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THE MORNING OREGONTAN. MONDAY, APRIL, 23, 10 10. ENATE IS BEHIND Qf4 RAILROAD BILL MEN IN HOUSE AND SENATE TALKED OF AS LEADERS IN NEXT CONGRESS. MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY Buy a Victor Talking Machine $1 Down, $1 Week Have You Read Winston Churchill's Book A Modern Chronicle $1. 18 Attendance at Ball Games De lays Work on Administra tion Measure. POSTAL BANK BILL NEXT - . House Disapproves Senate Measure and Spirited Contest Is Expect ed Anti-Injunction Bill Follows on Programme. WASHINGTON. April 24. The "Mara thon" between the Senate and the House for the distinction of being firBt to pass Resident Taft's railroad legislation is attracting unusual Interest. Both branches of Congress had hoped to reach votes before the close of this week, but the Senate seems to have encountered several obstacles, and from present Indi cations it will be 10 day 8 before the measure is sent to conference. Representative Mann, of Illinois, In charge of the bill In the House, suc ceeded In getting an order for its con sideration for amendment under the five minute rule. It Is likely he can bring the measure to a final vote Thursday or Friday. Ball Games Delay Senate. On the Senate side, delays have been jrovoked by the desire of members to to to the baseball games. Senator Elk ms said yesterday that he could have put through several important provi sions last week If it had not been for the absence of his colleagues. Mr. Elkins did not exaggerate the sit uation, although he was speaking Jocu larly. Senator Elkins reported yesterday that he had enough votes to defeat the Cum mins substitute for the Elkins-Crawford provision, which the Senators in charge of the bill want adopted. "Then let's get a vote," urged Senator Aldrlch. "It would not be safe today," aid Mr. Elkins. "Too many Senators are attending the ball game." "That would affect both sides, wouldn't It?" persisted Mr. Aldrlch. "I don't know about that," replied Mr. Elkins. "It seems to be our fellows who are away." After the railroad bill is out of the way, the House expects to begin work on the Postal savings bank bill, although It may require a caucus of Republicans to get the bill out of committee. House Does Xot Approve. The Senate bill does not meet with ap roval in the House, and the contest ver It will be spirited. Hearings will be had on the Moon antl njunction bill, which will follow next on :he House programme. Statehood legis lation probably will be the last' Admin istration policy to be considered. The President will receive his Imperial highness. Prince Tsai Tao, brother of the infant Emperor of China, on Thurs day. The Chinese party will be enter tained elaborately at the White House and by Secretary Knox. unnuuLi uii nionHnuouiv Bend Plans Gala Welme for Port land PubliCiy Expert. BEND, Or.. April 24. (Special.) The local Commercial Club has been advised that Tom Richardson, secretary of the Oregon Development League, will visit Bend in the first w;k of May. At a meeting of the Bend Commercial Club, held last night, plans for the entertain ment of the Portland publicity expert were made. A banquet will be held at the Pilot Butte Inn on the evening of his arrival. The next day will be devoted to an examination of the adjacent country, from automobiles, to showing the visi tor Bend itself and explaining its re sources and opportunities. The evening of the second day will be given over to a big public meeting, at which Mr. Rich ardson will address the citizens of Bend concerning publicity work and the future of Central Oregon. From Bend Mr. Richardson will proceed to Prinevllle and thence return to Portland. Large Heat Plant for Eugene. EUGENE, Or., April 24. (Special.) The "first large heating plant to be built In Eugene Has been arranged for by the organization of a company and the pur chase of property, lying west of Wil lamette street and between Eighth and Ninth streets, forthe erection of the plant. The president of the new com pany Is Mayor J. D. Matlock. The di rectors are J. D. Matlock. S. M. Yoran, N. L. Roney, W. Bonnett and Julius Goldsmith. The new plant will have a capacity foheat1ng of the entire block and wiliWTrxtended across Eighth street to the Masonic Lodge building. Practically every building in the block will be heated except the First National Bank, which has a system of Its own. The cost of the central plant will be about J12.000. Xorthwesterners Visit New York. NEW YORK, April 24. (Special.) The following persona from the Pacific North west registered at New York hotels to day: From Portland At the Hotel Astor J Coblentz; at. the Park Avenue, G.' S Taylor. From Spokane At the Grand Union, J Hendyk, C. Mather. Miss Mather. From Seattle At the New Amsterdam, Dr. A. McDougall; at the Manhattan, B. F. Morgan: at the Hermitage, A. Price; at the Albany, C. Herron. Dallas Defeats First Cliemawas. CHEMAWA. Or.. April 24. (Special.) The baseball season was opened at Oiemawa yesterday when the team from Dallas College took the Indians Into camp by a score of 10 to 3. Dallas took the lead in the first inning, when It scored three runs, and maintained the lead. The second Chemawa defeated the team from Brooks by a score of 16 to 11. Xeill Given Decision. MARSH FIELD. Or.. April 24. (Spe cial.) After a 20-round bout last night. Al Neill. of San Francisco, was given :he decision over Jens Day, of Marsh tield. In an eight-round preliminary be tween Pud Nosier and Al Fish the latter was given the decision in the sixth round, when Nosier broke his hand. Veteran of 7 0 Years Weds. EUGENE. Or., April 24 (Special.) John M. Dodson. an old soldier, aged 70 years was married here this week to Mrs. Eliza Jane Smith, aged 48. The license was issued Wednesday and the tffair was kept secret until now. This jvas the second marriage for both. : " ' V ' j ' I - J - - '- v, , "' " '" 1 Liimitlil-, 1 Jktes' v &3 Senator Hale. Senator Dollivcr. f V ' ( 1 m,lZ i 1 Li : a Kepresntatlve Tawney. LEADERS IN DOUBT Republicans in Quandary Over Congress Situation. MANY WOULD LEAD SENATE Retirement of Senators Aldrich and Hale and Speaker "Joe" Cannon, Possibly, ' Leaves r Majority Party in Predicament. (Continued Front First Page.) might have, been chosen had he not, in a moment of fear. Joined the Insurgent band, and thus ruined his bright fu ture. Reference is made to Senator Dolllver.'of Iowa, But for this switch, Dolliver would stand as good a chance as any man to succeed to the party leadership in the' next Senate. Now his chances are nil. Tawney Is Useful Jtepresenlatlve. No man In the House of Representa tives has as wide and as useful a knowledge of governmental affairs as James A. Tawrey, cf Minnesota. As chairman of the committee on appro priations he has acquired a fund of In formation that would make him an In valuable leader, when Cannon retires. But insurgency Is sweeping Minnesota and Tawney is marked for the slaugh ter, notwithstanding he towers way above every Insurgent Congressman from his state, and from all other states, and Is, without exception, the most valuable man on the floor of the House. His people care nothing for that; he stood by Cannon, and to their minds, that is the basest of all crimes, and must be punished. If Tawney Is not returned, the new Republican leader In the House, be the Republicans In the majority or the minority, will be chosen from among seven men, Mann of Illinois, Dalzell of Pennsylvania, Olmsted of Pennsylvania, Towneend of Michigan, Payne of New York, Boutell of Illinois and Smith of Iowa, and their chances at present seem to be In the order named. Next to Tawney, in point of compe tency, stands Mann, bright quick, well versed In governmental and legisla tive matters, but handicapped by rea son of the fact that he has beeij obliged In the interest of good government and party reputation, to object to unwise or Inadvisable legislation. In the per formance of this duty he has - made enemieB. Cau Leopard Change Spots? John Dalzell. of Pennsylvania, long a member of the rules committee, and very close to Speaker Cannon, has many times sought the Speakership, but al ways fell down because of his lack of personad popularity. That handicap re mains with him. Could he shake It off. he would be the foremost candidate among all who aspire to the honor, but the leopard cannot change his spots, and Dalzell cannot mingle with the "common herd." Members admire his ability, but they dislike his personality. The warnorse, Sereno E. Payne, chair man of the ways and means committee, under the rule of seniority, would suc ceed to party leadership. But Payne is growing old, he is over-corpulent vand consequently sluggish: he is pessimistic and grouchy, and consequently unpopu lar. Moreover, Payne has a" habit of falling to sleep in his seat in the House, as he has done also when presiding over sessions of his committee. This being true, his chances are far from bright. As a compromise, Boutell. of Illinois, might be chosen party leader, for he Is learned In affairs of government, a deep student of public questions; quick, ag gressive, and In the prime of life. Had he a greater element of personal mag netism, he would be very formidable. Lack of this one qualification bedims hU chances of promotion. Should the Republicans, contrary to ex pectation, control the next House, a. strange thing might happen. Asher - C. Hinds, now parliamentary clerk of the House, and adviser to the Speaker on questions of parliamentary procedure since the days of Tom Reed, is likely to be elected to Congress from Maine. There Is no man in the en tire Congress so well versed as Hinds In matters of parliamentary law; no man so well equipped to preside over a legis- Senator Penrose. latlve body, from the pure standpoint of a presiding officer who does no more. Hinds Might Be 'Chosen Speaker. The insurgents have been talking of electing Hinds Speaker at the close of the present session, claiming they have robbed the Speaker of all power, save as a presiding officer. In that event. Hinds might be made Speaker, as a compromise, but with the distinct under standing that while Speaker, he was merely presiding officer, and not the party leader. Shoulds Hinds become Speaker, some other man would be the leader on the floor, and the floor leader would be the actual leader of the Republican organi zation. This case Is merely cited to show what may happen before the situation is un tangled. That it is tangled cannot be qnestioned, and it will require much skill to bring order out of chaos, not alone In the House, but in the Senate, ifor with the choice of new leaders, there is apt to be a complete realign ment, and no one can predict where that will lead, or where it will end. CRAZIXG LAXDS XOT INCLUDED f Secretary Wilson to Take All Such From Reserves. OREGONlXN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, April 24. Although stockmen who sold permits to graze in forest re serves are protesting against the elim ination of nontimbered lands from for est reserves. Secretary Wilson an nounced today that the law does not contemplate the inclusion in the re serves Of anv hilt ti m ir.-H lon,ia 1 j that whenever nontimbered lands are I found within reserves they must be i restored to the niihli. Arm-n In making these eliminations he will use discretion to protect the water sup plies of cities and .towns, but beyond that he will Insist that all large areas of srazin? lands, no rt fen lu vi v a-,,n j the outer boundaries, be taken out. He I holds that grazing lands cannot be re- served to prevent stream pollution. jiiis action is announced arter a con ference of Secretary Wilson, Secretary Ballinger and the President. PORTLAND MEX GET OVERTIME Trio of Mailcarriers Benefited by Bill Passed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 24. A bill which passed the House authorizing the payment of overtime claims of letter carriers will bring Joy to the hearts of three carriers In Portland. As the bill has already passed the Senate, the money will be paid in the near future. The Portland beneficiaries under the act are Newton L. Gilham, 294; Ernest F. Patterson, J232; Philip W. Liljeson. $26. POLICE AT CHRISTENING Lulgl Bevegnl, Following Old Cus tom, Shoots Gun Arrested. For following an old country custom of discharging firearms to celebrate the christening of a child. Luigi Bevegnl, an Italian who speaks no English and understands little of American laws i and customs, was arrested last night j at 9:30 o'clock. He was charged with discharging firearms within the city j limits. j Bevegnl Is a gardener employed by Lorenzo iurgeto at East Sixteenth and Division streets. Patrolman Vesey was attracted by gun shots and arrested the celebrant. John Tavelli, a guest at the1 christening, doubted that Patrol man Vesey was a policeman, as he was In plain clothes,, and for advising Bevegnl to offer resistance, he was ar rested and charged with resisting an officer. Both men were released on $10 bail. BRIDGE DONOR IS NAMED Mysterious Harvard Benefactor Is Larz Anderson, '88. BOSTON. April 24. The mystery sur rounding the Identity of the Harvard alumnus who had offered $300,000 to build a new bridge over the Charles River to the stadium from Cambridge, was cleared today when It was learned that Ijarz Anderson, class of '99, of Brookline. was the man. The proposed bridge would replace the present structure which has been found inadequate to accommodate the crowds that flock annually to the stadium for football and other games. IS TIED UP Feeler Thrown Out in New York Fails of Purpose. COUNTRY SELLS ON RISE Extensive Purchases of Farthing Lands and Outlay for Irriga tion Projects Forestall Arti ficial Market Activity. NEW YORK. April . 24. The Finan cial Review says the markets of last week registered a sharp revulsion of sen timent from the hopeful temper of the week before. It was the commonly ac cepted view of close market observers that the advance had been organized by important capital and by banking inter ests to stimulate outside interest in the dealings and to proclaim a feeling of confidence at the financial center which might react on general business. The action of the market at the open ing of last week was sufficient to dem onstrate the failure of the experiment, instead of buying orders, the country sent orders to sell stocks and took ad vantage of the higher prices established. Pretensions Are Hollow. The professions of contentment with the conditions of the steel trade which had come from official sources in con nection with the marking up of stocks and the predictions of an Increase In the dividend rate on United States Steel and of a favorable quarterly statement of earnings, had to be contrasted with the yielding price of pig iron, proposals for reducing output to avoid an unwieldy surplus accumulation, and a falling off in new orders for different lines of fin ished products. There was a continued poor trade con dition In the copper industry and the growth of a feeling In that trade that there might be a cut In prices which would place the producers of copper at the higher cost out of the line of profit and so prompt a reduction of output. The metal Industrials were conspicuously weak In the action which occurred in the mar ket, but no part of the market was ex empt from weakness. Goods Demand Falls OfT. This compression of a backward turn in trade conditions was aggravated by the news of the embarrassment of an old New York drygoods firm, owing to high prices and sluggish demand for cotton goods. The money market position was obscure and somewhat distrusted. The London money position causes anxiety because of the conviction the wild snec ulation in rubber and oil shows theiS is a prelude to a collapse and heavy losses. The controller's abstract of the Na tional Banking position shows an In crease of loans in two months ended March 29 of $202,589,719. for which the New York Clearing House banks are responsible for only $23,233,400. while the total loan expansion of last year measures $468,982,325. with an actual con traction of loans of the New York banks in the same period. This condition goes to confirm the be lief that the holding of old grain and cotton, the extensive purchase of farm lands and the large outlay in irrigation projects have tied up an enormous vol ume of credits the country over. Specu lative liquidation in grain and cotton are welcome for that reason. BANK EXAMINER RESIGNS James Steel to Become Cashier of y Union Bank & Trust Company. S James Steel. State Bank Examiner of Oregon, has resigned to become cashier of the Union Bank & Trust Company. Mr. Steel will enter upon his duties May 51 Mr. Steel's appointment has been made by the directors and a meeting of the stockholders will be held Mon day, May 2, to ratify this action. He has been a resident of Portland since 1S62 and more than 18 years was cashier of the First National Bank. Synonomous with Mr. Steel's appoint ment, the Union Bank & Trust Com pany will increase its capital stock to $200,000. The bank has taken a 50 years' lease on the banking rooms of the 13-storv class A building to be MONEY built at Fourth and Washington streets. RESIGXATIOX IS XOT YET FILED State Board Will Elect Successor When News Is Confirmed. SALEM, Or.. April 24. (Special.) Gov ernor Benson declared tonight that he had no definite. Information regarding the resignation of Bank Examiner Steel, and that nothing in the nature of a resigna tion had been filed with the State Board. The Governor declined to discuss Mr. Steel's probable successor until the resig nation of the present incumbent shall have been received. If Mr. Steel resigns his successor will be elected by the State Board. Machine Gun Platoon Work. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., April 24. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonian of yesterday, under the heading "Gun Record Set," it is stated that Lieutenant Waring trained the machine gun platoon section. Lieu tenant Waring belongs to the Field Artillery, an entirely different branch of the service, and has had no connec tion with the machine gun platoon. First Infantry. Machine guns are at tached to infantry and cavalry, not to artillery. The facts are that Ser geant William Lawrence Is platoon sergeant, while Corporal Custer com mands the winning section and Private Osment acts- as pointer. A. J. DAVIS, Second Lieutenant, First Infantry. Commanding Machine Gun Platoon, First Infantry. Palouse Farm Land Deals Heavy. GARFIELD, Wash.. April 24. (Special.) There has been great activity In Pa louse farm land this week, and record sales have been made. The Garfield Land Company of this city has closed farm land deals since Monday amounting in cash to S5S.300. A diction of land sold LET THOMPSON FIT YOUR GLASSES M Years' Experience at Your service. With our modern lens-grinding plant we can duplicate any broken lens, no matter who prescribed it. Save the pieces we'll do the rest. FAR XglSS in ihP ision No lines, no cement Just per fect sight, with the discomfort .and unsightliness left out. "Of Course, They Cost More." If at anytime In one year I crd Improve your vision, no extra eharse Is mode for the ehnjigrinK of lenses. If your monntlnKS gtrt broken I frill repair them for you without post. "That's the Fair Way." High-class work at the lowest possible prices. THOMPSON EYE SIGHT SPECIALIST, Second Floor Corbett Bids;-. Fifth and Morrison. ;-3. "in' -r f L ' K'J ; . . - ' Sale of Exquisite Undermuslins At Half-Price Today by this company containing 4G0 acres of wheat crop brought $44,SOO. Steam Scalds Machinist. WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 24. (Special.) F. B. Cutting, a machinist in the O. R. & N. roundhouse here, had a narrow escape from death today when a supposedly "dead" boiler upon which he was working blew steam and hot water over his body when he unscrewed a plug. His arm. legs and torso were practically cooked, and his recovery is doubtfully. Farmer Breaks Collarbone. EUGENE, Or.. April 24. (Special.) E. M. Gilespy, a farmer residing three miles from here, aged 68 years, fell off a fence and broke his collar bone and then drove to town hlmarlf and had it set. The phy DESK YOUR opportunity to procure a high grade Desk at a slight advance over cost. J We close our year's business May 1st. To minimize the work of inven J wt-y. , ; , .w.sS-s ..... . j if I! tory and to reduce stock we offer, during the Week Ending April 30, many of our high grade Desks at'just sufficient margin over cost to cover handling. Tpv -T7 TZ" in Sanitary, Full Pedestal, Roll Top, Mahogany, Oak. 1 " iTi 5 I" 1 During this week the opportunity offers to procure that long desired and much wanted high-class Desk at a price that will make you feel that there is something in the world to be had at a low price. J Every desk included in this sale is plainly marked. No reservations first come first served. If the specially marked desks sell before the end of the week the sale clqses accordingly. GLASS & PRUDHOMMB CO. PRINTERS 65-67 SEVENTH ST. MODERN SWEETS So pure children may eat them freely. The "Modem Seal" trade mark is good candy insurance. Look for it. Patronize the Modern Dealer. MODERN CONFECTIONERY CO., MFRS, PORTLAND. Try Modern Chocolates. 'OTE HOW SMOOTH THE COATING TASTES. sician found the break was severe. Gil espy told the doctor he was roosting on the fence and accidentally lost his bal- Rlce Urged for Supreme Court. CHEHAUS. AVash.. April 24. (Spe cial.) A. E. Rice Judge of the Superior Court of Lewis, Pacific and Wahkiakum counties, is being groomed by his Lewis County friends as a candidate for a place on the supreme bench of Washington. Judge Rice resides at Chehalts and ha been on the superior bench since 1900. Salem 15; Dilworth Derby 1. SALEM, Or.. April 24. (Special.) The Salem Tri-City League team won today's game from the Dilworth Derby team of East Portland by a score of 15 to 1. SALE y- .-,p.jt 'w"woowjaacoC. .... v.:-. c . BINDERS STATIONERS Portland. Oregon CANDY "Please Just One!" THEY ARE SO GOOD! Made of the choicest material, under the most approved sanitary conditions and by the most up-to-date methods. Smooth and tasty.