THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, 3IONPAT, FEBRUARY 14, 191Q.
TAFT'S SPEECH IS
GUIDE TO ACTION
WEST ADMONISHES
OLD WALL STREET
WALTHAM "WATCHES
The Authentic American "Watch
Emphasized Topics Scheduled
for Early Consideration
by Congress.
Sentiment Backs Taft's Reas
surances on Financial
Situation.
SUBSIDY NOT MENTIONED
DEMOCRATS PESSIMISTIC
But President's Lincoln Day Ad
dress in Xew York Generally
'Lauded by Men ot Af
fairs of Country.
CHICAGO. Feb. IS. (Special.) That
the country has been reassured by Pres
ident Taft in his Lincoln-day speech in
New York that the Administration has
no Intention of turning the business
world topsy-turvy, and that the law-'
abiding corporations have nothing to
fear, are keynotes sounded today in
the editorial comment' of the country
on the speech.
Western editors admonish Wall street
that it is time to put its bogeys away
and to get down to business on a basis
of belief that legitimate business is
safe under the Taft Administration.
Sentiment Won't Down.
" The sentiment seems to be -that the
' President fell short of convincing the
people that the tariff law is to be
trusted for results and that in spite of
the New York speech, will go on as
before.
The Democratic press expresses the
view that Mr. Taft is solicitous of the
integrity of his party and that there is
no less cause for worry now than
there was before. He is credited with a
sincere desire to avert anything that
would upset the business equilibrium,
while at the same time adhering stead
fastly to his declared policy of making
the corporations subservient to tnepuo
lic welfare, and not paramount.
With the exception of a few bank
ers, who do not relish the idea of the
establishment of a postal savings bank
system, and some manufacturers who
are opposed to the new law relating to
the regulation of corporations, the men
of affairs in Chicago generally indorse
the President's speech and policies.
Words of Praise Heard.
Of the general tone of the speech the
financiers had nothing but words of
praise.
Many men who' keep well abroast of
the day confessedly had not read the
speech, but would do so later. This
admission by so many Is interpreted as
meaning there was no anticipation of
a "red-hot" talk which would tend to
disturb the popular mind. It was ex
pected Mr. Taft would be judicial in
thought and expression, said the lag
gard readers, and they could possess
their souls in patience and await a
quiet hour to go over the speech.
Here are some newspaper editorial ex
tracts: Chicago Record-Herald The President's
policies toward the interests are those
for which the interests and the entir
public have been preparing, and there can
be no quarreling with the principle of
action which the President proclaimed.
Philadelphia Record That the amount
of reduction (in the tariff) is unsatisfac
tory, even to a majority of the Republi
can newspapers, the President recognizes
fully, and his effort is to convince the
members of his own party that they
ought to be better pleased with the tariff
than they are.
South Expresses Doubt.
New Orleans Picayune His endeavor to
acquit the tariff of assisting the increase
of the cost of living and to lay the blame,
on the overflowing abundance of gold
which the trusts and monopolies have
acquired is specially peculiar.
Baltimore American Mr. Taft made it
clear that it was not his purpose to lead
exploring expeditions into untried ways
of legislation. He did not utter anything
to warrant the assumption that he would
inaugurate policies that would be preju
diclal to bueiness.
Milwaukee Sentinel He certainly Is not
a man to be ewerved from a plain and
sworn duty by a false alarm of "panic"
raised bv a small minority who would
like assurance of Executive immunity in
the form of a liberal enforcement,
which is the notorious euphemism for no
enforcement at all.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat There i
nothing in the address to which Wall
Street should object. Enforcement of the
law ought to carry no terrors for le-gltl
mate trade. The charge that Washington
l responsible for the recent collapse of
the New York Stock Exchange is ausura.
Crops turned out smaller than expected
and the Stock Exchange buDDIe Durst.
Middle West Backs Taft.
9t. Paul Pioneer-Press The President
has no thought of compromising and in
that attitude he will have the backing
of the people. The President Is still on
the defensive in his discussion of the
tariff. If the Payne law is as splendid
an achleveemnt as the President would
have us believe, the appointment of a
tariff commission would seem to be un
necessary. Indianapolis Star He says much about
the difficulty of ascertaining the differ
ence between the cost of production here
and abroad, but he will take no cogni
sance whatever of the fact that any at
tempt to learn or bring about that differ
ence on the part of the progressive Sen
ators aroused Mr. Aldrich to rage and
spleen.
CAR ROLLS INTO RIVER
Kcen Injured When Pullman
Leaves Track In I'tah.
SALT LAKE, Feb. 13. Rio Grande
passenger train No. 2 eastbound, left
the rails at Woodslde, miles west of
Green River, Utah, last ntght. The
Pullman car Ivanhoe rolled down the
?mbankment into the Price river.
Seven passengers in the sleeper were
injured. They were: Mrs. Francis W.
Cooper. Pueblo. Colo., spine and back
Injured: Lillian D. Sinclair. Boston,
slightly hurt internally; J. L. Shepherd.
Denver, cut on chin and chest; H. P.
Gayhart. brakeman. Grand Junction,
hand and knee cut and bruised; Her
bert P. Russell, Worcester, Mass., right
knee bruised; R. E. Fisher, Denver,
shoulder and knee sprained; C. E.
Peona, Modena. Utah, Inhaled gas.
The injured were taken on to Den
ver In another car. A broken rail
caused the accident.
Old Offender Again Jailed.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 13. (Spe
cial.) Wilbur Weddings, well known
In police circles in Portland and in
Vancouver, is again in jail In this city
on a charge of prowling around resi
dences on Esther avenue last night.
Weddings recently served 25 days on
the rockpile at Kelly Butte ia Portland.
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NEW CAUSE FOUND
Mrs. Cowles Was Instigator of
Recent Courtsmartial.
HEART AFFAIR INVOLVED
One Engagement Broken, Two More
Brought to Light and Possibility
of Divorce in Xary Circles All
Fruit of Fight at Dance.
BOSTON, Feb. 13. (Special.) No
Navy squabble of recent years has so
stirred the public as the one Just ended
by the two courtsmartial at the
Charlestown Navy Yard, which result
ed in the practical acquittal of the
two young men accused. Paymaster
George P. Auld, and Passed Assistant
Surgeon A. S. Robnett. Part of this
curiosity was due to the fact that to
the general public the whole affair was
more or less of a mystery, and part
because of the attractiveness of the
women concerned in the affair.
One of the real causes of the trouble,
it has only Just come to light. Is Mrs.
Florence Cowles, wife of Er. E. S.
Cowles, who was set upon by Pay
master Auld at a dance, severely beaten
nd compelled, with his wife, to leave
the function. Mrs. Cowles did not rel
ish this unpleasant humiliation, and
having some influence herself with the
powers in the Navy, was, it is said,
more "than anyone else instrumental in
causing the courtmartlal.
Mrs- Cowles' husband, it was brought
out at the trial, is on a precarious
footing professionally, and his atten
tions to Miss Dorothy Hesler, the beau
tiful girl of Evanston. 111., the theft
of whose picture by him was urged as
one of the reasons of the trouble at
the dance, are said to have given Mrs.
Cowles food for thought. The result
of her cogitations, it is hinted, may
be a suit for divorce soon.
Thus while the trouble may bring
about one separation. It has shown, on
the other hand, two romances in which
hearts will be united. One is that of
Miss Hesier and the young assistant
surgeon. Robnett, whose engagement
was brought to light, and the other is
that of Miss Madeline Swift, daughter
of Admiral Swift, and Paymaster Auld,
which was culminated suddenly after
she had broken her betrothal with
Harry Duer Storer.
YOUTH CARRIES SMALLPOX
Quarantined Here, Returns to Cas
tle Rock, Where Disease Spreads.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., Feb. 13.
(Speical.) Smallpox, has made its ap
pearance here again. It .seems that a
young man working here went to Port
land to visit his mother and while there
a doctor decided that she had smallpox
and quarantined the family for three
weeks. Then the doctor decided small
pox was not the trouble and raised the
ouarantlne.
The young man came back to Castle
Rock and resumed his work. Erup
tions on his face appeared, but as the
doctor at Portland had said it was not
smallpox he continued at his work,
mixing with the men at the mill. Mean
while some of the children of his sister,
with whom he lives, were taken ill.
Schoolteachers became suspicious and
notified the school directors. Dr. Camp
bell pronounced the disease smallpox,
placed the family under quarantine and
notified Dr. Sims, county Health urn
cer, who came from Kalama yesterday
morning and confirmed the diagnosis
of Dr. Campbell. -
AIRSHIP TO BE SHOWN
Educational Exhibit Opens Today in
Connection With Food Show.
Beginning today, an aviation display
will be conducted as a free 'educational
i exhibit in connection with the Pure Food
Show on the iourtn rioor or tne Meier
& Frank main building. This aviation
display includes a real Farman airship,
30 feet from tip to tip, a replica of the
machine with which Farman once estab
lished a world's record for height at 756
feet. Since then the airship has gone
3000 feet high, and this ship is one in
which Aviator Paulhan operated success
fully.! In connection with the aviation exhibit
at the Pure- Food Show there will be
still another attraction in the nature
of a North Pole exhibit. This is also
educational in nature and consists of sev
eral photographs, enlarged,, taken by
Commander Peary on his trip to the Pole
and at the Pole and also includes a rep
lica f the flag which Commander Peary
nailed to the pole. The flag which was
at the Pole will be brought here from
Washington in the latter part of March
While the aviation exhibit is in prog
ress, this week and next, balloons will
be sent up from the roof of the annex
every few minutes, each bearing an
"aerogram" to the finder, entitling him
to certain prizes from the goods shown
at the Pure Food Show. Every article
shown will be Included In this list of
messages sent up from the building.
The airship exhibit will be accompanied
by Lawrence M. Dare, a French aviator,
who, with two assistants," will demon
strate the Farman machine and seven
-models of other machines. These other
machines will be a WTrIght biplane, a
Bleriot monoplane, the Antoinette mono
plane, the Langley monoplane, Santos Du
mont's .monoplane, a Sommer double
monoplane and a Chanute glider. There
will also be a demonstrator with the
North Pole exhibit.
HIGH SEAS RETARD WORK
BODIES FROM GENERAL CHAN-
ZY WASHED OX ISLAND.
Report That More Survivors Landed
on Neighboring Island Is
Not Credited.
PALMA, Island of Majorca, Feb. 13.
The supposition that the boilers of the
French trans-Atlantic steamer. General
Chanzy, exploded after she struck on
the reefs near the Island of Mindorca
Thursday night, Is based largely upon
the character of the wreckage of the
hip, which was reduced almost to
kindling.
The work of salvage and recovery of
bodies continues, but is greatly retard
ed by the high seas. Among the bodies
washed ashore was that of -a woman
with a baby clasped In her arms.
PARIS, Feb. 13. Although a special
dispatch from Toulon- to the Journal
des Debats says that it is reported that
survivors from the steamer General
Chanzy were landed on a neighboring
sland. no confirmation can be ob
tained. On the contrary, everything in
dicated that Marcel Rodel alone escaped.
The loss is given officially as 158.
HERMANN JURY STILL OUT
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divided -for one night and one day.
In the first two trials of that case the
Jury was unable to reach an agreement
after two days' of deliberation. In
the trial of the opium-smuggling oases in
1904 two hearings were had. At the first
hearing there was a "hung jury" for two
davs and nights, but In the second trial
verdict of guilty was reacned alter so
hours' deliberation.
Information as to how the Jury stands
on the Innocence or guilt or Hermann
cannot be obtained, as the approaches to
the Juryroom are guarded closely. The
windows of the Juryroom were peered
into by the curious from morning until
night. In the afternoon Foreman Myers
of the jury was observed seated at tne
open west window, his elbows on his
knees, and one hand holding a pipe.
Back of Myers stood J. C. Smock, whose
arms were extended as if he were making
a speech or was indulging In a comfort
able yawn. In front or the south window
stood Charles W. Risley, coatless, who
held a document as he gazed down upon
the thoroughfare. The scene seemed to
indicate that argument had been aban
doned and that the jurors were waiting
for Judge Wolverton to disperse them
that they could return to the comforts of
their homesJ
Apoplexy Takes Vancouverlte.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 13. (Spe
cial.) Robert J. Taylor, of Vancouver,
died this morning from a stroke of
apoplexy from which he suffered two
days. Mr. Taylor came to Vancouver
in 1883 and settled near Lake Shore.
He engaged in the logging business on
a large scale. He retired three years
ago. He is survived by three daughters.
Mrs. William G. Wolfe. Mrs. Alice H.
Thibodeau. and Mrs. Gertrude E. Smith,
and a son. Robert J. Taylor. Jr.
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Inquiry Into Cost or Living W"ill Be
Directed Toward Defense of
Tariff Appropriation Bills
Coming I'p Soon."
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. The fact that
President Taft in his New York speech
picked out for emphasis such subjects
as postal savings banks, intefstate com
merce legislation, anti-injunction, state
hood and conservation of natural re
sources seems to mark these subjects
for early consideration by Congress.
Especially is this true for the reason
that measures to carry out the party
pledges have reached advanced stages
before the appropriate committees. It
is remarked also that the character of
Mr. Taft's illusions to the Federal in
corporation bill would hardly Justify
the placing of that measure in the
first rank of administration measures.
and the fact that ship subsidy was
Ignored altogether makes it question
able whether the executive will bring
pressure to further its chances.
. Subsidy May Fall la House.
ShlD subsidy legislation seems al
most certain to pass the Senate, but
the Democrats in the xouse are pre
paring to line up against the bill and
believe that with some Republican as
sistance they will be able to defeat it
It is not improbable that the Senate
would then place the measure upon
the nostoffice appropriation as a rider,
in which event a second contest would
be precipitated in the House.
It is expected that the selected com
mittee of the Senate to conduct an In
quiry into the cost of living will be
announced this week. There is little
doubt that Republican members of the
committee will be Senator Lodge, chair
man. and Senators Elklns, McCumber,
Smoot and Crawford. The Democratic
membership has not been determined
but indications are that Senator Sim
mons, of North Carolina, and Senator
Clark, of Arkansas, will be asked to
serve.
Inquiry to Be Speedy.
Republican members generally ex
press the opinion that the inquiry can
be conducted so -speedily as to insure
report before the conclusion of the
present session. They will undertake
especially to demonstrate that the tariff
is not responsible for tne rise in
prices.
The question whether the House com
mittee on ways and means will under
take an investigation of the cost
living is still undetermined. There
is
no general demand for a rival inquiry
and indications are that the House wil
be willing to leave the whole subjec
to the Senate, as the latter's investl
gation is intended to be defensive of
Republican principles and Is designed
for use in the Congressional elections.
Appropriation Bills Ready.
Postal savings banks and appropri
atlon bills will take-up practically th
entire week In the Senate. In th
House, the rivers and harbors bill prob
ably will occupy much time, and there
are other appropriation bills ready for
consideration. Among these is tn
postoffice bill, carrying about $240,000
000, and the Indian bill. It is unlikely
that any Administration bills will b
considered in the House this week.
The Ballinger-Plnchot investigation
is scheduled for resumption tomorrow,
There will be important hearings also
at both ends of the Capitol on the Ad
ministration railroad bill. The bear
ings on the anti-option bill are attract
ing general interest. Hearings will be
resumed tomorrow.
FRUITGROWERS TO BUILD
Eugene Men Secure Option on
Property lor Warehouse.
EUGENE, Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.) The
board of directors of the Eugene Fruit
growers' Association secured an option
vesterday on a large lot known as the
Dunn property, where the association ex
pects to erect a large warehouse. I hi
arrangement is necessitated by the fact
that the property on which their present
plant is located has been sold and the
building will be razed, preparatory to the
erection of a large business block. .
The association has been an Institution
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EATON SEARCH ABANDONED
Walla Walla Authorities L'nable to
Ferret Out Mystery. '
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 13.
(Special.) It was one week ago today
since Mrs. Alice Eaton wandered, from
the ' Oddfellows' Home and completely
disappeared. It was also the first day
that no search was made on the part of
the home officials, and they probably will
do little or nothing more to ferret out
the mystery, which has caused no little
excitement in this city. Wednesday a
search will be made again of the streams,
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