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rurc morm.no onKc.oxiAy. Monday, august 38.- in. BEEF RAISERS SEEK PROFIT "LEAKAGE" Cost of Dressed Meat May Be Cut by Conference at Fort Worth. MARKET PRACTICE BLAMED I iHrra-r of 900 Vrr Cent in Cot of Troduct at Retail and rrlce Paid on Hoof Fonht by Cattlemen. Texan Pemand Fairness. AUSTIN. Tex, AC 57. (SplaL The great meat-packers of the country l-are Rood rause to tremble In their hoots. If the powerful Teias Cattle raisers' Association succeeds with Its plans there will be either a big drop In the price of meat products, or a con siderable rise In the price of cattle on the hoof. It Is no Government plsy which this asoclatlon Is preparing to start. Its members own approximately f.OOo.OOO tattle. It Is estimate that It takes about 11 acres to irrase one animal on the Texas range. On this basis It will he seen that the total acreage of ranches In this state Is approximately ;:.0rt0.000 acres. The value of this land ranges from i to $10 an acre, with SIS aa an average. The aggregate value of the holdings to Its members Is almost ll.OOO.OOO.OOO. Vast Acreage I Grawd. . The day of the cattle baron In Texas has not yet passed. Belonging; to this association are men who count their cattle by the tens of thousands. The vast domain owned by Mrs. Henrietta M King, covers Hi3 square miles, which Is SOO square miles larger than Rhode Island. Upon the King ranch there are branded each year between Si,nos and 40.000 calves, and the cattle holdings aggregate about Ui.000 head. With a powerful financial backing and a thorough understanding of the marketing of cattle, the Texas Cattle raisers" Association has taken prelim inary steps through Its president. Ed ward C- Lasater. to perform a work of supposed vat pabllc benefit. It Is the purpose of Mr. Lasater and his asso ciates to solve the problem of the pre vailing high cost of meats. This work Is being undertaken In the Interest of the consumer aa well as to see If the cattle Industry cannot be placed upon a more substantial basis. The move ment Is to be extended to all parts of the country. Price Jump Remarkable. Mr. Lasater says that there Is no just ground for a difference of SOO per cent between what the producer gets for Ms cattle and what the con sumers pays for the product. There Is something radically wrong somewhere. With this In view Mr. Laaater recently called a Joint meeting of the producers of cattle and consumer of meat In Fort Worth for September 1J. to dis cuss the situation, and to find some remedy for the present high cost of Low prices of cattle have prevailed for months. But consumers have been paying as much as ever for meat. It Is charged by Mr. Lasater that either the packers are receiving an exorbitant profit, or there is an illegitimate gain going to the middleman In the sale of meats. The members of the Texas Cat tleralsers Association want whatever legitimate profits in the Industry to be fairly distributed, and If a middle ground can be reached whereby the prices of cattle can be reduced, and those of meats reduced, the result will benefit the whole country. FAMILY DROWNS IN LAKE Mother, Father and Bab Perish When Boat Overturns. fPOKANC "Wash, Aug. S7. (Spe cial.) Machinist Baty. of the Great Northers shops at HUlyard. a Spokane suburb, with hla wife and a s-yeer-old daughter, were drowned In Medical Lake today, a canoe overturning and throwing 1U three occupants, none of whom appeared to be able to swim. Into the water. Baty and hla family, which also In- lucl.d an Infant son.. went to Medical Ijike. about 17 miles from Spokane. After luncheon, when the Infant son was taking his afternoon nap. the father, mother and daughter embarked In a canoe, leaving the baby In a tent. The canoe was only SO yards from thore when, through unskillful balanc ing. It overturned. Kew swimmers were near, but one rescuer got close enough to make a dutch for the dress of the little girl, who. In the arms of the mother, was about four feet under water. All the bodies sank, but were later recovered with grappling hooka BATHERS MUST BE MODEST Atlantic City Requires Fair Ones to Wear Ralncoata on Streets. ATLANTIC CITT. N. J, Aug. J7. iStd.l.) The thousands of pretty our.g women from New York. Phila delphia ar.d other arge cities, who are fund of disporting themselves on the beach, and also on the streets of this resort, clad in bathing suits and high heeled sl-oes. are sorely distressed over an order which Acting Mayor Car many has Issued. The order bars the wearer of an un draped bathing suit, no matter how fair she may be. from appearing on the street so garbed, uress she Is willing to wear a raincoat or a wrap to hide the short-skirted, sleeveless batffng suit. A lsw o this effect was passed sev eral years ago. but recently It has been ixcored. Complaints are again being mad, and now a new order has been tasu-id warning fair bather not to wear their ba thins; suite in the walk from their hotels or boarding-bouses to the beach, unless hidden from view. CANDIDATE FOR. MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, WHO OPPOSES M'OARTHT. ... . s. v " i f - ; " v;' -Hi J IMEt ROLPH, JR. 2 CONFERENCES ON STRIKE COMING San Francisco and Chicago to Be Crucial Points in Next Few Days. ROLPH HAS CHANCE Present Mayor's Hold on Busi ness Men Is Lost. LABOR IS DISGRUNTLED High School Graduates Marry. KOIO. Or, Aug. 17. Special.) Roy Sheltun and Jennie White, two popu lar oung persona here, drove to Albany Snn.lar tnJ were married. Their ro mance began when they were Juniors In the sclo High School. Both have he.n active In church and Sunday s. !iool work and have a large circle of Mends. They will reside la Bclo. Old-Time Tenderloin Vote Divided Because Favo1tes, Have Been. Played Disaffection Seen on Many Sides. (Continued from F1rt Pase.l that a business men's club supporting him had an enrollment of 1600 votes. It Is expected that he will lose virtu ally all of this support, as the busi ness interest are largely against him. McCarthy secured probably so per cent of the union labor vote two years ago. This year there Is dissension In j the ranks of union labor, and It Is questionable whether ne win " within 3S per cent there. The business Interests back of the saloons, such as the breweries, will not support Mc Carthy, and the tenderloin cafe strength that was with McCarthy to a man Is divided this year, because the administration his been rranOnr favors to some and not to others. Even within the ranks of city em ployes It Is said that the present Mayor will not find the heartiest sup port. His social club, with required assessments from all city employes, ac counts to a certain extent for this feeling against McCarthy. Personality Is Pleasing. .11 hia arraignment is the jKani. ' established fact that Mcoanny i - . natural born organiser, with a charm- . in of hla own. Whether' v I" ,,, v. . ' these personal anoui " - flclent to bring mm m "" votes remaps to be seen, but astute Judges do not so believe. Both Rolph and Mcc-armv are bj ...... the days tn their campaign work, and reports from the men who are attending their meetings say m.j have been greeted with packed houses and much enthusiasm. Rolph. In addi tion, le making a personal canvass oi some of the larger manufacturing establishments, to get in touch with the men who wield the big vote. 1. tn favor of Rolpn. 10 to a being offered that he will win at the primaries. SENTIMENT IS MADE ISSUE (Continued from rlrvt Pa-) provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta m ....in with the eovernment. The Liberal, on the contrary, assert that they will Increase their present large majority In the French-Canadian sec tions of Quebec and in the maritime provinces! and will make gains In On tario and throughout the Western provinces. A feature of the sltustlon Is an al most total absence of betting. The opposition Is not willing to wager It will overthrow the government and the liberals decline to put money on the stse of their majority. Western Canada Chief Gainer. In Western Canada ,lt meana more to the people than In any other por tion of the Dominion, for the greatest benefit will be derived by the con sumers and producers of Alberta and Saskatchewan, but more especially by those within the boundaries of Mani toba. There .are 27 constituencies to these three provinces, and It Is the conflJent expectation of the support ers of olr Wilfrid Laurler that the Lib erals will make a clean sweep of these seats with but two or three possible exceptions. One of the exceptions la the City of Winnipeg, where there Is a large foreign element wnose votes can easily be bought, eeoeclally In view of the fact that those uneaucatea tor signers have been told, and believe, that should the proposed agreement be come law thla country will be flooded with American manufactures, which would be sold considerably under pres ent prices for similar goods. This, they have been told, would mean the clos ing of nearly all the factories here. with the result that they would have to look elsewhere for employment Opposed to the corporations are the farmers and the consumers, who. In a body, will vote for the agreement Throughout the three Western prov inces a farmer who opposes reciprocity Is looked upon as a rara avis and his fellows eye him with wonder. They point to the high prices prevailing im mediately south of the Imaginary line, compared to those they receive for their produce. At Christmas time the supply of po tatoes tn Western Canada ran out and Winnipeg began importing from Min nesota until Just before the new crop came tn the price paid by consumers was S4 a bushel, after a duty of 35 per cent had been paid. Virtually all gar den produce has been Imported for J some months past, ana on it nas men paid a duty of SS per cent, and even now that the new crops have started to come in the Importation of vege tables from the South continues. Cnder the agreement farmers and ag riculturists will save from tVt to 10 per cent on their machinery, in addi tion to getting a higher price for all their produce, and all realize this fact and will vote for the reciprocity can didates In their constituencies on Sep tember II. A curious feature of the campaign Is the statement recently made by J. Herron. Conservative member for Mac leod. The day before the convention he announced that, as he represented a farming constituency and was always looking after the Interests of the farm ers, he felt obliged to support reci procity, and therefore could not again accept the Conservative nomination. However, at the convention he was again nominated and is now supported by Liberals anil Conservatives alike. Premier Roblln, of Manitoba, made the first speech of his antl-reclprocity campaign tonight in Beausejeur, favor ing the candidacy of George Bradbury and condemning reciprocity without restraint. INSURANCE REPORT OUT CniTTCISMS DO NOT AFFECT NEW YORK COMPAXY. Business Methods of Number of In dustrial, Health and Accident In surance Concerns Examined. MILWAUKEE. Aug. 27. The special committee of the insurance commis sioners of the United Statee made pub lic at Milwaukee August 23 a report of Its Investigations. In this report the business methods of a number of In dustrial, health and accident Insurance companies were very strongly criticised by the committee, which at the aame time made publla a list of 13 Insurance companies whose methods It had ex amined. The criticisms did not. how ever, apply to the Oreat Eastern Cas ualty company of New York, which was mentioned In the list of companlea ex amined. The Insurance commissioner's report on health and accident settlements, at a session In Detroit, reported thst the Great Eastern Casualty company had none of the tendencies found open to criticism In some of the cases ex amined, and concluded Its report on this company as follows: Considered as a whole, however, the methods of this company In its adjust ments with policyholders are refresh ingly honest.- the committee therefore cheerfully accords such company the commendation It deserved. The. Standard Accident Insurance com pany of Detroit and the Massachusetts Accident company of Boston also are commended by the committee, which an nounced alio that It found nothing worthy of special criticism In the meth ods of adjustment of claims of the American Assurance company of Phila delphia, the Equitable Accident In surance company of Boston or the Fed eral Casualty company of Detroit GIRL IN LYNCHING PLOT? Hope of Inheriting Property of Sweetheart I Reported Motive. .LINCOLN. Neb.. Aug. 27. Miss Eunice Murphy, living on a ranch near Cody. Neb- Is wanted by the state authorities on the charge of having in cited the murder of her sweetheart, Charles T. Sellers. Sellers was hanged the night of June It. by Kenneth Murphy, the girrs "brother: Harry Heath, her cousin, and Alma and George Weed. Miss Murphy Is sup posed to be at Independence, Mo. Requisition papers have been Issued. The affidavit asserts she had a con ference with the four men before they set out for the Hatch home, from which Fellers was taken and banged. It la alleged that she expectec tsj Inherit his property. CALL WILL BE DELAYED Leader of Blacksmith Saya Pros pect for Peace Is Not Bright. Eight-Hour Day and Higher Wages Demanded. CHICAGO. Aug. 27. (Special.) With one delegation of National labor offi cials hurrying toward San Francisco to confer with Julius Kruttschnltt in an effort to avert a strike of shopmen on the Harriman railroads and another scheduled to arrive here tomorrow to take up the demands of the Illinois Central men, the labor situation on the railroads Is expected to reach a crisis In the next four or five days. No strike -will be called until after the conference with Mr. Kruttschnltt, but unless he Instructs the managers of the different roads to meet the union committees. It was said, the men will walk out without further parley ing, i Kline Not Optimistic. J. W. Kline, president of the Inter national Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, left for San Francisco tonight, and be fore his departure he said he hoped for an amicable settlement, though saying that the prospecta for peace were not very bright. Mr. Kline aald that recognition of the Federation was not the only point In dispute. The men are asking for an eight-hour day. a wage Increase varying from 4 to 7 cents an hour, ac cording to location and nature of the work, and the abolition of the "per sonal record system" on the Union Pa cific and Southern Pacific roads. x Record Called Blacklist. The present wages of shop employes on the Western railroads run from 25 to 45 cents an hour, and a nine-hour work day prevails on all lines except the Denver & Rio Grande, where the shopmen work eight hours. The "per sonal record" system, to which the men object, is now tn force In certain of the Southern Pacific shops, and efforts are being made to have it extended. The men declare that it amounts to a blacklist. Early last year all the shopmen on the Harriman Uses received an Increase In wages which averaged about 2 cents an hoar. The International officers of the union are said to believe that the present demands are too high. UNIONS WILL HAVE HEARING Kruttschnltt Reiterates That He Will Receive Men. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27. Julius Kruttschnltt, vice-president and direc tor of maintenance and operation of the Harriman lines, arrived here from Chi cago tt night, announced that he had come for family reasons and gave what some considered a two-edged answer to a question whether he would receive representatives of the Federation of Shop Men's Unions. Mr. kruttschnltt was accompanied by E. F. Calvin, gen eral manager of the Harriman lines, and by Mrav Kruttschnltt. "All reports that I have refused to meet representatives of the union are false," be declared. "I expect to 0e here until next Saturday, and will re ceive any representatives of the unions " Asked if he would receive as such representatives of the federation, he said: v - "I have said positively I will receive any representative of the unions. Gen eral retrenchment tn progress Is due entirely to the necessity of reduction in expenditures. Men now laid off will be taken back as soon as conditions war rant," he said. LOCAL FORCE BEING REDUCED First of SO 00 Men to Be Laid Off Tomorrow or Wednesday. There were no developments in the situation In Portland yesterday. The first group of about 2000 Harriman em ployes In this territory, scheduled for dismissal, probably will be laid off to morrow or Wednesday. Others will be dropped gradually on the following days, with the result that by the time the conference meets In San Francisco Saturday, virtually all of the 2000 men will have been dismissed. The Alblna shops were deserted Saturday save for a watchman. This was due to the enforcement by ' the company of its orders limiting the shopmen to a 40-hour week schedule, consisting of five days of eight hours each. Under this plan the men do not work Saturday or Sunday. In the past two weeks nearly 200 employes have been laid off by the Harriman system on Its Deschutes line alone. Many of these men, said one of their number yesterday, have obtained employment since In lumber camps in Tillamook County. LEITER LEARNS NEW DANCE Figure Called "Griixly Bear" Comes Easy to Millionaire. NEW PORT. R. I., Aug. 27. (Special.) Joseph Letter, the famous Chicago mil lionaire speculator, has proved himself an adept at learning new dances. One of the features of the entertain ment given here by Mrs. John R. Drexel. i. i.tin the eocl&l set here this sesson, was a number known as the" "Orlxsly Bear." Mr. Drexel had Mrs. Drexel. one of the best'-dancere In New port, as his partner, and soon became an adept In the Grlsxly Bear number, which was the most popular dance of the night. Mr. Letter will Introduce the dance In Chicago when he returns home. It was made popular here late last sea son by Mrs. Reginald Vanderbtlt. FRUIT SHADOWS STOCK Tillamook County Finds Bigger Profit In New Industry. BAT CITT, Or, Aug. 27. (Special.) TlllamooK wouniy is wiienui m iu possibilities that lie In a development i . vrl.iiltural reaourcea. It has been found that an acre of land, if used for the reeding or dairy hock, win only produce a return of about $75. but that If the same land is plowed i and set to email fruits and vegetables. k m'r- i ,-rrva r 70QLJ Every woman's heart responds to the charm and sweetness of a baby's voice, because nature intended her for motherhood. But even the loving nature of a mother shrinks from the ordeal because such a time is regarded aa a period of suffering and danger. Women who use Mother's Friend are saved much discomfort and suffering, and their systems, being thoroughly prepared by this great remedy, are in a healthy condition to meet the time with the least possible suffering and danger. Mother's Friend is recommended only for the relief and comfort of expectant mothers; it is in no sense a remedy for vari ous ills, but its many years of suc cess, and the thousands of endorse ments received from women who have used it are a guarantee of the benefit to be derived from its use. This remedy does not accomplish wonders but simply assists nature to perfect its work. Mother's Friend allays nausea, prevents cak ing of tne beasts, and in Mother every way con- tt-i 'T' jf tributes to C4iHOT.n strong, healthy . motherhood. Mother's Friend is sold at drug stores. Write for our free book for expectant mothers. BRAD FIELD REGULATOR CO Atlanta, Ga. the Income to be derived will e in the neighborhood of $600 or $700. or, in other words, from eight to nine times greater. Mohler, the new townslte on the Pacific Railroad & Navigation Rail road; the Commercial Club of Nehalem, Just in the process of formation: the Commercial Club of Bay City, and the Development League of Tillamook have joined for the advancement of this new line of development. Considering the fact that good bottom land within a mile of town is worth $500, one can not only pay for his land within one year, but may have an lnoome besides. The soli of the county Is a deep black loam and this. In conjunction with the heavy rainfall, combines to make thie locality an Ideal fruit and vegetable center. . LOSS MET WITH SMILE "IT'LL TFRX OUT ALL RIGHT," IS CHEERY ASSERTION. Though Unnerved by Fire Which Destroyed Her Apartments, She Is Not Despondent.' "Oh, It'll turn out all right." is the cheery way Miss Marjorle Mahr takes the burning of the Mahr Apartments, her sole support, which Vere partially destroyed Saturday night. The damage to the building, owned by M. Barde & Sons, is $25,000 and the damage to the furnishings, owned by Miss Mahr, more than $8000, partially covered by Insurance. The second prank of fate in the course of 18 months to put Miss Mahr face to face with poverty she takes with the same hopefulness as the loss of both legs In a railroad accident over a year ago, which enaed . her stage career. "I don't know exactly what I shall do now. I am a bit unnerved as yet, and I have not go everything straight end up. but I know It will all turn out for the best." said Miss Mahr last night. "I am not entirely destitute. Two such reverses In IS months are pretty hard, but I will weather through with the help of my friends." The 'Mahr Apartments caught fire about 11 o'clock Saturday night It Is supposed from defective wiring and the second and third floors of the build ing were burned and gutted. About 100 tenants were driven Into the streets. No lives were lost, although several had narrow escapes. BEEF PRICES ARE HIGH Prinevtlle Marketers Sell $100,000 Worth on Hoof in Week. PRINEVILLE. Or., Aug. 27. (Spe cial.) Heavy movement of cattle through Prineville was the feature of the week in the local stock market. More than $100,000 worth of beef on- ?f3n i : Portland Printing House Co. 8. L- Wright. Pres. and Gen. Manaser. Book. Catalogue and Commercial PRINTING Ruling. Blading and Blank Book Making. Phones: Main 6201. A 2281. Tenth and Taylor Streets. Portland. Orpron. , A most convenient train to Seattle Tacoma and Intermediate Points N over the O-WR.efN. IS THE O-W. R. & N. Express leaving Portland at 1:45 P.M., reaching Tacoma at 7:10 p.m. and Seattle at 8:45 P. M. THREE OTHER FINE TRAINS DAILY O -W. Local - 8:30 A.M. Shasta Limited 3:00 P.M. Owl - - - 11:00 P.M. All-Steel Coaches and Oil-Burning Locomotives 0-W.R.&N. LINE OF THE SHASTA LIMITED All trains arrive at and depart from Union Depot, foot of Sixth St. City ticket office, corner Third and Washington Sts. Telephones: Private Exchange 1; Home A-6121 C. YV. STINGER, city ticket acent W. D. SKINNER, General Freight and Passenger Agent. i.:i:.':i;'jSi:'ilr:i Stem BmtTh'eics ' Announce that their Fall and Winter Catalogue 191119 12 of Wearing Apparel for Women, Misses, Children, Men and Boys; Dry Goods and Upholstery Will Be Issued September 1st, and Mailed Upon Application West 23d and 22d Streets, New York the hoof was sold here in one lot last week and the largest price that has ever been paid for beef cattle Is being received by tne utocumnu ui m in terior. ... The price for "feeders" during the week has been in some instances as high as $50. "Feeders" are cattle not fat enough to miriei mm which must be fed during the Winter for early Spring killing. Hay is plenti ful and alfalfa crops in every section have shown well. Feeding will be com paratively Inexpensive. Ayre. on April 80. 1911. was l.S28,M- 1" the month of April there were 3608 birth. 1740 deaths and 1251 marrlagee, and 13.4ttrf Immigrants landed at the port of Bueno. Ayres. The various tramways of the clt carried S9.503.901 passengers In the same month. Summer Excursion Tickets East-bound ON SALE ON NUMEROUS DATES TO SEPTEMBER 7, 1911 Northern Pacific Ry. THE ORIGINAL SCENIC HIGHWAY A few samples similar reductions to many other points in the Eastern United States and Canada, as well as the Middle West: St. Paul Minneapolis Duluth Superior Chicago . . . St. Louis. .$60.00 . 60.00 . 60.00 . 60.00 . 72.50 . 70.00 New York. . Philadelphia Omaha . . . Detroit Boston . .$108.50 . 108.50 . 60.00 . 82.50 110.00 Montreal, Que.. 105.00 r.it - xT a . f r, 1 Pnrlr Ramaii to Seutember IB. I SI lv .."11 Long limits and liberal stopovers. Low rates for Great Lakes steamer trips. Let us arrange your Itinerary It will be a pleasure. NORTH COAST LIMITED The One Exclusively First -Class Train to Minneapolis and St. Paul and East. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LIMITED The Through Train to the Southeast With Standard and Tourist Sleeping - Cars. Observation-Library Car and Dining Car. ROUTE OF THE NORTH COAST LIMITED. Tickets and Full Information 255 Morrison 8t, Corner Third St., Portland. , A. D. CHARLTON. Asst. Geal Pasa'r Aceat.