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HARRIMAN WILL RESIST DECISION Appeals Against Cut in Spo kane Rates, Regardless of Hill's Action. xi .mutiiT UKiiQMAy WEDXESDAY. APRIL 1909. ABANDON SPOKANE TRAFFIC l-'irM Slrp Is Taken to Contest Spo kane Decision Western Roads Will Also Fight Denver De cision to Save Revenue. CHICAGO. April 6-(Special.)-The breach betwren the Interstate Commerce onimiMion and the railroads over the Western rate situation was widened today by two thing?. The Harriman lines pe titioned the Commission to be relieved from the operation of the order In the Spokane rate ease and the executive of ficial of Western lines decided to con test the Commission's order In the Den ver rate case. The decision of the Harriman lines to contest the Spokane rate case Irrespec tive of whatever action the Hill lines de.luo to take came as a surprise. The petition, it Is presumed, -will be denied by the Commission and then an appeal will be taken to the courts. The grounds upon which the petition is based are the following: Kate Too 1aw for Long Line. The Commission presumed to fix the rates only from St. Paul to Spokane, and from Chicago to Spokane. The Harriman lines have no railroad con necting Ht. Paul with Spokane, and the Harriman line from Chicago is the long line, being fully 400 miles longer than the short line. Furthermore. Spokane is not on the main line of the Harriman system, and. if the rates fixed by the Commission are reasonable for the abort haul, they are, therefore unrea sonable for a haul 400 miles longer. Ulx up Chicago-Spokane Trarflc. Officials of the Harriman lines re fused to explain the real cause of the petition, but it is understood that be ing little Interested In Chicago-Spokane business, the management prefers Koing out of it a'together rather than surfer a reduction in the rates to inter mediate points. With respect to the Denver case. In which the Commission ordered reduc tions, it Is stated that the railroads are In a corner with respect to Western rates, and must tight to save whatever they can and prevent a further deple tion of their revenues. ATTORNEY'S VIEW IS ASKED Railroad Ilonrd Puzzled Over Meat Company's Case. SALEM. Or., April 6. (Special.) The correspondence between the O. R. ft N. linllway and the State Railroad Com mission was today referred to the Attorney-General for an opinion as to whether section 50 of the Oregon Rail road Commission act applies to the case of the O. R. & N. vs. the Frank U. Smith Meat Company. On Kehruary 28. 1908, Davis Bros, shipped 170 bales of hay and 60 sacks of oats from Hutchinson Spur to Port land and billed the same, as baled hay, actlnK under instructions from the Frank 1. Smith company. When the shipment arrived at Portland the rail way people discovered that the ship ment consisted of part of oats, and brought suit to recover the difference In freight charges, amounting to $47.16. The matter was taken into justice court tn Portland, where a decision was rendered in favor of the defendant Smith. The case Is now on appeal to the Circuit Court. REJECTS CHINA'S OFFER Japan Asks Reconsideration Rus sia Dislikes Terms About Harbin. TEKIN-. April 6. A brief note from the Japanese government rejecting the Chi nese proposal to have the questions be tween the two governments concerning Manchuria arbitrated by The Hague tri bunal, was delivered to the Chinese For eign Board yesterday. Japan asks for a reconsideration of China's proposal with the Idea of reaching a settlement. The Russo-Chlnese negotiations in the matter of the administration of the rail road zone at Harbin have been carried to St. Petersburg, because China's proposi tions are unacceptable to the railroad au thorities of Russia. CANADIAN- STRIKE TO END President Lewis Orders Miners to Keep Agreement Made at Mcleod. I.ETHRRIUGK. Alberta. April 6 The strike of the Western Canada coal miners will be settled in a few days. 1. J. Lewis, international president of the I'nlted Mineworkers of America has ordered the district officials to' xtKii the agreement ratified bv the miners In their referendum vote at the conclusion of the conference at Mcleod. President Sherman lias had i lie message from Lewis shice April 1, and yet he has continued the strike, paying no attention to the orders com lui; from headquarters. TAFT NOMINATES YOUNG New Territorial Secretary for Ari zona Named Tor Harmony. WASHINGTON. April . President la.t will send to the Senate Thursday the nominations of Judge Richard E. Stan. V ' H' 's ("v'"wr f Arizona, vice Kibbey. whose term expired, and George "'ik- r Preseott. as Territorial Sec letary of Arizona. Mr. Young succeeds John Page, whose resisnati.,,, was requested In the interest of harmony. The announcement of the appointment at the White House today followed a series or conferences recently between President Tuft and Postmaster-C.eneral MUchcock. Delegate Cameron, of Arizona and the Republican territorial chairman! llovall A. 5mith. Judge Sloan is an As sociate Ju-stice of the Supreme Court of Arizona. Mr. Young Is a prominent business man and railroad engineer. It is stated that neither'of these 'men was a candidate for the office to which he was appointed, but was selected to I bring about Republican harmony in the IrHory- Jude Sloan is accepting the office of Governor, it is stated, at a per- - "umic. wnne air. loung was tn reality a candidate for Governor, but ac cepts the office of Secretary to further the plans for making Arizona a har monious Republican stronghold. NEW LAWS FOB HOMESTEADERS AVldovts and Heirs Must Show Proof of Residence and Cultivation. WASHINGTON, April 6-In a decision of the General Iand Office today it was held that in order to enable the heirs of a homestead entryman to submit com mutation proof of his entry, they must show both residence on. and cultivation of. the land for 14 months by the en tryman or the heirs or partly by both The same rule, it was held, applied in a case where commutation proof was sub mitted by the widow of the entryman. Heretofore it has been necessary only for an entryman or an heir to show either residence on. or cultivation of. the land for 14 months. In another decision it was held that MAY BE ELECTED TO THRO.XE OK SEKVIA. . t ; r ' - '"r t 1. J -J t: ( i f 1 Vv r vi D- ( V! il A" - : ' vSv t ' 1 I - - .-n fa, rt1 j 1 Duke of Teck. - LONDON, April 6. (Special.) The Duke of Teck may be ele vated to the throne if the powers decide that the Karageorgevltch dynasty is not the best to rule bervia. He is the oldest brother, of the Prince of Wales. He la now a "serene highness," and re joices In the names of Adolphus Charles Alexander Edward George Philip Ladislaus. The Duke was born in 1868 at Ken sington Palace. He has been in the army for many years and saw service in South Africa. Just now- he is a military attache! His wife was the third daughter of tho Duke of Westminster. King Peter of Servla has been on the throne less than six years, and his rule has been uncertain from the time lie was called to take the place of the murdered King n..iuer. tiis greatest weak ness has always lain in the fact that he was chosen for the throne by the murderers of his predecessor, whom he has never dared punish for their crime when an entryman sold his improvements on the land and relinquished his entry he was not entitled to make second home stead entry. 8 6 More American Vessels. WASHINGTON. April 6.-DurIng the month of March last 86 sail and steam vessels were built ar.d officially num bered in the United States. 73 of them being steam and nine sail. 75 'of wood and seven of steel construction. Of the total number, 35 are for Atlantic and Gulf, 20 for Pacific, 14 for Western rivers 12 for the Great Lakes and one for Rlcan service. The gross tonnage of the vessels is 24.924 tons. During the nine months ending March 31 last 696 ves sels, with a gross tonnage of 80,332, were built and chartered in this country as compared with 765 vessels, with a gross tonnage of 353,763 tons during the cor responding nine months ending March 31. JACKSON IS PRESIDENT CHICAGO MAX ELECTED HEAD OF ROCK ISLAND ROAD. Man Who Succeeds Mather Was Gen- eral Attorney of Road for Many Years Previously. CHICAGO. April 6. (Special.) Dis patches from New Tork today announce the election of R. A. Jackson, of Chicago to the presidency of the Rock Island Company to succeed Robert Mather who resigned to become chairman of the board of directors of the Westlnghouse t-lectric & Manufacturing Company. Mr. Jackson waa born in Richmond. Ind in 1S6S. and was educated in the pub c schools of his native city and Karlham College. He was graduated from the I. niverslty of Virginia with a degree ?i w n' ln 1S79' and W8S admitted to the bar in 1SS0. He was elected Prose cuting Attorney for Wayne Countv. Ind in is,b. in 1S90 Mr. Jackson resumed the general practice of law in Richmond, and continued thus until 1901. when he came to- Chicago as general attorney for the C nicago. Rook Island & Pacific. ROOSEVELT TALKS IN PARIS (Continued from First Pas-e.l dent he spent his time In fighting the w,8tH ,hat he rMl-d that he had iing will be the state. "The machinery of state will now roll on without me." Mr. Roosevelt I? ,od as saying, "but with the impetus I have fj? .?""-Taft- mv ood successor win build the Panama Canal, continue to in crease the Army and Navy and check the erus8"- the" aSa'" become too obslrep! Mr. Roosevelt paid a high tribute to journalism. He said he would have ac complished nothing when he entered poli tics without the press. e One of the French correspondents con cludes his story of Mr. Roosevelt's visit to Naples with these words: Ofr to Hunt AVith Much Xolse. "Mr. Roosevelt is impatient to reach the hunting grounds. He says no words of Naples, or of the art treasures to be seen there. He understands nothing of these gateways to an ancient civilization of these eternal constellations in the skv of history. Bnperor William dlsplaved nobler breeding when he asked to be left alone before a marble bust affirming the eternity of beauty. Mr. Roosevelt has no time to lose. He is off to the hunt with much noise. If the wild beasts of the desert are not warned, it is because they do not receive the newspapers." PATTEN UNLOADS PARTOF HOLDINGS Bull Leader Declares There Is No Wheat Corner, and That Prices Are Natural. SOLD OPENLY TO GET CASH Orain Reports of Planted Wheat Show Decrease Below Average and Even Below Last Year", Adding to Bull Tendency. CHICAGO. April 6.-"Wheat is not cor- kfn ,K.Said James A- Patten. the grain l-ing, this morning. .,7, P"m,i'"M that ar being paid in ail the markets for the cash article is a reflection of actual conditions." TS hen asked whether his house had sold a round lot of May In the past nf .yS' h.e answerl that It had sold quite a lot of wheat in the pit, and that a.l transactions had been made openlv. Conditions are bullish," te the way Mr. fatten puts It. in?e,he,?rrKd t0.he hi rePrt as "hW onrfm llie 'heat Planted registers a f V' 62 per cent of an average. o Eh " 23 er cent bel6w a W aSo. Oklahoma has a condition of 78 per cent and Missouri 70 per cent Lmay be sald authoritatively that the only reasons for the heavy selling of May wheat the past few days was for the Purpose of holding the deal in hand, as well as to change some of the big paper profits Into real money. Dickinson In Bankruptcy. KEW..YORK' Apr" An involun tary petition in . bankruptcy wa, fi"ed today against John Dickinson, the broker, the failure of whose firm.' John and nSCh,& C- WaS announced her" ward Thjf " SatUrday ,ast- Ed TeTver. Tnomas was appointed re- The petitioning creditors were WI11 anrf Vmlth- ith a claim of ,Tooo. George ' Rose and Herman ofh,ToSraannd ,Tooh C'a,mS "-Pve.y rH.r.Ce.,Ver 7as Petltioned for in this credHot,inhrder that the r'Sht of the rf k 8 re m,gbt be unserved. The dsrH au mJfmbersh,P 'n the Consoli dated Stock Exchange of this city. DUTY ON LUMBER KEPT fContlnued from First PaKe.) dared, "and will vote for it, but it causes me to sweat blood in doing so " The Clark substitute, which was then read, provided for amending several sec tions by placing lumber on the free list Tawney offered an. entire substitute for the lumber schedule, modifying but re taining the duty. The chair ruled that the Pordney amendment had precedence. Against the protests of Tawney. the chair recognized DeArmond of Missouri for an amendment as a substitute to the countervailing proviso, providing for the free admission of lumber from all parts of the Western Hemisphere. Tawney received another setback when the chair overruled his point that the DeArmond amendment was not in ordea because it transferred to the free list am item on which a duty was imposed. Hard Work for De Armond. The point was characterized by De Ar mond as "unkind and ungentlemanly." Both Needham and Payne declaied .the amendment violated the most-favored-nation clause of many treaties, but De Armond held that Congress had a pight so to violate it. Mann, of Illinois, denounced the De Armond amendment as "violative of the Government's treaties and of aU the, rules of decency in legislation." Fordney urged the voting down of the amendment. The De Armond amendment was lost, 131 to 178. 30 Democrats vot ing with the Republicans. ' The Fordney amendment was over whelmingly adopted by a viva-voce vote. Tawney at once reotfered his amend ment, which he said would take the duty off of all lumber included in paragraph 197 of the bill except finished lumber, the duty on which would be materially re duced. He would later, he said, offer an amendment placing rough lumber on the free li6t. The amendment and the proposed amendment were vigorously attacked by Fordney, who charged that Tawney for got that the raw material of the planing mill was the finished product of the sawmill. The amendments., he said affected 30.000 sawmills of the coun try, employing SOO.000 men. If Tawney was fair, he added, he would demand free barley for the brevers. In his opinion, Tawney was not u good Repub lican. Calls Tawney Free. Trader. Fordney said Tawney once was a pro tectionist, but he was a free trader on lumber today. Amid applause. Clark of Missouri announced himself for the Taw ney amendment. "If you cannot get a whole loaf," he remarked, "take a half loaf." Pou, Democrat, of North Carolina, and Cushman, Republican, of Washington, opposed the amendment vehemently. Cushman attacked Tawney's Repub licanism. "If he is a Republican," ho said, "I am not and don't want to be." Harrison and Perkins, of New York, spoke in support cf the amendment and Boutell against Jt. Clark. Democrat, of Florida, got the floor and advocated the restoration of the ti a thousand duty on lumber. Free Lumber Beaten by 6 Majority. The Tawney amendment was lost on division. 151 to 173. party alignments being badly broken. A vpte by tellers on his demand also resulted ln the amendment being lost. 170 to 176. A motion by Clark of Missouri to strike out all of paragraph 17 of the lumber schedule was also defeated, lis to 157. Further amendments by Tawney add ing to the free list the lumber described ln paragraph 196 were likewise lost. The amendment to the lumber schedule offered by Fordney and adopted, strikes out the proviso ln Paragraph 197 of the Payne bill. TSie paragraph fixes the duty on sawed lumber at $1 per thousand and also fixes the duty on other classes of lumber. The proviso requires that the maximum rates provided for in Sections 3 and 4 of the bill shall be imposed upon lumber coming from any country which fixes an export duty on lumber shipped to the United States, or which in any other way discriminates against or re stricts the exportation of lumber or other forest products to this country. The paragraph, was directed especially against Canada, and in case of discrimination would have had the effect of increasing the rates provided for In the main por tion of the paragraph. Tries to Save Hide Duly. A lively discussion was precipitated over an amendment by Scott (Kansas) fixing a duty of 10 per cent ad valorem on raw hides, which was finally lost on division. 106 to 166. Among those supporting the amendment Was Rtirlaonn ' T A. . . n. . that evidently the amendment suggested j the only way to get cheaper boots and i shoes. Referring to Clark of Florida, but without mentioning his name, he declared that the position Clark had taken meant that. "If you take care of mv district. Vnn m n niiB. . , - " " v ' - may rop, you may plunder the American people, and I will stand by and not raise my voice against An amendment to the Scott amendment by Vnderwood (Alabama) including skins weighing more than one pound on the dutiable list was defeated. 65 to 133. Discussing the Scott amendment. Hill (Connecticut) declared that the proposed duty on hides was simply "a surrender to a Chicago monopoly." "Rank nonsense." shouted Mann (Illi nois) all the way across the chamber. Can't Have Kree Leather. After the Scott amendment was lost an unsuccessful attempt was made by Clark (Missouri) to put leather and all products of leather on the free list, the chair de ciding the special rule did not apply to that section. Through proposed amendments. Miller (Kansas) sought to have the barlev schedule changed from 15c to 25c per bushel, and Alexander (New Tork) offered a substitute fixing that duty at 10 per cent ad valorem. These amendments were under discussion when the House adjourned. ' ' " " ' ' SEXATE COMMITTEE AT WOltK Hears Pleas of Coal, Wood-Pulp and Sugar Interests. WASHINGTON, April 6. The fixing of rates for the new tariff bill was be gun today by the Senate committee on finance. Senators Elkins and Scott, of West Virginia, brought several of their constituents who desire to have the re ciprocity clause of the Payne bill stricken out by the Senate because of its effect upon the market for their coal which goes to the seaboard and to some extent to the New England market. Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, urged that the reciprocity provision be abandoned, having been inserted for the coal producers of Western Penn sylvania and Kastern Ohfo. who, Mon dell said, control 41 per cent of the market for coal in Ontario. Senator Fletchtr. of Florida, favored protection for lumber and other Florida products. John Norris, Herman Ridder and Don Seltz. of New York, representing an association of newspaper publishers favoring free wood pulp for paper manufacture, conferred with Chairman Aldrich today and will see him again tomorrow. It is not expected that this delegation will seek a hearing, but will be content with the opportunity to present its views to Individual mem bers of tho committee. A delegation representing sugar pro ducers sought a hearing to protest against the Philippine section of the Payne bill on the ground that it will furnish an opportunity for importers to ship sugar into the islands and reship it to tiie United States. Members of the committee hold that there is no danger that this will be done. Three sessions were held by the com mittee today, including a long session tonight. The schedules relating to t-hemicals, oils and paints were taken up and rates inserted in the bill. It is said that, little change was made. At the night meeting the rates on cement, potteries and glassware Were discussed.-: TARIFF BOARD MAY BE CHOSEX H. E. Miles Believes Present Meas ure Will Carry Provision. WASHINGTON, April 6. That the tariff bin i its final form will pro vide for a permanent tariff board was confidently predicted by H. E. Miles chairman of the executive committee of the committee of 100 appointed at the recent Indianapolis Tariff Conven tion to foster such a scheme. Mr. Miles announced that Senator Aldrich, chairman of the finance com mittee, had Informed him that he fa vors sucu arrangement, and said that Mr. Aldrich may be expected to distin guisu himself by working out the prob lem. Senator Root, according to Mr. Miles, has also declared himself in fa vor of tho tariff board, being of the opinion that It would be of immeas urable value to the Executive ln the wise extension of our foreign markets and to such as myself in determining the merits of tariff questions coming before us constantly." E IS SUGGESTED SAMPSON' KILLED AFTER MAK ING WILL. FAVORING W IFE. Second Day of Murder Trial Given Over Entirely to State Many Points Brought Out. LYONS. N. Y., April 6. Frank S. Allyn, the 20-year-old brother of Mrs George Allyn Sampson, who Is charged with the killing of her husband, Harrv Sampson, was an Interesting witness today in the trial of his sister. Young Allyn told how Harry Samp son staggered into the Allyn dining room on Sunday morning. November 1, and, fell dead without uttering a word' The witness said that on running to icivijiiuui: ne round a rtrie behind the Sampson dining-room door leading to the pantry. It was cocked and a box of cartridges lay at the edge of the w-ainscoting. At the opening of the trial today District Attorney Gilbert declared that such a wound as caused Sampson's death could not have been self-inflicted Concerning the motive. Mr. Gilbert said there would be evidence concerning a latter which had been sent to Mrs Sampson, but found by her husband' who told his father-in-law that he would not live with Mrs. Sampson any longer On the night before the shoot ing. Mr. Gilbert said, there was a quar rel over her numerous trips away from home. Mr. Gilbert asserted that Samp son made a will at the solicitation of his wife, making her the sole benefi ciary of his estate. Dr. George T. Yorka, who performed the autopsy on the bodv of Harry Sampson, testified that he found no powder marks thereupon. The physi cian noted long scratches about the wound and across the chest. Elks Visit Vancouver Lodge. VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 6(spe. cial. ( Fifty members of Portland Lodge. No. 142, B. P. O. E.. visited Vancouver Lodge of Elks. No. 823 this evening. The new officers of the local lodge were installed and, following the business meeting. a banquet was served. The installing officer of the evening was William K. Marshall, who T-7 i ne Forsythe Waist 1909 NEMO Corsets SOME LIVE SPECIALS FOR WEDNESDAY New Wash Fabric Wm. Simpson's Picardie Voile, a most beautiful and fashionable wash fabric in a soft medium weight cotton material, in delicate shades of rose, taupe, picon, white, cream greens, dark stone and nile; in solid colors, with delicate invisible stripes and plaids' .Washes, beautifully and is particularly adapted for Full Dresses or Waists. Sold all over the United States at 25c. WEDNESDAY ONLY 1 2c German Cluny Scarfs and Centerpieces Battenberg Scarfs and Center Pieces, sizes, 18x54-inch scarfs and 30x30 round and square centerpieces. The articles are elab orately hand made, real cluny lace and real Battenberg work, with linen centers. WEDNESDAY 98c in Himalaya Cloth Advertised extensively in the Ladies Home Journal A remarkable reproduction of Oriental silks in the finest wash material. Easily the greatest achievement in cotton manu facturing.' Elegant for waists, automobile coats and children's dresses. Comes in over twenty beautiful shades and colors. PRICE 35c New Poplin Waists $2.38 A special offering for Wednesday in our Waist Section. New Spring model fine poplin Waists. In black, navy, brown and wine. Made in the most popular plaited tailored style. They look better than silk, will wear twice as long and cost less than half. They are washable, durable and extremely stylish. All sizes. ' Regular price $3.25, WEDNESDAY $2.38 0 SHEETS Ready for use, 2lh yds. long, 2 yds. wide, made from good standard Sheeting of excel lent quality, per fect reg. Sheeting. Special for today 59c EACH $1.50 NEW BOOKS AT 50c Bob Harrpton. Parrish Beth Norvel. Parrish Younger Set. Chambers Divine Fire. Sinclair" Stooping Lady. 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Cocoa. Fact No. 2 The cocoa tree grows from 14 to IS feet in height. It hears continuously. They attain produc tiveness when 10 years old, after which they continue to give their fruit for about 40 years. The cocoa tree is in no way re lated to the cocoa nut palm. business. ,1
