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THE MORMXG OREGOMAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1910.
"HEW YORK LEAVES
RULES ISSUE OPEN
thorizes the ways anf means committee
to make a thorough investigation of the
cost of living in the lnited States, to
ascertain costs of production and whole
sale and retail profits, to inquire into the
coat of living in foreign countries, and to
recommend such legislation as will con
tribute to restore prices to the normal
level.
The resolution authorizes the commit
tee to subpena witnesses, to employ ex
perts and to send for records, papers and
ail other needed evidence.
A thorough Investigation of the so
called beef trust is provided in a resolu
tion introduced today by Coudrey of Mis
souri. The resolution appropriates $30,
000 to be used in getting the facts. Fines
of $5000 and Imprisonment for five years
is provided for witnesses who decline to
reveal informs tion to the pommittee.
The resolution provides for a thorough
and complete Investigation of the pres
ent unreasonable and unnecessary ad
vancing prices made- by meat packers and
of the reported hoarding of livestock in
Western yards; of the refusing of large
SENATE DEBATING
POSTAL BANK BILL
ILYEEfllSro
Highest Prices
Paid for
Raw Furs Send
for Pricelist
Fur
Manufacturers
Wholesale .and
Retail
House Republicans of Empire
State Will Support Taft
Measures.
Opponent Expresses Belief!
Leading Ladies' Outfitters
Fourth and Morrison Streets
Measure Will Suppress
Individuality.
FRE-INVENTO
ALE
The week before stock-taking is a notable one. All Winter merchandise left from our Clearance Sale must
be closed out, consequently"!? RICES MUST BE REDUCED. Read the following offerings:
- INSURGENTS ALL IN LINE
VOTE MAY BE DEFERRED
RY
Party Leaders Fall to Secure In
dorsement of Speaker Ship
Subsidy and federal Incor
poration Not Approved.
WSmXGTONV Feb. 1. Republican
members of the New York delegation in
the. House at caucus today voted to sup
port President Taft's policies, but refused
to commit themselves on the question of
Speakership and the rules. Party leaders
nought to have the caucus Indorse the
present rules.
Had the New York delegation sustained
the rules, It is reported, an effort -would
have been made to have the same action
taken by all state delegations.
The Republican insurgent of the House
In general caucus have voted to support
the Administration policy -with reference
to railroad legislation, postal savings
hanks, conservation and the modification
of the law of injunction. Representatives
Gardner, of Massachusetts, and Hayes,
of California, were instructed by the
caucus to convey this assurance to the
President.
The action was taken, it is stated. In
order to give definite assurance to Presi
dent Taft and to the country that "the
insurgents" were unanimously In favor
of all progressive legislation advocated
by the President, it is a conspicuous
fact that the ship-subsidy and Federal
incorporation recommendation of the
President were not included in the list,
and it was stated by one of the "in
surgents," that there had been no en
deavor to reach an agreement on these
subjects.
The Insurgents discussed the question
of a Republican caucus on the proposal
to amend the rules of the House and to
tipose the Speaker from the chairman
ship of the rules committee, and it was
Mated there was practically a unani
mous understanding that the Insurgents
would not caucus on the rules question.
They stand ready, however, to act when
ever the matter is presented on the floor
f the House,
Today there appeared no prospects of
a. general Republican caucus on the rules
in the near future. The "Insurgents"
will not urge it and all but three of four
of their number, it Is said, are opposed
to entering such a caucus.
Therefore, the petition for a call which
was drawn up by Representative Hayes,
of California, for circulation, is held In
abeyance, and the latter may not at
tempt to get signatures for the purpose.
SWOPE INQUEST PUT OFF
Coroner Insists Investigation AVhen
Made Will Be Thorough.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 1. Following
the sensational developments of yester
day, a decided lull that probably will
iast for several days came in the Swope
:ase today.
rr. B. It Sewart. County Coroner;
Judge William T. Johnson, attorney for
Mrs. B. C. Hj-de, and Thomas Swope.
Jr., nephew of the late Colonel Thomas
H. Swope, arrived this morning from
Chicago, where they had Kone to confer
with the chemists.
Coroner Sewart said that inquest to
investigate the death of Colonel Swope
would not be called before next Mon
day. "The inquest will not be held before
the specialists make their final report,
as one of them, l"r. Ludwlg Hektoen,
will testify at the hearing," said the
Coroner.
Ir. Sewart said it was uncertain how
long the Inquest would last, but that
the Investigation would be thorough.
DEED TO BABES DEFENDED
"'Senator and Mrs. Tillman Hesist
Claims oT Daugliler-Iii-l.n w.
COLUMBIA. S. C. Feb. 1. Senator
Ren R. Tillman and his son. B. R.
Tillman, Jr., were present when the
case of Mrs. B. R. Tillman, Jr., against
Senator Tillman ami his wife for the
custody of her two children was taken
up by the Supreme Court here yester
day. Young1 Mrs. Tillman was also n
court. Senator and Mrs. Tillman rest
their case entirely on the statute law
of South Carolina, which in part is as
follows:
"Section l!t!S9 The father of any
child or children, under the age of 1
and not married, may dispose of the
custody and tuition of such child .'.r
children during such time as they re
main under the age of L'l years, to any
persons."
Under tit is act his son deeded the
two children to his'father and mother.
IACK JOHNSON INDICTED
Pugilist's Fljrlit With Another Xcgro
Kotu-hes (iraml Jury.
NKW YORK. Feb. 1. Jack Johnson
was indicted today by the grand jury
here for assault in the second degree,
the result of a fight in which he fig
ured with another negro in an uptown
hotel recently.
Johnson's counsel was notified to pro
duce the rugilist in -ourt tomorrow.
AVIATOR'S LEGS BROKEN
Singer, American, Falls at Cairo,
Three Fractures Sustained.
CAIRO. Egypt. Feb. i. Mortimer
Singer, the American aviator, fell with
an aeroplane in which he was practic
ing today. Roth of his legs and an arm
were "broken.
I". S. MAY PROBE HIGH PRICES
Pay lie Submits Resolution Asking
Inquiry by Ways and Means Body.
WASHINGTON". Feb. 1. The cost of
living In the United States is to be
thoroughly inquired into by the House of
Representatives through its met power
ful committee the ways and means.
Representative Payne of. New York,
chairman of that committee, today Intro
duced his resolution providing for an
investigation -along the broadest lines.
The resolution, which will be referred to
the ways and means committee and
doubtless reported toack for passage, au
Bl'HM.GTOX ROAD GETS NEW
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Darius Miller.
ST. PAUL, Feb. 1. It was an
nounced today that Darius Miller
had been elected president of the
Burlington Railroad at the
directors' meeting in New York.
Howard Elliott, president of the
Northern Pacific Railway, was
made a directorfof the Burlington.
NEW YORK. Feb. 1. The di
rectors of the Colorado & South
ern Railroad this afternoon took
action similar to that of the Bur
lington board in relation to the
resignation of George B. Harris
as president. Mr. Harris was
continued as chairman of the
executive committee, and Darius
Miller, formerly a vice-president,
was elected president. C. O.
Burnham and H. E. Byram were
made vice-presidents.
orders and the holding of supplies in
freezers to create the Impression of a
shortage.
The committee will consist of six Sen
ators and six members of the House and
must report to the present Congress.
CATHOLIC FIGURES GIVEN
OFFICIAL, DIKECTOBY IIAS STA
TISTICS OF NORTHWEST.
Liocal Diocese Second in Number of
Clergy and Catholic Popula
tion Other Items.
MILWAUKEE, Wi., Feb. 1 (Special.)
The 1910 Wilrzlus official directory of
the C.tholic Church in America gives
the following statistics for the Pacific
Northwest:
Diocese of Seattle Secular clergy, 81;
religious, 63: total. 133.
Churches with priests, 75; missions. 101;
total churches. 176.
Seminaries, none; etudent9. 18; colleges
for boys. 6; academies for girls. IS; par
ishes with schools, 32; children attend
ing. 6100.
Orphan asylunis. 6; orphans. 511; chari
table institutions, 25; total children in in
stitutions, 52)3: Catholic population, 85.000.
Diocese of Baker City Secular clergy,
ll:yreligiou9. 10; total. 21.
Churches with priests, 14; missions, 8;
total churches. 22.
Seminaries, none; students, 11; colleges
for boys, none; academies for girls, 4;
parishes witli schools, 5; children attend
ing. 705.
Orphan asylums, none; orphans, none;
charitable institutions, 2; total children
in institutions. 1025.
Catholic population. 6000.
Archdiocese of Oregon City Secular
clergy. 60; religious. 40; total. 100.
Churches wUh priests, 4y; missions, 51;
total churches. 100.
Seminaries. 1; students. 10; colleges for
boys. 3: academies for girls. 12: parishes
with schools. 36: children attending, 4500.
Orphan asylums. 3: orphans 225; chari
table institutions, 12; total children in in
stitutions, 4S00.
Catholic population. 42.000. -
ALBANY HAS BAD BLAZE
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Loss of Fully $4000 Incurred by
Fire of Unknown Origin.
A DBA NY, Or., Feb. 1. (Special.) Fire
broke out In the building occupied by the
butcher ehop and general market of A.
M. Holt in the heart of Albany's busi
ness district at 7 o'clock tonight, but was
confined to the one structure. Losses are
as follows:
Damage to wooden building, owned by
S. B. Young. J400; no inrorance.- Damage
by fire and water to stock in the two
markets, $JO0O; insurance, $1500.
There was $4000 worth of machinery, in
cluding a cold-storage plant in the meat
market, but the damage to this cannot be
ascertained tonight. The cause of the fire
is unknown.
King's Decision Alarms Germany.
BERLIN. Feb. 1. The decision of King
George of Greece to call a national as
sembly awakens apprehension in Ger
man government circles, ' lest the step
lead to serious complications with
Turkey. f
"We have for eale an acre of ground on
the "Wert Bide located on the- extension of
Sixth street, near the quarry. The prop
erty is Improved with one large ftouse,
two small ons and two small stables
producing an income of $32 per month or
about per cent on the purchase price
of $4J00. This is a splendid location for
an expressman, being accessible without
climbing and it Is but partially improved
although few properties pay equal Income
with this as it stands. With a slight
further outlay the income might be ma
terially increased. Aside from this it is
an opportunity of procuring a home and
an income with ample facilities as well
for caring for 12 horsas. If interested
would be pleased to show property.
JACK SOX & DEERING.
16 Stark Street
Measure Intended Only to Give Op
portunity to Poor to Save, Says
Defender Oklahoma Expe
rience f Is Cited.
WASHINGTON', Feb. 1. The Postal
Savings Sank bill was debated at length
in the Senate today. Its consideration
will be resumed tomorrow. Senator Car
ter asked for an agreement that, when
the vote on It should be taken, it should
be by ayes and nays. The request met
such a vigorous opposition from Sena
tors Bacon and Gallinger that it was
withdrawn. Senators objecting declared
that the manner of the vote should be
determined when the bill was reached.
Senators Bacon and Cummins presented
amendments to the provision regulating
the deposit of postal savings funds, and
Mr. Cummins spoke In explanation of his
suggestions, which provided for the de
posit of the money in commercial banks
in towns and cities in which there are
"postal banks. He said that, if his pU-in
were adopted, local postmasters would
be prepared at all times to meet de
mands for the withdrawal of funds and
would not be compelled to get funds
from Washington.
Philippines Hare System.
- Responding to an inquiry from Mr. Gal
linger, Senator Carter said that the Phil
ippine Islands had not been included in
the bill because they had their own pos
tal savings system, while Porto Rico,
Alaska and the Canal Zone, having no
such system, had been embraced .within
its provisions. Mr. Gallinger still in
sisted that in any general measure of
the kind the Philippines should be in
cluded. After extended debate, Mr. Car
ter gave notice that tomorrow he would
ank tVif fnuto tf ptpo trt vnt rn thA
bill next Monday, but afterward, on re- .1
quest of Mr. Gallinger, he consented not
to do so.
Although expressing a purpose of op
posing the bill, Mr. Smith (Mich.) ad
vanced the opinion that the measure
should be considered with great care.
He confessed that, insofar as he had
been able to give attention to the sub
ject, he had been led to believe that the
measure "smacks largely of paternal
ism," and he feared that it would inter
fere with the development of individual
ity, which heretofore had been the great
distinguishing feature of the United
States.
Plan Xot Experimental.
Mr. Carter replied that Postal Savings
banks were not an experiment, as they
had been tried thoroughly in Great Brit
ain and other European countries. The
bill did not, he said, propose to inter
fere with banking or to do more than
furnish to the poor an opportunity to
save their small pittances. They should
be encouraged to save, he said. But
the Government should guarantee re
payment In reply, Mr. Smith declared that Mr.
Carter's - reasoning sounded much like
that which accompanied the adoption of
the Oklahoma Bank Guarantee Law.
Senator Owen, Interrupting, declared
that, since the passage of the Oklahoma
law. state bank deposits had increased
from $1S,000,000 to $50,000,000.
Mr. Smith replied by referring to re
cent bank failures in Oklahoma which
had, he said, caused criticism of state
officials who were supposed to make su
pervision of them.
COMMISSION TO HAVE FCXDS
Senate Committee Kes tores Immigra
tion Item Once Rejected.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. A bill to pro
vide funds to carry on the work of the
Immigration Commisssion, as provided
for by the urgent deficiency appropriation
bill, was reported to the Senate today.
The Item of $125,000, which was stricken
out of the bill after heated debate in the
House, in which the efficiency of the
Commission was questioned and extrava
gance was charged, has been restored
by the Senate committee on appropria
tions. This fund will be available only
until December 5 of the present year,
when it Is expected the work of the Com
mission will be concluded.
The urgent deficiency bill, which was re
ported to the Senate today, carries $5,713,
124, a net increase of $596,799 over the
amount of the measure as it was pa-ssed
by the House.
Judges of the Customs Court of Ap
peals will receive only $7000 annually, in
stead of $10,000, as fixed by the tariff bill,
which created the court. The urgent
deficiency bill as it passed the House ap
propriated $7000 for each judge, but .did
not clmnge the law, as has been done in
the bill reported today.
CAREY WOULD BUY MAIL-CARS
Washington Member Introduces Bill
for Government Ownership.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 To protect the
lives, of Government postal employes on
trains and prevent the loss of mail by
fire. Representative Carey, of Washing
ton, is in favor of the Government buy
ing its own mail cars and contracting
with the railroads for their hauling. He
has introduced a bill that authorizes the
Postmaster-General to proceed with the
work of contracting for these cars .to
put them in use as t rapidly as possible
and to have all railroads fully equipped
with them by 1915.
A bill fixing a minimum "number for
train crews of railroads was introduced
by Representative Martin, of Colorado.
It provides that a freight or construction
train of 25 cars or less must have an en
gineer, fireman, conductor and ,two
brakemen. For over 25 cars it must nave
a flagman in addition.
National Coal Reserve Sought.
WASHINGTON, Feb, 1. The coal
fields of Alaska, just now so much un
der discussion in Washington and
throughout the country, are the subject
of a lengthy bill introduced in the
House by Delegate Wtckersham, of
Alaska, providing that 15,000 acres of
the best coal-bearing lands of Alaska
be set aside by the United States in
perpetuity as the National. Coal Reserve.
Provision is made for the withdrawal of
5000 acres each from th Katalla and
Matanasuka districts, and 5000 more
from the Kenar and Alaska Peninsular
areas.
While it is often Impossible to pre
vent an accident, it is never impossible
to be prepared It is not beyond any
one's purse. Invest 2o cents In a bottle
of Chamberlain's Liniment and you are
prepared for sprains, bruises and like
injuries. Sold by ail dealers.
-Wednesday and Thursday
Pre-Inventory Bargains in
Cloak and Suit Department
TAILORED SUITS C11 QC
VALUES TO $50.00 T11
EVENING CAPES ? Q
VALUES TO $40.00 ILdmUkJ
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10 DEAD; 17 LOST
Gas Explosion Fatal in Ken
tucky Mine.
HOPE IS STILL HELD OUT
Interior Is Xot Ablaze, and as Fans
Are Still Working, It Is Believed
That Many Entombed Men
May Be Saved.
DRAKESBORO, Ky., Feb. 1. Ten
men are known to be dead and 17
others are missing1, presumed to be
penned up in entries by falls of slate,
as a result of a gas explosion In the
Browder mine, one and one-half miles
from Iralcesboro, at noon today.
At 8 o'clock tonigrht eight bodies
had been recovered, all horribly muti
lated and some past identification.
As soon as it was safe to beg-in the
rescue worlt miners were sent down
in relays under direction of J. Aber
crombie, mine foreman, and G. Reyn
old's, mine superintendent.
Bodies Hurled Far.
In the immediate vicinity of the ex
plosion, ten men had been working1.
The concussion threw the bodies many
feet. What caused the ignition of the
gases has not been ascertained.
The other men were in entries only
a few feet from the workings where
there was the greatest known loss of
life, and searching parties have been
unable to find these entries. It is
believed all the men entombed there
are dead.
One Man Found Alive.
At the pit mouth, wives of the dead
and missing miners crowd about await
ing reports of the rescuers.
Jesse Jongan was rescued alive, but
is so badly burned that his recovery
is doubtful.
The mine is not on fire, and the fans
are working. This gives rise to the
hope that all the bodies may be re
covered by daylight.
The Browder mine, with three oth
ers in this vicinity, recently was pur
chased by a syndicate of Tennessee
and West Virginia capitalists.
MEX - XEARLY DEAD .RESCUED
Rescue Farty Works While Fire Is
Kaging in Mine.
PEORIA, 111., Feb: 1. While fire was
raging in the shaft and upper works
a rescue party entered the escape shaft
of Sholl mine at South Bartonville, a
mile away from the main shaft, and j
brought two miners, nearly dead from
suffocation, to the surface.
All the upper works and wooden con
struction in the main shaft were
burned.
SPAN FALLS,. CARS CRASH
Three Killed, 2 2 Hurt, in Canadian
' Pacific Accident.
WIXXIPEG, Feb. 1. A Canadian Pa
cific railway bridge toetween Leth
bridge and Macleod, Alberta, on which
a work train was standing, collapsed
and 40 workmen were precipitated to a
gully below, three of them being killed.
Engineer Moore, Conductor McKillers
and 20 others were badly hurt.
Freight Crashes Through Bridge.
TELLCT1DE, Colo.. Feb. 1. Three
trainmen were seriously injured. one
fatally, last -night when two engines on
the Rio Grande & Southern Railway
plunged through a bridge over the San
Miguel River. A heavily loaded passen
ger train had just passed over the bridge
in safety.
Wife Tires or Eugene Field, Jr.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1. A literary tern-
Wednesday and Thursday
Pre-Inventory Bargains in
FUR DEPARTMENT
Your Choice of any Fur - 7C
Values to $15.00 for $0.1 D
Your Choice of any (J1 A Of
Fur, Values to $25 $ 1 U..-1O
perament that caused Eugene Field.
Jr., son of the poet, to lie in bed at
night reading, prompted his wife, Mrs.
Elinor Field, to. bring suit for divorce
In the Superior Court yesterday. The
temperament, she avers In her bill,
made their married life uncongenial
The Fields were married in New Or
leans in 1905. The young couple de
cided to live in a cocoanut grove in
South America and the honeymoon was
spent in selecting the site.
Marriage "Bureau" Mail Seized.
JTO'HNSTOWN, Pa., Feb. 1. Alice
Peterson, of this city, is in sore dis
tress. There is a large number of let
ters In the Postoffice for her, but the
Postmaster refuses to turn them over.
It appears Alice has a husband, from
whom she has not been divorced, and
has been conducting a flourishing cor
respondence with tender-hearted men,
ostensibly with a view to matrimony,
the alleged profit of the correspondence
being in the form of inclosures of sums
of money needed to convey her to the
town in which the husband-expectant
has his home.
The woman is said to have victimized
a large number in New York, Ohio and
Western States. She says she had in
tended to pick the one she liked best,
and return the money to the others.
T. J. Hill to Colonize Iesehutea.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. President J.
J. Hill, of the Great Northern and Ore
gon Trunk Railroads has called for
maps and statistics of Oregon. He says
that his road will undertake the
colonization of the Deschutes country,
and will prepare and distribute bulle
tins relating to Oregon industries, sim
ilar to those for Montana and Wash
ington. Great Northern to Try Gasoline.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 1. Within
the next three months the Great
Northern Railway will begin a sub
urban service between Seattle and
Questions Answered
BY
THOMPSON
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST
Ten Yearn In Portland and the
LargMt Practice in "the Pacific
Aorlhwftt.
Q "Wny do school children with
good sight require glasses?
A Mainly to rest the eyes. The
eye does not obtain its growth
until the child is about the age of
twelve. The growing eye is taxed
beyond its strength ; the proper
glasses rest and preserve the eyes.
QWhy do children
squint ?
A By squinting or frowning the
muscle in the eye is relieved of
strain; this is nature's way. Study
glasses relieve this strain, and thus
prevent squint.
QWhy do children have eye
headaches ?
A An eye headache is a reflex
" pain caused by straining the
eyes; the pain may be over the
eyes or through the temples. The
remedy for eye headaches is relief
glasses to be worn while studying.
One charge covers the entire cost
of examination, glasses, frames.
THOMPSON
Second Floor Corbvtt Butldins,
Fiftk and Morrison.
Member American Association of
Optometrists.
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Wednesday and Thursday
Pre-Inventory Bargains in
Millinery Department
TRIMMED HATS W QK
VALUES TO $25.00
A FEW TRIMMED HATS AQP
VALUES TO
Wednesday and Thursday
Pre-Inventory Bargains
In Knit Underwear Department
CHILDREN'S AND WOMEN'S
KNIT UNDERWEAR AT -
HALF-PRICE
Everett, 35 miles north of here. Gaso
line motor cars will be used in the
service, and they will be run every
hour. It 'is expected that the work of
double-tracking the line between here
and Everett will be completed by
June 15.
Springfield Storms City Council.
SPRINGFIELXX Or., Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) Some 40 property owners
stormed the City Council at Its meet
ing last night, demanding that action
be taken toward straightening of four
streets that are out of line. There Is a
strip of four blocks between Fifth and
Iff Wteifllii ifv
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The March
Progress is the life of the age ; betterment the f oundev
tion of success. Fulton's steamboat, Howe's first
sewing machine and Bell's first telephone are hardly
known toda3r. The Player-Piano has been in prog
ress of evolution and has reached a never-thought-of
perfection in the Hardman.
The conception and evolution of the
Hardman Autotone
was not the spasmodic outcome of a moment, or a
year; it is the result of the untiring effort and scien
tific endeavor of the Hardman Piano Co., with over
seventy' years of unexampled manufacturing success.
Its permanent place as a true interpreter of har
monious sound is an achievement in the world of
music by its demonstration of superiority. Its Tone
is distinctive and cannot be duplicated any more than
you can duplicate a person's individuality. -.There is
ah Originality and magnetism about it that attracts
admiration. Its value in the home is increasing ev
ery da-and its service is that of a lifetime.
Come in and examine the Hardman Autotone
personally. Let us demonstrate it to you, or better,
try it yourself.
All makes of pianos taken in exchange. Conve
nient terms of payment may be arranged.
304 Oak Street, Between Fifth and Sixth".
Other Stores San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Stockton, San
Jose and San Diego, Cal.; Phoenix, Ariz., and Reno, Nev.
$10.00
Ninth streets that Is out of line with,
the streets on each side and the own
ers wish the proper survey and change
made before the rising price of property
makes it too expensive. The matter
was referred, after heated discussion,
to the street committee.
Pouley Goes to IVnitontiury.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) George Pouley, who received T.n
indeterminate sentence in the State
Penitentiary after being convicted on a
statutory charge, was taken to Walla
Walla this morning by G. E. Graham,
a guard from the prison.
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