PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. L.-XO. 15,430. C0M1N5 DEFIES 'FOES Mask Should Be Torn Off Leaders, He Says. BUILDS FEW OF HIS FENCES Makes Plea for Indorsement of His Actions. CORPORATIONS IN CONTROL Men at Helm of Government, He Says, Ruled by Great Combina tions of Business Senator Dolliver Attacks Tariff. DES MOINES, May 10. Before p re pressive Republicans here tonight Sen ator Cummins took occasion to bring out the standpoint of the insurgents and to grill the so-called leaders of Congress, who, he said, are corporation men pure and simple, and as such are not looking after the best interests of the country. Mr. Cummins also expressed the hope that he would be returned to the Senate by the Legislature of his State. Senator Cummins spoke as follows: Builds His Own Fences. "Wlille the principal object of my visit to Iowa is to say a word for others, I do not pretend to be altogether unselfish. Although not a candidate for office in the coming primary, I make no conceal ment of my hope the next Republican State Convention will approve my course in Congress. "A few weeks ago there was held in the City of Des Moines a conference of certain Republicans, and these men or ganized a campaign with the avowed object of securing a state convention that would indorse the Republican Na tional Administration. The men who composed the conference are well known In Iowa. Unmasking Is Needed. "I have special reason to know them, bocause in every fight we have had in ten years they have been my most per sistent and determined enemies. It is not only th right but the duty of the Republicans of Iowa to declare in clear and unequivocal terms what they think of their Senatorse. The only thing to which I object is the mask which those men are wearing, and all I Intend to do tonight with regard to the campaign so begun is politely to ask them to remove the mask and to make their fight in the open. "I have the highest regard for a fair, brave fighter, but I do not like the mid night prowler with his dark lantern and his jlmmp, who hopes to get off with his plunder unheard and unseen. If these men decline my mild invitation to re move the false face that obscures their real purpose, I am here to take it off for them and to eay to the Republicans of Iowa that the fight they are making is to get such a convention as will enable Mr. Aldrich and his crowd to say Senator Dolliver and my sol f. with the progressive members of the House delegation, have been repudiated in our own state." Leaders Corporation Men. Mr. Cummins declared the present Re publicnn leaders are in league with cor poralinna Ho said: "I have no hesitancy in naming the present leaders of the Republican party in the Congress of the United States. In the Senate one man stands solitary and alone and hitherto his word has been law to that august tribunal. Senator Aldrich is one of the men of whom I have been speaking. In the House Mr. Cannon, the Speaker, has exercised a dominating con trol, and after him come Payne, Dalzell and a few others of the eame type. They look at these vital problems from the corporate standpoint, and are always fearful that any step i nthe fur- ther and better regulation of those over mastering forces in our commercial life will destroy business will take away some of the pronta of the multi-million aires. Plea for Sympathy Made. "Every session of Congress will develop just such differences, and can you wonder that we, who are marked for disfavor by the powerful Influences at Washing ton, should want a Governor in sympathy with what we are trying to do should want the whole state government in harmony with tne progressive movement for better laws? "The sooner we realize this division in the ranks of the Republican party is not ephemeral, the sooner we appreciate it is a movement of the people and not merely to gratity personal ambitions, the sooner we will become conscious of a great and everlasting truth." Dolliver Attacks Tariff. Analyzing schedule by schedule and item by item, the Fayne-Aldrich tariff act. Senator Dolliver. of Iowa, in his address before the progressive Repub licans tonisht, declared close scrutiny showed "so far as the public is con cerned, the tariff revision carries rates as high or higher than the Dingley tariff law on most articles of general use in their finished condition." "Most of the reductions," said the Senator, "were so trivial as to be ridiculous and were either upon arti cles we do not import to any extent, but, on the contrary, export in enormous quantities, or were further to protect the manufacturer, especially in reduc ing the duties on raw materials. "In fact, a careful scrutiny of tne particular items changed and the exact INSURGENTS .tConcludd en MAY WHEAT TAKES SUDDEN TUMBLE DISCOVERY BtTIXS DON'T COX TROIi STOCKS CAUSES SLUMP. High Prices Tempt Hidden Supply From Upper Lake Ports and 4 1-2-Cent Drop Results. CHICAGO. May 10. (Special.) May wheat bumped off 4 cents toward the close of today's session of the Board of Trade and the slump resulted in semi-demoralization in the market a a whole. The break was so sudden and) vicious that it wa impossible to sell even, a few "fives' on stop-loss order from J1.14V1 down to J1.1114. Bulls have been pushing the May delivery up notch by notch for several weeks, and eafly today the market Sold 10 cents above the recent low price, reaching- $1.15. The immediate cause of the break was the announcement that several cargoes of Duluth wheat had been purchased to come to Chicago by lake. T. H. Waterman, an Eastern miller and speculator, is credited with own ing several million bushels of May wheat, holding more contracts than can be delivered from the local stocks, and today the trade had its first inkling that the market may not be in full control of the bull leaders. WINTER WHEAT IMPROVES Crop Reporis Show Pacific North west Grain Better. ORKGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, May 10. According to May estimates of the Department of Agriculture, the Winter wheat crop of the Pacific Northwest was in better condition May 1, 1910, than May 1, 1909. Jn Washington and Idaho the con dition being above the 10-year average. Reports show that 6 per cent of the Winter wheat acreage in Oregon has been abandoned, leaving 476.000 acres to be harvested. The condition of this crop is reported at 95, as compared with 93 last year. The 10-year aver age for Oregon is 96. Eight and two-tenths per cent of the Washington acreage has been aban doned, leaving 676.000 acres to be har vested, the condition of the crop on May 1 is 95, being 2 per cent above that of last year and 3 per cent above the 10-year average. In Idaho 4 per cent of the acreage has been abandoned, leaving 345,000 acres to be harvested. The condition of the Idaho Winter wheat on May 1 was 98, against 93 of last year and 95 on the 10-year average. 1600 VOLTS THROUGH MAN Lineman Unconscious Three Hours After Shock, Tct Lives. COLFAX, Wash., May 10. (Special.) Alfred Pettepher, aged 34, a Spokane In land Electric line lineman, received se vere injuries Monday while grounding wires for a steam shovel track near Col fax Fair Grounds. Pettepher received 1600 volts from a No. 2 copper wire which came in con tact with a telephone wire, also a high tension wire. He was thrown several feet in the air, fortunately throwing him clear of the wires, the third finger of each hand .being badly burned. He was unconscious for three hours, his life being saved by gallant and prompt ef forts of companion linemen. FARMERS NOT BENEFITED Fargo College Professor Compares Values With Those 10 Years Ago. WASHINGTON. May 10. In an ef fort to prove that the farmer is not reaping the benefits of high cost of foodstuffs, John H. Shepperd, dean of the North Dakota Agricultural College at Fargo, testified today before the special Investigating committee of the Senate. His figures were based on a com parison of present-day values with 10 years ago. He asserted that while land had increased in value 150 per cent, the producing capacity had decreased 20 per cent. The retail prices of agricul tural machinery had advanced' 19 per cent and labor 60 per cent. Finally, Professor Shepperd said that $1 wheat today was worth no more than was SO-cent wheat 10 years ago. COUNTY STUNG FOR GOWNS Washington Superior Judges, Wear ers of Black, Get Relief. OITMPIA, Wash.. May 10. (Spe clal.) Counties must pay for the black g-owns the law requires Superior Judges to "wear is the decision of Su perior Judgre Shackleford, of Tacoma, rendered here today at a test suit brought because of the refusad of Thurston County Commissioners to pay for the govns worn by the local Su perior Court Judge. Judge Shackleford says gowns must be paid for Just as stationery or office supplies of the Judges. DEATH REUNITES COUPLE Estrangement of Mr. and Mrs. Minot Ends at Son's Grave. MARSHFIELD, Or.. May 10. (Spe cial.) Attorney Thomas Minto, for merly of this city ad now of San Fran cisco, has telegraphed to Marshfield friends that he and his former wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Minot, have been mar ried again. The -couple were prominent here and were divorced, but were reconciled last Saturday at the grave of their son, Tom Minot. Jr., who was killed by a streetcar in San, Francisco and. .burled 1 in that city. - BALLINGER FBANK IN EXPLANATION Replies to Aspersions Are Emphatic. EXAMINATION NEARLY ENDED "Clear-Listing" of Claims Plainly Justified by Record. NO LAW IS VIOLATED Secretary's Appearance Before Land Office Made Purely as Accommo dation Name of Senator Piles Is Brought In. WASHINGTON, May 10. Secretary Balllnger replied with emphasis today to the aspersions which Attorney Bran dels sought to cast upon him, in the course of continued cross-examination. The Secretary said that his reason for not calling to the attention of the President certain rulings which, if sus tained in law, would have prevented his appearance before the General Land Office in the Cunningham case, after his retirement as Land Commissioner, was that he did not think there was any law to justify them. Friends and Others Equal. t Ballinger also answered with con spicuous directness a question whether he had not "assumed" that the neces sary examination of the Cunningham claims had been made by saying: . "All of your efforts throughout this hearing have been to besmirch my character by trying to show some dev ilish inspiration back of my actions. The fact that I knew some of these claimants had nothing to do with my action. Those who have known me in every office I have ever held know it would have made no difference to me whether they were friends or stran gers." The committee voted that the answer was sufficient. The committee decided to grant the request of Attorney Brandeis that Os car Lawler, Assistant Attorney-General for the Interior Department, be asked to furnish the original or copies of the memoranda he prepared for the Presi dent last September and which Bran deis has intimated the President fol lowed in writing his letter vindicating Balllnger and dismissing L. R. Glavis. By unanimous vote tne committee re fused to ask the President for similar information. Examination. Nearly Finished. Attorney Brandeis had almost con eluded the cross-examination of Bal linger when the hearing was adjourned until Thursday. He devoted practl cally the entire day to the subject of the "clear listing" of the Cunningham claims by Commissioner Ballinger, seeking to show extraordinary haste had been made to rush the claims to patent and that Glavis' reiterated pro tests alone had caused Balllnger to pause. In the course of an exchange of amenities between Chairman Nelson and Attorney Brandeis. one of the wo- (Concluded on Pagft INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 64 degrees; minimum, 54 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Politics. Senator Vammlns speaks at Tes Moines, defying regulars, and Dolliver denounces new train. pg 1. National. Eastern Senators take issue with Heybum's statement that "Water competition is fic tion." Page 2. Federal judge in Iowa upholds pure food law.. Page 3. Ballinger' cross-examination nearly com pleted. Page 1. Domestic. Dr. Hyde on stand all day and defense rests its case Page 2. F. Augustus Heinze begins his defense. Page 3. "Illinois anti-saloon element declares for state-wide prohibition. Page 5 Sport. Pacific Coast League results: Oakland 5, ban Francisco 4; Sacramento S, Vernon v. No game at Los Angeles. Page & Manager McCredle releases Armbruster and . Guyn. Page 8 ' Donau. Nashville horse, wins famous Ken tucky derby. Page 8. Northwest. Resolutions pointing out menace In. direct iegipiaiion axe oiierea oeiore- auio Grange. Page 1. Interior Oregon towns make ovation for Hill nartv. Pftifa 1. iCogue Kiver Irrigation & Power Company makes deal of 00,000 for power site. Page 6. Gohl case will probably be given to Jury by jiuuia. rage o. Commercial and Marine. Condition of foreign hop crops. Page 21. Slump In May wheat at Chicago. Page 1. Sharp bulge in stock prices. Page 111. Heavy sales of Oregon wool in the EaaL fage zi. Big Demand for Oregon lumber from the cnent. .fage zu. Portyuid and Vicinity. Morris case will go to Jury this afternoon. rage -lz. . Man who secured pictures through repre senting nimseir as wun ine uregoman is fined. Page 13. Water board decides to put another pipe une unaer river; contracts let lor main. Page 14. Convention of Jewelers will end tonight with banquet- .Page 14. Council and O- R. & N". deadlocked over de mands for Broadway bridge approaches. Page 9. Ex-Cashier Scrlber, of La Grande, to ask jury to believe he's monomaniac Page li Stevens elected president of United Rail ways and Improvements are looked for at once, rage w. Man who defied census man pays fine. Page 13. FAITH IS BACKED BY CASH Bakers Will Buy Bonds of Socialist Milwaukee City. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. May 10. (Special.) It is announced by city officials that Milwaukee municipal bonds will not go begging under a Social Democratic ad minis traiion. At a meeting in Chicago the executive board of the International Bakers' Union decided to buy Milwaukee bonds to the extent of $200,000 should the need for such action arise. The bakers, have in their treasury $200,000 in United States bonds and these they have decided to sell, giv ing them that amount of money for Mil waukee bonds should there be any move by Eastern bankers to hamper the Social remocratlc administration. The International Bakers' Union re quested all other unions to take similar action. It is said the brewery workers' organization, holding nearly $1,000,000 In United States bonds, will fall in lino on the proposition. ONE WEDDING SERVES SIX Mother, Son and Daughter All Mar ry Simultaneously. TACOMA. Wash., May 10. (Special.) Unique in the way of weddings is a triple one that took place today near Clear Lake in which a mother, her son and her daughter were married. Rev. Ove J. H. Preus, of Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church, per formed the triple ceremony at the home of Mrs. Brlta Erlckson, one of the brides. Mrs. Erlckson was mar ried to Andrew V. Ledford. Her daugh ter, Maria Sophia Wicktorla Erlckson, was married to Otto John Wrickland, of Douglas City. Alaska. 'GOODBYE! UNCLE SAM." MENACE NOIV SEEN NIMBY PEOPLE Spirited Debate Is On in State Grange. DIRECT POWER IS ABUSED Many DelegatesWill Support Resolution Before Body. MEETING AT OREGON CITY i Four-Day Convention Promises to Show Change of Attitude on Po litical Situation in Oregon. State-Owned Roads Opposed. OREGON CITY, Or., May 10. (Spe ciaL) Resolutions which allude to the initiative ami referendum, in its present status, as dangerous to the best interests of the state threaten ex ended debates in the S2d annual ses-1 sion of the Oregon State Grange, which convened in the Clackamas County courthouse in this city this morning. The convention will continue four days. Pomona Grange, of Union County, Introduced the resolution which threat ens heated discussion, and among other things the Union County delegates are strongly opposed to state owershtp of railroads and ask that the State Grange take action to defeat the con stitutional amendment submitted by the last Legislature. Political Activity Opposed. Austin T. Buxton, state master, in his annual address, opposes too active a participation in political issues. He also opposes the call for a constitu tional convention, saying the move ment is supported chiefly by those op posed to direct legislation. Mr. Bux ton says while he has advocated a few changes in the operation of the present system of direct legislation, "the prin ciple itself is worth far too much for the people to take any chances on its overthrow or its serious impairment. "Constitutional amendments are fre quently made to hang uncertainly over the people, amendments tnreatening tne business stability of the state and creat ing a feeling of uncertainty as to business relations and conditions, and "Wihereas, we believe adequate remedy would be found in making more difficult for such initiative and referendum action to be enacted into law. "Therefore, be it resolved by Union County Pomona Grange that 60 per cent of the entire vote cast at such election should be required to amend the, consti tution, and we believe it imperative that the State Grange should take action to bring such about. Public Reception Tendered. A public reception was tendered the members this evening at Shivejy's opera house. Dr. W. E. Carl, Mayor of the city, welcomed the visitors in an address which was responded to by State Lec turer Johnson. A. set programme fol lowed in which the Oregon City High School Glee Club took a prominent part. Election of officers will take place to morrow at 2 o'clock. Considerable in ( Concluded on Page 7.) HEARST DARED TO VISIT LOUISVILLE WAITER S OX INVITES EDITOR TO TESTIFY IX LIBEL StIT. Kentucklan Says New Yorker Has Pursued Him With Money Offers and Expresses Contempt. LOUISVILLE, Ky May 10. (Spe cial.) Commenting on the suits filed by W. R. Hearst against the Courier Journal and Mr. Watterson personally for the publication of the speech of Mayor Gaynor, of New York, at the Associated Press banquet, Henry Wat terson says: "It is given out that Mr. Hearst will personally come to Kentucky to direct and conduct the suits against us. We sincerely hope that this will prove to be true. In that event we shall try to make his sojourn interesting. If he will agree to take the stand and answer under oath certain interrogatives which the attorney of the Courier-Journal is prepared to ask him, not only will this nterest be augmented, but the Courier- Journal Company will agree to pay him double the amount of whatever judg ment he may obtain. 'Touching his individual action against the editor of the Courier-Jour nal, Mr. Watterson has merely to say that he will always consider himself as Increasing in honor the further he diverges from Mr. Hearst. Having for years pursued Mr. Watterson with pre posterous and offensive money offers, Mr. Hearst adopts the rather novel re venge of. accusing him before a court of law of that which he would not dare to utter face to face and man to man. 'Mr. Watterson is nearing the Close of a long and active life without hav ing ever been personally party to any litigation or any kind of suit or action at law and. whilst Mr. Hearst', urn ceedingmay annoy, it cannot injure or embarrass him." WOMAN SIGNALS BY MIRROR Husband Objects to Affinity-Look- ing-Glass Flirtation and Sues. ALBANY, Or.. Mav 10. rKnenlnl 1 That his wife used a looking-glass to flash sunlight from their home, on the hilltop to an admirer who resided in the valley below as a signal for secret meetings, was a statement made hv w. A. Allen in the State Circuit Court nere yesterday. He said that when, he lett home his wife flashed this signa to ner arnnity" and he came up the hill to see her. The secret visits continued. Allen testified, until October, 1905, and then the two left their respective homes near Brownsville simultaneously and are now reported to be livine- as man and wife in Idaho. Allen accordingly sued tor divorce and Judge Galloway granted the decree. They were mar ried in Brownsville, November 14, 1892. Daisy Garrotte was granted a di vorce from Edward F. Garrotte, who is now incarcerated in the Oregon State Penitentiary. They were married in Albany Sptember 26, 1906. and Gar rotte was sent to the state prison from Crook County in May, 1909, to serve two years for burglary. A divorce was granted to Cecelia Holmes from Harry Holmes, to whom she was married in Albany March 19, 1905, and who, she testified, deserted her in Portland in July, 1907. Only one divorce case which went to trial is that of Veleria Richardson vs. James A Richardson, who resides in Scio, and is one of the most prominent men in that part of the county. INSURGENTS BACK TO FOLD Taft Promises, It Is Said, to Urge Further Tariff Reductions. WASHINGTON, May 10. Following a visit of Representative Cooper, of Wis consin, one of the Insurgents of the House, to President Taft's office to day, the report gained currency that through the proposed increase in the powers of the new tariff board some of the most serious differences between the Republican regulars and insurgents may be healed. It was reported also that a strong factor in the Republican Congressional campaign this Fall may be declarations by the President that if the investiga tions of the tariff board show that further reductions in the tariff are pos sible and compatible with a fair profit to the American manufacturer, he will strongly urge further revision by Con gress. WIFE ACCUSED AS THIEF Station Agent Declares Woman Took Money to Aid Other Man. SOUTH BEND, Wash., May 10. (Spe cial.) For some time past Walter Griffis, station agent at Lebam, has been missing small sums of money, which he has made good to the com pany. He was robbed of $35- Friday and has accused his wife of taking it and giving it to a man named Moore. Griffis alleges that his wife has con fessed. Moore was arrested In Dryad and Is in jail here, and a warrant has been issued for Mrs. Griffis. BOAT IS MADE OF CONCRETE Vessel, Launched at Panama, Unique In Marine Architecture. WASHINGTON, May 10k It will puzzle most people to know that a boat built of concrete will not only float, but has a greater carrying capacity, is more dur able and even lighter than a strongly constructed wooden boat. The Panama Canal Commission has Just launched on the banks of the Panama Canal a big barge built of reinforced concrete which weighs 60,000 pounds, and two others will be soon finished. These vessels, it is said, ale practically in destructible - . HILL PARTY GIVEN OVATION ON TRIP Interior Towns Extend Warm Welcome. SPEECHES FOLLOW BANQUETS Great Northern President Asks i. . Many Questions. PRINEVILLE IS HOPEFUL "From What I Have Seen, Town Should Have Railroad," Says Louis AV. Hill 160 Miles Cov- red In Two Days by Autos. BY R. G. CALLVERT. PRINEVILLE, Or., May 7. (Staff Correspondence.) It is a whirlwind tour of Central Oregon that President Louis W. Hill, of the Great Northern Railway, is making, judging from the first two days of the journey, yet withall it is a painstaking investiga tion of the resources of the interior. Already every member of the party is an avowed Oregon enthusiast. Mr. Hill is endeavoring to see as much as possible of a country as large as New England in two weeks time. For carrying the seven members of the party over the state lour high-powered automobiles are in service, one of which is utilized as an emergency, car. If one automobile becomes disabled it is left for repairs, with instructions to catch up if possible, while the others proceed on their way. Five Towns Visited. In the two days that have passed since goodbye was bidden to Shaniko, Mr. Hill has visited five towns, deliv ered five speeches and attended three more or less public banquets in addition to private entertainments. The journey in the two days covered about 160 miles by automobile, and included many -stops ior the purpose of taking photographs, and asking questions con cerning the products of the district. Owing to the delay caused by bad roads out of Shaniko, some changes In the Itinerary have been made, but in the order named the. party has visited Madras, Prtneville, Bend, Laidlaw and Redmond, returning Sunday evening to Prineville to spend the night before proceeding to Burns. Prineville Hopes for Road. At no place along the route has Mr. Hill's visit created so much interest as at Prineville. This, the present metropo lis and the county seat of Crook Coun ty, Is 20 miles off the main line of the Oregon Trunk line, and with the rail road so near their door the people of Prineville have set their . hearts upon at least a branch, if not a main east-and-west trunk line across the state. At a banquet given at the Hotel Prineville, Saturday night, Mr. Hill was asked practically point blank if the Oregon Trunk line would be extended up. the Crooked River Valley to this place. Hill Expects to See liine Built. "To answer you frankly," he said In the course of his remarks, "I don't know. We are here looking over the country to ascertain what it offers to Justify railroad development. We can only hope to gain a general idea of where railroad extensions will be justi fied, and when once this is decided our engineers must be placed in the field to determine feasible routes. But from what I have seen of Prineville and your valley I can say that it seems to me that Prineville must sooner or later have a railroad." Up to tonight, Mr. Hill's jouriey has been a real ovation. At Madras, which was reached about 1:30 P. M. Saturday, a banquet had been spread in a hall and was attended by 100 citizens of the town, whose wives and daughters served. Why Hill Entered Oregon. In speaking at the banquet Mr. Hill said that James J. Hill had been in duced to enter the Central Oregon field largely through the representa tions of what the country contained made to him from time to time by William Hanley, of Burns; Harvey W. Scott and The Portland Oregonian. The stop at Madras was only long enough for dinner and for the repre sentatives of the immigration department of the Great Northern to secure desired information that would enable them to talk and lecture intelligently concerning the country. Ten miles from Prineville the party was met by Mayor B. F. Stuart, J. N. Wil liamson and several others in an automo bile, which carried a flying banner on which was printed in large letters "Prine ville Welcomes H11L" At the edge of the town 12 or IS automobiles carrying sim ilar banners and flags and loaded with waving and cheering people had formed a lane by the roadside and formed in line behind the cars carrying the Hill party. Earlier In the day handbills had been circulated in town announcing the time of arrival and it seemed as if every man, woman and child in Prineville was on the street to welcome the visitors. Rich Tablelands Seen. Here, in this town of 1600 population, 65 miles from a railroad, a banquet was served which even Included raw Toke Point oysters and fresh strawberries Concluded -on fage 7.)