Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 01, 1909, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextJEROME TOLD TO GO Of WITH SUIT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WILL SEND THREE MEN WITH ROOSEVELT ON AFRICAN TRIP Now for the final week of this Big Annual Clearance Sale. Final reductions have been made on goods in all departments. You can buy at lower prices this week than for many months to come. Some of the most extraordinary of today's sales events are advertised in our f uli-page Sunday announcements. Several are unusual clearance events that come only once a year. Federal Attorney to Help Him Get Evidence in Libel Case Against World. ROOT MAY SEEK REDRESS ; 5, rfv -VI i vAf N , , " I " Federal Attorney Stinison Refuses to Give TTp Government's Privilege of Prosecuting In Eefenso of Secretary's Good Same. NEW YORK. Jan. 81. United States District Attorney Henry L. Stimson made public tonight a letter. In reply to one written by District Attorney .Jerome on the subject of beginninfr an action for criminal libel in the state ; courts against the publishers of the tJfew Tork World because of published charges regarding the Panama Canal ' purchases. Mr. Stimson tells Mr. Jerome ;to go ahead. Mr. Jerome had asked if action In . the state courts on behalf of Doug ' las Robinson, the President's brother ! In-law. would be an unwise lnterfer ' ence with the actions begun under Fed : cral Jurisdiction. Mr. Stimson answers this question negatively, but does not state that the Federal inquiries or prosecutions will cease if Mr. Jerome begins an action. Jealous of Federal Bights. It la apparent that while the Federal , authorities concede to Mr. Jerome the .right to appear as the protector of Douglas Robinson's good name, they reserve to themselves the privilege of acting In defense of the reputation of "a gentleman who occupied the posi tion of head of the War Department" In any Federal Jurisdiction where the case applies. The reference to the "gentleman who occupied the position of head of the War Department" probably refers to Kllhu Root, who was the Secretary of War under whom the negotiations were completed. ' Mr. Stimson's letter says: "My Dear Sir: I have received your letter of January 2fi. The series of publications in the New York World to which you refer have for some time been under my consideration. These publications, which I concur with you In considering libelous, appear to have been circulated by the newspaper In a number of distinct and Independent Jurisdictions, and to contain charges reflecting upon the personal character of a number of men, of whom some are In public life, and some are pri vate clrtsens. In each of these juris dictions, under well-known principles ef law, each of these publications would constitute a separate offense, and as It happens In this case each one Is characterised by distinct and peculiar features. "Y.our letter makes clear the offense against the laws of New Tork state, constituted by the attack upon the rep utation of Mr. Robinson. The circu lation of similar charges of personal corruption or dishonor against a gen tleman who occupied the position of head of the War Department, among the officers and men of. the Army, res ident upon the military reservations In my district or among the residents of the District of Columbia, where the War Department is situated, may well engage the attention of the officials whose duty It Is to enforce the law In these localities. Promises to Help Jerome. "In accordance with your request, I have conferred with the Attorney Gen eral. "In answer, therefore, to your query as to whether a prosecution on your part as to the alleged libel tipon Mr. Robinson would be regarded as 'an un wise Interference with a matter over which the Federal courts have Juris diction and in which action has al ready been taken by the Federal au thorities.' I beg to assure you that such action on your part will In no wise be regarded, as such an interfer ence, but, on the contrary, we shall regard it as our duty to co-operate with you in all proper and lawful ways. "In these several jurisdictions the truth of the alleged libels would in the present case constitute a complete defense to the prosecution. Should such a defense be attempted it is man ifestly of the utmost importance that questions as to the truth or falsity . of the publications should be pre sented to the court In the light of the fullest possible evidence, and be set tled for all time beyond the possi- bility of a doubt "You may. therefore, be assured of my cordial co-operation In bringing to light all facts relating to this trans action. Very respectfully yours, "HENRY L. STIMSON, "United States Attorney." CONTROL LIQUOR SHIPPING Langley of Kentucky W1U Introduce Anti-Saloon League BUI. WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. Representa tive Langley. of Kentucky, will Intro duce on Monday the Interstate Liquor Shipment bill, prepared by the Anti Saloon League of America, to obviate the objection of unconstitutionality urged against 'the Lltticneld bill. The objection to the latter was that It made Interstate shipments of liquor subject to state law; Immediately upon crossing the boundary, which was claimed by Its opponents to be an at tempted delegation of Congressional power, and therefore unconstitutional. The new measure provides for direct exercise of Congressional power, by It self prohibiting the shipment or trans portation of liquor to any state, terri tory or district of the United States, or part of the same, where such ship ment could not legally be made with in tfia same. It is designed to pro tect both prohibition states and dry territory within local option states. POPULACE TOSE EXCLUDED Seats for Only 4000 at Lincoln Centenary Celebration. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Jan. 31. Only the number of people who can be crowded Into a great tent. 4000 In all, will be permitted : to witness, near Houglng ville, Ky.. February 12, the exercises In commemoration of the centenary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Presi dent Roosevelt, Cardinal Gibbons, Bish op Galloway, Ambassadors Jusserand and Bryce. Senator Dolliver and ex Governor Folk will make addresses. The cornerstone of the memorial hall i la to b laid by tha Presidtmt. - WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 30. Spe clal.) The above are photographs of the three representatives of the Smith sonian Institution on Mr. Roosevelt's African hunting trip. The Roosevelt party will start from New York next March and spend about a year on African soil. The natural history specimens gathered by the party will be deposited by the Smithsonian Institution in the United States National Museum. A short biog raphy of each representative follows: Lieutenant-Colonel Edgar A. Meams. a retired officer of the Medical Corps of the Army, about 53 years of age, will be the physician of the trip and have charge of the Smithsonian portion of the party. He has had 25 years' experience as an army doctor and is also well known as a naturalist and collector of natural his tory specimens. J. Alden Loring Is a field naturalist, whose training comprises service in the biological survey of the Department of Agriculture and In the Bronx Zoological Park, New York City, as well us on nu merous collecting trips through British America. Mexico and the United Statea. He is about 3S years old, of ardent tem perament and Intensely energetic. In Au gust, September and October, 1898, he made the highest record for a traveling collector, having sent In to the United States National Museum 900 well-prepared specimens of small mammals in the three month journey from London through Sweden, Germany, Switzerland and Bel gium. Kdmund Heller, a graduate of Stanford University, class of 101. Is a thoroughly trained naturalist, whose special work will be the preparation and preservation of specimens of large animals. Mr. Hel ler is about 30 years of age. His former experience, when associated with D. G. Eliot and Mr. Ackley, of the Field Co lumbian Museum, in collecting big game animals in the same portions of Africa Tillamook County to Discon tinue Supervisors. HIRE COMPETENT ENGINEER At Meeting Held Sentiment Is Against Mixing Highways and Politics Question of Jetties at Mouth of Bay Discussed. TILLAMOOK. Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) The Bay City Board of Trade invited la number of the members of the Tilla mook Development League to a meeting last night at Bay City, to discuss with that body matters pertaining to Tilla mook County. Dr. W. C. Hawk, presi dent of the Bay City Board of Trade, presided. "The first matter that was discussed by II. T. Bolts, president of the Tilla mook Development League; Mayor Thomas Coates and others, was to de vise plans whereby the road fund could be properly expended. This county will raise a road fund this year amounting to 190.000, and owing to the fact that the present supervisor system is not giving satisfaction in obtaining good roads, it was generally thought that the County Court should employ an en gineer to take charge of the road work and construct roads according to mod ern scientific ideas. There appeared to be no objection to paying a large tax levy for road purposes, but what the two organizations desired was a com petent and experienced person at the road work Instead of a number of in experienced road supervisor, who. ob tained their jobs on account of personal or political pull with the Court. TheMmprovemcnt of Tillamook bar was also a subject that was ably dis cussed by C. U. Mandls and J. W. Sharp, of the Miami Lumber Company, who pointed out that owing to several acci dents to shipping in this vicinity, the underwriters of Sarf Francisco gave Tillamook a black eye, making the rate of interest so high It was almost prohibitive, and on that account it was difficult to obtain vessels to carry the lumber to market. The Miami Lumber Company has 3,0u0,000 feet now piled on its dock at Hobsonvllle. The speakers contended that the bar was in as good condition as any of the small bars along the coast, and consid ering the great timber resources of the country, they and the other speakers advocated that the Government improve the bar by building Jetties. The meet ing closed with a speech by John O. Bozarth, bearing upon the road ques tion, and the importance of the bar Im provement. The Bay City Board of Trade Invited the visitors from this city and Hobson vllle to a banquet to be given soon in their town. FISH WARS00N TO END (Continued From First Page.) through what he termed the "gillnet element. M which has persistently op posed any legislation, he declared, that was In conflict with certain preferred types of g-ar. The treaty proposition was discussed by the committee only in an informal way, and while several of the members learned of it for the first time, it was ap proved by a sufficient number to warrant further action at an early date, possibly during the present session of the Legis latures. Members of the joint committee ex pressed their gratification at the close of the meeting that an agreement had been reached, as they. . vara satisfied, bfoiX TRY NEW ROAD PLAN I -- , I H -A ' - "a 1 i "" i' i' . I ; I if .n Iv 8, . . IV xxxx . which Mr. Roosevelt will visit, will be a valuable asset to the expedition. Mr. Heller has had large experience In animal collecting in Alaska. British Columbia, United States, Mexico, Central America and South America. In the year 1898 he mude a collecting trip of 11 months to rallopagos Islands, starting from San Francisco. He is a born and enthusiastic cillector, as well as a well-equipped nat u.Nilist. He is also the author of scientiflc papers on mammals, birds, reptiles and fishes.. At present he is assistant curator of the Museum of Vetrebrato Zoology of the University of California. assembling and before their start that they could not accomplish It. It was the first time .hat both states ever agreed on important points of the salmon fishing industry, the fish wheels of the Upper Columbia having on several occasions proved a barrier. In reaching the agree ment, Mr. Burke said no cognizance was taken of the local conditions and In terests dn either side of the river, and that while a few of the Interests will object to the proposed laws, the general good has been advanced by the com mittee's action. The Joint committee in a set of resolu tions warmly thanked the Seattle Cham ber of Commerce for exerting Ita efforts to bring about a settlement of the fisher ies disputes. Washington's Attorney-General bases his opinion that an interstate treaty would be legal on Section 10, Article 3. of the Federal Constitution, as fol lows: "No state shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in times of peace, enter Into agreement or com pact with any other; state or with a foreign power to engage In war unless actually involved or in such Imminent danger as will not admit of delay." MUCH DONE, SAYS BIXGHAM Legislation Hereafter to Be for Fish Instead of Fishermen. Senator I. H. Bingham, chairman of the Joint Fisheries Commission, re turned to Portland last night. Other members of the commission will return today. They are: Senators W. T. Scholfleld, H. D. Norton and J. N. Sin nott; Representatives J. C. Smith, J. C. McCue, R S. Farrell and K. C. Dodds. "Progress toward settling the fish controversy advanced at this confer ence further than It naa ever done," said Senator Bingham last night. "One thing of great Importance was decided upon. That Is that - legislation will hereafter be enacted in behalf of the fish. Instead of the fishermen. "Our commission accomplished the purpose of its appointment at this con ference. The Washington Legislature has passed a Joint resolution that will probably come before the Oregon Leg? islature this week. It asks the Oregon Legislature to concur in appointing a commission in both houses to make suggestions not only in regard to fish legislation, but to other matters that may come up for settlement between the States of Oregon .and Washington. "The resolution further asks that It be submitted to Congress, and that Its terms be made operative for a cer tain number of years." Drunkard Affrights Pedestrians. Leaning against a telegraph pole at Sixteenth and Raleigh streets last night. Jack Digness, a drunken laborer, living in a rooming-house on Grand avenue, grapsed a revolver of large caliber and flourished It threateningly at passersby. Women who passed were thrown Into hysterics by the reckless antics of the drink-crazed man, and their cries drew the attention of Pa trolman Humphries. The policeman arrested the revolver-wielder and found the weapon unloaded, although cart ridges for it -were found in his pocket. The man was locked up in the City Jail. Reduction sale. Harris Trunk Co. FAILING ' EYESIGHT RESTORED The foremost phy sicians and oculist of London. Paris. Vienna and Berlin declare the Thomp son method of sight tentlnpr the sweated t discovery made in Optometry in tha twentieth Century. One charg-e covers the entire cost of examination, glasses and frames. Nine years in Port land, two years in Leading hospitals and eye. clinics of Europe. THOMPSON Second Floor Corbett Itldff., FUta and We direct especial attention to the fact that all Women's OuterVpparel Is being sold at sensationally low prices, and that all Muslin Underwear is greatly reduced. Now is the time to buy Wool Dress Goods - . . i i BUT PREPARED YET Governor-General Smith Gives Advice to Filipinos. ISLAND ASSEMBLY OPENED Says Natives Should Continue TTnder Rule of United States Urges Closer Unity Raps Conditions of Manila City Government. MANILA. Feb. 1. The Philippine As sembly opened today with simple cere monies. President Osmena presiding. The first business to come before the body was the annual message to the Assembly of Governor-General James P. Smith, which read, in part,' as fol lows: "My last word to the Filipinos is that . : i .1. .r.n maWltv (i n r 1 not a small minority of the citizens are prepared to make intelligent use oi tne inuicmso. un til democratic usages and customs have permeated throughout the population, and become a part of the dally life of the people; until the power of unconscionable agitators and demagogues Is broken; unr til education has created a just public sympathy that specious arguments and false doctrines cannot destroy; until a citizen has not only the power to judge but also the courage to act for himself, the best future of the islands lies with the land which has given the Filipinos freedom of speech; liberty of the press; freedom of worship; the right of the accused to meet witnesses against him face to face; the exercise of the franchise; free schools; autonomy in municipal and provisional affairs; the right to participate in making laws through the Assembly, and many TRUSSES Our Truss Department is the largest in the North west, and naturally we car ry the most varied line. We employ a corps of experi enced lady and gentleman fitters and guarantee fit. Private fitting-rooms pro vided. Prices $1.50, $2.50, $3.50, $5.00 and up. Woodard, Clarke Co. Portland, Oregon. PACKING-HOUSE P R O f ERTY, IN THE HEART OF THE PENINSULA, ADJOIN ING THE SWIFT TOWNSITE KENTON. LOTS $250, $10 DOWN AND $10 A MONTH E3 301-2 CORBETT BLDG. H 1 CC-mfJ. MEET ME S AT EILERS JJ TODAY BIG SALE C NOW ON other rights, liberties and privileges not enjoyed by peoples which have had in dependence and national existence for hundreds of years." Governor Smith deplored the grow ing gulf between the Americans and the Filipinos in the Philippines, and strongly urged that they draw closer together and act in unity for the best Interests of both. His message sharp ly criticises the municipal government of Manila and the municipal police force, the personnel of which, he said, was not equal to that of the house servants of the city. Tne provincial government, wjver nor Smith pronounced to "be entirely satisfactory. The annual report on the revenues of the islands shows a decline of about a million pesos (about $500,000) for 1908 under the figures of 1807. COLD WAVE STILL GRIPS Low Temperature Recorded East of Mississippi. WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. The cold wave continues to hold that part of the country east of the Mississippi within Its grasp, but although low temperatures occurred, freezing temperature being re corded as far South as Central Florida, fair weather conditions have prevailed generally. Warmer conditions are reported west of the Mississippi. In the Central val leys and the upper lake region and the gulf valleys, the temperature will rise, while over the Western half of the coun try it will change but little. ROWING IN SOAP LAKE Leaves, a Trail of Soapy Bubbles Oars Whip Up a Lather. HOW COWBOYS CLEANSE SADDLES 1 Just Drop Them in the Lake Tne Marvellous Waters Restore Color, Softness and Life to Leather. Soapy Lake, Douglas County, Washington, has appropriately been christened the "eighth won der of the world." Nature has created nothing similar to it. It is the one body of water that, besides being highly mineralized, possesses a soapy consistency. From time immemorial its pecu liar properties have been known to animals and aborigines Indians and cowboys. It has been their resort for bodily ills. Drinking its waters and bathing in its natural lather has restored health to countless thousands, who have worn deep paths to and from its banks, throughout aeons of time, visiting its shores to partake of its magic benefits. A TRIP ON THE LAKE Surrounded by bleak desert scenery at the bottom of the desolate Grand Coulee, which, geolo gists say, was once the bed of the mighty Columbia, the lake looks from a distance like any one of many other pools scattered through the length of the coulee. If a wind is blowing, however, one of its peculiar characteristics manifests itself. The. whipping of the wind on the waters cre ates whitecaps that grow whiter as the wind lasts, until their foamy whiteness almost covers the end of the lake toward-which the breeze is blowing. Gradually this foam accumulates into fleecy billows, that pile up on the shore, high and light. The foam is LATHER. A breeze on Soap Lake whips up acres of lather more lather than all the barbers of America beat up in a year of whip ping shaving pots. - LEAVES A LATHERY TRAIL The experience of rowing on the lake is one never to be forgotten. Every stroke of the oars whips p a lathery foam, which lays on the water for a mile behind. The gliding of the boat through the water creates, tiny bubbles genuine soap bubbles which glisten in the wake of the boat like an endless chain of opals. The water has a peculiar consistency that is felt with every dip of the oar. THROW THEIR SADDLES IN For many years the cowboys of the Big Bend Country have had an easy method of keeping their saddles clean and lustrous. They just throw them in Soap Lake, and leave them there for a short time. The waters penetrate and dissolve all the discolorations, restore life to the leather and, upon evaporation, leave it bright and soft. EFFECT ON HUMAN BODY " These marvelous waters, as has been advertised, have a remarkable restorative effect upon the human skin both inside and outside. Taken internally, the waters restore the mucous 'membrane. Externally, they soften and purify the skin, gradually inducing a wholesome, sound, healthy condi tion. The waters have also a wholesome effect on the blood. They supply a lack that the ailing human system requires. Records of hundreds and hundreds of cures are on our files, and that thousands have been benefited by the waters is attested by the fact that wherever placed on sale the Soap Lake remedies have brought repeat orders from enthusiastic users and friends to whom they have recommended them. """" Soap Lake waters are sold in various forms, the favorites being Soap Lake Raits, Soap Lake Soap, Soap Lake Salve and Soap Lake Liniment. Watch the advertising, and ask your druggist. FOR SALE AT ALL DRUGGISTS If your druggist doesn't have Soap Lake Soap in stock, send us his name; we will send you free sample for your courtesy, and will inform you where you can purchase this soap. SOAP LAKE SALTS REMEDY COMPANY Soap Lake, Wash. PL 15 ARE ANXIETY Speculation Over Chairman ships of Next House. GOOD PLACES VACANT Rule of Seniority AVI11 Prevail AVhere Practicable, but Vacancies Will Obviate This in Some Cases Many Problems Arise. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. With the con vening of a new Congress Scarcely more than a month distant the selection of standing committees of the next House and particularly the award of chairman ships has become the subject of keen speculation. ' The understanding among members is that the rule of seniority will be used in the selection of a chairman. There are, however, important committees whose chairmen will not be members of the next Seattle, Wash. Address, Portland Office, 270 Stark Street. House and the selection of their succes sors is causing no little speculation. Good .Places Vacant. Among these committees are those on the judiciary, of which Mr. Jenkins of Wisconsin is chairman: Interstate and foreign commerce, of which Colonel Hep burn of Iowa, is chaiiman; rivers and harbors, Senator-elect Burton, chairman."" and postofflces and post-roads, Mr. Over street of Indiana, chairman. These are four of the most important committees of the House and the chairmanship of each is highly prized. Representative Alexander of Buffalo, N. Y., will be the ranking member of the committee on rivers and harbors after Senator Burton takes his seat in the Senate. Rivers and Harbors in West. With the renewed agitation in the Middle West for waterway improvement, there has sprung ip a keen desire to keep the chairmanship of the rivers and har bors committee in that territory and the Western memoers want Representative James ,H. Davidson of Wisconsin. Unless Colonel Hepburn of Iowa decides to contest for his seat in the House and the chairmanship of the committee on in terstate and foreign commerce is left va cant on that account, there will be a big problem to be solved In that committee. The ranking member below Mr. Hepburn Is James S. Sherman, Vice-President-elect. Next comes Wanger of Pennsylvania and Mann of Illinois, respectively. It is generally conceded that Represent ative PerKins of New York will succeed Mr. Cousins of Iowa as chairman. of the committee on foreign affairs. Save money at Rosenthal's shoe sale. ' Portland, Oregon.