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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1906.
DISCUSS
ERMS
T
OF NEW RATE Li
Railroad Men and Shippers
Urge Claims Before
Commission.
MORE TIME TO FILE TARIFFS
Railroad Men Object to Change In
Export and Import Rates Ship
pers Favor It and Want
Fixed Classification.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. To discuss
certain phases of the railroad rate
law, which took effect today, there
was a conference which lasted the
greater part of the day between the
members of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and representatives of the
railroads and Bhlppers of the country.
The railroad officials present num
bered 34. among whom were: Vice
President Caldwell, of the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western; Vice-President
Gamer, of the New York Central:
Counsel Massey, of the Pennsylvania,
and General Counsel Clardy, of the
Missouri Pacific, while V. Bentley, of
Chicago, J. A. Farley, of Dallas, Tex.,
and James Maynard, of Knoxville,
Tenn., were among the speakers for
the shippers. The American Shippers'
Association and the Illinois Manufac
turers' Association were represented.
Petitions of Each Interest.
' The railroad representatives uni
formly grave assurance of their inten
tion to comply fully with the new law,
but presented their views as to the
operation of certain provisions, among
the points urged being extension of
time In which carriers may file their
tariffs with the Commission; contin
uance of the present method of posting
tariffs; objection to any change in ex
port and Import rates pending a full
hearing; and the absolute concurrence
of ,all the carriers Interested before
the establishment of Joint rates.
The shippers' representatives urged
the protection of their interests, par
ticularly against the railroads shifting
classifications so as to put up rates,
and contending for the discretion of
the Commission in the export and Im-,
port changes and for the publication
of tariffs In the full acceptation of that
term. The Commission reserved de
cision of the questions brought up.
Tons of New Tariffs Filed.
Five members of the Commission, Chair
man Knapp and Messrs. Clements. Cock-,
rell and Lane, were present this morning.
E. E. Clark, who was recently appointed
a member of the Commission under the
new law, arrived today and attended the
afternoon session. He took the oath of
office about two weeks ago at his home
In Cedar Rapids, Iowa. After the meet
ing he ' was in conference with other
membersof the commission In the office
of Mr. Knapp. It is not known whether
Commissioner Harlan has taken the oath
of office. He is not expected In Washing
ton for several days.
Already, in partial compliance with" the
law, tons of tariff rate schedules have
been filed with the Commission by the
various railroads and common carrier
lines of the country, and addition
al tariffs are being received by the
Commission In every mail. The four
Commissioners conducted a hearing to
day, at which the trunk lines, New
England and Central railroads were
heard, through their representatives, as
to some phases of the operation of the
new rate law. Thirtylfour representa
tives of these railroads, including traffic
officials and counsel and eight representa
tives of various shipping organizations,
were present.
NEW SPELLING IX ALL PRINTING
Committee of Departments to Pre
pare Rules for System.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. The Presi
dent's order regarding phonetic spelling
will be extended to ail parts of the Gov
ernment. By his direction all documents
are to be printed with that form of spell
ing. A meeting was held yesterday, called
by Public Printer Stilllngs. of all the
chief clerks of the various departments,
and a committee was appointed to formu
late rules for carrying out this order.
The committee will report at a future
meeting.
President Roosevelt's correspondence Is
now spelled in accordance with the recom
mendation of the Carnegie reform spelling
committee, of which Proressor Brandor
Matthews Is chairman. An official list ot
the 300 reformed words reached the exec
utive office at Oyster Bay yesterday, and
the letters which were mailed yesterday
were spelled in accordance therewith.
Iceland Wants American Goods.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 28. Telegrams
from Reykjavik. Iceland, intimate that
the Icelanders are planning to bring about
the direct Importation of American goods
instead of by way of British ports, as
heretofore. The imports from America,
especially petroleum, wheat, sugar and
tobacco, have largely increased during re
cent years.
The Legislature of Iceland has decided
to invite 40 members of the Danish Par
liament to accompany the .King of Den
mark on his projected visit to Iceland in
the Summer of 1907.
Why Not Teach Esperanto?
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. Shall naval
officers be taught Esperanto, the univer
sal language? The Naval Academy Board
Is considering a lettar of William Baff.
of "Worcester, Mass., who says that with
a daily lesson of one hour for a period of
five months, the midshipmen at Annapolis
would readily acquire a complete knowl
edge of Esperanto and would be able to
read, write and speak it fluently. Mr.
Baff suggests this to the board only as a
supplementary language.
New Rural Route at Talent.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 28. Rural Route No. 1 has
been ordered established November 1 at
Talent, Jackson County, Ore., serving 416
people and 104 houses.
TYPHOID IS NOT EPIDEMIC
Funston Denies That Conditions at
CampjTacoma. Are Bad.
CAMP TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 28.
Conditions at Camp Tacoma are not un
sanitary. General Funston. commanding
the encampment, this evening was shown
a report to the effect that a large num
ber of soldiers are being sent to Van
couver Hospital suffering from typhoid
fever, an epidemic of which exists here,
and promptly denied the report. Gen
eral Funston said:
"All there Is to that report Is that
one of the organization here, the Twen
ty-second Infantry, had a number of
cases of typhoid in San Francisco and
after the regiment arrived here two more
cases developed. The men were sent
away at once. Onjing to the possibility
that the ground of the regiment's camp
might have become infected the regiment
has moved to another part of the camp.
Altogether there have been nine case
of fever in the Twenty-second since It
arrived here. These cases have been
very mild and there has been no death.
There Is no doubt that the Infection
was brought from San Francisco, as the
two first cases developed almost Imme:
dlatey after the regiment's arrival here.
If the ground became Infected, the dust
would carry the germs about the camp
and we thought it wtee to move the
regiment to new ground. It is possible
that the fever la not true typhoid, at
all events It is a very mild form of
fever and there have been no cases In
any of the other organizations."
The health of the camp to generally
good, the percentage of men on the sick
list being one. Most of these cases are
slight ailments and minor accident, such
as sprains and so forth.
STOLYPIN REFUSES TO MEET
TERRORISM AVITH TERROR.
Will Resume Policy of Reform and
Not Suppress Legal Oppo
sition to Policy.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 28. In view
of suggestions In the foreign press re
garding the coming policy of the govern
ment, founded on rumors current here, it
is seml-offlclally stated 'that it would be
a great mistake to suppose that revolu
tionary terrorism will be met by terrorism
on the part of the government, which al
ways will be able to distinguish between
legal opposition and enemies determined
to nullify the law, whether by propagan
da or by passive resistance. A propagan
da has its own means of struggling,
whether through the press or by meet
ing: but disturbances of order will- be
prosecuted sternly, whatever Ideas are
professed. -
The government has 'sufficient means,
the statement continues, of suppressing
illegal acts, but suppressing is not the
only aim; the first problem being the
preparation 'of bills to be presented in
Parliament for the settlement of pressing
questions in a legal manner. The state
ment concludes as follows:
"Revolutionists may try to destroy the
work of the government, but finally they
must fail, as the government cannot re
frain from the fulfillment of reforms sim
ply because one statesman or another may
be replaced."
STOLYPIN AGAINST DICTATOR
Russian Draws Distinction Between
Liberals and Terrorists.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 28. The court
at Peterhof apparently is divided as to
how to meet the campaign of the Terror
ists. Premier Stolypln and his cabinet,
however, have taken a stand against re
pression upon a scale which would drive
the whole population Into revolt. - The
Premier's views are reflected by the
Rossla Mday, which declares the govern
ment must not be frightened into aban
doning the reform programme. It Is only
necessary, the paper asserts, to draw a
line between loyal opposition and those
who by word and act seek the destruction
of the government. The Novoe Vremya
proposes, "as an exit from the horrors
of the worst kind of civil war," to con
fer upon the cabinet authority to prepare
a constitution which will realize the hope
ot the sane Liberals. The Svelt continues
to advocate a concert of the powers to
suppress anarchy and anarchists.
Against these comparatively moderate
propositions the reactionary party at
court Is urging a dictatorship, and the
Staana publishes a report that upon the
initiative of the Council for National De
fense, an extraordinary conference some
what similar to that which created the
committee of public security after the as
sassination of Alexander II, has been
called to meet at Peterhof during the lat
ter part of the week. ,
The funerals of the victims of the bomb
explosion of Saturday last at the residence
of Premier Stolypin wera held today under
military escort. -" v
M. Stolypin has received from the
governments of the United States and
ail the European powers expressions of
sympathy and congratulation on his
personal escupe. Even the Emperor of
Japan has telegraphed his sincere Joy
that M. Stolypin was not harmed by the
explosion.
POLICE RAID NEST OF REBELS
Fusillade From Rlga:House Causes
Killing; of Inmates.
RIGA. Aug. 2S. Police and troops today
surrounded a longdlng-house on Stollvia
street, where bombs had been discovered.
The revolutionists Inside fired with rifles
from the windows on the attacking party
and also threw a bomb, whereupon the
police riddled the house with bullets, kill
ing or wounding all of the Inmates. Two
men and a woman were killed. At another
place in the suburbs, a Lettish student
was killed and several were wounded
while resisting arrest.
At Usakova two police sergeants and a
rural guard were shot and killed on the
streets today by revolutionists.
Many manor houses in the vicinity of
Ahktinka have been set on fire by the
peasants and are burning.
Monarchists Want Dictator.
MOSCOW, Aug. S. The Monarehial
party at Moscow, in an address to
the Emperor Just published. openly
appeals for a dictatorship, "which will
put an end to the demoralization in
the army," and also urges the complete
suppression of Parliament and the resto
ration of the unlimited autocracy. Should
His Majesty, however, Insist on retain,
lng the Parliament, the Monarchists
promise loyal participation in the elec
tions upon the condition of a change in
the election law providing for the exclu
sion of the Jews suffrage.
The Black Hundred organizations are
conducting an agitation against the Xn
telligencia and Jews.
Three More Police Removed. ,
UZKOVA. Aug. 2S. Two police sergeants
and a rural guard were shot and killed
on the streets here today by revolutionists.
Peasants Burn Many Manor Houses.
AHKTINKA, Aug. 28. Many manor
houses in this vicinity have been set on
fire by the peasants and are burning.
BANDIT CHIEF CAPTURED
Nativfc Volunteers on Leyte Bring In
Arnioglnes Sanchez.
MANILA. Aug. 28. Word has been
received that native volunteers cap
tured Armogines Sanchez, a chief of
the Pulajanes, in the Province of Leyte
near Baybay last Saturday. The escape
of the bandits from Leyte has been
cut off by troops who will prevent the
arrival of reinforcements of Pulajanes
from Samar. The situation is greatly
Improved.
BAY CITY MUST ACT
Burnham Plans Must Be
Adopted at Once.
MONEY IS VERY PLENTIFUL
Condemnation of Land That Streets
May Be Widened Should Be
Effected Before Any Large
Buildings Are Started.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 28. (Special.)
If this city Is to act It must act quickly,
before reconstruction reaches the point
where fundamental changes become Im
possible. What San Francisco can do to
day, what she has the money to do, is
to make possible the Bunham plans.
Note that I say "make possible," not
"carry out." The distinction is vast. To
make possible the Burnham plans would
be to insure the building of a city far
more beautiful than any which now
adorns the earth. Moreover, it would not
give beauty alone. Beauty would make
trade.
By "making possible" the Burnham
plans is meant the condemnation by the
city of all the land called for In the scheme
and the widening of those streets down
town where no buildings stand, surely a
simple undertaking. It was figured by
those who advocated the Burnham plans
before the disaster that they could be
executed for $50,000,000. This included
bulldlnes. the construction of parks and
driveways. It is suggested here . merely
that the land be acquired and that the
construction of parks, buildings and drives
be left to the next generation, or the
next, or the one after that.
World Is Not Yet Moribund.
We are too apt to think that the world
will die with us. San Francisco will live
for untold centuries, and if one can prod
his Imagination, what visions can It not
provide of a city of the distant future.
To make possible the Burnham plans,
accepting the figures given above, should
not exceed $25,000,000.
At every possible mention of the Burn
ham plans heretofore the cry has gone
forth, "Business first and beauty after
ward." ' It la a well-turned phrase and
it made many converts, but a new feeling
is gradually gaining ground.
It was revealed last week when Mayor
Schmltz announced that It was his ardent
wish to bring Mr. Burnham to San Fran
cisco to help In the reconstruction of
the city; it was shown again in
the statement of Rudolph Taussig, regent
of the University of California and presi
dent of the Mechanics' Institute, that
the city must give Its attention to art
in Its best form, and not alone to trade
It Is being shown ln the earnest work
of James D. Phelan to make the plans
an actuality. Phelan originated the Idea
and has fostered it with time and money.
That the subject is again coming up
for discussion Is significant. Three months
ago it was howled down. People were
not on their feet. There was no business.
Everything was at a standstill. But now
business is at very high tide. Money Is
plentiful. There is far more than enough
work to go around at good wages.
Business Is Not AH Now".
The Supervisors find time to discuss the
automobile boulevard which was begun
a few months before the disaster. The
Adornment league has resumed Its ses
sions and demands that the huge signs
which- have been erected since the tire
be torn down. In short, for the first time
the peonle are atle to think of something
other than business. . . ' ,
Business Is firmly established. Bank
clearings last week for the first time were
greater in San Francisco than in Pitts
burg, placing this city sixth on the list
of American municipalities, whereas it
has in the past been seventh. It must not
be Inferred that people have regained their
losses. Thousands of them never will.
But if large firms have been so badly
embarrassed as not to be able to open
again (as several of them have), others
have come In from the outside and taken
their places.
New Names on Business Signs.
Seveoal Chicago and New Tork firms
have established branches here. Names
which one has been familiar with through
the advertising columns of the Eastern
magazines, he now sees displayed on Van
Ness avenue and Fillmore street. In ad
dition, scores of men who were clerks be
fore the fire have now invested their lit
tle capital and opened business houses,
while their former employers are strug
gling to gather together the scattered
ends of a mammoth enterprise.
From other parts of California they
have come, and the writer has yet to
meet one in the vast crowd who cannot
honestly smile and say "Business is
good."
The banks furnish an indisputable in
dex. They are loaded down with money.
Great sums are needed at present for
moving the crops, but despite this, finan
cial institutions are lending eagerly at 8
per cent (in some cases even 6), and are
shipping mcmey east. One would be ig
norant, indeed, did he not see in all this
the constant stream of insurance money
pouring into the city.
The city's indignation that the stream
is not bigger has blinded It to the real
size of the stream. It Is estimated that
between Jtw.000,000 and $70,000,000 has been
paid to local policyholders and the money
is coming in at the rate of Jl.000,000 a day.
If the Insurance companies would all meet
the situation honestly, the distance would
be tinged with an unfading roseate hue. .
However, the little saying, "honesty is
the best policy," must have reference to
something other than an Insurance pol
icy. In point of dishonesty the foreign
companies have captured the palm. They
have eclipsed the most frenzied of Amer
ican financing. Germany, England and
Austria harbor the concerns which have
excelled in this respect. ,
There is one little California company
which makes every American glow with
pride. It had assets amounting to some
$300,000. and Its Uabyitles as a result of the
fire were $1,300,000. Its stockholders are
rich, and as honest as they are wealthy.
They had all lost millions in the disaster,
but they have assessed themselves as rap
Idly as the law allows, and are paying
dollar for dollar.
Magnificent Natural Resources.
The disaster has brought home to the
state the marvelous extent of its pros
perity and wealth. Despite the fact that
property to the value of between $500,000,
000 and $600,000,000 was destroyed in Cali
fornia, and that the expenses of the state
are as great as ever, the tax levy will be
one of the lowest the state has known.
It has been fixed at 47.6 cents. In San
Francisco the taxable property decreased
$148,000,000.
Such was the Increase in other parts
of the state, due to the unparalleled pros
perity, that the total was but $29,000,000
less than last year. An increase of $11,
000.000 In the railroad assessment brought
the total loss down to $18,000,000. What
can check a people with such fabulous
wealth to press them forward?
Lady at servants' registry office You see,
I'm extremely nervous. and therefore I want
a Kirl that does not answer back. Clerk I
have the very person you want, madam. Sha
wu a. telephone girl only two days ago.
Eourlr.
GOODS BOUGHT WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY CHARGED ON SEPTEMBER ACCOUNT
COMPLETE ASSORT
MENT OF JEWISH
NEW YEAR CARDS
JUST RECEIVED
Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Price Are Always the Lowest
WINDOW SHADES
MADE TO .
ORDER AT LOWEST
PRICES
Sped, Sale Long Silk Gloves
While other stores are
asking the highest possible
prices, the Lipman-Wolfe
Store offers these wonderful
bargains another indication
of the supremacy of our
splendid Glove Department.
2000 pairs of 16-buttorr length
White Lisle Gloves; sizes 6,
y in
2S00 pairs of 12 and 16-button length. Silk Gloves; black
and white; were fl.7o, in . this special
sale, pair
Vl J 2 ' reuiar L 87c
IttiUC, 1U1 VlilJ .......
loves; black
1.25
Wednesday Sale New of Dress Goods
Very special low prices at Portland's best Dress Goods Store.
500 yards of new all-wool Fall Plaids, in poplin and Panama weaves; also penuine
Scotch Tartan Plaids, never before sold less than $1.00 a yard; sale price, fZQr
the yard
$1.00 all-wool black Panama, 50 inches wide; new mohair finish; fine dust-
shedding: quality; special sale at JJ
42-inch all-wool Scotch Tartan Plaids, 50 different styles to select from; CJ1 ff
the yard pl.UV
54-inch imported French chiffon Broadcloth, in the latest Fall colors; new browns,
blues, greens, tan, gray, coral, cardinal, wine, rose, etc.; per . 2 25
44-inch French Poplins, Melrose, taffetas, minoque crepolines, etc., in JJ"
new colors for Fall street wear; yard pXi4j
54-inch new Shadow Plaid Suitings, in grays, navy, brown and green; (J1 2
combinations; a yard pi&4J
New Fall Cloakings in elegant, stylish effects for tourist coats, at, fC
per yard, $1.50 to 4pJ.VV
Tha "Tides of Barnegaf
A New Norel by
F. HOPKINSON SMITH
In this story Mr. Smith has
touched a deeper note than in
any of his previous books. It is
a story of life on the shores of
Barnegat, a tale of love and
death, 6in and self-sacrifice,
lightened by the kindliness and
sympathetic humor that charac
terize all his writings. The
great variety of persons that
figure in the story, the dramatic
scenes and tremendous ending,
the vivid and beautiful descrip
tions of storms and sunshine
and the splendid open-air tone
and spirit of the book, set. it
apart from other novels. Its
great success as a serial in
Scribner's Magazine proves the
strong appeal it makes to the
hearts and understanding of its
readers.
Price $1.18
FALL 1906 EXHIBITION
' of
Robinson & Wells
English Tailored Hats
Exclusive Millinery for Women of Fashion
You are cordially invited to
view these exclusive models
LIPMAN, WOLFE & CO.
. Sole Agents for Pacific Coast
Sale 25c Handkerch'fs
For Only 14c Each
- A very special sale of
women's Swiss Handker
chiefs, scalloped and hem
stitched embroidered ; al
ways . selling regularly at
25c ; a very special Wednes
day value for 14
Some Wonderful Opportunities in This Great August Curtain Sale
Hundreds of these curtains have already been sold to women shrewd enough to realize ;that they will have to pay regular
prices two weeks from now. There is a large variety of new pat terns in Cluny, Irish Point Lace, Renaissance, Corded Arabian,
Cable Net, and Nottingham effects, in both white and Arabian colors
Regular $1.75; special. .. .S1.38 Regular $3.00; special $2.33 Regular $6.o0; special 54.US
Regular $2.00; special S1.53 Regular $4.00; special S3.19 Regular $7.50; special S5.98
Regular $2.50; special $1.98 Regular $5.00; special $3.98 Regular $S.50; special $6.68
Regular $1.00; special 79
Regular $1.25; special 98
Regular $1.50; special. .. .$1.19
BUTCHERS TO BE TRIED
COMPLAINTS ALLEGE USE OF
MEAT PRESERVATIVES.
Thomas Duffy and Jack Henry Ac
cused of Adulterating Sausage
. and Hamburger With Sulphite.
The crusade of State Food and Dairy
Commissioner Bailey against the use of
preservatives in meat products sold in the
city culminated yesterday in two com
plaints being filed against Thomas Duffy
and Jack Henry, owners of two meat
markets.
. The Commissioner's office has been con
ducting experiments with meats sold in
Portland markets for some time and dis
covered that nearly all the sausage and
hamburger steak sold is adulterated with
sulphite, which is introduced as a pre
servative. Commissioner Bailey sent a
circular letter to all Portland butchers
some time ago warning them against the
use of preservatives in their meats and
he thought that would stop violations of
the law. Commissioner Bailey has found
that the markets still continue to use
adulterants In their products, and the
two complaints are the first results of the
crusade. Commissioner Bailey admits
that the two men against whom com
plaints have been filed are not the only
ones guilty of violation of the pure food
law and declares he will prosecute any
and every butcher found guilty of the
offense. -
Sulphite has been found in considerable
quantities in the sausage sold in the
markets of Duffy and Henry, and the
Commissioner's office will continue its
Investigation. It Is probable that several
more complaints will be filed In the count
of a few days.
The cases of Bruhn & Rudeen, butchers,
suspected of selling tallow and beef suet
In their lard, and of Henry Westerman,
charged with . adulterating milk with
water, are also receiving the Commis
sioner's attention, and the results of the
Investigation will be known In a few
days.
No Races at Ready Ule. .
READVTLLE, Mass.. Aug. 28. The
trotting races today were postponed un
tll tomorrow, owing to a heavy track.
Tutt's Pills
Cure All
Liver Ills.
Prevention
better than cure. Tutt's Liver
Pills will not only cure, but if
taken in time will' prevent
Sick Headache,
dyspepsia, biliousness, malaria,
constipation, jaundice, torpid
liver and kindred diseases. ,
TUTT'S Liver PILLS
ABSOLUTELY CURE.
EXTRAORDINARY SALE OF
urrs, waists
FUSS
This sale with its remarkably low prices will continue throughout the com
ing week and the most critical "shoppers" will readily acknowledge these
values cannot be equaled anywhere. If women could only see the handsome
garments as they are being assembled for this sale, and note the new and de
sirable styles, the materials and workmanship, our commodious second-floor
section wouldn't be large enough to accommodate the enthusiastic throngs
that would come here. We simply describe the garments and tell what they
are worth, but we urge you to come here and see them.
Astrachan Coats, blouse
or straight front, trimmed
in best mink, collar, cuffs
and revers. Our regular
$100 value, on sale for
Mink and ermine Throws and Neck Pieces, extreme lengths, rich
and beautiful at Half Price
S O j
Exceptionally good values for large H A J F
women, extra large sizes in black
long coats, PRICE
Waists
these Waists.
Lawn Waists, made of very
fine quality lawn, handsome
ly trimmed with lace and
embroidery. You are reap
ing the fbenefit in the great
reductions we re offering in
All our Lawn Waists must be cleaned out regard
less of cost. Values up to $4.50.
79c
FALL GOODS ARRIVING DAILY
SEE OUR WINP0W DISPLAYS
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