NEW PRESIDENT OF MISSOURI PACIFIC AND ALLIED GOULD
RAILROADS
FREE LIST OFFERED
House Committee Quotes Taft
1or Tariff Reduction.
Influence in Free Print Paper
Fight Bitterly Denounced
in the House.
FARMERS NEED RATE CUT
EX-SPEAKER GIVES
NEWSPAPERS 11 DIG
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HE TELLS OF TROUBLES
ritlt l-m AraliW Him I Recalled
in Srwrrh Glirn In Onniwctlon -Willi
Oppo-IHon to Tlrcl
proHty Agrrcntr-nt.
WAfHIXilTOX. April 1. A bitter
dnun latlon of nwpapr Influence In
connection wtih the fight over fr
print papr lobulation In tha laat Na
tional campaign was made by e
Speaker Car.r.on In a apeech In the
House toiiar. In connection with hla
opposition to the Canadian reciprocity
bill.
-There haa been a eood deal cf talk
omit the prli-e of print ppr. a itood
dl of talk t!.t hits run over several
tm." l.l Mr. I'unonn. "The rommlt
te on ) and means . tf the Stftl
rVntrn!. w?ien John Jharp! Williams
lntrodnrr.1 hl free print raper bill,
and It went to liat committee by a
imanlmoiria voir, a I am Informed.
potrn-d a-llon. for that session of
"onrr. and did not even
hearing on It.
hold
Stormy Tlmr Had.
"I via Speaker. They unloaded It on
me. We had a stormy time. Newspa
per publishers, through their repre
sentative, one of whom I shall name.
Ilrrman Kidder. demanded that I
stiotiM do what never had been done
before In the hislory of the Kepubllc
that I should recornlse Mr. Williams
or somebody e! to rise In his piara
and move to diwharge the committee
from further consideration of that
bi:i. uhlrh they had postponed for that
session and by the time the next ses
a n would come, the ITesidentlaJ elec
tion would be over."
Mr. Cannon said he replied he could
rot do It : that It would not be Just to
his party.
"What happened?" lie continued; "I
was Irformed In presence of witnesses
that If the Krpubllian party did not
put print paper on the free list, that
err-it and ro m.in who headed the
Publishers' Association. Herman Rld
ler. mould support Mr. Bryan for the
ITesl.leney and contribute 1100.000 to
!ils election.
Itlddrr ltrlf Drmorrl.
"TV did not pass It. When the time
rame. Mr. Kldrr was made treasurer
of tlie lHmocratlc committee and I
rusa he gave you boys on the Democrat!.-
side i:o.D'o. dhl he not? The
newspapers say so. and I have never
aeen It denied."
Mr. Cannon said he Introduced a bill
creating a sperlul committee to Inveat
late the print paper question.
"I appointed that committee and
Mr. JUnii headed It." he continued.
""Hie criticism from one end of the
ountry to the other, by resolutions
passed by the Associated Press, by de
runetatlons In the newspaper, was
holly asstnst me for that action.
Ti t committee made an honest In
rstlKatlon. TI.ey found a difference
of i: a ton between the cost of pro
titu tlon In Canada and the I'nlted
Mates. It waa a unanimous report, the
Temocrats on the committee concur
ring." Mr. Cannon said the House adopted
the report. It went to the Senate,
where there was a compromise at
$LTi "between I, which was the law.
and 12. the amount In the House bill.
The difference between the tariff
board and the Mann special committee
nas that Mann said 12 would represent
the difference and the tariff board said
Slit would represent the difference.
"In this bill yon reject both of them
under this treaty and let it In free."
continued Mr. Cannon.
CANNON SC'OKKS RECIPROCITY
l"-prakcr TcIN Hou.c Agreement
I Iiangprous lo American Trade.
WASHINGTON. April 19. Kx-Ppenker
Cannon. Representatives lianna of North
!kota. Nelson of Wisconsin and Sloan
of Nebraska, attacked tite I'anadan reel,
proclty acreenient In tho debate on the
re.-lproeltv Mil In the House today. Oud
tr of Nortli Carolina, a Democrat, also
tli.fced it.
itaidd-tire speerl.es were made by Re
publicans I i reply to Republican and
1'erno.Tutic supporters of thnt measure
he.idel by Representatives I'nderwood
a;ii M'-Call. liul.hard of loa spoke in
favor of reciprocity.
Mr. Sloan referred to the House sup
porters of the reciprocity bill as "a
Tammany and Dixie combination against
tlie melfare of the country."
The general debate on the measure
will continue tomorrow but Chairman
I'nderwood. of the wnya and means com
mittee, will endeavor to ret the bill be
fore the House under the five-minute
"rule before adjournment.
Aided by a lurze map of the United
Ftates and Canada. Cannon played the
role of a schoolmaster to a crowded floor
end filled callerles. His remarks fol
lowed those of Representative Uudjrer.
ar.non aasuiled the proposed aarree
tant as dangerous to American trade.
Inimical to the best Interests of Ameri
can (armeis and certain to result In
depreciation of American farm lands.
"Not since the war with Spain and
s:i that followed It has there been con
sidered by the liouso of Representa
tives so Important a bill as the one now
pending." he declared.
"On the action of the House rests the
vtei belnic and the prosperity of all the
I eopte of tue I'nlted Stales. Is It
proper on sltc'.-.t consideration to vital
ize into law an agreement that affects
the prosperity of every home In he
land?"
Mr. Cannon declared that the treaty
had been made In secret. The coun
try, the Senate and the House had ac
tually nothlna- to do with the prepara
tion of the agreement with Canada, be
said.
"No member of this House." declared
Cannon, "had opportunity to know
anything- about it until the House re
ceived notice in the President's mes
saice. accompanied by the bill Itself,
that It waa expected to pass the meas
ure." Mr. Cannon reviewed the development
of Millie and Western America during
live kisl century.
"I am not an oi l man." he said, amid
the laughter of the House, "but I can
remember when this country had but
i;.'.wO Inhabitant. Now It has close to
. V.X"
Immigration and development had
broucht rich new lands Into cultivation,
tie eald: railruls had by cheap freight
rates placed tiiem In touch wltii the great
J la stern markers, and the value of New
iiglajvt and New York farm lands had
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competition.
The openlnie of new Car.au Ian lands
with American rcarkels open lo their
product, would have today the same ef
fect on the West, lie believed.
Mr. Cannon declared that the Influ
ence of the cheaper Canadian lands
would be felt as keenly In the South as
elsewhere If the tariff restrictions on
farm products were removed.
-What Is this bill solnc to de to ns?"
he asked.
They say there's no danger to our
wheat from a market open to Canada.
The President says It will reduce the
cost of living without Impairing the
f - r mt r market.
-The President Is- a (treat man: I
have areat respect for him. I voted
for him anJ I apprehend I will rote
for lilm again, but I should like to see
htm demonstrate bow it will not Im
pair the farmers' prices and yet will
reduce the cost of livlnc." .
As to reciprocity. Mr. Cannon said he
would art on his own Judgment.
"The President's duty is to veto my
action, not to dictate It." he declared,
and continued:
"It Is up to u" to say whether we
shall continue to develop our own coun
try from east to west; or. without
compensation, throw open our markets
to ail the additional products of a
(rest new country."
Inquiry Into Waste to tie Ordered.
WASHINGTON. April t?. Investigation
of alleged extravagance In the Govern
ment departmenta was indom-d by the
House committee on rule today. The
resolution will be called up tomorrow as
a matter of privilege and the Democratic
leaders expect to puss it at once.
ON LORDS HOT
COMMONS BEGINS PEBATE OX
CCRTAILMEN'T OF TOWER.
Tories Exported to Bombard BUI
With Amendments Till Guillo
tine Is Applied.
lNDON. April 1 The most Im
portant stage of the discussion In com
mittee of the whole by the House of
Commons of the parliament bill to cur
tall the powers of the I.rds will be
gin tomorrow. The debate will be on
the aecond clause, to which It Is un
derstood the government has decided to
allow a fortnight.
This relates to the restriction of the
powers of the Lords as to bills other
thnn money bills. It says:
"If any bill other than a money bill
Is passed by the House of Commons In
three successive sessions, and having1
been aent up to the House of Lords at
least one month before the end of the
session. Is rejected by the House of
Lords In each of these sessions, that
bill shall on Ita rejection for the third
time by the House of Lords, unless the
House of Commons direct to the con
trary, be presented to his majesty and
hacomo an act of Parliament on the
royal aasent. notwithstanding that the
House of Lords has not consented to
the bill. '
-Provided, that this provision ahall
not take effect unless two years have
elapsed between the date of the first
Introduction of the bill In the House of
Commons and the date on which It
passes the House of Commons for the
third time."
The discussion of the first clause,
dealing with money bills, passed yes
terday, did not Involve the question of
principle, as It already was admitted
the House of Lords did not have the
power of veto on money bills. There
fore the opposition devoted Ms efforts,
which proved unsuccessful, to pinning
the government. down to the exsct def
inition of a money bill.
More efforts will be made to obtain
the amendment of the second clause,
which deals with general legislation.
Night sittings are anticipated and re
sort to the 'guillotine" by the govern
ment. FOUR HELD AS SUSPECTS
"Tcxa" Uillls and Companions Are
Arretted by SlierUf.
-Texas" Gillis. said to be a notorious
criminal with a past record of unsavory
character, together with three com-
nar.lors. was taken Into custody by
Sheriff Stevens and Deputies Leonard
and Phillips yesterday and la being de
tained at the County Jail on suspicion.
What crime the men are believed to
have been connected witn the Sheriff
and his deputies refuse to state, as they
are working on the case and expect to
complete a chain of evidence today, and
the men are indurance pending the
Fathering of further evidence by the
oiffcers. Clllls Is said to have served
time on several occasions and Is known
to the officers as a burglar of the dan
gerous type. He is about 30 years old.
yet Is saJd to hare committed several
crimes for which he Is wanted In va
rious parts of the country.
SPEYER ON BOARD
Banker Succeeds Warburg as
Director of Gould Lines.
ROCKEFELLER IN CONTROL
Speyer's Hank Takes Place of Kulin,
Lorb & Co. a Financier Oil
Man's Director Says Bush
Suits Him as President.
NEW YORK. April 19 James Speyer
tomorrow will take the place of Paul
M. Warburg, resigned. In the directorate
of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the
house of Speyer & Co.. closely allied with
the Deutsche Bank, will fill the vacancy
left by the retirement yesterday of
Kuhn. 1-oeb Sk Co as bankers for the
road. Mr. Speyer admitted this much to
rrlends today, but could not talk for
publication, lie aald. until after hla elec
tion. Fred T. Gales, representing John D.
Rockefeller on the board: Edgar L.
Marston, representing Blair & Co., and
Edward D. Adams. representing the
Deutsche Bank, hsve decided to keep
their positions.
The same Interests have worked har
moniously in the past and the supposi
tion In Wall street today was that they
had taken their lead from Mr. Rockefel
ler, who. ns the second largest stock
holder In the property and a command
ing Influence In the banking community,
may now be said to control the financial
policy of the railroad.
Mr. Gates said the Rockefeller Inter
ests were entirely friendly to George J.
Gould, who, with Mr. Rockefeller's aid.
yesterday dictated the nomination of the
newly-elected president. B. F. Bush. Mr.
Rockefeller, as an Individual, has $30,
0O0.O00 Invested In the property.
Mr. Gates said further:
"The Rockefeller1 interests are not op
posed to Mr. Bush as president of the
Missouri Pacific. Mr. Bush has made
good In every position he hna occupied.
Our main desire throughout has been to
secure n man upon whom all could
unite. We did not wish to see Mr. Bush
leave the Western Maryland, where ha
has been successful. We are ready to
spare him. however. If all could unite
on him for the Missouri Pacific"
FUNERAL TO BE UNIQUE
Ex-Prcs'.dent of Cnlverslty W ill Eu
logize Portland .Lawyer.
SEATTLE. Wash.. April 19. (Special.)
wAt funeral services to be held at the
First Baptist Church tomorrow at 3
o'clock for William K. West, aged W,
a prominent young attorney of Port
land, the ex-president of a rreat uni
versity will deliver the eulogy over
the hodv of a graduate of the same in
stitution. The officiating clergyman will
be the Rev. B. t Whitman, now pastor
of the First Baptist Church, who form
erly was president of George Wash
ington University, Washington, D. C.
From the law school of that univer
sity West was graduated with the clasa
of 1908. Ho formerly was a special
agent of the Department of the In
terior, situated at Portland, under L.
R. mavis.
Mr. West bade Ms wife and little
daughter good-bj'e Thursday and came
to Seattle on legal business. He com
plained Friday of a headache and died
Sunday.
Oh, You Blondes and
You Brunettes, Too
(From New York Dally New.
-Any woman be her skin light or
dark can have a beautiful complexion.
free from blemish. If she will use
the simple treatment so popular with
the women of Jnpan," said Mme. De
Leon today.
"Japanese women never wrinkle until
old age: their faces are free from
specks and blotches: they are never
afflicted with superfluous hair.
"What Is the secret of their perfect
complexion?
"They nee no paln nor cosmetics.
They rely altogether upon a prepara
tion' made by dissolving a small orig
inal package of mayatone In about
eight ounces of witch hazel.
"They massage face, arms and neck
with this solution once a day. Mayatone
Is harmless and gives a lovely, clear,
healthy color, besides preventing wrin
kles and wild hairs. Whether blonde or
brunette, you find this treatment ex
tremely satisfactory." Adv.
President's Definition of Protection
Called Confession of Failure.
Trusts Held to Thrive Un
der Present Tollcy.
WASHINGTON. April 1. President
Taft is quoted in support of tariff re
ductions by the majority of the ways
and means committee in favor of the
free list bill, reported to the House to
day. The report shows that the bill would
reduce the tariff revenue $10,016,495,
based on the Importations for the last
fiscal year, an amount described as
"Inconsiderable In comparison with the
great savins and advantages to all our
people from the additions to the free
list provided for."
The committee ssys the President haa
admitted that duties are too high and
have Increased the cost of living. It
.cites the President's definition of the
Republican policy to' be to limit the
duty to the difference between the cost
of production at home and abfoad with
a reasonable profit added ana says
this is a confession that the theory of
high protection has broken down. It
declares the Canadian reciprocity agree
ment to be a recognition by the Ad
ministration of the injurious effects of
protection, but says further and Im
mediate action Is necessary to do full
justice to the farmers.
Trusts Control Implements.
The report takes up in detail the
classified list of articles Included In
the free list bill. Regarding agricul
tural Implements. It says their manu-
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binatlons that have sold In foreign
countries at lower prices than at home,
building up their foreign trade from
I3.S59.181 In 1890 to !8.124.033 in 1910.
Bagging and baling materials, essen
tial In the transportation of agricul
tural products, the report, says, cannot
receive benefits of protection In home
markets; and duties on them "have an
noyed and burdened the farmers to add
to the profits of exacting trusts and
combinations."
Concerning hoops, bands and ties of
Iron and steel, barbed-wire for fencing,
etc. the report i says the high duties
make ' the people dependent upon the
"giant steel Industry." which for years
haa sold products abroad lower than
for domestic consumers, and declares
that placing them on the free list will
be a long-delayed measure of equity
and Justice."
The placing on the free list of all
forms of leather from cattle, hides and
skins, boots, shoes, harness saddlery,
etc., the committee argues will be
an advantage In manufacturing and
necessarily of benefit to agrlcutural
producers as well as to all the people.
Farmers to Get Free Market.
. The "beef trust" Is assailed In dis
cussion of the free listing of fresh
meats and market products.
"The existing duties on meats and
meat products." it is asserted, "are for
the advantage of this combination only
a combination that affects the mar
kets In buying and selling, and the re
sult Is a substantial addition to the
high cost of living from which the
people suffer."
Removal of duties on these products.
It Is argued, will place the farmers in
a free market as to foodstuffs and food
products.
For the reason that the public desires
"that no artificial shelter shall be main
tained to protect abnormally high
prices on food articles in any form,"
the bill also seeks exemption from duty
on wheat, flour, semolina, rye flour,
buckwheat flour, cornmeal and all pre
pared cereal foods, biscuits, bread and
similar articles not sweetened.
Lumber In Monopoly's Hands.
In discussing free lumber In the bill,
hardwood excepted, the report main
tains that the ownership of timber in
this country has become practicillv a
monopoly and has passed for the most
part Into the hands of great corpora
tions and Interests which are spe;ulat
ng on the Increasing senrcity.
President Taft Is again referred to.
the report quoting from his speech of
February IG. 1911. in which he said:
"By giving our own people access to
Canadian forests we shall reduce the
consumption of our own, which, in the
hands of comparatively a few owners,
now have a value that requires the
enlargement of our available timbenTe
sources." Sewing machines, the report avers,
are sold abroad by United States man
ufacturers cheaper than at home, and
should not be protected. The manufac
turers would have by the proposed bill
the additional advantage of free lumber.
Near View and
Glass Without a
KRYPT0K
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Lens
.VISION I
are the latest achievements in optical science. They
consist of two pieces of glass of different refraction,
coalesced into one, and ground into a lens having
two distinct focal points.
No cement is necessary,, therefore no clouding
results.
Xo edges exist, therefore no dust collects.
' "We are the only optical house that manufactures
genuine Kryptoks in their entirety in Oregon.
Vic have the Surc-On Mountings.
Columbian Optical Co.
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After May, 145 Sixth St
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Salt also included in tho free list,
the report urges, should be free from
artificial enhancement in price, the do
mestic supply being dependent upon a
limited number of natural deposits con
trolled by concentrated interests.
HOT STOVE STARTS BLAZE
Chinese Mayor's Home Is Endan
gered for Short Time.
A fire which started in the barber
shop and sundry business establish
of Chung Chung, mayor of Chipatown.
71 Second street, between the police
station and fire department, last night,,
threatened to destroy the place. A
fire was built In the stove and the
woodwork ignited . from a red-hot
stovepipe. Although there was a panic
among the Inmates, no time was lost
in notifying the fire department next
door and the flames were extinguished
before doing much damage.
A half-hour later the fire department
was called to the Manhattan Hotel, on
Stark street and Sixth, where a blaze
had been started from a broken gas
chandelier. The fire was put out with
a hand extinguisher. The occupants
of the room, who tried to find the gas
leak by lighting a match, were much
frightened, but not injured.
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Steamer on Rocks, Eight Drowned.
CAPE TOWN. South Africa, April 19.
The Portuguese mall steamer L,ust-
tanla is oiled up on Bellows Rock, two
miles southwest of the Cape of Good
Hope.
Kight rensons were drowned during
the transfer of the sno passengers ar.d
Far View in One
Seam or Blemish
Lenses
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sure ffOMgdh, It pays to
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look welp Bl well &mdi &tmd the
wear sunidl kaif of real boys
Witihi eacla swis.1t of Bays'
Oollhes we sell we will
give, free, a. ball sumdl Ib&t,
BimifaeWer's glove, c&ftdta
eirs mili or Ib&selball urn
ffoixra. Iodlest Prices
ona'Secoiiadl Floor Dimly
SELLING
LEAMMG CLOTHIER
Momrisom at Fouaitik
crew from the wreck to the British war
ship Forte and a government tug. Those
were four men. two women and two chil
dren, occupants of two small boats,
which capsized. Their companions were
rescued.
The Lulsitania was bound from Mo
zambique for Lisbon when she struck
on the sunken rocks. There is no hone
of saving the vessel.
Vancouver Showhouse Opens.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. April 19. (Spe
cial.) The Grand Theater of this city,
at Tenth and Main streets, was form
ally opened tonight under the new
management of the People's Amuse
ment Company of Portland, which has
leased the building for a term of years
from Metzger & Keld, also of Portland.
The Woods Electric has a wheel-base of 86
inches. This is not only a necessity because of the
Urge and roomy body bat it enhances the easy-ridiug qualities f
the car. Notwithstanding this long wheel-base the Woods can
be turned in a space of 6 feel. This means that you are not
obliged to "back and fill" in the side streets, which are bugaboo
to the majority of cars, great and small.
This is the direct result of delicate mechanical engineering.
William N. Pelouze, president of the Pelouzc
Scale and Mfg. Co., writes us: "I have realized that
the electric is the only city car. I have a limousine gas car
equipped with pneumatics, bat the Woods rides more easily on
its solid rubber tires than the limousine on its pneumatics.
So add a long wheel-base to a fine spring suspen
sion and solid rubber tires and you have that ideal
condition in an electric which is emphasized only in the Woods
Electric. Talk as you please, theorize till the cows come home,
main- all the wise examinations you wish and in the end you
will come back to the fact that the Woods is the electric ThatB
all there is to it. Don't blind, your eyes to the fact. Loth it
in the fact.
CHICAGO
Local Agent COVEY MOTOR
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huj
A moving-picture' show, similar to the
one given In the Star Theater in Fort
land, will be given daily at popular
prices.
Bids on Dam to Be Called.
WESTON, Or., April 19. (Special.)
The promoters of the Weston and Pine
Creek irrigation project announced to
day that Jhey would be ready soon to
advertise for bids for the construction
of the dam. Men are at work this week
clearing off the reservoir site. They
estimate the cost of the project at J67
an acre. The proposed height of the
dam is 180 feet, with a width of 900
feet at the bottom and 20 feet at the
top. It will consist of a concrete core
wall and a dirt and rock fill.
CAR CO., 7th and Couch Sts.
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