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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY, MARCH. 1, 19CO. 5 Portland Agents Royal Worcester Corsets Ladies' Home Journal PatternsStandard Sewing Machines Attend Demonstration of Armour's Extract of Beef FOUR OF NATION'S LAWMAKERS WHO WILL RETIRE AT END OF SESSION YET TO BE SPENT Old Believes Portland Should Be i Congress Will Have Time for Nothing but Appropriations in Last Days. Center of New Railway Mail District. Milady's Spring Hat Is Ready OTHER CITIES AFTER PLACE ROOSEVELT IS TO FRONT 2 MUCH MO HRWLEY WORKING FOR MOWERS r; 1-4 rs .A : -sUL fr ' z - ' t- ng Legislation Demanded by President Is Passed in Part by Session, but Many Things Are Left. 38,000 Bills Put In. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. Now that billion-dollar sessions of Congress are the rule, little other than appropriation leg islation can be enacted during the slicrt sessions and the one to end this week is no exception to the rule. These appro priations probably will be the largest on record, even exceeding the Jl.OOS.000,000 provided for at the first session. As only one of the .15 general appropriation bills has been sent to the President for his signature, an accurate statement of the amount to be appropriated is impossible. Scarcely anv of the general policies of th country were touched upon at this? session.. The discussion of tile 3cret erviL'e. the Panama Canal, the Brownsville- affair and the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company purchase has brought the Roosevelt administration prominently in view. The veto of the census bill, be caus3 the employes for taking of the de cennial csnsus were not to be placed undr civil service regulations, was? a feature in another interesting chapter. This bill goss over to the special ses sion. Humanitarian Measures Pass. The appropriation of JtuO.OOO for the re lief of th Italian earthquake sufferers has ben spoken of as the most sig nificant enactment of the session. A companion piece of legislation was en acted in the lirst session, when the- re mission of the remainder of the Chinese Indemnity was authorized. Appeals from many sections of the country were suc cessful in obtaining a law for the preser vation of the Calaveras big trees in Cali fornia. An act of great importance to Western honioseekers caused enlarged homestead entries in the arid region. In the closing hours of the session the fate of many highly important measures . will be determined. It remains only for the two houses to approve the agree ment already reached by the conferees of the two bodies. As a result of tins ligialation the Government will, through - a 'rider." enter the field of regulatir the interstate shipment of intoxicaring liquors. An amendment to the code pro hibitmg interstate "C. O. D." shipments of intoxicating liquors provides for marking the packages of such liquors in interstate commerce with the bonatldj name of the consignee and the nature i of the contents. Statehood Considered Lo.it. The statehood bill, admitting Arizona anj New Mexico, Is still in committee the Snat2. It is conceded that it cannot pass this session. The fate of the Gallinger ocean mail subsidy bill rests with the House. It has b3en reported out of committee but its passage through the House is nroo- lematical. It provides for subsidlzir!5 mail lines to South America, Japan Asia, the Philippines and Australia. Many Important measures are regarded as certain to fail to pass. Among thesa are the Burke wireless telegraph toil!, the eeks forest reserve hill, the Currier . copyright bill, the jr00.XX.000 bond issue for improvement of waterways, cliapi.es in- the government of the Isthmian Canal ! Zone, Federal Inspection of naval 3tores and grain and suppression of gambM'ig , in cotton futures. A movement to amend the rules of both the Senate and the House has at tracted much attention. In the House there has been an organized opposition Insurrection but In the Senate the oppo sltion did not go beyond some sharp criticisms by new Senators. In the House , the movement will cause the establish ment of a calendar day" for the call of bills every other day. 38,000 Kills Introduced. About 38,000 bills and 1300 resolutions ' were presented In both houses. Of these about 275 public bills will become laws About 175 private bills will be enacted . About SO resolutions were agreed to Early in the Congress the Presiden outiinsd His policies as follows: A N tional child labor law, an employers' liability- law, anti-injunction legislation amendments to the Sherman anti-trus law for great corporations and for labor unions, financial legislation, , posta savings banks, revision of the tariff, waterways commission, regulation of water rights on navigable streams. When the session ends there will b no National child labor law. no National postal bank and no additional regula tlon of water rights.' An employers' bllity law has replaced the one declared unconstitutional. A commercial currency law was enacted and a commission is in- veetigating the subject of further fin; cial legislation. Active steps looking revision of the tariff - have been taken All through the session the House corn mittee on ways and means has been con sidering a tarifS bill. A waterways com mission is now in existence and an 1n vestigatlon has been made looking toward the better regulation of water rights on navigable streams. Greater Naval Programme. . The adoption of a greater naval pro gramme marked the Congress. In each session two giant battleships were authorized. Aerial navigation, however, was not recognized in the appropriation bills. The salary increase for those in the Government service was another feature. This included men and officers in the Army and Navy and kindred branches of the Government, the salaries of the President, the Vice-President, the Senator Henry M. Teller. Representative P. Hepbnrn. '3 ft . 4 ; rs 4 2 1 ! If- ' X : ' i f ' si. Senator J. B. Foraker. Senator Tbomaa M. Piatt. which have been discovered sufficiently one to assure good orbits. It was sup posed these were being computed at the Naval observatory at VV ashington. But a recent letter from the acting superin tendent shows such is not the Intention." Professor Pickering says: "The discovery of the asteroid Eros, of the group wiio.se mean distance is ap proximately that of Jupiter, and of the variation in light of several asteroids. 5 given status to the department of astronomical research which it did not lave previously. For two or three years much useful work was done by the Naval observatory in following the asteroids found by Mr. Mctcalf. and it is hoped that the abandonment by the Naval ob servatory Is only temporary. It is emi nently fitting that such work should be carried on by the Government, as is done in Germany, since it cannot be maintained at private observatories. "Meanwhile some of the asteroids men tioned will soon come to opposition. L'n- sn cphemcrides for them are computed they cannot be found and there is danger that they will be permanently lost." 89 WILL DROP OUT Twelve Senators and 77 From Lower House Leave. THREE FROM NORTHWEST Senators Fulton and Ankeny and Representative Jones Retire. !onie of Outgoing Congress men Are Long In Service. POLITICS OUT OF SCHOOL KXPKI1IKXCES OF AXI OKLAHOMA WYOMING AT EX1. Iteitort of Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching Is Made Public. NEW YORK. Feb. 2S. The third an nual report of the president and treas urer of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching was made public today for the fiscal year ending September 30. 190S. Seventy-eight names were added to the retiring allowance roll, at a total cost of $113,765. The distribu tion of -the allowances ranged from Maine to California. The maximum amount of a retiring allowance was increased ffom J3U00 to $KKX and the pension will be granted to the widow of a professor in an accepted institution who has for ten years been married to the professor. President Henry Smith Pritchett, of the Foundation, says much has been done to end political interference in state colleges and universities?. He cites the trying experiences at the University of "Wyoming and the University of Okla homa during th6 last year, where, in the former case, the president was dis missed and in the latter the president and several . professors expelled because of .political agitation. These experiences are not likely to happen again in any part of the country,' he says. The present funds of the Foundation are $10,762,953. The total income for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1908. was $530.9.6 and the total expenditures $278,072, leaving $243,233. VICTIM'S HUSBAND KILLED MAX HKI.EA.SEI AFTER 5-Y'EAH SENTENCE DOES Ml'KDER. Motive Supposed to Be llevenge, Al though Pica of Self-Dcfenso Is Put Vp. MISSOUUA., Mont.. Feb. 28. To avenge himself on the husband of the woman for whose wronging he had Just com pleted a five-year term in the peniten Speaker, members of the Supreme Court, tiary. Joseph Brown shot and killed Rob Cabinet officers. Senators and members. The Congress has also been . dis tinguished by the number of Investi gations inaugurated. Among the most prominent ones were the investigations of the Brownsville affair, the secret serv ice, submarine legislation and the paper industry. FEARS TO LOSE NEW STARS Harvard Professor Makes Appeal to Astronomers to Keep Watch. CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Feb. 28. An ap peal to astronomers to co-operate in fol lowing the movement of newly-discovered I asteroids or minor planets ha? been is sued by Professor Edward C. Pickering, of the Harvard observatory, and Rev. J. H. Metcalf, the eminent Launton astronomer. Rev. Mr. Metcalf says: "I now have about IS new asteroids ert Gilruth today, -while the latter, ac companied by his brother, was walking along the road near Chiekerman's mill six miles west of Lolo. Mont. Brown was arrested in Missoula a few hours later and the brother of the slain man is held in custody as a witness. When arrested for the crime Brown declared that he had been attacked by the Gilruth brothers with an axe and other weapons and that he shot In self- defense. He was wounded in several place?, and it was while having these injuries dressed here that he was cap tured. The brother of the dead man flatly denies Brown's statement and de clares that he and his brother were de liberately ambushed by Brown. Kussia Advises Scrvia. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 28. Th government has telegraphed the Serv ian government counseling Servia renounce all territorial claims i await the. powers' decision. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S. Twelv ci-ua-.urs ana ti icepresen tatlves, mem ers or the present Congress, will be osent when the 61st Congress assem ies in special session on March 15. Hopkins of Illinois and Stephens of Wisconsin have not been re-elected et. and it Is possible the number of enatorial absentees will be 14. Of the 77 Representatives who retire n March 1. one. Hepburn of Iowa, has erved 22 years In Congress, and Sher man of New York, who becomes Vice President, has served 20 years. Dele- ate Smith, of Arizona, has served 16 ears, and Cooper of Texas has served 4 years. Teller Is Xestor.' In years of service. Senator Teller, of Colorado, Is the Nestor of the retlrine- tatesmen, having been elected Senator nder the admission of his state to the Union, taking his seat December 4. S76, since when he has been contin uously and prominently In the public ye. He resigned from the Senate In 882 to enter the Cabinet of President Arthur as Secretary of the Interior. re-entering the Senate March 4. 1S8."i. Republican in politics, he withdrew rom the Republican National Conven tion at St Louis In June, 1836. because of the financial plank. He was re-elected to the Senate as an independent sli er Republican and in 1003 was re elected as a Democrat. His conspicu ous ability as a lawyer and his famil iarity with legislation have given him an eminent place in the Senate, from which he will retire voluntarily on March 4, having declined re-election. "Me, Too" Piatt Goes. Senator Piatt, of New York, served in me n ana 4itn congresses as member of the House, entering the Senate In 1S81. On May - 6 of that year, when Senator Roscoe Conkllng resigned his seat because of his diffi culties with President Garfield, his col league. Mr. Piatt, joined him. thereby gaining the designation of "Me. too Piatt. It was always understood that Mr. Piatt chafed under this nickname and demanded a return to the Senate as a vindication of his art. which he did March 4. 1897. Senator I oraker has served in the Senate 12 years. Senator Hemenway succeeded Vice- President Fairbanks, who resigned his seat in the Senate to become its pre siding officer, so that he has had but four years as a member of that body Ankeny and Pulton Ketire. Senator Met reary had a long service In the House, having entered that bojly in me iPin congrpss. ana alter serv ing six terms, entered tne Senate six years ago. Other Senators who will retire are Ankeny of Washington. Ful ton of Oregon. Gary of South Carolina. Hansbrough of North Dakota. Klt trldge of South Dakota. Long of Kan sas and Milton of Florida. Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, has been interested In all matters relating to Interstate commerce, his connection with public affairs going back to ante-bellum days, when he was a dele gate to the Republican National Con vention of 1860. John Sharp Williams, former minority leader qf the House, retired to enter the Senate. Bourke Cockran, of New York, who has fig ured in many oratorical contests, also will retire. Two Delegates Go. Among the retiring representatives are these: Colorado Cook, Bonynge and Hag gott. Idaho French. New York Waldo, Cockran. McMillen. Sherman, Porter, Ryan. North Dakota Marshall. South Dakota Hall. Texas Cooper. Washington Jones. Delegates: Alaska Cale. Arizona Smith. Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma frging Claims, but Postofflce Depart ment Will Not Act Till Portland Is Heard From. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 28. Representative Haw- ley is very anxious that Portland shall be designated headquarters of the new railway mail district to be created in the Northwest, under the provisions of clause in the Postofflce appropria tion bill. This district will Include Oregon, Washington, Northern Idaho. Montana and Alaska- It is Mr. Hawley's contention that Portland Is "not only the most central. but the most readily accessible city In this district, all points considered, and for that reason he believes Portland should be made headquarters. The completion of the No;th Bank road brings Portland In easy touch with Montana, Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington; It Is already accessible to all parts of Oregon reached by rail; Is within easy communication with all parts of Western Washington, and be cause of its river location, la also reached by steamers direct from Alaska. The Postofflce bill does not under take to fix headquarters; that Is a matter for the Postofflce Department to adjust after the bill becomes opera tive, and therefore Mr. Hawley is de sirous that Portland shall make as for midable a showing as possible before the department. He realizes that other cities are struggling for these head quarters: Spokane, Seattle and Ta coma are all at work, and each Is making the strongest kind of effort to win the department. Portland, there fore, must not only present Its case, but must be able to offset the claims put In by rival cities. At the request of Mr. Hawley, the Postoffice Depart ment will not announce its selection until Portland has had opportunity to present Its claims. With a view to making the best showing possible. Representative Haw ley has been In correspondence with Tom Richardson-, manager of the Port land Commercial Club. In the hope and expectation of arousing interest among the commercial bodies of Portland. In a letter just mailed to Mr. Richardson on this subject. Mr. Hawley says: The indorftements by the organizations and pajiern ot Oregon ot the propoval to make Portland the lieadquurtf cs of the new Kall- y Mail Service Division arc excellent, but every other ectlon of the country uhli-h will compete for these headquarters will also lile simitar indorsements. The Post office Liepartmont. I think, will plar-e most einihnls on tacts and figures showtriK the necessity and importance of the headquar ters being located In Portland, on how It will increase the effectiveness of the service, nml why tho new headquarters are needed more In the Northwest than in any other part of the t'nited States. There will he strong competition for it more than resolu tions will he required to win the prize. There should. I suggest, be prepared a brief, setting forth the facts, proving to the De partment that Portland over all other places should have the new headquarters. I am al ready convinced or this and was before any action was taken. Together we must con vince the Depurtmenl. VIE STATKMKXTS IlFXiAHDINO MIS- SIONAIIIKS MADE TKOl'BLK. Prinee Ito Writes Ambassador O'Brien Americans in Cores Work for f.eneral Good. PEOUU Corea. March 1. Pak Chal- son. the ox-Premier of Corea, lias been appointed Minister of Home Affairs to ueceed Home Minister Song, whose tatoment recently charging American misisonarles with fostering and encour aging Insurrection In Corea caused much comment and discussion. TOKIO. March 1. The letter of Prince Ito, Japanese Resident-General in Corea, to Thomas J. O'Brien, the) American Ambassador, on February 2 In which Prince Ito disavowed the statements of Home Minister Song, charging the American mlssionart with encouraging the rebellious ele ments among the Coreans, was in re ply to a letter from Ambassador O'Brien, asking; for an expression of opinion from the Resident-General as to the accuracy of the Home Minister's charges. Prince Ito replied that the Minister of Home Affairs at Seoul was ignorant of the true situation In Corea. and further stated that he had found the American missionaries to be In complete sympa thy with the present administration In Corea and co-operating with the gov eminent in its efforts to enlighten and educate the people. FIRST SIGHT OF FLEET I 1 &tfr rfZ J lg ra: We have the Portland agency for the ii' I justly famous and popular Knox Tailored Hats for women. We take pride in inviting Portland's most dis criminating shoppers to view this modish headgear and we respectfully suggest an early visit. The Knox shapes have just been unpacked and are being offered Spring styles are having their first showing. Have the satisfaction of being among the first to wear the models that shall deter mine this Spring's millinery modes. SMART SPRING Apparel US' A decided change is manifested in this Spring's garment styles, and the dis cerning women who make up the Olds, Wortm an & Kin g cli en tele will be prompt to recognize and appreciate the superiority of the styles and values here offered. Portland's largest and best suit store, asjjtaal, maintains its prestige as leader in distributing modish A pparel. Calendars Free HrZ Stationery Counter, five hundred Calen- Yours for asking. dars like illustration. Drawing by Penrhyn Stanlaws, done in colors, "V, TV " New Trimmings o7i a itivares 7c I; 500 or Progressive Whist Score Cards, rejriilarly Ilk the dozen, specinl only Violet Talcum Powder, in oval cans; regular price 20c Atn the can; on special sale...lUu Peroxide of Hydrogen, half pint bottles, rejrularly IQft 25c each, special price. ... Du Celluloid Soap Boxes, telescope style, assorted colors, 00 f 35c values, each ZUu HosDital Absorbent Cotton. 1 lb. packages, a regular OOfi 40c roll, special price ZOu Hand Mirrors, extra larpe size, ebony or redwood bals, regu larly worth $2.00 each.Q'i QQ buy them now at 01 lOO Imported French Tooth Brushes, special lot, 50c nr. value, at, each Z0U Imported Castile Soap, white or green. 4-lb. bars, reg- lQr ularly worth 75c, at Hwll Back Combs, fancy and scal loped, Empire style, 75c JlQn value, special price, ea...tTJu Garter Elastic, silk, fancy ruf fled, all colors, worth 25c the yard, at 19c See the Washinpton-strect window of new and beauti ful effects in laces and trim minps. Lace bands, trim mings in button effects, lace edges with drop fringes, spangled and jet bands, fringes and tassels, etc. Art Pieces Half Applique Doilies, center pieces and squares, regular ly priced at 30c to $2.50, now Belling at half price; the $2.50 grades for $1.25 and on down to- 15 cents. Center Pieces, stamped on white linen, in floral or con ventional designs, 22 or 24 inch sizes, reg. vals. 07n to 65c each, special at. Olb J Spring Hosiery The correct fads in Hosiery for Spring wear are here. Solid colors, fancy boot ef fects, pol-oxidized finish, at Half Price. See new styles. Smallwares Fine White Commercial Envel opes, 25 in package, heavy weitrht. smooth finish, 10c value, the package, at Du Writing Tablets. Third's linen or bond finish, plain or ruled, all sizes, regular 25c r value, buy them now for.. I Ob Baswood Nut Bowls, stamped ready to burn, regularly lOn worth GOc each, special .. .4Uu Pyrography Outfits, complete, large bulb, needle, sis bottles color, lamp and hot- Cfl tie, set worth $5, for..vuiJU Sewing Machine Oil, 4-oz. bot tle, regular 15c quality, 1fn special sale price, bottle.. lUu Pearl Buttons, plain or fancy, for shirtwaists, infants' clothes, etc; regularly 20c the inn card; special price, card. I Uu Celluloid Hair Pins, one-half dozen in box, regularly 15c the box, on sale at. . Shell Back Combs, fancy gold mounted, regular values "7C up to $2.50, special at lull Dress Shields, best quality pure I white shields, number 4, Ofln 135c value, special at ZUu V 9c 1 J DISTRICT TO STAND No Division Under Oregon Judgeship Bill. offices in those respective towns. Their salaries' are not fixed by the bill. NAVAL MEN ARE TOASTED TWO JUDGES FOR STATE New York Se Two of World-filril-llng Battleships. NEW YORK. Feb. C8. New Yorkcra got their first glimpse of a portion of the "round-the-world battleship fleet" today when the battleships KJiode Island and New Jersey steamed Info port and anchored off Tompklns vllle. Staten Island. There they will stow powder, shot and shell prepara tory to going to the Navy-yards for some minor repairs and have them selves arrayed in the service color of gray. After discharging ammunition the Rhode Island will proceed to the Brooklyn Navy-yard and the New Jersey to the Boston yard. When the channel leading to the harbor wa3 reached, Korts Hancock, Wadsworth and Hamilton boomed out a welcoming salute and this was answered by the Khode Island. The harbor craft then took up the welcome ana all the way up the bar. and until the battleship reached her anchorage the vessel was received by shrill whis tles. The battleship New Jersey, which ar rived later, received a similar greeting. Rent-payers are wild Heights. See page S. for Gregory October Session of Court to lie Held at Medford Senelon at Pendle ton Vil I Re Held First Tuesday In April. ORKOONTAN NKWS Pl'REAU. Wash ington. Feb. IS. The Oregon Judgeship Mil. which passed the House yesterday, dors not create a new Judicial district In Oregon. The state rema-ns as now. a single tlirlct. but with two District Judges instead of one. The bill pro vides that the new Judge shall be a resi dent of Oregon and "shall possess the same powers and perform the same du ties and receive the same salary" as the present Plrtrlct Judge In Oregon. It further provides that the present Judge and the new one. when appointed. I shall agree between themselves upon a I division of business and assignment of r cases for trial, and In case of disagree ment, the senior Circuit Juclge of the Ninth circuit shall make apportionments and assignments. In addition to the terms of the Circuit and District Courts now held in Port land, there will be held annually one term of court at Pendleton, beginning the first Tuesday in April, and one term at Medford, beginning the first Tuesday in October. The marshal and clerk of the District Court at Portland are authorized to ap point at least one deputy marshal and clerk at both Pendleton and Medford. and these deputies shall maintain permanent Officers or Fleet's) Cruise Guests of Honor at Banquet. WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. Rear-Ad-mtraj Charles S. R perry, commander of the Atlantic battleship fleet, and the flag officers and captains who served under him on the memorable world-round cruise, were guests of honor tonight at an elaborate dinner given by the Met ropolitan Club. About 100 covers were laid, and those attending Included high officers of the Army and Navy. Sena tors and Representatives and members of the diplomatic corps. The club's time honored toast. "The President," was drunk standing. President Roosevelt was unable to be present. To the toast. "tHir Guests," Admiral Fperry delivered an eminently appropri ate speech. In the course of his re mark's he made It plain th:t be was deeply sensible of the homaire now being paid him on all sides, nut paid TriDui command on the voyasre. Senator Ctii'H rev M. lerew snoke on "The Navr." - i, RUSSIA TAKES VENGEANCE Sentence Hevolutionisfs to Death and Imprisonment, KIKV. Krb. 'JS. A military court has sentenced three men to death. 71 to pensl servitude and tfn .to Imprisonment. All were members of tho committee of pub lic safety at I-Jibny and of the social revolutionary organization. Among them Is Vladimir Shrmm-It, member of the first Douma, from Poltava, who was sent to the fortress-. It Is suir'Jtl that srhn the crmntr- KSln sufTrrs firm forest fires regular o, rtirrs nd mllitls. e detailed to h;p pu them out- Rent-payers are wild for Greor H.iahts. See puce S THE POTTER SANTA BARBARA Gives more for the money than any hoto on the Pacific Coast. The reason is that THE POTTKK has it s own ranches which supply all milk, cream, butter and chiese; all vegetables, poultry and ecs; roastinff pig and country seusasre ; and has OO.OOO pipeons on 'ore ranch for potpies and broiling sijuubs. While it is only a question of wholesale cost of supply of the freshest and highest quality, it is nUo true that a POTTEH guest gets the retail benefit, as shown by such low rates as we quote: WINTER RATES American Plan Single Double $4.00 $ 7.00 4.50 7.50 5.00 8.00 5.50 8.50 6.00 9.00 7.00 11.00 THE POTTER Santa Barbara MILO M. POTTER Write for Booklet J