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3 ill Jiimitf ijlt iip!ti iS ' . , ' . . PRICE FTYF fVTS. rORTLAXP. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1911. 1-T X -V X XII . --s. . m. - m. ' " " 1 . RECI BILL HOUSE REACHES McCall Will Engineer Taft's Pet Measure. PRCMPT ACTION IS PfliMISED Amendments Will Be Barred. Deal Taken as Whole. SENATE IS DANGER-POINT Tf rppcr House Works Action, Ex tra Session Is Threatened Dem ocrats Ready to Support Taft PHI n Senate. WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-TO carry Into iffect the terms of the reciprocity ocree ment. concluded by representatives of Canada and the United States lat Thurs day, the first move was made today when MrCall of Massachusetts, a member of the wars and means committee of the Mouse., presented the administration bill on the aubJecU Tha blU was referred to the committee on ways and means, which will take It up next week. The Introduction of the bill by the Massachusetts member Instead of by Payne of New York, chairman of the wara and means committee, occasioned some comment It k Interpreted to In dicate that McCaJI will take a leading part In engineering its progress on the floor of tha House. While members of the committee decline to discuss their attitude upon the meas ure. It baa become fairly-well eestabllahed that the bill to put the new rates Into affect will pass through the committee and come out on the floor of the House within a comparatively short time. Hearings Will Be Limited. Tha flrst more of the committee will ba to determine tf any hearings shall be bald on tha measure. It Is the opinion of several members that, tf certain dele gations representing; Industries seriously affected by the lowering of tariff rates wish to be beard, an opportunity will be afforded them before anal action. There will be no opening: f the bars to all the tariff arguments that might be Introduced for and against the new arrangement. Members? of the committee believe the facts on the various Items were fulfy elicited In the hearing held luring tne preparation of the Payne Aldrtch bill, and that to renew exten sive bearings upon the reciprocity agree ment would needlessly delay Us consid eration. Amendments to Be Barred. The form of the McCall bill is such that it future consideration la a matter of uncertainty. As a bill to raise rev enue. It would be subject to amendment and change, unless a rule of cloture la first put through prohibiting them and forcing a vote upon the reciprocity agree ment as a whole. The negotiations with Canada resulted In a definite and concrete arrangement which cannot be changed in any parti cular without upsetting the whole. For this reason. It Is the opinion that tha ways and means committee and the rules committee will prepare a rule, provid ing for Its consideration as a whole and without amendment. The Impression nasi been strengthened that President Taffs determination to se cure action at this session Is such that he will resort to aa extra session If It beoomea necessary to bring the matter to Anal -consideration In Congress. The extra session talk has caused no Utile worry at tha capital. The leaders of the House say frankly they do not believe ft wia be necessary thus to dis cos of the trade agreement. If defeat comes. It Is expected In the Ra-ate. Tha Democrats of tbe House. after a fairly careful poll by the minority are apparently disposed to accept the agreement and to support It In debate and with their votea. Democrat Will Support Bill. Recording to a Democratic member of tha ways and meaaa committee, the Democrats are likely to accept the bill . without serious attempt to amend It. They look upon tt both aa a tariff change in Una with Democratic Ideas and as a serious attempt on the part of the Re publican Prestdsnt to take tha tariff out of politic. jgcCaU has been the subject of soma peculation because he comes from a state that baa complained bitterly against tha free Osh provisions of tbe agreement. McCaa declined to declare himself, but made no secret of his approval of tha plan for reciprocal arrangvmenU be tween the two countries. Several members of the committee whose .positions have also been la doubt base Indicated that the ways and means eonunlttee will uader no circumstances fan to report promptly and have given Intttnatloaa that the report la likely to be favorable to the treaty. Bill Gtvea Taft Power. The MoCall bill, after Indicating the duties that are to b levied upon Cana dian products, provides these shall be come effective as soon aa the President ascertains, and Issues a proclamation . showing, that Canada la levying similar "duties against American product The I free importation of certain articles Is to I become operative aa soon aa the Pre jant becomes satisfied that Canada la PROCITY CHILDREN DIE IN CANADA BLIZZARD JTHHEK FROZEN; 31 OTHER .XOTIIER IX DANGER. Father When la I'matlUa County Had Been Arrested for Xes;- . - lect of Offspring-. PENDLETON. Or.. Jan. JS. (Special.) Three of the four children of B-. E. Grossehemlg. a former resident of this conjnty. were froxen to death In a re cent Saskatchewan billiard, while the mother and fourth child were so badly frosen that each' will lose a leg-. News was received here today In a letter from L. A. Vogel. who moved to Canada two years ago. The mother and her four children, two boya and two girls, started In search of some sheep which had strayed from the flock. When they were two miles from home the bllxiard came without warning- The boys tried to save the sheep, became lost and were dead when found. The mother drew her two daughtera to her and huddled down In the snow. The younger of the girls died within a few hours after help reached them, while the older girl and the mother are yet In a serious con dition. While a resident of this count Gosse hemig was twice under arrest, once for keeping his children out of school and once for making a- young girl and young boy herd sheep in a snow storm while they were wearing shoes through which their toes protruded. LATHAM SAILS TO ALTAR Wedding- Bells Will Chime Aviator's Farewell to Clouds. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 1$. (Special.) Hubert Latham, the famed rrenca aviator, haa perhaps made his last as cent Into the clouds. Today Latham sailed by the steamer Korea to join tbe "lady of his choice." Who the woman Is. Latham said It would be Indiscreet to announce. It Is understood, how ever, that the conquest of milady's heart was made by Latham s daring. However. It Is also understood that after the marriage Latham will not be permitted to make another essay Into the heavenly blue. In the words of his confreres, "he haa flown his last flight." Latham's fiancee la the daughter of a wealthy manufacturer and Uvea In Southern France. The engagement was entered Into at Rhelma before Latham started on his American tour. But- tha girl's promise had a condition at tached, namely, that Latham should give up his aerial flights after the wed ding bells had chimed. ' ROYAL PAIR LIVE HAPPILY Foe Start Reports That, Spain' Rulers Disagree, Asserta Rleno. TTASHIXGTON, Jan. 38. The atten tion of the Spanish Legation has been at tracted by certain publications to the effect that domestic Infelicity has brought about an estrangement between King Alfonso and his royal espouse. Queen Victoria. Minister Rleno today entered an em phatic denial of the story. He asserts that the royal pair enjoy tha happiest relations. The rumors of a separstlon are believed by him to have been set afloat by antl dynastlc influence - SHAFT LIVING 3Ilncowner Is Rescued After Being Trapped 34 Hours. SAN BERNARDINO. Cat, Jan. JS. Oeorge Kramer, a mine-owner, was res cued by Ms partners yesterday after he had been Imprisoned for 14 hours In their mine near Wlngate Pass. He was unconscious when found and was re vived with difficulty. His hands and fingers were bleeding from his efforts to dig through a mass of gravel and roqk which had caved In and blocked the shaft entrance. - . . : .'V , K W . 1 I lit V i ! - - m. ...luMI r,l Mi I ahu-s-.-wi ... - - i. I, I ... i7. ....... h ; ilnnrnnm fJOUIRl MAY UHN INTO STEER -AID Ways And . Means Body Faces Odd Phase. FUNDS CONTROL ASYLUM CASE Appropriation Topic Likely to Revive Charges of Waste. DOCTOR'S DEFENSE HIDDEN Statistics From Institutions of Other States Gathered to Prove Ore gon Superintendent Saving. Bigger Fund Asked. STATE CAPITOU Salem, Or., Jan. is. (Special) Whether Monday's meeting of the ways and meana committee will prove to be what it la Intended a session to determine the amount of appropriations for various state Institutions or whether It will bring forth a heated defense of Superintendent SteJner, of the asylum, and possible charges and counter charges. Is a topic of absorbing interest here, aa well as being the subject of wide conjecture. . It la certain. If an effort Is made to call for an ncrease In the asylum ap propriation over tbe estimate' of the leg islative committee, some defense of Dr. Stolner from : that committee's allega tions will be demanded. Aa It is cer tain that such an Increase will be re quested, continuance of tha asylum wran gle la promised and there s every Indi cation that lively tilts from both sides will ensue. Steiner to Attend. ' Interest In this meeting centers prin cipally on what position will be taken before the committee by the asylum au-.tbotltlea-and members of tbe State Board. Superintendent Steiner refused to make a statement tonight in regard to his prospective appearance before the board, but he will be requested to be present and with him will be State Treasurer Kay. While' the meeting will not be in the nature of an investigation of tha charges of extravagance made against Steiner by the legislative committee and on the floor of the Senate, echoes of these charges may be heard." Kay and Steiner will be present to make a plea for a bet ter appropriation than ' recommended In the report of the legislative committee. That committee cut down the recommen dation of Dr. Steiner from approximate ly -RnJ.000 to 1592.000. This waa dona principally on the ground that the ad mlnlstrat'on of asylum affairs under Steiner has been lavish and extravagant. Figures Called to Aid. Kay and Steiner will be armed with facts and figures, many of them of a comparative nature. Efforts will be made to show that the Oregon asylum has been conducted more economically than Institutions of other states. It Is probable that specific denial will be made of some of the BowermVn charges and that In some Instances It will be shown that Bowerman exag gerated things In his denunciation. Records in the Secretary of State's office were gone over by members of the board to determine the accuracy of some of Bowerman's statements and correspondence has been carried on with architects and others connected with the construction of the new re- r ,vnns TflMH . ,k.. .h- r.r.on asvlum 'on P f f ' ' , C.neluded on P...) P eW. , VX-Vt? JJI K II INDEX OF.TODArS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S- Maximum . temperature.- 48 degree; minimum. 3S degrees. TODAY'S Probably fair. northwesterly winds. Foreign. Insurrectos in Mexico ambuscade and slay Federal troops. Section 1. page 2. BrlUih parties prepare for strUEgle on re stictlon of Lords- votes. Section 1, PK - National. ' Canadian reciprocity bill introduced In House; Democrat will support it. Bection 1. pace 1. Government Inspector finds many scales in Portland and other Northwest cities give short weight. Section 1. pace 1. Senator Piles will fight reappointment of Collector of Customs Harper. Section , 1, page 8. Vlrtory In Senate for San Franclseo In Fair fight Is predicted by Senator Flint. Sec tion L pace 2. . Domestic Portland millionaire's son In Jail at San Frarelsco. charged with grand larceny. Section 1. page 3. Poolrooms doomed at Pan Francisco follow ing killing of Ouatave Fosiler. Section 1. pass 2. Senatorial deadlocks in Colorado and New York unbroken. Section 1. pass 3. Brandels to defend Hampton's against Stan dard OH Company suit. Section 1, page 2. Politics. Mayorallty campaign In Seattle is strenu ous. Section 1. Psge 7. Borah may enter senatorial race in Idaho. Section 1. Page 8. California has number of freak bills under consideration. Section 1. Page 11. Legislature. Adverse report on Land and Highway Com missioner promise to bring forth heated argument before. Washington Legisla ture. Section 1. page 7. Consideration of appropriations by ways and mean committee may be turned into defense of Dr. steiner. Section 1, page 1. Senate- committee to propose plan revolu tionizing present system of taxation. Section 1. page 8. Warrants Issued for arrest of absent mem bers of House. Bection 1. Page 6. Idaho Legislature pussies over appropria tions Section L Page 7. - ' Pacific Northwest. Three children of former Umatilla rancher frosento death in Saskatchewan. Section t. cage 1. Clsckamas road officials oppose change in system of work. Section 1. page u. Cost of transporting troops to mouth of Columbia dwindles tl per cent in SS years. Section 8. page 12. Brother of Mrs. Kline-Taylor attacks sis ter's character in will contest.. Section . page a. Orphan girl at Washington Training School tries to escape inhuman beatings. Sec tion 1. page . Insects cause loss In forests. Section X. Page 14. Antl-trcatlng ordinance is Issue In Tacoma. Section 2. Pag 14. Sport. "Kid" Cotton Jumps at chance to fight Johnson. Section 4. page O. Portland bowlers make good scores. Sec tion 4, page 7- Oregon Yacht Club has smoker. Section 4. Page 7. New York auto exhibition is great success. Section 4, page 7. Change In open season for salmon in Wil lamette River is urged. Section 4, page 4. Frank Vance, of Seattle, wrestling match with wins Impromptu Eddie O'ConnelL Section 2. page 4. - Commercial and Marine. Large consumption of lima. beans. Sec- tlon 2, page la. Rally In wheat , at Chicago. Section 3. Section 2, page 13. Stocks advance on small buying. page IS. Large Increase In loans and deposits by New York bank. Section X pave 15. Seamen testify before Jury Investigating . sailors' boarding-house case. Section 2, page 14. , Portland and Vicinity. Articles by William A. Maher. on Oregon. attract wide attention. Section 3. page 12. Louis W. Hill snnouncea plans for exten Ion of lines south of Bend. Section 1, page 1. Stockmen want funds for fairs. Section 4. psge 5. Portland Inventor designs airship said to be , wreck-proof. Section 4. page 7. A. S. Brlggs. superintendent of Llnnton rockplle, and James Anderson, guard, accused of brutality by prisoner. Sec tion 1, page 10. Multnomah court docket said to be padded to further bill creating new Judgeship. Section 2. page Id. William L. Flnley urges game conservation. Section 2. page 8. Architect returns from Europe Impressed with civic betterment ideas. Section 1, page lO. Firing of underbrush advocated to prevent forest fires. Section 1. page 1U. Astoria makes urgent sppeal for $100,000 appropriation for its centennial celebra tion. Section 1. page 10. Commercial Club electa board of governors. Section 1- Page 4. Polecat creates stir in high-toned grill. Section 1. Page 1. illlviukit street property owners angered at paving contractors. Section , 1. Page lit. IVn crVimiVTrnrT STP1E TRUNK IS. TO EXTEND SOUTH Medford and Klamath Falls Are Goals. LOUIS W. HILL GIVES PLANS Routes South of Bend to Be Followed to State Line. ACTIVE PUBLICITY URGED Head of System Predicts Marvelous Growth of Portland and Oregon aa Soon as East Learns of Wonders of Tills Section. "You old rascal, how are you anyway," exclnlmed a red whiskered man, wearing a slouch hat and a broad smile as he playfully slapped a broad-shouldered, breezy Western type of Individual with his overcoat, in the office of H. A. Jack son, assistant general . freight agent of the Great Northern Railway, yesterday afternoon. The speaker and overcoat bearer was Louis W. Hill, son of J. J. Hill, and president of the Great Northern, while the man whom he addressed was "BUI" Hanley, the well-known rancher of Burns, Or., one of Hill's advisers and a com panion on the trip through Central Ore gon last year that resulted in the in creased Interest of the railroad man in that section.' The two had not met for a long time and their greetings were like those of school noys. They started at once to recall experi ences of that eventful Journey and each declured that he had more fun then than during any other similar period of his life. Mr. Hill announced that he has ar ranged to take another trip into the in terior of the state in the coming Spring or Summer, and insisted that his friend "Bill" will have to be a member of the party. ' Although he did not venture to speak authoritatively on the future construc tion work that may be done on the Oregon trunk south of Bend. Mr. Hill said that that portion of the state eventually will have to be developed. ' Line to Medford Sure. "Mr. Stevens haa charge of the work In this country," he said, "and I don't know what his plans are. . A number of routes have been surveyed south of (Concluded on Page 11.) OREGOfJ R. (IF THS tSTtl M. ABOVE .IAIVK iUOxvc, I. r MLi.i.inini. "v. POLECAT EMPTIES HIGH-TONED GRILL LOGGER CARRIES OFFENDING AXIMAJj IX SACK. Drunken Bar-Koom Patron Drops Burden Accidentally Rush to Street Follows. Pretty little noses of pretty women dining In the Louvre last night were turned up all of a .sudden while tha men sniffed. An odor wafted from the barroom that did not need identifica tion. A polecat was about. The mephitis mephltica, the name of the most common variety of polecat In the United States, was discovered somewhere In the woods of Oregon and brought into the Louvre barroom In a gunny sack by a drunken logger. Both the logger and mephitis mephl tica were ignored until the logger ac cidentally dropped the sack. Angered at his awkwardness, he picked up the sack with a Jerk, shook It a few times and slapped it upon the floor. The Uttle defenseless animal on the Inside protested. Among the several things that hap pened then was a general desire of the patrons of the cafe to get out. Be coming frightened at the commotion, the logger dragged the sack over the floor a few times and ran into the street. Joining the throng, but still re taining firm grip on the sack. Beat ing 'a safe retreat, with the sack in front of him, he was soon lost In the darkness. After the commotion was over the police were summoned. THey took up the trail at the barroom door, and had no difficulty in following it for sev eral blocks. Then the scent was lost. The logger Is still at large. MRS. PHELPS WARD IS DEAD Authoress Who Began Writing 13 Produced Book a Year. at NEWTON, Mass., Jan. 28. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Wrard author and lec turer,, died at her home in Newton Center tonight, at the age of 67 years. Her husband, Herbert D. Ward, is ex pected home tomorrow. Mrs. Ward was born in Boston Au- ri.nt 21. 1844. the daughter of Rev. Austin and Elizabeth Stewart Phelps. She began to write for the press when but 13 years old. .She was the author of many books, the first, "The Gypsy Series," of four volumes, appearing in 1869. From that time until very to- cently hardly a year passed without a book being published from her pen. PHILADELPHIA PLANS TUBE Four-Track Subway, 11 Miles Long, Will Cost $28,000,000. ' DtTTT.ATTFLPHIA. . Jan. 28. It was learned today that among Mayor Rey burn's plans for the improvement of Philadelphia is a four-track suhway the entire length of Broad street. instance of 11 miles, to be owned by the city, the extension of the Market- street subway system to Camden, N. J-. through tunnels under the Delaware River and the erection of an immense convention hall In Edgemont Park. The proposed improvements, it is said, are to be made under a J60.000.000 city loan, of which $78,000,000 will be spent on the Broad-street subway. SHOP, T WEIGHT IS ROBBING PEOPLE One-Third of Scales Is Found Incorrect. CONSUMER GETS WORST OF IT Portland Not Nearly as Bad as Other Coast Cities. ORDINANCE IS DEFECTIVE Inspector Ilolbrook Finds Sealer Does Well With Scant Facilites, but Conditions at Seattle and Salem Are Bad. BY HARRY J. BROWN. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 28. The cost of living in Oregon can be materially reduced it the state Legislature will enact and provide for the strict enforcement of a law fixing a rigid, standard of. weights and measures: or if the sev eral counties and municipalities will take steps In this same direction for the protection of their citizens. Today the people of Oregon, as in most other states, are largely at the mercy of dis honest dealers who give short weight, who use "fast" scales and who other wise Impose upon an unsuspecting public. That there is extensive fraud in the retailing of the necessities of life In Oregon is conclusively shown by an inspection recently made in Portland, Salem and Oregon City by an inspector 39nt out by Director S. W. Stretton. of the United States Bureau of Standards Similar- inspections have been made in other states,, under authority granted by CongresjifljjiJinuUwLtlMat-e ception tfiese ' inspections have devel oped the lack of adequate state law aimed to suppress the dishonest trafflo in food products, as well as other com modities sold by measure. , Awakening: Is Promoted. r The Federal Government is power less to go into the states and prosecute short-weight dealers who are defraud ing the public. However, Director Stratton is keenly interested in awak ening the people to a realization of the fact that they are paying too dearly for the food they buy, hoping by this means to bring about a reform that will be country wide. The only way in which the National Bureau can ba of assistance is by calling attention to conditions as they exist and aiding the several states and municipalities in procuring standard weights and measures which can be used in tha prosecution of local offenders. The standards in possession of this bureau are official, made so by act of Con gress. Only-' recently F. S. Holbrook, in spector of the Bureau of Standards, visited Portland, Salem and Oregon City, and his report to Director Strat-j ton has. Just been made public. Port-! land. It is stated, shows up very favor- ably, as compared with other cities in Northwest, for it has a local ordinance una a locul sealer, who is doing as much as can be expected with the lim ited funds at his disposal to stamp out short weight in his city. The Port land sealer, however, is handicapped not only by Insufficiency of funds and assistance but by faulty ordinances which restrict his authority and make rigid protection of the public impossi ble. Salem and Oregon City, having no sealer and no weights and measures ordinance, show conditions that are al disgrace, and there can be no remedy: until there is an adequate state law' and proper officials to prosecute dis-' honest dealers. It was discovered that the State of: Oregon has no official standard set ofj weights and measures, to be used asj evidence In court when prosecutions are! attempted in Oregon, and this in itself! is a serious handicap to the Portland! Sealer. Such a set, however, can be pro cured at cost from the Government Bu reau of Standards, as similar sets have been furnished moet of the states of; the Union. Mr. Holbrook was given to! understand that such primary standards would soon be procured, however. Until' such standards are available, enforce ment of any law drawn for the protec tion of the people will be difficult. Portland Ordinance Has Fa nits. The Portland ordinance on weights -nd measures is reported to be "falrly( adequate," but is faulty in several lm-j iiortant particulars. For instance, noj appropriation is made for the purchase of goods for testing, and dealers can not be prosecuted for displaying short weight packages'. There must first be an actual sale, and then a complaint, before the Sealer can Institute prose cution. The bureau suggests that the ordinance be amended to make It a crime to offer or keep commodities for sale which may bo of less weight or measure t'nau represented, and author-, Ity should be given the Sealer to check v eights and measures of all commodl Has kept for sale. Enforcement of the present ordinance e further retarded by lack of funds! and lack of assistance. The provisions of the ordinance are not being wholly carried out. While It Is required thatl all scales be tested officially at least, ironr.lnnod oa Page U. . " -J ' iCeaciuded ea Pg V