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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1910. MINERS" DEADLOCK CULLS DEAL OFF Question of Admitting Illinois Delegates Causes Open Rupture. ? NO ACTION ON WALKOUT TTnable to Effect Organization Mine Operators and Workers Adjourn Sine IMe May Work Out Plan to Meet Again Soon.. TOLEDO. O., Feb. 4. Unable to effect an organization because of the deadlock on the admission of miners delegates from Illinois, the joint wage conference of the bituminous coal operators and minors of Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania adjourned tonight sine die. No provision was made for another meeting. The adjournment, it is declared, does not mean necessarily a suspension of work at the expiration .of the present contract, April 1. AotAvould Affect All. This would affect all bituminous dis tricts controlled by the United Mine "Workers, as they decreed at their Indianapolis -convention that no district should Bign a wage scale until the scales for all districts were negotiated. Both sides have declared, however, that they will not recede on the Illinois proposi tion. Some plan may be worked out to get the miners and operators together again before April 1. It may be a call for another convention o$ the eelection of a representative scale committee. A meeting of the executive boards of the miners was called for tomorrow. The night session lasted only a short time. As no one had anything to say, the futility of continuing the session wae ex pressed by President Lewis. His sugges tion for dividing the responsibility for adjournment was followed. A delegate from the miners moved to adjourn and one from the operators seconded it. Only Unanimous Vote Recorded. A call by states resulted in the only unanimous vpte recorded in the meeting today. The deadlock was brought about by a division on all points between the miners and operators voting by states. The miners refused to agree to seating dele gates from other states unless the Illinois miners were included. The rules Tequire a unanimous vote on each proposition. The operators stood firm, on the ground that the Illinois operators had notified both parties that they were not bound by any agreement reached here. NEW SERGEANTS ON TOUR Promoted Officers Assigned to Duty Patrolmen "Shaken Up." The three police sergeants recently ap pointed by the Police Commission as sumed their new duties last night. Each of the new incumbents was assigned to a night relief. Sergeant Pattou will tour the KaAt Side precincts, on the first night . relief. Sergeants Wanless and Roberta were transferred to the second night re lief. They were assigned to districts on cither side of the river last night. With the promotion of Officers Patton, ("Wanless and Roberts and the addition of six patrolmen to the ranks, the member ship of the Police Department now num bers 171. To facilitate work on the downtown patrols, a shakeup was made by Captain Kalley in the first night relief last night. Fifteen patrolmen were shifted to "green" beats. Other changes will follow. CONTRACTORS SUE MAYOR K iRRi ns of Vancouver Refuses to Sign Contract Mandate Sought. VANCOUViSR, Wash., Feb. 4. (Spe cial.) Praying for writs of mandate com pelling Mayor J. P. Kiggins, of Van couver, to sign and execute contracts for about $60,000 of street improvements. Rec tor & Oaly, contractors, today filed six suits in the Superior Court. The City Council created the improve ment districts, pawed ordinances pro viding for the improvements and let the contracts early in lt09, but the Mayor refused to sign them. A suit similar to the ones filed today was tried before Judge "W. W. McCredie, now Representa tive in Congress, and decided in favor of the Mayor. This case is being carried to the Supreme Court by the contracting company, and the six new suits are to come before Judge Donald McMaster of the Superior Court. GEN. ANDERSON HONORED AYashingUMi Banquets Army Man, Real History Maker. SKATTI.R "Wash.. FV?h. 4 (Special.). Brigadipr-Oeneral Thomas. M. Anderson, Vntted States Army, retired, was tonisht the punst of honor at a banquet Riven by the WaehinKlon Volunteers' Association. He has been closely Identified with the history of the Northwest and "Alaska. The distinction of being In command of the tirst American regiment that ever crossed an ocean is also his. To these are added his Army record of having risen from a private to Major-General of Volunteers, and from lieutenant to Brigadier-General in the Regular Army. PIONEER DIES IN SLEEP Tlima J. Smith. Once Washington Legislator. Is Dead. KLJC CITT. Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) Tliomnj J. Smith, one of Lincoln County's most prominent cltiaens. died at his home on Big Klk River, six miles above this place, shortly after 3 o'clock, of heart failure. Mr. Smith was In his 65th year. He crossed the plain as & babe in 1S46. Mrs. Smith was aroused from sleep by her liur.sband'H heavy breathing;, but lie was dead before aid could be summonefl. Mr. Smith formerly served three succes sive terms aa State Senator In the Wash ington legislature. "ew Firnis Incorporated. SAI.KM. Or, Feb. 4. (Special.) Articles of incorporation have been tiled in the office of the Secretary of State as follows: Howard Contract Company. Portland: cap ital stock. tl.0rt0.o0O: Incorporators. F. S. Ktunley. Roscoe Howard and A. P. Biles. Orient Hop Company. Portland:- capital stock. 900O; Incorporators, c&arley Font, Yon r Tea Iuck and HI Lonr. Th Peoplee amuwmwt Company, PocV hind: capital stock, li0.O0O; Incorporator.. Charles H. Hill. H. P. A damson and D Boll. Cohen. r Wilkes Abstract and Title Company, Hills boro: capital stock. lO,0"0: incorporators M. H. Stevenson. K- I J oh 11.011 and John R. Holli.t.r. Yamhill Mutual Telephone Company. Tam- Titll; capital stock. $2300; Incorporators. "W. Q. Moore, E. B. Flett and A. C. Goodrich. ITALIAN SUSPECTS LET GO Detective Vrlce Seeks Man Who Sent Him Threatening Letter. Vito Linoco and Leonordo Cargano, middle-aged Italians, were picked up by Detectives Price and Carpenter in the North End last night and accused of knowing something about the au thorship of the Black Hand letter re ceived by Detective Price several days ago. Two magazine revolvers were found secreted in their clothing. Both the Italians professed their ignorance of the threat made against, the slueth's life. Friends of the prisoners came to their assistance, and the suspects were liberated. Since the murder of Domonic Aba sine, an Italian laborer, in the South End three weeks ago. Detectives PRESIDEXT OP THE AM ERICAN" ASSOCIATION OF" BASE BALL (Xl'BS. Thpruaa M. Chlvinjrton. NEW YORK, Feb. 4. (Spe , cial.) Thomas Chivington, of Louisville, is the president of the .American Association of Baseball Clubs. He succeeded Joseph IX O'Brien, who was a candidate for re-election. He will remove the headquarters of the association from Milwaukee to Chicago. Price and Carpenter have been active in the case.' T-heir efforts in hunting for the assassin . have - aroused the wrath of an unknown gang or Indi vidual in the Italian settlement, v De tective Price was the recipient of the threatening letter Wednesday. The missive, written in Italian, bore the seal of the Black Hand society, over which were scrawled the words, "Johnnie Price, I kill you." The receipt of the letter, combined with the facts learned in the investiga tion of the circumstances surrounding the murder, strengthens, the theory of the police that Abastine was a marked victim' of one of the Italian death-delivering organizations. ' . -. . , . TIMBER DEAL IS $1,000,000 Swift Jfc.Co. Buy Large Holdings on Vancouver Island.: - ABERDEEN. Wash..' Feb. 4. (Special.) Involving approximately $1,000,000 "and affecting l.OOO.ooo.OOO feet of spruce timber In British Columbia, a. deal ha just been closed here whereby a syndicate composed of James Hackett, Thomas Morgan and James Shields. . of Aberdeen, and several Seattle men disposed of their holdings to Swift & Co.. Chicago Backers. It is said the new owners will at once build va large pulp mill on the property. There is abundant water power at hand to utilize in furnishing power for the big plant.- The timber is located' pn the north coast of Vancouver Island, In the Kootenay district. " ' ' COUNTY ASSESSORS AGREE Washington" Timber to Be Counted 30 0,00 0 Feet to Acre. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 4. The County Assessors of the various timbered counties of this state met here today and decided that timber t lands in their respective counties should be assessed at- the same percentage as all other property in the county where the timber is located. It was agreed that timber land for as sessment purposes should run 300.000 feet to . each 40 acres and the minimum as sessment on land additional to the tim ber assessments should be $1 an acre. SMALLPOX TO BE CURBED Walla Walla. With 2 8 Cases, Will Take Precautions.' WALLA WATJA, Wash., Feb. 4. Health authorities here are taking elab orate precautions to prevent further spread of. smallpox. There are now 28 cases under quaran tine in. and near the city. No deaths have occurred. . MORE VIOLATORS CAUGHT Alleged Liquor Dispensers Taken In Xear Prineville. VRIXEVILLE, Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) Three more arrests were made by Sheriff Elkins yesterday for violating the prohibition law. They were Dell Eads and Bruce Heisler, of Paulino, and a druggist named Siegel. at Madras. This makes a total of 17 arrests dur ing the week. Boy AVlth Two Pistols Arrested. Carrying two revolvers and a quan tity of ammunition, Johnny Campbell, 15 years old, and living with his par ents at 750 East Eighth street North, was overtaken by Patrolman Porter at Front and Main streets last night and sent to headquarters. The lad will be turned over to the Juvenile Court. Toung Campbell admitted to the po lice that he was an adherent to "Dia mond Dick" literature. Itlght-of-Way Agents Active. MARSH FIELD, Or., .Feb. 4. (Spe cial. Owners of land along the north slough admit that the Southern Pa cific is nectiatjng for the purchase of a right of way in that locality. This would indicate that the railroad is figuring on crossing the bay at North Bend. The deals for the right of way will be closed, it is said, when out-of-town owners arrive .her, K J - " j 1 jSMiMiSMiilymssssi iiininmiiflTiriilTiii nfr INQUIRY MUDDLE Ballinger's Counsel to Furnish Assistance. COMMITTEE NOT PREPARED fresh Start, Resulting in Disclosure of Facte That Interest Public, Will Be Made Pinchot Press Agent Busy. ('3vI wu mojj penujinoo) to Secretary Bellinger, saying that he had been directed hv tho -n t.m K...- t suggest to him the Importance of being represented by counsel to examine and cross-examine witnesses, and to present to the committee In orderly fashion such evidence as would be- material to "the other side." Replying to this letter under date of February 3, Mr. Ballinger said he had followed the suggestion of the commit tee, but that it would require several daVS for bifl .Itnnuv .. , V, 1. 1 toi and some additional time to famil iarize himself with the case. Mr. Bal linger said he had been of the opinion that by not having counsel oresent he would be assisting the committee, or at least would not be hampering it, in mak ing a full lnaulrv of Its own Tv, Haw of the suggestion by the chairman, how ever, ne could do nothing but follow the recommendation of the rnmmittw, tr asked that the further hearings be post poned until Monday. February 14. Delay Is Granted. Following an executive sesssion, which lasted nearly an hour th ist.. . read to the public and the adjournment until February 11 ordered. ' It was said there had been a pretty lively discussion in the executive sesssion over the ques tion of postponement, some of the com mittee members strenuously opposing any flplo tf a 4- V-. I a. i j - 'iio Lime. Jr.t!?!Ute.',y n benefit wl rult from the Investigation unless the investigating committee goes to the very bottom of ministration of the Interior Departmen and Fore8t Servlce If the P n tinues along the lines It followed whei win x. ,.f tfle stanl- the public ..... cnngntened as to th actual- facts. Out of i - " . , , i n . ii mass of testimony partisans will be able to .nut-n capnat as was possib before the investigation started. The whole hanrilfna- v. , tion, heretofore, had been unfortunate mo Administration. The tfouble icu wucn tne House of Represen tatlves. in a moment of disinterest adopted an amendment proposed b Representative Pninria.t.. . - - - ...i, v4 wan- mgton. permitting the witnesses before -.. iu appear with counsel the HOllse artavA Xlo .Ant x consideration whatever and adopted i offhand. 1unt n. fp, m ( ,. . .... i . , it " " ........iv .3 uriuie it u - journment. Senate members Interested ... .,,i,..,B enective. investigation announced that the Poindexter amend ment would be rejected, because th appearance of counsel would tend to lumpnnate tne inquiry and prolong It proceedings, and the amendment wa voted down in the Senate, but when the bill went to conference the Senate yielded, and the amendment was rein stated, except that it was made ap plicable only to Government officials and ex-officials. Committee Xot Prepared. Before the investigation began the Cabinet discussed the advisability of detailing or employing an attorney to be-present, at the inquiry to represent Secretary Ballinger and other officials of the Interior Department, and it was decided that such' attorney would not be necessary. So the inquiry started with counsel representing Glavis. Pinchot, Shaw and Price, but with no legal or other rep resentative of the Interior Department on hand. The proceedings had not gone very far when it was evident to spectators that no member of the In vestigating committee .had . prepared himself. No member had made a thor ough and comprehensive study of the questions involved. Some were groping entirely in the dark; others had onlv a general knowledge of conditions and were unfamiliar with details. This was the , situation while Glavis was on the stand. Glavis gave testimony similar to that which was contained in his origi nal report to the .President. Frequently he cast Insinuations at Secretary Bal linger or Commissioner Dennett, or made statements framed to convey cer tain impressions, and did not follow them up with proof. Glavis was a clever and trained witness, for fre quently these Insinuations passed un challenged, and frequently. when pressed for further explanation, he would interject a fresh remark, sug gesting an entirely new line of thought, a,nd thus led the committee from one topic to another. In that way avoiding i. request for elucidation or substantiation of some statement brought into question. It was the work of a skillful partisan, for seldom did the committee get back to the original question. Thus was Glavis enabled to get before 'the committee and before the country the identical type of at tack w-hich he submitted to the Presl dene a type that was denounced by President Taft and by Attorney-General Wickersham. . There is no question that the Investi gating committee could learn a great deal from Glavis if the members of the committee were thoroughly familiar with the case, and had followed up the various insinuating remarks which were embodied ifi his testimony. - There Is little doubt that an attorney representing the Inter ior Department could have . aided the committee marterially in this respect, but there was no such attorney present no representative of the department or the Secretary: Gifford Pinchot and his former assist ants, who joined with Glavis in instigat ing the charges against Secretary Ballinger, have been in constant attend ance from the beginring of the inves tigation with their attorneys. They have followed the evidence and "are prepared to back up Glavis when they go on the stand. On the other hand, no witness from the Interior Department has been present. No one has been following the inquiry for the Secretary, and the de fense, through this arrangement, is placed at a decided disadvantage, while the ad vantage to the accused is immeasurable. The attorneys ifor Glavis. Pinchot and others, moreover, are to have the privilege-later on of cross-questioning all wit nesses for the Interior Department and the Interior Department has no repre sentative to cross-question Glavis and his associates. This may be changed now that the "de fendants" are to have counsel. John Ver tree, of Nashville, and Carl Rasch. for merly United States District Attorney in the Montana district, will represent Sec retary (Ballingecv Commissioner Dennett aire yora an In most homes there is one room chosen from among the rest for its fair degree of warmth. Ob serve how the children cling to t hat room with the stubbornness of nature; how they fret at the thought of a cold bedroom, and look with horror at the cold ap proach of bedtime and the more grim time of rising. 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AMERICAN Radiators, costing th owner- $31 5, were used to Hot-Water ' beat this cottage. 11111 nil' Vi.fti i ii riii mHt At these prices the goods can be bought of any reputable competent Fitter. This did not include cost of labor, pipe, valves, freight, etc., which installation is extra and varies according to climatic sp4 other conditions. Write to Public Showroom, arid Warehouses located t Chicago, New York, Boston. Philadelphia, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Atlanta, sinneapou, St. Louis, Kansas Cijy, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, Brantford (Ontario), London, Paris, Berlin, and Field .Apent Schwartz. Air. Vertree visited the White -House today in com pany with Secretary Dickinson. Then. Secretary Ballinger joined in- a confer ence witi the President, which lasted an hour. . . " The appointment of Mr. Vertree 'was made after Clyde C. Dawson, of Colorado, had received a request, to act and had de clined. Mr. Dawson has several Import- ant cases pending in the Interior Depart ment, and concluded that his acceptance of the case would open up 'a new flood of criticisms of the secretary by muck raking journals. . ' . t. The committee's1 sefsion today was brief. Attorney Brandels. representing Giavis, made a somewhat heated com plaint to the committee over' the dlay of the Interior Department in furnishing the committee with documentary- evidence called for by the "prosecution." Mr. Ballinger might have "good and .sufficient reasons' for withholding, this evidence from examination by counsel representing Mr. Glavfs, but in vici of hip statements that he wanted a? free and full investigation, counsel thought It incumbent upon him to furnish the evidence in installments as fast as It could be collected. Chairman Nelson said it had been de cided at the executive session to request Secretary " iBallinger to furnish the evi dence In installments, and that he would direct Mr. Ballinger a letter to that ef fect and sent it by ppecial messenger today. There is a side iwme that deserves at REDUCE THE COST OF LIVING! ' DEAL Boilers A No. I-22-WTDEAL Boiler and 422 ft. of 38-in. AMERICAN Radiators, costing the owner $205, were used to Hot-Water heat this cottage. Dept. 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