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K . pnnTT-AXD. PRECOX. SATURDAY. APRIL 8, 1911. . PRICE FIVE CEXTS. , VOL 11 NO IjJL). . rnnn nniwr Miinoro (-- -fn TARIFF RECORD IS DEMOCRATS MM Reciprocity First Will Be Rushed. THEN SCHEDULES WILL BE CUT Woo! Will Feel Ax, Cotton Next, Then Others. COUNTRY TO BE EDUCATED Speeches tor Home Consumption to Bo Made and Proof or Krpubll nn KxtraTagancc Sought for Vae la Campaign. FT HARRT J. BROWN. OREGOXIAN NBWi Bl'REAl. Wash Injrtoa. April 7. Rcgardles cf what action mar b taken by the Senate and by the President, the Democratic House of Representative Intends to make a tariff record for Itself during the special session, and wilt Ito far enough to demonstrate to the country that the Democratic party. If Riven full control of the Government, would make material reductions throutchout the Tayne-AIdrlch law. In fact. It la ex pected that most of the time of the lionee d urine the special session will be devoted to the consideration of tar iff measure. While the programme adopted by the Democratic caucus calls for other leg islation, such as popular election of Senators. Congressional reapportion ment, publicity of campaign funds, ad mission of Artsona and New Mexico, deficiency approprlat'ons. and legisla tion for the Ulstrtct of Columbia, only a small part of the time of the House will be necessary for these matters, for It la a foregone conclusion that all bills on these subjects reported by Democratic committees will pas the House, and on that account debate probably will be limited. Most of these propositions. It Is to be remembered, failed tn the Senate tast session, and the sooner they are again sent to the fienate the more opportunity there will be for their early consideration. Aim I to Swamp Senate. Tn regard to these special questions of legislation, aa well as regards the tariff, the House leaders are desirous of embarrassing the Republican Sen ate Just a much as possible. A -resolution propositi; an amendment to the Constitution providing for popular election of Senators will stir up pro tracted debate In the Senate, though ultimately such a resolution will pass; a publicity bill. If It be reasonable, possibly can pass the Senate ahead of the popular elections resolution; the reapportionment bill, however, may strike a snag In the Senate, as It did In the last session, and be forced over. The admission of Arizona and New Mexico will also provoke much discus sion In the Senate and will find the Republicans badly split. At the outset, the ways and means committee of the House probably will bring tn the Canadian reciprocity bill. The committee, under another name, probably will report the McCall bill of the last Congress, for the Democratic leaders know that the bill In such form will be approved by the President, whereas It might not receive Presiden tial approval should it be materially amended. This bill will not remain long before the House, though oppor tunity will be given those who desire to speak for home consumption to get their remarks Into the Record. The bill will go through the House with a large majority. Wool Tariff First Attacked. With thla bUI out of the way. the ways and means committee will next report a bill amending schedule K. the wool schedule. Under the House rules as amended by the Democratic caucus. It will be out of order, while this bill is pending, to add any amendments af fecting other schedules of the tariff, and the subject of wool will be dis cussed at considerable length, the de bate being led by Democratic mem bers of the ways and means com mittee. Heavy reduction are to be made In the duties on wool, both raw and manufactured, though the committee hse not yet dis closed the extent of reduction ahich it will favor. There are few Democrats from the woolgroa'.ng states; few. In ract. from rurst dtricta that are In terested In protecting the woolgrower and still fewer from uistircts Interested In protecting the wool manufacturer. Therefore It Is a safe prediction that the Democratic House Will Kind for as heavy reduction In the wool schedule as the ways and means committee muy ee St to recommend. The West, which will present the main opposition to the Democratle reduction of duty on raw wool, will have few vote, and almost all those vote win be Republican. New England, likewise, will have few vote In the Interest of the woolen manu facturer, and wilt not be able to rd off the Democratic slashing. There may be hearing; wool men may have aa op portunity to present their protests, but the way ami means committee has mad up Its) mind to cut down the duty on wool, and that cut wlU go at least through the Houea. While the bill amending schejule K 1 pending tn the House. Democrats , poetej on the subjxt of stool are ex iCeacliMled aa fag l STEAMER CRUSHED IN GREAT ICE FLOE CKEW OP ISO SEALERS FLEE IX ICE TO DESERT ISLAND. Rare Over Treacherous Floe Made -Without Iioss of Life Wireless Calls Rescue) Steamer. NORTH STDNET. C. B, April 7- Caught la th Held of drifting- Ice In the Gulf of St. 'Lawrence, the teamer Harlow was crushed to piece today. The 1J0 men on board escaped over th treacherous Ice Jam to St. Taul" Island, wher they are quartered to night, cut off from communication with the mainland except by wireless. Immediately upon being Informed of th wreck the government teamer Lady Laurler stationed at Halifax, and Earl Grey, at Plctou. wer dispatched with supplies to tak off th marooned men. It la expected they will reacn th Island tomorrow. Th Harlow left St. John. N. F March 13. bound on a sealing trip to th Gulf of St. ljiarer.ee. She found her self today In the center of the Ice Jam. which swept upon the steamer, driven fcy a high wind, so quickly that the men heard the grinding of the floe upon her sides berore they realized their peril. Almost Immediately the plates began to give way. and Captain Baxter Barbour shouted orders to abandon the vessel. Wtlh water pouring in on all side, th crw had difficulty In reaching th upper deck, but clambered over the Lies to the Ice. But a short time af terwards the destruction of the steamer waa completed. Heading In the direc tion In which they believed, land waa nearest, the men Anally reached St. Paul' Island and reported the wreck. TUBERCULOSIS CURE FOUND Dr. BeHonoe Saj Compound From Tahltian Herb Effective. RAN FRANCISCO, April 7.-(SpoelI. Having pent four years In Tahiti as chief urgeon In th colonial army. Dr. U Bellonne wa a passenger oa the steamer Mariposa which arrived thi morning. Aa a bacteriologist. Dr. Bellonne, said h muls important discoveries which will be of treat moment to the medical world when they are diaclosed by hi report to th French government at Paris. Wh le unwilling to dlncuas In detail hi Important medical discovery, he lotl n.trd that he hud found a cure for tuberculosis In the form of a compound from a herb found only on the Island of Tahiti. YOUTH TRAVELS IN BOX When Trainman Locks Storage Compartment, lie Is Prisoner. KANSAS CITT. April 7. When the Golden State Limited train on the Rock Island Railroad arrived here from the West today a knocking waa heard In one of the storage boxe underneath a Pull men car. The box waa opened and Carl Kuhno. IS years old. waa found Inside. The boy said he bad climbed Info the box at El Pnso, Tex., and had Intended to remain there for a ride of 60 miles. However, a trainman locked the box at the station a few mile away and the boy remained a prisoner T9 hours, the time the train takes to travel from El Paso to Kansas City. Th boy had no food. GERM NOT DISEASE CAUSE rendleton Mlnlsler-rhyslclan Say Bacteria Product of Ailments. PENDLETON. Or, April T. All theories of modern medicine were con tradicted last night by Ror. Mr. Vande walker. pastor of the First Christian Church here, and a retired physician, who asserted that germs and bacteria were not the cause of disease, but were rather the product. This statement was made at th regu lar meeting of the Pendleton City and Connty Medical Society. Despite the Interesting manner In which Dr. Vande waiker elaborated his theories for dis cussion, the physicians present did sot Indorse his views. POWERS TO BE OSTRACIZED Kentucky Democrats Will Not Serve oa Hoae Committees With Him. WASHINGTON. . April 7. Representa tive Caleb Power, of Kentucky, the Republican whom Democratic colleague have announced that they will not serve with blm on any committee of the House, left toduy for Kentucky to look after his home Interests. The plsn of the Democratle members from Kentucky to ostracise Mr. Power If euccesaful will prevent the Kentucklan from serving on any of the Important committee of particular Interest to hist constituents. LAZY MENMUST WORK Husbands Cannot Escape Support Ins; Wires Tnder New Law. SACRAMENTO, CaU April . Gover nor Johnson signed today a bill which la designed to put a stop to laxy and Indolent husband seeking Jails Instead of supporting their wive and little one. The bill provide that in case of con viction fr con-support the husband may be sentenced to th County Jail and re quired to work on the public road or other public work, the county paying H-M to the wile and. babies. 6. W. M'fi UlLnN KILLED BY TRAIN Widely Known Citizen Falls Under Wheels. DEATH COMES AT CP. Feet Caught In Chains as He Climbs Between Cars. BODY DRAGGED TEN FEET President of Grain Company on Way Home From. Office Presumed to Have Sought Short Cut to Avoid Delay. George W. McMillan, president of th McMillan Grain Company, an athlete with a National reputation and one of the most widely known citizens of Portland, was killed at Thirteenth and Johnson street at 6:10 P. M. yester day, when attempting to climb be tween box cars that were being coupled and switched on the Northern Pacific Terminal tracks. Mr. McMillan had Just locked his of fice and started home. A switching crew was coupling cars where they had been cut at street crossings during the day. Mr. McMillan walked one block from his office to Thirteenth and Johnson streets and It Is supposed that he did not want to watt until the string of cars had passed, and climbed be tween two car to hasten home. Body Seen by Engineer. Adam H. Llnderman, the engineer, aw a man' body roll along the track and brought the train to a standstill. Ha thought the man was a member, of th crew, a Mr. McMillan was not seen attempting to climb through the train. The sudden stop of the cars was no ticed by the crew. Engineer Llnder man climbed down from the cab and hastened to tne sia of tne unfortunate man. who was at once Identified a Mr. McMillan. Aa nearly aa can be determined by the train crew. Mr. McMillan climbed onto the bumper and when he tried to Jump from between the car Into the clear, his foot caught or ha became en tangled tn the chain and fell face downward onto the rail. The train was moving slowly but It Is evident his feet were caught In such a manner that he could not extricate himself. Death Comes Quickly. He waa dragged about 10 feet, his chest being crushed by the brakebeam and wheel, and hi right arm being nearly severed. When the crew reached hi aide Mr. McMillan was dead. The Coroner was Immediately noti fied and th body wa left In its posi tion until Deputy Coroner Dane re moved It to Dunning A McEntee's un dertaking establishment. The Coroner may bold an Inquest. Engineer Llnderman was the only eye witness of the accident and be did not see Mr. McMillan until his (Concluded on Pace IX ) --....ssassstssssxssssssassstasssaaeesssasssslilT------ ..........a..... J WILL HE HEAR? j : ... ' ! ,........ s si INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS Xhe Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 69 degrees; minimum, 40 decrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. politics. ' COormsn elected Senator as result of Cho kers advice to Murphy. Page S. Foreign. Sealing steamer crushed by ice In Gulf of St. Lawrence: all on board escape to . island. Face 1. Again "Guardian Angel of Camorra" faints in witness cage. 1'age 2. Madero saya Dlax must resign In order to secure peace in Mexico. Fag 2. National. Bryan defeated In effort to have Demo cratic Senators, elect progressive chair man of caucus. Fase 5. Rouse Democrats intend to slash tariff at extra session to make campaign mate rial for 1312. Face 1. Senator La Follette proposes to legalize la bor un'ons among Government employes. Page 2. Government completes census of Oregon towns.' 4. Domestic All passengers are rescued from the steam er Prlnxess Irene, but vessel is sUll fast in sand. Fa-e L Pearl Vfyckoff and men who aided abduc tion of Henry children answer charge of contempt. Page 3. Fifty taousht to have perished In colliery fire. Pace 3. Charles G. Gates sivd for divorce. Page 3. ' Sport. Pacific Coast Leaaue results: Portland 4. Vernon 3: Oakland 3. Los AnRoies . Sacramento 2. San Francisco 1. P - Displaying prowess at bat. Roadsters defeat Corvallls tea:n 1- to 1. Page 8. Columbia University annual Indoor track meet to be held today. Page 8. Pacific Northweat.- Shermsn County has wonderful variety of resources, says Addison Bennett. Page 7. Seattle bond Issue may not be bid on by Eastern buyers, city s credit hurt. Pag 7. Salem horse show opens with large crowds In attendance. Page 7. Big cut In expense of operating Oregon asy lum planned. Page 8. To save Innocent man. three Pullman stu dents confess to girls- dormitory raid. p," . , . Ex-President Roosevelt says Portland will have 1.000.000 In generation. Page 8, New Port Commission authorised to file suit In supreme court, stealing march on old board. Page 6 Four brave nurses rescue 15 Infants and six women from fire. Page l- Commerclal and Marine. Sharp advance In mill feed prices. Psge 19. European war rumors send up wheat at Chicago. Page 1. Low record for New YorU stock sales. Business quiet. but conditions healthy. Page IB. Apple crop prospects In the Middle West. Page 19. Boat drills on lighthouse tender results In . saving Ave lives. Page IS. Knrilasil and Vicinity. Plan for enlarging Dallas College submitted to church conierencc --- Wife turns tables on husband In divorce Rushlight and Ellis-clash In sewer commit tee meeting. ru - Merchant snys Portland hss chanc to be finest Summer resort, rase 9. Rushlight declines Werleln'a challenge to de bate. Page 14. Board of Education authorlxea purchase ot properties for public schools. Page 14. Aunt's devotion prevents sending of boys to Indian School. Page 12. Fire committee of Executive Board recom mends reduction of Captain stokes to ranks. Page 9. George W. McMillan killed by train at cross ing near office. Page 1. Councilman Ellis refuses to tell who tried to stop circulation of paving petitions by bribery. Page 4. Colonists send for old friends to come to Oregon. Page 18. Empress Hotel Is raided; 11 men and four girls arrested. Page 5- J. N. Teal, back from Washington, com ments on rate hearing. Pace 4. TRAIN ROBBED IN ST. LOUIS Masked Man Holds Vp Employes of Iron Mountain Dining Car. ST. LOUIS, April 7. Iron Mountain passenger train No. 4 was boarded to- j night within tne city iimns ox an armed and masked robber, who held up the white steward on the dining car, four negro waiters and a negro chef. ALL SAVED F hi U 1,1 STRANDED LINER Great Feat Performed in Rescue Work. CABIN PASSENGERS ARE LAST They Give Precedence to Tim id Steerage Folk. . SHIP IN GRIP OF SANDS She Will Be Prisoner at Least Week and Stirf Southwest AVind May Fonnd Her to Pieces Despite Her Great Strength. LONE HILL, L. I, Life Saving Sta tion, April 7. The 1T20 cabin and steerage passengers on the stranded North German Lloyd liner Frinzess Irene were transferred to the deck of the Prinz Frledrlch Wllhelm in five hours and tenninutes this afternoon and one hour after nightfall they were on their way to New York. The feat is unparalleled in the his tory of marine disasters. Not a life was lost, not a case of panio was reported. The first passenger oft was a woman and the second a baby. The cabin passengers, masters of the situation and the language, generously gave precedence to the more timorous steerage passengers. Aa esii H a llnr on the bar. nightfall showed her hard and fast in the grip of the sands, and Captain uoaaara, oi the Lone Hill Live-Saving Station, esti mates she will be held prisoner at least a week, perhaps a fortnight. In the 36 hours since she struck she has been favored by comparatively iii voaihnr. but a stiff blow from the southwest might open her plates, crush in her bulkheads and wrencn apart. ur stout steel frame. Passengers lined the steamship's sides and gave a cheer as the officers and deckmen assisted the first boatload of women to their places in the surf boat. The sea was found to be running too high for the life-boats with the passen gers in transit to make the trip to the Prins 'Wilhelm safely. The lifeboats consequently ran alongside the tug Tim. mons. on the lee side or tne irene, o put their passengers on joard. The transshipment of the women and children to the surf boats was not with out Its difficulties. The accommodation ladder came only within eight feet of the dancing surfboat, and it was neces sary to lash on a short ladder in order that the passenger could be picked off by the life-savers. Th first load was made ud of ten women and seven children, accompanied by an officer of the Irene. The sea was lumpy under a strengthening west wind. The life-savers rowed to the tug Timmins. which took off the passengers. Meanwhile another surfboat drew alongside the Irene and took off other passengers, who were transferred to the Timmins. When the Timmins was loaded she proceeded to the Prlns Concluded on Page 8.) FOUR BRAVE NURSES SAVE SCORE IN FIRE THEY RUSH TO RESCUE OF BABES AND WOMEN". Several Trips Made Into Burning Salvation Army Home While names Play About Heads. SPOKAXB. Wash., April 7. (Special.) -Through smoke and flames, four nurses, under the leadership of Captain Bertha Smith, of the Salvation Army, rushed to the rescne of IS helpless In fants and six women In the maternity ward of the Army Rescue Home this morning. The home was badly dam aged by the fire. Groping their way Into rooms on the second floor of the building, Captain Bertha Smith, Miss Sulene Baker, Mrs. E. Cass and Lieutenant Katy Marlk grasped the babes and rushed them to safety on the lawn. Each nurse made several trips to the wards for infants and then, while flames encompassed them on all sides, they returned for the women. Twenty-one women were in the home when the building was discovered in flames at 7:40 this morning. Most of the women were in the dining-room at breakfast when the fire warning was given. They easily made their es cape. The fire had been burning sev eral minutes In the upper stories of the building before it was discovered. While the building was burning, workmen In the neighborhood were summoned by the women to help ex tinguish the flames and apparatus from stations nine and six were called. The fire was under control half an hour after the department arrived. The property loss is $10,000. BANK ACCOUNTS FOR BOYS Xew Plan of Savings- Adopted In Bay City Schools. SAN FRANCISCO, April 7. (Special.) The grown-ups had better "watch out," for the boy bankers will soon be here to control the money market. There'll be no more candy, no more nickelodeons. It's a deposit book for little Willie and little Willie's sister. The plan on foot to develop the J. P. Morgan juniors of the primary grade follows: Once a week in every school the teacher will call the roll and Inquire who wishes to make deposits. If little Willie holds up his hand and says that he hasj cent, he gets one stamp. These stamps will be pasted In a folder and. when he has 100 of them, he can be come a regular depositor, with a regu lar account at a regular bank. He can also make a withdrawal, but it will have to be on the order of his parent and be indorsed by h's teacher or the school superintendent.. The new system to encourage thrift on the part of school children will be established at an early date, following the plan adopted in other cities of the country, where the schema has proved a great success. HAREM SKIRT IS CYNOSURE Wearer of New Garment Objects to Gaze of Centralia Curious. CENTRAX.IA, Wash.. April 7. (Spe cial.) The hobble skirt came to Cen tralia recently, but got no further than the skating rink, where a local belle came to grief. Last night considerable interest was centered around the advent of a real harem skirt worn by a young woman, who seemed surprised at the attention attracted on the streets. The gown was girded by a sky-blue sash. Board ing a north-bound express, the wearer paused on the steps of the train to snap at the onlookers: "You rubber necks don't understand, see!" The wearer of the harem skirt car ried a suitcase inscribed: "Maybelle Denham, Seattle, Wash." MRS. F. P. HILL NEEDS REST Washington Mothers Congress President Gives Cp Trip East. LOS ANGBLE3, Cal., April 7. (Special.) Mrs. Frank P. Hill, of Tacoma, state president of the Washington Congress of Mothers end a notable figure in the art world of her home state. Is a visitor in Los Angeles having come here with her husband. Dr.- F. P. Hill, for rest and recreation. . Their original plans Included a trip to Washington, D. C, to attend the Na tional Mothers' Congress convention, but the trip was abandoned on account of the condition of Mrs. Hill's health, and Dr. and Mrs. Hill, Instead, will prolong their stay In Southern California, going for a time to one of the seaside resorts. Mrs. Hill Insists that she in not 111 but admits she Is greatly in need of a rest. UNIONS FIGHT GUARD LAWS Referendum Is Invoked In Montana for First Time. HELENA. Mont., April 7. Labor unions of Montana will -begin Monday to circulate petitions calling for a referendum election to determine whether the military law enacted at the last session shall remain on the statute books. The law puts the National Guard on the footing required by the Fedesal authorities. It will be the first time the referendum has been invoked since it was made four years ago. To call the election requires five per cent of the voters In 11 counties of the state. THREE CONFESS TO 1IT0RY RAID To Save Innocent Man, Students Speak. INQUIRY'S CLIMAX DRAMATIS Tacoma Athlete Previously Expelled Is Reinstated. LOYAL MOTHER OVERJOYED Because of Manly Action When Xot Even Under Suspicion, Football Captain and Two Companiona Are Only Suspended. PULLMAN, Wash.. April 7. (Spe cial.) The efforts of the faculty, the president and regents of Washington State College to discover the perpe trators of the midnight raid on Stevens Hall, the girls' dormitory, Monday night, March 27, when co-eds were rolled out in pajamas to the floor, came to a sensational and dramatlo end today when three young men, none of whom had been suspected, went be fore President Bryan and. the regents and confessed that they alone were guilty of the escapade which ha3 caused more excitement and sensational newspaper stories than any event in the history of the school. This action was brought about by the announcement yesterday of the conviction and expulsion from the col lege of Ralph Holgerson, a prominent athlete from Tacoma, who was found, guilty and ordered expelled by the board last night. Holgerson has been, declared Innocent, exonerated and re Instated In the school. Mother Is Pleased. Ills exoneration is pleasing news to the entire school, but above all it brought Joy and triumph to Holgerson'a mother, who came from Tacoma staunchly to defend her boy. She t d the inquiry board that her i son had never lied to her and that his protestations of innocence were the truth. The three who confess to having perpetrated the raid are John F. Foran, captain of the football team, a sopho more in the mining school, whose home is in Seattle; Horace E. Smith, senior in the mining department, from Spo kane, and Stanford H. Knapp, of Se attle, junior In the veterinary science department. The board met for the afternoon ses sion and a number of witnesses who had been summoned were waiting In the ante-room; President Bryan stepped to the door and called a young woman, when Smith, who with Foran and Knapp and a number of others were waiting in the ante-room, asked leave to speak to tho regents, saying: "I think we can settle this matter in a few minutes." ' Trio Tell Story. The three were called before th board and made their confession. They said they were passing the girls' dor mitory shortly after midnight, when one of the trio suggested going into the dormitory and overturning bods. Before stopping to think of the seri ousness or Indelicacy of the escapade, the other two consented. They entered the dining-room, went up stairs, went into five rooms, "over turned the beds, throwing the girls out and left via the dining-room, after try ing several doors that were locked. While they were in the dining-room, the girls gathered in excited groups in the upper hall, when Foran walked part way upstairs and In a deep voice said: "Girls, go right back to bed." These were the only words spoken to the girls. , Many Proven Innocent. ' The Y. M. C. A. committee held aa Investigation and blamed six who were proven innocent. The discipline commit tee also convicted six, recommending three for expulsion and three for sus pension. "Evidence sufflclent to hang a man," according to President Bryan, was brought out against these. The evi dence against Ralph Holgerson, of Taco ma, who was ordered expelled last night, was strong. Two girls positively iden tified him and one woman testified that she heard one of the raiders say as they left the dormitory: "Come on, Holgerson, you are caught." His mother came from Tacoma to defend him. The regents thanked the three self confessed raiders for what they termed "your manly actions" as a reward for their confession; they were not expelled but Indefinitely suspended. This means that they can again enter Washington State College or some other state school or university, while if they had been ex pelled this would have been impossible. Culprits Are Commended. The fact that they committed what la regarded as the most serious breach -of discipline in the history of the school came as a shock to all. The three have been highly commended by students and faculty for confessing to save innocent students when they misht easily have escaped even suspicion. The raid occurred the night before the celebration of the 21st anniversary of the founding ot the college, when hun dreds of students were upon the campus, shouting, singing and firing salutes with) (Concluded on Pas 6.) 'I f e-s mm JoF Is 108.2