THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1909.
SEATTLE MORALITY
UNDER DSCnN
Washington Legislators Have
a Hot Argument Anent
Races and Gambling.
HANSON BILL IN TANGLE
Afl House Passes It, Senate Cuts
Out Emergency Clause Bill
May Be Recalled on
r Technicality.
CL.YMPIA, Wash., Feb. 3. .'Special.)
The Senate today duplicated the House
vote on the Hanson anti-racetrack gam
bling bill by passing It unanimously, but
Immediately thereafter tied the bill Into
a tangle as yet unravelled by rejecting
the emergency clause.' This clause has
passed the House, and that branch of
the Legislature construes the same action
as an amendment to the bill and unani
mously refuses to concur. On the other
hand, the majority opinion in the S?nate.
sustained by President Ruth, Is that the
rejection of the emergency clause Is not
en amendment and that the House will
have to accept the bill without the clause,
whether it wants to or not. Without the
emergency clause the law will take effect
June 11. and with the clause it will be
come effective Immediately.
Prior to rejecting the emergency clause,
which requires a two-thirds vote, a
motion to amerd, made by Knlckerboker,
of King, so that the bill would become
effective May 1, Instead of Immediately,
was adopted, and then 15 of the 24 Sena
tors who voted with Knickerbocker
turned around and killed the emergency
3 amended. The consideration of the
bill In the Ssnate was free from the spec
tacular, debate being shut off by Piper,
Booth and Graves moving the previous
question. The only discussion was over
the Knickerbocker amendment, the au-
. thor Insisting upon It as a concession to
the opinion of lawyers In general that
new criminal legislation should not be
enacted with an emergency clause.
Ootterill characterized the amendment
as . designed to permit poolrooms to con
tinue in operation during the progress of
the races in California.
Amendment Lacks Votes.
Knickerbocker's amendment was carried
by a vote of 24 to 17, but when the
amended emergency clause was voted on
it received but 23 votes lacking five of the
required two-thirds.
Hanson used the same argument as
C'otterlll, when the bill was returned to
the House from the Senate, and the
House stood by Mm unanimously In re
fusing to recede from the passage of the
emergency clause. Wlien the House
action was reported to the Senate, Cot
terill immediately moved that a confer
ence committee be appointed, but Graves
cited the constitutional section provid
ing that an emergency clause to pass
must have a two-thirds vote in both
houses. He contended that so much of
the bill was lost, and that there was
nothing to confer over. President Ruth
sustained this contention, but agreed to
consult with CotteriH as to the proper
procedure to harmonize the action in both
houses. It was announced, however, that
further consideration would go over until
tomorrow, with all rights preserved.
Attack on Poolrooms.
This postponement did not kill off the
anti-racetrack gambling agitation in the
Senate for the day, however, for In the
afternoon Bryan of Kitsap introduced a
concurrent resolution in the Senate re
citing that poolrooms were in operation
in Seattle, and urging the Governor to
bring about the enforcement of the law
declaring such places nuisances. The
cork was immediately pulled from the
bottled oratory. Bryan referred to the
poolroom operators as a "bunch of out
laws" who should be put out of busi
ness immediately.
"I am tired of this continual reference
to Seattle and King County as the 'hell
l:ole of the state.' " exclaimed Nichols.
"It Is not true. Seattle Is no worse than
Tacoma or Spokane, and if the gentle
man from Kitsap County will look into
his own backyard he will discover that
Bremerton Is no Sunday school."
Nichols characterized the resolution as
a slap at the Proseucting Attorney of
King County, who. he said, was now
prosecuting the poolroom-owners.
Hutchinson objected to Nichols clas
sifying Spokane in the same Immoral
category aa Seattle.
The resolution was disposed of by re
ferring it to the committee on public
morals.
It has been called to the attention of
President Ruth, of the Senate, that the
bill, after passage, was reported over
to the House without suspension of the
rule requiring the holding up of bills
for 24 hours after their adoption to per
mit of a motion to reconsider. The Sen
ate tomorrow may seek to reconsider
the bill and take new action on the
emergency clause.
mlttee If McArthur were made a com
mittee colleague. Fancher controls seven
of the 10 In the Spokane delegation, and
although the turndown angered McAr
thur, the Speaker recognized Fancher"s
claims to consideration as superior.
XO "REASOXABL.Tr' BILIi YET
Washington Lawmakers Still at Sea
on Liquor Question.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Feb. 3. (Special.)
After remaining until nearly midnight In
secret session, said to have seethed with
oratory, the House judiciary committee
tonight decided to report the local option
bill to the House tomorrow morning.
The Anti-Saloon League bill will come
before the House with a majority re
port submitting it without recommenda
tion. Five of the majority will report
a new bill naming two units for the pur
pose of voting in the establishment of
anti-saloon territory. One unit will be
the county outside of cities and towns,
and the other unit will be the corporation
limits of such municipalities. Breweries
will be allowed to operate in dry ter
ritory. The majority report will be signed
by eight of the 15 members. Ole Hanson
the anti-racetrack enthusiast, having
been won over from the "wet" side In
the committee. The other seven members
of the committee have been unable to
agree on what constitutes a "reasonable'
bill, and two have not signed any report.
The reporting of the bills will likely
touch off the fireworks in the House and
an animated morning session is expected,
The subcommittee of the Senate Judi
ciary committee has completed the draft
of the bill to be substituted for the Antl
Saloon League bill and the Nichols bill
in the Senate. The new Senate bill will
be submitted to the full committee to
morrow evening, and will probably be re
ported into the Senate Friday morning,
to be made a special order for early next
week. It Is understood to be very similar
to the minority bill in the House com
mittee. Members of both houses predict
the end of local option agitation In the
Legislature by the close of next week.
WEALTH IN CROPSjAFTE
Umatilla Wheat Is Nearly All
Sold at Good Prices.
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REALTY BECOMES ACTIVE
CONTINUEAS HDNPAfiTISAN
ClfAMBEKLAIX PROMISES
WORK FOR OREGOX.
TO
HtEAK LAWS ARE PROPOSED
Rope Fire-Escapes for 12-Story
Buildings Seriously Considered.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 3. (Special.)
County members in the House today tried
to force upon the city members, against the
will of the latter, a bill that would re
quire every hotel in the state to keep in
each room a rope to enable guests to slide
to the ground in the event of Are.
Members seriously debated the neces
sity for li-storled hotels keeping avail
able such means for escaping from (Ires
and objections to the possible burning of
the ropes were met with the proposal of
an amendment to have the ropes covered
with asbestos. Still another amendment
required that the ropes be of wire.
The House spent most of a half-day ses
sfon discussing such freak legislation, and
finally turned down the asbestos and
wire amendments and excluded fipt
class cities from the provisions of the
bill. The bill still awaits final passage.
The House also received the nine-foot
" sheet bill and accepted a report that It
do pass, placing it on the calendar for
tomorrow.
Speaker Meigs has appeased the local
colonists in the House by refusing to
add to' the appropriations committee the
names of four members whose presence
on the committee, the advocates claim,
would pack the committee and enable ap
propriations to be held over them to club
them into line against local option.
The Speaker substituted for the names
of Sims, Jeffreys, McArthur and Nels An
derson, as proposed by his former cam
paign manager. Representative Reny, the
names of Sims, Cogswell. Speddin and
Taylor. The appropriations committee is
now looked upon as having a dry ma
jority of one.
Tiie change was not made without cre
ating ill-feeling in the Spokane delega
tion. McArthur, of Spokane was last
off as a result of the threat of Fancher,
of the same county, to resign his previous
assignment to the appropriations com-
At Banquet to Legislature by Salem
Board of Trade He Outlines
His 1'uture Policy.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 3. (Special.) At
dinner given for the Legislature by the
Salem Board of Trade in the City Hall
tonight. Senator-elect George E. Cham
berlain renewed his promise that if ac
corded his seat in the United States Sen
ate he will work not in the interests of
the Democratic party, but of the non
partisan people of Oregon. He said he
believes his Democratic affiliations will
not handicap him as an effective member
of the "Millionaires' Club.
"I do not care to be too positive In my
statements as to what I will do at Wash
ington." said Governor Chamberlain, "be
cause senator Beacn, wno is sitting a lew
feet to my left and taking mental notes
of my utterance, says that I will be there
only temporarily. But I will be there, all
right." (Laughter and applause.)
'Tne Iatchstrlng will be on the outside
and the hatchet will be buried from this
day on.
'I promise you, gentlemen, to do the
best that is in me for the Interests of this
state while I am at Washington. I have
tried to do that since holding office In
Oregon, and I have been reasonably suc
cessful (Laughter and applause.) In
any event, all the ability I may possess
and the best, citizenship in me will be
brought to the services of my state.
'When a measure is introduced in any
legislative body, whether by Democrat or
Republican, the first question asked is.
is it something in the interest of the peo
ple, and do the people want? If so, it
makes no difference whether the measure
comes from Democrat or Republican.
have the same regard and respect for
the Senate of the United States and be
lieve it to be governed by the same prin
ciple. More money has been appropriat
ed for the country along the Mississippi
River and for Galveston Harbor than for
any other section of America. Why?
Because the needs of that part of the
country were appreciated by Congress,
and I predict that when appropriation!
are suggested for this part of the coun
try for rivers and harbors and irrigation,
blind indeed will ba the Senator who asks,
Was this measure Introduced by a Dem
ocrat or a Republican?' The question will
be: 'Does Oregon need the appropria
tion? If so. let us give It to her." What
Is beneficial to. this country of ours Is
beneficial to the whole country, and ev
ery citizen will derive a measure of that
benefit.
"I promise you here and now. Democrat
as I am, that I will do the best I can to
promote the interests of this magnificent
commonwealth, and I promise when I
come back to give the best report I can
for the Interests of this great country of
ours. Gentlemen, I thank you.
The dinner was attended -by most of the
members of the Legislature. District At
torney C I McNary, president of the
Board of Trade, acted as toastmaster. On
his right sat Chamberlain and on his
left Speaker McArthur. Other speakers
were: Senator J. N. Hart: C. N. Mc
Arthur. Speaker of the House; George F.
Rodgers, Mayor of Salem, and F. W.
Benson, Secretary of State. Jay Bower-
man, President of the Senate, was unable
to be present.
LDVE - TRAVERSES OCEAN
AFFAIR BEGUX IX POLAND CVL
MIXATES AT ABERDEEN'.
Young Pole Follows Boyhood Sweet
heart and AVhen Widow Marries
Her Despite Obstacles.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Feb. 3. (Spe
cial.) A romantic love affair begun in
Poland, culminated tonight In the mar
riage of Mrs. Mary Schultz and Alex
ander Veidman. The two were school
mates and lovers, but the woman ac
cepted another man and married him,
coming to the United States to live.
Several years ago Mr. Schultz died
and Veidman. who had kept track of
his boyhood friend, followed her to
Aberdeen, finding her a widow. He
again proposed and was accepted.
Both are poor and a new obstacle
to their happiness was the refusal of
the Polish Vathollc priest to marry
them at the priest's house for less than
323. nor less than 3T.0 if the ceremony
was conducted in the church. The
couple, while brought up in the Catho
lic church, have not been regular at
tendants, but they wanted a church
wedding, so when a Protestant friend
suggested a marriage by a Protestant
minister, the plan appealed to them
and they secured the consent of Rev.
E. R. Prichard. of -the' Presbyterian
church, to perform the ceremony, which
he did at 5 o'clock this evening.
Mr. Prichard secured his organist
to play during the ceremony, he pro
vided decorations and Invited in a few
members of the church as witnesses.
Mr. and Mrs. Veidman are still young
and both are hard-worklnsr and frugal.
Bargains In bags. Harris Trunk Co.
Many Transfers of Farm Land as
"Well as City Property Made to
Easterners Coming to All Sec
tions of Northwest to Settle.
PENDLETON, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.)
Less than five per cent of the 1908 wheat
crop for this county is in the hands of
the growers at the present time, accord
ing to estimates made by local grain buy
ers. Only a comparatively few small lots
remain unsold and It is expected that
these will be transferred within a few
days. .
This has been a prosperous year for the
farmers of Umatilla County, for the high
prices have enabled them to make a good
margin of profit despite the loss of fully
one-fourth of their crop by drouth and the
prevalence of smut. The lowest price of
record paid for wheat this year was 73
cents, while the highest was S5 cents.
The number of growers receiving as high
as SO cents was large.
So far the crop prospects for the ensu
ing year are unusually bright. No loss
was suffered because of the recent cold
weather and the damage sustained. In the
dust storm of Tuesday is considered in
significant. The growing grain has al
ready been furnished with more moisture
than was afforded last year's crop, while
the farmers of the county have never
before used so much care In preparing
their seed' wheat In an effort to escape
the ravages of smut.
CTORS
FAILED
Lydia R Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound Cured Her.
"Willi man tic, Conn. "For five years
I suffered untold agony from female
troubles, causing backache, irregulari
ties, dizziness ana nervous prostra
tion. It was impossible for me to
h . walk upstair
MORE POWER FOR VANCOUVER
P. R., L. & P. Co. to Lay Cable
Under Columbia River.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 3. (Spe
cial.) An electric submarine cable of
10.000 volts capacity, to carry power for
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company, is to be placed under the Co
lumbia River Just above the big rail
road bridge at Vancouver. The cable
has arrived In Portland and Its installa
tion will begin the first of next week.
An electrical expert from the East will
superintend the work.
This cable weighs 18 tons, and Is In
three sections. To lay It, one large
barge, two smaller ones and a tug will
be required. The cable is what is termed
No. 2 copper, with lead covering, over
which is a jute cover, all encased In a
No. 6 steel armor, making a cable about
three Inches In diameter.
It will be laid on the bottom of the
river to a point 300 feet above the end of
the bridge on the 'Washington side, and
then extended by means of poles to .the
transformer station, which is now being
built, of solid concrete. The transformer
station is about 75 feet from the power
house. The power station will be maintained
even when the cable is completely In
stalled, so that In case of accident on
the Oregon side, power can be generated
here. or this purpose, the fires under
the boilers will be kept banked at all
times. At a cost of 33000 automatic
regulators will be installed in the power
house, doing away with fluctuations in
the voltage. During this year, the com
pany expects to spend 335,000 on improve
ments of various kinds. The entire sys
tem will be overhauled, and new im
proved machinery will be Installed. The
electricity which the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company expects to con
vey to Vancouver by means of the new
cable, will come from the power stations
at Oregon City and Cazadero. A crew
of 12 men is now making final arrange
ments to lay the cable.
$114,000 DEAL AT GOLDEXDALE
Mill Property Sold to Portland Cap-
italists Many Farms Bought.
LTLE, Wash., Feb. 3. (Special.) The
extensive property of the Goldendale Mill
ing Company has been sold to Portland
capitalists for $114,000. It Is said that
Walter II. Moore, a pioneer wheat buyer
and grower of Sherman County, is in the
deal.
Unusual activity has been manifested
in real estate in this locality recently.
Fifteen real estate men throughout the
county are frequent visitors to Lyle.
and all report sales of more or leas
magnitude. The following are said re
cently to have sold their wheat farms:
Robert Struthers, Erta Clark. W. Liedl.
Carl Berry and John W. Boston. All
these live near Lyle. Charles Ames and
Thomas Watson, living near Cliffs, are
also said to have sold their farms.
Walter iH. Moore, 'president of the
Moore Investment Company, of Portland.
said yesterday that the deal for the mills
referred to in the foregoing dispatch had
Just been closed up at the figure named.
1 he local company has a branch at
Goldendale known as the Moore-Harbke
Investment Company, and the purchase
of the mills was made through that com
pany. Mr. Moore says the power for the
mill Is from a 22-inch pipeline supplied
from a spring on the mountain side, ttnd
has a fail of 100 feet In the short dis
tance covered. The mill is of 200-barrel
capacity and is in good working order.
The new owners Intend to hold the prop
erty as an Investment and will work the
plant to capacity.
COLORADOAXS
BUY
HOTEL
Harrishnrg Property Bought by
Easterners Who Like Place.
HARRISBURG, Or., Feb. 3. (Special.)
The Harrisburg House was sold today
to Chase & Johnson, who recently came
West from Colorado. They will take
possession within a week. R. C. Shlsler,
the retiring proprietor, will leave with
his family for an extended visit with rel
atives in Missouri, but will return to Har
risburg to live.
Another deal of considerable import
ance toway was the sale of C. W. Jen
nings' ranch in the edge of the city to
F. M. Titus, who has been looking
through the valley for several months
seeking a suitable location.
Roseburg May Have Streetcars.
ROSEBURG, Or., Feb. 3. (Special.)
"The matter of granting a franchise for a
street railway In Roseburg was taken up
by the Common Council at its regular
meeting last nifiht. Milton Purdy. who
asks for the franchise, was present. At
previous meeting Mr. Purdy's request
was received, but the members of the
Council entertained the matter as a Joke,
and even at the present time are some
what skeptical as to Mr. Purdy's mo
tives. He asks for a 25-year franchise
and agrees to put up a forfeit of $5000 to
how good faith. The matter will be
decided at a future meeting of the Council.
Three Sliocks at Montreal.
MONTREAL, Feb. 3. Numerous reports
ave been received of an additional earth
without stoppin
on the way. .
tried three differ
ent doctors and
each told me some-
:3 thing different
received no benefit
from any of them.
but seemed to suf
fer more. The last
doctor said noth
ing would restore
my health. I began
taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to see what It would do,
and I am restored to my natural
health." Mrs. Etta Donovan, Box
299, H illimantic, Conn.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. It may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who sufler from displacements, mnam
mation, ulceration, fibroid tumors, ir
resrularities. periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indi
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra
tion.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial.
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should it
not cure you?
COLUMBIA
WOOLEN MILLS
COMPANY
IS CLOSING OUT ITS EN
TIRE STOCK OF TAILOR
, MADE CLOTHES. EVERY
THING GOES AT THE COST
OF MATERIAL, PLUS THE
LABOR OF THE. TAILORS.
GET MEASURED TODAY.
CORNER SEVENTH AND STARK
tremor being felt In Montreal at 4 o'clock
this morning. The shock was very slight
and brief. It was the third shock felt
here this week.
SOTHERN ON LATE TRAIN
Will Open at Heilig Theater Tomor
row Afternoon.
Because of delayed trains, due to
floods in California, E. H. Sothern will
not reach Portland In time to open his
engagement at the Heilig, annnounced
for tonight. However, all the perform
ances announced will be given as Mr.
Sothern and his company will put on
"Lord Dundreary" in a "special mati
nee tomorrow afternoon. The follow
Ing telegram was received by W. T.
Pangle, manager of the Heilig, from
John Major, of Mr. Sothern's company:
e-acramento, Feb. 3. Manager "W. T.
Pangle. Heilig Theater. Portlanfl, Or.
Still In Sacramento, railroad delay: impos
sible to arrive before Friday morning. Tou
can announce Friday "Dundreary" matinee.
JOHN MAJOR.
The only change in the engagement
will be the performance of "Lord Dun
dreary" tomorrow afternoon Instead of
tonight. "Richelieu" will be given to
morrow night, as announced; "Hamlet'
Saturday night and "Lord Dundreary"
Saturday afternoon.
Manager Pangle announced last
night that tickets purchased for to
night will be good at the performance
tomorrow afternoon without making
any exchange at tne box-omce. Those
who prefer, however, may exchange
tickets bought for tonight for those of
any other performance during the en
gagement.
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I would long since have
been in my grave. I was
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' up-hill without coughing
very hard."
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He has shown his confidence in Portland by build
ing the North Bank Road In a recent interview
in New York Mr. Hill stated that he expected
unprecedented immigration to the Northwest
in 1909.
Place Your Confidence-
in Portland!
And enjoy your share of the great prosperity that will visit
this country in the. next few years Secure a lot in
Fairport, the heart of the Peninsula, for
the Peninsula is where the pros
perity will be felt the
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These prices will positively advance lO per
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up Most of the world's richest men have made
their fortunes in real estate Build your future
on a solid foundation Take lesson from these
men Own real estate.
The Packing Houses
Open July 1st
Then watch Fairport values leap ahead, for Fairport lies in the heart of the
Peninsula. It is directly next to Kenton, the Swift townsite, where over
$650,000 is being spent today to build homes for the Swift employes, stores,
banks, office buildings, etc. Every improvement for the Swift townsite is
equally an improvement for Fairport, for they adjoin. When the Swift pack
ing plant opens and the Peninsula is thickly populated, then Fairport lots will
be soaring way up high, and you will regret then that you did not buy a lot
here. At present you have the opportunity, but only for a short time, for
there are few lots left and the prices on these will advance 10 per cent on Feb
ruary 15th. So come to our office and let us tell you the conditions on the
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