5 JANUARY 13, 1909. THE 3IORN1NG OREGOXIAX. WEDNESDAY, FILIBUSTERS TAKE TO THEIR HEELS Much - Heralded Blocking Clique at Olympia Fails to Muster Strength. PET MEASURES WILL LEAD wLocat Option, Anll-Ka'truck and ; Suffrage Measures AVill Be Pre sented Early to Washington legislators as Planned 'ow. OLYMPIA. VTut Jan. 12 (Special.) Senator Robert F. Booth, of Kins Coun tty, one of the leaders In the organiza tion of a combination in the Senate, took la. back track today with his bill in creasing the number of Judges in King 'County, and the promised test of strength 'and purpose tit the combination tomor row will not take place. The Senators lajfalnst whom the combination has been made had openly threatened to send (Booths' bill to the Judlcinry committee 'when It came up a a special order tomorrow afternoon. Booth is very ans lou to rush the bill throush. and when Ijie learned of the plan to try out his 'combination on his pet measure he called a conference of King County Senator. The conference decided that it was for 'the best interests of the bill to let it ro to the Judiciary committee without a light, and Booth, in the Senate session to lay. withdrew the bill as a special order. The opposing Senators hall this action a an Indication of a weakening in the ranks of the combination. They also claim the Ueutenant-Governor Is with them, and point to the makeup of tha committee n public morals, the only nne so far given oifT as an Indication. The combination hus but three Senators f the nine on the committee whom it la claimed can be relied upon to stand pat againet effective local option. These re Kuth. Booth and Knickerbocker. The other members are Fishback. Cotterill. iM.ers. Cox. Falconer and Sletcalf. Lineal Option BUI Soon. The local option bill will go to the jiuhlic morals committee, and Is assured of fair committee treatment in the Sen Ate. Both houses held short morning sessions and transacted only routine business. In the afternoon the formality of canvassing the returns on state officers was accom plished In Joint session. Many of the members are Impatient to get pet measures into the House, and there will be a flood of bills as soon as committee assignments are an nounced. Ole Hanson, author of the anti-racetrack Rambling: bill, is champing at the bit. and the Anti-Saloon league Is anxious to get its measures before the legislature. Hanson will present his own bill in the House, and Senator P. I Allen will Introduce It In the Sen ate. Allen Is a member of the King County Anti-Racetrack League. Representative W. C. McMaster. of King-, will Introduce the ioral option hill In the House and Senator J. A. i Falconer, of Snohomish, will father It In the Senate.- Mrtcalf Has Ax Ready. Senator Metcalf has the bill provid ing for certain amendments to the di rect primary law prepared. The bill is one agreed upon by the Washington llrect Primary League. Senator Paulhamus is preparing a bill providing for the guaranteeing of bank deposits. The advance guard of the Kauai Suf frage Association arrived tonight with a bill prepared for submission, but Its sponsor lias not been selected. The first of the Suffragists to reach here were Mrs. Emma Smith Pevoe, presl i dent, and Mrs. Homer Hill, both of Se attle. Monday they will be reinforced by Mrs. May Arkwright Hutton. Mrs. Ireine Baker, of Spokane, and Mrs. Edith Del Jarmeth. of Seattle. COON PROCEEDS AGAINST II AT t etarta Tct Suit to Ourt Official 1io Advertised His Candidacy. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 12. (Special. ) The complaint In the quo warranto pro ceedings to be filed tomorrow by Lieu tenant -Governor Charles E. Coon In the .ttempt to oust Laeutenant-"jovernor M. E. Hay. was served on the latter's at torney this evening. . The complaint names seven newspapers in which it is alleged Mr. Hay published advertisements In the primary election campaign In violation or the, direct pri mary law. The newspapers are the Grays Harbor Washingtonian. Spokane Spokesman-Review. Aberdeen World. Grays (Harbor News. Seattle Po?t-Intell!gencer. Spokane Chronicle and Taconia L-dger. The advertisements consisted of a photo graph of Mr. Hay. under which appeared the words: "M. E. Hay, candidate for the Republican nomination as Lieutenant Governor." The words "paid advertisement' ap peared over all the advertisements except 'that In the Aberdeen World. The case will prohably be argued Fri day In the Supreme Court. M. K. Hay took the oath of office before Chief Justice Jtudkln. of the Supreme Court, toniffht. PRISOX LIBOR WOIXD SCFFER -Washington Board of Control Wants Jute Duty Maintained. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. II. (Special.) Eastern Washington farmers, who are desiring the State Legislature to memo rialise Congress for the removal of the duty on Jute bags, will likely encounter opposition from the State Board of Con trol. While the removal of the .duty w ould reduce the price of bags nearly IS per wtW. provided the dealers gave the users the benefit, the reduction . in prices ap parently would make It Impossible for the state to run the penitentiary J'lte mill at a profit. PenL:ent;ary bags sold last year at . per hundred, snd cost the state to manufacture them with convict labor tS.ll to W IS. The duty amounts to abouti P.50 per M. . Senator Cox. Senator Bassett and Rep resentative Scott, of Eastern Washington, held a conference today with the Board of Control and Superintendent C. S. Reed, of the penitentiary, but came to no de-ci-ton and will confer again tomorrow. JI T. Jones, of the Board of Control, said that while the board would like to see the farmers of Eastern Washington get cheaper grain bags, he beileved the removal of the entire duty would result In stopping the state's Jute mllL yrXC COSGROVE GETS PLACE Is Made Private Secretary to Mead According to Prearranged Plan. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 12. (Special V f Tha announcement was made at tha executive offloes today that Major Frank M. Dallam, Jr. will resign tomorrow as private secretary to Governor Mead, and that Howard O. Cosgrove will be ap pointed to succeed "ilm. Major Dallam has accepted the offer of the secretary ship of the Railway Commission, and will enter upon hia duties with the Commis sion Thursday morning. When Governor Mead made the state ment last week that he would- make no change In his private secretary he fully expected that Governor-elect Cosgrove would be here to take the oath of office Wednesday. Since Mr. Cosgrove will be delayed but a few duys Howard will be his secretary. The Governor gave lilm the appointment that he may become ac quainted with the duties of the office. COSGROVE IS CONGRATULATED Washington Legislators Send Greet . ings to tkvernor-eIect. ' OLYMPIA, Wosh., Jan. II (Specials Meeting in Joint session this afternoon to canvass the vote of stale officers, the House and oenate instructed the Speaker to send greetings to Governor-elect S. G. Cosgrove at Paso Robles. The following telegram was sent by Speaker Meigs: "Legislature of the State of Washing ton, in Joint session assembled, has In structed tha Speaker of the House of Representatives to extend to you Its kindest greetings and best wishes from the people of the entire state, and to further announce to you that the can vass of votes having been completed, your election to the office of Governor of the State of Washington has been verified." Will Hear Message. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 12. (Special.) The Senate and House will meet In joint session at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to hear the Governor's mes sage. F. VV. OSBURN OREGON BOY Youth Whose Christmas Kiss Caused Divorce Popular In Eugene. EUGENE. Or.. Jan. al. (Special.) Lieutenant F. W. ' Osburn. who was caught kissing the wife of Chief Naval Constructor If. A. Evans in the latter's home In San Francisco on Christmas Day. and who thus became the imme diate cause of the divorce granted yes terday to Contractor Evans, Is a son of F. W. Osborn, Sr.. the cashier of the Eugene Loan & Savings Company. Lieutenant Osborn's mother Is a prominent society leader In this city. Lieutenant Osborn was born In this city L' years ago. He is very popular here. Ho was a student at the Uni versity of Oregon when he received the appointment through the late Senator Mitchell, as cadet at Annapolis. He was itf years old at the time, and stood llrst in the competitive examinations. At Annapolis. Osborn distinguished himself In scholarship, and was a star member of the Navy football eleven. Since graduation he has received rapid promotion, being now chief en gineer on the Wyoming. After gradua tion, in 190L'. Mr. Osborn was appointed to the battleship Oregon on the Pacific station, and served, a number of years with tho China squadron. Since being tranferred to San Fran cisco, he has been doing special work for the government, maklnft tests to determine the efficiency of fuel oil for use in our men-of-war. GOOD ROADS HIS SUBJECT Jndg?e Wehster Will Address Clacka mas Pomona Grange. OSWEGO. Or.. Jan. 11 (Special.) Po mona Grange for Clackamas County will meet tomorrow with Oswego Grange, at Oswego. It will be Its most important meeting of the year, as action will prob ably be taken on the road question and other matters which may come before the legislature. Judge Lionel. R. Web ster of this county, and member of the State Good Roads Association, has been invited to address the meeting in the afternoon. It will afford an opportunity to hear the proposition of the Good Roads Association on the matter of Improving a road through Oregon, connecting with Washington and Cali fornia. The plan has ben conu-mned by the Grances throughout the state. Judge Webster is also expected to tell what legislation is proposed at present, as it is announced he has prepared two road bills outside of the Johnson bill, which has been revised. Judi;e Webster's adcress will be of unusual Interest to the farmers of the state at this time. A large attendance Is expected. INDIANS' STOCK IS DYING Neglect to Provide Food for Winter Is Disastrous. PENDLETON, Or.. Jan. 12. (Special.) Reports from the Umatilla Indian res ervation tell of great suffering among cattle and horses owned by Indians, with the death of hundreds of animals In evitable if the snow remains on more than a few days longer. Many animals have already perished. The Improvident nature of the Indian has prevented his being prepared for the present unusual weather, for he usmally allows stock to rustle for Itself during the Winter. JAP CURRENT OUT OF JOINT Tacoma Scientist Figures Out Cause. ' ol Cold and Quake. TACOMA. Jan. 11 Dr. Willis Eugene Everette, soientiflo writer of this city, says tho entire Pacific Coast, as far north as Alaska, may expect seismic disturb ances between the full moon of January and the full moon of February. Ho says the unusually cold weather In the Northwest Is due fl the fact that the Japan current has been thrown looO miles out to sea. and that the cold weather will continue until the current rights itself. Court-Martial Officer. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. 12. (Spe cial.) Lieutenant Walter Pridgen of the First Infantry, was tried today before a court-martial at Vancouver Barracks for alleged irregularities in Quartermaster papers that had to do with a surveying party of which ho was a member. The court-martial was completed and the pro ceedings will be passed upon In about a week when the verdict reached will be made public. Three members of the court. Captain Willis, Coast Artillery Corps: Captain F. H. Pope. 14th Cavalry, and Captain A. W. Sunderland, Coast Artillery Corps, were not present, being kept away by delayed trains. The court martial was ordered by Brigadier-General Brush. Dallas Team Defeated. FOND DU LAC, Wis., Jan. li (Special.) The Oregons went down to defeat to night for the second time since leaving Oregon last month. Score 24 to It In favor of Company E, of Fond Du Lac. Bje-Electlon Results. VICTORIA. Jan. 12. In bye-election for the local legislature held at Nanaimo to day, the following votes were polled: Hawthorthwaite l3oc.) 6w. Barker (Lib eral) C spoiled HA ROOT GIVES WAY; GOSE MADE JUDGE Disgraced Jurist After Talk With Members of Bench Declines to Serve. MAKES PUBLIC STATEMENT Sacrifices Himself and Family In Order That Court Shall Be Free From Least Taint of Suspicion. Will Take Vp Practice. OLYMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 12.-(Speclal.) After conferring with friends until a late hour last night, and again all morn ing. Judge Mllo A. Root this afternoon decided that he would not qualify for the term as Supreme Justice, to which he was elected last November. Before deciding upon this course Judge Root con sulted his former colleagues on the bench and numerous members of the State Leg islature. Judge Root prepared and filed with Gov ernor Mead a statement of his decision not to qualify. Governor Mead Immedi ately thereafter announced the appoint ment of M. F. Gose, of Pomeroy, to All the vacancy. The appointment was at the request of 'Governor-elect S. G. Cos grove. Howard Cosgrove today stated that the report that Mr. Gose was his father's, law partner Is Incorrect. The two have been firm friends, but not associated in practice. Talks With Tears in Eyes. Judge Root, after signing hie state ment to the Governor, discussed his plans for the future, with tears in his eyes. "I have had four offers of law TarU nenshlps In Seattle," he said, "but have made no arrangements pending the out come of the matter Just decided. I had a very good and 'paying practice before1 I went on the bench, and hope to be able to get back Into that work in Seattle. I must do something immediately. My wife Is 111. I have six children who are not capable of contributing to their support and I have not a penny In the world." Root's statement to Governor Mead follows: "Some two months ago I was informed of rumors Implying corruption in office on my part. I Imediately demanded an investigation, which was made by a com mittee of five attorneys appointed by the president of the State Bar Association. As I resigned at the commencement of the investigation, the committee was re lieved of any embarrassment which my presence on the bench might have oc casioned. Their report has been recently made and has appeared in the public press. "Committee reports they found no facts indicating corruption or dishonesty on my part; but they censure me in regard to certain conduct and in particular my actions In connection with the case of Harrison vs. the Great Northern Railroad Company, wherein It was asserted Judge Gordon, on rehearing, had dictated the opinion modifying original opinion In the case. As I stated to the committee, I now repeat that my actions In that mat ter were solely to see that the court should decide correctly the point of law. This was done and the opinion and case rendered which I believed then, and be lieve now. is sound law. and In this I believe I am supported by other Judges and most lawyers In the state. Proof- or Ills Innocence. "I did not act from any evil motive, for the purpose of giving one litigant undue advantage over another. The case was decided against the railroad company both times. In the first instance, by a vote of four to three. I being one of the four and the one who wrote the opinion against the company, the other three believing the company was entitled' to recover, and fllln a dissenting opinion, holding to that effect. It will thus be seen my vote could have decided the case the other way In favor of the rail way company. "As to criticisms concerning having received transportation, I may merely mention that this was received before laws now prohibiting it were enacted, and when the use of such transportation by public officials generally was customary ani regarded as perfectly legitimate. "Touching these matters, and all others criticised by the report, I desire to say emphatically that any mistake I made was of the head and not of the heart. As a member of the court I always worked hard and endeavored to be fair and Just to all parties, and- I never rendered or assisted to render any decision I did not honestly believe to be law. Notwith standing my mistakes I feel I could, and If I qualified I would give an absolutely honest and creditable service to the peo ple of the state. Resigns as Public Duty. "However, in the light of severe criti cisms contained in the report of Vie committee I feel that for me to qualify would be to embarrass the court and litigants and attorneys before the court and to create In the minds of the people not knowing me a suspicion, entirely un just, but which would nevertheless1 be highly undesirable as regards the court and the administration of Justice In the state. To decline to qualify involves a sacrifice to me and to my family, a seriousness which cannot be adequately expressed in words. With a full appre ciation of the situation as It affects the Judicial Institutions of our state, 1 feel that I should do all in my power to re move every suspicion or suggestion re flecting upon the Supreme Court, what ever may be the effect upon myself. I must rest content with the knowledge that I have consciously done no wrong and that those who know me best re tain their confidence In me. "I therefore feel constrained to. and o - Any chronic ulcer shows an unhealthy and impure condition of the blood. It is a diseased condition of the flesh at that particular spot, caused and kept inflamed and irritated by a continual discharge into it, of un healthy matter from the circulation. No treatment can have any curative ef fect except a medicine which will renovate the blood and entirely remove the cause. Salves, washes, lotions, etc, are sometimes helpful in reducing; in fiammation, cleansing the ulcer, or perhaps lessening the discharge, but such applications do not reach the blood where the disease germs are located and can never effect a cure. S. S S. goes down into the circulation, drives out all impurities and morbid matter, and by nourishing the flesh with rich pure blood causes the place to heal naturally and permanently. S. S. S. does not make a surface cure, but by beginning at the bottom, and rebuilding broken-down tissue, and supplying healthful, healing qualities to the blood, causes the place to fill in with new, firm flesh, while it steadily but surely effects a permanent cure. The ulcer can not exist when the blood is pure, and S. S. S. will thoroughly purify the blood. Book on Sores and Ulcers and any medical advice free to all who write. THE SWEFT.SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. RIGHT ROYAL " GOOD BARGAINS Is what we claim for our Over coats and Ulsters. They are going fast, and just to remind you we say again, $15 Overcoats ' and $18 Ulsters, special at $8.65 UNDERWEAR SPECIALS. Eagle Underwear, plush back, $1.75 value; special at.. $1.23 Wright's Health Underwear, $1 value; special at .75 166-170 Third St. do hereby notify you I shall not qualify as Judge of the Supreme Court, under and by virtue of my election to that po sition in November last. "Thanking you and my many friends throughout the state who have mani efsted their kindness and confidence in me in a most marked manner throughout this trying ordeal, and being, conscious of no Intentional wrong-doing on my cart, I beg to remain yours very truly. "MILO A. ROOT." BUSINESS IS INCREASED More Shipping at Gray9 "Harbor Than In Previous Vear. ABERDEEN', Wash., Jan. 12. (Spe cial.) Lumber valued at M3,040.48 was shipped from Grays Harbor to foreign ports during 1908, according to the report of Deputy Collector of Customs Jenkins. The report deals with all vessels going to foreign points, either Honolulu or Alaska. The number of vessels to enter coast wise In 1W was 2i, as against 12 in 1P07. To clear coastwise It was 21, against IT. Vessels to enter foreign were 36 In 1908 and only 13 in 1S07, while 50 cleared for foreign ports In the past year and 35 in the preceding year. The net tonnage was 61,798 In 1907 and 145.266 In 1908, while the tonnage tax was llvOO over that of the previous year. The disbursements of wages paid to senmen In 1908 was .J47.S13.40 and P0.942.a6 In 1907, showing an increase of $17,000. The following table shows the total value and countries of destination of all cargoes of vessels which cleared at the Grays Harbor Customs-house during the year 1908: Country. ..l!'-,, Peru JlR4.nT.ZS Meifeo 1??,'?2:2? Panama Australia SK0.74S.8.. New Zealand 0.41 1. 17 Philippine Islands 4.1115.73 Island of Tahiti T.54S.1W Hawaiian Islands 14n.8ii.24 Alaska 7n.714.U0 Total $903,040.1)8 BAYERN REACHES CATANIA American Relief Ship Finds Many Refugees Seeding Food. CATAXIA, Jan. 12. The American relief ship Bayern which arrived yes terday has a wide field for Its charities here. The town is crowded with re fugees and the hospitals and municipal relief committees are eagerly and gratefully accepting all the supplies offered. Bayard Cutting, Jr.. American Vlce Counsul has gone to Syracuse to In vestigate conditions there. He will re turn Wednesday. THREE DISTINCT SHOCKS FELT Cheltenham Observatory Records Quivers Monday and Tuesday'. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Three earth quakes have been recorded by the seis mograph at the Coast and Geodetic Sur vey magnetic observatory at Cheltenham, Jld.. during the laBt 24 hours. 'The first began on January 11 at 7:0;43, 75th meridian, mean time, and lasted un til 7:12:40. The maximum occurred at 7:06:10. The second began at 6:22:30 this morning and ended at 5:41 A. M. The third earthquake began at 7:22:20 this morning and ended at about 7:63. The recorded distance was very small and was no doubt caused by distant earthquakes, but the record is not suffi cient to estimate the distance. WILT SEEK MORE SCRVIA'ORS Italian Soldiers Still Looking for Living In Quake Ruins. ROME, Jan. 12. The fact that living persons are still being rescued from the ruins of Messina and Reggio has decided the authorities to continue the allies GUMS CHR0HIC ULCERS 1 J) il J I M CfiOIU excavations of the wreckage, and sev eral thousand soldiers are today em ployed In this work who otherwise would be detailed to help in the distri bution of necessities of life for the sufferers. In most cases those now be ing brought out alive were Imprisoned in rooms and cellars not completely de molished, and their situation was such that they could get hold of some little . nourishment. Weston to Improve Streets. WESTON, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.) G. W. Staggs, who has just assumed office as Mayor of Weston. has recommended that crushed rock be laid on Main street and North Water street. A majority of mm 1 T ifh-:- X." mam H. LIEBES CO A BAD BACK IS A BAD HANDICAP f ua can afford to be idle, and to those who work, a sound, strong back Is a necessity. 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