rrc JlOKXTyG OSKGOXIAX, TITTTRSDAT, FEBRUARY 17, 1910.
BILL MAY BE LOST!
'ostal Savings Banks Meet
Trouble in Senate.
ROOT AMENDMENT OPPOSED
Cnless Compromise With Advocates
of Smoot Plan Can Be Reached,
It Is Admitted That Mea
sure Cannot Be Passed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. What may
prove to be an irreconcilable conflict
between the advocates of the postal
Ravings bank bill in different forms
.now threatens to prevent the passage
af the bill. Opposition developed
atrongly today to the amendment of
Senator Root, of New York, providing
for the investment of the postal de
posits in United States bonds. The
tendency of this amendment would be
to centralize funds, and it is opposed
by the advocates of the Smoot amend
ment, which seeks to require the re
deposlt of these deposits in banks in
the vicinity, in each instance, of the
pestofflces- in which the deposits are
received.
Advocates of the Root amendment
argue that with the Smoot amend
ment attached the postal savings
bank bill would not be constitutional.
The situation developed suddenly
soon after the -Senate met, and it came
in connection with a peculiar parlia
mentary tangle. The ordinary calendar
was taken up and all the generally ac
cepted bills were disposed of within an
hour. Senator Carter moved an execu
tive session, which at 1:10 P. M. re
sulted in adjournment for the day.
While the executive session was pro
ceeding, a number of the friends of the
original postal savings bank bill got
together and upon comparing notes
found themselves unalterably opposed
to the Root amendment. On the other
hand, there are many Senators who are
stanchly supporting the Root provision,
and unless a compromise can be reached
the doom of the bill admittedly Is
sealed.
The statement of the President in his
Lincoln day New York speech that if
the Root amendment should prevail the
funds would be invested In the 2 per
cent bonds which have failed to find a
market, has had fhe effect of render
ing the antagonism to -the amendment
far more intense.
GARFIELD HAS POTOR PtiAX
Co-operation With Slates in Leading
Sites Is Advocated.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16. A hearing to
day was given by the full committee on
public lands to ex-Secretary of the In
terior James. R. Garfield. He discussed
chiefly the bill relating to the develop
ment of water power through the leasing
of the public land adjacent to the water.
As a general principle he approved Sec
retary Ballinger's proposal, but suggested
a number of changes which convinced
the committee that considerable attention
must- be given to the question involved.
Mr. Garfield believes ttiat the water
power should be developed, by co-operation
of the Federal and state govern
ments. He indorses the suggestion of
leasing the public lands adjacent to
water sites to concerns which will un
dertake to develop power under condi
tions that will prevent monopoly. He
suggested 25 per cent of the proceeds
from rentals should be paid by the Na
tional Government to thfe states in which
the power is developed.
"Why not 75 per cent?" asked Senator
Smoot.
Mr. Garfield said ho had named 25 per
cent, as that was the amount the states
received from proceeds of forest reserve
rentals.
Mr. Smoot called attention to the fact
that it was costly to administer forest
reserves, while It cost little to lease lands
for water power development. Mr. Gar
field then said he thought the states
should receive 75 per cent of the rentals.
IIERRIXG FISHING THREATENED
senate Committee. Opposes Rales
Assented to by Dr. Jordan.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. The herring
industry of Lake Huron would be de
stroyed if regulations prepared by the
International Fisheries Commission
were put in force. In the opinion of the
Senate committee on foreign relations.
The committee today referred the
regulations back .to Secretary Knox.
The representative of the United
States on the International commission
was David Starr Jordan, of Leland
Stanford University, and Canada was
represented by its greatest expert on
fishing In boundary waters, Edward
Ernest Price.
DOUGHERTY CASE DELAYS
Pardon Board Will A Walt Further
Interpretation of Law.
JOLIET, 111.. Feb. 16. The proceed
ings of the parole board today were
thrown into confusion by the announce
ment of the Supreme Court decision
declaring the parole law unconstitu
tional, but after consultation between
Chairman E. A. Snlveley and Charles
Eckhart, a board member, it was de
cided to hear the Newton C. Dougherty
case unofficially.
This action was based partly upon
the interpretation of the decision by
Warden Murphy, who said it merely
had taken away the power of the board
to parole and had placed that power
definitely in the Governor's hands, the
board still having power to make
recommendations.
Attorney Joe Weil. representing
Dougherty, told the board that all
money alleged Ho have been embezzled
by Dougherty had been paid back.
The attorney cantended that there
never had been any criminal intent on
Dougherty's part, but that he was- the
victim of his own kindness, inasmuch
as he had helped teachers financially.
States Attorney Scholes declared that
the evidence produced at the trial was
sufficient to convict; that it would be
a slur on justice to release the man and
ignore the findings of the jury.
The boardwili reserve consideration
until better Informed of the court's de
cision. ' f Sunnyside Voices Protest.
Protests were made at a meeting of
the Sunnyside Push Club last night
against having the new park at Laurel
hurst called the Ladd Park, and against
the proposed change In the name of the
Sunnyside school. The meeting went on
record as favoring the park being named
Sunnyside Park. A committee was ap
pointed to apply for more lights in the
district, and it was voted that the or
ganization should become affiliated with
the United East Side Push Clubs.
SEeiilflTYoFG
SURETY
WELLINGTON ; is high and sightly Has' a gentle slope
to the north Graded streets Water to every lot Six
foot cement sidewalks Cement curbs and other improve
ment advantages that guarantee WELLINGTON as a fine
Residence Park
Largest Realty
ROOSEVELT STILL HUNTS
TRIP FOR" MOKE GAME DELAYS
PROGRESS HOMEWARD.
Voyage Down White Mle to lie Made
in Ijauneh Lecture Dates
Are Provisional.
GOKDOKORO, Sudan, on the Upper
NIIp, Feb. 16. Until Colonel Roosevelt
reaches Khartoum it 'will be Impossible
to outline with any degree of accuracy
his plana for his visit to the European
capitals. The ex-President was due . to
arrive here today, but owinff to his de
eire for a hunting expedition for elephants
and giant elands on the Congo side of
the Bar-el-Jabel, which will occupy a day
or more, he will not reach Gondokoro un
til tomorrow night or Friday.
The trip down the Bar-el-Jabel and the
White Nile in the launch of General Sir
Reginald "Wingate. Sirdar of the Egyptian
army, will then begin. A short trip will
be made to Cairo, where Mrs. Roosevelt
will meet her husband. The voyage
down the Nile to Cairo will be leisurely.
The date for Mr. Roosevelt's lecture in
Berlin is uncertain, but probably will be
about May 15. Prior to that he will de
liver hla address at Christlanla before the
Nobel Peace Prize Committee. His en
gagements also include an address at the
Sorbonne. Paris', in April, a visit to Italy
and hurried trips, to v Vienna and Buda
Pest. ,
Colonel Roosevelt will reach England
the third week of May and will sail for
New York the middle of June. All dates,
however, for the present are provisional.
GERMAN POLICE IN CLASH
Disturber's Arm Cut Off as He Tries
to Tlirow Stone.
KIEL, Prussia, Feb. 16. Further
disturbances occurred last night at
Neumeunsten, province of Schleswig
Holstein, where two indignation meet
ings were held to protest against the
action of the police in interfering- with
Sunday's demonstrations against the
proposed Prussian franchise law.
After the meetings had adjourned
the crowd gathered at the town hall
and hooted and stoned the police. The
latter attacked with drawn sabers, hut
as they were unable to disperse the
mob, a company of infantry with fixed
bayonets cleared the square. Several
of the police and some of the demon
strators were wounded.
A policeman with a saber cut off a
man's arm as his hand was raised to
throw a stone at the police.
LABOR SHORTAGE IS FELT
South African Industries Suffer
From Lack of Workmen.
From the Transvaal a serious short
age of native labor is reported, the ef
fects of which are being felt, not only
on the mines, but on the farms. The
optimists, who at the time of the Chi
nese agitation confidently asserted that
there was an ample supply of native
labor for all the needs of South Africa,
if only the capitalists would let it come
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Those Who Make Early Reservation Will Enjoy the Best Advantage
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Operators on the
forward, and now silent or to have
changed their minds. It is clear that
the available supply is insufficient, for
existing developments, to say nothing:
of the requirements of the future.
Some talk of forcing more natives
out to work by increased taxation or by
other means. Others think that the in
dustries can worry along by getting
more natives from the territories north
of the present recruiting areas. It is,
however, regarded as doubtful whether
natives can be obtained from there in
any numbers, or, if they can, whether
they can work in the mines of the
Kand without an excessive death rate.
But assuming both conditions to be fa
vorable to the Importers, it is pointed
out that such a supply can only be
temporarily paliative if the resources
of the country are to be adequately de
veloped. Independence Depot Nearly Ready.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., Feb. 16. (Spe
cial.) The new depot of the Southern
Pacific Railroad is nearly completed,
and Is a great' improvement in the con
veniences of the railroad here. The
upper story of the old depot Has been
taken off and the building made to
conform to the shape and style of the
new addition, making a large and com
modious structure.
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Pacific Coast Assets More Than a
CHILDREN FIGHT OVER
BATTLE FOR CON'TROT; OP BABY
BARNARD HEIRS DRAWX.
Fletchers and Barnards Fill Air of
Los Angeles Courts With
Litigation.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16. A truce was
arranged today in the controversy among
relatives over the control of the three
children of Mrs. Julia Fletcher Barnard,
who died in Pasadena last Friday, leaving
an estate of J750.000. The children will
be returned to their home in Pasadena
under the guardianship of Miss Helena
Barnard. Miss Hilda Fletcher, a sister
of Mrs. Barnard, and Mrs. S. A. Fletcher,
of Indianapolis, will be privileged to re
main at the Barnard home and be with
them.
The controversy over the administra
tion of the estate will be ironed out later.
Two administrators have been appointed
state Senator Leroy A. Wright, of San
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WELLINGTON will be ready for the market in a few
days Come to our offices today and learn more about
WELLINGTON Then go to the tract in one of our auto
mobiles and reserve one or more of the choicest lots before
the tract is put on the market
Comp
Diego, at the instance of Mrs. Barnard's
relatives, and A. G. Sells', general man
ager of tfce Pacific Coast lines of the
Santa Fe. has been named here, acting
on Instructions from the children's father.
Mr. Barnard, who Is an invalid, is ex
pected to leave Brookllne, Mass., Feb
ruary 20 for Pasadena. Miss Hilda
Fletcher and her sister-in-law arrived
from Indianapolis last night. The latter
Is the wife of S. A. Fletcher, president
of the Fletcher National Bank of Indiana
polis. Another eister is Mrs. Booth Tark
ington, wife of the novelist.
Ireland's hlgrhest apple product does not
exceed 5o.fMo barrels per annum.
COLONI
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RATES
The management of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. and Southern Pacific Co. (Oregon
Lines) takes great pleasure in announcing that the low. rates from Eastern cities, which have
done so much in past seasons to stimulate travel to and settlement in Oregon, will prevail again
this Spring DAILY from March, 1 to April 15, inclusive.
People of Oregon
The railroads have done their part; now it's up to you. The. colonist rate is the greatest of all
homebuilders. Do all you can to let Eastern people know about it, and encourage them to come
here, where land is cheap and homebuilding easy and attractive.
FAKES CAN BE PREPAID at home if desired. Any agent of the roads named is authorized
to receive the required deposit and telegraph ticket to any point in the East.
REMEMBER THE RATES From Chicago, $33 ; from St. Louis, $32 ; from Omaha and Kansaa
City, $25. This reduction is proportionate from all other cities.
WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Or.
SECUfclTWCAPiTAL
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S. P. TO INVADE COLORADO
Xew System In Southwest Will Cover
Arizona and Xew Mexico Also.
DKXVKR. Fob. 16. The Times says:
Colorado is to be connected with a new
transcontinental route to be constructed
by the Southern Pacific in Arizona, and
the new line will cut several hundred
miles from the distance between Denver
and Los An&eles. The Arizona Eastern
Railroad Company, incorporated In Ari
zona last. wffk, is to build a line to
raw B,sraa Y3I
SUNSET
I (OGDEN & SHASTA J
in iiiimin i
PROFIT
Million Dollars
Durango to a connection with the Den- 1
vor & Rio Grande as the first line of
a system comprising IS 77 miles of track.
The. Gila Valley. Globe & Northern,
Maricopa & Phoenix, the Arizona & Colo
rado and the Phoenix & Eastern, all of
which will be transferred to the new com
pany, are subsidiary lines of the Southern
Pacific. A new transcontinental line will
be built via Yuma and Phoenix, and from
this line extensions will be made in two
directions into Colorado. New lines will
be built connecting- those roads and ex
tending them Into Colorado and also
forming a through route with the Harrl
man lines in Mexico.
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Great Northwest
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