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THE 3IORNIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1910.
PROBE OF PINCHOT
ROW IS RESOLVED
japan to oppose
ORGANIZED WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC DOES EXIST, FINDS
YOUNG JOHN D.'S GRAND JURY.
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SPERITY RECORD
Knox' Manchurian Dictum in
Much Disfavor.
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Senate Yields, Allowing House
to Select Members of
Investigating Committee.
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REJECTION TO BE FRIENDLY
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JOINT RESOLUTION WINS
New-lands' Amendment to Compel
Persons Involved to Appear Be
fore Committee,. Ijost Xo
Dissenting Voice Heard.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Without .
dissenting voice the Senate today adopted
a joint resolution introduced toy Jones
Irovidins for an Invest (ration of the Ball-InRer-Pinchot
controversy. The Senate
measure, -was passed as a substitute for
' the House measure dealing with the same
subject passed last Friday. An amend
ment was adopted providing . that the
House members of the investigating com
mittee shall be elected by the House
which is In accordance with the Housa
vote on the question. ,
Much to the surprise of many Sena
tors. Mr. Nelson reported the House res
olution without delay. The measure re
ported by the Senate public lands com
mittee, as amended today, was offered
as a substitute. He obtained immediate
consideration. 1
Newlands offered an amendment pro
viding that "any official or ex-official,"
whose conduct might be involved in the
Investigation should appear before the
committee or any subcommittee either in
person or by counsel. This amendment
was promptly opposed by Nelson, who
said such a course was unusual and was
merely a reflection on the committee. Th
amendment received only the vote of
Newlands and his demand for a division
was not seconded, by the requisite number.
bJiXATE SITS OX POIXDEXTEll
After He Gains Counsel Amendment
In House It Is Dropped.
ORKGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 10. Representative Poin
dexter, of Washington (insurgent),
elated at his success in securing an
amendment to the Humphrey resolution
of Inquiry in the House, pursued his
tight to the floor of- the Senate today
and was ignominiously defeated. When
the Humphrey resolution was before
the House Friday Polndexter secured
the adoption of an amendment provid
ing that Plnchot and other witnesses
appearing before the Investigating
committee could be represented by
counsel. When the resolution was called
in the Senate today Poindexter was on
hand. He found his amendment had
been left out and asked Senator New
lands to propose It on the floor. New
lands did so, but was voted down-by
a large majority. Polndexter's pres
ence in the Senate was understood, and
his interference was resented promptly.
Nelson, who objected to the amend
ment, explained that witnesses will not
need counsel, as they will not be on
trial, but merely be expected to tell
what they know. He said that If an
array of attorneys should be admitted
the Investigation would be dragged out
indefinitely and the work of the com
mittee would be hindered seriously.
This action of the Senate means that
the Poindexter amendment Is out of the
hill for good.
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Photo Copyright, 1910, by George Grantham Bain.
JOHX D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.
NEW A'ORK, Jan. 10. Syndicated white slavery is under Are here
today. In the grand jury room, Assistant District Attorney Whitman
asked the investigators of the traffic to find indictments against cer
tain Individuals who, he is satisfied, are leaders of the business
It is believed that the searching Investigation undertaken by John
Rockefeller, Jr., as foreman of the special grand jurv, has already
proceeded far enough to show not only that an organized white slave
traffic really exists, but that there are close relations between traf
fickers in women in the principal cities of the country.
BEARS HUD COTTON
Tremendous Slump Follows
Census Crop -Report.
BULLS GATHER PROFITS
M'KIXS BACKS TAFT'S BILIi
Wc.it Virginia Senator to Introduce
Rate Law Amendment.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Senator El
kins, chairman of the committee on inter
state commerce, will be the Instrument of
the Administration in presenting to the
Senate the Adm! liBtration bill for the
amendment of the interstate commerce
law. He has not decided Just when he
will introduce the measure, but it will go
In within the next day or two.
The Senator is known for hlB conserva
tism in the matter of railroad legislation,
but he has indicated to President Tafi
his willingness' to support this measure.
l AMOVS HOBBEKV ECHO HEARD
Assistant V. S. Treasurer Credited
Willi $173,000, Lost Money.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. An echo of
the mysterious robbery of the sub-Treasury
of Chicapo in 1907 was heard in the
Senate today when a bill was passed
providing for the crediting of J173.000 to
the accounts of William Boldenweck, the
Assistant United States Treasurer.
Boldenweck long ago was absolved
from blame for the loss of the 173 $1000
bills, but the shoi-tage was carried on
Ms books.
Message. Reread In Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Although
the provisions of the special message
of President Taft proposing further
railroad and anti-trust legislation were
known to all of the members of the
Senate, it was read today as a special
compliment to the Executive.
COAST DEFENSE BILL UP
Appropriation Committee Cuts Fund
to $5,617,200 for 1910.
VwVSHlNGTON. Jan. 10. Fortifications
for the United States and Insular pos
sessions for the year 1911 will cost $5,617,
300 $3,500,000 less than for 1910, If the
House adopts the recommendations of the
appropriations committee, submitted to
day. The committee cut the department
estimates for the coming year $1,109.54.543.
The sum of $."00,000 is recommended for
seacoast guns and carriages and for the
purchase, manufacture and test of land
turrets $4.S00. while $200,000 is recom
mended for the construction of fire con
trol stations and accessories.
An appropriation of $440,000 is recom
mended for ammunition and sub-caliber
k'uns for seacoast artillery practice which
Is practically the same amount appropri
ated for the present year. The sum of
$.".00,000 appear for searchlights for im
portant harbors, and $300,000 for the con
struction of fine control station, range
tinders, etc. The estimate of $370,000 to be
used for the alteration and maintenance
jT sea coast artillery is allowed in the
bill.
Eugene Water - Works Pay.
EUGENE. Or.. Jan. 10. (Special.)
City Treasurer Frank Reisner has mala
public hig report of receipts and ex
penditures for the water system under
the management of the city for the
past 13 months. The report shows re
ceipts from water rents amountlp" o
21.0S5.73.
Seeinsr Prices Can't Be Maintained,
They Join Selling Crowd and Cash
In, IjettiniT Shorts Sell Them
selves Into - a Bad Hole.
NEW YORiC. Jan. 10. Under pressure
of enormous liquidation. Involving the
sale of approximately 1,500,000 bales, the
New York Cotton Exchange was hit by a
bear raid today with losses of as high as
$4.80 a bale. William P. Brown and
Frank B. Hayne, who are credited with
being among the leaders of the bull cam
paign, which of late has taken profits es
timated at $13,000,000. were on the floor
of the exchange, active figures In one of
the most exciting sessions in its history.
May cotton, which recently has been as
high as 16.19, dropped as low as. 15.S2:
March to 15.06 as Its lowest point, while
July opened at 16.80, dropping to 15.32, and.
closed a point higher. . May closed at
15.34 end March at 15.15.
The bears fought bitterly and sold on
an enormous scale, several brokers each
selling " 25,000 bales. The bull element,
seeing the drift of things, took profits on
a large scale, probably with the idea of
allowing the shorts1 to sell themselves Into
a hole, and the slump of SI to 82 points
resulted.
appropriations: " Kellett's Bluff Light
house. $30,000; Partridge Point ljght Ves
sel, $60,000; aids to navigation, on Puget
Sound, $6000; tender for the Alaska
Lighthouse Service, $225,000.
BIG MANEUVERS VOTED
SOKTinVEST MILITIAMEN MAY
GO TO AMERICAN LAKE,
House Votes $1,350,000 for Pur
pose, Largest Appropriation Ever
Granted by Congress.
ORHGONIAN NBW9 (BUREAU, Wash
ington. Jan. 10. The House of Represen
tatives today voted into the Army appro
priation bill an item of $1,350,000 for joint
maneuvers during the coming Summer.
If this item is retained by the Senate,
the ' maneuvers will be held at American
'Lake next August, to be participated In
by the militia of Oregon. Washington,
Idaho, Montana and perhaps other states,
in connection with the regulars. This
is the largest appropriation ever voted
by a Congre&s for maneuvers.
The appropriation in the Army bill for
roads in Alaska was somewhat mutilated
in the House today by reason of a point
of order raised against it, but In the
end an Item of $100,000 was retained for
repairing and maintaining the roads here
tofore built.
Fifty thousand dollars for building a
new road into the Ididerot Mining district
was knocked out.
Oregon Postmasters Confirmed.
ORKGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 10. The Senate today con
firmed the following Idaho postmasters:
Nadine Napton, Jerome; Rupert O. Bell,
Milner; William W. Stephens, Rexburg;
Mollie E. Sargent, Glenns-Ferry; Joseph
W. Fuld. Hailey; also Clyde B. Walker,
of Coeur d'Alene, as Register of the Ju
neau, Alaska, Land Office.
The President nominated Christ H.
Schenk as postmaster as Burley.
LaConner Postmaster Named.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 10. The President today
nominated John P. McGlinn for Postmas
ter atwLaConner, Wash.
GAMBLING CHARGE FALLS
Error In Indictment Frees Two
South Bend Men.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 10. (Spe
cial.) The Supreme Court today. Jus
tice Dunbar dissenting, sustained the
dismissal of the felony gambling
charges against C. I. Hoffman and Fred
Crater at South Bend.
The information charged that they
conducted a gambling resort on April
5, 1909, at different dates between Jan
uary 1, 1909, and May 1, 1909. The
lower court sustained a demurrer on
the holding that the language charged
a number of crimes instead of one. The
state contended that it was necessary
In order to make the place a resort'
to name different dates. The Supreme
Court holds against this latter conten
tion and the defendants go free '
LANDSLIDE BURIES MAN
Teamster on O. R. & N. Grade Killed
by Eaxthfall.
COLFAX, Wash.. Jan. 10. William
Heard, aged 58. a railroad teamster,
whose wife and six children live at
Connell, Wash., was killed in a land
slide on the O. R. & N. near . Canyon,
In Western Whitman County, Saturday
evening. Contractor Forest Gipson and
crew were changing the channel of
Canyon Creek. Heard and his team
were buried four feet deep. Contractor
Gipson and Henry Slattery escaped
with the dirt and rocks striking at
their heels as they ran. Jeff Wright
and his sister, relatives of Heard, who
were working at the camp, accom
panied the body to Connell, after Cor
oner Bruning's investigation.
STEAMER" MEN ENTERTAIN
Fifty St. Helens People Look on
Klamath and Voice Approval.
ST. HELENS. Or.. Jan. 10. (Special.)
Charles McCormick & Company enter
tained about 60 guests tonight' with
music, a luncheon and inspection of the
new steam schooner Klamath, which is
here on her initial trip from San Fran
cisco. The Klamath will ply regularly between
San Francisco and St. Helens, and Mr.
McCormick declared tonight that the
steamer for his company would be built
here.
The Klamath is the finest and best
equipped vessel of the steam schooner
class plying on the Pacific Coast.
HALLS CONTROL PHONES
Stockholders Recommend Advance
in Rates at Hood River.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Jan. 10. (Special.)
At the annual meeting of the Home
Telephone Company which took place
today the control of the stock of the
company was shown In the election of
Charles Hall, J. E. Hall and E. O. Hall,
brothers, as members of the board of directors.
V The other directors elected were: At
torney omitn ana c E. Copplo.
A resolution was passed by the stock
holders recommending a raiEe In the
rates.
Heyburn Introduces Bridge Bill.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 10. Senator Heyburn Intro
duced a bill today authorizing the con
struction of a bridge across the Kootenay
River by th (Bonner's (Ferry it ridge Commission.
Senator Piles Would Aid Shipping.
OREGONIAN .NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Jan. Senator S. H. Piles in
troduced, a. fcm authorising tha following
Free Delivery for Klamath Falls.
KLAMATH FALLS; Or., Jan. 10. (Spe
cial.) (Klamath Falls will have free mail
delivery this year, providing vthe postal
receipts for the first quarter of 1910 ex
ceed $2124. The total receipts for the nine
months ending December 81 were $7975.12,
and for the first quarter of 1309 exceeded
the amount necessary for this quarter to
gain th new service by Increasing volume
of postal business. There is no doubt
that the record will be Bm-passed this
year In the opinion of Postmaster Emmitt.
India bu T4 nempM aoi Q73. jri
cflicaiiw i
Nippon's Interest in Manchuria Is
Obtained Through Blood and
Treasure Will Not Willingly
Be Given T7p, Says Hayashl.
ToVlO. Jan. 10. No doubt may be en
tertarned concerning Japan's attitude
toward the American plan to neutralize
the Manchurian Railways. Secretary
Knox's proposition has not called forth
a word of favor from any source, rn
Japan. The diplomats here, while disin
clined to express opinions, certainly do
not support the project.
The Kokumin, a semi-official organ,
representing the view of Premier Kat
sura, says the Japanese reply to the
American note will be couched in friend
ly terms because' the suggestion comes
from a friendly power, but at the same
time inquires whether Germany and
France would be willing to neutralize
hanfung and Yunnan Provinces.
( . Russian War Denied.
The highest authority is given for the
assurance that there is not the slightest
foundation for current reports that Japan
is menacing Russia. The relations and
interests of the two governments are said
to be closer than -ever before.
News dispatches from the United
States, published here, and reporting a
feeling of uneasiness in Russia, have
caused some perplexity In official cir
cles, because recently the steadily im
proving , returns between Japan and
Russia have been strengthened, and
more than ever since both govern
ments are equally and steadfastly op
posed to the proposition of Secretary
Knox. To the foreign commercial ele
ment the whole thing appears imprac
ticable. Japan Wants Manchuria.
Count Hayashl former Minister of
Foreign Affairs, said:
"It amounts to a confiscation, by the
powers, of Japan's right in Man
churia, gained as a reward of heavy
expenditure of blood and treasure. The
popular sentiment Is certainly violent
ly opposed to the proposition."
Count Hayashi compared the pres
ent sltuationwlth that which followed
the Japanese and Chinese war In 189K.
when the powers outmaneuvered Japan
una ooiainea ine rights ror which she
had fought. He insisted that Japan
was observing consistently the conven
tion with the United States, preserving
me integrity 01 umna and maintain
ing the principle of the open door and
equal opportunity.
GERMANY'S REPLY FAVORABLE
Knox' Manchurian Railway Policy
Is Agreeable.
BERLIN, Jan. 10. Germany will re
ply favorably to the proposition of the
United States with reference to the
neutralization of the Manchurian rail
roads, according to a semi-official com
munication issued tonight.
The communication says:
Germany's answer to the American
memorandum will be In the same sense
aa England's, which expresses, funda
mental agreement therewith, as the
American proposition fully recognizes
the principles of the open doer and
equal rights for all, which have always
been the foundations of German policy
in Eastern Asia."
Steamboat Men Were Barred.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan.. 10. With
Robert Minor, the retiring president
Fall upon distracted
households' when
Cuticura enters.
All that the fondest of
mothers desires for the
alleviation of her skin
tortured and disfigured
infant is to be found in
warm baths with
CUTICURA
SOAP
And x gentle anointings
with Cuticura -Ointment
Cured. Only authorized Keeley In
stitute in Oregon. Write for fllns-
OF PORTLAND
NEW BUSINESS WRITTEN DURING 1909:
First quarter (January 1 to April 1) $ 226 000
Second quarter (April 1 to July 1) .-. 247 000
Third quarter (July 1 to October 1) " 333 000
Fourth quarter (October 1 to January 1) i . T." 541 000
Total : $1,347,000
Observe the increase by quarters.
Observe the increase during the last quarter.
October ' $129,600
November 157,400
December 254,000
We enter 1910 writing new insurance at the rate of over $3,000,000
a year. Further gains to be expected during 1910.
iliP'i- v 0 T. B. WILCOX, Vice-Pres.
COOKINGHAM. Vice-Pres. M. M. JOHNSON, Sec'y and Actuary
S. P. LOCKWOOD, Vice-Pres. and Genl Manager
HARRY RICHEY, Manager Portland Agents
of a stevedoring company, clad in a
silk hat and frock coat, superintending
the discharging of her oargo, so that
no steamboat man may touch it, the
four-masted bark Manga Reva, Captain
Townsend, the first sail packet to come
from the Atlantic Coast to San Fran
clsco In many years. Is now being un-
loaded. She sailed from Philadelphia
on September 3. Shipping men are Ju
bilant over the sncoess with which the
clipper braved the stormy Horn, her
cargo arriving In excellent condition,
and say that It will tend to inaugurate
regular sailings from coast to coast.
Captain Henry C. Townsend. a typical
Yankee, brought the Manga Reva
around the Horn. He declared that ho
walked the poop in his pajamas most
of the voyage.
Fujiyama, the volcano that aprar In
all Japanese pictures, is 12.34(5 feet high,
and 1-0,000 pilgrims ascend It very year.
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