VOL. XLIX.-NQ. 15,071. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 190D. , -pft rf!K ftvb rp'Ta
REVISED TARIFF IS
TARGET OF ATTACK
Cross-Fire From Both
Sides of Issue.
DEBATE TO BEGIN ON MONDAY
Democrats Will Assail Provi
sions in Detail.
HALE UP IN ARMS ALREADY
declares Hill Would Icstroy Pulp
Industry oi Maine Battle Prob-
able on House Itule to
Restrict Debate.
NEW TARIFF OX XORTHWEST
PRODUCTS.
Wood pulp Frw.
Print Paper Worth not over 2
ent, 1-10 cent per pound; worth not
over m cent. 3-10 cent per pound.
Lumber Timber. cent per cubio
foot; wwed board. BO cent per 1000;
all other sawed lumber. 1; if further
advanced and manufactured, the aame
reduction from the present law; paving
pot, railroad ties, telephone polei and
o forth. 10 per centum ad valorem;
clapboards. 11 per thousand; laths, 20
cents per looo pieces; fence posts, free
list. ,
Wool Carpet, valued at not over 10
cents per pound, 8 cents per pound:
more than 10 cents and not over 18
cents. 3 cents per pound and. i cent
for each additional cent of value;
worth more than 16 cents, 7 cents per
pound.
Hktos Free; band and sole leather,
IV per cent ad valorem ;" upper leather,
15 per cent ad valorem; boots and
hoes, 15 per cent ad valorem.
Coal' Bltumlnow. fres from coun
tries admitting free.
TVASHINGTOX, March 17. Making
slashing reductions In duties on many of
tha.. principal product of American In
dustry, the Payne tariff hill -was today
Introduced (n the House. It has already
become the target of a cross-Are from
the manufacturers on whose rates of duty
the assault Is made and their supporters
In Congress on the one hand and from
those Democrats who maintain that the
knife did not strike deep enough on the
other hand.' The champions of the Iron
and steel and the paper Industry have
already declared themselves and other in
' dustrles will doubtless soon be heard
from.
House to Begin Debute Monday.
The full membership of the House
committee on ways and means. Including
Democrats, will meet at 10 o'clock tomor
row morning formally to consider the
Mil. The Senate committee on' finance
will at the same time begin Informal
conslderaUon. It is likely that the House
committee will have only one sitting on
the bill, that the measure will be re
ported to the House Immediately after it
convenes tomorrow and that its formal
reading In committee of the whole will
won begin.
Oeneral debate will be postponed until
Monday, if. Payne's present programme Is
followed. After that the measure prob
ably will be before the House from 10
day to two weeks.
This plan is slightly different from that
followed in considering other tariff bills
of recent years. It had been expected
that the Democratic members of the com
mittee would be afforded more time than
Is now contemplated for the considera
tion of the bill In committee. It ia
still possible that, if they insist upon
dWay and succeed In presenting good rea
sons, they may be accommodated.
Clark to Attack in Detail.
Clark said today that he would make
very effort in the committee, as he would
n the floor of the House, to have the
hill amended, and for that reason would
ask for longer time. He added, how
ever, that he would not press for more
time for preparing a minority report.
that could be formulated as well after
tli bill had been reported as before.
Payne's Inclination is to get the bill
Into the House at the earliest practicable
moment and his plans are so complete
that U is not believed he will yield for a
mere plea to offer amendments.
Ii Is probable that a compromise will
ho reached and that the Democratic
members will accept a proposition per
mitting them to present their amend
ments on the floor. Clark indicated
thnt his principal plea would be for
that provision. He said he did not con
sider general debate as of nearly so
much Importance as the discussion of
the bill, paragraph by paragraph, with
the opportunity to suggest changes
In the various schedules. It is there
fore probable that. If Payne and his
fellow Republican members of the
committee concede this privilege, the
Democrats will ucoept it in lieu of a
similar privilege In committee, and
make no serious protest against the
Immediate reporting of the bill.
Length of Debate Doubtful.
No announcement as to the length of
debate has been made and Payne has
been quite wary on this point.' The
lHngley bill was discussed In the House
for only 10 days and of that time four
days were devoted to general debate.
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milAtro AO rAiior ?imn. . -...... . . . :
QUAKES AS CAUSE
OF MINE HORORS
SCIENTIST MAS THEORY OF RE
LATIOXSHIP. Ijos Angeles Man Says Earth Jars
Open Fissures by Which Gases
Reach Mines.
LOS ANGELES Cal., March 17. (Spe
cial.) "William A. Epaldlng. a local
scientist, who ranks high as a writer on
the subject of earthquakes and allied
natural phenomena, has reached the con
clusion that the records of quakes, vol
canos and mine disasters furnish suf
ficient evidence to prove a 6trong possibil
ity of Intimate relationship.
His theory is that earthquakes and vol
canic eruptions disturb the earth's crust
and open fissures through which explo
sive gases are discharged into deep mines
and great caves. Consequently during and
Immediately after severe disturbances of
the earth's crust the accumulations of
gases in mines are greater than usual,
and explosions more likely to occur.
Mine operators all over the country
are discussing the advisability of install
ing instruments to detect earth shocks in
mines as a measure for the safety of the
men who are employed underground.
SECURES ART TREASURES
New Tariff W1H Cause Importation
of Over $20,000,000 Worth.
WASHINGTON', March 17. Under the
new provision of the proposed tariff
which permits the importation of paint
ings and works of art more than 20 years
old duty free, art treasures valued at be
tween 2O,O0O,O0O and $30,000,000 soon will
grace the private and public galleries in
the United States.
Discussion of the effect of the new tariff
on works of art among artists and col
lectors today brought out the fact that
the art possessions abroad of J. P. Mor
gan are worth nearly J6.000.000. It Is well
known that Mr. Morgan Is one of the
most enthusiastic of the trustees of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art and that the
removal of the duty which has kept his
art treasures in London, will now permit
their transportation to New York.
Among the canvasses owned by Mr.
Morgan abroad are Raphael's "Madonna
of St. Anthony of Padua," upon which a
value of $500,000 is placed; Rubens "Por
trait of the Grand Duke," worth $125,000;
and the famous Gainsborough canvass,
"Duchess of Devonshire," for which $150,
000 was paid.
BILLS BAR SABBATH FUN
Vtah Solons Enact Modern- Blue
Laws, Even Stopping Traffic.
SALT LAKE CITY, March 17. The
House, having passed a bill making It a
misdemeanor to buy a ticket to a base
ball game, a theatrical performance, a
moving picture show and a great va
riety of other entertainments, when
given on Sunday, as well as to
conduct the entertainments on tha day,
the Senate has approved the bill with
certain amendments. These providefor
the punishment of anyone maintaining
a bathing or pleasure resort and of any
roalroad selling tickets or transport
ing passengers to such a resort on the
first day of the week. "With these pro
visions added, the measure has been re
turned to the House for concurrence.
WIFE TELLS PITIFUL TALE
Says Millionaire Husband Falsely
Accused of Bigamy. '
MINNEAPOLIS. March 17 Declaring
that the change of bigamy sworn out in
Missouri against Mitchell A. "W. Mc
Donald, a millionaire lumber and mine
operator, now In the county jail here,
was a scheme to extort moro money in
addition to thousands he has paid al
ready, Mrs. Catherine McDonald, his wife,
told Governor Johnson such a pitfful story
today that the Governor held up the re
quisition papers ho Had already signed.
The warrant on which McDonald was
arrested was Issued at Kansas City and
alleges that Belle Hamilton, eald now
to be in Kansas City, was married May
10. 190S. to McDonald. It alleges that at
that time McDonald was married to
Catherine McDonald.
WIDOW SEEKS INSURANCE
Mrs. Rustin Sues Five Companies
for Polices Aggregating $40,000.
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. March 17. Suit has
been tiled In the Louisville courts against
five accident assurance companies by the
widow of Dr. Frederick Rustin, of Omaha,
found dead on his doorstep in that city
on September 2 under sensational cir
cumstances. Dr. Rustin, who was a noted
Yale athlete on the teams of 1883. Is
tacitly accused by the companies which
are withholding payment, of a conspiracy
with an Omaha woman to have himself
killed by her.
He was found dying on the front porch
of his home by his wife, who heard the
shot which ended Dr. Rustin's life. The
policies aggregate about $40,000.
ARSENIC POISONS FAMILY
Colored Cook Mistakes Drug for
Pepper, and Three May Die.
MABEN, Miss., March 17 Seven
members of the family of Robert Cot
ton, a wealthy planter, were poisoned
today by eating friend eggs containing
arsenic, which the colored cook used
by mistake for pepper. Three small
children are In a critical condition.
101 FIRM BUYS
TIBER
HOLDINGS
Pays $700,000 for Two
Cowlitz Tracts.
CROSSETT COMPANY IS BUYER
D. C. Pelton Sells 3000 Acres
and Syndicate 5300.
BUILD MILL IN PORTLAND
Concern That Has Acquired Rich
Acreage of Yellow Fir and Cedar
Will Soon Establish Big
Plant Here.
The Crossett Timber Company, of Da
venport. Ia.. has purchased the timber
holdings of D. C. Pelton. of Portland, sit
uated in Cowlitz County. Washington,
for a consideration of $260;000, and is ne
gotiating for the purchase of the holdings
of E. N. Selling and Plnley Morrison. &
Son. the latter of Portland, for a consid
eration of $450,000. The sale by Selling
and Morrison & Son has also been prac
tically closed, it is -understood.
The Pelton holdings consist of 3000
acres of fine standing yellow fir and cedar
situated in Townships 8, 9 and 10, Ranges
1. 2 and 3 east. Cowlitz County, while the
properties of Selling and Morrison adjoin
them and include 5300 acres. Both of the
tracts were bought up in single homestead
and timber claims from original settlers.
Is Competitor of Wejerhaeusers.
The purchase is an indication of the
competition between the Crossett people
and the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
in the Pacific Northwest, as the holdings
just obtained lie close to the vast tracts
owned by the Weyerhaeuser Company.
A. P. Sprague, of Elgin, Or., with of
fices at 204 Commercial Club building,
carried on the negotiations as the repre
sentative of the Crossett Company. Under
the supervision of Mr. Sprague the land
has been thoroughly cruised and esti
mated, since L. S. Franck, of Portland,
Obtained an Independent option on the
Property February 3.
Mr. Franck conducted the sale of the
Pelton property and Is Interested in the
prospective sale of the Selling-Morrison
holdings. The latter deal is being con
ducted by Finley Morrison, Board of
Trade Building, who represents his own
firm and E. N. Selling, of Manistee, Mich.
Ship Logs to Portland.
The timber lies near Castle Rock and
Silver Lake, occupying a large district
between the two places. It is not in
tended to commence immediate logging
operations, but the Crossett Company
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THE B. S. TO THE S. R.
i L
UNBREAKABLE RAIL
WILL SAVE LIVES
BOOX TO RAILROADS HAS BEEN
DISCOVERED. ,
Independent Company Perfects Jfew
Kail That Stands All Tests
but Costs Dearly.
CHICAGO, March 17. (Special.) The
railroads of the United States can have
a steel rail which will be guaranteed not
to break, provided they are willing to
pay the price. This statement, is made
by officials of the Pennsylvania Steel
Company, an Independent manufacturer
of steel rails.
While the officials of the company are
trying to Impress this upon the operat
ing men of the country, nearly 400 en
gineering and operating experts are
gathered here trying to draft such spec
ifications and compel such tests as will
Insure rails which will not break and
cause loss of life ' and property.
Among the exhibits is one by this
independent steel company, which has
a new rail and which stands ready to
guarantee that it has a life many times
as great as the famous Bessemer rail.
Should this statement prove true, the
American railroads will nave an end of
the vexed steel rail problem, which is
costing them, they say, many lives be
sides destroying millions of dollars'
worth of property every year.
SUFFRAGETTES SCENT PLOT
Oklahoma' Women ' Declare Solons
Have Conspired Against Them.
GUTHRIE, ' Okla.. March 17. (Special)
Many Oklahoma suffragettes refuse to
vote. They claim there is a deep-laid
plot against them by the election offi
cials, because it is required of them in
registering to fill out a, slip giving their
age, color of hair and eyes, and their
politics. D. S. Levy, of Oklahoma City,
secretary of the County Election Board,
says of these requirements:
"But Very few women will register. The
ladles declare the : new law is a deliber
ate slap at woman suffrage, and there is
much fear and trembling on the part of
the Legislators.
FOUR KILLED BY MOROS
Members of Naval Expedition Shot
in Filipino Battle.
NEWARK, N. J., March 17. Mrs. Wil
liam Cook, of this city, whose husband
enlisted in the Navy and went to the
Philippines last July, announced tonight
that her husband had been killed by na
tives. Mrs. Cook said she had been in
formed today by the Navy Department
that Cook and three others were shot
during a fight two weeks ago.
MODJESKA IS VERY ILL
Physicians Constantly Attend Fa
mous Retired Actress.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 17. (Spe
cial.) A brlef dispatch from Newport
Beach says that Mme. Modjeska, the re
tired actress, is dangerously ill with a
complication of diseases. Two physicians
are in constant attendance.
"BULLY! I COULDN'T GET BETTER RESULTS MYSELF.'
FRANCE GUT OFF
FROM ALL NATIONS
Telegraph Strike Has
Covered Republic.
ALL BUSINESS IS SUSPENDED
Government Cannot' Continue
Balkan Negotiations.
CLEMENCEAU SHOWS FIGHT
Confident... Government Will Win,
Though Telegraph,. Telephone and
Mall - Service Blocked and
Strikers Stand Firm.
" PARIS. March 17. France was virtually
completely cut off for a time tonight from
telegraphic and telephonio communica
tion with the rest of the world, and
Paris was Isolated. After a few hours,
however, telephonic communication be
tween this city and London and Berlin
was. restored by volunteers from other
branches of the public service.
Premier Clemenceau officially refused
to offer terms to the strikers. He told
the Justices of Paris, who suggested a
bill creating a superior council which
would consider the employes' griev
ances," that' the Government" would
promise nothing while the employes re
mained out. The Premier declared the
strike was senseless, entailing the grav
est consequences, not only to business
but to the country from an interna
tional point of view.
Clemenceau Accepts Fight.
"The employes want to fight," he said,
"and we accept. I am confident that the
government will win."
The strike extended sapldly throughout
the day and at 6 o'clock the operators
at the Bourse marched out, severing the
last strands, which included the French
Cable Company's New York-Brest com
munication. Simultaneously the failure
of the night telephone operators to ap
pear put the final means of quick com
munication out of commission.
Other Cities Join Strike.
The situation in the provinces cannot
be considered much better, the public
service employes in most of the larger
cities having followed the lead of their
Paris comrades. The international and
interurban mails are at a standstill, en
tailing heavy business losses. Some of
the larger commerical and financial firms
have sent agents to London, Brussels,
Antwerp, Strasburg and other places,
where they are receiving messages and
conducting operations. The bourses here,
at Lyons, Marseilles, and other centers
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J
MAFIA THREATENS
AMERICAN CONSUL
WARXED TO STOP 6EARCH FOR
CRIMINALS.
W. H. Bishop, at Palermo, Receives
Letter Telling Him to Drop Pe
trocini Case at Peril of Death.
PALERMO. March 17. American Con
sul W. H. Bishop has received letters
threatening: his life and declaring that
the Mafia will punish him even Vorso
than It did Lieutenant PetrAuini i i
continues to persecute Sicilian criminals
wno wish to find a refuge in New
York.
A similar fate for him Is threatened
in case be does not stop Inciting the
Italian police to seek: the arrest of per
sons suspected of comnlioltv in" rit
against Petrosini. Consul Bishop hand
ed the letters to the police, who took
Immediate steps to protect him and the
American Consulate.
ROME. March 17. The Italian gov
ernment has sent a communication to
the authorities of a large number of
cities, requesting that vigorous search
be made for the murderers of Lieuten
ant Petrosino or their accomplices. Es
pecial vigilance Is being observed in Con
stantinople, Tunis, Marseilles, Malta and
ports of Egypt, while detectives have
been sent to the place where the Mafia
is known to have many adherents.
THREE DEADm EXPLOSION
Terrific Blast in Coeur d'Alene
Works Wrecks Plant.
WALLACE, Idaho, March 17. (Spe
cial.) Three employes of the Coeur
d'Alene powder works lost their lives
this afternoon in an explosion which
leveled four frame buildings of the
plant, wrecked the fifth and also the
building used as a concentrator by the
Coeur d'Alene oncentratingr Company.
The victims are: R. J. Skalberg,
foreman, who leaves a widow and three
children In Wallace; Pete Pico, mar
ried, who lived near the powder works;
Alvln Nelson, unmarried, who recently
came from Seattle. J. K. Ogilvy. engi
neer, was severely bruised about the
head and neck, injuries not serious.
The cause of the explosion is believed
by Ogilvy to be the result of friction
on the copper screen in the mixing
room, where powder was being made
and In which nearly 1500 pounds of
nltro-glycerin was used.
The force of the explosion was aug
mented by nearly five tons of manu
factured product stored in the build
ings. SEEKS ALIMONY. 7 YEARS
Divorced Wife Finally Catches For
mer Husband by Chance.
DENVER. Colo., March 17. (Special)
Charging that for seven years he dodged
payment of alimony for the support of
their son, now aged 14, Mrs. Nellie Mc
Gregor caused her husband's arrest after
chasing him from California, and this
morning Judge Dixon ordered John H.
McGregor to pay her $790 and costs.
In December, 1S96, the husband obtained
a divorce In San Francisco. The mother
was given the custody of the child and
the husband, after paying her $350, was
ordered to- pay tlO a month for the boy's
m aintenance.
McGregor did this until May, 1902, when
he left California. While Mrs. McGregor
was on a visit to Denver recently she
met him by accident, started legal pro
ceedings, and he must pay or go to jail.
NEVADA BARS GAMBLING
Bill Will Be Signed by Governor.
Bridge Under Ban.
CARSON, Nev. March 17. By a vote
of 41 to 5 the Nevada Assembly con
curred today in the Senate amend
ments to the anti-gambling bill. The
Legislature will adjourn tomorrow and
the Governor' has intimated that he
will sign the bill.
The new law is made effective Oc
tober 1, 1910, immediately nreceding a
state election, at which it may be
voted on through referendum.
Bridge whist, poker and all banking
games are prohibited under penalty for
misdemeanor, punishable in justice
court by six months in jail or $500
fine.
BIG TOWER FOR WIRELESS
Government Will Erect 60 0-Foot
Long-Distance Structure.
WASHINGTON, March 17. The 600-foot
tower which the Government purposes to
erect for wireless telegraph purposes may
be located at Annapolis, Md., according to
an official announcement made today.
It will be capable of sending messages
S000 miles and of receiving them from a
distance of 1000 miles. Its foundation will
extend 80 feet into the earth and Its
diameter at the base will be 50 feet, and
at the top eight feet. Concrete will be
used in construction.
MISSOURI AFTER NEGROES
State Senate Passes Qualification
Bill to Disfranchise Blacks.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., March 17.
The Senate passed a bill today to pro
vide an educational qualification for
voters. Most of the Republicans voted
no. "
The theory of the Democrats was
that the bill would disfranchise more
negroes than it would ignorant white
foreigners.
HARRIMAN READY
TO GIVE UP REINS
Physicians Tell Him He
Has Done Enough.
GRADUALLY YIELD CONTROL
Will Let Go as Fast as Can
and Consider Health.
COMMENT ON ROOSEVELT
Not Altogether to Blame, but Went
Too Far Favors Regulation,
but Thinks Competition
Wastes Capital.
LOS ANGELES, March 17. "Physi
sicians have warned me that X must
step out; they say that I have done
enough. I am 61 years of age and have
led a very active life. Yesterday they
told me that they had noticed a change
for the worse in my condition."
These words were used by E. H. Har
riman today to newspaper men in an
nouncing his determination to relin
quish gradually the active supervision
of his far-flung railroad holdings.
Mr. Harriman did not say that he
would give up his control at once, nor
announce any time when he would be
free from the activities which have
characterized his career, but he said
that he would let go Just as fast as he
could with reason, and that he would
consider his health now above all else.
In the same talk Mr. Harriman spoke
of Theodore Roosevelt and his use of
the "big stick" on corporations.
"The former President .was not alto
gether to blame," said Mr. iHarriman, "al
though he went too far. The panic would
not have resulted if Mr. Roosevelt had
not carried on his prosecution of the
cases against the railroads w-ith such
vigor."
Mr. Harriman said he favored regula
tion and fair treatment; that the trans
portation lines never wanted to give re
bates, but that existing conditions made
it necessary.
"Railroad rates were never in a more
stable condition than they are now," he
said. "Capital should be devoted to de-
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
48.7 decrees ; minimum. 42.6.
TODAY'S Clearing with light frost in the
early morning; northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Austria on verge of war with Servia and
Montenegro. Page 4.
French telegraph and telephone strike stops
till communication, but government will
not yield. Page 1.
Runaway train kills and Jftjures 30 and
wrecks Montreal depot. Page 3.
Cuban Insurgents surrounded by 10ou troops.
Page 4. '
Good hunting awaits Roosevelt in East
Africa. Page 3.
National.
Tariff bill introduced in Housu making rad
ical changes. Page 1.
Attacks on tariff bill begin and will come
from both sides. Page 4.
Lumbermen and other Interests prepare for
tariff campaign. Page 4.
Knox sends note to Nicaraguan Minister on
Central American affairs. Page a.
Domestic.
Rush promises exposure of Haskell's meth
ods in lighting land-fraud prosecution.
Pag 3.
Cooper case in hands of jury and disa
greement predicted. Page 3.
Los Angeles anti-recall faction plans tc
enjoin election; Oswald flees to Mexico.
Page 1.
Railroad men discover unbreakable rail
Page 1.
Mine explosions attributed to earthquakes.
Page l.
Imprisoned lion-tamer forced to saw bars of
cell in order to disprove testimony
Page a.
Harriman announces impending retirement
to preserve health. Page 1.
American Consul at Palermo threatened by
ii lack hand. Page 1.
Perpetrators of Rio Grande train robbery
near Denver captured. Page 4.
Alderman at Leadville, Colo., confesses
grafting. Page 4.
Sport.
McCredie's Dutch beat Irish by score of 4
to 1. Page 11.
Corbett challenges Johnson. Page 1L
Multnomah athletes meet wrestlers from
Pullman in tournament heie tonight.
Page 11.
Pacific Northwest.
Charles J. Powell acquitted of murder
charge through unwritten law. Page .
Normal schools have taken no steps yet to
start initiative. Page 6.
Aberdeen actress has .sister arrested for
stealing brother's adoption papers
Page U
Mistaken in Washington legislation being
discovered. Page .".
Judge Gordon's defense moves for trial on
embezzlement charge. Page G.
Kxplosion in Coeur d Aleno powder worke
kills three. Page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Twenty-three cents offered for mohair.
Page 17.
General selling breaks "wheat prices at Chi
cago. Page 17.
Wall street not pleased with tariff bill.
Page 17.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co. fix French bark
General Faidherbe" for cement and gen
eral cargo at Antwerp. Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Iowa Company biys CowlitK County tim
ber tracts for 70O.00O. Page 1.
Postal station planned close to trains. w-her
mall will be distributed, saving time ia
deliveries. Page 9.
Excise measure for regulation of salooni
will be submitted to vote of people.
Page 10.
Ordinance will be Introduced to discon
tinue City Park Zoo. Page 1.
Mount Hood road delayed by high price
askedfor rights-of-way. Page 16.
Ex-Deputy Sheriff Metz commits suicide in
Courthouse. Page t.
St. Patrick's Day is observed at HelUg
T heater. Page 1 J.
Clews said to have been' found to editors
of anonymous high srhool paper, devoted
to roast on fraternities. Page la.
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