VOL. LI NO. 13,823. 1 - - ' ' ' " ' GOMPRDMISEWDOL BILL AGREED UPON Tariff on Raw Product Is 29 Per Cent. HEAYIER GRADES INCREASED House Concedes Advance on Most Manufactures. FREE LIST IN DEADLOCK frenate Ararndrafnl Confining Free Meat to Canadian Trade I In imfavor With Hosw Free Lemons Insisted On. WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. Poffln their coxta and for tha first lime In :try Inviting the newspapermen to be present, the conferees of the two bouses of Congress on the wool tariff and farmers free 1st bills eat down to1av to compose their differences. Finally, at f I. M.. vhey effected a complete agreement on wool and be t.g consideration of the free list bill. The conference becan at I" o'clock thle morclo. The wool bill aa agreed upon will be reported to the Senate tomorrow by Senator La Follette and to the House by Representative mderwood. These men will direct the emirse of tha bill In those two bol!s. Rill Effective October I. The bill waa so amended aa to re spire that the proposed law shall take affect October 1. int.ad of January 1. a provided In the rnare and. House meaaores. The confereea hope to have tha report adopted In both houses to morrow. The President Is expected to veto It. Tha free Hat bill waa under consid eration about IS minutes, bat the con flict betwe-n the representatives of tha two houses waa so pronounced that It became necessary to postpone action until tomorrow afternoon. After fixing S per cent ad valorem aa the duty on raw wool and changing tha wool classification ao aa to con form to the language of tha House bill, the confereea soon reached an agreement, on other matters of detail. Cheaper Wool Increased. Tha change of classification haa tha effect of fixing a flat duty on all wools, and while It reducea tha ratea on or wwiia from SS oer cent, aa pro vided In the Fenate bill, and Inereaaea those of the House bill rrom per cant. It also Increases the ratea on from 10 ter cent, aa pro vided in the Senate bill, to the per cent fixed by the conferees. In moat respects the flutiea on m manufaetnrea of wool were Increased over the ratea of the House bill and reduced below those of tha Senate bill o aa to make them correspond with the raw wool rate; but In aome In atancea they were made higher than those of either measure. A rate of I per cent on noils and wastes waa agreed to. while a rata of It per cent waa determined upon for combed wool and tope. Including roving and roping, and per cent on yarna. Claee Are Compromised. Thera was a compromise In classifi cation on cloths, dress goods, clothing, webbings, blankets and flannela. In tha House bill these aubpecta were covered in five paragraphs, wbereaa in tha Senate bill H vera embraced In one paragraph. As the aubject will be covered In tha conference report, blanketa and flan nela will be treated In one paragraph with a rate of 30 per cent, the House rata, while the other artlclea are made duttaMe at tha rate of per cent, which la an Increase over tha House rate of from 4 to 14 per cent and a reduction from tha Senate rata of par cent- This paragraph will cover cloths, knit fabrics, woven felta women's and children's dreea goods, 'coat linings, ready-made clothing, ahawls. webblnas. flounclr.ga. frlngea. laces and embroideries. A almllar compromise waa effected on carpets, resulting In tha fixing of three classes, instead of one as. in tha Senate bill and cine cUssea In tha Houae bill Xew Divisions Agreed On. Claaa one of today'a compromise in cludes Aabuaaon. Axmlnster. Moquette. chsnllie. Saxony. Wilton. Turnay and velvet carpeta and Or'ental. Berlin and aimilar rugs, and the rate la fixed at 50 per cent, which la ! per cent higher than the Serate rate and 10 Fer cent higher than tha Houae rate on moat of the artlclea. On eecond-elase carpet the rate waa made 40 per oent. It Includea Brua sels carpets and velveta aad tapestries. Tha rate In the House bill waa 30 tb ti per cent and 3$ per cent In the Pen ale bill. The third-class rate of 30 per cet is made to cover the tapeatry- Brussels, treble ingrain. drugru and carpet Inga not otherwise provided for. These are the cheaper carpets and the House bill fixed a rate of from IS to 30 per cent on them, while the Senate rate wa H per cent. The free list bill waa laid before the conference. Mr. I'nderwood announced (Concluded oa P 3- NOVEMBER 30 IS THANKSGIVING DAY PRESIDENT DESIGNATES IT DE SPITE BANKERS' REQUEST. Financier Anxious lo Have 53d of rrl".7 "I" Month N err and Impresarios Eager WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 1. President Taft. It was announced today, will des (ntt Thursday. Xovfmbfr 30. as Thanksgiving day. despite the request of banker that the rrestdent name Tltursday. November 13. It has always been, the cu.-tom to deslanate the last Thursday In Novem .. Tk.nk.ttvinv dv. and Mr. Taft win .rthj- to that rlom. The bank-1 ers wanted November 21 celerled. de clarlnc that tha making of Novenber JO a legal holiday would seriously in terfere, with I heir. work. The law re- quires that National banks make their tatement to the Treasury uepartment on tha first of every month, and a holi day falling on the last day of themonth would be most Inconvenient, said the ( bankers. I There was some doubt as to what Thursday In November would b select ed this year. Inasmuch as tha montn contains five Thursdays. The hlte House has been benleaed by theatrical nininri and those in charae of col lege football games to settle this doubt. so that definite arrangements can be mad for the array of special perform ances and sports tha; mark the day. LANE SCORNS BETTER PAY Commerce Commissioner Will Not Argue Againet Own Policies. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 11 (Spe cial) Franklin K. Lane. Interstate Commerce Commissioner, here on a va cation, has received several telegrams from a large Eastern corporation' in New Tork. asktng him to become' Its lesal representative. Although the salary la three times as much aa ha re ceives from the Government. Commis sioner Lane refused the offer.- It was a case of having to appear hofore the Interstate Commerce Com1 mleaion and the Cnlted States Supreme Court for my clients." said Lane. "That would have been distasteful to me. for J should have had to argue aralnst polirlea I have tried conscientiously to build up." Ml I la Company Formed. For the purpose of engaging In a general lumber - manufacturing and selling business C- R- Curtias. t. - e. Watt and A. M- Latourelie nave asso ciated themsslves as Ihe Brighton Mills Company. Articles of incorpora tion v.n filed In the office of County Clerk Flelda yesterday. The capital atock Is i;.000 PHOTOOHS SHOWING POPE AS HE HASAPPX, .HgJ. ffi SSSStffiS 1 2 - ' HSI Natl I - 1 V;i.,.A .!. W - ' t1 ' .p-RTfTR "FTVR (TEXTS. rrn- Saturday, august 12, 1911. 1 CASH IS PAID FDR SI Deal Complete Totals' LAND ON COOS BAY ROUTE San Francisco Capital to De- velop Western Lane County. DEEDS FILED AT EUGENE . Billion and a Half Fret of Timber, Sawmill and Water Frontage Are Inclnded In Transfer. Inspection Trip Hcgnn. EUGENE. Or- Aug. 11 (Special.) Deeds transferring 100.000,000 feet of f luslaw timber from Individual ownera to the Wendllng-Johnaon Lumber Com pany, of San Francisco, were filed here today, "and cash paymenta made of Omlons have been secured by the same company oij additional S00.000.0no feet of timber, and when completed the deal will total 11.300.009. This la the largest timber transaction made In Lane- County. . . . The timber lies along the route of the proposed Eugene-Coos Bay exten sion of h Southern . Pacific Railroad. whr the timber purchasers hsve ac- nnlred the mill of the 8luslaw Lumber Company, and have taken optiona on the Saubert mill and Its . holdings at Acme. This gtvea the company three and one-half mllee of water, frontage on the Sluslaw River for booming and milling purposes. G. X. Wendllng. R. M. Cross. W. P. Johnson. Jease Bound and S. 8. Woods, milling expert for the Wendllng-Johnaon . Company, will leave Eu gene tomorrow morning on an inspec tion trip through the new holdings and to atudy the milling sttuatlon on the Sluslaw River. Th -wendllng-Johnaon I.omlwr Com pany is capitalised at S3.000.00Q, of which amount Sl.t00.000 haa been sub scribed. The principal, stockholders of the company are Herbert Flelsch- (Cnncludsd an Pes 3- USUWTIHHER vrcT-nnv. SATURDAY. ALUUSX la, WITH GOLD HIDDEN HUT DWELLER DIES JINK DEAVER. 2 YEARS OLD, LEAVES BCRIED FORTUNE. Seattle Court Appoints Administra tor to Unearth Wealth Left by Ward of Charity. MRS. HUTTON SEEKS HONOR Washington Stiff rnglst Would Xotn- Inate 112 Democratic Leader. SPOKANE. Wash., Auft. 11. (Spe cial.) To cast a vote to , nominate Champ Clark or some other Bourbon for President at the Democratic ?a- rnnvxntion next -year Is the po litical ambition of Mrs. May Arkwrighf Hutton. the euffnse leac.er or eastern Washington. "The only political honor I ask." said Mrs. Hutton today. "Is to go aa a dele gate to the next Democratic National convention. "I. believe the next President will bs a Democrat and I would consider It a high honor to he given a chance to as sist In his nomination." Champ Clark. Mrs.-Hutton believes. Is the strongest contender at present for . Democratic . National atandard bearer. "Clark ia a National charac ter," she says. BARLEY JUMPS TO $1.40 For First Time In Years Cereal Is ' Higher Than Wheat at Stockton. STOCKTON, Cel., Aug. 11. (Special.) Kor the first time In many yeara hsrlev Is selling for more than wheat. and there is much excitement along grain row In this city, the grain center of the etate. The cereal has been so v,.Hnr vrv raoldlv of late, and on th board It has Jumped, up almost a dollar during the past week. . The crop In this section Is unusually hw and the cash price la high. 'This has caused tha dealers to aend agents Into the country In an errort to get new line on the yield and the Quality which they thought might possibly have been over-estimated. It has been snown h.. it b hn manv rears since a larger and better crop was produced. Some of the cautious' buyers have dropped out of the market, as they fear a break most any time. Barley opened today at $1.37 4. and aold up to 11.40. which Is about IS cents more than wheat. Some declare that the sud den bulge in prtceo is due to a specu lative demand, and there will be a re action, while others insist barley will go to $1.S0 before there is any reac tion. The farmers in the- meantime ase making a large profit : 5 . ;; : :A, ...... , - rTf h tPZ. t ' tr 'V A ' - !-V..-y":'-'.i ' V .1" ' '- ' ' POPE IN LESS PI AS FEVER ABATES Distaste for Food Pre. sents Difficulty. PHYSICIANS' EFFORTS BALKED System Seems Unable to Com bat General Weakness. NIGHT'S SLEEP REFRESHING Pontiff Able to Pit Up, but Soon After Returns to Bed "I In tend to Get Well In Spite ' of Them," He Says. ' ROME. Aug.-1L Although the Pope suffers less pain today and his fever haa diminished somewhat, the Improve mint In his condition waa not aa great aa had been hoped for. He haa had a rather restless sight, tho hurainf sensation in hie knee awake lng him toward midnight. However, the physicians are now so well satisfied with hie condition that they predict his re covery within 10 daya. Dr. Petaccl and Professor Marchla f.vs. arrived at the Vatican at :S0 A. M, and remained with the Pontiff until 8:10 o'clock. They received a de tailed report from Dr. Amlccl, who had been in the chamber throughout the niirht The other physicians made a smlnatlon of His Holiness and seemed satisfied, that he had not failed during the night. . Sleep Best In Several Xhjbts. After 1 A. M., when . he fell asleep, the Pope had the best rest that he has hurt for several nights. The breathing waa more pearly normal than at any time since the Illness began. In the early hours of the day. the temper ature dropped many degrees. Those in attendance find difficulty In building up the strength of the Pontiff because of his distaste for food. Tha Pontiff waa undoubtedly some what relieved f his palna during- the day. but hla organism seemed una.ble to combat the general weakness. For this reason, although the Pope waa (Concluded on Pe 3 ) V " m I'm T-9- I- - 0r- iii liaa 11 ia aaagasaM 1 II iisli ,aajggaaaMsi-' ffaar sadnt' i in 1 i aMswiTrnraM I Ill I ' . II QUAKE REKINDLES FIRES IN bOKtSIb BUKVLVG - LOGS SET - KOLXONTS DOWN" MOUNT-ACT DE. San Bernardino Buildings Severely Shaken by Most Violent Dls ' turbance of Years. cik-iwtjwai7KO. -Cal. 'XafC. 1L Smouldering- logs dislodge and rolled down the mountain aidea by a aharp earthquake shock started another for est fire today which may prove bkwu. Forest Supervisor Charlton has des patched 40 men to fight the new blaze. The new fire Is In Devu s jnyon. above which the recent conflagration .oon1 1 a K wek. There were two shocKs, one at .. .nnther at 10:20 A. M. Though the L..IUI - .v a w n severely, the damage done In thi city was trivial. tscl avrsELES. Aug. 11 A slight earthquake shock was' felt in this city at 3:40 P. M. today. BMXjn?K.-CaL. -Aug. 11. Lick ob servatory, reports that at 4:08 and 4:23 P. M. today a slight movement or tne seismograph at he observatory was t.H Tha observers eay that they are not able to tell the location of the disturbance. - . BLUSHING BRIDE SPANKED Mother's Wrath .Against Young Elopers Vented Before Crowd. QUINCT.. CaJ., Aug.. 11. (SpeciaL) Edward Prince and Sadie Acres eloped on horseback from Clio yesterday and were married here. On their return from the Methodist parsonage to their hotel after the ceremony, the parents of the bride, who had given pursuit hoping to prevent the wedding cere mony,, confronted them. When' she learned the wedding cere mony had. been performed, .Mrs. Acree boxed the eara of the bridegrom aound ly, and then, in view of a large number of' Summer tourists, spanked her daughter,, the. blushing and frightened bridel Application to-the Sheriff brought In formation that the girl is only 16. and the parents could proceed against Prince In a criminal action, but; after consultation, argument and pleading on the part of the bride and bridegroom, the parents of Mrs. Prince forgave her and the two couples departed forthome. Newspaper Plant Wrecked. LOUISVILLE. Aug. 11. Fire, believed . k. w. K.,i caused by an explosion t .tictstIiic department, thla morning" wrecked the building of th T.nnicviilA Herald and destroyed the rflant. " The loss. Including the -darnel 1 . k,tiriinr will amount to 1 0 . " about yi25.000. " DEVOTED. AT-. X .. "vs CHARGES STARTLE; GRAVEIS GUARDED Sire Keeps 7 Children From Wife's Body, FATHER -WEDS WIFE'S NURSE Rich Cherrydale Rancher rid Bride Allege Slander. ..... POISON PLOT IS FEARED John T. Friel, Aged Farmerv Marry lng Yottng TvYman Who Attended First Wire la Last Illness, j ; Fights Exhumation, . i OREGON - CITY. Aug. 1L (Special T His seven grown-up children ex pressing . belief that their mother did not die a natural death. John T. Frlel, a wealthy rancher of Chorryvtlle, whose beautiful bride of three months nursea tne nrst wire curing ner lasv illness, stands heavily armed nightly at the grave to prevent exhumation oij the body. - - The second Mrs. Friel, whorwas Miss T.tif lift Wilson, of Portland, a t ruined nurse, pleads with her husband to per mit ner siepcnuursa to aisinier uil body of tlwelr mother, that their aus- Diclons may be proved false, but the aged rancher Is obdurate. Worn out by hla constant vigils at the cemetery, Frlel says he will fight to the last to prevent exhumation of the body by anyone save, the Coroner. He -fears, he said, that hla children) Intend to Inject poison In the body to bolster their charge. The nurse, they say, was lared by their father's wealth to wed him less than three months after their mother's death last eb ruary. Slander Suit Is Started. Setting forth their fears of the per petration of the alleged plot of tha seven children Mr. and Mrs. Frlel con ferred with Attorneys George C Brow nell and William M. Stone here today and engaged them to file salt alleging slander against all the children. This action by the aged ranchernd his bride, who is half his age, was preceded by a letter written by Frlel to Sheriff Mass. The Sheriff refuses to divulge the contents of tha. -letter but It ia learned that -copy it contains the following x - ' t been informed that aome parties are going to take "Dp thvbody f Mrs. Frlel, wno oieo rennmj Ml. and was burled in ChjsrryTOlS lemetery." -' Plot -Is Feared. a They are going to" gsUsoms-party outside of the county ear tt ls to be. don same time thus week ant-night, and not let me know anything ahoox It. They claim there haa been foul ptey. I am guarding the grave every night and I can't stand It much longer. "Now we are willing to have the body exhumed, but we want it dona In a lawful manner and dono lav the day time by the proper persona. W faar the way they are going at llMha they -ere up to foul play." Sheriff Mass was eautionefp'rIel to address mail to him In care of the Sandy Postoffice. saying ho feared let ters would not. reach him IT addreeaed .to Cherryvllle. Sons la 'Postmaster. Thavohtldren .who Jiav expreaeedrttie fear that therr -mother died .a violent death and who are defendants In the slander suit to toe filed 'by their father and young stepmother are: John T. Frlel Jr., poatmaater . at CherryviUe; Mrs. Maggie Murray, of Cherryvllle; Mrs. Mabel McJntyra, of Brlghtwood; Mrs. Benjamin . Hart, of Sandy? Mrs. Phoebe Allen, of Cherry-, vllle; Mrs. Viola Klrby. 774 Mlaacmrl avenue, Portland, and! 'Miaer Phoebe Frlel of Cherryvllle. Bay Murray, Glen Main-tyre, "vTIlltam Allen and Thomas Klrby. husbanda, of Frlel's daughters, are also likely' tcf be aued-on-the slander charge. Slander Suit Siartert. It Is also probable that Frlel-Sravfll apply for a restraining order to "pre vent his. children from having -fhe-'body exhumed unless It la done by county officials. Both Mr. and Mrs. Frlel, the aged man almost 'exhausted from worry and the strain of his long watches, told their attorney that they had no objec tion to the body being exhumed, but they wanted it taken from the grave and protected by the Coroner, to pre vent injection of poison. Attorney Brownell said tonight that tha papers In the proposed suit for slander are under course of preparation. When the former Mrs.' Frlel was stricken early In February thla year an advertisement for a trained nurse was Inserted in a Portland paper,. wMch was answered by Miss LueUa Wilson, .a handsome woman about 30 years of age. When she went to the Frlel home she said she originally lived in Buffalo, X. Y.. and did not mention any-conneo-tlon with a Portland hospital Neigh bors say she was an excellent nurse and did everything possible for Mrs. Friel Marriage Urged, Ha Says. Frlel declares that whe;his wlfe.Teal- - lzed that she could not recover aha 1 (Concluded oa fage-A.)