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V STORM BED BY CLARK'S JOKES Talk of Annexing Cana da Stirs British. ALL OTHERS ENJOY HUMOR Democratic Leader Has Laugh at Opponents' Expense. TAUNT FOR TAUNT IS GIVEN Clark Asked If lie Woo Id Be Presl- tent of Expanded Republic Taft Write lo Mc-Calf Repudiat ing Idea of Annexation. WASHINGTON. Feb, 15. The semi Jocular remarks which Champ Clark, the) Democratic Speaker-to-be. made In tha House yesterday In the debate on the Canadian reciprocity agreement, that he bettered the Stars end Stripe would one dar float over the entire Western Hemisphere, stirred up most nnexpected trouble today. President Taft took occasion to write to Repre sentative McCaU. Introducer of the reci procity bill, disclaiming and deprecat ing the annexation talk, and to follow It up with personal remarks even more emphatic to hts visitors. The news that Clark's allusions had created excitement In Canada and In England occasioned great surprise and considerable amusement at the CapltoL The man most surprised of all was Clark himself. e Clark' Speech Humorous. Clark's entire speech on reciprocity yesterday was delivered In half humor ous, half taunting vein. The House was In a gale of laughter most of the time. In return for the laughs ho was creating at their expense, some of the Republicans tried to turn the tables on Clark by chiding htm with the fact that he might have Taft as an oppo nent for the Democratic nomination. This humorous exchange reflected the spirit of the debate during tha time Clark was on his feet, and no one gave serious consideration to his remarks regarding the possible annexation of Canada. They regarded his statements as In the nature of a compliment to the Canadian people. In that he would be glad to see the friendship that exists at present between the Canadians and tha people of the United States so ripen In the future that all might some day be one. ' There was a further touch of faoe tlousness In the debate when one of the Republicans asked Clark It ha would like to be the first President of the magnificent union he was creating, and he replied amid a burst of laughter that he certainly would. EnglUh Take It Seriously. The excitement abroad was attribut ed at the Capitol today In part to the fact that several English and Canadian newspaper correspondents were In the press gallery when Clark spoke. Ilia remarks may have appealed to them as the most Important feature of the story and have been cabled accordingly. In "skeletonising" his remarks for cable purposes, the semi-humorous character of the debate probably was entirely lost sight of. Friends of the reciprocity measure were Inclined to take the view that op ponents of the agreement had simply aelsed upon what was regarded here as aa entirely personal and harmless state ment to makj capital against the rati fication of the agreement. declaration similar to that by Clark was contained In the opening speech In the House last Monday In favor of the reciprocity bill, delivered by Hill of Connecticut, a member of the ways and means committee and a member of the Administration party. This speech, widely reported In the American pa pers, caused not a ripple so far as Its annexation sentiments were concerned. Mr. Hill also quoted from a speech made a few years ago by Speaker Can non. In which he not only took Canada In under the American flag, but pro posed to make the entire Western Hemi sphere Into one country. Ic moor a In Foresee Vk-tory. femocratlo leaders particularly were pleased today over the passage of the McCaU bllL Underwood of Alabama. Clark's chief lieutenant, said the action of the House foreshadowed a Demo cratlo Ylctory In the National elections In 111. He said the Republicans by their vote showed that they were as badly spilt up as the Democrats were In the last session of Congress during the Cleveland Administration. Speaker Cannon. Chairman Da lie 11. of tha rules, committee. Representative I wight, and other leaders of the Re publican party In the House, were among those who stood out against the Administration programme, and the Democratic leaders figured that this split In the ranks augured well for Democratic success. Taft Poos f-cek Annexation. Tha rrealdenfs letter to McCaU fol lows: I write to congratulate you sincerely en the passage through the House of the McCall bill, enacting Into legislation the reciprocity agreement with Canada. iC"oaiul4 on i n 2.) ; GERMAN GIRLS TO MARRY CANADIANS rnrssiAY maids wili com. " PETE WITH ENGLISH. Suffragist Sajs Government Will Realize Women Should Have. x Votes When Lassie Leave. BERUX. Feb. IS. (Special.) Ac cording to a letter lo the Tageblatt from a Prussian suffragist. German girls ara preparng to compete with English girls for Canadian husbands. Referring to the recent announce ment that 6009 English girla were wanted to become wives of young Ca nadian farmers; the writer says, among other things, that "since tha German Government does not pay the least at tention to the colossal surplus of Ger man girls and as the high price of meat makes It Increasingly difficult for respectable girls to get married, the girls of our circle will emigrate to Canada and become British subjects to gratify the aspirations of Canadian bachelors. "The Prussian government will then realise that women, to whom the right to vote la refused, have been driven Into the arms of England." BOGUS VANDERB'LT JAILED Man Who Swindled Two Women Ont of $25,000 Sentenced. LONDON. Feb. It The man who call hlmae'.f Frederick Dennehey Vanderbllt and who has been tried for swindling, under the name of William Lackerateln Joachim, was convicted today and sen tenced to three years' penal eervItuJe. The prisoner posed as a son of the late William II. Vanderbllt and induced the Misses Taylor, the proprietresses of the Ladles Club, to execute bills of ex change for JCS.00O In his favor. Detective Fowler testified that there waa not a shadow of truth In the pris oner's claim of relationship. He said that the man's name waa Joachim and that he was the son of a Calcutta mer chant. Since 1S97 he had lived, the wit ness said, by hie wits, and In 19C9 he had fraudulently obtained tl.GC.0jQ worth of paper from Prince Frana Joseph of Bra gansa. most of which bad been recov ered. TREASURER BLOCKS RAISE Harney County Official Asks Gover nor to Help Him Keep Promise. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. 15. SDeclaL) Simon Lewis. County Treasurer of Harney County, surprised Governor West today when the execu tive received a letter In which Lewis expressed his disapproval of having his salary raised. In explanation of his position Lewis says: I am Informed by the papers that a bill has been Introduced In the Legislature to reculste the salaries of the publlo officials of Harney County whether the bill alms to Increase them I do not know. However. I wish to say that before I waa elected County Treasurer I told tha people here that I believed the present salary of the office sufficient that I would not seek a raise and that I was against same. I am still of the same opinion and will ask you to do what you can to help rae carry out my promise to tne people of Harney County. SEALING MAY BE STOPPED Senate Committee Reports Favorably on Treaty with Great Britain. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Action taken today by the committee on foreign rela tions. If sustained by the Senate, will not only put an end til pelagic sealing In Behring Sea. but also will atop the killing of seals on shore for a period of years. The committee made a favorable re port on the draft of a treaty between America and Great Britain providing for the protection of the seals In this manner. Russia and Japan must make similar treaties to make this effective. BURGLARS ROB PRISONER Two Masked Men Break Into Jail and Take Lone Occupant's Cash. WILKES BAURK. Pa.. Feb. 15. Two masked burglars broke Into the town jail at Warrior Run, Pa., near here, to day and, bursting open the door of the cell In which Stanley Jandus, the only prisoner, waa confined, robbed him at the point of a revolver of $29. The burglars then escaped, and Jan dus, who was being held on a trivial charge, finding himself free, went out and notified the police. The jail was not guarded. PRINCE NAMES BALLOON Brnckrr Will Try to Cross Atlantic In Dirigible ThU Spring. KIEL. Germs ny. Feb. 15. The new di rigible balloon Suchard, In which, Joseph Brcrker will attempt a trans-Atlantic voyage, was christened today by Princess Henry of Prussia. - Brurkcr plans to cross the ocean from the Cape Verde Islands to Barbadocs or Trinidad In March or April. $15 OIL DIVIDEND GIVEN Standard Company of New Jersey Fixes Quarterly Profit. t NEW YORK. Feb. 15. The directors of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey today declared a dividend of f IS for the quarter. This Is the ime divi dend declared a year ago. The previous quarterly dividend was $10 a share- MULTNOMAH NOW HAS FAIRER SLICE 16 Representatives, 7 , Senators Asked. SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO ACT Ambrose Unable to Get Full Quota for County. 30 SOLONS DUE DISTRICT Reapportionment Based on Popula tion Would Give Zone Ten In Upper nouse, 20 In Lower, but Smaller Figure Wins. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) In the reapportionment bill to be reported to. the House to morrow morning by the special com mittee of the House, Multnomah Coun ty Is allotted seven Senators and one Joint Senator and If Representatives. This is an Increase of one Senator and three and one-half Representatives over tha county's present representa tion. Tha apportionment was made on a basis of one Senator to 22.000 popula tion, and one Representative to every 11.000 population. This would give Multnomah 10 Senators and 20 Repre sentatives, If strictly adhered to, but Chairman Ambrose, of the committee considering these bills, waa unable to secure a larger representation In the committee for Multnomah. Plan Drops Umatilla. The Ambrose bill, as amended, dis tributes the 30 Senators as follows: Multnomah, seven; Marlon and Lane, two each: Yamhill. Linn. Douglas, Jackson. Washington, Clackamas and Cmatllla. one each; also one each to the following Joint districts: Coos and Curry, Jackson and Josephine, Tilla mook and Polk, Benton and Lincoln, Multnomah and Clackamas, Clatsop and Columbia. Baker and Grant, Crook. Klamath and Lake, Union and Wal lowa, Harney and Malheur, Wasco and Hood River, Sherman, Wheeler, Gil liam, Morrow and Umatilla. After ISIS, when Senator Barrett's term expires, Umatilla Is to be dropped from the last named Joint district. Marlon I zoi.es One. In the House the following appor tionment Is made of the 60 Representa tives: Multnomah, 18; Marlon, 4; Lane and Clackamas, S each; Yamhill, Linn, Douglas, Jackson, Washington, Clat sop and Umatilla, 2 each; Benton, Coos, Josephine. Polk, Tillamook, Columbia, Baker, Crook. Union, Hood River and Wasco, 1 each; also one each to the following Joint districts: Coos and Curry, Polk and Lincoln. Baker and Grant. Klamath and Lake, Umatilla and Morrow, Union and Wallowa. Har ney and Malheur, Gilliam and Wheeler, Wasco and Hood River. This arrangement of tne Representa tives reduces Marion'a representation by one. It also takes one Representative each away from Linn and Washington Counties. Tillamook, which has ben t Concluded on page 1 -Of v - INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TKPTERDA Y Maximum temperature, 4 degrees; minimum. 86. TODAY Fair; easterly winds. Legislature. Honse votes to repeal simile tax amend ment and to restore taxation power to Legislature. Pace . Reapportionment bill to be reported slves Multnomah seven Senators and 10 Repre sentatives with joint legislators. Page 1. Olympla Representatives defer final action on woman's eight-hour tabor law. Page s. Rusk and forces routed when House pusses ' bill to make Multnomah Third Congres sional District. Page 6. Oetemofi request to kill bill ends land feud In House. Page 7. Btate Institutions down ' for l.M.02T in . appropriation bill approved by commit tee. 1'age 7. Foreign. Madera's brother says rebellion In Mexico Is gaining; headway, page 3. German girls going to Canada to compete with English maids for farmers' hearts. Page 1. National. Taft will choose man to conduct fight for reciprocity In Senate. Page 6. Champ Clark raises' storm by Joking on annexation of Canada to United States. Page 1. .Secretary Knox, at Chicago, says annex ation nut to be expected as result of reciprocity. Page 2. John-Hays .Hammond likely to be special ambassador to King George's coronation. Tags 1. Domestlc Goulds rive up control of Missouri Pacific system to standard OH and Kuhn Loeb .men. Page 1. Francis J. Heney has fight with District Attorney Flikert In Olympio Club, San Francisco. Page 3. Joaquin Miller Is dying In Oakland. Page 1. Slavs of Chicago raise cry against Count Apponyl aa speaker on Universal Peace." Page 2. Sport. National League adopts baseball made lu Chicago, for fjou.uoo bonus. Page . Portland finally lands clever California ball- . player in Walter Kuhn. Page 9. Pacific Northwest. Central Oregonlans to number of 7000 greet first railroad and its president. Page T. Southwestern Washington Development As sociation begins sessions In Vancouver. Page 8. Centralis women denounce Governor Hay's action aa result of Training School probe, rage 8. Army officer weds Vancouver girl; wedding brilliant affair. Page 4. Commercial and Marine. Patent flour cut 20 cents a barrel In local market. Page 10. Wheat sells at lowest price of season at Chicago. Page lu. Feverish speculation In Missouri Pacific stock. Page 18. , Wlllapa Bay whistling buoy to have light. range of which will be IT miles. Page 18. Portland and Vicinity. Actual work on Broadway bridge Is begun. Page IS. Portland government much less eoatly than Seattle's. Page IX South East Side and South Portland want Mount Hood Railway. Page 20. Inman-roulsen Company asserts legal right to use streets. Page 12. Architect Bennett explains plan to connect Hwan Island and West Side to provide eight miles of docks, page 13. Chemaa-a Indian School official notes great progress by reds ia farming pursuits. Pare 13. - Brldgetender shuts gate on ambulance ear - rylng dying man. Page 8. David I- Kelly's brother asserts widow agreed to receive only eighth of estate. Page 14, Match dropped carelessly causes destructive Burnslde-street fire. Page 12. Passage of foreat-flre Mil strongly urged in Legislature. Page 11. Elks- soliciting committees meet liberal re sponse. Page 14. Methodist Men's ITnlon pledges aid to Wil lamette University. Page 4. HEAVY SNOW KILLS MOTHER Shed Collapses, Children Silos Her, Neighbors Find Body. WALLACE. Idaho. Feb. 15. Crushed to death In the collapse of a woodshed, the roof 'of which was heavily laden with snow, Mrs. William Settlemeler, of Nine-Mile r-eek. Is the first victim of Winter in this district. The accident was not discovered un til her two little children returned from school. Unable to find their mother the children ran to neighbors in fear and a serening party found the body In the ruins of the shed. Mr. Settlemeler was absent from home, be ing employed at Osburn cutting wood. The Settlemelers came here from Butte shortly after Christmas. "HEY! STOP THAT!" JOAQUIN MILLER AT DEATH'S DOOR Poet of Sierras Is III in . Oakland Hospital. DOCTORS HOLD OUT NO HOPE Noted Writer Cannot Survive More Than Few Days. HIS BROTHER IS SENT FOR Composer of Famous Western Lyrics Xow Breathing Last, Formerly Lived In Portland and Other Cities in Oregon. s SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. (Special.) Joaquin Miller, "Poet of the Sierras." is dying. In Fablola Hospital, Oak land, he lies, babbling of strange things, and the doctors say that he cannot survive his Illness, which be gan with a severe cold and a compli cation of kidney troubles, which have developed Into a serious nervous break down. This attack. Mr. Miller's 70 years cannot successfully combat. He waa taken to the hospital today from hla home on the heights above Oakland, where he. has lived for 20 years. Tonight he Is delirious and Is suffering from a high fever. End Near, Says Doctor. Dr. H. M. Sutherland, the house phy sician of the hospital, announced this evening that the aged poet would not survive his illness; that his death was but a matter of a few days. He Is suffering from a complication of dis eases of the kidneys, which, through lack of care during the past month, haa developed into a fever similar to that Induced by typhoid. So serious is the old man's illness that George Melvln Miller, his brother, haa been palled to this city from Eu gene, Or., to watch over him. Aloysiua McCormick. a grandson. Is also watch ing anxiously at the bedside of the poet. Foet 111 for Month. "Mr. Miller has been sick for the past month." Dr. Sutherland said. "He haa been practically alone at his home on the Heights. This kidney trouble has kept him confined to his bed for 80 days. Neighbors and his Japanese cook have been caring for him as best they could, but the care was Improper, and I am afraid that he cannot sur vive his Illness." Miller has made his home on the heights back of Oakland, from which he had a clear view of all of San Fran cisco Bay and the Golden Gate. His home includes about 50 acres, and he haa built a dozen small houses In which he entertains ' friends. One house ia his own castle, another Is the kitchen and the third his dining-room. Many distinguished foreigner and American tourists paid visits to Joaquin Miller's home, where the poet always enter tained them in hospitable style. Mr. Miller has always been fond of outdoor life and for years he has been (Concluded on Page 3.) HAMMOND MAY BE ENVOYTO LONDON MIXIXG SfAX CHOSE?? TO AT TEND CORONATION. Taft Only Awaits Notice He Will Be Acceptable Before Appointing Him Ambassador. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 15. (Spe cial.) John Hays Hammond, diplomatic ally specking, has not been offered the post of special ambassador to the coro nation of King George V of England, because the United States Government has not yet discovered whether or not he would be pensorja grata to that country- Hammond returned to 'Washington to day from New Tork. He was at the White House early in the afternoon and came back later to take a walk with the President. Hammond said he did not know anything about the ambassador ship and referred inquirers to the President- It is believed the post haa been offered to him and that his name has been submitted to Great Britain. Just now the President and the State Depart ment are awaiting an answer from Eng land. At the State Department today it was said that the participation of Mr. Ham mond In ie Jameson raid In the Trans vaal years ago would not be likely to militate against him. The Jameson raid ers were English, for the most part. WOMAN GETS MAN FREED W. C. T. V. President Puts Up Bail for Former Puget Sound Resident. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 15. (Special.) Thanks to the kindness of a wealthy woman here, Charles Jordan, formerly an agent for a Puget Sound excursion company, was released on ball last night after languishing In jail for four months, awaiting trial on a charge of fraud ulently using Uncle Sam's mails. Mrs. Hester T. Griffith, president of the W. C. T. TJ., Is Jordan's benefactor. Jordan, after leaving the Sound coun try,' went to Salt Lake City with his wife. Later he came here and opened a ticket brokerage office. His arrest soon followed on complaint of the Santa Fe railroad. His wife who has been working for her husband's release was overjoyed when he was liberated, she has spent all tha couple's scanty savings In her efforts to secure Jordan's freedom. POPE PIUS HAS INFLUENZA Slight Attack Causes Fever, but Early Recovery Is Predicted. ROME. Feb. 15. Pope Plus X Is suf fering from a slight attack of Influenza and Is confined to his bed. This disease haa affected his throat, causing consid able hoarseness, and the bronchial tubes are congested. Dr. Gulseppe Petaccl, the Pope's pri vate physclan, visited him twice today. As a precautionary measure, audiences were suspended. At the evening visit, the physician found his patient's tem perature about 100, which is adegree and a half above normal, and his gen eral condition was satisfactory. Dr. Petaccl ordered a fluid diet and abso lute rest. He hopes that within a few days the Pope will be recovered. ICE MAROONS ISLANDERS Mainland Citizens Unable to Re spond to Signals of Distress. SYDNEY. C. B.. Feb. 15. Marooned by the great Ice floes that have been driven down from the north through Cabot Straits, the Inhabitants of Flint Island one of the easternmost points of Canada have displayed signals of distress but e-ery effort to reach the island and re lieve the residents has proved futile. Ice conditions about the Straits of North Umberland, Cabot Straits and the Gulf of St. Lawrence are particularly se vere. WOMAN FASTS FOR 46 DAYS Although Unconscious Most of Time, Heart Action Is Nearly Perfect. ATHENS, Ga., Feb. 15. For 48 days nfl nirht Mrs. J. A. Moss, of TIgnall. i n -nton a mouthful of food HOT taken a particle of liquid nourishment, yet physicians say her 'heart action is almost perfect. Mrs. Moss has been confined to bed during the period of her long fast. Most of the time she has been uncon scious. HOME RULE IS NEARER Premier Asquith Announces His Programme. LONDON. Feb. IS. During the prelim inary home rule debate in the House of Commons today, Premier Asquith reiter ated his declaration that the govern ment's first task after the "Veto bill" had been disposed of, would be to carry out a policy of full self-government for Ireland.' OKLAHOMA CITY SWELTERS Heat Record for February Broken at Guthrie, Mercury Going to 9 6. GUTHRIE. OkJa.. Feb. 15. All pre vious heat records for February were broken here today when at 1 o'clock a temperature of 96 was recorded at the Government building. GOULD YIELDS TO ROCKEFELLER MEN Missouri Pacific Falls Into New Hands. PRESIDENT YET TO BE CHOSEN Standard Oil and Kuhn-Loeb & Co. Will Control. SYSTEM HAS 10,696 MILES George Gould to Remain Chairman of Board, but Power Is Gone and Bankers Will Put Men In His Directors Places. NEW YORK. Feb. 15. Pressed by the Rockefeller and Kuhn-Loeb inter ests, George J. Gould Is shortly to re linquish the presidency of the Mis souri pacific Railway Company, a posi tion In which his father. Jay Gould, placed him 18 years ago. He will be succeeded by a railroad man. not yet publicly named, who, to quote one of the new Interests, will "not drink and sleep on the Job." Mr. Gould himself announced his forthcoming retirement, which will take place as soon as his successor is chosen. The fact that Mr. Gould will become chairman of the board does not alter the opinion generally held in financial circles that today's developments mark the passing of the Gould influence, not only in Missouri Pacific, but in other railroads with which the name of Gould has been identified for so many years. Rumors foreshadowing the change have been current for weeks and more recent developments Indicated that a spirited contest was to be waged for control of the stock. Several confer ences were held today and with their cr inclusion, at a time too late t have any effect on today's market, the Gould statement was issued. Gould- Announces Retirement. It tells not only of George Gould's forthcoming resignation as president, but of the intended simultaneous re tirement of the other members of the Gould faction and family in the direc torate. This puts an end to all proba bility of a contest. Mr. Gould's statement follows: "In reply to rumors of a conflict for the control of the Missouri Pacific Rail road Company, Mr. Gould states that there is and will be no controversy be tween controlling Interests; that It haa long been his intention,' known to Mr. Rockefeller and Messrs. Kuhn, Loeb & Cot, to retire from the presidency of the company as soon as the corporation could obtain the services of the best equipped railroad man to take his place; that the offer of the position was mado many months ago with the approval of his associates, to a railroad man of the highest standing, who was unable to avail himself of it; that ever since various men have been under considera tion and discussion, and it is hoped that the selection will be made in the very near future. "The stock represented and owned by the interests referred to will be voted at the annual election for the following directors: "George J. Gould, Frederick T. Gales, Cornelius Vanderbllt. E. T. Jeffrey, Paul M. Warburg, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Ed win Gould, Edgar L. Marston of Blair & Co., Klngdon Gould, E. T. Adams rep resentative In this country of the Deutsche Bank, J. J. Slocum, W. K. Bixby, O. L Garrison of St. Louis, and a vacancy left for the president, to be selected, who is to reside in St. Louis. "Mr. .Gould will become chairman of the board of directors." Successor to Have Wide Power. Messrs. Warburg, Marston and Adams wlH take the places on the directorate now held by Howard Gould, S. C. Clarke and S. F. Fryor, the latter two of 8U Louis. Much interest centers about the se lection of Mr. Gould's successor, and rumors current In Wall street this aft ernoon mentioned several railroad men connected with the leading southwestern systems. He will have practically un limited power and will be given every chance to build the Missouri Pacific up to the highest standard of efficiency. What is no less important. Mr. Gould's successor will be at St. Louis, the log ical and strategic base of the 6ystem. The offer of. the presidency of the Missouri Pacific was made to William H. Truesdale, president of the Dela ware, Lackawanna & Western Rail road, several weeks ago, but declined. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Blair & Co. pre viously have had Vnanclal relations with the Gould roads, as also has the Deutsche Bank, of Berlin, Germany, but never before have these interests been represented on the boards of any Gould property. The selection of Mr. Warburg was doubtless deemed advisable because of the prominence of other Kuhn-Loeb partners Otto H. ICahn and Mortimer L. Schiff In the affairs of the Harrlman lines. The selection of a representative of the Deutsche Bank gives the an nouncement a tinge of international im portance. Missouri Pacific was the feature of tc day'e stock market and its feverish t (Concluded ou Fage 3-1