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PORTLAND, OREGON. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LI NO. 1J5.GS1.
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ROADS SHIFT VIEW
OP RATE RULING
Big Interests Approve
Bar to Increase.
PESSIMISM IS DISSOLVING
Wall Street See?, Change of
Heart Among H?il Chiefs.
GENERAL COUNSELS MEET
Attorney for Eastern Lines Dlseoss
Comnrm Commission Order, but
Superiors Are Lotting la
' lerest la Protest.
NEW TORK. Feb. 27. Heads of tha
railroad svste--cs of tho United States
who expressed great dissatisfaction
with tha ruling of tho Interstate Com
merce Commission against sn Increase
In freight rates, when It was announced
recently, hare undergone a chang of
sentiment and several hare approved
the Commission's action. Many po
erful financial Interests are now tak-
ln( the sams view.
Thla fart became known her today
when It was learned that the executive
head of the railroads had given op
for the time being a general confer
ence, which was to hare been In the
nature of an Indignation meeting, to
protest against the ruling and discuss
wars and means of defeating It-
General counsel for tha Eastern rail
roads confrrrej today In the office of
Vice-President Harris, of the New
Tor It Central, head of Its legal de
partment. Executive heads and bank
ers took no part In the session and
Wall street attributes this and the
tentative abandonment of the general
conference Mea to a reaction In rail
road viewpoint en tha Commission's
order.
Man Approve Rating.
The peselmlsm which first greeted
the Commission's ruling has given war.
. argues Wall Street, to aoqolescenco
and. In not a few Instances, to genuine
approval of the blow to rate Increases.
Only the legal phases of what th
Eastern trunk Una railroads propose to
do In tho fare of the decision of the
Interstate Commerco Commission were
considered at the conference today.
Fifteen attorneys discussed tha situa
tion for several hours In tha offices of
Vice-President Harris, of the New Tork
Central, head of Its legal department.
The abandonment of tho original
plan to have at meeting of the execu
tive heads was due. It la said, to tha
railroad officials' deslra that their
ceuaeel shall first determine the status
of their rase from a lrgsl standpoint.
No Derision Reached.
It Is believed that while the discus
sion today hinged npon the question
of constitutionality of tho Mann-EIktna
bill, the IS attorneys present ram to
no decision whether tha constitutional
ity of the bill would be attacked. If It
Is attacked at all.
Those present at tha conference to
day Included:
Ueorge V. Msssey. general counsel of
the Pennsylvania Railroad; Edward D.
ftobblns, general counsel of the New
Tork. New Haven A Hartford Railroad;
Clyde Hrowa. of counsel for the New
Tork Central lines, who had charge
of that company'a fight for Increased
rates: Hugh Bond, of tha Baltimore &
Ohio; George Browne!, of the Erie;
W. H. Jenny, of the Lackawanna: John
R. Kerr, of tha New Tork. Ontario dt
Western: Jackson E- Reynolds, of tho
Central Railroad of New Jersey.
MURPHY GRILLS SHEPARD
Tammany Chief Breaks Precedent by
Reply to Criticism.
NEW TORK. Feb. S7. Charles F.
Murphy, leader of Tammany Halt, broke
a precedent tonight and Issued a nine
peg typwrttten statement replying to.
and bitterly attacking E. M. Shepard.
who characterised Murphy's dominance
as a "Voting trust" In his letter of yes
terday withdrawing from tha United
States 5enatorshlp fight.
He holds Mr. Shepard directly to blame
for the deadlock at Albany, and says he
la Inclined to be lleve that Mr. Shepard
and his friends would not have been ao
quick to criticise Tammany Hail bad It
supported Phepard's candidacy. To
clinch thla assertion. he says that
flhepard's friends begged his (Murphy's)
support.
JAP COOLIES GOING HOME
Figures for Three) Years Show Num
ber In America Smaller.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. IT. The num
ber of J' panes laborer In the
United States has decreased n.K3
la tb past threo years. If statis
tics prepared by the Japanese Foreign
Offtc are correct. The figures were
made public yesterday by Matsuso
NagaL Japanese Conaul-General for Fan
Francisco. .
Th report Indicates that th Called
States has lost (171 Japanese of all
classes by excess of departures over
arrivals la tha threo yi
SHOW GIRLS FLEE
IN HAREM SKIRTS
BROADWAY TRAFFIC BLOCKED
AS THEY PASS BT.
Pretty Young Actresses. Wearing
Divided Garments, Forced Tlireo
Times to Take Refuge In Taxi.
NEW TORK. Feb. r.-Speclal.) Fifth
avenue shoppers and crowds In Broad
way from Herald Square to Forty-fifth
street this afternoon wer treated to a
epectacJ of th harem skirt In use by
two pretty young actresses. So fascinat
ing did the sight prove that throngs
which gathered to gsse Joined in tne
nrareasston which followed, blocking
traffic and driving th young women to
refuge In a taxlcab at threo different
times during their promenade.
In Broadwsy everyone becam Insistent
to their effort to miss nothing ot tn
entertainment afforded, and such a crush
develoned that the young women wer
almost swept from their feet and carried
Ir.to th street by the crowd struggling
t catch a sllmpse of tha much-dlscumed
dra perlee.
The two actreseea first appeared In
Fifty-ninth street, near Third avenue,
where they bad gone to try on th skirts.
They wer so pleased with the general
effect thst they iromedlstely decided to
wear tha skirts to their apartments.
$800,000 HOSPITAL GIFT
San Francisco to Get Memorial to
31111s and Paige.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. IT. (Special.)
A new St. Luke's Hospital, to be on
of the most modern In th world and to
be erected at a cost of T.0C0. la the
monument which two philanthropic
women, Mrs. Whltelaw Retd and Mrs.
Louis F. Monteagle. hav decided to
erect to the memory of two of Califor
nia pioneers, the 1st D. O. Mills, father
of Mrs. Reld. and th late Calvin Paige.
unci of Mrs. Monteagle.
Tha new hospital will be built upon
the sit of the old on at Valencia and
Twenty-seventh streets, where additional
ground ha Just been purchased, that tha
gardens and settings may be as adequate
as th large edifice may require.
Mr. Monteague and Mrs. Reld. who Is
her with her husband. Whltelaw Retd.
Ambassador from th United States to
th Court of St. James, are personally
supervising many of the preliminary de
tails regarding tha plans and specifica
tions of th building, and th old struc
ture will b. raxed at an early date.
All of th prominent doctors and many
of the leading nurses of th ctty hav
been asked to advance Ideas and sugges
tions, that th hospital may be th peer
In point of convenience and equipment
of any like Institution In the world. Two
distinctive features planned sre th
"contagious ward" and th annex for
convalescents; Every room. It Is ar
ranged, will open to air and sunlight.
UTAH'S 1 GIFT RESENTED
Presbyterlano Protest Against Mor
mon Pictures on Warship's Plate.
NEW TORK. Feb, JT.-The Presby-
erian Ministers' Assoclstlon of M
Tork and vicinity adopted resolutions to
day proteexlng "as eltlsns and patriots
against th proposed presentation of a
silver service to be plsced on th United
Ststes battleship Utah, aa tha gift of
th State of Utah."
"This servlc." continue th resolutions.
bearing th portrait of Brlgham Toung
and a picture of th Mormon Tempi at i
Salt Lake City, wilt discredit th state
making th gift and be a disgrace to th
Nation If accepted. Th tnsolenc of this
prtporml rsliai for Immediate and empha
tic resentment.
"Th Insignia of any church has no
place on th service of a United States
Mp and th Insignia of th Mormon
hurch so placed k an Insult to th
Christian people of the whole country.
NEW CLAIMANT APPEARS
Ohio Woman Says She I Baldwin's
Daughter Want Money.
LOS ANGELES. CaU Feb.-IT. A new
claimant to a ahar of tha Baldwin es
tate appeared today, when Mrs. Laura
P. Alslp. who resides In Illinois, filed a
psper la the probate department In
which she claims to b a daughter of
tha late turfman.
Th new claimant allegee that before
1150. the late millionaire wa known
as William Baldwin, and under that
name ha married Ophlle Henderson. In
Ohio. In September, 1145. Mrs. Alslp
clalma to be an Issue of that mar
riage. A further charge Is made that
Baldwin abandoned his wife in 1S5S and
took the name of Ellas Jackson Bald
win. Mrs. Alslp asks for one-third of th
estate.
CAUCUS ASKED TO DECIDE
Colorado Democrats Seek to Force
Selection of Senator.
DENVER. Colo.. Feb. IT. Further ef
forts to bring about a caucus on tha
I'nlted States Scnatorshlp were begun
today. State Senator Franklin E. Car
ringer circulated an agreement providing
for a caucus of tha 4 Democratic mem
bers, th caucus to meet dally at !: P.
M. and vote for th various Candida tea.
As soon as any on candidal receives
SI votes In the caucus he or she shsll be
declared the caucus nominee and alt
Democrats will thereby become bound to
vote for such person In Joint assembly.
Flft-one Is a majority of the Joint
assembly. It Is not considered possible
to seen re the signatures of the entire
Democrstle contingent In the Legislature
to this agreement at present.
LOHIMER FORCES
SECURE VANTAGE
Vote to Be Taken When
Enemies Napping.
CASE MY SOON BE DECIDED
Night Session of Senate
Is
Forced by Conflict.
BAILEY CALLS FOR VOTE
Cammlm Is Equally Determined to
Have Action on Tariff Board, So
Xo Receis Is Taken, Though
Sherman Dines Senate.
CRAWFORD ON FLOOR AT :1S.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 31. At l:l(
o'clock this morning, with many
Senators sleeping In their chairs and
on lounsea about the Senate cham
ber. Senator Crawford still held the
floor after having been talking al
most continuously for Ave hours.
There we
would yield.
aa no Indication when b
yield.
WA8H1.VOTON. Feb. ST. It took sev
eral hours to accomplish- It. but support
ers of Lorlmer tonight advanced th
case to th point where a rollrall In
th Senate may be started at any time
when th antl-Lorlmer forces may be
caught nnpplng.
Bailey took advantage of a lull In tha
proceedings to raov that, when a vote
la taken on th Lorlmer resolution. It
be by calling of the ayes and noes.
Brandegee. who was presiding, submitted
tha question to tha Senate and It was
declared carried.
Stone and Owen suspected a snare In
the request and both were pleading for
recognition a th question was sub
mitted. Throughout tha proceedings, after
Bailey had accomplished Ms purpose,
there were demands for the regular or
der. Stone, somewhat nettled by thee
calls, warned his colleagues that their
course might "bring home a black chick
en to roost."
Iorlmrr Men Have Advantage.
Tha Lorlmer forces expressed them
selves as very well pleased with the ad
vancement made. The parliamentary po
sition of tha Lorlmer resolution allows a
rollrall to b ordered without a prelimi
nary motion.
If th Lorlmer supporters hav th
votes claimed by them, th effect would
b to dlspne of th case.
Crawford at 10:15 o'clock resumed his
speech tn opposition to Lorlmer' s reten
tion of his seat. La Follett Interrupted
and raised th point of no quorum.
Seventy-five Senators responded, but
drifted out Into tha cloakroom again as
th South Dakotan resumed his analysis
of tha testimony.
Two Senators Force Session.
Tha night aesslon was forced by tha
determination of two Senators to fore a
vote on a pending measure dearest to
(Concluded an Pax 2.)
CHORUS "SAY, FOLKS, DON'T FORGET TOMORROW ABOUT
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Th Weather.
TESTIHDAT'I maximum temperature, 42
d.rr: minimum temperature. IT de-
TODAY.
ilr;
easterly winds.
' Foreign.
Dr. Oomtt sirs peace overtures sre reiter
ated. Pace 3.
National.
Rajmer. makee Impassioned plea for direct
election ot senators, i-ase j.
Railroads ch.ns. views of rate ruling; many
now auorove. Face jl
Lorlmer men force nlxht session of Senate
and score strons point, fage l.
Bourne attacks Taft In Senate, accusing him
of abuse of appointive ppwer. fag 2.
Domestic
Joaouln Miller's dauehter forsakes art ca
rear to nurse him back to health, rage 1.
One of Georgia train-robbers Identified
"Old Dill, miner. 1.
Actresses In Harem skirts cause traffle
blockade on Broadway. Page L
One white man and eight Indians killed la
running njent. I'ae. J.
8teamer Amerlke b.lng searched for Dram-
mond Jeweia. 1'ase x.
Sports.
Betting ling menaces' basketball. Page 7.
Reed CoUeee to foster and encourage ail
forms of athletics. Page 7.
Burns knocks out Powell la 19th round.
Page 0.
FaelAe Northwest,
Dynamite explosion near The Dalles kills
- four and Injures six. Page .
West Inspects Pendleton asylum site, while
bailing is Acting uovernor. i-age a.
Baker rate case argued at Salem. Page t.
Washington House passes eight-hour bill for
women, t to si. rege s.
Governor West plays politics In numerous
vetoes. i'age l.
Junction City, Wash., scene of 1 100, 000 lum
ber plant ore. rage f.
Commercial and Marine.
Large trade In export flour keeps wheat
market steady. Page 17.
Cattle and sheep firm at Portland Stock
yards. Page is.
hort roverlns feature of Chicago wheat
market- Page 17.
Small progress made In stock market re
covery. Page 17.
British bark Inverroay with cereal cargo.
ordered not to clear, speculators watch
result with Interest, page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Brisk wind sweeps all Northwest: Portland
has 10 fire alarms in as many hours.
Page 12.
Lovett and Kruttschnltt. Harrlman line
chiefs, coming to Portland thia week.
Psge 12.
Fight for pure milk to continue, says city
authorities. Page 11.
County Judfto Cleeton and Commissioners
Hart and Llghtner arrested for blocking
navigation. I'age lu.
City brines suit asalnst terminal company
for East bide approach of Broadway
bridge. Page lu.
Mrs. Charlotte Mot feu-Cart wrlrh t sues to
regain possession of property worth .150.
VOU she deeded to won. Page 10.
H. A. Uullford. serving sentence for at
tempted bribery, confesses; beneca FoutS
and Alex hweek accused by him. Page .
Clvto Council names -committee of 60 to
hear complaints against Board of Edu
cation. ygm 4.
Elks add over $6000 to entertainment fund
In day. rage .
FROZEN FIREBELL COSTLY
Pendleton Suffers 10,000 Blaze
Decaatte Alarm Not Sounded.
PENDLETON. Or, Feb. 27.-(Special.)-
Flre today destroyed the Love boarding
and rooming-house on Johnson street, to
gether with all Its contents. Twenty
roomers lost all their worldly possessions
except those they hsd on their backs.
Two other buildings were badly damaged
and the entire block was endangered for
an hour.
Th loss will be flO.OOO or more and Is
only partially covered by Insurance. The
fire bell waa frozen up so that no alarm
could be sounded and th flames had
gained great headway before th volun
teer department arrived on the seen.
30 ARE FROZEN TO DEATH
Finding; of Derelict In Caspian Sea
Reveals Tragedy.
LONDON", Feb. 17. A news dispatch
from Odeana says a tragedy of th sea
was revealed In th discovery In the Cas
pian Sea, a few miles off Astrakhan, of a
derelict vessel, th whole crew of which,
numbering 30, had been frozen to death.
The ahlp waa a mass of Ice.
WHITES AND REDS
BUTTLE; 9 KILLED
Indians Defeated
Running Fight.
in
SQUAWS WOUND WITH ARROWS
2 Women and 2 Papooses Are
Among Tribesmen's Dead.
PURSUERS LOSE ONE MAN
Posse Nearly Wipes Out Party of
Shoshones Sought for 'Weeks as
Murderers of Four Wealthy
Stockmea la Nevada.
WINNEMUCCA, Nev., Feb. 27. Eight
Indians, Including two squaws and two
children, and on white man were killed
In a running fight yesterday afternoon
near the Tuscarora, when a pursuing
posse of 21 men came upon the band of
12 Shoshones. charged with tha murder
of four wealthy Nevada stockmen in
Northern Washoe County, on January
19. On the posse's side. Edward Hogle,
of Eaglevllle. Cal- was killed.
A 16-year-old girl and three children
wer captured. It is saiu mat iooi
taken from the bodies of the murdered
stockmen waa found In the camp of the
Indians.
The state police, under Captain Don
nelly, and Sheriff Smith's posse had been
trailing the Indiana elnco February 8.
when tho -mutilated bodies of th mur
dered stockmen, frozen solid, were found.
Indian Leader Killed.
Captain Donnelly and Bherlft Smith and
their men stopped Saturday night at
Stewart'a ranch, 25 miles from Winne
mucea. Yesterday morning a report
reached them ther of a band of Indians
camped about about ten miles north
west. Led by Skinny Pascal, an Indian
trailer, the soldiers followed the trail
and about noon alghted tne bnoinoncs,
moving In single We, 50 miles northeast
of Wlnnemucca.
After a consultation Skinny Pascal
was sent aneaa to iaik to ins u
When within 100 yards old "Indian Mike
raised his rifle and fired. Pascal dropped
from his horse unhurt and fired twice.
Indian Mike fell and was seen to crawl
awav Into the bushes, wnere no later
was found dead.
When they saw their leader had fallen
the remainder of the band started down
a canyon, driving their stock before
them. A running fight ensued. The
bucks with their rifles acted at first as
a rearguard, while the squaws and chll
dren ran ahead. One of the young
bucks fell under the posse's fire. Two
miles down the canyon the Indians
crossed a ridge and went Into another
but smaller canyon.
Women and Children Fight.
Here they made a stand, the Indians,
Including the squaws and children, ex
ecuting a "war dance." The white men
dismounted and, crawling through and
over rocks, engaged the Indians in a
pitched battle. It was her that Ed
Hogle was killed.
With only two bucks armed with rifles
(ronrluded on Page 4.)
THAT EASTERN FRIEND 1
JUANITA MILLER
TO NURSE FATHER
SIERRA POET'S DAUGHTER DE
SERTS ART CAREER.
Young Woman Gives T.'p Studio In
East to Care for Writer During
Declining Years.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 27. (Special.)
In order that she may remain with
her father during the last years of his
life, Miss Juanlta Miller, the 24-year-old
daughter of Joaquin Miller, an
nounced today that she would give up
her studio and musical career In New
York and that she would make her
home at "The Heights," near Oakland,
with the aged poet.
. Miss Miller will leave for the East
In a week or ten days and will Imme
diately close her studio, terminate her
affairs there, and return to nurse her
father back to health.
Mr. Miller's condition Is Improving
dally, and his physicians state that
there Is little probability of relapse.
Mies Miller said:
"It was one of the hardest blows of
my life to bear when I learned that
my father had been found sick and
helpless in his mountain retreat, and
that he had not received proper care
and attention. I was thousands of
miles away from him, but I hurried to
his aid as quickly as I could. Now I
have determined that no such unfor
tunate .thing can ever happen to him
again as long as ha lives, for I pro
pose to give up my studies and take
care of him myself. "
WEDDING LINKS FORTUNES
Helen Irwin Becomes Bride
Templeton Crocker Today.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27. (Special.)
The wedding of the two most fortunate
of San Francisco's youth, F. Templeton
Crocker and Helena Irwin, will be cele
brated tomorrow afternoon at the home
of the bride. The service will be per
formed at an altar erected In front of
the stained glass window at -the stair
landing. This marriage unites two for
tunes that will at least top the SXI.OOO.OOO
mark.
The bride starts In her new venture ot
housekeeping well outfitted by thought
ful friends. Her father, William O. Ir
win, presents her with $1,000,000 In gilt-
edged bonds, to help defray expenses,
The mother gives her a beautiful landau-
let automobile In which to do her mar
ketlng. The bridegroom's gift Is a dla
mond necklace with emerald and pearl
pendants. His family offer many gifts
In costly Jewelry. Mrs. Whltelaw Reld
gives a ring and her daughter, Mrs.
James Ward, a Jewel-studded gold purse.
Miss Jennie Crocker, the only sister of
the bridegroom, has made many indi
vidual gifts of handsome Jewelry.
. Mr. Crocker has had "Uplands," the
beautiful Crocker country residence at
San Mateo, thoroughly renovated to be
worthy the reception of his bride.
TOURIST LOSES DIAMONDS
Thieves Get Jewels Worth $800
Handbag Left In Pullman.
in
Diamonds worth about $900 were stolen
from a Pullman sleeping car in the
Shasta Limited, at or near this city, on
February 24. and the. loss came to light
yesterday when the Pullman officials re
quested Captain of Detectives Moore to
have his men watch for the expected
offering of the Jewelry for sale In this
city.
C. P. Bratmeyer, a passenger on the
train en route from Seattle to San Fran
Cisco, was the owner of the diamonds,
which he left In a handbag in his berth
on the car "Brazlte." With them was $lg
In money. Bratmeyer was) absent from
his seat but a short time as the train
was approaching the Union Station, and
is confident that it was within this period
that his valuables were taken. He lnv
mediately announced the loss to the train
officials.
It la supposed that the thief, after
taking the handbag, alighted from th
train and escaped in the crowd at th
gate.
CHIEF P0IS0NED, BELIEF
Comanche Medicine Men Accuse
Bretliren of Cheyenne Tribe.
LAWTON, Okla.. Feb. 27. The death
of Quannah Parker, chief of the Com-
manche Indians, last Thursday, result
ad from poison administered by medi
cine men of the Cheyennes instead of
pneumonia, as reported by the white
physicians, is the belief of medicine
men of the Comanches, announced here
today.
The Comanches will send White Par
ker, son of the late chief, among the
Cheyennes to Investigate. Quannah had
been among the Cheyennes three days
when he became 111. He hurried home
and died 20 minutes after reaching
there.
SOLDIERS TAKE LCNG WALK
Two Men Marching From Sew York
to San Francisco as Test.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. To test the
efficiency of a new Army knapsack, an
invention of an officer of the National
Guard of New York, two privates of
that organisation, who left New Jork
February 9 and arrived in Washington
today, are walking from the former
city to San Francisco.
The men are privates Medos Gravel,
of Company C, Twelfth Infantry, and
Fred B. Ostrander, Jr., Company E,
Seventy-flrst Infantrj The men are re
quired to walk 25 miles a day, except on
Sunday. They are expected to arrive at
their destination July 4. The new equip
ment they carry weighs 16 pounds.
POLITICS PLAYED
IN WEST'S VETOES
Friends' Bills Signed,
Foes' Discarded.
CORPORATION LAWYERS H:LP
Railroads Favored in Casting
Out of Measures.
FUND SAFEGUARDS KILLED
Governor Fulfills Threat Not to Sign
One of Thompson's Acts Settlers'
Flea Not Heeded Vengeance
Prompts Disapproval.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 27. (Stair Corre
spondence.) The very large number of
bills vetoed at the close of the recent
Oregon legislative session Justify care
ful scrutiny as to the reasons which
brought about Governor West's disap
proval. Many citizens who endeavored to
wander through the maze of pro
posed legislation and sought to under
stand the efforts of the lawmaking
body, as well as the activity of tha
Chief Executive, ase much Inclined to
the belief that many bills were intro
duced which might well have rested
and Incubated In the more or less fer
tile minds of embryotic statesmen and
that the Governor sought by the use of
his veto power to play a game of poll-,
tics at the expense of the material In
terests of the state.
An examination of the record of tho
recent session discloses the fact that
bills were permitted to become laws or
were given their everlasting quletua
by vetoes, not according to merit but
by reason of the author's being "In"- or
"out" with His Excellency.
Partiality Is Shown.
A salmon hatchery bill introduced by
two friendly House members from Clat
sop County was passed and allowed to
become a law, while a similar bill for a
trout hatchery. Introduced by Uerryman
In the Senate and backed by his col
leagues, Thompson and Belknap, In th
House, was vetoed. Of IS game bills,
Thompson fathered two, Mahoney on
and Church one. These were vetord.
. One of the Thompson bills was par
ticularly meritorious. It sought to
change the trout-fishing season In Lako
County so that It would not permit fish
ing during the spawning season, as at
present. Under the present law tha
streams of Lake County are fast be
coming depleted, but this bill received
the same unfavorable consideration ac
corded most of the Lake County mem
bers' measures and was placed at tha
top of the Gubernatorial Junk heap, and
yet crabs, lobsters, ginseng and many
other productions of the state wer
fully and carefully protected by tha
Governor and his legislative, biparti
san associates.
Senator Woods Not Heeded.
Many of Senator Wood's bills likewise
decorate the backyard of the executive
department. Wood was the chairman
of the committee of holdover Senators
appointed in 1909 to examine the various
state Institutions and report as to tha
conditions found and make recommenda
tions to the 1911 session. As Is his cus
tom In official matters, he went into tho
situation with thoroughness and discov
ered several reforms which he thought
should be made.
Under the present law the several su
perintendents on the first of every
month call at the Statehouse with pay
rolls prepared by themselves and hav
them allowed by the Board. Every pay
roll Is then presented to the Secretary
of State, who draws a warrant to tha
superintendent and he receives from tho
State Treasurer the full amount of all
salaries and then pays the employes-
Senator Wood felt that this system
was loose and would lead to abuse. He
proposed that a warrant should be drawn
to each employe and paid to him, but
th Statehouse lobby was too strong
for the Senator from Washington and
his bill was defeated on the floor of tho
Senate after many of the members had
been importuned personally by various
state officers to oppose the bill as It
was considered "an antl-administratlon"
measure.
Coin With Subalterns.
Senator Wood also looked carefully
Into the question of deficiencies and
found that the taxpayer was not being
protected In the expenditure or nis
money. Under the existing system tha
Legislature meets biennially and passes
bills appropriating money for the various
branches and departments of the stato
government. The expenditure of this
money Is left to the State Boards and
by them to the numerous superintend-
nts and underlings cf various degrees
of Importance and many titles. If these
officers and subordinates conclude that
the Legislature has been parsimonious
or that, for any other reason, more money
should be spent than has been author
ized, they go in and contract debts with
out stint, let or hindrance of law ex
cept their own sweet win. interest-
bearing certiflcates of audit are Issued
nd the next succeeding Legislature la
then called upon to pay tho deficien
cies." .
Wood Introduced one bill which abso-
(Concluded on Face 6.)