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THE SUXDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND, DECEMBER 3, 1905.
BUSINESS FOR
CONGRESS TO 00
Railroad Rate Bill Will Be the
Absorbing Topic of
Session.
PRESIDENT SURE TO WIN
Canal Legislation Next Mot Impor
tant Subject Expulsion of Snioot,
Statehood and Santo Do
mingo Treaty.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, "Wash
ington, Dec. "-Not since the Spanish
war lias Congress been confronted with
eo many srave National problems as
await consideration at the session which
opens at noon on Monday. Thoro are
pomp questions that must be disposed or
before adjournment next Summer; there
are other Issues -of almost equal Im
portance which will have to wait for
some future seralon. There Is not time
in the first session of the Fifty-ninth
Congress -.o settle all the questions whichj
will be presented by President uooscven
in his message; no serelon is ever long
enough to clear up all burinef that is
brought forward by the President. But
unlero all signs fall, the present session
will not only be crowded with Interesting
incldontt, but its record will be one of
c-sceptional achievement. There is apt
to be "somothlng doing" in Washington
this Winter.
An unusual thing about the work of the
present session is the fact that the most
important issues to be met are not Issues
on which Congress is divided along party
lines; while there promises to be a max
imum of important legislation, there vrtll
be a minimum of partisan legislation.
This is something that seldom occurs in
a long s?sslon of Congress, particularly
when the party in power is overwhelm
ingly in control of both Senate and House.
The actual work of the session will not
begin until after the holiday recess, for
Congress never organizes much before the
Christmas adjournment. It was deter
mined at the party caucuses held today
that "Uncle Joe" Cannon will be speaker
of the new House of Representatives,
and that John Sharp Williams will load
the minority, but that is the nearest ap
proach to organization that will be made
until the committees are announced Just
before the holidays. When Congress re
convenes In January the committees will
get to work on the various problems that
are marked for consideration, and before
long the whoels will begin to revolve.
Itatcs tlie Paramount Issue.
The one great question that Is to he
tiled this session is that of the regula
tion of railroad rates. President Rooao
velt will make that the "paramount Is
sue" before Congress, and Congross will
so accopt 1L The present programme is
to report a bill to the House embodying
the President's ideas, and to follow this
with a special rulo limiting dobate and
Jlxiug a time for a vote. When the vote
Is taken, it Is believed the House will go.
on rocord practically unanimously in
favor of the bill roported by the Inter
state Commerce Committee.
Meanwhile the Senate committee, which
has already been m session for two weeks,
will go ahead with its work of preparing
a rate bill of its own. From present in
dications there will be two bills, one sub
f iantially following the linos of the House
bill; the other a less draptlc bill framed
by the men known as "railroad senators."
including Elkins. Foraker and Aldrlrh.
In all probability the Senate committee
will not make its reports until aftor the
House has passed Its bill. It will then
report the bill favored by the majority of
tlu committee as a substitute fur the
House bill, and the balance of the com.
mittce will report a separate and distinct
measure.
Senate WIJl Obstruct.
The rnal flght over rate legislation Is
going t take place on the floor of the
Senate. The Senators who aro opposing
the President on this issue. Republicans
and Democrats alike, will resort to dila
tory tactics and sharp parliamentary
practices to sHave off a vote, if possible.
Various bills will be brought forward and
used as buffers: the Panama bills, the
statehood bill and every other bill which
will cause dobate. but if such tactics
fall, the anti-Roosevelt men will have to
vote. How the Senate will stand on the
rate quostion. If it comes to a show-down,
is a matter of speculation. There Is con
siderable Ill-feeling mong Senators on
account of the manner in which the Pres
ident has urged rate legislation; they look
upon his activities as an affront to the
Senate, and the Senate dislikes taking
dictation, particularly from a President
who is much younger than the average
Senator.
In the railroad rtte fight the people aro
with the President, hut the Senate, un
like the House, does not have to go
back to the people for election, and there
Is promise of an interesting clash be
tween the President and the Senate be
fore the rate bill is disposod of. Whether
or not the Senate can resist the Prosidont,
backed by public opinion, is a matter tnat
time alone will tell, but the probabilities
are that when the clouds ' clear away
from the scone of conflict, the President
will have a rate bill nearly, if not all.
that he desires. The power of the public
is rrcat. and the Senate fears this power,
even though it Is not Indebted to the
public for past favors.
Canal Next in Importance.
Next to the rate bill, tho Panama Canal
legislation looms up. This legislation can
not be deferred until another session.
The money appropriated for the canal
two years ago has been spent and $1G.
OW.000 or more is needed to continue work.
This money must be appropriated this
Winter or work must stop. The money
will be provided. Furthermore, the time
has arrived when Congress must "say
whether the canal shall be built with
locks or at sea level. The President
favors a lock canal, both because it is
cheaper and because it can be built in
much less time than a canal at sea level.
A sea level canal would bo finished some
time Jn infinity; a lock canal ought to be
completed within the next decade. Pres.
ident Roosevelt wants to have a canal
which will be put In use nithln a. ra-
P annate iisae and jut Dte lack panal
perfectly feasible, he prefers that type, i
Moreover, a majority of ihe men in Con- j
gresg will favor a lock canal for the same !
reasons that the President does. Ther
was great opposition to the adoption of
the Panama canal projrvjt In the firtt
place, because of Its excessive cost; to
add tens of millions of dollars to that
cost would be to change many a vote in
Congress. It is a safe guess that the
lock canal will be adopted.
There will be a great doal of talk on
the canal during the entire session, for
there will be othor legislation than that
enumerated. Particularly there will be a
bill providing a government for the canal
zone; other legislation regulating ship
ping te and from the zone and such leg
islation as may be found necessary hj
the man in charge of the canal work.
"Will Decide Smoot's Fate.
Live and interesting as will be the de
bates on the rate bill and canal legisla
tion, there wiH be mere human latorost
In tho Reed Smoot case than in any
thing else that comes un this session.
The committee on privileges and elections.
early in January, will resume hearings In
the Smoot ease, and will bring out choice
bits of testimony that did not creep into
tho rocords In the last Congress. Whon
the tostlmony is all in, the committee
will devote several weeks to its consid
eration, and then two reports will be
made to the Senate, one favoring Smoot,
tho other against him. His case, once
out of committee, will take precedence
over all ether business in the Senate, and
-there will be several weeks of talk and
dissuasion before the Senate votes to de
termine Smoofs right to a seat In the
Senate. There being no question of the
regularity of his election, and the ob
jection being based entirely upon the
fact tliat Smoot is an Apostle in the Mor
mon Church, the Sonate must decide
whether or not his duties and obligations
as a church official will interfere with
tho free performance of his duty in the
Senate. If k finds there is no conflict.
Smoot will be seated; otherwise, he will
be turned out The chances strongly
favor Senator Smoot; the Senate likes
him; few Senators care to oust a fellow.
Senator oh religions grounds, and as that
Is what the Smoot case resolves ltseK
into, the decision is very likely to be la
favor of the much-discussed Apestle
Senator. Philippine Tariff Bill.
Secretary Taft took a carefully selected
party of Senators and Representatives to
the Philippine Islands this Summer to
show them what he already knew and
what they ought to know. He hoped,
above all else, to convince these men that
tliero oug,ht to be free trade between the
Philippines and the United Stats. A Phil
ippine free-trade bill will be Introduced
and pressed, but the men from the beet
sugar and tobacco states, with few excep
tions, still insist that free sugar and to
bacco would Injure an infant industry,
and these men are apt to develop suffi
cient strength to defeat the free-trade
bill In the Senate, particularly as thoro
will be little time for its consideration.
.May Dispose of Statehood.
When the SSth Congross adjourned it
wa.s all fixed up that oarly this session a
Joint statehood bill should be Introduced
and rushed through both houses, admit
ting two new states. The visit of many
Senators and Representatives to the
Southwest this Summer has somewhat
upset this programme, for there will be
strong opposition to joining Arizona and
Now Mexico as one state, though Senator
Bevoridge, chairman of the territories
committee, has sworn to put the two
state bill through, despite this opposition.
There is promise of a doal more talk on
statehood this session, though not as
much as last year. But for the fact that
some Arizona citizens have recently
passed resolutions asking for statehood at
any price, the two-state bill might be
readily defeated. But this clement, act
ing contrary to the leading citizens of
Southern Arizona, the most populous part
of the territory, may have the effect of
forcing through the Bevoridge Mil after
all. Then. loo. there is a fcollng that
this statehood question, after so much
useless debate, ought to be settled once
and for all, and the simplest and quickest
way out is to admit two new states. If
that idea carries. New Mexico and Ari
zona will have to be combined and Okla
homa and Indian Territory will make up
the other state. Congress is about sick
of the statehood question and wants to
get rid of it.
Supervision of Insurance.
There will no doubt be a flood of bills
in Senate and House proposing Federal
regulation of insurance companies. The
Now York investigations will naturally
bring out such bills. But there Is no
chance that such legislation will pass this
session, for It would call forth cxienutxl
opposition: thorc Is serious question as to
the constitutionality of such legislation,
and furthermore, there Is much doubt If
a majority of Congress wants Insurance
companies regulated by the National Gov
ernment. This is one of the questions
that will figure In the debates, but will
go over for action nt some future ses
sion. Tariff rexlslon is not on the slate for
this session. There will be lots of tariff
talk, both among Democrats and Repub
licans; there will bo numerous bills pro
posing all manner of changes in the
Dinglry law, but there won't be any ac
tion on the tariff, either In the House or
Sonate. All tariff legislation must origi
nate in the House, and before It gets to
the House, it must be reported by the
committer on ways and moans. This com
mittee Is not In favor of "tariff tinker
ing" in any way. shape or form, and
while there may be some talk on the sub
ject, all the bills referred to that com
mittee will be carefully pigeonholed; not
one of them will be reported. Hence,
thorc will be no tariff legislation. But
the tariff is too big a topic to be settled
in a session which must dispose of the
rate issue. That in itself makes tariff
legislation Impossible this Winter.
Goes Slow on Reciprocity.
There may be a move to get a reciproc
ity treaty with Germany, but it will not
come to anything. Secretary Root will
go slow about negotiating such a treaty,
for he does not want all the prelimi
nary work If It Is certain the Senate will
refuse to ratify the treaty when made.
Secretary Hay was deeply embarrassed
because of the Senate's attitude toward
his reciprocity treaties, and Secretary
Root wishes to avoid similar embarrass
ment Of course, if he is guided by the
Senate, he will not enter upon the nego
tiation of such a treaty, for there is no
likelihood of its ratification.
Ship Subsidy Bill Doomed.
Old friend ship subsidy is going to
be paraded before Congress again this
Winter under the new name "subven
tion." but tho shipping subvention bill
Is doomed to the same fate that over
took the various ship subsidy bills
that were wrecked on legislative
shoals. Congross is not In any mood to
pass a subsidy bill this Winter. Econ
omy is to be the watchword; all ap
propriations are going to be held down
to the last notch, and no sohoxne which
contemplates disgorging millions of
dollars .of public money for the benefit
of any one Industry is going: to have
serious hearing this eession. The ship
subsidy bill Is dead at Its Inception. It
is doubtful If it will even be reported.
Tnere may be some immigration leg
islation, to make Improvements In the
present imperfect laws, and Jt Is pos
sible there may be some sort of legis
lation carrying out tho President's
ideas regarding the better classes of
Chinese But nothing drastic in this
line
Because the Public XasmIs Connie -
the Preslde-nt, ana because of the over
whelming1 Importance of other legisla
tion, land law reform will probably go
by the board: that Is, general reform
in the land law. Tfcere may be some
change in a few specific acts, but noth
ing of a sweeping character this es
slon. The epilation in favor of pure food
has grown steadily, until talk of the
pure-food bill is no longer a joke. A
serious eflTort will be made to get this
bill on the statute books this Winter,
and 'there is an oven chance of success
if it Is properly managed. But it has
got to be handled carefully to get re
sults. This is a bit of legislation that
would have passed almost any time, if
it could have been brought to a vote,
for a majority are In favor of it but
the opposition has so far been shrewd
enough to avoid having a vote taken,
and therein lies the secrot of their suc
cess. Santo Domingo Treaty.
Tho Senate will spend many idle mo
ments behind closed doors, talking over
the Santo Domingo affair. It is a long
guess as to what will be the outcome
of this affair. Many Senators do not be
lieve in making- Uncle Sam do police
duty among- the island ropubllcs; others
think undue importance attaches to
the Santo Domingo affairs, while ethers
believe that Inasmuch as the President
is exercising a protectorate over the
little republic and has assumed charge
of her customs receipts, by virtue of a
modus vivendl. he should be given
the same authority by treat'. The Sen
ate may take no action regarding Santo
Domingo.
There will be no river and harbor bill
this session and no omnibus public
building bllL The other appropriation
bills will go through toward the dose
of. the session, -with the customary de
bate. There will be a flght against the
President' naval programme; there
wilt be an airing of Army scandals
when the Army appropriation bill is
up; there will be a renewal of canteen
talk, and the like, and when the talk
Is over the bills will go through, as
they always do.
A certain amount of local legislation
that carries little or no appropriation
will ge through, of course, but the big
work of the session will be confined to
the legislation above enumerated. Con
gross will not want for topics for dis
cussion: it can keep busy from January
1 till the middle of Summer, and then
not begin to clear off the calendars.
OFFICIALS OF ILLINOIS mUCK
TRUST INDICTED.
Clilmao ftrnnd Jury Examining Com
pany nook Kind Strike Agalnat
Small Firms Were Supported.
CHICAGO. Doc. 2. (Special.) The
grand Jury late this afternoon indicted
the following oittclals of the Illinois
Brick Company and others connected
with the so -railed brick trust: George
C. Prusslng. B. J. Temltnc J. M. Gray.
J. f. Hotaames. W. 1L Wrockler, P.
McMaon and C. Mank.
They are accused of cons pi racy to In
jure the business of others and the In
dictments name a number of inde
pendent lirms said to have suffered as
a result Bowks. Mps and other docu
mentary wlJenoe were carried before
the Jury during the day. A considerable
amount of the evidence was procured
by detect ivos in the office of the State's
Attorney. The hooks were from the of
fice of the Illinois Brick Company and
tho object of producing them before
the jury was to xhow the employment
of "."-lugging gang" for which It had
declared a fund of SSS.voe has
been set aside by the brick trust This
"committee was appointed to "pacify"
those not in accord with the brick trust
methods. State's Attorney Hoaly ad
mitted that the Jury had heard much
evidence tending to show that the so
called trust had supplied the sinews of
war in the shape of money to support
strikes against independent brick
making firm
PROSPERITY AT CONDON
J. E. Hunt Tells of Development of
Town and Country.
J. K. Hunt, ox-State Senator from Mult
nomah County, but who Is new In the
hardware and Implement business at Con.
don. was in Portland this week to spend
Thanksgiving. Mr. Hunt left Portland
about six or seven months ago. He
brings good news about Condon, which
he says is flourishing, and is enjoying a
rapid and substantial growth.
"Condon Is booming, and within live
years we expect to rival Pendleton. Baker
City and La Grande," said Mr. Hunt hurt,
night "There were a great many acres
of land in wheat this season, and the
acreage will be doubled for the coming
yoar. About 500.000 bushels of wheat and
.nearly 1.O50.O00 pounds of wool wore mar
keted at Condon this year. The Fall
wheat never looked better In any country,
and we are cxectlng a bumper crop for
next year.
"Five warehouses, a 403-barroi roller
mill, railroad terminal bulldiags. credit
able business blocks and almost innumer
able residences have been erected at Con
don in the past, year. At present there
is in process of construction a three-story
hotel, modern cold storage plant and a
new electric light plant. The city le
drilling a 1000-foot well for water also.
"The Condon Lumber Company, which
has a very large tract of white pine in
the Blue Mountains about 2 miles distant
has begun the erection of a flume which
wilt transport the lumber from the nulls
to Condon. The waste water of the
flume will be used to generate olectricity,
and later the power will run several large
mills, which will manufacture sash, doors
and other building material.
"We have about 1KO inhabitants in Con
don, and the town is experiencing a soNd
but rapid growth. There Is plenty of
room In that vicinity for persons who
want to engage In stockraising and agri
cultural pursuits, and Condon offers many
opportunities for business men generally.
The farmers are prosperous, the stock-
,men are prosperous, the merchants are
prosperous, and. in fact the whole vicin
ity at large is enjoying an era of prosper
ity that Is highly gratifying."
Xamed for Mrs. Marshall Field.
Chicago Chronicle.
The honor of having a rose of peculiar
hue and of unusual worth and beauty
named in tokea of appreciation of her
place in the social world Has been ten
dered to Mrs. Marshall Field by Alder
man Reinberg. grower of flowers. The
particular bloom, which is destined, with
Mrs. Field's approval, to bear her name,
was exhibited last year at the flower
shew, and on that occasion was the cen
ter of an admiring throng, although listed
as an unnamed aeedllag.
Woman In a Gossipy Town.
Atchison Globe
When a -woman complains that she lives
In a gossipy town, you can depend upon
It that she has been doing something to
Toe -talked" about
Truth &4 Fiction.
Atchteon Globe.
The trouble In real life with the "secret
sorrow. ' which m 3ue much of !. sterr
BUST KILLS
"Blow Out" at Diamondville
Snuffs Many Lives.
WOMEN WOULD SEEK' DEAD
Blackened and Charred Bodies Arc
Identified by Brass Mine Checks.
Entire Village Throngs the
Mouth of the Shaft.
DIAMONDY1LLXX Wye . Dec. 2.
Eighteen miners lost their lives by an ex
plosion late last night in the Diamond
Coal & Coke Company's mines No. 1. It Is
believed that all the men who perished
were Instantly killed. What caused the
disaster is not definitely known, but the
theory advanced by the miners Is that a
"blown-out" shot caused a dust explosion
which wrecked the mine.
The shock of the explosion was felt all
over the town, rocking buildings so vio
lently that their occupants ran our into
the open. The news that there had been
another disaster at the Diamond mine
the second in less than five years quickly
spread thtough'the village, and practical
ly the whole population of Diamondville
flocked to the mine shaft In the previ
ous explosion, which occurr February 25.
32 miners perished, 1
Women Would Scell Dead.
Wives and children of the entombed min
ers were among those who rushed to the
shaft end, and the scenes there were most
pathetic. The women were ready to enter
the shaft, nut it was Impossible to do so
owing to the after effects of the explo
sion, and Superintendent Thomas Sneddon
Instated that all precautions against Are
should be taken. It was late this fore
noon before the first rescue parties en
tered the mine.
The explosion occurred lift) feet under
ground, and at least 9X0 feet from the
mouth of the shaft The explosion
wrecked brattices and blocked the en
trances to the lower levels of the mine,
noce&sitatlng the removal of much debris
before the miners could be reached. When
the rescuers Anally went into the mine
none could remain long.
Afterdamp Chokes Rescuers.
Tho crowds around the portal eagerly
watched as car after car came up from
below, but they brought up only rescuers
who had been overcome by the after
damp. It was nearly noon before the first
body was brought up.
The SM cosldIggc s of the Diamond
mines were assisted in the rescue work
by many miners who came over from
Kemiaercr. a few miles distant
Every man in the mine perished. The
night force was small, their work being
nmlted to knocking down coal to be taken
out by the day shift Had the explosion
occurred in the daytime, the loss of life
would have been far greater.
Mine Not Badly Damaged.
While the workings are believed to be
not materially damaged, it probably will
be a week before the mine. will be ship
ping lu usual output The Diamond Coal
& Coke Company is a Salt Lake City con
cern. The output of the mine is largely
whipped to Salt Lake City and the smelter
at Anaconda. Mont Many English min
ers, who came direct to the mines from
England, are employed at Diamondville,
and it le bettcved that a majority of the
dead are Englishmen.
Charred Mn.ss Once Man.
At ll o'clock the blackened and charred
remains of Robert Marshall were brought
to the surface. His body was burned into
an unrecognizable mass, and could only be
MentMod by the brass mine check carried
by the victim. Marshall's body was bur
ied under a mass of timbers, earth and
coal which completed choked the passage.
The relief party that recovered his body
was headed by Superintendent Thomas
Sneddon, who was overcome by gaseous
air and had to be carried from the mine.
He is In a precarious condition, and may
not recover.
There were IS men still In the mine, and
all hope that they are alive has been
abandoned. Among these are: Ferdi
nand Gerabardl Robert Marshall, mar
ried, has family: Antonlon Martglnont.
married; J. C, Grimsbaw, William Wil
son. Henry Rlngwood. Gas Johnson. John
Kasarl, Henry Usatalo and John Johnson.
Relief Workers Toil On.
The relief workers have been taking
turn about, working hour shifts ever since
the accident occurred, and fresh men are
now on their way from Rook Springs and
Hanna. The mine will be cleared as soon
as possible and the bodies removed and
burled.
No one knows whose Improperly fired
shot ignited the dust in the mine. and.
as all of the miners In that part of the
workings are dead, the facts can never
be known.
The main force of the explosion was at
the 12th level about AW feet from the
mouth of the mine. It made matchwood
of the SxS timbers, the Hone and cement
stoptnga from IS to 21 Inches thick were
torn from their places and strewn
throughout the mine. Canvas brattices
are being erected by the rescue party as
it proceeds, but It is hampered by the
presence of gas. which makes It neces
sary la carry the air with the workmen.
The rescue party ha? reached the tenth
level and has about 3) feet to go to
reach the scone of the explosion. There
is no outward sign of Are, but it Is be
lieved that Are is raging beyond the
debris and coaL
BUTTE. Mont. Dec 2. F.. W. Whyte.
superintendent of the company operating
the mines at Diamondville. Wyo., re
ceived word of the catastrophe there and
this evonlng left fcr the scene.
INDICTED FOR GRAFTING
Conspiracy In Building Smallpox
Hospital nt Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2. Ex-Director
of Public Safety A. L. English. ex-City
Architect Philip 3L Johnson, James D.
Finley, a former city employe, and John
W. Henderson and IL Batoy. members
of a contracting Arm. were indicted to
day en the charge of conspiracy to de
fraud the city in connection with the
construction of a smallpox hospital.
OPEN ALL- OTHER BOXES.
Hearfct Prepares lo Demand Full Rc
canvass of Vote.
NEW YORK. Dec 2. Preparations to
ask the courts for the opening of 19
ballot-boxes, for the service of 63) writs
of mandamus, and for the service of KfiO
orders on counsel and election Inspectors,
were made today by legal counsel for
William R- Hearst, in his contest for the
New York Mayoralty election.
These plans were the result of the
disclosures of Inaccuracies shown by the
opening of four ballolt-boxes yesterday.
Switchmen Not Fighting Sate Bill.
BUFFALO. Dec 2. The gwkcnnWs
Union of North America h Mt k um
movement humcnod Vy railroad oretaor-
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Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuti
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tad TaJ S? far Xfe. reecr Brrr Cfctau Con-,
leU Pro; BotM. I'm, "liar la Cut W
posing Government regulation of traffic
rates, according to an interview with F.
T. Hawley. grand master of that organ
ization. Mr. Hawley says he believes the
railroad employes do not clearly under
stand President Roosevelt's attitude on
the subject.
TOM LAWSON NOT BROKE
Mortgage or Wire's Property lias
Hidden .Meaning for Street.
BOSTON. Dec. 2. ISpectel.) The report
that Thomas V. Lawsen mortgaged prop
erty that stood in his wife's name te raise
tXOMi. which he paid Receiver George
Wharton Pepper, of the Bay State Gas
Company, of Delaware, to release all
claims against htm. means something se.
rious in State street. It does not mean
that Lawson is broke, or even on the
ragged edge. For some years Lawson's
real estate has been In his wife's name,
so recorded for two purposes to prevent
its attachment in any possible salts !
against Amalgamated Copper, and to fol
low a rule he long ago adopted of keep
ing his buetnees affairs and his family
affairs entirely separate. Lawson. in his
dally business transactions, always keeps
a very large cash balance In his bank
frequently an aggregate sum of several
millions, it being one of bis flxpd rules
never to let his cash on hand got down
to the point where a possible turn of the
market can catch him unprepared to pro
tect his trades with spot cash.
SAYS IT IS SCANDALOUS
Pnl)?t Hretvlnjr Company Objects to
Clinrgc Made by Government.
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Dec. i-AlIeplnff
that part of the complaint of the Govern
ment against the Milwaukee Refrigerator
Transit Company, the Pabst Brewing
Company and the several railroads "Is
scandalous and Impertinent." attorneys
Company and chairman of the board of
directors of the United States Steel Cor-
VERY
Cheap Prices
China Crockery
Dolls Glassware
Christmas
Holiday Goods
COME EARLTf
See Our Tempting Price
Gmt luricu Io$tii$ let to.
223 Tint St.
331 WaUnctcn St.
FORTIVTD.
DRINK
Bars Men from Employment
Every ilae of business Is beginning to
shut its doors absolutely to drinking sea.
Bctleoa coa petition has become so keea
that only nea d steadfast habits can find
caplojcsest.
Enplojtrs do not irant sea that are ad
dicted to drlslc A drickisg nan is sot la
fit condition to handle respoesible work.
Continual drinking diseases the nerve
system- No -will power can care; treat
ssest U necessary.
Cures Whiskey and Beer Habit
Take 0E3LDTS Qiktly at Hm!
To care -without patient's kaowteece,
bar ORRINB No. 1; for Tolaatarr tmt
Eeat,by OKSIXE Ne.2. Price, LW per
box.
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BAKER
GRAND
FOR
j Miss Anna Loubet
UNFORTUNATE VICTIM OF STATEROOM INN FIRE
o Under the Auspices of
j LIBERAL PORTLAND
j Saturday Evening, December 9
BAKER THEATER
FREELY DONATED BY MANAGER GEO. L. BAKER
THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS WILL
CONTRIBUTE THEIR SERVICES
Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer, Mrs. Walter Reed, Rose
Eyting'e, Mrs.Earl Wilson Seitz, Miss Leonora Fisher
Miss Bertha Royal, Miss Cornelia Barker, Miss
Eleanor Haber and Messrs. Dom Zan, Gifford Nash,
Fred Jones, Melvin Dodson and Robert McCraken.
Also the following pupils of the
Rose Eytinge School of Acting
Miss Ethel Jones, Mr. Harper Skuse, Mr. Herman
yon Borstel, Mr. J. Alfred McHolland
and Mr. Fred Jones.
In a Dramatic Episode
Tickets 50c, immediately exchangeable at the Baker
Theater box office for reserved seats, now on sale at Ac
comodation Desk, Olds, Wortman & King, Woodard &
Clarke, Skidmore Drugstore, Hotel Portland and Oregon
News Company.
EARLY BUYERS WILL SECURE CHOICE RESERVATIONS
for the Pabst Brewing Company today
filed in the United States District Court
Clerk's office a bill of exception to the
complaint, declaring that the matter be
expunged before the Brewing Company
shall be compelled to file Its answer.
The charge to which the company's at
torneys take exception Is the assertion
that G. C. Pabst and F. Pabst habitu
ally received rebates and concessions
from the railroads before the law was
passed making such action Illegal.
Ohio Bank-Wreckers Guilty.
CLEVELAND. Dec. 2. A Federal
Court Jury returned n verdict of guilty
today against Otto Huyex. president of (
the defunct Gallon, O.. National name,
and also against Edward Flicklnger,
president of the FHckinge Wheel Com
pany, of Gallon, who have been on trial
on the charge of violations of the Na"
tional banking laws which resulted in the
failure of the bank. Hayes and Flickln
ger were found guilty on six of the 52
counts returned against them In tho In
dictments. Judge Gary Weds Mrs. Scott.
NEW YORK. Dec. 2. Ex-Judge Elbert
H. Gary, president of the Federal Steel
Open Evenings Until 9
RAIN! RAIN! RAIN!
JUST IN TIME THREE DAYS SPECIAL
Tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday
At the Great Sale of the
GOODYEAR RAINCOAT CO.
For Men's, Women's and Children's
CRAVENETTE RAINCOATS
At One-Third Value
Exclusive High-Grade Cravenette Traveling Overcoat and Bain
coat combined. Neat, stylish, nobby pattern. Pull, broad saoslders.
Well cut, highly tailored, lined with the choicest of trimmings. New
est shades of browns, blade and mixtures; hundreds to select from.
S 5.00 Men's Cravenette Coats Actual value $12
S 7.00 Men's Stylish Cravenette Coat Actual value $18
S10.50 Men's Nobby Cravenette Coat .Actual value $25
$12.00 Men's Cravenette Coat Actual value $30 to $35
S 4.50 Ladies' Cravenette Coats Actual valse $12
6.75 Ladies Cravenette Coats Actual valae $15
9.00 Ladies' Cravenette Coats Actual valve $25 to $27
$12.00 Ladies' Cravenette Coats Actual valae $35
500 Rubber Coats and Rubber Ca'pes for men
and beys Yours at this sale'.
Mail orders promptly filled, if accompanied by check or mey
order. State chest aad height measurement.
MACKINTOSHES AND RAINCOATS FOR MEN,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT ij VALUE
GOODYEAR RAINCOAT CO.
190 TIM St. fcetwM Waelwmctom d Stark 3trU
THEATER
PHONE MAIN 1907
1PORTLAJTD. ORBGON.
$ YAMHILL AND THIRD SHEETS
MEtM TK1TE1 C3., U'KZ. H. L UtfH. UUKI-
BENEFIT
poration. was married today by Bishop
C. C. McCabe to Mrs. Emma T. Scott, of
this city.
France Grants Bank Privileges;
PARIS. Dec. Z The government has
authorized the Franco-American Bank,
organized by Speyer & Co.. to be listeu
on the Bourse with official privileges.
SPECIALTY SALESMAN
WITH GOOD SALES RECORD AND
UNQUESTIONABLE REFERENCES,
ABLE TO SELL HIGH-PRICED
SPECIALTY
Position Permanent to
Good Man. Wc pay com
mission and all traveling
expenses. State experi
ence in fulL
F 90, Oregonian
o'Clock During the Sale
$1.50