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THE SUXDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. MARCH SO, 1910. FAIRBANKS, GUEST, HELD FOR TICKET Young Woman Stops ex-Vice-President, at Door of Reception. HEARS BEVERIDGE IS OUT Political News From Indiana That Senator May "Go Home and Stay a While" Makes World-Traveler Wake Vp and Xotice. NEJV YORK, March 19. Honored abroad by leaders of policy, thougrht and manners, it was the fat of Charles "Warren Fairbanks, ' at home after an absence, to fall of recognition by a daughter of his own state at the re ception tendered him last niffhit by the Daughters of Indiana at the Hotel Astor. As the tall form of the ex-Vlce-Preel-dent, his wife at his side, appeared at The doorway of the ball-room, a young woman stepped forward and said po litely but firmly: "Tickets, please." "I haven't any tickets," said Mr. Fairbanks; "I didn't know I needed any." . , "My instructions were,'," persisted the young woman, "to let no one in with out tickets." "I am Mr. Fairbanks," said the guest of honor, smiling. Friends who had recognised Mr. Fairbanks came forward to end the em barrassment by congrstulating the young woman on her faithfulness In obeying orders. When Mr. Fairbanks arose to speak his first words were of home. "We never get beyond the influence of Indiana In circumnavigating the globe," he said. "We have a heritage in the United States enjoyed by no other people. Everywhere we found other nations are studying American institutions more and more. The Influ ence of the United States was never more potent than today." Dr. William Bayard Hale, formerly a foreign newspaper correspondent, caused Mr. Fairbanks to prick up his ears at political news from home. "While I was at the White House last week." said Dr. Hale, "I heard a conversation between James Watson, ex-whlp of the House and a candidate last year for Governor of Indiana, and President Taft. Watson seemed to think things looked very bad for Sen ator Beverldge. He told, the President "Beveridge probably would go home and stay a while." FRANCE GETS MINIMUM AGREEMENT IS REACHED ON" ALL TARIFF1 DIFFERENCES. Canadian Situation, However, Is Held to Be Almost Hopeless, but Conference Coming. ROCHESTER, N. Y.. March 19. President Taft announced last night a complete agreement had been reached 'with France on all tariff differences, and he would sign a proclamation giving France the minimum rates of .the Payne Aldrlch law. Mr. Tart received Thursday night a long cipher dispatch from Secretary 'Knox conveying the contents of a cable gram from France which Indicate the proposition made by tlp United States practically had been accepted. France had agreed with the United States on 96 per cent of Imported articles, and in lieu of an agreement on the re maining 4 per cent, was wiling to grant still further concessions. Because of the high increase of duties on champagnes, it had been predicted a tariff war with France was almost certain. Although the situation seems all but hopeless, Mr. Taft has not given up the idea of avoiding a tariff war with Can ada. He has Invited to meet him In Al . bany. either today or Sunday. W. S. Fielding, the Canadian Minister of Fi nance. Henry M. Hoyt, counsellor of the State Department, and Charles M. Pep per, tariff expert of the Department of Commerce and Labor, will come from Washington for the conference. Mr. Taft at first invited Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Canadian Premier, to the conference, but the latter was unable to come. Thus far, Canada has shown a disposition to "stand pat" that has all but put an end to further negotiations. BUTLER STIRS LEWISTON Policeman's War on Gambling Arouses People Against Mayor. SPOKANE. Wash.. March 19. (Special.) A Lewiston. Idaho, special to the Spokesman-Review says: No question in recent years haa stirred Lewiston as has the controversy be tween factions In municipal politics rela tive to the demand for removal of Pa trolman Butler. Even the local option fight is being forgotten in the discussion of the probable result of the agitation and the meeting of the Council Monday night Is awaited with interest. The fight on Butler is an echo of the last municipal election, the faction op posing Mayor Tweedy at that time seeking- the patrolman's scalp, although there are also among those demanding his re moval a number that worked for the Tweedy ticket. The arrest by Butler of a party of trav eling men Monday morning on a charge of gambling, the case being later dis missed by Police Justice Erk for lack r of evidence, has brought matters to a climax, and Butler's enemies demand his removal by -the Council, under penalty of having a recall against the Mayor and action against some Councllmen. Butler is said to have the Indorsement of the dry forces for the Republican com (nation for Sheriff. SPOKANE COUNCIL SOLID Will Not Back Down From Terminal Rates Stand. SPOKANE. Wash.. March 19. (Special.) "You can just bet that the City Council is going to show a solid front to you in the stand it has taken to require ter minal rates for this city," said Council man Jacob Schiller today. He waa dia , cussing with railroad advocates the fact I that the pro-railroad forces are canvass- irt Spokane in a publicity campaign to 'dnduce the public to lnsitst that the Coun cil back up and let the railroads come in under the terms that the railroads are demanding. He continued: The Council will care nothing for -your demonstrations and your petitions. All that would influence me to change my attitude and all that will influence them to change will be an election wherein the people of this city will tell by their votes what they desire. This oeurse Is open to the railroads. If the railroads mean business they can get at the matter in this way." Schiller's views were fully confirmed by a. poll of the City Council today, only one member, A. J. Cartwrlght. being non committal, and all the others Insisting that a referendum election, putting the matter up to the people. Is the only method that will induce the Council to change its position an vote for granting the franchises applied for in conformity with the wishes of the railroad promoters. Powerful opposition to -the railroad force is shown by the attitude of half a. dozen union labor leaders Interviewed today; also by hundreds of merchants who pay the high freight, and by many professional men. On the other hand, the advocates of new railroads without imposing terminal rate clauses In the franchises are flood ing the city with letters to taxpayers asking that the Council be besieged. Large advertisements are being printed to the same effect. The topic is tne all prevail lng one everywhere in Spokane. TABLET TELLS OF DELUGE CUNEIFORM ' FRAGMENT DIS COVERY BEARS OUT BIBLE. - Piece of Unbaked Clay Taken From Ruins of Temple Library at Nip puf Just Deciphered. PHILADELPHIA. March 19. The discovery of a fragment of a cuneiform tablet, believed to be of the period 2100,- B. C, bearing an account of tha deluge described In the Bible and agreeing with the narrative of Gene sis, was reported here last night by Pro fessor H. V. Hilprecht at a gathering of friends of the University of Penn sylvania at the home of Provost Har rison. This fragment, which has Just been deciphered, was one of those excavated from the lowest strata of the oldest part tf the ruins in the temple library at Nippur, Babylonia, and waa brought here by the expedition sent out by the University of Pennsylvania in 1899. It is of unbaked clay and measures two and three-fourths inches at its greatest length and two and three eighths inches at Its greatest width. As translated by Professor Hilpfecht, the narrative contained on the tablet follows: "(I declare unto thee) that confess of heaven I will loosen, a deluge I will make and it shall sweep away all men together: but thou (the Babylo nian Noah) seek life before the deluge cometh. forth; for to all living beings, as many as there are, I will bring overthrow, destruction, annihilation. build a great ship and -. and total height shall be Its structure. It shall be a houseboat, carrying what has been saved of life. . f . With a strong deck cover it. The ship which thou shall make. Into it bring the beast of the field, the birds of heaven and the creeping things, two of every thing instead of a number . . . and the family . . ." The oldest tablet heretofore contain ing an account of the flood is the "Layard deluge tablet." now In the British Msueum, but the latter only dated from 50, B. C. "The Layard tab let" agreed with the details of the Biblical narrative in only a few particulars. NOODLES ADVISES YOUTH NEWSBOY ADDRESSES STUDENTS AT HIGH SCHOOL. 'Don't Smoke, Chew or Drink," He Says Wise Boy Is in School When Bell Rings. Noodles Fagan. the newsboy, made a big hit at the Lincoln and Washington high schools yesterday. He gave two talks, the first one at the Washington High School. Noodles waa Introduced by Professor H. H. Herdman, the principal. His subject was the advantages of educa tion. He started with his contagious mile. Then he told the boys- and girls how he had got the name of Noodles. It is- an Interesting story of how the little newsboy carried lunches to politicians of Tammany Hall, when the- big bosses woujd hold a meeting, little Fagan was the official messenger. He told the pupils how important an education is. j "Boys seated in a ochool taking advan tage of excellent teachers are, Indeed, lucky," he said. "Think of the many boys working In the mines and factories who never even have a chance to finish in the common schools! It is a wise boy or girl who is on time in morning when the bell rings, and finishes the school session each day with another ton of knowledge to help through life. "There are a great many boys that- thlnk that it Is stylish to smoke cigar ettes. I don't call anything style that breaks one's health, and If you boys want to succeed take my advice: Don't smoke, chew or drink, but keep your hands and habits clean." "' Noodles, accompanied by Superintendent Rigler. went from there to the Lincoln High. School, where' he spoke on the sub ject "Wit and Wisdom." He will deliver a free lecture thle morning at. the Grand Theater on "Life In the Slums of New York" and "Travels Over t."j World," illustrated by slides and moving pictures. Five thousand tickets will be given away at the door. Manager Cofflnberry will have special ushers. All the children and their parents in Portland are invited to attend. VICTIMS OF ALL DEGREES Maybray Gang Swindles Said to Ag gregate $1,500,000. COUNCIL BLUFFS, la., March 19. Another night session was ordered by Judge McPherson In the Federal Dis trict Court, where the case of John C. Maybray and his associates Is being tried. Following a long summing up during the morning hours by Assistant District Attorney Stewart, the defense spent the afternoon In arguments. Tonight Colonel M. L. Temple, Dis trict Attorney, closed for the Govern ment. Colonel Temple declared the work of Maybray and his associates to be the most monumental fraud of Its kind the Government ever bas . been called upon to prosecute. . "Victims of high and low degree," declared the colonel, "from evnry part of the country have been beaten out of amounts that aggregate a million and a half dollars." Sam'l Rosenblatt & Go. 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STETSON HATS COMPLETE STOCKS OF BOYS' CLOTHES Copyright Hut Schaffner & Marx SOW H TO NSURANC E MONEY Evidence Uncovered to Show Its Use in New York Legislature. 0DELL CAN'T REMEMBER Agent of Underwriters Relates a Stormy Scene in Governor's Of fice After Insurance Bill Is Ve toed Evidence Concealed. NEW YORK. March 19. Superintendent' Hotchkiss. of the State Insurance Depart ment, began an Investigation here Friday which brought out testimony to Dhow that the Are insurance interests of the state had contributed ttO.000 to various sources in the early part of 1901 to In fluence legislation. Five thousand dollars, according to the testimony of Elijah R. Kennedy of the firm of Weed & Kennedy, fire insurance brokers, was handed over ' to the late Reuben L. Fox for the aid of the state committee and the other $5000 was divided among politicians. Mr. Kennedy was a member of the committee on laws and legislation of the New York Fire Underwriters In 1901. In his testimony today he said he had re ceived what lie thought was the approval of Governor Odell, to a measure favoring the fire insurance companies, but when the bill failed of the Governor's pignature he made a special trip to Albany with Senator George R. Malby, now in Con gress, to learn what held It up. They found the bill had been vetoed and it was only after most urgent representa tions that Governor Odell was induced to sign it. Ex-Governor Odell said' tonight at hie home in Newburgh that he had no recol lection whatever of the bill of any stormy scene in the . executive offices or even of Mr. (Kennedy. 'I signed some thousands of bills up there." said Mr. Odell, "and I don't recol lect this one at all." Among the papers found in the office of the New York. Board of Fire Underwriters was a bill put in by Mr. Kennedy, "Tor counsel fees, telegrams, telephone and traveling expense?." $13,311. Attached to the bill was a receipt "for disbursements and traveling expenses In matters of leg islation approved' by the finance com mittee," for $S311. From Mr. Kennedy's testimony it appeared that the J5000 lopped off his bill was later contributed by various companies and turned over to him. , The only name mentioned in the testi mony as a recipient of any part of the J50O9 was that of George W. Aldridge. of Rochester. Clews to the present investigation were found by Dr. Hotehkiss when he was going over the affairs of the Fire In surance Company of Brooklyn, and early in January he put out his force of 30 examiners to work among 15 different fire lneurance companies. In the office of the New York board of fire under writers were found various records of legislative activity among the companies. Merino ewes; Bulterfield Livestock Com pany, of Weieer Idaho, and the Rambouil let Company, pair of Hampshire ewes each; George MeKerrow- & Son, of Wis consin, pair of full-blooded Oxford ewes: Frank Harding, of Waukesha, Wis., prize winner Oxford ram; R. Neil, Ogden, pair of Ijinclln ewes. John I.. Smith, of Spokane, donated a bull calf. Clark Henry, of Denver, do nated a pure-bred Berkshire sow, and the I..add estate, of Portland, a hog. A pair of Percheron mares will arrive next week. Several thoroughbred cows, among them an Imported Jersey and sev eral prize-winning Holstelns, are being received now. LA GRANDE WINS DEBATE i Ilaker City Students Lose Oratorical Contest by One Vote. BAKER CITY, Or., March 19. (Spe cial.) The debate between - La Grande and Baker City last night was won by La Grande by a 2-to-l decision. The judges were: ReV. Evans, Dr. Best and W. R. Graham, of Pendleton. The ques tion was, "Resolved. That the commis sion plan of government Insures ef ficiency and a decrease of corruption in city government." The Baker debaters were: Clyde Dlllbaugh, Everett Saun ders, John Jenkins; La. Grande, Messrs. Hugh, Hamilton and Myers. ' The victors will meet the winners of the Pendleton-Fossil debate for the championship of Eastern Oregon dis trict. PEPOON MUST FACE TRIAL Stevens County Prosecutor Flies In formation Against Him. COLVILLE, Wash., March 19. (Spe cial.) Prosecuting Attorney, H. G. Klrkpatrlck yesterday filed with the clerk of the Stevens County Superior Court an Information charging George Pepoon and Ray Wilcox with murder in the first degree, alleging in this con nection the killing of Kdith Pepoon by potton on August 29, 1909. cial.) The shingle manufacturing Inter ests of Vancouver and other; parts of the . province are now facing a shut-out in the American market, provided the United States applies to Canada on April 1 the maximum tariff. Since the increase In duty from 30 to 50 cents a thousand lftt year the export trade from the province has been small, but another increase will end all trade entirely. The inaxumum tariff will bring the cost of shingles delivered in the United States to more than $2.50. Mnyton Inventor's Iden Sue. . STAYTO.V. Or., March IS. fSpei-Ml.) Charles Brown has completed and put In operation an automatic gate to dis charge the surplus water from the Stay, ton power ditch. The gate works or a pivot and Kwlnfis open or shut by the aid of a lever connected to a float. Letters ran now be automatically regis tered In Berlin by an automatic penfiy-ln-the-clot machine placed in the postotflces. which specially stamps the (letters, and' uvu the enrtn from valUoc. FIVE SHEEP ARE DONATED Idaho Experiment Station Receiver Thoroughbreds for Investigation. , MOSCOW, Idaho, March 19. (Special.) Dr. W. L Carlyle, director of the Idaho Agricultural College, Is receiving dona tions of some of the finest specimens of sheep In the United States for use on the agricultural farm. These donations we're secured mostly at the recent National convention of sheepmen held at Ogden. Among the donators are the Wood Livestock Com pany, pair of full-blood Hampshire ewes; A. J- Knowlton Company, of Chicago, pair of Shropshire ewes; I. W. Perrin Company, OX XB'lft. Falls, Ida Up, a pair of SHINGLES HjTBY TARIFF British Columbia to Stop Exporting With Next Increase. VANCOUVER. B. C. March 19. (B-pe- A Question All Consumptives Should Ask Their Doctor " Ask your doctor to show you three or four of his cases cured of Tuberculosis by eggs and milk, tuberculin, or any other treatment. If he has been suc cessful in curing Consumption, he Is en titled to your confidence, but let the cured people do the talking. This is what one has to say: "I was sick a year and a half before I heard of Eckman's Alterative. 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