THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FBIDAT, APRIL 8, 1910. S m E OF ALLEGED BRIBER GIVEN OUT Simon Cronin, of Akron, 0., Said to Have Offered $100 for Support. THREAT BRINGS TESTIMONY Representative Pears Tells House Investigating Committee or How He Was Approached, to Help Telephone Merger Measure. COLTJM4JUS. O.. April 7. Representa tive Howard W. Pears, of Allen County, testifying: before the House of Represen tatives bribery investigating committee today, said that Simon Cronin, of Akron, a telephone attendant in the House for ten years, had offered him $100 to sup port the Blaon telephone merger bill, -hich passed the House a month ago. Pears was averse to giving the name until threatened with fine for contempt. Cronin, when informed of Pears' testi mony, denied the charge. Representative Frank Woods, of Me dina County, testified Representative Meyer Gelerd. of Lucas County, during a conversation, had given him the im pression efforts had been made to bribe htm to support the bill. He also testified Representative Fred Merts, of Cuyahoga County, had told him he had been offered $n0 to vote against re-consideration of tho KJson measure. To these men, Woods says, he had given the advice that if they could but prove the offers had been made, and If no one had overheard them, they had better say nothing about them. The testimony of Representative A. E. Elson of Tuscarawas County, author of the measure, that no one had as sisted him in its preparation, was con tradicted by hi seatmate. Representa tive T. W. Smith, of Marlon County, who said KIson toldw him Cyrus Hul ing, a Columbus attorney, had given him aid in drawing the biU. Huling was active for several years In independent telephone interests. The connection of his name with them threw a light on efforts to get the bill through, for while It legalizes tele phone mergers, the independents have asserted they were opposed to its pas sage. Frank A. Davis of Columbus, head of the principal independent companies in Ohio, recently purchased by J. P. Morgan & Co.; said tonight Attorney Huling had no connection with any Ohio independent company. PIONEER CITIZEN IS DEAD lohn A. McMahon, Well Knoun in Lane County, Passes Away. KUGEXE, Or., April 7. (Special.) John A. McMahon, one of the. most highly esteemed and best known resi- dents of Lane County, died at his home, 722 Washington street, just after noon today, after a lingering illness, of par alysis. The deceased was 69 years old. Funeral services wi 11 be held at the First Christian Churcrh Friday af ternoon and burial will take place at the I. O. O. F. Cemetery. Mr. McMahon was born at James town, Ind.. April 12, 1S41.- In 1864 he left Illinois, where he had spent his early rrfanhood, for th West with a train of 33 wagons and 60 men, be sides women and children. Their route was over the Oregon trail. In Novem ber, 165. McMahon arrived in Portland and in the Spring of 69 cams to Lane County. On September 5, 1872, he married Mrs. Catherine Callison, and they located east of Springfield. Mr. MrMahon being a man of public spirit has been Identified with the progress and industrial development of Lane County and the City of Eugene. He had served as Supervisor and at the time of his death was a member of the board of regents of the Eugene Bible University. He and his family have lived In Eugene since 1903. He Is survived by a widow and three daughters and two brothers. DEPOSITS IN BANKS GROW Yamhill County Reserves Are 4 1 Per Cent; Good Showing Made. M'MLVNVILLB, Or.. April 7. (Special.) The statement of the ten banks in Yam mill County, of which five are National banks, under the call of March 29, shows an increase in deposits since last call of 11 per cent: loans, 3 per cent; cash, 20 per cent; and resources, 8 per cent. Tim total deposits are approximately $2,000,000; loans and investments. V, 800,000; cash and exchange, $S00.OO0: and resources. $2,600,000. Of this sum the two "roll of honor" banks of this city have deposits of about $1,000,000, and cash and exchange newly $600,000. The showing la the largest ever made by the hanks. The average cash reserve In all of the banks of the county Is 41 per cent. The Bank of North Yamhill shows the highest reserve, 66 per cent. The two McMinnville banks are about the averages with a reserve of 4S and 51 per cent. t Two additional banks are under con sideration in the county. The Willamina State Bank has Just been incorporated, and It is reported that third bank will soon be opened in McMinnville by local end Portland capitalists. ONE KILLED ON MARYLAND Cruiser Colorado AI.o Had Explo sion of Iloilcr-Tubcs. WASHINGTON. April 7. W. Amber eon, a native of Sallda. Colo., whose mother lives in Kansas City, was the victim of the accident on the armored cruiser Maryland off the California coast, April I. The Navy Department advices were that four tubes in one of the boilers burst and two men were sltKhtly injured, but a later dispatch announced the death of Amberson. On the day after he accident, two lower tube in one of the Colorado's boil ers also burst, but nobody was hurt. The Colorado was cruising with the Maryland. Veteran Chief To Attend. VANCOUVER, Wash.. April 7. (Spe cial. Captain J. P- Shaw, commander of the O. A. R.. Department of Ore icon, has consented to be present, with his staff. April 3 at the celebration of Appomatox day. which will be held by the G. A. R. veterans and Vancouver Camp No. 3. Sons of Veterans. Van couver Camp received ifs charter yes terday from the Commander-in-Chief, PORTLAND, MAINE, CHILD HI, Weak and Emaciated, Re stored to Health, by Vinol "Our little daughter, six years of age, after a severe attack of the measles, which developed Into pneumonia, was left pitifully thin, weak and emaciat ed. She had no appetite, and her stom ach was so weak it could not retal food She lay in this , condition for weeks, and nothing the doctor pre scribed did a bit of good, and we were beginning to think she would never re cover, "At this time we commenced to give her Vinol, and the effect was marvel ous. The doctor was amazed at her progress, and when we told him we were giving her Vinol, he replied, "It is a fine remedy; keep it up.' We did so, and she recovered her health and strength months before the doctor thought she could." J. W. Flagg, Portland, Me. Vinol cures conditions like this be cause in a natural manner it increases the appetite, tones up the digestive organs, makes rich, red blood, and strengthens every organ in the body. W00DARD- CLARKE & CO.. DRUGGISTS, POHTLAS O. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DRESSED MEN WILL WEAR THIS SEASON. ASK BEN SELLING G. W. Pollett. of the Sons of Veterans of the United States. WORLD'S REuORDSTO GO OLDFIELD AND D PALMA ARE AFTER $2500 PURSE. Los Angeles Motordrome to Get Seven Days' Trial With 250 Entries in Aggregate. LOS ANGELES. April 7. Racing drivers who ai-e her for the inaugural meet of the new motordrome at Playa del Rey, agree that faster time than the world's record for track and speed way will be made in the seven days of racing. Barney Oldfield, Ralph de Palma. George Robertson, Frank Lescault and other prominent Eastern men are en tered in competition with the leading drivers of the Pacific Coast. There are 250 entries in the aggregate. Interest centers in the $2500 match for the world's championship between Ralph de Palma and Barney Oldfield, which did not take place at Dayton on account of the breaking of a cylinder piston in De Palma's car. Oldfield has brought the "Blitzen" Benz, the huge German machine which he has already proved to be capable of 140 miles an hour. De Palma will use the "Me phistopheles" Flat, which has slightly less horsepower than the Benz. but considerable advantage in ability to hug the track closer. Oldfield, De Palma and Caleb Bragg, the amateur, have each made unofficial time of 36 1-5 seconds for a mile around the new motordrome, or within a frac tion of a second of 100 miles an hour. "Dutch Benny" Kerscher went a mile in 31 3-5 seconds the first time he tried the track, and all the drivers have made surprisingly fast time in the prac tice work. The programme aranged provides for world's records trials from one to 100 miles. The meet will be conducted under the 1910 rules of the contest board of the American Auto mobile Association. ' S. B. Stevens, of New Tork. will be referee and L. J. Wagner starter. The motordrome, which is the first track of the kind to be built for au tomobile racing, is a perfect circle, a mile in circumference. The surface con sists of 2x4 planks laid to make a four inch flooring, and laminated to give great strength. About 3.000,000 feet of lumber and 16 tons of nails' were used in construction of the "piepan" as it has been dubbed. CATTLE SLAIN BY STORMS Colorado Wind Sweeps 150 Animals Into Reservoir. GREELEY, Colo., April 7. Driven before a terrific wind, before which they were helpless, 150 head of cattle were swept Into the Riverside reser- PORTLAND'S LARGEST AND BEST CLOTHING STORE Invites your inspection of our complete lines of MEN'S, YOUNG MEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING, which are on display and offered at unusually attractive prices MEN'S SUITS $20 to $40 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS $15 to $30 BOYS' SUITS $5 to $20 NEW DEPARTMENT for LITTLE WOMEN, MISSES and GIRLS Where you will find the difficult sizes in new and exclusive styles. THREE FLOORS devoted to DEPENDABLE GARMENTS of real worth and merit without the high prices of other stores. EN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER B SCHWAB ON CARPET Carnegie's Protege Makes Threats to Get Sympathy. STRIKERS MAKE CHARGES ! WOMAN BORN IX YAMHILL, $ . COUNTY IN '1852 DIBS IN t I MM INN VII, LIS. I 1 vw . !! ii - n u t f k v I I f v t - . y 4 !i ) ? ij Mrs. Julia L. Howell. M'MINNVILI.E, Or.. April 7. (Special.) Julia L-. wife of A. J. Howell, whose funeral occurred Monday, was born in this county near North Yamhill. December 2S. 1852, and, with the exception of five years spent in Clackamas County, she had been a resident of Yamhill County all of her life, for the past 23 years she ' had lived in, McMinnville. Mrs. Howell was married on December 22, 1872, to Mr. Howell. She is sdrvived by her husband and one of five children Mrs. Minnie Cllenfelter. of Oswego, Or. Other relatives are three sisters and two brothers Mrs. M. K. Dudley, North Yamhill; Mrs. Kmma Boyd. Echo; Mrs. M. E. Hayes. McMinnville: B. F. Wrlgrht. McMinnville, and George Wright, Salem. voir and perished during; the storm which swept this country last week. According to reports from Green City, over 1000 head of cattle perished in the storm in Eastern Weld County. Free Sunday excursion. Woodbum Orchard Co., Henry Bids- Both phones.. Representatives of Bethlehem Steel Works Employes Have Inning Be fore President Taft, Who Will Start Inquiry. WASHINGTON. April 7. Representa tives of the striking employes of the Bethlehem Steel Works had their Innings before President Taft today. David Wil liams, chalnnan'of the executive commit tee of the strikers, and John Loughrey, one of the officials, werre introduced to the President by Representati-e A. M. Palmer. Mr. Williams told the President that conditions to the steel plant were Intol erable; that the employes, who are un organized, were compelled to work 12. 15 and 18 hours each day for 9 cents an hour up; that the strike was precipitated by the dismissal of three men who re fused to work on Sunday for almost noth ing. They said American laborers were per sistently discriminated against In favor of foreigners: that Charles M. Schwab had compelled business men to take his side of the case by threatening to close his works altogether: that he declared it Jiad cost him $1,000,000 to get the con tracts for the construction of battleships for the Argentine Republic. and that while American worklngmen had no prej udice against the foreigners, they did not believe American ships and other material should be built with foreign laibor em ployed to the discrimination and detri ment of Americans. The President asked the strikers to submit their case to him in writing so that he could give it formal consideration, adding that if there was any proof of de fective work for the Government by the Bethlehem concern he would immediately Investigate. PORTERS MAY START BANK Rumor Has It Contractors Will lo cate in Eugene. EUGENE, Or.. April 7. (Special.) Ex traordinary interest attaches- to the state ment made here today that Porttr Brothers, railroad contractors, are ar ranging to engage In the banking business in this city. No detailed information Is given out ap to their arrangements, but the statement that their representative has- made an effort to secure an interest in a local bank, without success, however, is obtained from a reliable source. It is- also said failure to purchase an interest in one of the banke has led to a determination on the part of the Porters to open a bank of their own in Eugene. Porter Brothers only a few days ago made extensive purchases of Iane County timber lands, including some of the heaviest and most desirable timber on -the Sluslaw River, in the vicinity of Florence. Protestants Aid Catholic Dinner. NEWPORT. Or.. April 7. (Special.) INCREASE IN VALUES AT ALAMEDA PARK Consequent Advance in Prices on Alameda Park Lots Will Take effect May First Upon Com pletion of Carline to 29th and Mason Streets. ALAMEDA PARK IS DE VELOPING RAPIDLY. The building period has begun and a score of homes are being erected with . scores more to fol low during the season. Street improvements are going forward with dispatch. BULL RUN WATER is now in through out the tract; CEMENT WALKS AND CURBS are being construct ed; GAS MAINS are being laid; the SEWER will be installed early this Summer; all WIRES are to be placed UNDER GROUND. Paving will start immediately up- on the completion of the under ground work. Every street in Alameda Park will have the full est and finest improvements. The Broadway carline, which the Alameda Land Company has built at its own expense to the en trance of the Park is NOW BE ING EXTENDED bv this Com pany on to the CENTER OP THE PARK at 29th and Mason streets. The contract is let to W. S. Bar stow & Company, to be completed by May first. The car company has agreed to operate regular Broadway schedule over this ex tension upon its completion. Many people who have bought lots in Alameda Park have sold at very substantial advances, and those who are holding their lots for their own residences value them at 50 PER CENT ABOVE THE PRICE PAID SIX MONTHS AGO. There is every reason in the world why the prices on Ala meda Park lots should be higher. Let everyone make his selection now. There are some splendid view lots. Inquire of ALAMEDA LAND COMPANY, owners of Alameda Park, 322 Corbett building The Catholics and the Protestants are closely allied by friendship in Newport. The Catholics last evening gave a Boston supper at the home of Edward Stoker. Not only did nearly all the Protestants attend the supper, but some of them also assisted in serving and in various other ways. CARD OF- THANKS. Ernest Castrow and family desire to extend thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy and assistance during their recent bereavement in the death of their daughter and sister, Elsie Castrow. ERNEST CASTROW AND FAMILY. For Catarrh Medicine Free in Every Case Where It Fails to Relieve Neglect or pessimism, we believe, is the greatest enemy the public has to contend with when, applied to the loss or recovery of health. Practically ev ery case of consumption might have been cured If hope had been maintained and proper treatment had been resorted to at the first symptom of the disease. Until the advanced stage is reached consumption is curable. Catarrh is re sponsible, we believe, for many cases of consumption. It is about catarrh we want to talk to you today. Incidentally consumption, since the two are so closely allied. We have a medicine made from a prescription of one of the most suc cessful catarrh specialists known. We believe it is positively without an equal. We are so satisfied that we are right, that we will supply the medicine free in every instance where it is used ac cording to direction for a reasonable length of time, should it fail to give satisfaction in every particular. We want every one to try this medicine at our risk. There are no conditions at tached to our offer. We put the user under no obligation to us whatever. The medicine we want you to try is Rexall Mucu-Tone. It is a catarrh rem edy that goes direct to the seat of trou ble. It Is carried by the blood to every part of the system. It purifies and en riches the blood, tones up the mucous cells, and brings about a condition of health and strength that tends to pre vent the germs of consumption from getting a start. Besides this, Rexall Mucu-Tone is a wonderful appetizer, digestive aid and flesh builder. Its good effects are often felt from the very first dose. It is one of the largest and most satisfactory selling medicines that we have ever had anything to do with. We know so much of the great good that It has done that we personally back It up with our reputation and money, which fact should be ample guarantee to satisfy anybody. Rexall Mucu-Tone comes in two sizes. 50 cents and J1.00. We urge you to try it. Re member you can obtain Rexall Reme dies In Portland only at our store. The Rexall Store. The Owl Drug Co., Inc., cor. 7th and Washington sts. HAND SAPOLIO FOR TOILET AJCD BATH. rliim mrkae4 my aeelewrk catch erj stain and look hopelessly dirty. Kaa4 SaaU removes sot only tke dirt, but also the loosened, injured cuticle, and rataitf kw Imicn tktr utnnl kaaaty. AXX GROCERS AJTD DRUGGIST. FIVE EXTRAORDINARY BARGAINS In New Spring Suits, Coats, Silk Dresses, Waists and Silk Petticoats CORNER FIFTH AND ALDER Great 1910 Sale of Women's Spring Suits Lot l$8.95Lot2$18.75 TAILORED SUITS-Vals to $20 TAILORED SUITS-Vals to $35 Bearing in mind former excellent values offered this season, we announce this as the most important sale of Women 's Suits we have held in 1910. We deemed this time ripe to stimulate the suit business to sell two suits where we sold one before and so we decided to forego usual profits, keeping the prices down. A genuine old-fashioned Suit Sale worthy of the name. No inflated values, but every suit, a value a woman loves to get when she knows she got quality at a proved price sacrifice, and you don't care about reasons if you get quality at an unusul price- This sale takes effect tomorrow-morning at 8 o'clock. And the sale will continue until the suits are sold. Suits &S at $18.75 Fashionable tailored Suits, every one made of high-class ma terials. All the desirable Spring colorings and plenty of cream serges and hairline stripes. Some suits are the plain tailored styles, others trimmed. Coats are lined with extra quality peau de cygne, with new effects in skirts. All sizes. Regular values up to -$35. On sale at $18.75. Just Received Another Large Shipment of Charming $15 Silk Dresses, Sunburst and Tunic Effects, $8.75 Wonderful values these fancy silks in the season's newest patterns and colorings. Rich, plain silks in full accordion pleated sunburst, tunic skirt and princess effects. Lovely trimmings of laces, (tQ medallions, etc. In this sale at pO I J Suits feS at $8.95 They are all new Spring styles, made from all-wool serges', worst eds and novelty suitings in all colors. Also many shepherd checks. The coats are silk-lined yand the skirts show the newest plaited effects. Every suit is well tailored and individually they are exceptional values. In every re spect $20 suits. On sale at $8.95 Reg. $12.50 Spring Coats for Only $5.95 t$3.35 Silk Petticoats Worth $7.50 at A high quality of silk taf feta, with a 20-inch em broidered flounce. Every imaginable color at the sensationally low dQ QC price of, each pJ.j3 $2.50 Waists On Sale Now $1.05 1000 New Spring Tail ored and Lingerie Waists at the sensa tionally low price -of . . . . $1.05 It Is the Purchasing Power of Your Dollars That interests you, if the standard makes (and they are standard makes) of the Shoes we sell are good values at $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00. They should be a mighty sight better at $2.00 and $2.50 Should they nott We sell the factory Samples of the best American Shoes manufactured. Notice! Our upstairs rent is one-seventh' of the rent paid by ground - floor stores, no fancy fixtures, no heavy expenses, but just perfect - fit ting, stylish $4 to $6 Shoes for ::$2.oo ROOMS aoo-oi-eo2-eos- 8034 SIXTH FLOOR ORBGONIAX BUILDING. TAKR ELEVATOR. ONLY TWO STORES IN PORTLAND THE ORIGINAL Notice! Our upstairs rent is one-seventh of ' the rent paid by , ground - floor stores, no fancy fixtures,no heavy expenses, but just perfect - fit ting, stylish $4 to $6 Shoes for .$2.50 Ho. 150 TIM St' Bet. MorrUon and Alder. UPSTAIRS, Opi. Skldraore! Draiitorc On 3ATTJBDAY, 8 A. M. TO 10 P. M. OPEN DAILY, 8 A.M. VO 6 P. U. o Flffl 1 est a.-ife, MX Electricity has supplanted saa "Yor car I Our coal shipments to Canada Jumped; llrhtin(r in nearly all the state railways of j $1,000,000 last year over the preceding rci Italy. Switzerland and Denmark; 1 ords