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DEMOCRATS Villi) I ninv nimiTD ni riD HEAD Or STEEL TRUST, WHO PLEADS FOR "BIO BUSINESS EEFOEE SENATE COHillTTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE. UHni WHIIIG ULLHn LAW A3 TO TRUSTS -ev . a Administration's Good Faith in Controller Bay Affair Is Fully Proved. Full Publicity and Government Control by License Are Advocated. FORGERY TO BE IGNORED GREAT POWER IS MISUSED 7 OROP INQUIRY 4 MeH Kirt-nllve, llowrver. Says ln reMrU-tcl 'omi'IUkii Would Result in Crushing f Small Industrie. WASHINGTON. Nor. . Elbert H. Gary, executive head of thf United f-tates Steel Corporation, mad a plea fr "big business" today before tha Senate committee on Interstate Com merce. which la searching; for a eolu tt"n of tha preeent trust problem In the United States. P! rorporatlone were essential to tha development of tha country and h maintenance of bualness prosperity, he said. To prevent their misusing tie enormous power that came with -lth and control of Induatrlal rl.-s. ha thought tha Government ahould I ike control of them. tbrouBb a Federal license tem and corporation com ri;nn, with abaoluta power to reatu 7 th-lr afTalra. Add to thla a dear 11 to what could and what could r l be done: publicity of all the affairs ft .-rporailon, and tha elimination of lTiantU'l and other political lasuea from tha buslneaa world, and tha "un rrf" that hs apread over tha United Mates will largely dlaappear. aald Mr. Gary. F.l-tlaa Plata ra Baalaeaa. Tha comma- elections are already dia- urbtnr business, ha added. Ha aald members of tha courts ourht lo" la appointed for life: that tha Prealdent ouaht to be elected for elaht yaara without tha privilege of re-election. Judge Gary recommended tba sane tlon of certain acta which tha commis sion mlrht consider not to be "re stralnt of trade. -H w wouli the commission Vnr whether an agreement among steel men to flx tha prlca of rails at I2S was rastralnt of tradeT"aked Senator Cummins. 'It would toon become competent to know that." returned Judge Gary. "aa the Interstate Commerce Commlsalon ha become competent to decide whether ratra are Just and reasonable." He declared unrestricted competition meant tha ruin or tba amalt individual tr concern, and tha gradual strengthen Ing of National monopoly of tha larger. Aa opposed to this, he urged that tha Government recognise tha need of Im partial agreemente between corpora tlona and Individuals, ao that an actual competition mU-ht still be maintained that would be fair and fra to all In-1-rents. "I there any particular thing now clearly forbidden by tha Sherman law that you think ought to ba permitted?" kd Senator Cummins. Mr. Gary thought not but be said the business dlfllculty lay In deciding beforehand what amounted to a "re straint of trade." Dlaaers Xmt Fix Price. The famoua 'llary dinner." where r l 1 men gathered to discuss their af f.ilra. waa not to lis prlcea. but to dla- lose their business conditions ao one another, ha said. "Every gentleman there, if ha waa a gentleman, could go away with a full knowledge of his competitor's affairs and could shape his business so aa not to ruin his competitor." said Mr. Oary. He added that ha had not dared even bold these conferencea lately; that ihrre was no means of knowing exactly a hit constituted a violation of the German law. "Consresa ahould test the rlghta of the Supreme Court to Interpret and virtually make the laws." said lrofea eor John 1L. Gray, of the Untverelty of 'Minnesota, who followed Mr. Gary be ore the Senile committee, Professor Gray recommended the es tablishment of a commission to Inter pret the laws. MARRYING MINISTERS WAR cattle I.Uf n Spoils Quarrel Knds In Hurried i:lt of "Ikxnter.'' .SEATTLE. Vah.. Nov. :. (Special.) Two "marrying preachera" and a "booster" began a quarrel over the polls at the marriage license window in the County Auditor' efflce today, vhlih resulted In the two ministers t ireatenlng to pull each other's nose art! t:ie "booster"- landing a vigorous t.'.r on the Jaw of bla profesjlonal rival. Kev. August Sandahl. Baptist, several Tnontha ago reatgned a position In the County Clerk office and alnce that time has carried on a profitable enter rrl.e. marrying couples aa soon aa they ret their licensee. Kev. Joseph Kin-rir-d. f "resbyterlan. served on a Jury l.-it mor.th. saw the firmt Sandahl was reaping and determined to "get In on it." Monday he went to the court house, accompanied by hla "booster" who didn't leave hla name) and ap proached a number of couples. Rev. .-iiviaM was soliciting the patronage i.r Ernest rimtth and Minnie Napllnger and the rivals were Interviewing an other. Tha "booster" then walked over m where Sandahl wag standing. "We;i. did you get raT said San .taM. "I don't know you." said the "boost rr." and thereupon landed on the por tion of Itcv. Mr. Sandahl located be tween the goatee and tha nose. He then mads a hurried exit. Sandahl thea walked ever to Rev. Mr. Kindred, and. stepping on his toes, remarked that he would proceed to pull Ms nose. Kindred demurred and alleged t-at he was about to pull Sandatil'a noee. Just aa both were getting ready for a. tlon County Auditor Otto Case threw the rasa out of court (literally. DR. BEATIE QUITS CONTEST Candidate for Oregon City Mayor Withdraws In Favor of Andreaen. OREGON CITT. Or.. Nov. It. (Spe . laL tr. A. U Beetle today withdrew from the race for Mayor of Oregon City In the Interest of William Andresen. who Is opposed by Grant B. Dlmlck. ex Mayor. After announcing hla withdraw al. Dr. Beetle gave out the following tatement: "I have withdrawn from the race be cause 1 believed my staying In might rave Is.) to the election of a man who 1 as not the Interests of tha city at l.rart. I de'lre to thank my friends for thrlr earnest support, and would appre ciate It. and consider It a favor to ma If they would vole for Mr. Andreaen for Mayor.7 T 7T . . . , 1 - ? v ! - r I i . i f . - ' A :..'.' ? ' ' ' .' a . S "TaL. r -r t r : - I :L v- .. i I JUDGE ELBERT H. CART. a.eeee.e.aeeiieeeeeeeeeeee eeeiaiejeee'1 i PLEA IS OPTIfHISTIG Governors loin in Pre-Ho!iday Declaration. ALL SHOULD GIVE THANKS Grand Rapid and Kalamazoo Wel come Western Special Nevada Governor Speeds Eastward to Join Party. GRAND KAPirSw Mich, Nov. II. The Western Governors' special ar rived In Grand Rapids late today. President Clements, of the Grand Rap Ida B-ard of Trade, acted as official pilot from Kalamasoo. On the way from Kalamasoo the Governors went Into executive ae salon, tba first of the trip. One of, the re sults waa the adoption of the follow ing Thanksgiving proclamation: "On thla, the eve of the day aet apart by the Preaident and the chief execu tives of the atates for Tbankaglving and-prayert tha undersigned Western Governors, on a tour of the Eaat to extend greetings and good will of those they represent to their brethren In the older states, congratulate the people of the Nation upon the many blessings received and enjoyed by them during the last year. C'ltlseaahla la Advancing. "The aoll haa yielded bounteously of Its treasure: neither war nor pestilence haa taken lta grim toll of their num bers; education and morality have made noticeable progress; material comforts have multiplied and good cit izenship haa made decided advance ment and commercial activity and In dustrial growth have become more pro nounced and extended. "With ao much to be thankful for, a grateful people ahould make the mor row Indeed a day of thanksgiving, on which praise should be freely offered to him from whom all good and perfect thlnga come." Tho proclamation waa signed by Governors Norrls. of Montana; Veasey, of South Dakota; Hawley. of Idaho; Burke, of North Dakota; West, of Ore gon; Eberhart. of Minnesota, and Ca rey, of Wyoming, and by Lieutenant Governor Fttxgerald. of Colorado. Faetery a ad (lab Visited. Upon arrival In Grand Raplda the Governors and their party were met with automobiles and taken for a trip around the city. They atoppad at a leading furniture factory and literary club, where addresaea were made. The Governors were greeted at Kal amasoo by Governor Osborn, who came to Kalamasoo last night to welcome h'f brother executlvea in the name of the 8tate of Michigan: by Mayor Charles IL Ksrrell. of this city; by the City Council, members of the Commer cial Club and several hundred cHlxena. Taaker L. Odd:, Governor of Ne vada, la now speeding eaatward on the Overland Limited train for tha purpose of Joining the Governors special. Ha expecta to overtake the party at De troit. The Governor- as unable to Join the party earlier on account of being In charge of a party of Eastern era, who have been Inspecting the re cent coal strike and oil Indications la Southern Nevada. The report that Governor OdJie In tense to discuss the present Nevada di vorce lawa la considered without foun dation, aa before starting the Governor aald hla chief aim would be to bring before the public the agricultural, min eral and other natural advantagaa of Nevada. rlovernne iritw.e.M a' PMamJa Governor Eherhard of Minnesota and Barnes) of Washington, speaking at a mass meeting in the People's Church In Kalamasoo today. Joined In the dec laration that Women Suffrage was bound to awrep tho country within the next few years and were unanimous In th.lr pratso of Its operation In the states where It had been tried. CITY'S NOVEMBER IS BEST fCewttnoed from Flr-t ya v. (4 for the first II months in uTo! The Increase amounts te flt.4S.St7. or about I S' per cant. ahlpplag Ala Galas. In coastwise shipping there waa a good business, while shipments to for eign porta were larger than tn Novem ber. 110. Tha lumber shipments for eign and coaatwlae amounted to 18. 114.414 feet. Of this amount more than 12.000.000 feet waa shipped to Cali fornia polnta. Grain exportation waa one of the surprising features of the month. There were dispatched from thla port t77.:S bushels of wheat and H OSS barrels of flour. In November. lle. not a single barrel of flour waa ahlpped to the Orient from Portland. Estimate of the poatal receipt busi ness tor the month were not made known last olgbt. but It la expected that they will ba close to the totals for the corresponding; month of lust year. In some respects November was on of the most important months of the year tn realty conditions. There waa more outside money Invested la city property than during the other ten months of the year, while trading- In residential property waa decidedly ac tive. The number of transfers exceed ed the record of the same month of last year by a good margin. fteckymrda hew Visa November at the stockyarda showed a continuance In the Increase In busl neaa that haa marked every month of the year. The total receipts were S9. I1T head, a rain of 2757 head In the run of the corresponding month of last year. The Increases were prlnclpslly in sheep and hoga. Receipts In No vember of this year compare with the same month laat year: 1911. lio. Cam ? Hog. T.51 .2W tiarsM and mulea HOI 447 Tetala se.617 M.710 Prices fluctuated considerably In the month. Aa compared with quotations at the opening, steers and cows axe now down 10 cents, hogs are 35 centa lower, aheep have advanced 40 centa and lamba are up SO cents. CLK ARE DEVELOPED CONSIDERABLE - ACTIVITY. IS SHOWX IX NORTHERN B. C. Mr. C. B. Clarke Reports Several Rich Finds Being Made , In Tlaxelton District. VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 29. After mining for 40 years In various Weatern camps. Including Butte, Mr. C. B. Clarke, of Billings, Mont., believes that he haa struck a bonanxa In Northern British Columbia. He Is developing a group of claims bonded from Kerr Broa.. and located at the headwaters of Morrla River and due aouth of Buck ley Valley. Work will be continued all Winter. There are a number of big showings on the property, an 18-foot ledge now being developed. Thla ore body gives values of $40 a ton In copper, silver and gold, the former metal predominating. Another ahowlng 100 feet wide gave, he aald. assay returns of fit per ton. There are other good claims In the dis trict. Mr. Clarke la confident of se curing transportation facilities when his property Is developed, as It is only 25 miles from the Grand Trunk Pa cific route and there la a water grade all the way. , Be also stated that Mr. John F. Cowan, a big operator of Salt Lake City and formerly of Butte, had bonded the Rocher de Boule group. 11 miles south of Haxelton, for 1100.000. paying 125.- 000 cash down on the bond. The ahow lng Is described as a very rich one. tha ore averaging over ID per cent copper, besides the gold and sliver values. "There are greater evidences of min eralisation In the Haaelton district than any other region I ever visited." con cluded Mr. Clarke. "It will be a won derful mining center aa aoon as rail way facilities are provided. I searched the coast of Alaska from end to end In a fruitless quest for a good propo sition, but I had to go to Northern British Columbia before I secured what 1 wanted. I can aasure you that I aaw a better and more varied assortment of ores on exhibition In Haxelton thaa could be secured In all the cabinet collection In the towns of Alaska." Haxelton Is one of the best-known and oldest towns In British Columbia. The old town haa enjoyed great pros perity on account of lta strsteglo lo cation aa a supply point,, but unfor tunately the location la across she river from the railway. The merchants and business houses are preparing to move to the new Grand Trunk Pacific townslta at Bouth Haxelton. at the Junction of the Skeena and Bulkley lllvera, which has been surveyed, and plans are being prepared. Tha won derfully rich mining country. gold, sliver, lead and copper, together with the largest anthracite depoalts on tha continent and large areas of agricult ural and fruit lands will Insure a large city. The Natural Reaourcea Security Com pany. Limited. Vancouver. B. C. owns or controls the land aurroundlng the railroad townalte proper and will be glad to furnish full Information free of charge. Car Shortag Bettering telf. 8ALENL Or.. Nov. . (Special.) That the local car shortage which haa been caualng difficulties for Eaatern Oregon merchanta la coming to an end Is indicated by a letter 'from Truax A Thomaa. of Kamela. one of the original complainants. In which It la ''stated there are plenty of cars being hauled Into Kamela now for the benefit of those who desire to use them at that point. Planoa rented. 13 and 14 per month; free 'drayage. Xohler Chase, 17S Washington street Western Members, Secklnf Justice) With Reference to Dlok-to-Dick Letters, Probably Will Be Outvoted. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Nov. 2. There is a strong dis position on the part of the 'Western Republican representatives now In Washington to protest against drop ping the Controller Bay Investigation, aa suggested by Louis Brandels. until there have been disclosures regarding the forgery of the Dlck-to-Dlck letter, and until more light haa been thrown upon thla trumped-up scandal thafwas used by Chairman Graham and the anti-Tart writers to Injure the Admin istration. Now that Graham. Brandels and others concede the letter was a forgery and admit that there waa no scandal connected with the Controller Bay operations of Dick-Ryan, Repub licans will demand that the committee expose Infamy of this affair before dropping It. Snppoard Forger Has Reported. However, aa the House ts Demo cratic, it Is feared that protests will be unavailing and that tho Democratic leaders will seek to put a- quietus on the affair. The decision to drop this phase of the subject was not "reached until the supposed forger of the Dlck-to-Dlck letter bad spent the Bummer In Alaska and had reported to Bran dels. Being a lawyer, Brandels could foresee what would happen if fhe In quiry were permitted to go further, and now every effort will be made by the Democrats to protect the men who conceived and ' promoted the alleged scsndal. Brandels . today advised Chairman Graham that owing to a change In the Administration's policy toward Alaska, further committee action waa unneces ssry. Grsham aald today that the committee had "aided materially' In bringing about this change of policy, and added: "The committee may go further than Secretary of the Interior Fisher and recommend retaining to the Govern ment the title to all the mineral, gas and oil lands In Alaska." Committee to Meet Soon. The committee may meetwlthlri a week and decide whether to wind up Its Investigation. "The committee accomplished Its principal purpose." said Graham. "That purpose was to determine whether valuable public Interests In Alaska were being subjected to syndicate ex ploitation, a condition rendered prob able by the revelations In the Bellin ger Investigation. "The committee's action riveted at tention on Alaskan affairs, and un doubtedly waa the moving cause of Secretary Fisher's visit there laat Sum mer. On his return. In a formal ad dress authorised by the President, he announced views about Alaskan mat ters which constitute a. clear depart ure from the Administration's former policy and In substantial conformity with the committee's views." Brandels, In his letter to the com mittee, says that he found no evidence of Illegality or bad faith by any Gov ernment official In the elimination from the Chugach National Forest of a large tract of Controller Bay -In aid of the Controller Railroad Company, though that elimination was opposed to the best Interests of the people. Amos Pinchot. counsel for the Na tional Conservation Association, who aided in Brandels' Investigation, au thorised him to say that he concurred In the views made public today. WIFE AND SISTER CONTEST Divorce and Death Figure in Case for Custody of Children. ALBANY, Or., Nov. 29. (Special.) While the lifeless body of Ralph New ton lies undiscovered In the waters of the Calapoola River, his sister and his divorced wife are contesting lor the xustody of his children. Newton was drowned while working on a log boom near Crawfordsvllle, Novemoer 15. When ahe heard of hla death, New ton's divorced wife, who has since re married and whose name Is now Zayda E. Caves, went to Crawfordsvllle to get the children, Mildred, age 9; Hazef age 8, and Eilbur, age 6. She found them being cared for by Newton's sister. Ivy Miller. Mrs. Miller refused to give them up. and Mrs. Cavea came to Albany last night and filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The children were or dered brought Into court tomorrow tor a hearing aa to who la entitled to their custody. ' Newton aecured a divorce from his wife here on March 29, 1909. Mrs. New ton did not contest the charge that she deserted him In December, 1907. CASE BECOMES INVOLVED- fCnntlnoed TTm First Pays.) grand Jury indictments. District At torney Fredericks favors them because they enable the state's officers to probe further than they can do otherwise. The arraignment of Franklin on a charge of -having bribed George N. Lockwood, an unsummoned Juror.. at tracted more Interest than anything elae. Attorney Gage waa retained as Franklin's counsel this morning and whan Assistant District Attorney Ford asked for a formal hearing Friday, Gage protested vigorously. "In that event, the defendant will have to get other counsel," he de clared. "I came Into this case only this morning. I have other duties. Tomorrow Is a holiday. I never have been treated with ao little considera tion before In my life," Political Plot Charsred. 'We do not ask counsel for the de fense to have a full hearing at that time." said Ford. "All we wish is to put one or two witnesses on the stand. Then the defense can have a post ponement If It wishes." It was reported that this prelim inary hearing was desired as afford ing information which would Justify t repealling ofa grand Jury at an early rtatei On the other hand. Attorney Gage pronounced It an effort to preju dice the election prospects of Job Har rison, attorney for the defense, who 1a candidate for Mayor on the Socialist ticket at an election to be held De cember 6. MA man doesn't turn crook In a' night." was Franklin's commentary on his case. He declared, that he believed that A diamond of and one long - to - gtands for just backed up by a LEMAIRE OPERA GLASSES and other celebrated makes ) in splendid variety. 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Under the Feldenhelmer guarantee it what it represents-the best your money can buy and positive statement of facts. Another advantage at this store is the variety to choose from the largest in the city offer ing the strictest comparison for your entire satisfaction NECKLACES LAVALLIERS DINNER RTrTOS . PRINCESS RINGS BRACELETS BAR FINS CLUSTER RINGS - SCARF PINS BEAUTY PINS FANCY BROOCHES Silver Toilet Ware ' In all the latest patterns of the sea son and in any combination desired. DURABLE LEATHER GOODS. A host of neat novelties, well made and of the best leather. Clarence 8. Darrow, chief of counsel for the defense, that before coming to Los Angeles he "was actively engaged in farming In Indiana." He said he had no opinion about the case. C. D. Hubbard was excused because of his disbelief in capital punishment, as were F. E. Baldosser and R. D. List. Isaac S. Carter, who said his opinions In connection with the case Cloak and Suit Department Announces ipiPf were formed by personal Inspection of the wrecked Times building, was ex cused on the ground of bias, as was Dr. B. H. Martin, whose son was at one time a reporter on the Times. Court adjourned until Friday. Pianos rented, 3 and M per month; free drayage. Kohler & Chase, 375 Washington street. mill Every Waist Reduced Every Petticoat Reduced Every Sweater . Reduced Muslin Underw'r Reduced All Furs Reduced i