TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, MAT 11, 1910.
ILLINOIS LIQUOR
FIGHT IN EARNEST
Prohibition Party Is Out
Making State Dry at
One Sweep.
for
WILL STAVE OFF BREWERS
' i,iquor-Makers and Dealer of Mis
souri Planning to Invade Vucker
State if Missouri Goes Dry at
Election This Fall.
DECATUR. Ill- May 10. (Special.)
Following- a bitter fight over the po
sition Prohibitionists should take in
Illinois, the State Prohibition Confer
ence toils y declared for state-wide pro
hibition in preference to any other plan
of action.
To the drafting of a resolution thus
worded, little opposition was offered.
Originally, the resolution declared in
favor of state-wide prohibition "as
opposed" to any other plan. That
form was fought by the friends of local
option, as was a proposal to petition
the Legislature for a state-wide pro
hibition statute.
A committee of 25 was named1 to
draw up the best plan possible for se
curing state-wide prohibition and to
secure the support of men who stand
for that policy. State Chairman Wil
son of the Prohibition party, in pre
senting his plan to the committee, de
clared that liquor-makers, dealers and
brewers of other states were getting
ready to come into Illinois.
A big St. Iouis brewing company, he
said, had. threatened to move into this
state if Missouri went dry next Fall.
He declared that Illinois did- not want
that brewing- company: that it had
too many breweries now.
Chairman Wilson urge a movement
for state-wide prohibition this year.
He said that it was the only chance
to have the country made a local op
tion unit.
MINERS RESUME CRUSADE
Further Disorders Result in Pitts
burg District of Kanfas.
PITTSBURG. Kan.. May 10. March
ing" miners resumed their crusade
e.Rainnt the operations of the mines in
this vicinity today and some disorder
resulted.
Forty-seven miners at Croburg1 at
tempted to pull the fires in the mines
there, but they were driven away by
other miners seeking to prevent
trouble.
At Curransville, the marchers suc
ceeded in putting out the fires in the
Breezy Hill mines and the men there
were driven away.
The fires under the boilers of the
coal company's water works also were
drawn, and the town is without water.
The marchers later started for the
mines near Mulberry.
TWO MEN ARE MURDERED
Theory TTiat Tliey Killed Each
Other in Duel Is Abandoned.
YFCE3KA. Cal.. May 30. That a double
(murder had been committed, was proved
today by the autopsies performed on the
bodies of the two men found dead near
Kdgrewood. whom it was at first believed
had killed each other in a duel. The na
ture of the wounds show this to have
been impossible.
There Is absolutely no clew to the
identity of the dead men, further than
that both were loggers1.
RIOTERS DESTROY MISSION
I'Yesh Disorders Cause New Reign
of Terror at Yuen Chow, China.
CHANOSHA. China. May 10. Word has
reached her tliat riots have occurred at
Turn Chow, which la !E5 miles from
Oliangsha and that the inland mission
has been destroyed.
No details are given as the telegraph
wires have been cut.
EUGENE HALTS WOOD WALK
Counx-II May Pass Ordinance Affect
ing Whole Cly.
El'OEVB, Or.. May 10. (Special.) The.
City Council last night read an ordinance
prohibiting the construction of wooden
sidewalks In a district that includes
nearly the whole city.
CUMMINS DEFIES FOES
(Continued From First Fag.)
trifling change of rate In each case,
shows how cunningly the revision was
arranged to deceive the public.
"In the many attempts to defend the
Fsyne-Aldrlch tariff, frequent use has
been made of a very remarkably table
of figures quoted by the President, at
Winona. Indicating duties have been
Increased on articles consumed in the
Vnltcd States to the extent of about
$5,000,000,000. while the -consumption
value' of articles upon which duties
had been Increased amounted to only
about IS78.750.000 (and that most of
the latter were 'luxuries' such as silks,
liquors and Jewelry).
Statistics Are Available.
"This would indeed tend to prove a
most substantial downward revision.'
if the figures were accurate. Fortu
nately, the necessary statistics to ren
der an analysts comparatively easy are
available in public documents prepared
under the super-ision of the finance
commission. Such a document will con
vince anyone how deceptive and mis
leading this much-quoted table really
is."
Senator Iolliver declared the purported
decreased rates on sugar, consumed to
the amount of t300.S65.9M, was "too great
a joke to receive serious attention, for
the reduction was but five cents per 100
pounds, and in order to derive a dol
lar's benefit from this change, even if
the trust gave it to him. the consumer
would have to eat a ton of sugar."
The rates on agricultural products, the
Senator said, "were also cunningly re
vised to produce the appearance of 'real
and substantial downward revision,'
while examination shows the figures to
be incorrect.''
Jn further detail the Senator said:
Schedule X. sundries, is the master
piece, however, of cunning tariff jugglery
to look like real revision downward, for
here the Aldrich table claims decreased
rates on consumption value $1,719,428,069.
against $101,656,598 increased, and that the
increases were on luxuries. To be sure,
they overlooked the increased rates on
rubber goods, the consumption of which
amounts to $"50,000,000 a year."
Included 'in the grand total Is the item
of 'bituminous coal,' amounting to $934,
344,733, of which we export seven times
more than we import, and on which the
remarkable reduction of 22 cents a ton
was made for the benefit only of the
Atlantic seaboard manufacturers, who
may thereby get their coal a little
cheaper from Nova Scotia.
"There is also the reduction of 5 per
cTit on agricultural implements of a con
sumption value of JS4.452.164, which we
produce more .cheaply than any, other
Nation and supply the world. No duty
is needed for protection. The production
is largely in the hands of a trust and the
trifling reduction of 5 per cent was mere
ly to fool the farming community.
Free List Limited.
"A great.deal of stress has been laid on
the supposed enlargement of the free list,
and yet the only new items on the free
list of the Payne-Aldrich tariff are hides,
a few semi-finished coal tar products, ra
dium, works of art over 20 years old,
miners' appliances and Brazilian nuts.
"If we keep on revising the tariff
upward on finished articles, the differ
ences between the values of importation
of dutiable and free goods Inevitably wHl
increase and the average rate of duty
collected will decrease, even though no
new articles are put on the free list. For
example, if the rates on all articles now
dutiable were made absolutely prohibl-
NEW PHOTOGRAPH OF KING EDWARD'S DAUGHTER AND
HER HUSBAND.
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This is a new photograph of King Edward's Oldest .daughter, the
Iiuchess of I-ife, and her husband. The Duchess was Princess Louise.
Princess Royal, and was born on February 20, 1S67. She married the
Duke on July 27. 1889. They have two children. Alexandra Victoria
and Maud Alexandra. The Duke of Fife was born on November 10
1S49. son of the fifth Earl and Agnes, daughter of the seventeenth Eari
of Errnll. He owns about 249.300 acres of land. He was for nine years
vice-president of the Chartered Company of South Africa
tive, and the free list allowed to remain
as at present, all of our imports would
of course be free, but what would be
the effect upon prices of finished articles
and consequent cost of living to the
people?"
MORE LAND OPEN SOON
BALLlNGEIt RECOMMENDS 19 7,
584 ACRES TO EXTRY.
Washington and Idaho Properties to
Be Cut From Eorcst Reserves.
Oregon Tract to Homestead.
OREGONIAN NEWS BCREAl', Wash
ington, May 10. Secretary Ballinger to
day recommended to President Taft that
197.584 acres of non-timbered land be
eliminated from the forest reserves of
Washington and Idaho and the same be
opened to entry under the homestead
law. The proposed eliminations are as
follows:
"Wshins-tm
Reserve. Acre.
Colville 43.6l6
Kainler 5.U10
Idaho
Minidoka' 97.322
Kanikau .... 8,r84
Pend'OreillB 1.600
Coeur d'Alene 6.608
Secretary Ballinger today . segregated
78,240 acres In Oregon for entry under
the enlarged homestead act, making the
total area in the State to date 8,719.200
acres. He also segregated 66,640 acres In
Washington, making a total of 3,382,416
acres;
PROBE IX ST. LOUS ASKED
Representative Wants House to In
vestigate Sub-Treasury.
WASHINGTON', May 10. Declaring
that sorry conditions exist In the United
States sub-treasury and customs of
fices in St. Louis, and that a Congres
sional Investigation should be had. Rep
resentative Cullop (Dem.) yesterday
filed a minority report from the House
committee on expenditures in the
Treasury Department.
A majority of the committee reported
against an investigation proposed in a
resolution by Representative Shackle
ford (Dem.). Mr. Cullop's report re
views the evidence in the cases of the
$61,500 defalcation In the St. Louis sub
treasury and of the $8000 shortage In
the customs office there.
"Neither Congress nor the public," It
reads, "has ever been fully informed
as to the facts and circumstances sur
rounding either of these shortages.
Surely the House ought not to be asked
to pass a credit of $61,500 to Mr. Aklns
(.former sub-treasurer at St. Louis)
without the facts being known, nor un
til it shall appear not only that Mr.
Aklns did not himself embezzle the
money, but also that he grave his time
and personal attention to safeguarding
the vast fund under his control.''
A bill is now pending for the relief
of Mr. AJiina for the shortage in his
office.
RATE BILL PUSSES
HOMO T0 126
Good' Margin for Commerce
Court Especially Pleasing
to President.
14 DEMOCRATS WON OVER
Physical Valuation of Roads, Tart
Points Out, Is Already Within
Power of Commission, Cost
Being Chief Difficulty.
WASHINGTON. May 10. Without a
singledissenting Republican vote, the
House today passed the railroad bill,
one of the chief measures which Pres-
ident Taft wished enacted at the pres
ent session of Congress, by 200 to 126.
Fourteen Democrats joined the ma
jority. President Taft tonight said
that he was deeply gratified over the
passage of the measure. He was es
pecially pleased with the comfortable
margin by which the commerce court
feature was kept In the bill, for he
regards this court as probably the most
important step In the proposed law.
Referring to the clause provided for
the physical valuation of railroads, Mr.
Taft pointed out that the power now
practically rests with the Interstate
Commerce Commission and that the
difficulty in carrying out such a plan
always has been found in the enormous
cost of the undertaking.
CAMPBELL GIVES COMET DATA
Director of Lick Observatory Says
Halleys Will Surpass 1882. .
SAN JOSE. Cal., May 10. Director
Campbell, of the Lick Observatory, to
day lciued the following statement:
"Halleys comet Is the most conspicu
ous comet since that of September and
October, 1882, and the chances are good
that In & few days It will surpass in ap
parent size the great comet of 1882.
"Astronomer Curtis photographed 33
degrees of the tail this morning and
nearly this extent was visible to theun
assisted eye. The diameter of the taTl at
a point of 15.000.000 miles out from the
head was this morning 1,900.000 miles. As
the earth and comet will pass each oth
er on the evening of May 18 with a rel
ative velocity of between 40 and 60 miles
per second, the earth will be approxi
mately 10 hours in passing through the
tall, provided the present dimensions re
main essentially unchanged.
"The observer should have no difficulty
In obtaining an excellent view of the
comet a short distance above the east
point of the horizon Just before the
break of dawn. During the remaining
mornings of this week the best view of
the comet may be obtained at 3:15 a. m.,
local time, for- all situated In approxi
mately a latitude of San Francisco.
"Observers near the northern edge of
the United States, in Canada' and in
Central and Northern Europe will get
their best views earlier than 3:15 a. m..
and those situated In the southern part
of the United States in similar latitude
should look a few minutes later than 3:15
a. m. Tomorrow morning the comet will
be 40.000,000 miles from the earth."
EUGENE'S CEXSTjS SHORT 2 000
Startling Discovery Made; Commer
cial Club Comes to Rescue.
EUGENE, Or., May 10. (Special.)
That Eugene's census has been Im
properly taken and that possibly 2000
persons have been overlooked, were
the startling discoveries made last
night at a mass meeting called at -the
Commercial Club. Scores, who repre
sented large families, rep6rted that
they had not yet been seen while the
enumerators are supposed to have fin
ished. As a result of this meeting the Com
mercial Club will put six paid canvass-
pMMgCBffi-
Winner of
Every
Glidden Tour
COVEY MOTOR CAR CO.
Seventh and Couch Sts.
PIERCE CADILLAC
ers to work at once covering the city.
Besides this, 100 others may offer their
services. They commence work this
morning and expect to finish by Sat
urday, but a telgram was at once for
warded to Supervisor Hendricks at Sa
lem asking for an extension of time.
Of the statements taken one from a
grocery man in East Eugene stated
that out of the 21 customers he had
personally Interviewed 19 had nof been
enumerated.
DEATH RECALLS WRECK
JFIXAXCIAIi DISASTER OF '87 HIT
C. J. KERSHAW" HARD.
Canadian, With Fortune, Loses All
In Grain ; Recoups Losses and
Again Suffers; Dies at Taconia.
CHICAGO, May 10. (Special.) The
announcement from Tacoma, Wash-, of
the death of C. J. Kershaw recalls the
disastrous Harper deal of 1887, which
culminated with the collapse of 20
leading Board of Trade firms after
Harper had looted the Fidelity Bank
of Cincinnati to the extent of several
millions of dollars.
Kershaw waa one of the prominent
firms employed by Harper and was a
heavy sufferer by his losses, going to
the wall In the crash. After his fail
ure here, Kershaw went back to Mil
waukee for a few years, later going to
the Pacific Coast. He was 78 years old
and leaves a widow, three sons and
three daughters. He retired from ac
tive business a number of years ago.
Kershaw came to Chicago from
Montreal 67 years ago with about
$100,000 and was a prominent and suc
cessful grain speculator for many
years: The failure of the prominent
Milwaukee milling concern swept away
the bulk of the first fortune, but he
more than recouped before the succes
ful Armour-Plankington wheat corner
of 1882.
Frank J. Burley Dead.
OREGON CITY, Or., May 10. (Spe
cial.) Frank J. Burley, a prominent
sawmill man of this county, died last
night at his home at Seventh and Cen
ter streets, in this city, as the result of
a severe attack of pneumonia. Death
came at the end- of a week's illness.
Mr. Burley was a native of Pennsyl
vania. Moving with his parents to
Randolph, Cattaraugus County, New
York, he resided there till six years
ago, when he came with his family to
Oregon City. He was a member of
the firm of Burley & Stafford. He is
survived by his widow, and two sons,
aged 10 and 1 years, of this city,
and his parents, three sisters and two
brothers, who reside In New York. The
funeral will be held tomorrow.
Franking Inquiry Modified.
WASHINGTON, May 10. Just before
adjourning today the Senate adopted
substitute for the resolution directing an
Investigation of abuses of the franking
privilege, which was Introduced yester
day by Senator Stone, of Missouri. The
substitute authorizes an . investigation
into the special case covered by the
Stone resolution, which had reference to
the circulation of a pamphlet in defense
of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law.
Rancher Burned Out.
MONTESANO. Wash., May 10. (Spe
cial.) E. H. Luark, a rancher living
across the river from Montesano, lost his
house with all Its contents late Sunday
afternoon. The house, shed and milk-
house were burned to the ground, and
Mr. Luark says his loss will be fully
$1500.
Ancient Foresters In Convention.
SAN FRANCISCO,- May 10. Eigrhty-
FOOD FOR MEMORY
The Kind That Builds Up the Brain.
"It is hard to believe that certain
kinds of food will strengthen the
memory, and yet, upon condition of the
brain depends the character of the
mind, and its power to remember and
to exert itself in various ways, and a
healthy brain can only be maintained
by well-selected food.
Now we know that daily use of the
brain uses up certain parts that are
thrown out through the pores to the
outer surface of the skin. This waste
Is natural and must be made up from
food.
Grape-Nuts food was made especially
to rebuild the brain and nerve centers.
An experience In Chicago will illus
trate: "I had a terrible siege of gastritis:
my stomach refused everything In the
way of food until I got hold of Grape
Nuts. It was perfectly wonderful and
marvelous to see the difference I be
gan to improve at once.
"I weighed myself about that time
and found that I had 118 pounds to my
credit. I !alned In weight, strength
and health steadily and rapidly, and
now weigh 160 pounds and am strong
and in better health than ever in my
life.
, "I have lately had a seven months'
course of instruction in vocal music,
and have memorized 58 songs and most
of the accompaniments besides several
piano pieces. When I started in it
seemed difficult to memorize one, but
my memory has been growing better
every day and I now find It easy to
commit to memory without difficulty.
I have taken no medicine, but my
steady diet of Grape-Nuts food has
given me strength, health and memory."
Read "The Road to Wellvllle," found
in pkgsl "There's a Reason."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. Tber
ace genvtne, true, and full of human
interwt.f
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two courts are represented at the 14th
annual session of the subsidiary high
court of the Pacific Coast of the Ancient
Order of Foresters, which was called to
order here today. High Chief Ranger
Frank W. Hogan was in the chair. Many
reports of officers were read and the
election of new officers was set for next
Thursday.
Oregon Amendments Safe.
WASHINGTON May 10. The confer
ence committee on the rivers and har
bors bill has agreed to retain all the
amendments Inserted in the Senate for
the improvement of Oregon rivers and
harbors.
Montesano Plant Open.
MONTESANO, Wash.. May 10. (Spe
cial.) The plant of the Montesano Con
densing Company started business this
morning.
Irrigated
Fruit
and
Alfalfa
In Umatilla County are situated the
WESTERN X,ATf D & IRRIGATION' COM
PAJiV'S lands, comprising about 12,000
acres of the finest irrigated lands in
the world. The growing- season is
earlier than at -most of the other
projects, the soil Is of the finest vol
canic ash. In fact, everything that goes
to make up an exceptionally good irri
gating district is there.
We have planneM a way whereby a
man may have a five or ten-acre tract
and not have to give up his business if
he doesn't wish to. We have men there
that understand farming, men that have
been born and brought up as farmers,
and that have studied irrigating in all
of Its phases. Their experience is at
your disposal, so take advantage of it
while the offer lasts. They do not
charge you for their supervision.
This Is the chance for a man to make
himself independent for life! Now Is
the chance to get that farm you have
been thinking of for such a long time;
an Irrigated farm, where money can be
made at farming. You don't have to
pay all you have to get it, either. Just
a small payment down, the balance as
you wish it. It is the chance of a life
time for the man that has been working
for a salary all of his life, to put him
self in comfort for the rest of his days.
Tou don't have to take any chances!
The company will stand back of you
in all you attempt, and they have never
failed a man yet.
Won't you get in with them? Won't
you get a small farm now, a farm that
will make you as much money in a
very few years as the man has that is
employing you now? Now Is the time to
get it. There is going to be an awak
ening in Oregon, one that we will all
look back upon with regret if we do
not take one of the good bargains that
are now being offered. Call at the
office, or write for our illustrated book
let and map. We will be glad to tell
you all about our plan,, if you are in
terested. TEEPE & SMITH
il 1 Henry Bl
TAILORED SUITS for LITTLE
WOMEN, MISSES and GIRLS
Every Garment THIS SEASON'S
production and unlike most of
those ofiered elsewhere at Special -Sales
which are purchased for
Sale purposes these are all
HIGH-GLASS TAILORED
SUITS :
NOTE THE REDUCTIONS r
$50.00 SUITS NOW $33.50
$45.00 SUITS NOW $31.50
$40.00 SUITS NOW $28.50
$37.00 SUITS NOW $25.50
$32.50 SUITS NOW $21.50
$25.00 SUITS NOW $16.50
DJDJbJLjiLr
Second FREE
Excursion
roaTmeaD
Takes Place Saturday, May 14
Take this opportunity to see the finest fruit sec
tion in the Willamette Valley. Enjoy a good, old
fashioned farmhouse dinner and an easy, pleasura
ble trip through and to Oregon 's best.
You can reserve your ticket any day on or be
fore Friday at our offices.
Columbia Trust Company
Board of
The selling agency for the E-M-F 30 and Flanders 20 Automo
biles for Portland - and Western Oregon has been transferred to
Studebaker Bros. Co., Portland, Or. All orders and correspondence
should be sent to them.
THE OREGON E-M-F
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delivery of the best, all-around, every-day, 30-horsepower car on the
market at anywheres near the price 1350.00, with full equip
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