VOL. XI. VIII. XO.- 14,763.
PORTLAND, OREGOX, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
YDUTHFULSENATOR
DIES OF TYPHOID
William J. Bryan Suc
cumbs to Fever.
PASSES AWAYSUNDAYMORN I NG
Seventh Member Claimed by
Death in Past Year.
OLDEST AND YOUNGEST GO
i'lorida's Successor to Senator Mai
lory Wears Toga but 73 Days.
Bright Man Gave Promise or
Becoming Force in Senate.
WASHINGTON, March22, United States
Senator William James Bryan, of Flori
da, died at Providence Hospital at 8:30
this morning, of typhoid fever. It was
only 73 days since he took his seat as suc
cessor of the late Senator Stephen R.
Mallory, who died December 33, and 33
days of that time was spent in his fight
against disease.
Several times during Mr. Bryan's ill
ness, his friends, despaired of his recov
ery, but as late as last night the report
was given out that his condition had
taken a turn for the better. His death
today, therefore, came as a surprise and
a distinct shock.
Seventh Recent Death in Senate.
In physique, Mr. Bryan was unfitted to
withstand a protracted fever. He was
slight In build and of nervous tempera
ment. He came to Washington early in
January, from the warm climate of Flor
ida, and from the day of his arrival was
far from well. Finally he was com
pelled to give up and was taken to Provi
dence Hospital. Iurlng the last few days
of his Illness he was attended by special
ists from Johns Hopkins University, Bal
timore. In Mr. Bryan the Senate loses the sev
enth member by death since the adjourn
ment of the 59th Cbngress on March 4. a
year ago. They were the two late mem
bers from Alabama, Mr. Morgan and Mr.
Pettus; Mr. Mallory of Florida: Mr. Lat
imer of South Carolina, Mr. Proctor of
Vermont, Mr. Whyte of Maryland and
Mr. Bryan.
Lost Two Oldest and Youngest.
Curiously, the last two were the oldest
and the youngest members of the body.
Mr. Whyte was W and Mr. Bryan less
than 33 years old. Although Mr. Bryan
was in the Senate too short a time to
impress his individuality on legislation
or to take a prominent part in the con
sideration of matters in committee, it Is
conceded that had he lived he would have
become a forceful part of the. minority.
Mr. Bryan was born in Orange County,
Florida, October 10, 1876. He attended the
public schools of his state and Emory
College. Georgia, graduating from the
latter in WS. Three years later he was
graduated from Washington and Lee Uni
versity and in 1899 began the practice of
law In Jacksonville, Fla. Until a short
time before his appointment to succeed
Mr. Mallory In the Senate, he served as
solicitor of the Duval County Criminal
Court. He was married to Miss Janet
Allen, of Lexington, Va.
DEATH IS SHOCK TO KIUEXDS
Tributes raid to Senator From Pul
pit. of Jacksonville.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. March 22. The
news of Senator William J. Bryan's death
In Washington came as a shock to his
numerous friends In Jacksonville, and
from the pulpits of many of the churches
high tributes were paid to his memory
this morning.
The funeral will take place Wednesday
from St. John's Episcopal Church, of
which he was a member, but the hour of
the service has not yet been announced.
GOVERNOR GUILD IS WORSE
Physicians Keport Patient's Condi
tion Slightly Unfavorable.
BOSTON. March :f2. The physicians
in attendance upon Governor Guild
were obliged to report tonight that the
rendition of their patient had taken a
lightly unfavorable turn and that he
t ould not be said to be as comfortable
m on yesterday.
Trayers for the complete recovery of
the Governor were on the lips of prob
ably every pastor of every pulpit In
ie city today. Many expressions of
deep sympathy were given.
There were many who called at the
residence today and left kindly mes
sages. A number of messages also
were received.
Senator Tillman Improves.
COLUMBIA. S. C. March 22. United
States Senator H. R. Tillman, who has
been seriously ill at his home. Is re
garded as very much better tonight.
COLONEL FAIRFAX DEAD
"oted v Southern Character Closes
Well-ltounded Career.
RICHMOND. Va.. March 22. Colonel
John Walker Fairfax died today at his
home. I.eesylvania. Prince William Coun
ty. In his Kth year. He was a well-known
veteran of the civil War. having held the
rank of Colonel in the Confederate Army.
In 164 he succeeded Colonel ZorreU as
ranking officer on the staff of General
Longstreet. Owing to his dash and gal
lantry. Colonel Fairfax has been char
acterized in history as "Lonsstreet'3
fighting aide."
No personage in-Virginia perhaps em
bodied more uniquely the characteristics
of the old-time Southerner than did Colo
nel Fairfax. Typically a creation of the
social conditions that prevailed In Vir
ginia three-quarters of a century ago, his
quality had never changed through tran
sition to the new order of Southern life
that followed the abolition of slavery.
In 1847, while a student at the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, his father died,
leaving him one of the largest fortunes
of that period. In 1850 he acquired the
historic country seat of President James
Monroe, near Aldie. Va., and during his
residence there entertained many of the
most distinguished persons of the ante
bellum period.
In addition to the Monroe homestead.
Colonel Fairfax possessed an estate
known as Bell Grove, near Losburg. Va..
and still another, the old family home of
the Lee family on the Votomac, Leesyl
vania. This latter is famed as the birthplace
of the Revolutionary hero, "Light Horse
Harry" Lee. Colonel John Walker Fair
fax was the son of Captain Henry Fair
fax, of Dumfries, Va., through marriage
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jF. O. Yoanr, Who Make Pica for
State V Diversity as Instrument of
Dpmormcy,
with Elirabeth Lindsay. His father
served in the War of 1812 with the rank
of Captain on the staff of Colonel Benno,
In the Thirty-sixth Virginia Regiment
Hon. Henry Fairfax, his oldest son. and
one of the best-known men in Virginia,
makes his home at the old Monroe estate
near Aldle. in Loudon County.
IKE HOME OF CLOTHES
CAN'TOXESE DECLARE BOYCOTT
OX JAPANESE GOODS.
Indignation Meetings Held and Date
oC Release or Tatsu Maru De
clared Day of Tubllc Mourning.
CANTON, March 22 The greatest in
dignation prevails here against the gov
ernment for yielding to the Japanese de
mands in the Tatsu Maru case, it being
considered that the government's action
in this matter has brought disgrace upon
this province. The Self Government So
ciety of Canton has organized several
monster Indignation meetings, at wiich
resolutions were adopted that the anni
versary' of the release of the Tatsu Jktaru
be observed as a day of public mourn
ing. The resolutions also declared a
boycott against Japanese goods.
More than 60.000 persons attended the
mass meetings held yesterday; buildings
were draped in mourning and 20 or more
orators delivered denunciatory speeches.
Among the speakers was a 12-year-old,
whose declaration against the Japanese
caused the greatest enthusiasm.
A great number of those who had as
sembled thereupon divested themselves
of Japanese-made garments. Including
caps and handkerchiefs, and made a
nuge bonfire of them. One dealer In
Japanese goods offered to sacrifice his
entire stock.
The meeting recommended the im
peachment of Yuan Shi Kai of the board
of foreign affairs for weakness in yield
ing to the Japanese.
BOYCOTT QUICKLY SPREADING
Tens of Thousands of Chinese Repu
diate Japanese Goods.
HONGKONG. March 23. The Japanese
steamer Tatsu Maru, which went ashore
yesterday (Sunday), arrived here safely
today.
Tens of thousands of Chinese have
started a boycott on Japanese goods.
Placards which were posted throughout
Hongkong, stating that a boycott had
been ordered, were destroyed by the po
lice. HUNDREDS PERISH IT SEA
JAPANESE STEAMER SIXKS WITH
244 PASSENGERS.
Mutsn Maru. Coasting Vessel, Is
Sunk in Collision Captain, Crew
and Majority on Boat Ixst.
TOKIO, March 33. The Mutsu Maru. a
pnft-ton coasting steamer belonging- to the
Yusen Kaisha line, was sunk in a colli
sion with the Hideyoshl Maru. 695 tons,
at 2:3f o'clock this morning two miles
off Todohokke. near Hakodate. The cap
tain of the Mutsu Maru. a majority of
her 244 passengers and 43 of the crew
perished.
The Hideyosh. Maru and another
steamer rescued the survivors.
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REFUSES' TO BEAR
SHAME IN SILENCE
Bay City Public Still De
bates Court Ruling.
JUDGE ARTMAN IN ARENA
'-'What Is Morally Wrong Can't
Be Legally Right," He Says.
BEATTY ANSWERS ATTACK
Jurist Seeks to Exonerate Fellow
Members of. Supreme Bench.
Sclimitz Decision Chief Topic
of Heated Arguments.
BT P. A. SINSHEIMER.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 22. (Special.)
The controversy over the decision of the
Supreme. Court in the Schmitx casa will
not down. It had been threshed out in
the newspapers, the weeklies had added
their comments, family harmonies had
been disrupted, cafe tables had been
pounded in heated debate and then it ap
peared that everyone had had his say
and there were a few days of quiet. All
of a sudden the question bobbed up un
expectedly and jthe debate is on again.
An Innocent tenrperance assembly ie
held responsible for the latest outbreak.
Judge Samuel R. Artman of the Circuit
Court of Indiana was the chief speaker
at the assembly. Judge Artman has
endeared himself to the temperance
workers of the country by his decision
ruling against the liquor Interests purely
on the ground that they were against
good morals.
Goads Beatty to Make Reply.
Judge Artman spoke at the assembly
and was well received. Then he was
made the guest of honor at a banquet.
Most of the other Judges of the city were
in attendance. Judge Artman was asked
to epeak and he did so. His words re
flected directly on the Supreme Court de
cision and aSded interest was given the
occasion by reason of the presence of
Chief Justice Beatty of the Supreme
Court.
Judge Artman took the atand that what
was morally wrong could not be legally
light. This Is somewhat at variance with
the ruling of the California court. The
reference was so plain that Chief Justice
Beatty was called upon for a reply.
Justice Beatty took issue with the In
diana jurist and gave it as his theory
of the law that a moral wrong might not
be a crime under the statutes and that a
judge bound to pass upon the law alone
could not stretch it to Include moral
Issues uncovered by statutes. An extract
from the remarks of Judge Artman may
be worth repeating at this time. That
part of his address which attracted spe
cial attention follows:
Moral Wrong Not Ivegally Right.
In the first place we have been taught by
men we regard an fathers of law that gov
ernment Is established not to confer rights
to men. but to provide means of protect
ing the rights men already have. Men In
state of nature In their conduct' toward
fellow-men were governed solely by the
moral law. Because of the appetites and
passions of men It became necessary to fix
some means of establishing right on one
hand and wrong on the other. In other
words, to provide a means of enforcing the
moral law.
If that be the purpose of government,
these principles must be enforced on their
own standard and not on others, because to
enforce them on any other standard Is not
to enforce - them at all. but to provide a
means of evading the standard.
In other words it is impossible for a thing
to be morally wrong and at the same time
be legally right.
Money for Public Works.
The Board of Supervisors is beginning
to get its work into tangible shape and
results will soon show. A rearrangement
of the bond issue has reduced the total to
J8,200.000, divided as follows: Auxiliary
water syfltem. so.20Q.000; sewers, $4,000,000;
schools. J5.000.000; hospitals, $2,000,000; hall
of justice and County Jail, $1,000,000;
garbage crematory, $1,000,000. These pro
positions will be submitted for popular
vote In May. The bonds will carry 5
per cent and will run from 20 to 40 years.
The numerous other improvements con
templated will go over until November,
when1 another bond Issue will be pre
sented to the people,
A problem which threatened to divide
the Board has been laid aside temporari
ly to be submitted laterto popular vote.
A determined effort had been made to
have the liquor license raised from $n00
a year to $1000 a year. The Supervisors
"were far apart on the matter and an
agreement seemed out of the question
when a suggestion was made and adopted
that the entire matter should be sub
mitted to the people for decision.
Fighting for Cheaper Gas.
Another problem of large proportions
before the Supervisors concerns the water
and gas rates. The Spring Valley Water
Company threatened famine in case the
rates were not raised, but the Supervisors
apparently did not take the threat
seriously for the rates were not altered.
The gas rate is still undertermined.
Two years ago the Ruef Board of Super
visors took office pledged to 75-cent gas.
They took a bribe of $750 apiece and Ruef
and Schmlt each received $4125 in con
sideration for which the rate was placed
at 85 cents. The gas company has suf
fered misfortunes which have been the
common lot in San Francisco and have
asked the Supervisors to raise the rates
to $1. . The majority report of the com
mittee recommended So cents while the
minority report opposed any change. The
I EVENTS OF COMING WEEK
Six State Conventions.
Six state conventions, three Re
publican and three Democratic.-' will
be important factors in this week's
news events. On Wednesday Indi
ana Democrats will meet at Indian
apolis; North Dakota Democrats will
meet at Grand Forks and Tennessee
Republicans will gather at Nashville.
On Thursday. Illinois Republicans
will meet at Springfleld. Rhode Island
Republicans will meet at Providence
and Iowa Republicans at Cedar
Rapids.
Work Before Congress,
The death of Senator Bryan of
Florida will cause an Interruption of
the proceedings In the Senate, which
will give further delay to a vote on
the Aldrich bill. Aldrich hopes to
obtain a vote Wednesday.
After grrlng Monday to business
pertalnlps to the District of Colum
bia, the house will take up the agri
cultural appropriation bill.
The house special submarine boat
Inquiry committee will resume Its
work on Thursday and the Senate t
committee on. naval affairs will-' give
M. Reuterdal a hearing during the
week if he appears.
. Taft and Bryan Still Talking.
Secretary William H. Taft and
Baron Takahira. the Japanese Am
bassador, will address the New
Jersey Legislature at Trenton on
Monday evening and later will speak
before the Trenton Chamber ot Com
merce. William J. Bryan has been
Invited to - attend the Chamber of
commerce dinner, but his presence
Is not assured. Mr. Bryan expects to
deliver addresses In Washington
Thursday, Pittsburg Friday, and
Farkersburg. W. Va., on Saturday.
The American torpedo-boat flotilla
will sail from Panama this week, on
Its Journey to Magdalena Bay. Its
first oort of call wiUJ be Acapulco.
Mex.
question is now before the Board. A
great public campaign for the retention
of 86-cent gas has been begun.
Calhoun Gives up Fight.
This week has seen the settlement of
one of the most difficult problems which
confronted the Supervisors. . No carline
has been operated on Pacific avenue since
the fire. A number of residents desiring
the underground conduit system held out
against the overhead trolley. They were
willing to accept a cable system, but not
an overhead trolley. The Pacific-avenue
controversy was raging before the fire of
April. 1906, and it was this which led to
the bribery of the Supervisors.
Rudolph Spreckels lives on Pacific ave
nue. He fought the proposal of the Unit
ed Railroads to install the overhead trol
ley. President Calhoun f the traction
company offered to transfer It fnto a
conduit system where It passed Spreckles'
home, but this was not accepted.
After the United Railroads got its
blanket franchise from the boodle Super
visors It was discovered that If did not
cover Pacific avenue. Ever since, Cal
houn has been endeavoring to get a Pacific-avenue
franchise, but the residents
have held out against anything but a con
duit, or cable system. The end came
this week when Calhoun agreed to install
the cable system.
HEARST OFFERS HISGEN
PROBABLE XOMINEE OF THE
LEAGUE FOR PRESIDENT.
Was Independence Candidate for
Governor of Bay State Firm
Hater of Standard Oil. -
NEW YORK. March 22. (Special.)
Thomas L. Hisgen, who was the Hearst
candidate for Governor of Massachusetts,
was sprung today by the Hearst papers
as a likely candidate for President on the
Independence League ticket. However,
there is a string to the boom, as Mr.
Hearst may be the candidate himself..
The call from the country at farge has
not yet been insistent enough to Induce
him to again immolate himself upon his
country's altar, but he hag hopes.
The Independence League will hold its
convention Immediately following the
Denver convention, and its action will be
determined largely by the results of that
convention.
Mr. Hisgen. at present the most promi
nent of Hearst'e choices, is a native of In
diana, and has become prominent through
his attacks upon Standard Oil and other
corporation.
His parents were German, and the trou
bles his father had with Standard Oil
caused the son to fight that corporation
at every opportunity.
RHODE ISJjAXD rXIXSTRUCTED
Republican Delegates to Chicago
Will Go Unpledged.
PROVIDENCE. R. I.. March 22. A con
ference of the Republican leaders of the
state will be held in this city on Tues
day or Wednesday to formulate plans for
the Republican State Convention, which
is to 'be held Thursday to elect the dele-gates-at-large
to the National Conven
tion. While many of the towns have not yet
selected the dates for their caucuses for
the State Convention, the sentiment is
prevalent that when the delegates to the
National Convention are elected by the
State Convention they will be unpledged
and will be allowed to use their own judg
ment as to how they will vote in the Na
tional session.
COUNT IXDIAXA FOR BRYAX
State Convention Wednesday Will
Indorse Him for President.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 22. The
Democratic state convention will hold
its firt session Wednesday morning at
11 oVlock. Ex-Congressman Robert
W. Miers. of Bloomington, will be
temporary chairman and will deliver
the keynote address. Candidates for
all the state offices will be nominated,
a platform adopted and delegates to
(Concluded on Fag .)
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OCEANIC TRAFFIC
Commerce Commis
sionGives Decision.
DECIDES IMPORTANT CASE
So-Called "Baltic Pool" Out
side Government Jurisdiction.
OCEAN ' RATES UNSTABLE
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Because of Natural Competitive Con
ditions, Public Is Best Served
by Leaving Water Car
riers Unhampered.
WASHINGTON. March 22. A decision
was promulgated today by the Interstate
Commerce Commission in one of the most
Important cases it has been called upon
to determine for some time. It is that
of the Cosmopolitan Importing Company,
a Philadelphia organization, chartered un
der the laws of New Jersey, against the
Hamburg-American Packet Company,
the North German Lloyd Steamship Com
pany, the Wilson (Hull) Lines and the
Scandinavian-American Lines. i
The complainant's petition was', filed
with the Commission nearly a year ago.
Some time subsequently the defendants
filed a demurrer, attacking the jurisdic
tion of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The opinion in the case, which is very
voluminous, was prepared by Commis
sioner Franklin K. Lane.
In brief, and in effect, the Commission
decides against itself. It holds that It
has not authority over oceanic transpor
tation and thus determines the case ad
versely to the contention of the com
plainant. v . ,1 s
Complains of Defendants.
In this case, the complainant alleged
that the defendant steamship companies
transport traffic under through bills of
lading between inland points of the United-States
and foreign ports, and are
thereby subject to the jurisdiction of the
Commission; that the defendants have
made an arm for the pooling of eastbound
export traffic maintained by rail to At
lantic ports and thence by steamship
lines to points in Denmark, Sweden. Nor
way, Finland and German ports in the
Baltic: that this so-called "Baltic pool"
arbitrarily determines the ultimate rates
from such Inland points of the United
States to such foreign ports via the North
Atlantic ports; and that the Hamburg
American Packet -Company maintains a
monopoly -of westbound and eastbound
traffic forwarded on the rails on through
bills of lading between Germany and
other continental countries and inland
Cities of the United States.' The prayer
of the petition is that the Commission de
clare the "Baltic pool" to be an illegal
pooling of freights under the interstate
commerce act; that the monopoly of the
Hamburg-American Packet Company is
declared unlawful, and relief be granted
to the complainant, which also is a trans
Atlantic steamship company doing a
freight business between American and
continental ports.
In his discussion of the reasons for
the decision, Mr. Lane says:
Lacks Jurisdiction on Ocean.
"This Commission has no jurisdic
tion over shipments moving from the
ports of the United States to a foreign
country not adjacent, when such ship
ments are not carried by rail or by
rail and water from an inland point of
origin to a point of transhipment. An
Inland movement of export, or import
traffic is a condition precedent to the
attaching of Jurisdiction.'
"The Commission may regulate in
terstate traffic, whether by rail or
by a combined rail and water .route,
from point of receipt to point of de
livery, but the Commission in its con
trol over foreign traffic, whether by
rail or by a combination of rail and
water carriers, is to the point of trans
shipment. "The pooling of traffic by water car
riers is plainly a matter over which
this Commission has no jurisdiction. A
rail carrier may control and connect
with a. line of steamers engaged in
foreign commerce with which it may
interchange business as freely as with
a rail carrier, and it may quote a com
bined rate for the through movement,
the agents of the railroad company act
ing as the agent of the steamship com
pany m so doing."
Depends on Ownership.
Commissioner Lane's opinion continues:
"It has been the uniform .interpreta
tion of the law that an all-water carrier
engaged in carrying freight originating
In New Tork or New Orleans, may en
gage in such traffic between such ports
without publishing its rate with this com
mission, and so may steamers plying
between Seattle and San Francisco, but
if such water-carriers are controlled or
managed by the same corporation as con
trols or manages a rail line, or if be
tween a rail and water line there is an
arrangement for continuous carriage, then
such water line becomes subject to all
the provisions mandatory and prohibitory
of the act to regulate commerce. On
foreign commerce to a non-adjacent coun-
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try the jurisdiction of this commission
over the carriers therein engaged ends
at the seaboard."
Ocean Carriers Unrestrained.
In conclusion, the opinion says:
"This ruling is .the only'one which Is
consistent with what seems to be th
policy of the law. viz:
"That while restriction and a control
are essential as are the inland carriers
of foreign commerce, the ocean carriers
of such commerce should remain unre
strained and free. There is not, and
never has been, such a thing as stability
of rates upon the water. Perhaps it is
not desirable that there should be. The
ocean is a highway free to all. No fran
chise is needed to sail the seas, nor is
the establishment of a line of ships
founded either in law or economics upon
the theory of a public-serving monopoly
which underlies the relation of the rail
road to the state. It may be, therefore,
that without regulation, and by reason
of natural competitive conditions, the pub
lic will be" best served, and in the end
treated more equitably by leaving the
water carriers to foreign lands entirely
unhampered by legal restrictions such as
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Who Rvsign From Congress to
Resume Law Practice.
the people of this and other lands have
found it necessary to Impose upon the
railroads.
RESIGNS FROM CONGRESS
CHARLES E. LITTLEFIELD WILL
RESUME LAW PRACTICE.
Maine's Representative in Lower
House Finds Public Duties Too '
Depressing on His Finances.
COCXSET, FOR WESTERN ROAD.
PORTLAND. Me.. March 22. (Spe
cial.) A close friend of Congress
man Llttlefleld said tonight that the
Maine Congressman had accepted a
position as general counsel for a
Western railroad at a salary of 130,
000 a year.
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ROCKLAND, Me., March 22. Gov
ernor Cobb today received a letter from
Congressman Charles E. Littlefield
tendering his resignation as Represen
tative from the Second District of
Maine. The resignation is prompted
by Mr. Littlefield's desire to take up
his law practice, which has been seri
ously interfered with by his Congress
slonal duties.
In the same mail was a communi
cation to the chairman of the Second
District Republican Congressional Com
mittee, from Mr. Littlefield, in which
the latter gave the reason for his
resignation as his desire to resume
his law practice, which in a large de
gree he had been compelled to
abandon because of 'bis Congressional
duties. In this letter Mr. Littlefield
says:
"I have been a member of the House
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TESTWRDAY Maximum temperature, &
degrees; minimum, 39 degrees.
TODAY Showers; southerly winds.
Fore Ian.
Chinese in Canton start boycott against
Japanese goods. Page 1.
Japanese steamer sinks, with nearly 300 on
board. Pace 1.
National.
Interstate Commerce Commission has no
jurisdiction over oceanic traffic. Page .
Congressman Littlerteld, of Maine, resigns to
practice law. Page 1.
Domestic.
Senator W. J. Bryan, of Florida, dies from
attack, of typhoid. Page 1.
Indiana youth slays mother for monev
Page 3.
Three Nevada robbers secure $40,000 In hold"
up. Page 2-
Polltical.
Hearst offers Thomas I,. Hisgen, of Massa
chusetts, as candidate for president.
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Bryan forced into prohibition issue In Ne
braska. Page 3.
Sports.
Multnomah -Club members reply to Seattle
critics. Page 4.
Beavers defeat San Luis Obispo 23 to 2 I
Page 4.
Harvard will curtail football schedule to two !
games. Page 4. j
Pacific Coast. !
Alaska packers fact strike of fishermen un- '
less old scale is restored. Page 2.
Cniversity of Orepron professor makes plea
for state universities. Page 8.
Portland and Vicinity.
Patrrck Bruin charges political plot exists
between Mayor iane ana tditor huilivan,
of Catholic Sentinel, to deliver Irish vote.
Page 5-
Chairman Idleman, of Republican centra!
committee, scores voters who do not
register. Page 5
Baker Theater will house Klaw &. Erlangcr
shows next season. Page 9- -Bishop
Scaddtin speaks on Buddhism.
. Page S.
Poles adopt resolutions against Prussian
policy. Page 14.
CHECK TENDENCY
TO WASTEFULNESS
Conference to Discuss
Natural Resources.
PRESIDENT IS FOR ECONOMY
Has Achieved Much in Forestr
and Reclamation Service.
FUEL PROBLEM IS NEXT
If Decisive Stops Are Taken for tin
Cunntry'a Future Welfare, Roose
velt Will Consider It the
Climax of Administration.
OREGOX I AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, March 22. President Roosevelt ie
looking forward with keen delight to tho
conference to be held in this city May
12 and 13,. at which he will meet with
the Governors of all the states and terri
tories, and with other representative citi
zens, and discuss, in Its broadest sense,
the problem of conserving and protect
ing the natural resources of the Nation
(or the benefit of future generations.
The conference is to be non-partisan and
highly representative. Along with the
Governors will come such National flg
ures as Grover Cleveland, Andrew Car
negie. William J. Bryan. James J. Hill '
and John Mitchell. There will be others
present representing the National Con
gress, the Supreme Court, the Cabinet
and the Inland Waterways Commission.
Not all. who attend can be heard, but
every section will be recognised, and
every important resource will be fully
exploited.
Of all the Presidents of the United
States, Theodore Roosevelt is the first
to show any grave concern for the wel
fare of the future. He was the first to
realize that the Nation, growing rapidly,
was building for today, without regard
for tomorrow. With apparently un
bounded resources, capital has been
working destruction for the ages to
come, intent only upon accumulating
dollars for the present generation. Older
Nations have learned the necessity of
conserving their resources: the President
recognized that this Nation must do like
wise. Insofar as has been in his power, '
he has placed restraint upon selfish cor
porations, but he cannot accomplish all;
the states must do much; the people
themselves must display a greater inter
est in this great problem.
Saving Xatlon's Timber.
Appreciating the danger that threatened
the lumber industry, the President infused
life into the Forest Service and built up
a forestry policy, the wisdom of which
Is no longer questioned. This policy is
intended primarily to preserve the for
ests for future generations; to perpetu
ate the lumber supply, as a matter of
fact, and while there may be details yet
to be rounded out, its main objects are
being attained. But for the interest dis
played by President Roosevelt, forestry
would have long since fallen under the
ban of politicians, and the problem would
have been far from solved.
What the President has done for for
estry is no greater than his accomplish
ments in the way of reclamation of the
deserts. The National irrigation policy
of the present day Is a tribute. to his fore
sight and to his determination to bring
about what is demanded by the Nation.
Until he took hold and literally forced
through Congress the National Irrigation
law, the selfish Eastern interests pre
vented the adoption of this wise policy.
The influence of the President made it
possible to utilize the waters of many
Western streams that had been going
to waste for generations.
The undeveloped mineral resources of
the country have received much consid
eration at the hands of the President, and
he has been deeply concerned over the
fuel aupply of the future. The Presi
dent, conversant with the details of the
coal trust that has stifled the Eastern
markets, wants to prevent the formation
of a Western trust that will monopolize
and control the output of Western mines.
That problem has not been solved as
satisfactorily as the problems of forest
preservation and reclamation, and that
is one of the subjects to be given par
ticular attention at the coming confer
ence. Fuel Problem Urgent.
. The fuel supply Is at best very limited; i
geologists can see the day when the last
ton of coal will be mined; a day long
before the close of the present century.
Some other fuel must be developed, or
some substitute which will supply heat
and power. Electricity gives the great
est promise, and the development of elec
tricity in a coalless age depends upon
water power. The Nation abounds in
natural water powers, particularly the
Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain states.
Hut far-seeing corporations have been
busy in the past few years gobbling up
waterfalls and other water-power sites,
with a view to holding them until such
time as their use shall become necessary.
The President would prevent this mon
opoly: he would hold these power sites
from the grasp of corporations, so that
future generations may not wake up to
find themselves In the grasp of cor
porations which are today in their in
fancy. The problem of transportation will be
considered, and with it the problem
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