CHICAGO FIGHT IS ON MORAL ISSUE Control of Vice and Graft Is Chief Planks in Men-jam's Platform. HARRISON FOR CHEAP GAS Dnnnf, SccrrUlr Allied With Crm ham and SoIltTn, Mar Kan m IndrpendrntMrrrUm . FVire? Basse to Start Reforms. CIIICAGOl March . 5pcIaL Will Charles Edward Merrlam. uwcUU professor cf political s-l-nc J In tha I'o'.rernlty of Chicago, cruh CMcaa-o'e Tammany Hall t tha cltT inrora!tr flection la AprtlT Enemies la both partita f Carter H. Harrison, tha Deraocratla tomloi as sert Harrison reealrad bfor tha prl- irsrles on February IS. nd does still continue to receive, contribution to M cimpaltn fund from the tI.-o and Iioib!ln( dlatrtcta of the municipal eras pool. Merrlam and Harrison already are launched on a campaign, to terminal on April 14. but few mayoralty antag onists in Chicago ever hare, opened a ftrht for the mayoralty chair on un certain a Held of battle and with ao rrlt moral Issues at stake. These) Issues are: The regulation, or stamping- out. of mice: official graft In nuMlc worka and tnstltut'ona. The physical Issues which mark the can Da I m are: "Seventy-cent g Inks harbor controlled and. owned by the cltv: extension of th park system eliir.lnatlon of steam power or smoke within KTfn mUea of the downtown district. Merrlam Choose Moral Issue. Merrlam stakes lils fierht on the two moral Issues. He adopts the physical Issues presented, but evidently be con siders them not so Important to his candidacy aa a regeneration on aound economical principles of the adminis tration of the city government. In the primaries as the Krpubll-an nominee he defeated hla four opponenta by a plurality of IStfi). and lacked only 44 votea of having a majority of the 19. ODO republican votea cast- His four opponents all have promised their van quisher their hearty support. On the contrary. Harrison defeated Edward F. Purine. ex -Democratic Mayor of Chicago, by only 1S& votea out of a total of about lIS.Ovv votea The other of the three Democratic op ponents of Harrison waa Andrew J. Oraham. reported candidate of the gaa Interests and supported by Roarer Sul livan, bead of tha People's Uas Com pany. Donne May Ran Independent. Prom a political standpoint much complexity Is added to the situation by the announced determination of Dunne to demand a recount on chrgoa of fraud, and. If the recount does not show him nominated, to run Independent. If Dunne does run. he will draw votes. It Is contended, from both of the pcrtjr candidates, but from Harrison more than Merrlam. Dunne Is supported by the united police lO.vOO city policemen and by a large following among the labor Interests. There Is a friendship. If not n un derstanding, between the Dunne and tiraham factions. During the primary campaign, after Oraham had bought all the billboard spare In the city at a reported price of 1:00.000. Dunne ob tained aa much billboard apace as he wanted for hla posters, while Harrison had to rely on the scattered offerings from various private Individuals Po violent has been Harrison's at tack on the gas Interests, both In this primary campaign and In his adminis trations as Mayor from the Spring of 1J7 to the Mpring of 193. that there ts little possibility of a compromise be tween hla own and the Sullivan-Graham factions. In any case. It la con tended, the Sullivan-Graham faction will fight Harrison, who made Ms ante primary laaue "Seventy-cent gaa." even If It means the support of the Jpub Lin candidate. Merrlam. Therefore there Is much hope among the friends of Merrlam that he ta the Hlurher who will make the fatal charge at Harrison's Waterloo, even allowing a few slips between the cup and the lip. Merrlam AjrfresaWe Reformer. That Merrlam ts In all theory cap able of making one of the best Mayors that Chicago has ever had Is shown by Ms record aa Alderman for the Seventh Ward and aa chairman of the city com mission on municipal expenditures, which he virtually forced Mayor Buss to appoint some time ago. This com mission was loaded with dead material, but. as chairman, the university pro fessor personally made It so aggres sive that It generally Is known as the "Merrlam Commission." He alao was secretary of the harbor commission and was connected prominently with the securing cf a new city charter. He refused the provisional support of the Republican organization, and now In sists personally on conducting hla own fight for election. Dunne Secures Recount. CHICAGO. March C County Judge Owens today ordered a recount of the ballots cast at the primary last Tues day. The order was Issued at the In stance of K. K. Dunne, who.' on the re turns. wa defeated for the Democratic Mayoralty nomination by Carter H. Harrison. POLICY Or NEW TEENCH PREMIER TO BE MODERATE, t EE DCLvrUL3. I S - - ' v ua-,. -i . r PORTLAND BOYS PROMOTED KtatlenU at -A prion Mural Collrgo Cain Regimental Rank. ORK ION AGRICCLTrRAL COLLEGE, t'orvallls. March 1 Special.) Among the recent promotions in the regiment are three Portland boys who have been making good In military aa well as other lines at Corvallla. Second Lien tenant J. K- Falrchlld. Company F. has been appointed to First Lieutenant of Company K; Sergeant A. L. Burdlck. Company L, will be First Sergeant of Company L: Chief Trumpeter C N. An- tlerson is to be First Sergeant of Com pany M Other promotions were as follows: Battery Adjutant A. P. Gibson, of On tario. Or, appointed Captain of Com pany M: Mecond Lieutenant R. D. bridges, of Cordova. Alaska, to be First IJrutenant of Company I: tiecond Lieu tenant K. A. Olsen. of Warrenton. Or, has been promoted to the First Lieu tenantcy. and Sergeant A. M. Jepperson. of Hacona. Wash., has been made Sec ond Lieutenant. Sergeant Kagy. of Al bany, has been made tiecond Lieutenant of Company L PRIME MINISTER MOMS. PARI 3. March C Premier Monls read the Ministerial declaration In the Chamber of Deputies today. , Its conservative tone astonished the Socialists and extreme J"'C als. who hud been expected to support the new government. These members Interrupted. Jeering the reference In the manifesto to the church and schools. In which it was stated: . -We will apply without feeblenesa and . without violence the laws dealing with religious orders and the separation of the church and state We will protect against all attack our public schools. The declaration sets forth that the railroad employes who were dismissed after the recent strike will be taken back unless they have been proved guilty of gross insubordination and the destruction Aftevlolent attacks from the representatives of the Clerical and Socialist groups the chamber voted confidence In the government. Tiie vote was 300 to 11. T. R. IS GVEN SNUB Attitude Toward Jeff Davis Arouses Houston Man. SPURNS COMMITTEE PLACE Judge Klttrell Ciives Reason for De clining to Serve on Roosevelt Reception Committee An other Man Accepts. lrouSTOJf. Texas. March S. Because f Colonel Kooeevelfs attitude toward . v n..li Tnrlire Norman O. Kit- ;rell haa declined to serve on the re- eptlon committee whlcn will raeei i- . r. i.i . w - . ivt KunflaV- Colo- i t . . k x wnlt.rc toitav accepted he vacant position, saying no aia ao wlna- to the restoration by Colonel Roosevelt of Davis name on Cabin Bridge at Waahlngton. Judge lviiireii. explaining his withdrawal, aaiu i. i- k Hf.tima of Jatferson Davis. Incorporated erroneous state- . . , V. n u n.vli tenta in writings auu wjw . - - - -ailed attention to the fact that In istire had been done hlra. Colonel ' . a . ..I. refused to mill ItUDiririt . " fc " correction or response, but was re ported to have said: "I will have no communicauxn r. Jefferson Davis." KOOSEVrXT STARTS TOMORROW Ex-President Goes Sooth First, Then Comes to Pacific Coast. wn TnDV xtaeeh a ThM Itinerary of i . ... - y - Theodore Roosevelt on hla trip around the country was announoea toaey. nw hi Tnrit M.r the Pennsvl- vanla Railroad at W:l A. Wednesday, and Sagamore Hill will not see Dim again until Sunday. April 3S. Atlanta Is his first stop and the tour In Its entirety literally swings around the circle. The line of travel dips down to ftew Orleans, stretches across the South- st. follows the Faeinc coast nortn- i . vnrtknt and Punt 8ourud. i.i. v.hn nA Montana and then reaches home through Chicago, where the Colonel will stop for a few hours only, on Saturday, April ii The full list of engagements occupies ! typewritten pages. In the party will be Mr. and Mrs. .it ui.. Pthl Ttimaevelt- Mlea Cornelia. Landon. a friend of Miss Ethel, and Frank Harper, tha Colonel's secre tary. with iv. vwiaslhla axeentlon of a few short stretches, the trip will be made lo egular trains and puono ruiunin cars, ikhnn.h Vim ehnaen the saiblects of many of hla addresses, the Colonel will apeak extemporaneously ax moax pom's. At the Commonwealth Club In San Francisco on March 17 be will dlecuea The Zone of Doubtful Authority Be tween Nstlonal and State Conservation." MANY SEEKING BENEFITS Work of Distributing Forest Fire Sufferers' Funds Under Way. WASHINGTON. March . Relatives dependent on those who lost their Hvee in the forest Ores which swept the West last Summer will receive the ben efit of the 115.000 appropriation made by the last Congress for their relief, as soon as the officers of the Depart ment of Agriculture and Forest Service can formulate plans for Its distribu tion. Plans are under way looking to early sdjudlcation of these claims. A number of claims already have reached the Department, but in order to give all who may be eniltled to share the benefits of the fund a chsnce to nie their claims. It Is probable that the Secretary of Agriculture will fix a date limiting the time In which such claims will be given consideration. w Man Runa Danville Inquiry. DANVILLE. III.. March I George Sloan, of Butter tow-nahlp. was this afternoon appointed temporary fore man of the Vermilion County grand Jury to take the place of lsaao Wood yard, waa ia Ul. i from Armstrong's revolver. Chief of Police Parry happened to be nearby, and hastened to the express office. The robber opened fire from behind a coun ter and wounded Parry. For 20 min utes the robber held the fort, being un able to escape or to drive the police man ivari When his ammunition was exhausted, he waa overpowered. Chief party was not seriously hurt. SYMPATHY JS AROUSED Mother Is on Trial as Murderer of Her 5-Year-Qld Son. ALBANY, X. T March . That a woman charged with a capital offense should receive more consideration at tne hands of a Jury than a man and ought not to be put to death for murder, was the opinion expressed by several talesmen today at the trial of Mrs. Edith Melber, of Schenectady, charged with having poisoned her 6-year-old son. George, in a lonely swamp near Albany last January. , Twenty-four talesmen were ex amined, but only one, Wesley Smith, was accepted. The courtroom was crowded, and some of the women brought opera glasses to enable them to get a bet ter view of the prisoner. Mrs. Melber has admitted killing the child by pouring acid down his throat. The body waa found In a clump of weeds near here. E RULES COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS HI Henry of Texas, Will Under take to Push Measures Through House. TARIFF DIVISION APPEARS People May Vote on Suffrage. CARSON. Nev., March . A resolution In favor of submitting the question of woman suffrage to a vote of the people was adopted today by the Assembly. It Is known also the Senate will adopt the resolution. Some Favor Revision by Wholesale, Others by Schedules, but Cana dian Reciprocity Will Pass. Some Chairmen Chosen. WASHINGTON, Mar. . The rules committee, ono of the most powerful of the House committees of the Sixty second Congress, with Robert L. Henry, of Waco, Tex., at its head, was form ally selected by the new House ways and means committee at its first meet lng today. The following were announced aa the seven Democratic members: Robert Lee Henry, Texas; Edward W. Pou. Smith field. N. C; Thomas W. Harwick, Sandersville. Go.; Augustus O. Stanley, Henderson. Ky.; Finis J. Garrett. Dres den, Tenn.: Martin D. Foster, Olney, 111., and Matthew R. Denver, Wilming ton. Ohio. The committee will consist of 11 members. The four Republican mem bers will be chosen later, with the other Republican members of com mittees of the new House. Henry to Re Chairman. The ways and means committee, which Is charged under caucus dic tum with the (unction of selecting the committees. Is not empowered to name the chairman, but It recommended to the news rules committee that it elect Henry as rhairman, which Is tanta mount to designation at this time. The committee will meet tomorrow morning to confer over its preliminary work. There was some discussion over the programme of tariff revision, but the committee Is deliberating carefully over that, which is the greatest task before It. The committee expects to report Its programme to Congress soon after April 4. Division on Tariff Apparent. The Democratic members realize there Is considerable difference of opinion among their party associates In the House as to the methods of re vising the tariff, some favoring a wholesale bill and others schedule by schedule. In accordance with the views of leaders like Clark and Underwood. There Is no conclusion yet as to whether tha schedules are to be tacked to the Canadian reciprocity bill, but the bill itself will carry out the terms of the agreement in good faith. The committee has not yet passed upon tha committee chairmanships be yond those of the ways and means and rules committees, but in snany in stances, more or loss complete assur ances of Individual members of the ways and means committee have made the chairmanships largely a matter of ratification by the formal action of the committee. These are some of the ten tative ehalrmcnships, some of them be ing fully assured: Principal Chairmen Chosen. Ways and means. Underwood. Ala bama; public lands, Robinson. Arkan sas; naval affairs. Padgett. Tennessee; Indian affairs, Stephens, Texas; agri culture, Lcwcr. South Carolina, or Beall. Texas; rivers and canals, Korb ly, Indiana; private land claims, Car ter, Oklahoma; Pacific railroads, Slay den. Texas; merchant marine, Clark, Florida; mines and mining, Foster, Illi nois; rivers and harbors. Moon. Ten nessee. Randall, Louisiana or Spark man, Florida. The new riles committee is almost a complete transformation from the present one. The lines of division among Democratic nn the tnrln am alreadv being UtC ill tj- - - drawn. ' Both favor passing the Cans- absolutely Para FMes Home Baking Easy FLOOi eOTTii And makes fhc cake lighter, finer flavored, more sightly, and Insures its - freedom from alnm. Royal Cool Book 800 Receipts Free. Send Name and Address. ROYAL BAKIwa POWDEB CO., NEW YORK. - Iff . ! I f T . metropolitan Lire insurance Company Of New York City. In the State of Kew York, on the 31t day of December, 1910. mate to the Insurance Commissioner of tlie State of Oregon, pursuant to law: Capital. Amount of capital paid up. . 2.000. 000.00 Income. Premiums received during the year 76.822. 791.59 Interest, dividends and rents received during the year.. 13.508.374.53 Income from other sources . received during the year. . 448, 873.31 Total Income $ Disbursements. Paid for losses, endowments, annuities and surrender values Dividends paid to policy holders during the year... Dividends paid on capital stock during the year Commissions and salaries paid during the year Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the year Amount of all other expend itures Total expenditures Assets. 4. Market value of real estate owned Market value of stocks and bonds owned Loans on mortgages and col lateral, etc Premium notes and policy loans rash In banks and on hand. Net uncollected and deferred premiums Other assets (net) ......... . dlan reciprocity agreement, but the radi cals would Immediately undertake a complete revision of the tariff by sepa rate schedules and would tack at least the new woolen and cotton schedules to the reciprocity bill. The conservatives would defer revision of the tariff by sep arate schedules until the regular ses sions. President Taffs speeches criticising the woolen and cotton schedules of the Payne-Aldrlch law are cited in support of immediate revision In those cases. Liability Commission at Work. wismvr.TnV. March 6. Senators Chamberlain and Sutherland and Rep resentatives Brantley and Moon nave H.n snnninted bv the President as members of the commission to inves tigate the questions of employers lia bility and workmen's compensation. mi i irn mot- tniinv and ar ranged for hearings, and will also for mulate questions lor employers m.u emploves to answer. . The commission in I n fr-mrrya an e TTl TllOVCTS will cuucnfui w . - - liability act for submission to Con gress at the next regular session. Canadian Wants to. Wait. nTTiwi. Ont.. March 6. R. L. Bor den, leader of tha opposition, gave no tice tonight that, as the reciprocity proT posals have not been carried into effect by the United States Congress, he will An w.dn.aH n v that the agree ment shall not be confirmed by Canada until It has Been ratinea oy .uubi"- LAWLER MAY SOON RESIGN Man Who Prepared Draft of Bollin ger's Vindication May Quit, WASHINGTON. March 6. Oscar Law- ler, assistant attorney for the Interior rumrtmraL Is reported to have pre sented his resignation to President Taft, to take effect May L It is understood he will resume his law practice In Los Angeles. Neither confirmation nor denial of Mr. Lawler's reported resignation could be obtained at tne wnite nouse-or h.l Secretary Balllnger's office. Mr. Law ler refused to discuss the matter. He was the author of the Lawier draft of President Taft, a letter exoc eratlng Mr. BalHnger. $31,000 GOES TO CHINESE Amount, In Cash and Flour, la Available In New York. NEW YORK. March ft Thirty-one thousand dollars In cash and flour was made available today for famine sufferers In China. Ten thousand dollars In cash was cabled to China by the Christian Herald through the State Department to day, to be equally divided between the relief committees at Bhangnai ana n:n-klan?. Twenty-one thousand dollars" worth of flour, it was announced, was rorwardea by the troopship Buford from Seattle to Chlnklang. PICTURES are the true beautiflers in the home. We are displaying this week a splendid assortment of frames and unframed pictures suitable for home and office pur poses. They will be much appre ciated by you. We dt picture fram ing as it should be done artistically and me chanically perfect, with a large line of new and handsome moldings to select from. Complete line of Artists' Ma terials, Canvas, etc. Haebur-g's Roman Gold, Water Color Sets, etc Stationery and Leather Goods. SANBORN, VAIL & CO. Wholesale, Retail. 170 FTKST 171 FBO"T BCT. MORRISON AND YAMHILL every piano, upright or grand, every talking machine and record, every organ, pipe organ, etc., etc., to go into our new building has beenprovided;andeverything now in the old establishment must go! Xalkin g m ach :f Ha If " br ice ! rt . tarn . , " ASA ' XT31 11 1 l I Iff y. better bigger busier building at 7th and alder" We start with A,3ffi3&,C7'cJl-S .. April AJttiAtop'fpM'yfig?. ora. w 7 , arfS, f xures fc little payment noT353washiVton see! new upright pianos new auto-pianos, pianola pianos, etc. were $250, now $162 pay $5 a month were $900, now $647 pay $18 a month were $350, now $225 pay $8 a month were $750, now $522 pay $15 a month were $550, now $357 pay $12 a month were $650, now $435 pay $12 a month new baby grands and many . were $1000, now $765 pay $25 a month others. no additional charge, except simple interest if you prefer to purchase upon convenient little payments. S0.779.S30. 43 24.87794.59 6. 413.229.38 140,003.00 17.741.714.28 1.413,655.76 4.473.067.64 65,059.081.63 24.116.S01.5 135.403,847.33 138.655.221.6S 7t4.477.RJ 4.030,182.76 6.207.210.1 4 S.8J9.102.73 Total assets t 813.088.3S4.0O Less special deposits In any state 8,470.0S5.M Total assets admitted In Ore gon 0fl,517.39S.S9 Liabilities. Set reserve -... 270.8S0.929.0O. Total policy claims 030,113.58 All othfsr liabilities lets re. serve covered by special deposits 6.347.777.7S Total liabilities 277.358.820.30 Total lnnurance In force De cember 31. 1910 12.215.851.3SS.0O Bnslness In. Oregon for the Year. Total risks written during- the year t 904.739.00 Gross premiums received dur ing the year 117,995.34. Premiums returned durlur the year none. Leases paid during the year. 19.924.63 Losses incurred during the year 21,799.53 Total amount of risks out standing In Oregon Decern- , bcr 31. 1910 S.610.821.00 METROPOLITAN T.1FK INSURANCE COMPANY. (Signed) JAS. S. ROBERTS. Secretary. Statutory resident general agent and at torney for service, Alfred T. Bonney. SYNOrSIS OF THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE Fireman's Fund Insurance Company Of San Francisco. In the State of Tall fornla. on the 31st day of December, 1010. made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oregon, pursuant to law: Capital. Amount of capital paid up 1 1,500.000.00 Income. Premiums received during the year in cash B,O0.,Ji3.u Interest, dividends and rents received during the year.... 202.B.9.JS Income from other sources re ceived during tne year 4t.S13.P4 Total income 6.846.677.31 Disbursements. Losses paid during the year. .$ 2,585,877.04 Dividends paid during the year on capital stock 225.00O.0O Commissions and salaries paid during the year 1,878.128.90 Taxes, licenses and fees paid --.....en during the year 132,3. J..SB A7ut z.!1: .!f.".d.1: s8i.sM.Dt Total expenditures f Assets. Value of real estate owned 3 Value of stocks and bonds owned . Loans on mortgages and col lateral, stc Cash in banks and on hand... Premiums in course of collec tion and in transmission.... Interest ajnd rents dua and ac crued - Total assets Less special deposits in any state Total assets admitted in Or. gon - Liabilities.. Cross clslms for losses unpaid. t Amount or unearnou prfliiuuiiw on all outstanding risks.... Due for commission and All otber liabilities .. 4.053,280.34 557,000.00 4.918.115.29) 1.038,42il.nJ 470.73n.5a 1,009.548.83 78,803.611 8,070.628.43 70,000.00 8,000,629.43 462,617.53 8,890,131.28 180,000.00 151.50O.0O r-..t ii. vm. U a 4.184.248.80. Total insurance In fores De- comner ai, "V"J- " RnilnM. In Oresroa for the Year. Trr'.Wn".en..!"ln"V: 9.413.935.00 Gross premiums received dur- ing the year 149.758.71 Premiums returned during tha M Losses paid during the "year.' '. 69.'sm2a Losses Incurred during the year ... o,ouo.uif Total amount of risks out standing in Oregon unceiii- -,., ber 3L 1910 6.163,180.00 FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY: (Signed) LOUIS WEINMANN. Secretary. torney for service. Cham. R. Thompson, Sher lock bids,. Portland - SYNOPSIS OF THE ANNUAL, STATEMENTS HP THE United States Branch of the London Assurance Corporation . . it. - vincs-An nf n rn 1 V . .L j- ris- Tnlir. 1010. Britain, on uib oii uj a , 7 ' tU; mad to the Insurance commissioner o tna State ot uregon, purautuii. Capital. Amount of capital deposited.. 630.CrO0.fH3 Income. premiums received during the vear in cash 2,i.wi.. Interest, dividends and rents ,,.,.. received during the year 120.-S3.4t Income from other sources re- celved during tne year -"'. Total Income Disbursements. Losses paid during the year.. Dividends paid during the year on capital stock Commissions and salaries paid ..in. itin vear Taxes, licenses and fees paid . during the year Amount of all other expendi tures Remitted to b.ome office Total expenditures ' Assets. Value of real estate owned... Value of stocks and bonds owned VV Loans on mortgages and col lateral, etc rash in banks and on hand premiums in- course of collec tion and in transmission . . . Due from other companies for pAiniiimnrA on losses paid.. Interest and rents due and ac. cruoa , Total assets S Less special deposits In any rate (If any there be) Total assets admitted In Ore gon Liabilities. Gross claims for losses unpaid.! Amount of unearned premiums on all outstanding risks Due for commission and brok erage - All other liabilities Surplus 2.805,262.93 1,261,730.87 nil 727.574.78 6?, 481. 91 134,428.17 38S.412.6ll 2.573,628.65 nil 8,015,145.00 nil 176,768.34 427,843.2a 8,626.11 87.430.41 3,665,813.19 nil 3.005,813.19 209,788.14 2,049,888.03 11.496.10 io9,r85.i!: 1.195.073.BS Tumi liabilities 8,663,813.14 Total Insurance In force De- - - . a 911 flu" KsSO Aim cember oi, iuiu fou1vo.,w, w RiMiKMi in Orecnn for the Year. T,yelrrl8.', .7???. .71T,932.00 Gross premiums received dur- inn. th vear 104, -i 4. 08 premiums returned during the t b'o'ih' d'ur'l'nr the year.. 18i668.10 Losses incurred during the year 185,211.10 Total amount of risks out- bersi. 1910 4.542.786.00 LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION. tSlgned) ., . aiahitnr. resident general arent and at. toiney for service. Rod. K. Smith. Portland. Toll Thompson 4k W. 8. Halvor-Jacksou A Deerlss. resident aceuta. I