THE MOKXIXG OKEGOmX, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1910.
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GUARD SHAKEN UP
Governor Hay Sustains Adjutant-General
Lamping.
REMOVALS WILL FOLLOW
Resignation of Lieutenant Colonel
Lemon Likely to Be Withdrawn.
Politics to Be Eliminated,
Is Officallj- Declared.
OLTMPIA. Trash., May 3 (Special.)
With a view of ending the dissen
sions in the National Guard of Wash
ington. Governor Hay today directed
Adjutant-General George B. Lamping to
proceed with the reorganization of the
National Guard along the lines he al
ready had begun.
While no official announcement is
made to that effect, it is said to mean
that the AdJutant-GeneraJ has full
authority to bring the trouble in the
guard to an end, and that Colonel Otto
Case, Captain Maurice Thompson and
Junior officers shortly will be removed
from all duty in connection with the
guard. Lieutenant-Colonel Lemon, of
North Yakima, who recently tendered
his resignation, probably will with
draw it.
Governor Hay this afternoon issued
a statement after a conference with
General Lamping, saying in part:
"I expect him to handle the guard
and not to bother me with it. There
has been some complaint from various
officers of the National Guard; and to
learn conditions I have gone into the
matter thoroughly with various offi
cers throughout the state, fully realiz
ing that this was not strictly military,
but desiring to learn the true condi
tions. After fully investigating condi
tions, there is no doubt in my mind
that some politics has been brought
into the National Guard, which I de
sire ellminated.
"No military organization can be suc
cessful wherein politics is allowed to
enter in any manner. I have Instructed
General Lamping to use his best en
deavors to eliminate all politics from
the organization. The National Guard
for the past year has been in the
process of reorganization and I believe
he is using his best endeavors so to
organize the military department aa
to make it a most efficient and well
organized National Guard."
LONDON WELCOMES PEARY
Explorers and Scientists Lionize
American; Banquet Given.
LONDON, May 3. London Is making
much of Commander Robert E. Peary.
A great crowd today In the street ad
jacent to the home of the Royal Geo
graphical Society, where he was enter
I tained at luncheon, awaited the arrival
of the American explorer, and gave
him a hearty reception. Entering- the
clubhouse, he was received with a
noisy demonstration of welcome by
the party of scientists and explorers.
When a few moments later Captain
Robert Bartlett, commander of the Arc
tic steamer Roosevelt, arrived, the ap
plause was renewed.
juxrd Jialsbury, president of the club,
presided, with Commander Peary seat
ed at his rigrht. Captain Scott, the
leader of the British Antarctic expedi
tion, was at the head of the lower ta
ble with Captain Bartlett at the place
of honor. Toasts to King Edward,
President Taft and Commander Peary
were drunk.
HUNT ON FOR EVIDENCE
Illinois Bribery Case Waits for Cor
roborative Testimony.
CHICAGO, May 3. Coincident with
the departure "out of town of State's
Attorney "Way man, the special grand
Jury investigating charges of bribery
In connection with the passage of cer
tain legislation and the election of
William Lorimer to the United States
Senate, adjourned until tomorrow, when
Mr. Wayman's return is expected.
It was rumored that Mr. Way man
had taken two detectives with him on
a hunt for evidence to corroborate that
of Representative White, who made the
confessrton that he, a Democrat, re
ceived $1000 to vote for Lorimer.
STAB FROM KNIFE IS FATAL
Fainter Is Accused of Killing Com
panion in Scuffle.
SAX FRAXCISOT, May 3. In strug
gling for the possession of a ladder
here today. Carl Colburn was stabbed
through the heart and killed, it is al
leged, by C. II Huddleson. a fellow
painter. The wound was inflicted by Huddle
snn'a putty knife and the latter claims
that he was engaged with Oolburn in a
friendly scufTle over the ladder when the
latter fell and impaled himself on the
knife, which was in the former's pocket.
There were no witnesses to the tragedv.
ENGINE MAGNATE TAKEN
John H. Converse, of Baldwin
Works, Was Philanthropist.
PHILADELPHIA May 3. John H.
Converse, of the Baldwin Locomotive
"VTorks, died suddenly of heart trouble
at his suburban home in Rosemont,
near here, early today. He was 69
years of ape. In 1900 Mr. Converse was
vice-moderator of the General Assem
bly of the Presbyterian Church of the
Vnited States of America. He was a
trustee of Princeton Theological Semi
nary and was a liberal giver to and
worker for religion and philanthropy.
WAGE RAISE IS $100,000,000
Railroads Advance In Pay Envelope
Reaches High Fignre.
NEW YORK, May '3. Advances in
railway wages already made, or to be
made before the end of the year, are
estimated at loo,OOu.ODO for the entire
country- This is the figure stated by
President TV. C. Brown, of the New
York Central. Calculated on the Inter
state Commerce Commission statistics as
a basis, the wages paid to railroad em
ployee under the new scale will amount
to i,--i.-oj.wu a year.
Eastern Roads to Raise Rates.
BOSTON. May 3- A movement to In
crease) passenger sates on many o tae.
railroads between the Mississippi River
and the Atlantic seaboard will become
practically general in New England by
June 1. Following the recent announce
ment of an advance by the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the Bos
ton & Maine and Boston & Albany man
agements today stated that they had
decided to raise rates because of the in
creased cost of operation. The raise on
the (Boston & Albany will average about
12 per cent and will take effect on June
1. The new schedules will be filed at
once with? the Railroad Commission and
also with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
OIL WELLS MEAN MELON
S. P. Contemplates Selling Proper
ties and Dividing Proceeds.
NEW YORK. May 3. The Southern
Pacific Company is considering a plan
for the disposal of its oil properties, it
was stated today, and the distribution of
the proceeds through stock to the share
holders. The aggregate value of the oil
property of the Southern Pacific is aald
to be approximately $100,000,000 and the
estimated proceeds of the sale of the
property would mean a special dividend
of about $30 a share to the stockholders
of Southern Pacific
Member of Parliament TTnseateJ.
LONDON, May 3. Sir Christopher
Furness, the shipowner, who as a Lib
eral has represented the constituencies
of Hartlepool in Parliament since 1900,
was today unseated by the court and
his recent election declared void, on
the ground that there had been an il
legal employment of demonstrators and
payments made through his agents. The
court emphasized its conclusions that
Sir Christopher was not personally
guilty of any corrupt or illegal prac
tices, but added that he must suffer
for the acts of his agents.
Chchalis to Have Sane Fourth.
CHERALIS, Wash., May 3. (Spe
cial.) Mayor West ealled attention of
the Council to the fact that a year
ago an ordinance was passed whereby
Chehalis may have a safe and sane
Fourth of July this year. He an
nounced his determination that Che
halis should be one of the cities to
have a "safe and sane Fourth" and
the Council agreed with him that fire
works will be tabooed this year.
Portland Autolsts to Attend.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. May 3. (Spe
cial) A number of members of the
Portland A-utomobile Club will attend
a meeting of the Clark County Auto
mobile Club in the Vancouver Com
mercial Club rooms tomorrow evening.
President Dickson of the visiting club
will deliver an address. There are
about 75 automobiles in Vancouver and
Clark County and most of the owners
will become members of the club.
Sealer Aurora Safe.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 3. Nearly all
the vessels of the sealing fleet have ar
rived in port, bringing to a close a suc
cessful season. The steamer Aurora, which
had been reported missing with 185 men on
board, has been reported off Cape Dona
Vista low down in the water, evidently
from a good catch. The season has been
remarkably free from serious disasters to
the fleet.
Man Twice Hurt in Accident.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 3. (Spec
ial.) When struck by a heavy timber
which Jumped out of a flume near Yacolt,
John Redding was knocked off of the
trestle to the ground 25 fet below. When
the timber struck Redding it broke his
hip and when he struck the rocks his? leg
was broken and his head badly cut. Red
ding is in a wrious condition and his re
covery is doubtful.
"Bankers' BUI" Reported Favorably
WASHINGTON. May 3. What Is
known as the "bankers bill of lading
measure," making order lading bills
negotiable and requiring the prominent
stamping of "not negotiable" on
straight lading bills, was ordered fa
vorably reported to the House by the
interstate commerce committee today.
Standard's 2 0.0 00- Fine Affirmed.
NEW YORK, May 3. The United States
Court of Appeals today handed down a
decision affirming the decree of the Unit
ed States Circuit Court in which the
Standard Oil Company was fined $20,000
by a Jury before Judge Noyes in the
Western district of New York for viola
tion of the Interstate Commerce act.
Union County Gets Soaking Rain.
LA GRANDE, Or.. May 3. (Special.)
One of the heaviest and longest
downpours of rain since the cloudburst
near here two months ago is soaking
Union County tonight. It has been
greeted with great delight by the
farmers, who say it has come at the
opportune hour.
Bishop Will Dedicate Church.
VANCOUVER. Wash, May 3. (Spe
cial.) Bishop Bell of Los Angeles will
dedicate the new United Brethren
Church at Cherry Grove at 11 o'clock
May 29. Following the dedication serv
ices an. old-fashioned basket dinner will
be enjoyed.
Dr. Matte rn Reappointed.
SALEM. Or, May 3. (Special.) Gov
ernor Benson today appointed Dr. B. O.
Mattem to succeed himself as a member
of the State Board of Optometry.
FAMILY FOOD
Crisp, Toothsome and Requires So
Cooking;.
A little toy down in N. C. asked his
mother to write an account of how
Grape-Nuts food had helped their
familq.
She says Grape-Nuts was first
brought to her attention In Charlotte,
where she visited.
"While I was there I used the food
regularly. I gained about 15 pounds
and felt so well that when I returned
home I began using- Grape-Nuts in the
family regularly.
"My little lS-months old baby shortly
after being weaned was very ill with
dyspepsia and teething. She was sick
nine weeks and we tried everything.
She became so emaciated that it was
painful to handle her and we thought
we were going to lose her. One day
a happy thought urged me to try
Grape-Nuts soaked in a little warm
milk.
"Well, it worked like a charm and
she began taking it regularly and im
provement set in at once. She is now
getting well and round and fat as fast
as possible and on Grape-Nuts.
"Some time ago several of the family
were stricken with La Grippe at the
same time, and during the worst stages
we could not relish anything in the
shape of food but Grape-Nuts and
oranges, everything else nauseating us.
"We all appreciate what your famous
food has done for our family."
Read "The Road to Wellville," found
in pkgs. "There's a Reason."
F.Tfr read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are onnlwy true vuk tuU ol kamu
SARCASM AT HEARING
HIGH LIVING COST AT CAPITAL 1
tXDEB PROBE.
Wholesalers' Social Organizations"
Do Not Impress House Com
mittee on District.
WASHINGTON. May 3 "I would not
be surprised to find that the safe-blowers
and porch-climbers have social organiza
tions." sarcastically observed a member
of the House Committee on District of
Columbia today, after counsel for trade
organizations had explained their benevo
lent and "largely social" objects.
The committee was investigating the
high cost of living and other problems,
and evidence already heard shows, ac
cording to counsel, that the tomato can
ners, oyster packers and other commodity
handlers have associations for "social"
purposes.
Perclval M. Brown, attorney for the
wholesale grocers' organization of Wash
ington, testified today that its purposes
were "largely social." He said he ap
peared to oppose any requirements that
weight labels be put on food packages,
and admitted where retailers tried to buy
from the wholesalers it might make a
difference whether the retailers belonged
to a retailers association.
"Why does this . social organization re
quire an attorney?" asked Representative
Johnson, of Kentucky.
Mr. Brown replied he did not think it
needed one; that he was not retained by
the 'year, but on "'occasions."
FARMERS OF WASCO JUBILANT
Rain, of Last Day or Two Will Be
of Inestimable Benefit.
THE DALLES, Or.. May 3. (Special.)
Three-quarters of an Inch of rain fell
in this vicinity during the last 24 hours,
the greatest precipitation at this time
of the year in the history of 35 years
of local weather observing. Last Fri
day night 30.100 of an inch fell.
The rain will be of Inestimable value
to the grain farmers of the surround
ing country. It is reported that Winter
wheat was becoming somewhat dry, but
this rain will tide it over until harvest.
The farmers and ranchers are all Jubi
lant over the prospects of enormous
crops of every description.
SHERMAN COUNTY BENEFITED
Heavy Rainfall Assures Greatest
Wheat Yield.
MORO, Or., May 3. (Special.) Sherman
County was visited with a soaking rain
last night which began at about 8 o'clock
in the evening. After a heavy downpour
all night, the rain still continued at 9
o'clock this morning.
The precipitation has been general
throughout the county, and practically as
sures to this section for the year the
greatest yield of wheat in Its history.
BALLIXGER'S DUTY IS DONE
Court Dismisses Charge Made by A.
W." Lafferty, of Portland.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, May 3. Judge Anderson, of the
Supreme Court for the District of Co
lumbia, today ordered expunged from
records of his court the charge recently
preferred by A. W. Lafferty, of Port
land, as attorney for sundry Slletz en
trymen, that Secretary Ballinger had
shriked his duty since assuming his
Cabinet position.
In the petition for an injunction to
prevent the cancellation of certain Si-
till
367 Morrison St., Opp. Olds, Wortman & King's New Store
Blue Serges, Black Unfinished Worsted, Every Piece Fancy Worsted and Tweeds, All Imported Goods
letz entries, Lafferty charged that
Judge Ballinger had been counsel for
one of the claimants and because of
that relation had refused since becom
ing Secretary to give the other Slletz
entrymen the benefit of his Judgment
on their cases.
Judge Ballintarer denied the imputa
MIDSEASON UNLOADING SAL.E
FECIAL
TAILORED SUITS for LITTLE WOMEN,
MISSES and GIRLS
Every Garment THIS SEASON'S production and
unlike most of those offered elsewhere at
Special Sales which are purchased for Sale purposes
these are all HIGH-GLASS TAILORED SUITS
NOTE THE REDUCTIONS
$50.00 SUITS NOW $33.50
$40.00 SUITS NOW $28.50
$32.50 SUITS NOW $21.50
EVERY LADIES' WAIST HALF PRICE
$7.50 WAISTS NOW $3.75
$5.00 WAISTS NOW.$2.50
$3.00 WAISTS NOW $1.50
BEN SELLIN
tion and declared that the cases had
been referred as a matter of regular
routine to Assistant Secretary Pierce,
who has charge of Land Office maters.
Explosion Hurts Score. "
PHILADELPHIA. Majr 3. More than
1800 exclusive Suit Patterns
will be put on sale all this
week suits we sold for $35,
$40, $45 up to $60; also all our
Blue Serge Suits, sold from
$40 to $50.. We will give you
your choice of any of these,
made to order, at one price,
(Q
$2(Q)
A suit made to order, made
just as good as if you paid us
our full price. We are com-'
pelled to unload all our goods
early to make rooni for all our
Fall goods, which are expected
in every day. Remember, these
goods will not last long. Any
suit to order, $20.00.
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$45.00 SUITS NOW $31.50
$37.50 SUITS NOW $25.50
$25.00 SUITS NOW $16.50
$6.00 WAISTS NOW $3.00
$4.00 WAISTS NOW $2.00
$2.00 WAISTS NOW $1.00
G LEADING
CLOTHIER
a score of workingmen were injured
today in an explosion in the fertilizer
works of iM. L. Shoemaker & Co., Lim
ited. Investigation showed that no one
was killed. "About 50 men were in or
about the testing-house when the ex
plosion occurred and most of them re
ceived severe burns.
BRUEN
North Bend Improvements on Way.
MARSH FIELD. Or.. May 3. (Special.)
The City Council ot North Bend has con
tracted for about $SO0O worth of additional
street work and is planning for much
more to be done on different streets this
Summer. A new sewer is also to be
huilt.
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