THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1910.
SENATE PREVAILS
HOUSE DEALS BLOW
BLIND OKLAHOMA SENATOR WHO ALLEGES $50,000 BRIBE
WAS OFFERED HIM.
WE ARE NOW SELLING I
QN PUBLICITY BILL!
JIT COTTON BOARD
' A fine assortment of this season's most popular high
class suits, values $30, $35 and $40, at : "
Provision for Publication After
Election Agreed to by House
Conferees.
Anti-Futures Bill Is Passed,
but It Is Expected to Fail
in the Senate. '
PENSION LAW TO STAND?
Move to Abolish Division Agencies
May Fail Xew Bills t Offered
for Monuments to Mark
Historic Spots.
WASHINGTON. June 24. The House
conferees today receded from their dis
agreement to the Senate amendment to
the campaign publicity bill and the act
will provide for publication of con
tributions after elections. Senator Bur
rows made a report to the Senate today
and it was adopted.
Another measure still in dispute Is the
pension appropriation bill, the controcersy
being over the proposition of the House
to abolish the 18 pension agencies through.
out the country and establish one agency
in Washington. Had It not been lor tne
illness of Senator McCumber this ques
tion would probably have been disposed
of long ago. The Senate conferees expect
the House to yield and leave the law as
it now exists.
Conferees on the general deficiency bill
agreed today.
It is proposed to appropriate $10,000 to
erect a monument to the memory of
Hiram Crenk, said to be the last survivor
of the war of 1812, who died in New York
in 1905. at the age of 105 years. A bill
providing for such an appropriation has
been introduced by Representative law,
of New York.
Representative Polndexter, of Wash
ington, has introduced a bill to erect a
monument near Rosalia, Washington, to
commemorate the spot where United
States troops and hostile Indians fought
on May 17, 1858.
Another bill provides for the marking
of the graves of four young women who
were held as prisoners of war in Kansas
City In 1862, and who on August 13 of
that year were killed by the collapse of
the building In which they were confined.
The names of The women are gives as
Josephine Anderson, Mrs. Whitsett, Mrs.
Vandiver and Mrs. Kerr, whose remains
were interred In, Kansas City and else
where In Jackson County, Missouri.
The bills have been referred to com
mlttees.
FRIAR LAND PROBE ORDERED
House Committee Denounces Deals
as "Criminally Corrupt."
WASHINGTON, June 24. An investi
gation into the sale of friar lands In
. the Philippines was recommended to
the House today by the committee on
Insular affairs, which took favorable
action-today on the House resolution
of Representative Martin of Colorado
providing for such an Investigation by
this committee.
The resolution, as adopted, provides
for a thorough Investigation of the
Interior Department of the Philippine
Government touching the admlnlstra
tlon of Philippine lands and all mat
ters of fact and law pertaining there
to, whether the same are to be had in
the United States, the Philippine Is
lands or elsewhere, and to be reported
by this Congress.",
The Martin resolution demanding the
investigation recites that a report of
the Secretary of War had v disclosed
that Frank- W. Carpenter, executive
secretary of - the Philippine Govern
ment, .had leased 15,000 acres of friar
land and intimated that Carpenter vlr
'tually had purchased 17,000 acres. The
Martin resolution further declares that
3000 acres of the friar lands had been
leased for 25 years for 20 cents an
acre per annum to K. L. Worcester, a
nephew of Dean C. Worcester, the Phil
ippine Secretary of the Interior. The
resolution denounced these transactions
as "so criminally corrupt and immoral
as to .constitute-malfeasance in office."
Representative iiartin charged that
the Government was selling the friar
lands, of which there are 400,000 acres
In the Philippines, to the "sugar trust,"
and'that there was a general effort of
exploitation in the Philippines.
Confederate Claims Gain Tlme.j
WASHINGTON, June 24. A joint reso
lution passed by the Senate today extends
for two years the time during which ex
Confederates may flle claims for losses
of personal property after surrendering.
The resolutjsiii was introduced by Sena
tor Bradleynd covers the same ground
as an amendment to the general de
ficiency bill, which was struck out a few
days ago on motion of Senator Brlstow.
Seattle Treasury Bill Advanced.
WASHINGTON. June 24. A bill author
izing the appointment of an assistant
United States treasurer at Seattle, Wash.,
was passed by the Senate today. The
measure now goes to the House.
RATE ORDER STILL FOUGHT
Pullman and Great Northern Again
to Seek Injunction.
CHICAGO, June 24. A second at
tempt to secure a permanent injunction
in the United States Circuit Court, re
straining the Interstate Commerce Com
mission from enforcing its orders ef
fective July 1 for reduced ' rates on
sleeping car berths between Chicago,
Minneapolis and St. Paul and the Pa
cific Coast is to" be made by . the
Pullman and the Great Northern Com
panies on Monday.
This order was decided on yesterday
after the Pullman Company and the rail
road had received notice from the Inter
state Commerce Commission at Washing'
ton, while they would be granted a re
hearing before the commission, no sus
pension of the orders would be granted
pending the hearing.
KAISER TO JBE AT WHEEL
Emperor William to Row Against
American Yacht.
KJELc June 24. Emperor William
will be at the wheel whA the yacht
Meteqr again tries conclusions with the
American schooner Westward, owned
by Alexander S. Cochran, of New
York.
-The announcement today that the
Emperor would possibly participate in
the racing has given new life to the
annual regatta.
In the lower Elbe regatta the West
ward outclassed the Meteor, the Ham
burg and the Germanla, leading from
the start.
Captain Barr and his expert crew
are sailing the Westward and the com
ing race with the Meteor and - the
Germanla is eagerly awaited;
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THOMAS P.
GORE HINTS BRIBE
Object Huge Fee Claimed by
Oklahoma Attorney.
SENATE SLOW TO AROUSE
Blind Member Has Difficulty Get
ting His Charge Before Body, but
So' Great Is Sensation That
Investigation May Be Called.
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the chamber. He announced that he had
been Informed the Senate had receded
from the amendment requiring the ap
proval by Congress of tribal agreements,
but Mr. Hale explained that the matter
had been properly safeguarded.
Mr. Gore accepted the explanation but
said if the contracts were to be recog
nized Mr. McMurray would receive $3,000,-
000.
Gore Tells of jjpproacli.
- It was this connection that he first de
clared that improper inflyuence had been
exerted by a representative of Mr. Mc
Murray in an effort to defeat the pro
vision requiring Congressional action on
the contracts., .-
Characterizing the McMurray claims as
having been "conceived in corruption and
brought forth in eruption," Mr. Gore said
he had been approached by an outsider
who said he desired to Interest him in
the McMurray claims.
Hearing Hard to Get.
Later Mr. Gore examined the provision
as agreed on In conference. He lost no
time in returning to the Senate chamber,
Twhere he moved to reconsider the vote
by which th conference report had been
adoptd. The presiding officer informed
him that the report had passed out of
the possession of the Senate. Mr. Gore
then moved to recall the report, but Mr.
Gallinger moved to lay this motion on
the table, which was done.
Addressing the Senate on a question
of personal privilege, the Oklahoma
Senator amplified his charges that cor
rupt methods had been attempted in J
connection with the Senate provision
concerning the Indian contracts.
Mr. Gore-explained that on May 4
last he had offered a resolution similar
In terms to the amendment he had
placed In the deficiency bill in the Sen
ate and that it had been referred to
the eommlttae on Indian affairs.
Friend Comes as Tempter.
"On May 6," exclaimed Mr. Gore, "a
man came to me with an improper sug
gestion. , He was a representative of
Mr. McMurray. a resident of my home
town and had been my friend in a time
of need.
"He assured me it would be to my
financial interest if I could call on the
Senator from Colorado and advise him
not to report the resolution. There
was a suggestion that $25,000 or $50,
000 would be available if the contracts
were not prohibited.
"1 am informed that a similar prop
osition was made yesterday to a mem
ber of the House of Representatives."
Lobby Kept in Washington.
Mr. Gore also charges that "an ex
Senator from Nebraska and an ex-Senator
from Kansas are Interested in
these contracts," and declared that a
large lobby was maintained in Wash
ington. He said he felt in honor bound
to continue these efforts "to prevent
this steal from those defenseless In
dians in Oklahoma."
He declared that if the -contracts
were ever carried Into effect it must
be "done with the full knowledge that
whether or not there actually had been
corruption, it had been attempted."
Learning that the House had not
yet acted upon the conference report,
Mr. Gore hastened to the other cham
ber, where he told friends of the ef
forts alleged to have been made to
corrupt the members.
McMurray Hears All This.
When the conference report was
brought up in the House, Representa
tive Murphy of Missouri called atten
tion to the situation. He declared that
an attorney had been lobbying in the
Capital for a long time In the inter
est of legislation that would validate
his contracts with Indians.
"Name the attorney," demanded sev
eral membere.
. "J. F. McMurray," replied Mr. Murphy.
The attorney was said to be seated in
the gallery at the time.
The House almost unanimously reject
ed the conference agreement. When the
GORE.
action of the House was reported to the
Senate, Mr. Hale moved that the Senate
further insist upon its amendments to
the bill and asked for a further confer
ence. Mr. Gore re-entered the chamber at
this juncture and obtained recognition,
reiterating his protest against the pro
vision inserted in conference.
Senate Stands Aghast.
Another sensation was created when he
declared that the "friend in need" had
told him during the conversation on May
b ttiat a member of this- Senate, a mei
ber of the Indian affairs committee and a
member of the House committee on
Indian affairs, were Interested in this
contract.
Mr. Gore said he had just seen Mr.
Tawney, one of the House conferees, and
had asked him who had suggested the
provision that was substituted for the
original Senate amendment. .
"And Mr. Tawney named the very
same representative who was mentioned
to me on May 8 as being interested in
these contracts," exclaimed the Okla
homa Senator.
"I understand that this member of the
House and Mr. McMurray practically live
togetner in tne same hotel in this citv.
Senators looked aghast at the disclosure
make by the Oklahoma member. . The
charges, which had been mild at first.
piled up in such an alarming manner
that even the rush of the . last days of
the session was not enough to minimize
tne general interest displayed.
LAT0URETTE WILL SPEAK
Ex-Football Star to Take Part In
Condon's Celebration of Fourth.
CONDON, Or., June 24. (Special)
Jack R. Latourette, ex-captain and
star of the University of Orearon foot
ball team, and now a practicing lawyer
or. i-ortiand, has been Invited by the
local committee to deliver an oration
at Condon's three-day Fourth of July
1-CICUlttLlUn.
In addition to a baseball tournament
horse n n H roof- - v. ,i .
- uouu uuiiveris
and dancing, the committee in charge
i, 15 receive Duneuns of the
Jeffries-Johnson f i Vi -,,-, i v, -m i
read durine thA tmuohn j
afternoon. The entertainment, which
o iu ut ausuiuteiy tree to the public
will begin Saturdai- .ThI-u-
elude with a grand ball on' the night
Klamath Grand Jury Still Busy
KLAMATH FAT.T.s n- t ' .
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(Special.) A.lthouirh th v.
has
ion nere ror three days
nothing Is known or It. ....
dence before it. So far it i. ...j
that only matters of small Importance
have come before this body for investi
gation and what has been done in these
things cannot be stated until the jury
makes its final report.
VANCOUVER BOV WINS SIG
NAL HONORS ON HIS GRAD
UATION FROM HARVARD.
Elmer Catea.
BOSTON, Mass., June 24. (Spe
cial.) J. Elmer Cates, son of W.
A. Cates, who has a fruit farm
east of Vancouver, Wash., will
graduate from Harvard TJnl-.
versity June 29, with honors, hav
ing secured his degree, cum iaude.
In history.
Mr. Cates has also been selected
y the faculty to be one of the
three undergraduate commence
ment speakers. This honor is all
the more noteworthy this year,
since ex-President Roosevelt, an
alumnus of Harvard, will be
present, as will Governor Hughes
and others.
The subject of this commence
ment dissertation la "The Good
That Henry the Eighth Did." Mr.
Cates expects to return home dur
ing the Summer.
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INHIBITIONS ARE SEVERE
Advocates of Measure Denounce Ex
change as Gambling Concern,
Inflicting Millions of Dollars
Loss on Growers.
WASHINGTON, vJune 24. The Scott
anti-option bill to restrict Cotton Ex
change transactions which do not involve
actual delivery of the commodity, was
passed by the House today, 160 to 41.
The bill is not expected to pass the
Senate.
Mr. Scott, of Kansas, chairman of the
committee on agriculture, who favorably
reported the bill, explained Its purpose
to restrict the Cotton Exchange transac
tions which deal only wrt.h fluctuations in
the price of cotton and do not Involve the
actual transfer of the commodity. The
measure is a drastic one, extending te an
inhibition against telegraph, telephone or
cable messages concerning such transac
tions. -
Mr. Lamb, of Virginia (Democrat), pre
sented minority views, declaring he op
posed the measure, as It was class legisla
tion of doubtful constitutionality, arbi
trary and tyrannical.
Opposition Leader 111.
Mr. Fitzgerald of New Tork. was to
have led the opposition today with an
amendment to the bill to include the
transactions in grain -futures a plan
designed to kill the bill but he was ill
at home as a result of the heat.
Mr. Cajder of New Tork, in Fitzger
ald's absence, interrupted the debate
with a point of no quorum. About 100
members were in the chamber. Just be
fore noon 258 members a quorum
were announced and the proceedings
were resumed.
Mr. Hardwtck, of Georgia, represented
the advocates of the abolition of cotton
futures. He said the bill involved a
power clearly delegated to Congress,
that there was nothing in it that in
fringed on the doctrine of state rights
and that it did not disturb any legiti
mate transaction.
Mr. Ball of Texas, declared that the
only opposition voiced in the commit
tee's consideration of the anti-option
bill was from the bulls and bears from
the New Tork and New Orleans- Cotton
Exchanges, the "gamblers in the prod
ucts of the farmers of the country."
Exchange Roundly Denounced. -
Denouncing the New Tork Cotton Ex
change as the "devil of all the ex
changes in the world," and "a great
colossal gambling concern," Mr. Lever,
of South Carolina, urged the passage of
the bill.
Mr. Lever decried the Cotton Ex
change as a frightful evil and national
disgrace, doing more harm than all the
poker games or roulette wheels.
"Its 425 members," said Mr. Lever,
"exercise more influence over the des
tinies of the American people than all
the Czars, Kings and potentates put
together." , .
Mr. Burleson, of Texas, favoring the
bill, declared the cotton operators of
News Tork were inflicting upon the
planters millions of dollars of loss.
Mr. Bartlett, of Georgia, averred the
bill would protect the Southern cotton
producers and prevent gambling.
REPUBLICANS WILL MEET
Gilliam County Men Are to Decide
Question of Assembly.
CONDON, Or., June 24. (Special.)
The question of a county assembly and
the , manner of selecting Gilliam Coun
ty's representatives In the Republican
State Assembly in Portland. July 21. will
be decided at an adjburned meeting of
the Republican county central committee,
which Judge R. R. Butler, the chairman,
has called to be held here tomorrow aft
ernoon. In the absence of Judge Butler, who is
holding court in Portland, John F. Rels
acher, of this city, will be chairman of
"he meeting.
Prominent Republicans . in Wheeler
County, which has not selected Its dele
gates to the State Assembly, favor leav
ing the selection of these delegates to the
members of the county central committee.
It is likely this plan will be adopted by
the Republicans of Gilliam's neighboring
county on the south.
DISGRACED TUTOR INDICTED
Charge of White Slavery Is Placed
Against Joseph E. Hidalgo.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24. Joseph E.
Hidalgo, assistant instructor in romance
languages at the University of California,
and special Instructor at St. Ignatius col
lege in this city, .was Indicted by the
grand Jury today on the charge of a con
spiracy against public morals.
He was Thursday morning in company
with a woman. The two. it Is alleged,
were discussing the details of a plan to
enter the white slave trade In the bay
cities.
The woman, who Is known as Grace
Carter, will be held pending the trial.
Hidalgo is a director of the Pacific Aero
club and is the author of a book on
aerial navigation. He Is a Guatemalan
and formerly represented his country as
consul in Japan.
FIREBRAND TELLS STORY
Man Who Set Fire to His Own House
Says He Must Have Been Crazy.
MOSCOW. Idaho. June 24. (Special.)
B. O. Rudlngen, who confessed Monday
to Deputy Sheriff Brown to setting fire to
one of his own houses, was bound over
to the district court yesterday by Probate
Judge Will F. Morldge, In the' sum of
jiooo.
Mr. Rudlngen's family has not yet
secured bondsmen for Mr. Rudlngen. who
is about 65 years old. and he is in jail.
When asked why he set the fire he re
plied, "I must have been crazy."
Pere Marquette Grants Raise.
DETROIT, June 24. The Detroit
Journal says today: The Pere Mar
quette Railroad has agreed to an ad
vance in wages of 70 cents a day. for
freight conductors and 72 cents for
freight brakemen, effective July 1. A
10-hour day is substituted for the 12
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SETTLERS WIN CASE
Senate Passes Bill Giving Si
, letz Locators Rights.
LONG CONTEST IS ENDED
With Upper v-Body's Acceptance ot
House Measure Valuable Tracts
. of Iiand Awarded to Men Who
Originally 'Filed on Them.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, June 24. The Senate today
passed without amendment the bill
previously passed by the House direct
ing the issuance of patents to settlers
on the former Siletz reservation where
entry was made for the exclusive use
and benefit of entrymen who built
houses on the land, improved it and ac
tually entered into occupation of the
land for the period required by law.
The Senate also passed the House bill
authorizing the construction and main
tenance of a dike on Olaila Slough, Lin
coln County.
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SQUATTERS LOSE IX SENATE
Locators of SileUc Homesteads Will
Get Lands They Fought For.
With the passage yesterday by the
United States Senate of the bill author
izing the issuance of patents to locators
of lands in the Siletz Indian reservation,
one of the most spectacular incidents In
the history of land fraud investigations,
in Oregon is closed.
In most part, the lands aro extremely
valuable because of the growth of tim
ber, and a title to the land means that
about 40 persons will be able to realize
approximately $10,000 each by the sale
of the lands.
In 1902, announcement that the reserva
tion land might be homesteader caused
a rush of settlers to that country. Most
of them took the lands undor the law
which permitted commutation to be
made in 18 months after residence was
established, the settler being required to
actually make his home upon the lands.
The pioneers of thforest cleared some
land, erected log cabins, and in some in
stances planted orchards. At the ."isht
time, they offered their final proofs be
fore the land office, which were accepted.
The claims were pending for patent
in 1905 when disclosures as to frauds
in Oregon caused a Presidential order to
be issued requiring all timber and home
stead filings to be investigated. By that
time, the settlers had left their lands.
They said it was necessary to go else
where in order to . secure employment.
In 1909. squatters began going onto the
claims for the purpose .of establishing
preference rights of entry should the
original filings be cancelled by the land
office. Test cases were brought In the
United States court by A. W. Lafferty,
the most prominent being that of Chest
er V. Hare against August Blrken field.
The court was asked to issue an injunc
tion restraining Blrkenfteld from tres
passing upon the lands which Hare had
entered. On two occasions, the court
ruled that the proper relief to be sought
by Hare would be an action for damages,
and dismissed the case. Attorney Laf
ferty then went to Washington and pres
ented the situation to members of the
House and Senate. Committees on public
lands. He recently returned to Portland
and announced his firm belief that the
measure would become a law.
Earle's Marriage Xot Annuled.
NEW YORK. June 24. Supreme Court
Justice Fitzgerald has signed an order
refusing to indorse the referee's report
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follows the use of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna, as it acts gently on
the kidneys, liver and bowels, cleans
ing the system effectually, when con
stipated, or bilious, and dispels colds
and headaches.
To get its beneficial effects, always
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the California Fig Syrup Co.
This is a collection you will find difficult to equal in
all-round attractiveness and good, substantial quality.
The lines are broken not many suits of a kind, but all
sizes in worsteds, cassimeres and plain and fancy weaves.
OUR WINDOW EXHIBIT TODAY
CLOTHIERS
166-170 THIRD STREET
recommending annulment of the mar
riage between Ferdinand Plnney Earle
and his "'affinity" wife, Lucy Kutner
Earle. Mrs. Earle asked for annulment
on the ground that Earle was not di
vorced from his first wife when he mar
ried her.
NEAR-BEER SALE STOPPED
Xampa Dealers. Notified to Sell Xo
More of Beverage.
NAMPA, Idaho, June 24. (Special.) All
vendors of near-beer In this city were
visited by Sheriff Breshear and County
Attorney Hagelln this morning and in
formed that after their present stocks
of near-beer were disposed of any furth
er sale of that beverage would be con
sidered an open violation of the local op
tion law.
The Crescent Brewery, of'thls city, was
also notified not to sell any near-beer
to dealers or other residents in this coun
ty. The action of the County Attorney and
Sheriff was taken on the strength of the
recent decision of Judge Steel, of Mos
cow, who held that inasmuch as near
beer was a malt fermented liquor. It
came under the ban of the local option
law. The case was appealed from Judge
Steel's court to the Supreme Court and
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