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THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, FEIDA1" APRIL 1, 1910.
ER PROVISION
DEFENDED BY ROOT
Senator In Three Hours' Ad
dress Upholds Administra
tion Railroad Bill.
RATE FIXING IS OPPOSED
foncesslon That Tariff Compacts
Shall Require Approval of Com
munion, Regarded by Oppo
nents as Important.
WASHINGTON. March 31. Commanding-
the careful attention of a
majority of his colleagues. Senator
Root today consumed three hours in
rontlgulnfr his speech In defense of the
.Administration railroad bill before the
Senate. He attain failed to conclude
his remarks. He defended the merger
provisions of the bill as a great ad
vance qver existing law, as it made the
purchase of one company's stock by
another an offense, while he argued,
such acquisition was not now illegal
except as part of a conspiracy.
He also supported the traffic agree
ment section, but expressed a wlllingy
tiess to require such agreements to be
dependent on the approval of the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
Traffic Agreements Justified.
Root emphasized the proposal per
mitting traffic agreements as of spe
cial importance. He declared that the
present prohibitive act provoked its
own violation. This course was most
demoralizing and should not .be en
couraged by failing to put In the power
of the railroads to observe the law and
still make their agreements. It was
better to have the railroads voluntarily
conform to the law than to have them
forced to do so, he said. "We insist upon
competition," he continued, "but we
prohibit such competition as we think
Injurious, and we forget that the rail
roads themselves may be better able
to enforce the law than can any officer
in Washington."
He argued that in many matters the
railroads virtually were required to en
ter into agreements, and so long as this
was true, he said, it was absolutely
necessary that the roads be authorized
to come together. To do this would
le to wipe out anomaly and abuse.
Concession Is Offered.
In reply to an Inquiry from Rayner,
Root said that he would favor an
amendment requiring that agreements
among railroads should have the ap-
proval of the Interstate Commerce
Commission before going into effect. He
did not, however, regard the addition
as of particular Importance. The only
renson for its insertion would be to
avoid misunderstanding. The conces
sion, however, was considered by the
opponents of the bill as very Important.
Uepew advocated amending the bill
to require Governmental approval. He
ald he had held to that position for
many years before he entered the Sen
ate. "And I beliene that Is the atti
tude of every railroad man In the coun
try," he added.
Clapp said that he would insist that
the bill be so worded as to make agree
ments unlawful unless approved by the
commission. .
Right to Suspend Refused.
Root said that he never would con.
fent to give the commission the right
to suspend without investigation a rate
fixed by a railroad. He would not con
sent tliat any official should fix the
railroad rates, but was willing the gov
ernment should supervise rates. To do
more would be to change from the
American to the European system, he
Bald, with government ownership in
evitably following.
"We all desire the extension of our
rvstem. but we will never say to the
capital of the country that we encour
nge its investment only to concentrate
its control in Washington," .said Root.
Cummins Hskad whether there was
any difference in principle in giving
the Commission the power to suspend
rates for 60 days for Investigation and
giving it power to make an indefinite
suspension.
"The power to render indefinite sus
pensions is the power to render final
judgment." responded Root, "whereas
the power of temporary suspension is
like the granting of a temporary In
junction. The power to suspend in
definitely Involves the right to suspend
without any investigation."
State and Nation Differ.
Hacon took Issue with Roots as
sertion that the fixing of rates by the
Government would lead to Government
ownership. He said that for 30 years
the Railroad Commission of Georgia
had had such power.
Root replied that there would be
found a vast difference between state
and Government control. The chief
function of ownership will be the fix
ing of rates, he said, and argued if
the state could fix rates It could re
duce them to a point where it might
he necessary to take adequate con
trol. Aldrich asked Root whether he was
in favor of giving the Interstate Com
merce Commission power to fix rates
on all the railroads of Georgia. Root
replied that he would not favor turn
ing over control of all the railroads to
the Commission.
Root contended that the merges sec
tion of the bill did not Interfere with
the operation of the anti-trust act. Ha
declared that the Supreme Court de
cision In the Northern Securities case
had not lield- the purchase of stock to
he contrary to the anti-trust law. On
the contrary, it had explicitly held
that Congress could not control the
acquisition of stock of a railroad cor
poration. Offense Lies In Conspiracy.
The offense was in the conspiracy,
and It might not always be that the
purchase of stock was in pursuance
of a conspiracy or. If so. It was not
always easy to prove the facts. He
said that this bill -would relieve the
Government of the necessity of finding
a conspiracy.
'This," he exclatmed, "Is merely an
advance from theory to practice;
it Is an advance from newspaper dis
sertations to definite legislation. The
question is whether, under our Con
stitution, we can say the railroad cor
porations of any state shall not pur
chase the stock of a corporation of
another state.
"The question is whether It Is not
an Infringement of the right of the
states ever their own creations."
He was inclined, however, to believe
that the courts would not sustain an
acquisition of stock, because It bears
so close a relation to the restraint of
- trrie- Nevertheless, he regarded " it
"the greatest, the boldest and most.
radical step yet taken by Congress for
the regulation of commerce."
Bailey Seea Inconsistency.
Bailey failed to agree entirely with
Root as to the tenor or the decision
in the Northern Securities case. What
he wanted, he said, was a law that
dealt with results and not with mo
tives. He agreed with Root that the
merger provision prohibits the pur
chase of less than 50 per cent of the
stock of one company' by another, but
he found Inconsistency in the fact that
it authorized the purchase of more
stock when 50 per cent of it has been
acquired.
Mr. Root had not concluded when the
Senate adjourned.
House Committee Divided.
WASHINGTON, March 31. The ad
ministration railroad hill pending In
the Senate. will not be reported to the
House by the interstate commerce com
mittee probably tomorrow. There will
be two reports, a majority report by
Chairman Mann and a minority report
by the Democratic committeemen.
THUG COOLLY MURDERS
DEMANDS MONEY OF WOMEN,
THEN FIRES.
Enters Home During Dinner Hour,
Later Appears Suddenly One
Dead, One Dying.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.. March 31.
Miss Martha B. Blackstone, daughter
of J. B. Blackstone. was murdered by
a masked burglar in the home of Mrs.
Sarah J. Dow, at Round Hill, tonight.
Miss Harriet Dow, daughter of the
house, was shot in the head and re
moved to Springfield Hospital, dying.
The rourdere escaped.
The police have no description of the
man except the one that Mrs. Dow and
her daughter Lucy were able to give.
In a general way the crime resembles
those of the man who terrorized .the
city last Fall.
Mrs. Dow, her two daughters and
Miss Blackstone, who was a guest for
the night, were seated in the sitting
room of the home about a small table,
solving a picture puzzle, when the in
truder made a demand for money from
the dining-room. They looked up to
see a masked man in the dark door
way threatening them with a revolver.
Mrs. Dow retained her composure
and replied: "We have no money," but
Miss Blackstone, in fright, jumped to
her feet and ran screaming to the re
ception hall at the right of the living
room. The burglar said: "If you want to
be killed, keep on screaming," and
fired as he spoke, the bullet entering
Miss Blackstone's left breast. Death
followed instantly.
The murdere hardly paused to see
his victim pause before he turned the
revolver on the group, shooting Miss
Harriet Dow in the head. He then
ran to the front door, leaped over the
piazza rail and disappeared. The four
women were alone in the house and
murderer probably knew this.
It is the theory of the police that
the man entered the-house while the
family was at dinner and ' concealed
himself in a closet. Mrs. Dow locked
all the windows and doors about 7
o'clock and the police found all the
locks turned and windows fastened.
Both- Miss Blackstone and Miss Dow
were teachers in the public schools.
Miss Blackstone was 39 years' old and
Miss Dow about 30.
AUTO AIDS ELOPEMENT
TACOMA MAN'S SON WEDS, THEN
BEGS FORGIVENESS.
Former Employe In "Papa's" Store
Wins Lad, Who Takes Her to
Olympia to Tie Knot.
1 COMA. Wash., March 31. (Spe
cial.) Eloping by automobile to Olym
pia, Edward Rhodes and pretty Hazel
Jonas, of this city, were married this
afternoon by Rev. C. E. Todd, of the
Methodist Church. Late tonight the
young couple returned to beg parental
forgiveness and finally gained it.
, Young Rhodes Is the son of Henry
A. Rhodes, of Rhodes Brothers' store,
and president of the Commercial Club.
The family is prominent socially. Toung
Rhodes is employed In his father's
store,- learning the business from the
basement up.
Miss Jonas Is the daughter of F. C.
Jonas. 2411 Sixth avenue, and formerly
worked in the stationery department
at -.modes',, where the young man met
her.
Mr. Rhodes, Sr., declined to discuss
the marriage tonight, other than to
say he had Just been Informed of it.
Mrs. Jonas said young Rhodes had
been a persistent caller at their home
and that she was not surprised at the
marriage, but had not expected it so
soon.
DEEDS TO HONOR BREWERS
Huslncss Pressing. Supreme Court
Will Not Suspend.
WASHINGTON, March 31. Because of
the pressure of public business, the Su
preme Court will remain in session
throughout Monday without taking an
adjournment, a? had been Intended out
of respect to the memory of the late
Associate Justice Brewer.
The decision was reached after con
sultation with rMs. Brewer, who agreed
that her husband would have wished
such a course to be pursued.
LOST GEMS MOODY CLEW
(Continued From First Page.)
containing arsenic by persons suspect
ed of complicity in the poisoning of
Moody has been traced, and the drug
store found. The purchase of the drug
has been the Information sought by the
police and the report caused a stir.
Assistant Chief Schuettler and Coroner
Hoffman refused to discuss the report.
Former employes in the ' Moody
household are being questioned by de
tectives. Some of the maids who were
employed in the home of the poison
victim at one time or another have
not been found, and special efforts are
being made to summon them before
Coroner Hoffman.
Chinese Seek Damages.
MANILA. March 31. The six Chi
nese who were deported from Manila
by the Government at the request of
the Chinese Consul, and who are seek
ing readmission by writs of habeas
corpus, have begun suit for damages
against Governor-General F"orbea, Chief
of Police Harding and Chief of the
Secret Service Trowbridge. They al
lege their seizure and deportation was
illegal and. each asks f 10,000.
MM YORK PILOTS
. QUIT TRUNK -LINES
Four Roads Refuse Demands
for Less Work and More
Pay; Then Trouble.
CAN'T STRIKE, MEN RESIGN
Vanderbilt Lines and Pennsylvania
Road Effect Agreement, Offer of
Latter Being Voluntary.
Compromise Declined.
KEW YORK. March SL The American
Asociatlon of Masters, Mates and Pilots
sent in the resignations of Its members
today from the- marine service of four
of the trunk lines serving New Tork
City.
Under the provisions of the Admiralty
law. ofTtcers holding Federal, licenses are
forbidden to go on strike on penalty
of losing their licenses, without which
they cannot obtain employment.
Three Avert Trouble.
Therefore the men chose - to resign,
but it Is understood their action follows
a refusal of the four reads to grant their
demands for less work and more pay.
Three roads agreed on a settlement
during the day and averted trouble.
The other roads have appealed to the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
The four railroads affected are the
Delaware. Lackawanna & Western, the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, the Bal
timore & Ohio and the Lehigh Valley.
The New York Central, the New York,
New Haven A Hartford, and the Erie
reached understandings, the terms for
which are not given out.
Pennsylvania Makes Concessions.
The Pennsylvania recently offered its
men a 6 per cent advance in pay, con
tinuing the vacation of one week with
pay, which they now enjoy, and giving
them every other Sunday off.
The offer was voluntary and the men
accepted it. From the other roads, how
ever, they demanded $5 a month advance
In wages, one week's vacation and every
Sunday off and have declined a compro
mise Identical with the Pennsylvania settlement.
CONGRESS MAY QUIT MAY 15
Aldrich Thinks So, but Others Pre
dict Longer Struggle.
WASHINGTON;- March 31. Congress
may be able to adjourn on May 16, said
Senator Aldrich on leaving the White
House today.
Several influential members of Congress
believed opposition to certain features of
the Administration programme may
cause the session to last much longer.
BANKRUPTCY CLIQUE ALLEGED
Saba tli Would Investigate Conduct
of Department of Justice.
WASHINGTON. March ' 31. Repre
sentative Sabath of Illinois wants to
know whether officials of the Depart
ment of Justice scattered throughout
the country form cliques and have a
monopoly of bankruptcy and other
cases that come into the Federal courts.
He introduced a resolution today call
ing on the Attorney-General to fur
nish the House with information as
to the person so employed.
According to Mr. Sabath, it is im
possible in many cities for litigants to
employ the counsel they desire, but they
are practically compelled to employ
members of the "favored circle." and
he asserts that the funds of litigants
frequently are absorbed in these
charges.
GRAIN' EXCHANGES HAVE AVON
New Anti-Futures Bill AVill Deal
Only "With Cotton
WASHINGTON, March 31. It Is prob
able that there will be a new cotton
anti-option bill, likewise to be known
as the Scott bill, to cover amendments
to the original measure Introduced by
Chairman Scott of the House committee
on agriculture, prohibiting transactions
in futures in commercial markets'.
It is virtually settled, so far as the
sub-committee on agriculture is con
cerned, that the grain exchanges will
not be affected by the proposed legisla
tion, the sub-committee taking the po
sition that there is no sentiment in the
BAD FOR ECZEMA
Water Frequently Asgraratei Skla
Troubles.
In certain inland European districts
where water is seldom used for bathing
purposes the people are almost immune
from skin affections. The best authori
ties now agree that soap and water are
to be avoided In the treatment of skin
diseases, particularly eczema when
present In the scalp or on the feet, as
water is an Irritant, and when not
actually the cause of the disease, at
least aggravates it- For this reason
prescriptions put up in liquid or soap
form, or containing grease or alcohol,
have always failed.
The new skin remedy, poslam. is a
f Iesh -colored ointment, containing no
grease. Under its directions soap and
water are forbidden. It may be used
on the tender skin of Infants with
soothing and beneficial effect, and in
eczema cases stops the itching immedi
ately, rapidly restoring the skin to its
normal condition.
Every druggist keeps both the 50
cent size (for minor troubles) aoid the
$2 jar, and either of these may be ob
tained at the Skid more Drug Co. and
the Woodard-Clarke Co.. as well as
other reliable drug stores.
But no one is even asked to purchase
poslam without first obtaining a sample
package, which will be sent by mail,
free of charge, upon request, by the
Emergency Laboratories, 32 West
Twenty-fifth street. New York City.
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.West for such elimination of the grrain
futures as in the case of the cotton ex
changes, and the grrain exchange rep
resentatives who testified -before the
committee made a much better showing
than the cotton exchange officials pre
sented. Therewas no final action at this aft
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but it is probable "that by Saturday
morning; a bill will be ' ready- for sub
mission, designed .to stop, effectually
future dealings on the cotton ex
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meet until-the middle of next week.
Xavy Estimate Increased.
WASHJNOTOX, March 31. An addi
tional' estimate of 2.000.000 on account of
Increase in the Navy was submitted to
the House today- It embraces' S1.000.00C
on account of hulls- and outfits and steam
machinery of two colliers in the Navy
Department's proposed building- pro
gramme, the amount required for the
first year, and $1,000,000 on account of
submarine torpedo boata, the amount re
quired for the first year for five boats.
Japanese Peer Passes.
TOKld, April J. Prince Tomosado
Iwakura, "Minister of the Imperial House
hold, died today. He'was formerly vlce
grrand chamberlain, privy councillor and
director; of the peerage. ' He was born
In 1851 and was the eldest son of the late
Prince Iwakura, a leading imperialist In
the struggle that led to restoration.
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