kiss put it, deposited $9000 with the firm to Bed-ell's credit. Other entries showed many payments to and withdrawals from Bedell's account up to 1904. when the firm failed.; His account, however, appeared to relate wholly to transportation matters and appeared to have nothing to do with insurance. - It was shown that on March 16, 1900, Senator Louis P. Good sell introduced a bill conferring a francbise on the New York Electric Vehicle Company, since taken over by the Metropolitan Securi ties Company. It was put through both houses under suspension of th rules. Mr. BedelL, according to record, made the nec essary motion in the House on which the bill was finally passed in that branch. QUEBEC WOULD HOLD WOOD Action Proposed to Induce American Capital to Cross Border. QUEBEC, April It is practically cer tain that the pulp wood policy of the government, About which there has been so much speculation since the session opened, will include xie prohibition of the export of pulp wood cut on crown lands, a considerable ' Increase in the rent of the timber limits and an advance in s turn page dues. The Premier is withholding his formal decision but the above statement to day is what amounts to practically offi cial Indorsement. In September, the government will be in & position to im pose new conditions. The stumpage on pulp wood Is now 63 cents a cord with a rebate of 25 cents on that manufactured- in the Province. Minister of Lands and Forests Allard talked strongly for prohibition of the ex port of plup wood .nd said he believed such action would induce many American manufacturers to establish their plants in the Province. RAILROAD SUIT NEAR END Ilarrlmaa's Offer to Hay Central Pacific Unknown to Tweed. NEW YORK. April 6. Charles S. Tweed, ex-vice-president and general counsel of the Southern Pacific Rail road, testified at today's brief hearing of the Federal suit against the South ern and Union Pacific merger that he had no knowledge that the late E. H. Harriman had offered to purchase the Central Pacific line from Mr. Hunting ton. An adjournment was taken until next Friday, which will probably be the final hearing day. GRADING SOUTH ORDERED (Continued from Page' 3.) owned half the stock in the Oregon Trunk Line. The work south of Mad ras, however, 1 open to other con tractors and several large firms are preparing to bid thereon. In com parison with the first section, the grad ing south of Madras will be light work and "of a character that will permit of rapid completion. Both liines Use One Bridge. Some work has already been done south of Madras, but by the railroad company itself. This work was at and in the vicinity of Trail Crossing of Crooked River, where the most ad vantageous point for- bridging the chasm was occupied last Summer by the Trunk Line with the idea of forestalling the Deschutes Railroad. ' Under the terms of the re cent agreement entered into between the two roads the Harriman and Hill lines will occupy the same -bridge over Crooked River. Bids have also been received by the company for the construction of the big bridge over the Columbia River at Celilo, the two steel bridges for the place where the road will cross the Deschutes near Sherar's bridge, tunnel and cross back again, and for the bridge that will span the Deschutes near the Warm Springs Indian agency. These bids are under consideration In Chicago and contracts will probably be let within a few days. Cutter Will Convey Mazamas. WASHINGTON. -April 6. Senator Chamberlain, In compliance with the wishes of the Society of Mazamas, has requested the Geological Survey to send two experts with the proposed ex pedition to climb Mount McKinley, and has requested the Treasury Department to place a revenue cutter at the dis- Talk No. 1 c BY THOMPSON, OPTlOlASr ZD I IilXL My talk to you today is very important, if you are a sufferer from headaches caused by strain ing: the eyes. It is very" impor tant to you, of conrse, that you should use your eyes, but nature never - intended that - you should abuse them. I know that most headaches come from straining the normal eye or from' using imperfect eyes or, in other words, eyes which do not focus. My ex perience leads me to believe that all strained eyes can be relieved by properly fitted glasses. When this strain is relieved the head ache disappears. 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Hubbard, president of the Peary Arctic Club,., In recognition of the nrpt annivers.'ary of the discovery of the .North Pole by Commander Peary on April 6, 1909, sent the following- telegram to the president of the Chamber of Com merce of Marion, IncL, where Com mander Peary ppoke tonight. "The Peary Arctic Club congratulates the Marion Chamber of Commerce on Its opportunity to hold first annual celebra tion attainment North Pole. It lends you Peary for this date only and invitee you to Join its later celebration of this his torical event." Idaho "Boosters9 Enthusiastic MOSCOW. Idaho, April . (Special.) The Latah County Development League held its first big public "boost er" meeting at the Rink Theater last night. M. E. Lewis, president of the board of regents of the University of Idaho, made the opening- address. We Won't Pay Cigar Duty And you don 't pay for the name "imported" in Van Dyck "Quality " cigars. 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