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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Save the pieces we'll do the rest.
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"Of Course, They Cost More."
If at anytime In one year
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possible prices.
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EYE SIGHT SPECIALIST,
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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
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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.
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