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THE MOKMXU OKEGOMATf, WEDMMDAT, JASTJARY 35, 1911. ENGLISH LORD, AMERICAN GIRL WHOM HE WILL MARRY, AND HER SISTER. x TUFT SPEAKS FOR LASH APPLIED TO POSTAL SERVICE Raw Furs Bought Highest Prices Paid Send for Price List II v- 4 ' r 50c Suede Belts 29c $6.00 Bridal Set $3.69 President Says Time Ripe for Congress to Pass Bill Oft Discussed. "Southerner in House Accuses Department of Starving Rural Service. i r I'.? '3 .4 J Entire Corner, Fourth and Morrison, MERCHANT MARINE 1 CARRIERS GET INCREASE General Drniand for More Pay for , Them Draw Concession From Committee Critic Alms Shaft at Taft and Hitchcock. WASHINGTON. Jan. 14. The HouM today passed the postofflce appropriation bill, carrying about 1157.000.000. with in negative vote. The postofflce commlttte of the House. V, . tr.armaatr.lnral and "Others higher up." Including by inference the President of the United States, came in for a scoring- at the hands of members of the House a the consideration of the bill. The debate reached Its neigni when Slsson of Mississippi said with vlror: "The mall service all ever the Lnlted States Is in a h I of a fix to use a ptronr expression and this House should fix the responsibility where It belong. Some say it Is the committee, gome y It Is the department, and some ay it Is the President. The department has declined to spend the money ap propriated for additional rural free de livery routes, and 1 Koine to turn back a surplus of $1,700,000 from this senr- As soon as the rural free delivery paragraph In the bill was reached, sev eral members were on their feet offer ing amendments to Increase the pay of the rural carriers from S0 a year all the way to 11200. Chairman Weeks, of tl e postofTlce committee, attempted to limit the debate, but the House would rot hear of it. Chairman Weeks said unquestionably some of the rural carriers on the harder routes were underpaid. Others, he thought, were receiving- all they de served. "However." added Weeks, "the com mittee Is now willing- to have the sal aries of the rural carriers Increased 1100 a year." The House then passed an amend ment providing that after July 1. 111. the carriers should receive a salary not exceeding- $100 a year. An attempt to substitute official post age (tamps for the franks now used by members of Congress and Government departments was defeated. THIEF GETS QUICK JUSTICE Kllrnsbrrff Barber on Way to Jail 0 Honrs After Crime. ELLENSBTOG. Wash, Jan. !. ( Special. Harry Black-well quit his Job at the Star barber shop Saturday evening at 1 "clock, but left the rear window unlatched. He returned at 1J:15 A. M entered through the win dow, turned the - combination of the safe, took the contents and went to North Taklma to have a "Joy" ride. Meanwhile the local police were on Ms trail and telegraphed hla descrip tion to the North Taklma. police and the man was brought back here at noon Sunday. His trial was held this morning and Blackwell pleaded guilty.' He was sentenced to serve from one to 15 years In the reformatory at Mon roe. Youth and his drunken condition at the time of the crime, coupled with this being his first offense. Influenced Judge Kauffman to give hlra a light sentence. The man will be on his way to pris on within hours after the crime was committed. This Is the second time within 10 dsys that local officers have been able to convict t man within S( hours after htf committed a crime. INJURED MINER MAY LIVE .old Hill Man, Hurt In Explosion, Has Chance Girl May lose) Eye. MEDFORD. Or.. Jan. 14. (Special.) H. C. RledeU a Gold Hill miner, who lost both of his hands last Saturday by the explosion ef chemicals with which he was experimenting on the Invention cf a new sulphur match. Is said today to have a fghtlng chance for his life, but his 1-year-old daughter, who was standing beside him at the time, may loe the sight of one of her eyes as the result of burns she received about the fare. Owing to the wounds Inflicted by the explosion, surgeons were forced to am putate both Riedel's bands above the wrist, but It Is from an Injury to an artery In his neck, ruptured by a flying . piece of the tin pan in which he. was mixing the chemicals, that It Is feared he may lose his life. The little girl Is being watched by surgeons at the Gold Hill Hospital and every means Is being ' taken to save her sight. Mrs. RledeU who was 111 in an ad- . Joining room when the explosion oc. . curred. suffered -a slight relapse from nervous shock. FORTS WILL BE INSPECTED Llcntenant-ColoncI Bingham Or. tiered to 1C Fortifications. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.. Jan. 14. (Special.) Lieutenant Colonel Bingham. Deputy Quartermaster Ceneral. has been ordered to make an Inspection of 12 forts In the Department of the Columbia In connection with much " new construction work to be done the ' coming Summer. Accompanied by a clerk. Colonel Bing ham will visit Forts Lawton. Word en. Casey. Flagler and Ward, and Vancouver Barracks. Washington: Fort Stevens. Oregon: Forts Columbia and Can by. Washington; Boise Barracks. Idaho; Fort Walla Walla and George Wright. Washington. In the order named. Soros I Club Adds to Fond. THE DALLES. Or.. Jan. !4. (Spe cial.) The Soroats Club of this city observed scholarship loan fund day this afternoon at the Commercial Club par lors. A musical programme was given, home made candy sold, and refresh ments served to increase the sum ta be applied to the fund, which Is loaned to young girls of Oregon to be nsed in obtaining a higher education. Vancouver Theater Is I reaped. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. J4--(Special.) Messrs. Rice and Hatching of Portlsnd. today leased the Grand Theater from William Rasmus. The house will be dark until Snturday night, when a syacJP company will open. 1 n I t. -4 M J! ml. J7 1 SOBSLMARK SPEECH Mrs. Schenk Sheds Tears When Lawyer Pleads. JURORS' EYES GROW DIM Attack on Witnesses for Prosecution Interlarded With Appeals to Sympathy Books Made on Verdict by Gamblers. WHEELING. W. Va, Jan. J4. Appar ently unmoved by the bitter Invective of Assistant Prosecutor Fred L. Maury In his opening argument yesterday before the Jury that is trying the case. Laura Farnsworth Schenk. charged with ad ministering poison to her husband, to day broke down and sobbed almost con tinuously while her own attorneys- three of them presented their side to the Jury. . The first emotion came when Attor ney Frank A. O'Brien. In opening, men tioned the two children, of whose com pany she has been deprived since her arrest. The Jurymen, too, shed tears, while there were many tear-dimmed eyes In the crowded courtroom. O'Brien drew a vivid picture of the lonely incarceration of the prisoner on the three real holidays of the year Thanksgiving. Christmas and New Tear's. She was not even permitted to send her two children the little pres ents she had worked and made for them, the work of her own hands, he declared. In the morning session Mr. Maury resumed his argument In behalf of the state. He again touched upon the prin cipal points brought out In relation to the poison found In the medicine taken by Schenk and the fact that tne aeiena ant had bought it. Mr. O'Brien's address largely at tacked the witnesses offered by the state and pleaded for sympathy for the accused woman. S. O. Boyce. the third attorney for the defendant, paid his re spects to Daniel Z. Phillips, who offered damaging testimony against Mrs. Schenk. characterizing Phillips as a -writhing worm, who squirmed himself Into the affections of Laura Schenk, only to accept ber presents and damn her character." The case Is to go to the Jury tomor row afternoon. Shortly before court opened today Denutr Sheriffs were sent out to clear the streets before the Courthouse, where men were making bets on the verdict. Books are being made on the result. 1 Mil I ' v v ITS zl I z '.' - -A ... ... . .. , l: I - ? :V I ... - PLAGUE CAUSES RUSH Foreigners Fie From Pekln Because of Fear of Scourge. PEKIN. Jan. !4. The weekly express to Hankow today was crowded with refugees. These Included college pro fenors. military officers, the Italian Min ister, nil nor diplomats and persons of means who find the moment convenient for vacation or retirement. The bubonic plague, which had its first victim here several days ago and. It Is believed, msny since. Is the primary cause of the exodus. No new cases of bubonic plague were reported here today, but the opinion is held st the legations that the Chinese are not reporOng Illness and are possibly seorettnr the bodies. The newspapers are supporting the government In Its efforts to allay the fears. The messes, nevertheless, are much alarmed by grewsome reports, such ss one alleging that the Russians at Harbin are casting the afflicted into poisoned wells. The story perhaps de veloped from the possible use of lime pits for the dead. Meanwhile the diplomatic body has not been able to agree how the legations here should be quarantined. The Ger mans, Austrlans and British are behind barred gates of their own compounds and are advocating drastic measures. The Japanese, who have the most pressing general Interests to be looked after, are supported by the Russians in arguing the necessity of continuing diplomatic relations with the Chinese Foreign Board. Calhoun Would Exclude Chinese. William J. CVlhoun. the American Min ister, has suggested keeping within the quarter all the guards and exclusion of the Chinese, except such officials as have business with the legations. The mod erates declare the others are panic stricken, while political motives are at tributed to the Japanese. So far only a general measure of quarantine has been undertaken. The disease hss reached Pao-Ting-Fu. in the Province of Chi -Li. on Its south ward progress. Pso-Tlng-Fu is "0 miles southwest of Pekln. The Viceroy of Hankow has tele graphed to the government asking per mission to establish a quarantine against Pekln. JAPAX IX CHARGE OF FIGHT China Abandons Struggle In Man. churl to Islanders. TOKIO. Jan. 14. Grave news is re ceived from Pekln. where, because of the presence of the plague, the legation quarter has been segregated. Foreign ers have thus far escaped the infection. The pestilence is reported as spreading rapidly throughout Manchuria. A fact, significant of the seriousness of the situation, is that Chinese authori ties have decided to permit the Japa nese officials and physicians to assume control of the san'tary measures and to conduct the necessary preventive campaign. The Japanese officials in South Man churia have brought medical experts Into the stricken districts and are ex pending much money to check the progress of the epldemlo In Darien and Mukden. They have met with some success at these points, but the epldemlo had ob tained an irresistible bold In Kwang Cheng Txe before the Japanese were allowed to take control. There are reports that the garrison at Tien Tsln has been Infected. 9 OF 100 CASES ARE FATAL I as 1 Plague Introduced by Jlunters. Chinese Suspect Malice. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 24. A pedal dispatch from Harbin declares that hunters from Jerebos, In Mongolia, car ried the plague Into Manchuria. The first cases occurred near Khallar. but the disease was not localized and crept to t3e southeast. Almost every case has ended In death. The diseases are of the pulmonary type and the mortality Is estimated at 99 per cent. According to the dispatched the Chinese masses suspect that It was de signedly introduced into this country. Sixteen phyelclans, Z5 assistant surgeons and 200 nursea have been assembled by the Russian authorities and will be sent to the Infected districts. Amoy Enforces Quarantine. . AMOT, China, Jan. 24. Owing to the prevalence of the plague, all ships ar riving here from the North will be quarantined. PRISON SENTENCE GIVEN 3 Two Horsetiiieves 'and Burglar Sent to Penitentiary. VALE. Or., Jan. 24. The Malheur cir cuit court reconvened yesterday on its third week of work, most of which will be given up to the trials of cases pend ing in connection with the officers and directors of the United States National bank of this city. H. M. Shaver, who was convicted of the larceny of a mare from John Ward, of Nyssa. was sentenced to three years by Judge Biggs, but was paroled on condition that he report to Sheriff Ker foot every sixty days and that Jie en gage in some lawful employment. Mur phy and Hamilton, two horsethieves. arrested near Eugene three months ago, were convicted, and will serve six years each in the Salem penltentlajy. William Smith, found guilty of burglary was sentenced to two yesrs in the peniten tiary. QUARREL CAUSES SHOOTING F.nwrson Hook Wounds George Kelly and Flees Officers Pnrsuc. ROSEBCRG. Or., Jan. 24. (Special.) v.llv inl.nf lies at MercV wuif "--" " - - Hospital In a precarious condition as the result or being snot Dy tmorara late yesterday. Kelly says Hook engaged In an alter cation with an associate and. receiving the worst of the deal, drew a revolver and commenced to fire. Two of the bul lets went wild, while the third strode Kelly In the mouth. TfeA InlnMil man was oroueht to the local hospital for treatment The officers are In pursuit of Hook, who lert the immlntrlv following the shoot- Ing. without even waiting to don hat or coat. i SHIPPING TRUST ATTACKED Merchant Marine Congress Charges Discrimination by Foreign Ship owners Against Americans In Export Traffic WASHINGTON'. Jan. St. President Taft. addressing the delegates to the National Merchant Marine Congress at the White House today, declared that not only was the country ready for the creation of a merchant marine, hut Con gress bad discussed the ' measure long enough to act on' It promptly. Foreign. Discrimination Charged. Emphatic resolutions charging gross discrimination on the part of foreign steamship companies against American manufacturers, and urging Congress to take vigorous measures to destroy "the arrogant, alien maritime trusts," were unanimously adopted today by the con vention. It also petitioned Congress for the creation of "an Independent service of American-ships, built for the naval reserve and to be honestly and ably managed In American interests." The convention decided to circulate petitions among labor unions and trade organizations, asking them to urge Con gress to Immediate action on behalf of American shipping Interests so as to make possible Increased manufacture at home. James L. Ewell, secretary of the con vention, spoke on the benefits of a merchant marine to export trade. James L. Ewell. secretary of the mer chant marine committee of 100, said: ' "The way in which a Nation's export trade is vitally connected with its mer chant marine may appear from one or two Illustrative examples. A few years ago, in fact until 1907. we had plying between San Francisco and Australasia three American ships known as tne Oceanic line. They made regular sail ings from San Francisco every three weeks as mail and passenger and cargo steamers "The last year these boats were In operation, before being driven from the field by subsidized Canadian and Japa nese competition, they carried from the port of San Francisco to Australia J28, 000.000 worth of products. "Last year, in the absence of any line from San Francisco to Australasia, de pending exclusively upon tramp steam ship service, our exports from San Francisco shrank to a total value of only 12.000,0m.-' TRUST CONTROLS SEA, CHARGE Senator Lodge Makes Plea, for Mail Subsidy Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Advocating the passage of the ocean mail subsidy bill. Senator Lodge today, in a speech, charged! that the transportation of American goods to foreign ports is un der the control of a trust among for eign ship owners. He said this combination controls business both on the Pacific and in the South American trade and that It has power to fix frelght-j-ates. - Lodge said that If enacted Into law the Galllnger bill would put the com bination out of business so far as It effects South America. "As a result of permitting It to con tinue," said the Senator, " we are pay ing millions of dollars a year more for carrying our goods than are other na tions. This Is the cost of our indif ference In allowing ourselves to be dis criminated against by this foreign com bination." TUFT STANDS By HUNT PRESIDENT XVTLXj XOT WITH DRAW JUDGE'S XOMINATIQX. If Xot Confirmed, Montana Jurist Will Be Reappointed, as Present Office -is Filled. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 24. President Taft todny informed a member of the Senate Judi ciary committee that he would not with draw the nomination of Judge William H. Hunt, of Montana, as a member of the Commerce Court, notwithstanding the fight made against him In the Ju diciary committee yesterday. The Pres ident believes Hunt can be confirmed. There was a rumor today that the President wuld be asked by friends of Hunt to withdraw the nomination, or at least not to make a recess appointment, if he Is not confirmed before the ex piration of the present session. This was denied and on the contrary it was said the President was certain to re appoint Hunt to the Commerce Court be cause the place he now holds had been offered to another and had been ac cepted. Friends of Hunt say they have not abandoned hope of having him confirmed at the present session. The Senate committee did not act yesterday because there were two members absent. An other effort will be made next Monday to bring the case to a votq. The op position to Judge Hunt is led by Sena tor Borah. - NEW ORLEANS SHOWS FEAR (Continued fromPae 1.) statements betraying discouragement were made. While the Louislanlans con tinue to claim the fight as won, members of the campaigning delegation are com plaining bitterly of "mismanagement," and this afternoon Rodenburg snarled to a Callfornlan: San Francisco seems to have hypno tized the President and subsidized the press. The contest before the Senate com mittee was one of the liveliest episodes of all the campaigning of the cities. While any action in the upper House is momentarily overshadowed by the Im pending conflict In the House, it may take on great importance before the fight before Congress Is ended. If unsuccess- as-1 ai ored Suits FIFTH AVE. MODELS; ON SALE AT $45.00 Values Displayed in Window Today. 4 From the hands of Master Tailors. r Expert workmen, who fashion garments as only the best men tailors can. This a most remarkable sale concerns only gar ments of a very high character. Materials are Novelty Mixtures in imported weaves and fine Broadcloths. The line not tremendously heavy yet commend able from the standpoint of value presents an irresist ible price, which conveys a message you must be early. Suit Section Third Floor. '. Our Big Sale of Furs Is Progressing Grandly. Attend Our Amazing Sale of Millinery. Big Sale of Muslin Underwear Bargains in Belts and Hosiery First Floor Sales ful .In the lower body, the Loulslanians may attempt to halt San Francisco in the Senate and put the final decision of Congress off until next session. Californians In East at Work. DENVER, Colo., Jan. 24- Colorado yesterday got Into the fight between San Francisco and New Orleans for the Panama Exposition in 1915. the Legis lature adopting a resolution to memori alize Congress in behalf of San Fran cisco. The resolution met with no op position in either branch of the Leg 'slature. There Is a bill now pending in the Senate appropriating $250,000 for a Colorado building and exhibit, pro vided the exposition le held at San Francisco. Colorado Is for Bay City. NEW YORK, Jan. 24. The California Society of New York sent a dele gation to Washington tonight to fur ther San Francisco's campaign for the Panama Exposition in 1915. Californi ans from Baltimore and other points joined the New York party en route. Eighteen hundred dollars for the cause has been subscribed. California Backs Klamath Project. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan. 24. A reso lution by Senator Shanahan. urging Oregon to co-operate in completing the Klamath Irrigation project on the boundary between the two states, was adopted by the Senate .today, and the Secretary of State was directed by the terms to send copies of it to each house of the Oregon Legislature. Missouri Supports New Orleans. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Jan. 24. The State Senate today adopted a resolution endorsing New Orleans for tne Panama Exposition In 1915. Pacific Mutual Wins Victory. LINCOLN. Neb.. Jan. 24. The Paciflo Mutual Insurance Company, of Cali fornia, today won a victory in the Federal Court, when Judge Hunger sustained the plea of the company and declared that It had a right to do busi ness in Nebraska. Ex-State Auditor Earle barred the California company from Nebraska because local firms were not admitted in that state on reciprocal terms. . The ruling of the Insurance Commissioner is reversed. Sick Judge Knows Xot of Death. OAKLAND, CaU Jan. 24. Charles S. Melvln, brother of Associate Justice Melvln, of the Supreme Court, died lata last night In Berkeley after an opera tion. Justice Melvln, who is very ill in Providence Hospital and threatened with an attack of typhoid fever, has not yet been told of his brother's death. Theater Is Being Repaired. MARSHFIELD, Or., Jan. 24. (Spe cial.) W. F. Bernell, who has leased theaters in several of the Coos and Douglas County towns. Is making soma extensive repairs in the Masonic Opera House In this city: The other play- I houses on the circuit are at Roseburpr, Coqullie, aiyrtie foint ana nanaon. Odds and Ends of Tailored Waists Selling Normally at $2.75 to $4.50 In One Great Cleanup Sale Wednesday $1.85 Poplins, Mohair, Nunsveiling, Soisette, Scotch ' Flannels and Chiffon Taffeta Waists Smartly tailored waists, all this season's newest models in navy, blue, black, brown, cardinal and gray,also striped effects in gray, blue and black. The chiffon taffeta waists are loth fancy and plain tailored styles in plaids and stripes in all the popular shades and colorings. Made with side plaits on the shoulders end fasten with gilt or silver colored buttons. Long tailored sleeves with tucked cuffs and stock collar and bow. Some have trimmings of contrasting colored silks tucked which iorm panels and rever effects. The other waists are made with seven or five side plaits on either side of the front and one box pleat in the center which fastens with self-covered tailored buttons of the same material. The backs have double box pleats and the sleeves are perfectly plain tailored, with tailored cuffs. se offfierifcQnly