THE 3IQRNIXG- OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY. DECE3IBER 30. 1009.
AGTSTO BEJUISWER
TO TUFT'S CRITICS
Friends Say He Will Obtain
Conservation Laws That
Really Conserve. .
PROBLEMS ARE INTRICATE
How to Prevent 31onopoly and Yet
ot Exclude Capital 1& Xice
Question Won't Wait lie-
suit of Investigation.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. "Acts rather
than declaration?."
President Taft is reported in this
tre way to have described recently to
callers his programme for the conserva
tion of natural resources. The Presi
dent, it is said, has declared that when
th present session of Congress ends he
will be able to point to the first prac
tical conservation statutes ever placed
upon the law books of the Nation as
his answer to the criticism that has
been directed toward the White House.
Without waiting for the Ballinger
TMnchot investiR-ation. Mr. Taft soon
will bepin the preparation of his spe
cial message on conservation, and he
lias received assurances from both
bouses of Congress that, while some
trouble may be expected in the lower
branch, his recommendations will be
made into law before the Spring: ad
journment. 1 Maputo to Be Ignored.
The President Is represented as holtl
i inpr that there is nothing in the Bal
! llnffer-Pinchot dispute that has a bear-inn-
on his own legislative programme,
and he will proceed regardless of it.
In the preparation of his special tnes
cage the President will have the co
operation of Secretary Ballinger and" of
Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, chairman
i of the Senate committee on public
: lands. It is asserted that In the con
structive work of legislation the Pres
j ident has had to depend almost wholly
i upon Mr. Ballinger, who has been at
work for several months on the draft
j of proposed statutes that will meet the
intricacies of the problem of practical
' conservation.
Hills Already Prepared.
The proposed new laws are ready to
Tm submitted to the committees of the
; Senate and House with the special mes
i sage, preparation of which the Presi
dent will begin as soon as he gets the
(message on the Interstate and anti-trust
i laws out of the way.
; White House callers, who have talked
with President Taft on the subject, de-
scribe him as believing that he will
j begt prove his friendship for the
'Roosevelt policies of conservation by
' putting laws on the statute books that
" will actually carry these policies into
effect.
The real problem to be solved is how
. best to dispose of the public lands con
' talnlng water-power sites, coal and
, phosphates. Such lands have been
. withdrawn from entry under the gen-
eral land laws, but they cannot be held
indefinitely, and there is no specific law
governing their sale or lease.
It Is generally admitted that the re
sources must be developed; that the
. ioal and phosphates must be taken out
i by private capital, and yet there must,
at the same time, be safeguards against
monopoly. These are the intricacies
with which Congress will have to deal.
'RIVER LEAVING CHANNEL?
'Salem Mayor Sees Danger Ahead and
Sounds Alarm.
SALEM. Or.. Dec. 29. (Special.)
Mayor George F. Rodgers has made the
discovery that the Willamette River at
thlg point la threatening to shift to the
westward and leave the city high and
dry away from the river for half a
mile or more.
The Mayor said today that the river
may start a new channel, flowing west
erly a short way above the city, go
through West Salem, and return to the
.old bed some distance below the steel
bridge that connects Marlon and Polk
Counties.
The Mayor has communicated with.
United States engineers, who. he sayf.
are conversant with the tendency "of
the river at this point. The subject
will be taken up with Oregon's Con
gressional delegation in an effort to se
cure an appropriation for the purpose
of diking the river to protect both
Salem and West Salem.
FEED SCARCE, HOGS DEAR
Eight Cents Paid at Col rax and Fur
ther Ult-e Predicted.
SPOKANE. WASH.. Dec. 29. (Spe
cial. The recent rise in the price of
wheat and resultant lack of feed at a
reasonable price has caused a cor
responding rise in the price of hogs,
quotations at Colfax today being 8
cents a pound live weight.
X. N. Carroll paid that figure for a'
carload of prime packers, which were
shipped to Walla Walla.
Buyers predict that 9 cents a pound
will be paid before April 1.
PINCHOT DAZED BY MOVE
(Continued From First Page.)
anxious than they that his department
I b investigated, but were, for the time.
V staggered to learn that both Secretary
Ballinger and his friends were insisting
that when the Investigation started, it
should cover the Forest Service as well as
the Interior Department. From the mo
ment that a' double investigation was as
sured, the Pinchot follov.-e.-s ceased their
clamor and became unus-.iaily silent.
The truth is that the Forest Service is
not prepared for an inveUsrr.tion: it does
not welcome a probe. And f ir this rea
son the Forest Service has ncen operat
ing for several years in a manner that
will not stand investigation. The acts of
the Service have gone beyond the lfmit
fixed by the law; . the methods followed
have been those of an independent bu
reau, responsible to no one but its head:
it has been legislating by regulation.'
thereby assuming powets belonging only
to Congress. But so far U has been able
to get aw-ay with pretty mua cv- i-vthing
It attempted, because s. had the backing
of the last Administration, nnd Congress
had no real understandinc of the manner
In which the Service was being con
ducted. l Is Disregarded.
The investigation, which star; next
month, will develop all these tli'.i: it
will show wherein the Forest Service Vtns
ahnorbed legislative authority: tias dis
played a g'lieral disregard for the lawa
passed by Congress, and has acted ind;-
pendontly of other branches of the Gov
ernment of which it is a part. Naturally,
the Forest Service does not care to have
these conditions laid bare, particularly
by a Congressional committee, for Con
gress is notoriously jealous of its con
stitutional authority, and strongly in
clined to resent any encroachment upon
its domain. This being the case, the
Forest Service officials are well aware
that they will go into the investigation
under something of a handicap.
Coincident with the marked silence
on the part of Mr. Pinchot and other
officials of the Forest Service, it has
been noted that the newspapers which
thrived most lustily on the tainted
news furnished by the Forest Service
during the past Summer and Fall have
lost most of their Interest in the Pin-chot-Ballinger
row, and are only solici
tous that the investigating committee,
when It meets, shall give L. R. Giavis
an opportunity to be heard.
Giavis Will Be Called.
This fear Is not well founded. Mr.
(ilavis will be one of the first witnesses
summoned before the committee, and
when the committee concludes cross
questioning him It is to be presumed
that he will have little more to offer
to anyone.
The Giavis charges are in a way the
Indirect cause of this investigation.
Giavis himself in the man to whom the
committee will look for the most dam
aging evidence against Secretary Bal
linger. and never will Mr. Giavis be
"fused until he has not only told the
committee all he knows, but explained
how he came by his information and
what proof he has to substantiate his
Recusations.
For the friends of Mr. Pinchot it may
be said that L. R. Giavis will play a
star part in the Congressional Investi
gation, a part second only to that of
Mr. Pinchot and Mr. Ballinger.
SHARP CHILL PREVAILS
EVEN SCXXT SOUTH SUFFERS
FROM BITING COLD.
Chicago Thermometer, One Below
Zero Missouri, Nebraska, Min
nesota Are Shivering.
CHICAGO. Dec. 29. The thermometer
dr&pped to one degree above zero in Chi
cago today. The Weather Bureau predic
tion is that it will be colder tomorrow.
Chicago is not alone in experiencing se
vere chill, reports from Missouri, Ne
braska, Minnesota and Kentucky intimat
ing that the storm is general.
Kansas City shivered at zero and the
whole Missouri Valley reported low tem
perature, ranging from zero to 20 below
at Huron. S. 13. Norfolk, Neb., reports
18 below; Omaha, 6 below; Sioux City,
Iowa, 16 below, and De Moinnes, 12 be
low. Central and Northern Missouri, experi
enced the lowest temperatures of the sea
son with 7 below.
At Topeka, Kan., the mercury stood at
1 below zero, the coldest December 29
on record at that point. In Central and
Western Kansas the weather was mild.
Oklahoma did not share in the cold snap.
At Omaha today the Government ther
momenter registered 9 degrees" below
zero, the lowest record for the Winter.
Extremely low temperature prevailed
today in Minneapolis North and South
Dakota and portions of Manitoba. Saskat
chewan and Alberta indicate warmer
temperatures to follow. The coldest spot
was Winnipeg, where it was 2S below.
The Sunny South, from the Ohio River
to Northern Georgia and Alabama, today
experienced the coldest weather of the
Wlter. Freezing weather is reported
as far south as Central Alabama and
Georgia.
"fhe condition of the Ohio River is be
coming worse. The river is freezing from
yittsburg to Cairo and, with navigation
entirely suspended, a shortage of coal
is anticipated within a week.
GLADSTONE DAY HONORED
England Pays Tribute to Memory of
Grand Old Man.
LONDON, Dec. 29. The centenary of
the birth of William Ewart Gladstone
was commemorated today, not only in
the land of his- birth, but in countries
like Greece, the Balkans and Armenia,
whose peoples still cherish the memory
of the statesman's exertions in their
behalf.
Many foreign delegates, representa
tive of Finland, Russia. Holland. Bul
garia, Greece, Servia, Armenia and
other states, joined in services held at
Westminster. At Hawarden, where
Gladstone died on May 19, 1898, and at
other points throughout the country,
largely attended memorial meetings
were held.
The statue of Gladstone on the
Strand was fairly hidden beneath
floral offerings that had come from all
parts of the world, while his tomb in
Westminster Abbey was covered with
tributes. Including a large solid sil
ver wreath received from the govern
ment of Bulgaria.
MRS. BROKAW DENIES ALL
Testimony Closes and Brokaw Will
Show Financial Position.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. The sensational
and long-drawn-out Brokaw separation
suit closed today, so far as taking of tes
timony is concerned. The hearing was
adjourned to Saturday, when the case will
be finally submitted, after W. Gould Bro
kaw's attorneys, have presented a state
ment of their client's financial condition.
The closing of the proceedings came
soon after Mr. Brokawg cross-examination
had been concluded and Mrs. Blair
"Brokaw had been recalled. The plaintiff
was well fortified with denials of charges
made by her husband. She emphatically
denied that Brokaw had ever told her
about threats made by her father, Mr.
Blair, at Atlantic City, to kill the million
aire. 3he declared she had never smoked
cigarettes in her husband's presence, be
fore their marriage, as Mr. Brokaw had
testified, and she denied ever telling her
maid that she expected sqon to set up a
house of her own and wanted the maid to
work for her.
TWO SWITCHMEN BEATEN
Northern Pacific Accuses Strikers
and Asks Police Protection.
TACOMA. Wash., Dec. 29. (Spe
cial.) Two strikebreakers employed
by the- Northern Pacific in its local
yards were set upon and beaten this
et,Tt!nc by men the railroad officials
assert were striking switchmen.
J. L. Kay. a new man tending
switches near the Fifteenth-street
tower, was roughly handled. He was
knocked down and kicked and received
several bruises necessitating his re
moval to the Northern Pacific Hospital.
He declares that he can identify his
assailants. A new man employed in
the head of the bay yards was set
upon and beaten but not so seriouslv.
according to Division Superintendent
W. C. Albee. who says that warrants
have been issued for the offenders and
that he has also called upon the Mayor
for police protection for the switchmen
now at work.
Goods Purchased This Week on Credit wJkL Charged on January Account
Last
o usRee&e rs
Day
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Dai
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ATTENTION!
Woodmen of the World
The officers of Webfoot Camp No.
65 authorize us to state that their
camp organizer will present one of
our $3.50 Gift Certificates, good in
any department of our store, to
each Woodman who gives to him
the names or applications for two
new members before January 20,
1910. and Jias them initiated later
into Webfoot Camp. Certificates
issued as soon as candidates are
initiated.
Every week during the present year we have endeavored to suggest many useful
and practical things for Housekeepers' Day. This shopping day has become a
fixture. Many people wait for it and profit by it. It occurs to us that possibly
for New Years' day, something in Chinaware would be suggestive; or, perhaps, a
new pair of curtains. There is wide choice and liberal bargains in both today.
Olds, Wortman &Kin
mmmmmw
1 1rish Point Lace
Curtains
Are
Reduced
In this lot are some of the best values
it has ever been our good fortune to
offer on this Housekeepers' Sale Day.
There are some of the daintiest and
most beautiful designs ever shown in
Portland. The values are apparent
upon investigation. Your especial at
tention is called to the display on the
Fourth Floor. Arab color and elaborate
enough for any room in the house. See
them today. Select yours while the as
sortment is large.
$4.00 values for .853.35
$5.00 values for $3 .25
$6.00 values for $3.6Q
$7.00 values for $3.85
$7.50 values for $4 . 5Q
$9.00 values for $5.95
S4.38
SILK PETTICOATS. Extra quality silk taffeta.
ueep ruille. liegular values to $8.50.
Special during' this sale only
WOMEN'S COATS. Wide range for M Q QQ
choice; many stvles. Reg. $35. Sp'l only 0 I JiUQ
WOMEN'S COATS. Including many of the
best we carry.' Great opportunity. QOQ QQ
Regular values to $45.00. Special. .. CZwiwO
A SPECIAL LOT OF
500 PIECES FINE
Challies at 4c
A late and large shipment of
500 pieces of Challies makes
this sale interesting. The lot
includes light and dark colors
and Persian and floral designs.
The entire lot on sale at,
per yard
c- -
4c
Fine Chinaware
Made Special Today
ODD LINES IN HAVTLAND DECORATED
CHINA. This sale includes almost everything
for the table. Plates, cups and saucers, choco
lates, bouillions. ramakins, sugars, cream, tea
and chocolate pots, salad, cake plates and cel
ery trays. An infinite line rrrw rrr
all reduced dSUO JTT
ENGLISH DECORATED CHINA. Choice
line of plates, teas, fancy dishes, jugs from
best English china manufacturers, Minton,
Doulton. Coalport, Cauldon iCrtf 'f
and Copelan Z5y0 KJTT
GERMAN CHINA SPECIALS. Salad and cake
plates, in all sizes, plates for all purposes of every
size. Cups, saucers, fruit, oatmeal, pudding
dishes, chocolate and tea sets, sugars and creams.
jugs and fancy pieces, n rrrr m
on sale at dZ3yb XJtt
VASES AND ORNAMENTS. Art pottery in Brau, Mall, Green, Wel
ler, Rozane, Claywood, Norwood, Narona, Souevo, Delta, Bonn, Am
phora, Tephtz, etc. In pieces from 50c to $75. . -
Big range for selection OUC tO p f
top Rubber Boots
All Sizes $1.50 Pair
If, perchance, there is some little boy or
girl you overlooked in your Christmas
giving, it's not too late to purchase a pair
of these boots. Now that the rainy
weather is about due, this gift would be
exquisitely appropriate. Do it for New
Years. Per pair, all sizes,
4 to 12
S1.50
Best Blanket Specials Yet
Fancy Plaid Wool Blankets. We have a large stock of them, a wide
range for selection of styles and are certain that wherever a blanket
would be welcome, none will answer the purpose better than this.
They come in large sizes and two qualities.
Regular value $7
pair, only. $5.25
Oregon
Wool
Blankets
Fine White Ore
gon Wool Blan
kets. As good as
the best. Made
with either pink
or blue borders.
Regularly sold at
$5.50. On special
sale todav for
only $4.35
Regular value $8
pair, only. $5.85
Silver Gray
Blankets
S3. 95 Pair
Silver Gray Blan
kets. An excep
tionally attractive
value. Warm, com
fortable and dur
able. They are
large size and of
fine material. Reg
ular priee $4.50.
Special . . $3.95
noted, artists, m
Ideal for home
assortment from
which to choose . .
TV
TERRA COTTA FIGURES. These
are very splendid reproductions of
figures and
decorations.
busts.
Great
Half Price
There are plenty for choice
Safety Razors 25c
THE SHARP SHAVER. Guaranteed as good a
Baf ety razor as is on the market. They are made
special to introduce them. Handle with one
blade, Special, 25; Extra Blades, 5 for 25
SHAVING GLASSES Nickel silver, stand and base.
French plate glass, with brush and mug-. Made special
today at OKG-HALF PRICE
MANICURE SETS Comb and brush and toilet sets, col
lar and cuff boxes, baskets in all Christmas novelties
On sale today at ONE-HALF PRICE
CHRISTMAS STATIONERY Left over from Christmas
trade: all in perfect condition; excellent qualitv of pa
per and envelopes ONE-THIRD OKK
1910 CALENDARS A very large stock for selection:
all makes ONE-HALF PRICE
The Greatest Suit Sale of the Year Continues All the Week
Great Stock of $2 Silks at 69c Yard Three Great Embroidery Specials
The Silk Store has never offered Its patrons greater value than in LOT NO. 1. Large assortment of swiss, nainsook and cambric, 3 to 12 inches p-
this sale of silks, comprising an endless variety of styles. They come in width" Reeular values to 45c- sPecial for IOC
on cm i JJ.-L j i i . , ,. , , -ii - t, LOT NO. 2. Fine assortment of swiss, nainsook, cambric and batiste. Reg- ftr
m 20 and 24-inch widths and represent lmes that did not sell rapidly ular values as high as 75c per yard. Special for . 25C
during the Christmas rush. Everything in the lot, values up to 0 Qn LOT NO. 3. 27-inch skirt flouncings. Swiss lawn, nainsook, English eye- 7Crt
2.00, made special this week, per 3-ard UUU let and baby designs. Regular to $1.75. Special for . f OG
EVERYTHING IS
SPECIAL THIS
WEEK
Hahv
Week
HUNDREDS OF
THINGS for the TOTS
INFANTS' SLIPS. These are hand-made,
short or long, trimmed with fine 0 1 C 0
tucks and lace. SPECIAL ONLY. 0 1 1 JO
BABY WRAPPERS. A special line of fine
woollen ones. They are trimmed with harid
scalloping and fancv stitching. Regular val
ues from $1.50 to $7.50. ONE-THIRD OFF.
BABY SHOULDER SHAWLS. These shawls
come in white casshnere and are very QQn
special at only. . : . uOll
BABYS' SKIRTS. Hand-made, long 01 EQ
and short. SPECIAL ONLY O 1 1 JU
COTTON DIAPERS.
Three sizes
Large, dozen. .1.49
BABYS' BASSINHTS.
ues $8.00. SPECIAL
BABYS SHOES. We have all sizes and
wide range of colors for selection.
SPECIAL ONLY.
Birdseve flannel.
Small, dozen .... 77
Medium, dozen. .9S
Regular val- 6 C 0 fl
ONLY. ..... lJuiUO
OiiU d
49c
TARIFF - BILL PASSES
FKKXCH CHAMBEK STFtONGI.Y
FOR PROTECTION".
Stiff Fight Is FrecUcted in Senate
Wliere Differences Must Be
Reconciled.
PARIS, Iec. 23. The Chajjiber of Depu
ties today jas5ed the tariff bill by a vote
of 366 to 42 after a protracted session.
This represents a victory for the high,
protectionists and the tariff commission,
which practically had its own -way.
The government has held aloof and has
not shown its hand except to intervene for
the modification of some schedules that
were bound to menace foreign trade rela
tions. Nevertheless, it is expected that
the government will step in at the final
moment and offer a conciliatory proposi
tion as the bill still has a long road to
travel. Itmust yet pass the Senate and
the differences between the two houses
must be reconciled.
Although the enacting clause puts the
new tariff in force on March SI. lfilO. it
is considered that the bill probably will
not be adopted until later in the year.
It is said that Oiotz. chairman of the
commission, -in his closing speech as
sured the chamber that the bill was
designed only to protect interests of
France and was In no way aimed at
any foreign country.
STUDENT MISSION BEGINS
Five Thousand Attend Convention of
Volunteer Evangelists.
ROCHESTER. X. T.. Dec. 29. With
5000 delegates present from all parts
of the United States and abroad, the
quadrennial convention of the students"
volunteer movement for foreign mis
sions opened here today for a Ave days'
session. The purpose of the conven
tion is:
1. ' To bring together delegations of
students and professors from all Im
portant institutions of learning in the
United States and Canada and mission
ary leaders both at home and abroad.
2. To consider leading problems of
evangelization.
3. To gain a vision of the mission
possibilities of the church.
4. To further the work of extending
the kingdom of Christ among non
Christian nations.
Roller Explosion Kills Five.
KKADING, Pa., Dec. 29. Five men
were Instantly killed early today by the
explosion of a boiler at the new plant
'of the Metropolitan Electric Company
in West Reading. The nightwatchman
had Just left the plant, and the day
force had arrived, when the boiler exploded.
HONOR GOLDEN WEDDING
Fairntonnt Minister and Wife Cele
brate Happy Marriage.
EUGENE. Or. Dec. 29. (Special.)
Rev. C. A. Wooley and wife, of Fair
mount, celebrated their golden wed
ding anniversary tonight at their home.
Mr. and Mrs. ."Wooley have lived In
Oregon 44 years, coming here from
Colorado,
Newport Stores Change Hands. -
XEWPORT, r., Dec. 29. Special.)
Elmer T. Patrick, lately a merchant
of Ashland, has bought the grocery
stores owned by Jake Buxton and, the
Loomls Brothers.
Vancouver's Library Ready Jan. 1.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Def. 28. (Spe
cial.) The new J10.000 public library build
inff. the Rift of Andrew Carnegie to Van
couver, will be formally opened to trie
public on New Year s eve. The follow
ing programme of public exercises will J
be carried out: Violin solo. Miss Etfna
Erdman: reading of the financial report
of the library board. Edgar Swan; ad
dress, Judge Donald McMaster; vocal solo.
Miss Laura Crawford; address, Dr. C. H.
Chapman, of The Oregonian.
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- Uncontrollable. smarting. frequent
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This unusual preparation goes at
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healing, cleansing and vitalizing influ
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The moment you suspect any kidney
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