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a THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. JULY 25, 190. BATTLE IS RAGING AMD HIDE DUTY Indications Point to Free En try With Lower Rate on Products. IRON ORE RATE REDUCED Question "Whether Conferees Can Re- dura Duties on AVhich House Agreed Oil to lie Free and Taper at $3.50 a Ton. WASHINGTON, July 24. The hide question was settled and unsettled to day. and, while there seems little doubt that eventually hides will go on the free list of the new tariff bill, the contest over their status cannot be re garded as closed. None of the ques tions made prominent through Pres. dent Taft's Interest in them was settled today, although the conference was in strict executive session all day. The conferees expect to spend a large part of Sunday wrestling with these problems. The indications are tonight that the conference rates upon the important questions still in dispute will be as fol lows: Probable Final Duties. Hides, fre. Oil. free. Lumber, rough, $1.25 a 1000 feet with proportionate differentials. Coal. 45 cents a ton, without the House reciprocal clause. Iron ore. 15 cents a ton. Print paper, $3.50 a ton. Practically one full week hss ben oc cupied by the conferees In an effort to iuJ these questions. Most of the time has been devoted to hides. This subject Is complicated by statements coming from boot and shoe interests that they ere ready to agree to a substantial re duction on leather goods If hides are put on the free. list. These interests appar ently felt sure that there could be no re ductions on boots and phoes below 15 per cent ad valorem, the House rate. Difficulty About Shoe Duty. President Taft stated to a number of hm callers that he would Insist upon a reduction to at least 10 per cent ad valorem with proportionate decreases on the rates for other leather goods. Re ports reached the conference room late today that Fpe-aker Cannon and Parlia mentarian Hinds had decided that it would be out of order for the conferees to adopt, a rate on bqpts or shoes lower than the rate adopted by either branch f Congress. Hide Men Cause Consternation. Advocates of protected hides declared that there must be a proportionate re duction on leather to offset the aboli tion of the duty on hides, if their votes were to- be counted In favor of the conference report. This statement came from such men as Senators Warren and Smoot. They said the same views were held by others, including Senators Carter and Heyburn. As a result of the declaration of the men Interested In protected hides, some of those who are looking for an early adjustment of the tariff differences were filled with consternation. Lead Man Also "Grouchy." Pome of the Western Senators are said to be greatly dissatisfied wita the action taken by the conferees in de creasing rates on lead and its pro dints. It was said that it would take very little to induce them to vote sgafnst the conference report. Mr. Aldrlch was of the opinion that the conferees could reduce rates below those nxed by either House without the adoption of a concurrent resolution. A canvass will be made to ascertain whether such a resolution can be adopted. Iron ore was taken up at the after noon session today, but the rate was not fixed. Hale Fights for Paper Trust. Senator Hale Is making a stubborn fis;ht for the retention of the $4 a ton rale on print paper fixed by the Senate. Little consideration has been given t h us far to Umber, coal or oil. The Senate conferees are Insisting upon $1.50 on rough lumber, while the House members say they will hold out for a dollar rate. Coal, it is said, will be made dutiable at 4i cents a ton. It is settled that the reciprocal free trade provision adopted by the House will be eliminated and that oil will go on the free list through the rejection of the countervailing duty adopted by th Senate. The glo-r and hosiery schedules, which were materially increased by the House over the Dlngley rates, remain unsettled. DROPS DEAD IN HALLWAY H. G. Drl&hnnt, Railroad Freight Clerk, Psse Away Suddenly. H. G. Ielahunt. 85 years old. a clerk In the freight department of the South ern Pacific company, dropped dead at S.30 p. m. yesterday In the hallway of the New Western Hotel, corner of Sev enth and GUsan streets, where he roomed. Pr. C. IL Francis, who was railed Immediately, pronounced the case a one of heart failure. C. Cogeshall. also a clerk of the hiu railroad com pany, and J. B. Morris were witnesses to the sudden death of their fellow toomer and notified the authorities. Prlahunt had been stricken by an epileptic spasm on the sidewalk at Sev enth and lavis streets yesterday after noon at 1 o'clock and through the orders of the police, had been sent to th? liood Samaritan hospital in the Red fross ambulance. Several hours later he had sufficiently revived to return to his hotel, lie was on his way to his room when he was stricken. Uvlaliunfs home is in Olathe. Kans. lwpnty t'oroner Dunning, who took vhsrpe of the remains, telegraphed the news of his death to his mother. Mrs. M. ". Kelahunt. The body is being held pending the instructions of the victim's relatives. ENTERTAIN NEW YORKERS Visitors From Kmplre State Mads to Keel at Home in Portland. Portland enhanced its reputation for popltalitv yesterday when members of the New Tork Society and the Portland Commercial Club entertained the party of :00 New Torkcrs which arrived here yesterday morning. Tin visitors wen most appreciative of, the courtesies shown them and were deeply impressed with the scenic beauties of the sur rounding country. The fruits and flow ers also called forth sincere praise. Many members declared it was the most beautiful city they had visited on their entire trip. The special train of eight cars ar rived yesterday morning. The party traveling under the auspices of the Brooklyn Eagle, comprising 100 people, made the Portland Hotel its headquar ters during the day: while the other party, consisting of the same number under the direction of V. V. Beard, stayed at the Oregon. At 2 o'clock committees from the New York Society called at the hotels and took the visit ors for a trolley ride about the city. These committees were composed of th fniinu-inir- Miss Llda M. O'Brya an . i t-. T ...... K.tnu 1 ) Nee juuge "j - - Mi. Huhh- Thomas Hague, Mrs. D. H. Forbes. Charles C. Fisher. Mrs. N'ordan, Mrs. Alary cnapei, ji. . j"- The members of the two parties wer guests of the Portland Commercial Clul at an informal reception. Addresses i v. r wllllnm S. Jackson Htrc Ilium: kpj . . . " - ' of Brooklyn, on behalf of the visitors. and Tom Kictiaruson tor me i-uiinuri cial Club. A buffet luncheon wa served. The travelers left for Seattl at midnight. AVERT WIFE'S PERJURY DIVORCE SUIT CAUSES IICSBAXD TO SLASH HIS WRISTS. ne Discovers False Allegation In Pe tition Member of Prom inent Family. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. July 24. (Spe cial.) Obsessed by a fear that his wife would perjure herself if allowed to press her recently filed divorce suit against him, Walter Wright attemptea suicide last evening in his private wara In a local hospital by slashing his wrists. He is weakened from the ef fects of an operation performed last week and will probably die. The papers in the divorce suit were filed July 21. and it is alleged that Wright was formerly married and that the previous marriage had not been discovered when he married the woman who filed the suit. Wright is the scion of a wealthy fam ily iti Chicago, where he practiced law and was prominent in politics for a number of years. Among his mends are Governor Deneen. Senator I.a Fol- lette and Judge Joseph A. O'Donnell. He has several brothers prominent In business, one being cashier of the United States Bonding & Trust Com pany, of Washington, and another su perintendent of the Paciilc States Tele graph & Telephone Company, Grants Pass, Or. BOY HUNTER IS KILLED Meets Accidental Death While in Woods Near Goldendale. GOLDEXDALB, Wash., July 24. (Special.) A large party which had been out since Wednesday searching for the 17-year-old son of J. A. Se'lers, returned late last night with the body, which had been found about two miles from the house. The boy had left home with his dog and a 12-gauge shotgun, promising to return by 10 o'clock of the same morn ing. Falling to come back by night, the father, who was at Cliffs, was sent for and the party organized. From the position of the body when found the coroner, who was in the party, decided that death was unques tionably due to the accidental discharge of the shotgun, and that death had been instantaneous, the charge entering the back of the head and tearing away the lower part of the skull. The party were led to the place of tha accident by the dog, which was seen and which had been guarding the body since the fatal accident. ADMITS HE FORGED ORDER Joe McGovern, However, Maintains He Had Permission. Joe McGovern, alias Joe Douglas, a teamster recently working for the In-man-Poulson Lumber Company, was ar rested at Second and Couch streets last night through the Vaughn detective bureau for the United Slates authori ties at Spokane. Wash. The United States Marshal at Spokane holds a war rant for McGovern's arrest on the charge of having forged a $25 postal money order. The order was sent from England to Jack Aulton, an acquaint ance of McGovern, in Spokane, and Mc Govern obtained possession of it and cashed it. McGovern admitted last night that he had obtained the money by signing the other man's name, but maintained that he had done so under arrangements with his friend. His story Is discredit ed. He is being held awaiting the arrival of an officer from Spokane. UNCLE SAM NOT LIABLE Employe Cannot Get Damages for Mistreatment by Doctor. WASHTNGTOX, July 26. C. B. Su- sort, a Reclamation Service employe at Concolully, Wash, who haa sought damages as a result of alleged medical mistreatment by a Government phy sician, has been advised that he can secure no redress from the Govern ment. The Controller of the Treasury in his opinion rules that: 'A person who enters Into contract with the United States which provides for the performance of a service by one of its agents, must be presumed to do so in recognition of the well-known rule of law that the United States is not liable for the negligence of its em ployes." Susort was Injured by a rolling log and was treated by a physician under Government contract. BRIAND CABINET FILLED Appointees to War and Marine De partments Accept Office. FARTS. July 24. ML Briand today defi nitely succeeded in forming a new Cabinet to succeed the recently re signed Clcroenceau Ministry, his offer to General Krun and Admiral de la Payrere to take the portfolios of Min ister of War and Minister of Marine, respectively, having been accepted. I-ogger Is Badly Crashed. Caught between two logs. C- J. Web ster, a logger in the camp of the Penin sula Lumber Company on the line of the Columbia River A Astoria Railroad, waa terribly injured yesterday morn ing by being crushed about the hips. He was sent to Portland on the 12:15 o'clock train, was conveyed from the depot to the Good Samaritan Hospital in llolman's ambulance, and Is said to be in a serious condition. FLOWER OF LAKES START LONG RACE Eleven Yachts Leave Chicago on 331-Mile Course to Mackinac. SEVEN-KNOT WIND BLOWS Start Is Auspicious, Except for One Schooner, Which Has to Return for Getting Orf Too Soon, and Muny Craft Cover Harbor. CHICAGO, July 24. Eleven yachts, said to constitute the finest squadron west of the Atlantic seaboard, started today on the Great Lakes classic, the an nual Chlcago-Mackinac Island race. The revenue cutter Tuscarora, with Captain Perry In command, wtfl police the course. The cutter carries on board a wireless outfit by means of which progress of the race will be flashed to the shore. The Amorlta, the yacht which Dr. W. L. Baum, of Chicago, purchased from the estate of tha late Richard Mansfield and with which he all but won the recent racs from New York to Bermuda, carried the heaviest impost. The contestants and time allowances followr Naiad, yawl. 10:13:31. Zeeboomock, sloop, 9:48:35. Illinois, sloop, 8:35:39. . Nahma, yawl, 8:22:01. Naniwa, sloop, 7:48:03. Alice, schooner, 3:37:04. Vencedor, sloop, 8:12:32. Mistral, schooner, 3:16:39. Hawthorne, schooner, 3:04:32. Valmore. schooner, 2:42:32. Amorlta, schooner, allows. Boats Make Good Start. Five schooners, four sloops and two yawls crossed the line at 3 o'clock this afternoon when the starting gun was fired for the 331-mile race to Mackinac The 11 yachts, all dressed In new white, sailed out of the basin into a brilliant blue sea, with a stiff northwest breeze blowing. It was an luenl day. Thousands of per sons lined the lake shore and the harbor was dotted with small craft to give' a parting cheer to the contestants. William L. Baum's big schooner Amor lta, the largest boat In the fleet, Samuel Thompson's schooner Valmore and George Tramell's sloop Vencedor. were the first to cross the line. Close up were tne yawl Naiad, the sloop Zeeboomock, the sloop Illinois, the yawl Nahma, the sloop Xaniawa. the schooner Alice, the schooner Mistral and the schooner Hawthorne. Back of them were the revenue cutter. Tuscarora and the steam yacht Manza nita. One Compelled to Start Over. The Illinois took the lead at the sfart but was soon overtaken. The Mistral was crowded and made a poor start. The schooner Hawthorne crossed the lino ahead of time and waa compelled to come about and rccross, losing seven minutes. The boats all headed for Point Betsey, north of Frankfort, Mich., under a seven- knot breeze. Half an hour later the schooners Valmore and Amorita and the sleep Vencedor passed the Lake View crib, close In the order given, running seven knots. When the Grosse Point licht was passed the Amorita and the Valmore were in view, the former sailing close behind. TRAIN FALLS IN RIVER TWO KILLED, ONE MISSING, MANX' INJURED IX WRECK. Track Collapses Along Missouri and Wabash Cars Plunge Into Muddy Water. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 24. At least two persons are known to be dead, one trainman is missing and be tween 25 and 30 are injured ae a re sult of a wreck of Wabash passenger train No. 4, 30 miles east of here to- nigh t- The train fell Into the Missouri River, where the track had been weakened by a landslide. The dead: Engineer Phillip Flowers. Fireman D. Bond. The engine, baggage car, mail car, smoker and a dead-head sleeper, plunged Into the water and were com pletely submerged. Many of the injured passengers are seriously hurt. The train left Kansas City at 9 o'clock and was due In St. Louis at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. It was com posed of eight cars. Including a bag gage and mail car. The wreck occurred shortly after 10 o'clock, two miles from Orrlck, the nearest telegraph station. The Injured were placed on a freight train and started for Kansas City. This train was expected to arrive here about S A. II- COMBINE AT RATE HEARING Bay City Asks Other Ports to Join Against Interior. SAX FRANCISCO, July 24. While no statement was given out, it Is authol tatively stated that the meeting of the governing body of the San Francisco Traffic Bureau today was to devise some means by which the bureau could appear as an intervenor In the coming rehearing of the Spokane and Reno cases by the Interstate Commerce Com mission. If the Spokane decision Is upheld and Its provisions applied in the Reno case. Jobbers fear that their monopoly of Nevada trade will be wiped out and that Reno will become its own distributing center. The aid. not only of the local bureau but those of Portland, Tacoma. and Los Angeles. It is said, will be invoked. The coast jobbers will be asked to mi common cause with the railroads to present the strongest possible case be fore the Interstate Commerce Commis sion which for the first time In Its history, will convene on the coast to rehear the cases of Spokane and Reno on the ground. The traffic managers of the trans continental railroads have been In ses sion for three days. Vive bo.k pf 'Hctioa are published dally la LLK couaU7. ' SPECIAL Saml RUSSIA RESORTS TO USE OF KNIFE Sends Assassin to Paris to Kill Betrayer of Man Who Sought Czar's Life. NOW HE'S HIGH IN OFFICE League Seeks Death of Mau Who Exposed Harting, Plotter Against Alexander III, Who Now Heads the Secret Police. PARIS, July 24. Jean Juarez. Social ist leader In the Chamber of Deputies, today publicly warned the French Gov ernment that he had reason to believe Dr. Dubrovin. president of the League of Russian People, had sent emissaries to Paris for the purpose of murdering M. Bourtzeff, an exiled Russian revolu tionist. Bourtzeff recently exposed General Harting, chief of the Russian political police In Paris, accusing him of being the organizer of the dynamite plot against Emperor Alexander III. The charges were confirmed by the French authorities and the expose came Just in time to prevent General Hartlng's pro motion to the Legion of Honor. HAKTIXG FREE IX HIS TALK Denounces Bourtzeff, Who Exposed Him, as Base Tngrate. ST. PETERSBURG. July 24. General Harting, ex-chief of the Russian politi cal police abroad, who recently was denounced by M. Bourtzeff as being Implicated in the plot to assassinate Emperor Alexander HI, has been in St. Petersburg for the last "two weeks arranging his affairs. He has been re tired from the police service at his own request on an annual pension of J2500. In an Interview today. General Hart ing, known also as Michael Landesen, made the Important announcement that Azeff, a leader of the Fighting Revolu tionists and a noted police spy whom the Russian police had been seeking throughout the world. Is now in Russia occupying an Important post in the so called Third Section, or political police. General Harting is residing In one of the apartments maintained by the police where they can meet the re volutionary agents. He consented to talk when convinced that he was recog nized. He readily admitted his identity with the Terrorist, Landesen, saying that in early youth he sincerely be lieved in the principles of terrorism and went under the name of Landesen In planning with others the assassi nation of Alexander III, in 1890. He denied, however, that he had betrayed his comrades to the French police, as M. Bourtzeff has charged. His ideas changed after he secured employment as a clerk in the embassy at Paris. Later he was transferred to the police service, but never was an agent provocateur or traitor, citing as proof of this his continued friendly re lations with his old revolutionary ac quaintances. He served the Russian Government, he said, honorably and faithfully and his services were recog nized by commendation from high quar ters on his retirement. General Harting was very bitter against Bourtzeff. who. but for General Harting. according to the latter's assertion, would have perished in a French or Russian prison. The French government had proposed to expel Bourtzeff. On such occasion General Harting had interposed and now France is in possession of evidence that Bourtzeff was hand in glove with the active terrorists and had decided to ex pel him. General Harting talked about the famous government agent, Azeff, who, from an inside position in the councils of the revolutionists for years had kept the government informed on terrorist plots against the Emperor and high of-rli-lals. General Harting. who had longer and more intimate relations with Azeff than any one else, .declared that Azeff Hart Schaffner $20.00 Suits Reduced to $25.00 Suits Reduced to $30.00 Suits Reduced to $35.00 Suits Reduced to J? Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits Are the Best Made for Style, for Tailoring, for AH-Wool, Honest Quality of Fabrics; No Tailor or Clothier Can Match Them and We Know It. Come in and Look Them Over and Then You'll Know It. osenblatt Corner Third and had never played a double game with the government, nor sacrificed the life of a single official to further his own ends. He asserted that Bourtzeff's charge that Azeff had participated In the assassina tion of Von Plehve was absurd. Azeff owed everything to Von Plehve and sin cerely loved him. Continuing. Harting delcared that Azeff was clever, hard working and honest and had repeatedly risked his life to serve the government and that he was still highly appreciated at St. Petersburg and was now rendering valuable services, though in what capacity he had no right to state. LOW INTEREST EXPECTED State Board Waives Right to Buy Astoria School Bonds. ASTORIA, Or.. July 34. (Special.) In accordance with the request of the local school board the State Board of Land Commissioners has waived its right to purchase the $75,000 in bonds to be issued by Astoria school district for the pur pose of erecting a new high school build ing, i As the State Board has under the law, the option of buying school district bonds and fixing the interest at 6 per cent, it is expected that the action of the Board In waiving its right will re sult in a material saving to the dis trict for the reason that the Board be lieve it can readily dispose of bonds bearing not more than 44 or 5 per cent interest. While the detailed plans for the new building have not been prepared the structure will be 100x100 feet, two stories high with a basement and will contain 16 school rooms in addition to an as sembly hall, gymnasium, laboratory and superintendent's ofllce. Breach of Contract Charged. ASTORIA. July 24. (Special.) A suit has been filed in the Circuit Court by W illiam O. Heller vs. the Ilwaco Mill A Lumber Company. The complaint alleges that on December 8, 1808, the defendant enterd into a contract with the plaintiff, whereby the defendant was to erect an electric light plant at Ilwaco; that the plaintiff was to operate the plant and Brown Your Hair With Mrs. Potter Walnut Tint Hair Stain. Walnut It only takes you a few minutes once a month to apply Mrs. Pottery Walnut-Tint Hair Stain with your comb. Stains only the hair doesn't rub off, contains no poisonous dyes, sulphur, lead or copper. Haa no odor, no sediment, no grease. One bottle of Mrs. Potter's Walnut-Tint Hair Stain should laat you a year. Sells for $1.00 a bottle at first class druggists, we guarantee satisfaction. Send your nama and address on a slip of paper, with this advertisement, and enclose 25 cents (stamps or coin) and we will mall you, charges prepaid, a trial package, in plain, sealed wrapper, with valuable book on hair. Mrs. Potter's Hygienic Supply Co 641 Groton Bldg.. Cincinnati, O. Mrs. Potter's Walnut-Tint Hair Stain Is r-crmTnendd and for sals in Portland by Woodard -Clarke rrag ( o-. wholesalers and retailer: Esrir pharmacy. 289 Morrinoa street; S. ti. Skldmore Co., 151 Third street ' Gathering ' SALE & Marx Clothes $1 $1 $2 4.50 9.SO 2.SO 6.SO 2 & Morrison Streets was' to receive for his services 75 per cent of the gross receipts of the plant, provided that should the gross receipts exceed $150 per month, the plaintiff was to receive 25 per cent of all over that sum. According to the complaint the agreement was to be inforced for three years and the plaintiff entered upon the performance of the terms of the con tract, continuing until May 30 of this year, when the defendant broke the con tract by selling the plant to other Eastern cannot find a better field for investment than in Port land Eeal Estate. . Compare values with those in other Coast cities. Investigate the history of Portland Real Estate since 1905. Unaffected by the panic of 1907, there has been a steady, conservative appreciation. Note the splendid and continuing increase in popula tion 'and business. Do not leave the city without buying. You are certain to realize a handsome profit. After visiting every other district, go to Rose City Park For this choice property, so easy that we are confident Hartman & Chamber of NORTH BEACH Service of the 0. B. & N.'s Fine Excursion Steamer T. J. Potter .,.WV ;::V?;: L Between PORTLAND AND MEGLER From Portland, Aih-Street Dock, Daily, Except Saturday and Sunday, 8:30 A. M. Saturday Only, 1:00 P. M. MEALS ON THE POTTER THIS YEAE WILL BE A LA CARTE Baggage should be at dock at least 30 minutes before departure. Season Tickets, from Portland $4.00 Saturday-to-Monday Tickets $3.00 Five-Trip Commutation Tickets $15.00 Reduced rates will prevail from all parts of the state. Purchase tickets at the City Ticket Office, O. R. & N., Third and Washington Streets. WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. Co. parties. The plaintiff asks for damages in the sum of JOT0. National Bank for Vale. OREGONIAN NEWS BIT RE AU, Wash ington. July 24. The application of EI wood L. Clark, of Vale. Or., D. M. Bro gan. J. F. Kelsey. L. J. Hadlcy and K. L. Cole to organize the First National Bank of Westfall, Or., with 5.00 capital, ha been approved by the controller. Tourists prices are so low and terms of the result. Thompson Commerce. -. ... -