THE OKEliOMAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARI K, l'JlO.
RAIL BILL TALKED
Wickersham Wants to Change
Commerce Court Bill.
TAFT'S MEASURE IS LIKED
Cummins Questions Attorney-General
In Committee Commission
Approves Proposed Law, but
Opposes One-Judge Rule.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Attorney
General Wickersham appeared before
the Senate committee on interstate com
merce late today and explained In detail
the latest changes desired In the bill to
create a court of commerce and amend
the Interstate commerce laws.
It had been expected that an effort
would be made today to bring the sub
ject to a vote and that the bill might be
ordered favorably reported, but Mr.
AVlckersham's statement and the ques
tion put to him consumed so. much time
that It was decided to hold another
meeting tomorrow.
Senator Cummins, author of the rival
railroad bill, examined the Attorney
3eneral with great care concerning many
features of the Administration bill that
ronfllct with his own bill. At the same
lime ha did not condemn the Administra
tion hill and the Indications are that no
great difficulty will be encountered In
-eachlng an agreement for a report.
Talk Touches Tariff.
Discussion of the Constitution and the
tariff crept In to the proceedings of the
House committee on interstate com
merce when Commissioner Clements was
Klving his views on provisions of the
Townsend and Mann bills for the amend
nent of the commerce law.
Mr. Clements suggested that it was
fretting Into the question of protective
tariff and free trade when the commit
tee brought up the long and short haul
problem, with particular reference to
lower railroad rates for goods shipped
to and from abroad.
The railroad reply to criticism of
that discrimination, he said, was that
If they did not allow the lower rates
-he Canadian railroads or some other
outing arrangement would.
Merger, Kail Tendency.
He suggested that the committee
might include in the proposed legisla
tion a provision permitting a maximum
per cent of difference between these
foreign rates and the domestic rates
r the committee might vest in the In
terstate Commerce Commission discre
tionary power to deal with eal-h par
ticular ' case.
"The tendency of the express com
panies." It was suggested to Mr. elem
ents, "is to merge into two or three
ompantes to cover the country."
"Yes," replied the Commissioner, "I
think that is the general tendency, and
Sf the railroads as well."
He added that there is very little
competition between the various ex
press companies operating over the
different railroads and that the Mann
Townsend bills would give the Commis
ilon much wider scope in regulating
sxpress companies. He conceded that
It was possible that railroads might
handle the express business themselves.
Just as they now handle excess bag
gage of commercial travelers. The
lower the express tariff was made, the
greater would become the shipments of
small freight as express, according to
Mr. Clements.
Commission Files Objections.
In a formal statement submitted to
President Taft and to the House and
Senate committee, the Interstate Com
merce Commission has suggested cer
tain changes in the interstate com
merce measure pending in Congress.
The bill as a whole is approved by
the Commission, and In its statement
the Commission expresses Its gratifi
cation. However, the Commission recom
mends that "the bill be so amended as
to contain the explicit statement that
the commerce court shall have no jur
isdiction or power over orders of the
Commission not now possessed by Cir
cuit Courts of the United States.
Majority leclslon Asked.
'We are of the opinion that a single
judge of the commerce court should
not be empowered to stay an order of
the Commission," says the Commis
sion's statement, "and the suggestion
is made that such a stay may be grant
ed only by the court or a majority of
the judges thereof."
In the suspension of a proposed rate
the Commission desires 120 days in
stead -of 60 days, as proposed by the
bill.
It is maintained that the commission
should have pcrtver to compel through
and joint rates whenever in its opinion
they are required by public necessity.
Plain Route Law Wanted.
If it is the intention of Congress to
give skippers the right to choose between
two or more routes, in the routing of
traffic, the Commission believes that in
tention should be expressed plainly in
the proposed law.
Concerning the purchase of one road by
another road, the Commission says:
"We see no reason why the prohibi
tion that one road shall not acquire any
interest in a competing road should not
be extended so to prohibit the ac
quiring of any interest in a competing
water line."
An amendment is suggested to in
clude water lines.
A similar amendment is proposed to
prevent the control of competing lines
by a holding company.
ASQUITH PARTY WILLING
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preference at the sane time, deploring
the failure of the Ministers to recog
nize In the speech the nature and grav
ity of the state of trade and employ
ment. The King's speeches usually are pro
saic, but one clause in his speech to
day is regarded as most isgniflcant.
Iteferrlng to the proposed reform of the
Mouse of Lords, the speech contained
the qualifying clause:
King Carefully Impartial.
"In the opinion of my advisers."
This Is interpreted as meaning that
the King wants to dissociate himself
from such proposals. The passage of
the speech referring to this subject
reads:
Recent experience has disclosed eriou
fllrricultles due to recurring differences of
slronic opinion between the two branches of
the IBislatiire. Proposals will be laid be
fore you with all convenient speed, to de
fine the relations betwee nthe Houses of
Parliament, so as to secure the undivided
authority of the House of Commons over
rlnance and Its predominance in legislation.
These measures. In the opinion of my advis
ers, should provide that this House should
b so constituted and empowered as to ex--II
l i nl'- ia razard to proposed leg
islation, the funotions of initiation, revision,
and. subject to proper safeguards, of delay.
Prince Henry of Prussia rode in the
royal procession and attended parliament.
He appeared in the uniform of a BritUfh
admiral and the crowd gave hi ma re
ception no less warm than visiting mem
bers of the royal families usually receive.
Balfour Leads Attack.
During the debate on the King's speech.
Arthur J. Balfour spoke for the opposi
tion. He criticized the King's speech for
its ambiguity, particularly on the naval
question. He had hoped, he said, for a
declaration that the government was
prepared to face the situation and pro
vide anything necessary for the defense
of tlie empire. The general election had
been primarily on the budget, he said,
and he was not quite sure what the
country had pronounced.
"When the budget," said Mr. Balfour,
"has received cold and chilly, but num
erically adequate, support in this" House,
it will doubtless become a law. I be
lieve a majority of the constituencies- In
Great Britain are prepared to support
the budget, but can it be pretended tTiat
Ireland favors it? If Ireland abstains
from opposing the budget, I twill be be
cause the Irish members think that the
interests of home rule over-ride thosra of
finance, and I hold that, if the budget
were isolated from all other questions,
it would be rejected.
Home-Rule Issue Shirked.
"If the Prime Minister's home rule
declaration, made just before the elec
tions, had been taken seriously in bug
land, as it was in Ireland,- the other
questions would all have been dwarfed."
Continuing, Mr. Balfour said he had
149 speeches of Cabinet Ministers ex
amined, and one one contained volun
tary reference to home rule.
Looklng-under the surface, how could
the government say that they knew
what was the opinion of the country
on any of the great issues before, them?
Mr. Balfour closed by questioning
whether it were possible to entrust
solely to a representative assembly the
power of manipulating from top to
bottom the whole constitution of the
country. They would be mad indeed
if they drove to this illogical excess the
idea that for all purposes and for all
time the House of Commons could be
taken to represent the settled convic
tions of the people.
Asqultli States Program me.
Mr. Asquith, In rising to reply, was
loudly cheered. He supposed that the
King's speech was the shortest on rec
ord. Apart from the financial provi
sions, the only question on which the
government announced legislation was
the relations between the two houses.
Nothing more would be introduced at
this session.
"The House of Lords." said the Pre
mier, "last year rejected the budget
a glaring breach of the unwritten con
ventions of the constitution that was.
the climax of a series of acts by which
the Lords claimed an overriding au
thority over the decisions of the popu
lar chamber, and the government's ap
peal to the country was primarily an
appeal to give them authority to put
an end to that state of affairs.
"I have said that we must have leg
islative safeguards, but some of my
friends say I talked about guarantees
of the exercise of the royal preroga
tive. If I sad said such a thing. I
would not now be standing at this box.
I received no such guarantees; I asked
for no such guarantees. It is the duty
of a responsible minister as far as pos
sible to keep the name of the sover
eign and the prerogatives of the crown
outside the domain of party politics."
The Premier said the House would
proceed on the question of the Lords
by resolutions that would be laid on
the table soon, discussed before the
Kastei- recess and passed at this ses
sion. The government had only two
objects in view to pass the budget
and put an end. at the earliest mo
ment possible, by the wisest and most
adequate method, to the constitutional
condition giving to non-representative
and irresponsible authority the power
to thwart the purposes and mutilate the
handiwork of the chosen exponents of
the people's will.
Redmond Condemns Policy.
John K. Redmond, the leader of the
Irish party, announced that the fact
Jiad been emphasized that the Na
tionalists stood, as they always had,
apart and independent, allied to no
British party. They had supported the
government at the election because the
Prime Minister's pledge on home rule
was supplemented by one still more Im
portant to Ireland, the abolition of
the vote of the House of Lords, which
was tantamount to the adoption of
home rule.
He thought, and the countr ythought,
he continued, that Premier Asquith had
promised to ask for guarantees of the
exercise of the royal prerogative and
that, if he did not get them, he would
decline to hold office. But It appeared
that the Nationalists were mistaken. The
government's policy was to pass the bud
get before any assurance was given that
the veto bill would pass. It was a dis
astrous policy, and meant the throwing
away of the mandate which they had re
ceived from the country.
They would be enabling the Lords to
veto the bill, to force a second election
in a year and the government would be
beaten by the weary electorate.
"If the Prime Minister gives us rea
sonable assurance that he will be' able
to carry the veto bill into law this year,"
said Mr. Redmond, "we will vote for the
budget, but we are not willing to pay
that price for nothing."
Lansdowne Speaks for Lords.
The first business to be transacted
in the House of Commons was the
adoption without division of a motion
delegating the sessiona order prohibit
ing peers from participating In eec
tions. Then the debate on the address
in reply to the speech from the throne
was commenced.
In the course of the debate in the
House of Lords on the address In reply
to the King's speech. Lord Lansdowne.
leader of the opposition, said if the new
House of Commons adopted the finance
bill then the Lords were ready to expe
dite Its passage, although their
opinion with regard to it was un
changed. The proposed sequence of events was
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clear, he said. First, the financial Mil
was to be disposed of and then the veto
power of the Lords was to go in order
that the way should be made clear for
home rule.
Lord Lansdowne expressed amaze
ment at the audacity of the govern
ment of the Government, which as
sumed to make such proposals, on the
strength of the recent elections -in
which they had obtained a majorlty
only by relying upon parties which did
not participate in their councils.
Constitution In Danger.
"You think," he continued, "this a
sufficient mandate for pulling the con
stitution of this country to pieces, for
breaking up the union and setting up a
single chamber of government. I use
the last expression advisedly, because
If the words of His Majesty's speech
have an ymeaning at all, that is what
they mean."
Lord . Lansdowne Insisted the gov
ernment has received no such mandate
an dsald the real opinion of the House
of Commons was against the government.
POLICE ACCUSE MOTHER
Mrs. Alice Jesse Alleged Cause, or
Own Daughter's Downfall.
Accused of contributing to the delin
quency of a minor, Mrs. Alice Jesse, a
seamstress, was arrested yesterday after
noon on a charge accusing her of causing
the downfall of her own daughter. Fay
Jesse, 16 years old.
The girl was1 sent to the House of the
Good Shepherd. Taken into custody at
the same time were James. Ferris, a bar
ber, and Sam Stalnaker, a teamster.
Ferris is accused of disorderly conduct
and Stalnaker Is held as a witness. All
were arrested, In a room at the Elwood
lodging house, at 343 Morrison street.
Stalnaker, It is said, was jealous of the
attentions paid the girl by the barber and
Informed the police. Mrs. Jesse is 37
years- old.
$5,000 ASKED FOR HURTS
Logging Train Brakeman Who
- Jumped, Sues Employers.
August Johansson's damage suit
against the Bradley Logging Company
was on trial before a Jury in Judge
Cleland's department of the Circuit
Court yesterday.
Johansson asks $25,000 damages for
being scalped and sustaining internal
injuries by jumping from a runaway
logging train on the company's road
near Cathlamet. in Wahkiakum County,
wasnington. The accident occurred
April 7, last year.
Johansson had been working as a
brakeman but a few days. The train
consisted of four trucks and the en
gine. The logging company contends
that Johansson should have Jumped on
the other side of the track, where
there was room to land. He jumped
against a bank and sustained a frac
tured skull.
Counterfeiting Is still a considerable In
dustry In Calabria. It la good form In Na
ples to -bite all silver coin before accepting
it in payment or in change.
Own Some Real Estate
It Is Patriotism Good
Citizenship Good Sense.
Celebrate Washington's
Birthday by Seeing
Alameda Park.
It is fitting that good citizens
should celebrate Washington's
birthday by investigating the in
vestment opportunity offered at
Alameda Park. In fact, IT IS
ONE OF THE SIGNS OF PATRI
OTISM to have A SHARE of this
glorious land. It is well known
that property owners are always
the best class of citizens.
i Besides, IT PAYS TO INVEST IN REAL ESTATE in a growing
city like Portland, and especially in a growing community like
Alameda Park, which is just entering on the period of building which
means great increase in values..
- The Broadway carline, which is now extended to the Park, is being
completed through the Park. All the other improvements which, whea
finished, will make Alameda Park the finest residence subdivision
in the Northwest, are being installed as fast as money and men can
do it. All THESE DEVELOPMENTS point to one conclusion
.INCREASE IN LOT VALUES. '
Those who invest now will reap this increase.
PRICES WILL BE ADVANCED MARCH 1. Salesmen will be
on the ground all day today TO SHOW VISITORS THE PARK.
Alameda Land Company, owners of Alameda Park, 322 Corbett
Buildina
STUDY STATEMENTS
Below and Figure Out the Possibilities
of an Investment in
J" ''
FOR YOURSELF
BASIS OF FIGURING
Keep in mind, in each case, the geographical location of the cities listed below
in relation to adjacent country and the resources of adjacent country, then study
over geographical location of Klamath Falls in relation to all of Eastern Oregon
and the resources of country adjacent to Klamath Falls.
Compare'the Klamath Falls situation with that of each city mentioned belov
and pick out the city Klamath Falls is going to equal in size in five years' time.
When you select your city compare present price of Klamath Falls lots wua
price of lots in city selected. The difference is the profit to be made on an invest
ment in Klamath Falls property. . .
Now we want to impress upon you that the facts and figures in this advertise
ment can absolutely be verified and the result obtained from this basis of figuring
can be depended upon. Klamath Falls is growing fast. It is simply a question as
to whether its population will only reach 10,000 in five years' time or 20,000. If
10,000, the profit on investment in Klamath Falls lots, taking a $1000 lot m
Klamath Falls and a lot in The Dalles, Oregon, as basis, profit at the end of five
years will figure at least 10D PER CENT PER YEAR on the investment, or 500
per cent in five years.
List of Cities With Statements as to the Resources of Adjacent
Country, Population and Price of Property
" Resources of Popula- Price Bus.
Name of City. Adjacent Country.
The Dalles, Or Fruit, grain, vegetables and
some stock
Wenatchee, Wash Fruit, grain, vegetables and
some stock
N. Yakima, Wash Fruit, grain, vegetables and
stock
Walla Walla, Wash Fruit, grain, vegetables and
stock
Spokane, Wash. . Mining, timber, fruit, vege
tables, grain, stock, water
Dower, railroad center ...
KLAMATH FALLS
Price of Lots, $75 to $1000 Population, Today About 3000
RESOURCES
v Klamath Falls until recently has been 150 to 200 miles from transportation,
with a population of 3000. Today the new main line of the Southern Pacific is
running into Klamath Falls. It has been officially announced that the Oregon
Trunk will be built to Klamath Falls. Further prospects of transportation are the
Harriman Line from up the Deschutes, Harriman Line from across Central Oregon.
Klamath Falls is destined to become a greater railroad center than Spokane is today
Other Resources Water power, twenty billion feet of timber, great stock
country, grain, fruit, vegetables, etc. Manufacturing sites and facilities are superior
to Spokane. Grain resource will increase at a tremendous rate, as the Government
is reclaiming 300,000 acres of the richest land known at a cost of $4,000,000. There
is also at Klamath Falls a Hot Springs that will be famous, as the analysis of the
water is the same as that of Carlsbad. All told, resources of Klamath Falls and ad
jacent country will be greater than any city mentioned, including City of Spokane.
LOTS NOW ON SALE
Klamath Falls Lots Are Now on Sale at Prices Ranging From $75 to
$1000 Per Lot All Improvements In No Taxes
No Interest Easy Terms
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We have in our window a $500 painting showing this entire Klamath Country, pic
tures of Klamath Falls and Klamath Lake, and we are distributing a Folder beau
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EXCLUSIVE AGENTS 2S6 OAK STREET
tion. Per Lot.
5,000 $ 5,000 to
$ 15,000
6,000 $ 5,000 to
$ 15,000
12,000 $ 10,000 to
$ 25,000
20,000 $ 10,000 to
$ 50,000
125,000 $ 50,000 to
$100,000
and up