Morning Oregonian., January 17, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY IT, 1908.
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LEADS ALL PORTS
ON PACIFIC COAST
Portland Far Exceeds Puget
Sound in Shipments of
Wheat.
GREAT GAIN MADE IN FLOUR
Statistics for 1907 Show Mills of
Kose City Are Fast Catching
Vp, Having Nearly Trebled
the Output In a Year.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. D. C, Jan. 16. Statistics made
public today by the Department of Com
merce and Labor show that Portland was
the leading wheat exporter on the Paci
fic Coast during 1907, exceeding the com
bined shipments of all Puget Sound ports.
While second In flour exportatlons. Port
land is rapidly overtaking Puget Sound,
which heretofore has had a long lead.
In 1907 Portland exported 9.ii7.437 bush
els of wheat as against 5.478.S07 bushels
In 1906. Puget Sound, which led Port
land by over 2.000.000 bushels in 1906, last
vear exported 9,191,270 bushels,
"in 1906 Puget Sound exported 2,522,913
barrels of flour; the year following its
export increased 85,377 barrels. Portland,
which in 1906 exported only 591.983 bar
rels of flour, in 1907 exported 1,438,355 bar
rels, a gain of nearly 1,000,000 barrels and
close to 300 per cent
MUST AWAIT HIS CONFIRMATION
Schnebel Cannot Tale Of?
Bristol Holds Over.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Jan. 16. Chris Schuebel will
not get his commission unless he is
confirmed by the Senate, nor can he
assume office prior to that time. His
nomination is only half an appoint
ment. The Departmtnt of Justice
understands that W. C. Bristol will not
retire until his successor is confirmed
by the Senate. He has given no in
formation of his intention to quit
prior to that time.
SEATTLE'S HARD ROW TO HOE
Must Overcome Hostile Majority on
Exposition Committee.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 16. The House commit
tee will give a hearing to the Wash
ington delegation January 27 on the
Seattle Exposition bill. The majority
of the committee at present is un
favorable to the bill and It requires
much cutting to induce it to make a
favorable report.
CONTRACTING FIRM FAILS
Ormau & Crook AVere Constructing
Moffat Railroad.
DENVER, Jan. 16. A petition in
bankruptcy was filed this afternoon
with the clerk of the United States
Court by Ornian & Crook, railroad con
tractors of this city. This firm had
the contract for the construction on
part of the Moffat road.
Liabilities are given as $741,136 and
nssets as $1,282,771. Of the assets
$549,958 consist of debts still due; and
$300,000 of this amount is considered
"not g-jod."
Both partners filed their entire per
sonal property, reserving nothing ex
cept their Pueblo homes, which are
owned by their wives. Judge R. 33.
!ewis signed papers declaring the firm
bankrupt.
The principal creditors of the firm
are the First National Bank of Pueblo
nnd the First National Bank of Den
ver. Liabilities to the Denver bank
are stated at $148,000, covered by se
curity amounting to $180,000, and of
the Pueblo bank at $173,000, with se
curities amounting to $80,000, princi
pally Pueblo real estate. The latter
bank, however, has also individual
holdings of Governor Orman and Mr.
Crook amounting to $185,000 and $50,
000 respectively.
The failure is mainly due to inability
to collect large amounts owing to the
firm from other contractors. It is also
reported that the iirm has lost $603,000
in the last five years or Government
contracts at Belle Fourche, S. D., and
in Wyoming.
DISCOl'XT RATE IS REDUCED
Bank of England Acts,- Following
Gold Arrivals. .
LONDON. Jan. 16. The rate of dis
count of the Bank of England was re
duced from 6 to 6 per cent today. The
reduction was expected as the fresh gold
arrivals, most of which were absorbed
by the bank, and the return of cash to
the country, so materially strengthened
the reserves in the metal in spite of the
considerable amount taken by South
America, that there was no excuse for
a further prolongation of the higher rate,
which so discommoded trade for some
months past.
The discount in the open market fell
to 4'4 per cent. The Tecent continental
purchases of sterling bills indicated the
probability that tho gold borrowed from
France during the American stringency
would be allowed to remain here for a
time and the bills renewed. This proved
a further inducement for the bank to
lower its rates.
The Stock Exchange already had fully
discounted the 5 per cent rate and the
actual announcement caused' only a slight
hardening of quotations.
DALLAS BANK GOES TO WALL
Largest Savings Depository In Texas
in Receivership.
DALLAS. Jan. 16. The Western Bank
Trust Company of Dallas, the largest
saving!, deposit bank in Texas. has been
placed in the hands of a receiver. Henry
D. Llndsey is the receiver appointed. Of
ficers of tho bank declare that while on
October 1 it was in the best condition of
its hletory, a quiet run has prevailed since
that time and to meet it they have paid
out over $900,000.
After sacrificing all of their quick assets
and finding the remainder hard to dis
pose of under present financial conditions
they decided to make an assignment.
The bank had a capital of $500,000 and
over 4000 savings doposltors. Its total
liabilities are $1.04,105.
business-houses could settle their debts
and collect their bills without recourse to
banks, was launched last night at the
meeting of the Chicago Credit Men's
Association. A committee will devise
ways and means to put the plan into
operation. Large mercantile houses
would effect debtor and creditor settle
ments 'among themselves, by the ex
change of canceled checks, in a manner
similar to the settlements made by
banks, with no necessity for the ex
change of real money.
Merchants Propose Clearing-Honse.
CHICAGO. Jan. 16. A plan Tor a "com
mercial clearing-house," through which
Attach Bank Directors Property.
DCRANGO, Colo., Jan. 16. Charged
with having received deposits after they
knew that the State Bank was insolvent,
four of the officers and directors were
yesterday arrested on attachment suits
brought against them by John English.
Those arrested are: '
D. N. Freeman, W. C. Chapman, Frank
Eldredge and Evan Hampton. They were
released on bonds. By the suit It is
expected to attach property of the di
rectors and the property of the bank
with the idea of having the depositors
paid In full from the property of the di
rectors and the officers. Already the
store building of Chapman and the build
ing of the block have been levied upon.
Copper Stock Pays Less.
NEW YORK. Jan. 16. The directors of
the Boston & Montana Consolidated Cop
per & Silver Mining Company, one of the
constituent companies of the Amalga
mated Company, today declared a quar
terly dividend of $2 per share and $1 ex
tra. This compares with $2 a share regu
lar and $4 per share extra three months
ago.
Cholera In the Army.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Some uneasi
ness was created at the War Depart
ment today by the receipt of a report by
cable at the Army headquarters at Ma
nila that Asiatic cholera had made Its
appearance on the Island of Mindanao.
According to the report, one soldier has
died from the disease.
Bank Officials Indicted.
JACKSON. Miss., Jan. 16. The grand
Jury today indicted W. Q. Sharp, cashier,
and Dr. T. M. Walker, president, of the
Mendenhall Bank, which failed recently.
The indictments charge receiving deposits
knowing the bank to be Insolvent.
Put C000 Steel Men at "Work.
PITTSBURG Jan. 16. Orders were
issued today by the Pittsburg Steel
Company to put full forces at work in
the wire, rod and tube mills at Mones
sen. Pa. Approximately - 2000 are affected.
Dividend of Amalgamated.
NEW YORK. Jan. 16. A quarterly
dividend of of 1 per cent was declared
by the Amalgamated Copper Company
today. The previous quarterly dividend
was 1 per cent-
Baltimore Steel Works to Start.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 16. The Baltimore
Steel Company will again put in opera
tion rolling-mills and blast furnaces on
Monday, giving employment to 600 men.
PROTECT OREGON SHIPPING
REVENUE CUTTER TO BE STA
TIONED OX COLUMBIA.
Senator Fulton Introduces Bill That
Has Approval of the Treas-'
ii ry Department.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. Senator Ful
ton has introduced a bill appropriating
$250,000 for a revenue cutter for the Port
land station. The bill has the approval
of the Treasury Department.
Senator Fulton today secured an order
directing the revenue cutter McColloch to
take its station on the Columbia River.
This was promised several months ago,
but the vessel instead has been cruising
from San Francisco north with Its sta
tion at San Francisco. The new order di-'
rects that the vessel be stationed at
Portland.
The matter of having a revenue cut
ter permanently stationed at the mouth
of the Columbia, for the relief of dis
tressed vessels, was taken up by the
trustees of the. Portland Chamber of
Commerce at a recent meeting, and
Oregon's" representatives in Congress
were requested to use' their influence
to secure an appropriation for that
purpose. In making the request it was
pointed out that two vessels are sta
tioned on the Sound, but are too far
distant to render aid in case of disaster
at or near the mouth of the Columbia.
M'CULLOCII TO MAKE CRUISE
Cutter .Will Inspect Coast Before
Taking Station.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16. In search
of vessels that may be in distress 'oft the
Coast, the revenue cutter McCulloch will
sail from San Francisco shortly. Orders
for the cruise have just been received
from Washington. The entire Coast,
from San Diego to British Columbia, will
be covered, inspection being made- of
lightships -and buoys as they are encoun
tered. Special attention is to be given
aids to navigation In the Straits of Fuca.
FORCE SALES IN POLAND
Germans Propose to Use Harsh
Measure.
BERLIN, Jan. 16. Chancellor Von
Buelow spoke in the Prussian Diet to
day in support of the bill authorizing
the government to enforce the sale to
the so-called settlement commission of
lands in Prussian Poland held by Poles
in order that Germans might be settled
upon them with the aid of the state. The
Chancellor said that if the Germanlza
tion of Poland was to continue this mea
sure must be adopted. It was a sharp
weapon, . he said, but the situation in
Poland required that it be used.
Receiver for Two Concerns.
BOSTON, Jan. 16. Through the failure
of George Livingston Richards to return
from Europe where he went last July on
permission of tho court, and the dissatis
faction of many investors In a number of
Richards' companies, Francis W. Hunne
wcll was today appointed receiver by
Judge Lowell in the United States Circuit
-Court for the George Livingston Richards
Company and the Agnew Auto-Mailing
Machine Company.
Prince Edward Zu Innliausen.
BERLIN. Jan. 16. The death is an
nounced of Prince Edward F. L. zu
Innhausen und Knyphausen, president
of the Prussian House of Lords. He
was born in 1827.
Tomorrow and Monday positively will
be the last days for discount on East Side
gas bills. Portland Gas Company.
RENEWS OLD FEUD
Washington Man Assaults Des
- Moines Attorney.
MAY FACE MURDER CHARGE
C. L. Clemens, a Rich - Snohomish
Lumberman, Attacks Iowa Law
yer, Who Is . Now In a
Critical Condition.
DES MOINES. Jan. 16. Absolute
mystery surrounds the assault made
upon Attorney Dosh, of Stuart, la.,
yesterday by Carl Lane Clemens, a rich
lumberman of Snohomish, Wash., in
the office of the Attorney-General at
the State House and later on the
street. The victim now lies in a criti
cal condition at a hospital and his
assailant is held in bonds to await de
velopments. The two men met by accident in an
ante-room of - the Attorney-General's
office, where both had" gone on busi
ness. They engaged in a discussion,
during which they moved Into the cor
ridor, where Clemens assaulted Dosh.
Strangely, the two men then left the
State House together. Two blocks
down the street Clemens again at
tacked Dosh, this time with such
fierceness that Dosh was felled and
his skull badly injured on the edge of
the curbing. They were near a doc
tor's office and Clemens carried his
victim upstairs, where he was cared
for until he could be removed to a
hospital.
Neither Clemens nor Dosh would ex
plain the mystery today, except that
Clemens said there was an old feud
between them. -. Dosh verifying that
statement added to the mystery of
Clemens' conduct that on his arrival
here from the Coast two days ago, he
registered the name of Mrs. Harriet L.
Clemens, though his wife was not with
hlmv He says he cannot explain this
except that It was a foolish Joke.
SNOHOMISH, Wash., Jan. 16. (Spe
cial.) Carl L. Clemens, president of
the Snohomish Chamber of Com
merce, left here a short time ago
for a trip East. He is identi
fied with E. C. Ferguson in the Snoho
mish Land Company and" also owns two
dairy farms near here. During the past
year he has been dealing In timber.
Clemens lived here about eight years. He
was formerly publisher of the Snohomish
Tribune, with the present State Printer,
C. W. Gorham. He is a graduate of
Stanford University and gained fame on
the gridiron for the Cardinals. He came
here from Iowa and was prominent xln
athletics' there before coming to the
Coast. ...
His wife and two children live here.
Nothing Is known here of his domestic
trouble.
RAISE LIMIT $500,000,000
Senate Committee Changes Currency
Bill Disagrees on Security.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. After two ses
sions of the Senate committee on finance
today the members of the committee were
in possession of a fair idea of what shape
the Aldrich financial bill will be In when
it is read next week. It is said to "be
practically certain that the limit of extra
currency jvhich the bill provides for will
be raised from $250,000,000 to $500,000,000.
Most of the members of the committee
believe that this figure Is not too high
for a time of emergency, when a heavy
issue of currency notes is demanded on
security of the prescribed sort and under
the prescribed tax. The tax on the emer
gency issues will 'not, it Is believed, be
placed higher than 6 per cent, which the
bill now provides.
An amendment . offered by Senator
Bailey reducing the required .population
of a county or municipality whose bonds
are to figure in a currency issue from
20,000 to 10,000 is expected to receive the
support of a majority of the committee
and, according to rellabel report, will be
adopted. This will permit smaller towns
of just as great an age and of commen
surate prosperity with the larger towns
to participate In the benefits of the
measure.
Senator Dolliver probably will' offer an
amendment in opposition to the railroad
bond feature of the bill, and it may pos
sibly call for the entire elimination of
such securities. Senator Bailey will no
doubt support him in such a project, as
he does not hesitate to let It be known
that he is not in favor of railroads bsTg
allowed to file their bonds with the gov
ernment as security for currency issues,
owing to their tendency to fluctuate.
There is thought to be enough opposition
in the committee, however, to defeat
such an amendment, for the belief ex
pressed by its opponents 1s that the
TO OCEAN TRAVELERS
How the Journey's Pleasures May
Be Greatly Enhanced.
A BIT OF GOOD ADVICE
The press of two continents has re
cently teemed with articles concerning
two wonderful floating palaces, which
by their great speed have brought us
nearer to our cousins on the other side
of the ocean by several hours. These
two fleet steamships and hundreds of
others scarcely less noteworthy regu
larly sail to and from the port of New
York, and thousands of people going
abroad and returning must make that
great seaport their stopping place, en
route. To all such the choice of a home
while in this city is an important con
sideration. To this numerous class of
people who can afford the pleasure and
rest of ocean travel, one hotel in New
York, excelling all others in many
ways, appeals most strongly. It is the
St. Regis, located on Fifth avenue at
Fifty-fifth street.
To tell of the wonders of the St.
Regis in a few sentences is Impossible.
It would take a large volume to do
that. Its wealth of costly marbles
from Old World quarries. Its deftly
wrought wood carving. Its rare old
tapestries, its beautiful mosaics, its
groups of statuary and its luxurious
furnishings tho sight; of these, alone
is well worth a visit to New York.
Not less important, and contributing
quite as much to one's comfort, are
such features aa filtered and tempered
air of absolute purity, a perfect sys
tem of communication with all parts
of the house and with the world out
side, automatic heat regulation, entire
security against fire, kitchens"; cooks
and service, that have no equals; all at
an expense no higher than that of
any other first-class hotel. When you
plan your next trip abroad with the
inevitable stop-over in New York see
to it that rooms are engaged In Hotel
St Regis, .
A WONDERFUL
CONCERT GRAND
New Style, I,arset sad Finest Instru
ment Ever Sent to Oregon
Kow on Exhibition.
There was added this morning to the
special exhibition of grand and baby
trrand pianos in the windows of Ellers
Piano House, one of the most notable
instruments ever produced by the
famous Chlckeringr factory. This piano
is a magnificent concert grand,- a new
style, the largest and finest grand ever
sent to the State of Oregon. The tone
of this instrument is really wonderful,
with its deep, rich base of wondrous
volume, and its clear, silvery treble.
The design of this instrument is some
thing of a departure in concert grand
construction, and has -a sound board
considerably larger than has hereto
fore been used in any concert grand.
Artists and music lovers in general
will find this instrument particularly
worthy of Inspection.
By way of comparison, showing the
wonderful resources of the Chickering
establishment, is displayed at the side
of this splendid new concert grand one
of the beautiful "Quarter Grands," an
other Chickering production which has
become famous throughout all the mu
sical world as the most perfect of all
grands of so small a size. The Chick
ering factory enjoys the distinction of
building not only the most perfect
concert prrands, but also the most per
fect parlor grands, the largest and the
smallest In each class.
In addition to these grands the re
mainder of the entire corner window
space is given up to the display of
other grand instruments, not-only of
tho Chickering, but also of the superb
hand-made art Hazleton, the popular
Kimball, recognized as Chicago's best,
the handsome Bush-& Gerts, Lesters
and also the glorious Weber with its
marvelous tone New York's most
famous make and "the piano of the
opera."
The display will be continued a few
days longer. Special inducements now
prevail, both in the matter of prices
and terms. Eilers Piano House, S53
Washington street, Portland. Oreeon
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backing of the Government, once rail
road bonds are accepted as security for a
certain issue, will have the effect of in
suring the stability of the currency notes
Issued on them.
A Democratic member of the committee
asserted today that the minority as a
whole is not in favor of a bill providing
for any currency basis of security ex
cept Government bonds, but, being un
able 1 to prevent a favorable report on
such a measure, they are msjKing It their
duty, so far as lies in their power, to
make it as effective a measure of that
nature as possible, and they are, there
fore, joining with Republicans in advo
cacy of most of the features of the
Aldrich bill.
MUST USE REGULAR CHATTVELS
Senate Will Not Receive Irregular
Communications.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. The Senate
today passed a resolution declaring that
no communication from heads of depart
ments, chiefs of bureaus or other execu
tive officers will be received by that body
unless they are sent in compliance with
law or are transmitted by the President.
The resolution was the result of objec
tions made by Senators Heyburn and
Hale to the reception by the Senate of
bills sent by Secretary Garfield in con
nection with a communication.
William Hemstreet, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. Is
the owner of the mantel before which Edgar
Allan Poe eat when he wrote his master
piece, "The Raven." He will shortly, it Is
said, present it to the Columbia University,
where it will have a conspicuous ola.ee in
the library.
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ARANCE PRICE
' PREVAIL ALL OVER OUR
JUVENILE DEPARTMENT
Boys' Overcoats
$15.00 Overcoats now. . . $9.85
$10.00 Overcoats now. $6.35
$8.50 Overcoats now. . . $5.35
$5.00 Overcoats now. . . $3.50
$3.95 Overcoats now $2.50
Boys Knickerbocker Suits
$20.00 Boys' Suits now. .$13.85
$15.00 Boys' Suits now. .$10.85
$10.00 Boys' Suits now. . $7.85
i $7.50 Boys' Suits now.. $6.85
$5.00 Boys' Suits now.. $4.15
Boys' Sweaters
$1.00 Sweaters now ...... 79
$1.50 Sweaters now. .... ;$1.15
$2.00 Sweaters now $1.65
$2.50 Sweaters now. .... .$1.95
Knee Pants
50c Knee Pants now 29
75c Knee Pants now.'. 49
25c Boys' Hose now. 19d
15c Boys' Hose now 10
Ladies' and Misses' Man-Tailored Coats at Special Prices
$25.00 Coats now..: .$16.85
$15.00 Coats now .$10.35
$20.00 Coats now $13.85
$10.50 Coats now $7.35
MOTHERS WILL MAKE GREAT SAVINGS BY COMING HERE
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component in good beer is good
for you.
But be sure it is pure, else harm will be mixed
with its healthfulness.
Beer aged insufficiently causes biliousness. That is
why all Schlitz beer is aged for months in our
cooling rooms.
Beer that's impure not cleanly, not filtered, not
properly sterilized should be avoided.
That is why we spend more to
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Common beer is sometimes substituted for Schlitz. v '
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