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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, THURSDAY, DECE3IBER 1, .1910. REPLY PREPARED TOPOHT'SANSWER Committees Are Named Present Findings to Grand Jury. to BIDDER MAKES AFFIDAVIT Commute Xamcd at Ma. Meeting In -Armory Several WffLj Ago Mm la Commercial Clob to Further It Work. For tha pnrpoa of (olsf mora Iota rtat!a la Ita IrrrsstlraLion of tba arta cf tha Port of Portland Cotmrt tartan, tfia et)rt brlrc maJn!r to prascnt facta for grand Jury consideration, tba eommlttea of a. appelated at a mass roaattna; held In tha Armory a few wka ac last nlrh l art at tha rooma of tha Portland Commercial Clob and appointed aoraral aub-comnalttaea and adutd a lenathy reply to tba tfefenaa preaanted by tha Cotnrntsstoa tbrourb tha columns of tha Portlasd oal'.y newtpapera. Cbarlea Maaehem, Alfred F. Gmtth and AJbart fltnr, wera appointed a eommit taa to del-fa Into tba admlntirtraUon of tba pabllo drydock. O. M ladle ton. Fred Kalllo and A- Q. Katill-ht wera "elected ta Bather data In relation to toatta ;aort NX. Tboraaai H. A- Beppner and IX I. Poray wera V-legated tiss taak of Inquiring Into tba Commission's dredr lna operation Tbraa oomml tt era will nvaka raporta at tna next meet Ies; of tha irsnaral enmmtttsa, wbldt will ba bald la about tan daya lalaclou la Proposed. K. R. brook. Job a F. Loran. R. Cit ron. Baa Klealand. Mai Tin Carter. Seneca C. IVie.cn and Cbarlaa A. H lire low a era aalactad to draft a meaeura cfieji ting tba charter at tha Port of Portland in atuna manner ao as to tnaks tba Commlemlon ara alectlra and directly responsible to tba taxpayers. Tba Information gathered by tiie drydork. towairo and dredging; cotnmittM'a. la sjMIUon to being for Brand Jt:ry consumption, will bo ced In Salem In erring before tba Legislature tha passage of tha tneasura to ba pro posed by tha committee, it la oopea to secure also a fraud Jury raport'abowlna tha necessity for a change In tha method of srlecttr.g Comml talon era. Prompted by atatcmanta made by sev eral of thoaa prevent to tha etreec tn. tha Commission has bean In tha habit of ban-In a the public from Its meetings. frequently going Into esecuttYe session for this purpoae. Oeorca li. Thomas pre vented a resolution demandlnr that the lYxnmtMtlon hereafter admit ill tsjipay rra and reprrsenlatlrea of tha news papers of ttie el'r to their sessions. Irre spective of what tha character of auch aeaalons may ba. Tba motion was unanl- nouelr carried. An eaecutlra committee, consisting of Oeom IK Van V aters. Ueorga 11. Thomas. J. II. Nolta, ii Versteeg. H. C. Thompson and 1L H. Prouty. was ap pointed by Chairman Uunly. Bidder Slakes Affidavit. Tn Its reply, prepared by special commltee eelected at tha laat meeting. tha committee went Into details, cor aria mora cloealy tba charges -which have been made against tha Commls ston. Tha document was accompanied by several affidavits, among which was ona from John F. Cratg. vice- pres ident and general manager of tha Craig PalpbulMtng Company, of Long Bearn. L alleamg teal ne uaa peen ai criminated agatnat In tha letting of contracts for tha construction of ve acta for tha Port of Portland. Mr. Craig elated tn thla aworn etate- ment that ha had been .refused tha con tract tor tha building of a bar tug. da srlte tha fact that hla bid waa mora than S70 lower than that of bis near eat competitor, tha Willamette Iron and Steel Work, and In face of a recom- mendatlun from the commission's con suiting engineer. J. B, C. Lock wood. that ha be given tha contract, auch recommendation having been made after Mr. Lsvkwood had ful'.y Invest! gated tha capabilities of Mr. Craig's plant. Tha neat time be bid. bis affidavit states, bis envelops was returned un opened. Tba third time he refuaad to bid. and ba declares that several other bulldrra also refnuad. believing that there waa no possibility of receiving fair treatment. Tha w Illaroette Iron and Steel Works. In which C F. Swig, art la alleged to bava been a stock' holder, received the contracts. Kales Advajtced la Charge. Charlea F. Machem. F. Hagemann, E. W. Spencer. O. W. Hoaford, A. W Mcintosh. Osborne Mlddleton. Andrew Hoben and Albert Crowe had signed an affidavit, marked "Kxhlblt A" and presented with the reply, declaring that the recent action of tha Commission In tampering with tha pnblie drydock rates had had the effect of ralalng them from II to per cent. Cnder tha old rates the steamer Northland could, tbey inl'1. ba docked for three days for while under tha new rates it would cost I34S. an Increase of 21 per rent. It was formerly possible, ac cording to tba sworn statement, to dock tha tramp steamer Beach ley for three days for f ;:. Now It would cost an Increase of ti per cent. The business, they declare, has been going to the Oregon lryTxt Company. In which tbey allege C F. Bwlgert holds aa Interest. In the reply tha committee scores tha Commission for falling to take legal action against Robert Wakefield sr Co.. to secure tha money which tiie taxpayers, according to a finding of Judge Clclanu. ware defrauded In tha drydock contract transaction by col lusive bidding, and ascribes as the reason for such failure the fact that Robert Wakefield and C F. Swlgert are partners la buslnssa enterprises. Tba allegation la made that the Commission paid the O. IL a N. Company an ex orbitant price for tha tugs Orklahama and Wallula. despite a report to tha contrary from Consulting engineer Lock wood. I LONG 'BIKE' JOURNEY ENDS and there, occupied seats around banquet table at tha Commercial, Clnb last nlgbt In honor of tha Sth anni versary of the ograalxatloB of tba so ciety In Portland. K. K Baxter, president of the society, was toastnwster. and Dr. W. T. Wil liamson spoke on "The Land We Live In." W. J. Burns responded to the toast. "The Land We Left." W. 1. Wheelwright spoke on "The Scot Abroad." and Robert Oray on "St. An drew and tit. Andrew's Societies. Telearams from San Francisco. Seat tie. Victoria. B. C. Philadelphia and Toronto. Canada, oangratulatlng the society ware read. Major Mac-Donald Played tha bag pipe. Quests at the banquet wars: ' K. K. Baxter. A. O. Brown. A- T. Smith. C- I-fith. Thomas Boras. Jobs rtaikle. In. J. V. ImU. a. B. Rlrell. W. J. Burn James Cormac.lt. J. A. Pick. H. L. IMaald. Andrew Driver. IX Q Tjuncaa. Bobert Oray. A. T. Hucrln. D. T. Kerr. 8. o: Kerr. J. B. W. Uswii. K Lrrlacvloae. Dr. Marshall. A. T. Mattbeej, XX A. Milne. Joba Latia. William Comfort, r-aolala B. F- Cameron. Thomas Mens. WllUem Browa. T. a. Maun. Al W. Pcott. Alex Mulrbead. W. K. Mackenxie. W. A- MacTtse. Mr. McCarser. H- Mclnnes. W. o. Mcrberenn. J. A. i-aterson. IX A. . Pat tullo. A. li. Bidden. J. R. Bttiait. Jemes Tbompeon. O. C. TamSull. C. E. . T" A. M. WrlrhU trr. WlUlemeoa. J. L. Hen derson. N. F. Hynd. R. W. Mackensie. Will iam Keed. jack Merkle. R. B. rleai. Robert Barton. J. H. McDonald, F. T. Crowtber. Jsme llstoblnsoa. A. R- fsltollo. J. M. Wallace. IL Matthew. M. Murdock, J. M. Mukle. B. J. titewart. Alex Hardle. D. IL Oowsns. w. H. Skene. Cbarlea Cooper. A. D. H. H. Maekeaxle. B. Blackwood. Will iam Oedsvr. A. M. Karr, A. T. W. Kerr aad William Mootoa. INNER VOICE PROFANE IMPAIRED CREDIT OF ROADS DE ED Shippers Contend Securities Are Still Favored in Fi nancial Markets. CAPITAL IS EXCESSIVE lows Commissi lonrr-clpx-t Trstlflca That OTer-Capltallzatlon In I'oar State Is 9400,000,000 De velopment Xot Stopped. Erv-c..vIBLiai SAID TO HATE DUAL FERSOXALITr. John K. Norma a Keac-lira Iam fples From Seattle. An- Ia'S ANGE1.E3. Cal.. Nov. JO (Spe cial.! John K. Norman reached Loa Angeles on a bicycle today from Seat tle via Portland. He left Portland on July 11 and baa wheeled every foot of the war. He says he will walk back, as It Is too tough work on a "bike." 36TH BIRTHDAY IS KEPT ft. Andrew's Society Celebrates With Banquet at Commercial Clnb. tlchty-seven Scotchmen, members of BX Andrew's bociety. with a guest bare Captain J. B. Smith. Ousted From Stsohoralab, Arouses Everett. MsUady Donned Incurable. EVERETT. Wash-. Nov. S 9pe claL) Afflicted wtlh a dual personal ity and compelled to appear to ba devil when ba would rather pose as a saint. Captain J. B. Smith, years ago, a gambler, but now reformed. Is puxxllr.g physicians and the authorities of Bno horn Is h County. For IS rears Captain Smith has been nnabla to control hla voice and In a running conversation. be has been obliged by tha evil personality to In ject profane words which have no con nactloa whatever with the subject Ota- cussed. The profane words are spoken la a voles baring an altogether auier ent key from that In which air. Smith converses. Today Captain Smith was oroaa-ex- amlned thoroughly by Prosecutor Bell, la an effort to ascertain It tha man could ceass the Involuntary exclama tions which have proved ao objection able. Those In the adjoining room could have imagined a gambling game waa In progress with Smith aa one of the most excited players. Throughout the conversation, he Injected remarks utterly Irrelevant and objectionable. Mr. Smith came here from Snoho mish, where he owned a small cabin. and where the Chamber of Commerce had decided at a meeting that means should ba taken to oust him from the city. He persisted In talking to women and children and hla shocking, al' though. Involuntary exclamations made him tha terror of tba town. A complaint charging Inaanity failed and Smith refused to leave when it was found that ba waa not Insane but that hla nervous malady was such that his presence waa objectionable In Snoho mish. Mr. Smith arrived In Everett today and created consternation whereever he appeared. Just what will ba dona with him has not been decided at Sno homish. Ha announced today that he would return to that city and a warm conteat la expected. He ssys be Is a member of a big grocery firm in Se attle. Tacoma and San Francisco and carries a letter from a savant saying that his malady Is Incurable. EMPLOYES TO BENEFIT STKEIi TItCST HAS 11 MILLIONS FOR WORREItS' PEXSIOXS. Jlen and Women Who Have Been In Service 90 Years or More Will Be Cared For In Old Age. NEW YORK. Nov. 10. Judge Elbert H. Gary announced today that begin ning January 1. 111. the United States Steel Corporation will pay three classes of old age pensions to those of Its em ployes who bava served with either the parent company or Its subsldlarlea for more than 20 years. The Income will be derived from the Cnlted States Steel Corporation and Carnegie Joint Fund, to which no employes contribute and will be divided Into jhree classes. These are: Flrst Pensions by compulsory re- tlrement. granted to employes who have been 10 yeara or longer in tbe service and have reached tbe age of years for men. and 0 years for women. Second Pensions by retirement at request, granted to employee who have in 10 years or longer In the sirvlre and have reached the age of to years for men and to years for women. Third pensions for permanent inca pacity, granted to employes wbo have been Jo years or more In the service and have become permanently or total ly Incapacitated through no fault of thetr own. No pension of mors than 11 20 will be allowed and none of lesa than $12 a month. Between these extremes. 1 per nt or the regular monthly pay re ceived during the last 10 years of service will be allowed for each year of total service. Tha United States Steel Corporation haa a pension fund of S9. 000.000 and the Carnegie fund, established In 1901 by Andrew Carnegie, amounts to f 4.000,000, so that the Joint principal available will ba $12,000,000. WASntNGTON". Nov. 30. Testimony in the Eastern Trunk Line freight advance cases was virtually concluded by the In- terstate Commerce Commission today. after many witnesses for the shippers had agreed that the proposed Increases would localize competition, hurt tbe Weatern market for Eastern goods and otherwlsa seriously Interfere with their i business. ' The period of suspension of tha pro- rosed advances la until January It and i In tha meantime, on January 9. argu- j menu of the counsel will be made. The . Commission may bo prepared to give Ita decision by the expiration of the present i extension. Shippers Well Supported. There was a steady run of witnesses today In support of the shippers' pro testa They Included heads of the West Inghouse Airbrake Company, of the Rail way Busineaa Association, of the Ameri can Locomotive Company, and of shoe and leather, drug, cotton goods and oth er enterprlsea Clifford Thorns, of Washington, Iowa, State Railway Commissioner-elect, coun sel for the Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association and the Farmers and Grain Dealers' Association, contended that In four states alone the railroads had been over capitalised by $400,000,000. Thla was based on statistical summary of the ac tual physical valuation of 13S properties bavtng a combined capitalisation of more than $1,000,000. Mr. Thorna contended that railway net earnings bava been Increasing faster than their expenses and that the credit of the roads was good. He urged that the only proof offered by the railroads to support their argument of credit Im pairment waa that they oould not mar ket 4 per cent bonds at par. an ability which he regarded as by no means Indi cative of bad credit. Kallroad Securities Good. He said that railroad securities were more desirable today than five, ten. 15 end 20 yeara ago and command higher i market prices than those of other pub- Uo utility or Industrial companies. Tell your troubles to the Commis sioner," wss tha only consolation Presi dent Lawrence, of the Lawrence Com pany, of Boston and New York, testified he received from the railroads when he tried to talk to them about advances which meant $70,000 Increased cost an nually to bis cotton-piece goods busi ness. Edwin F. Forbes, of Boston, candy manufacturer, contended that candy Is a necessity and not a luxury. A. D. But terfleld, for tba New York Central lines, forced him to ssy that he saw no reason why sugar, unaffected In the proposed advance and a big factor In the candy businesa, should not bear its share of the Increase. He said the Increase would take off half of his quarter of a cent profit on the and a cents a pound candy and that In the East, hla candy goods Jobbed at 15 and 40 centa a pound were sold by retailers at from 60 cents to $1.S0 a pound. Cost I teaches Consumers. It Is tiie Purchasing Power of Your Dollars That interests yrm. If the standard makes (and they are standard makes) of the Shoes we sell are good values at $4.00, $5X10 and $6.00, they should be a mighty sight better at $2.00 and $2.50 Should they notT W sell the factory samples of the best .American Shoes manufactured. Charles L Swarts. of St. Louis, repre senting the Natlonnl and Weatern As sociation of Shoe Wholesalers, testified that the increased cost would be put upon the dealers and that It would ulti mately reach tha cor.suroers on certain medium and low-grade shoes. He re ferred to the old rebate "plums" which tha railroads gave favored shippers until the Hepburn act stopped these secret practices. Are any of these rebates still ex isting?" asked Commissioner Clements. "I wish they were, under conditions." Tt la surprising to me." continued Mr. Clements, "to find now how ex tensive these rebate practices used to be when It was so bard than for us to find them at alL" George A. Post, of New York, presi dent of the Railway Business Associa tion, testified that tba main purpose of his organization was to promote frlend- relationa between the railroads and the public e have learned." be said, "that con servative talk la better than vitrlolics. Ws ars organizing good humor, not gloom." Mr. Post declared the purchases of the railroads had diminished markedly tn the lost four or five months. Development Xot Suspended. "Do yon know of an Instance where the railroads bava suspended any work NOTICE! Our upstairs rent is one-seventh of the rent paid by ground floor stores. No fancy fixtures, no heavy ex penses, but just perfect - fitting, stylish $4 to $3 shoes for ladies at $2.00 NOTICE! Our upstairs rent is one-seventh of the rent paid by ground floor stores. No fancy fixtures, no heavy ex penses, but just perfect - fitting, stylish $4 to $S hoes for men. Pair $2.50 Portland ' Busiest Shoe Shop' BRANCH 150 Third St, Bet. Morrison and Alder Upstairs. OPPOSITE SKID MO RE'S. New Shipments Weekly OPEN DALLY 8 A. M. TO 6 P. M. ON SATURDAY 8 A.M. TO 10 P. M. Sixth Floor Oregoniaii Bldg. Rooms 600-601-602-603-603. nTAKJB ELEVATOR 2 of development already begun?' asked Commissioner Prouty. "Not at this moment," replied the wit ness. Herman Wee tin gh cruse, vice-president of the Weatinghouse Airbrake Company, de clared that airbrakes had a much higher efficiency than five years ago, that train could carry 60 per cent more load down heavy grades, and that he believed the Increasing price of from 12 to IS per cent had been made up to the carriers by the increased efficiency. W. H. Marshal, president of the Amer ican Locomotive Company, testified to the absence of the railroads from that company. Railroads were not paying more, he thought, than heretofore, for freight en glnes, although passenger equipment was higher. He thought there had been an effective improvement In engines freight carriers, while the price per ton was about the same ss a decade ago. then proceed to the National Palace, where they will receive the consatU' lations of diplomats, government of ficials and private delegations TO INDUCT DIAZ TODAY Mexican Dictator Will Take Oath (or Eighth. Time. MEXICO CITT Nov. 10, With simple ceremony. General Diaz will take the oath of office as President of the Re public of Mexico for the eighth time. tomorrow. In view of tbe disturbances through which the country has recent ly passed the Inauguration will not bs marked by the season of festivities that baa accompanied it in former years, but will be conducted with the same for mal dignity and impresslveness. The ceremonies will take place at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning In tbe ball of tha Palace of Mines, where the Chamber of Deputies has been holding Its sessions pending tha completion of Its new home. Only the dlplomatlo corps arid a few other .distinguished personages, in addition to tha high Mexican officials, will attend. Following tbe Induction of President Diaz, the oath will be administered to Ramon Corral, re-elected to the vioo- Dresldency. The President and Vice-President win MISS LENEVE MOT ABOARD Dr. Crippen'a Companion Doesn't Appear on Steamer List. NEW TOPJC, Nov. . If Ethel Lsneve. Dr. Crlppen's erstwhile companion, la on board the steamer Majestic, which an chored off Quarantine tonight, she had a better di'gulss than when she cams to Canada In boy's clothes abroard the Montrose. Her name does not appear on the passenger list and no one like her. of ficers of the ship said today, had been recognlzedv It was reported from London that Mlas Lenev had taken passage second-class) under the name of "Miss Allen" and would embark at Southampton, but the prediction apparently went wrong. Victoria Feela Earth Shake. VICTORIA. B. C Nov. 30. Two slight earthquake shocks were felt hers st ll:it o'clock tonight. No damage has been reported. Creeping Watch What She Does Tomorrow "innwiE iff. ftKa m a sr u h ka At Fountains & Elsewhere Ask for M H as M The Original and Gcnulat VlsTlsba I fern Ev 171 Eg.?! Tht Food-drink far All Ages. At restaurants, hotek, and fountain. Delicious, invigorating and sustaining. Keep it on your sideboard at home. 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