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THE 3IOHrcG OliEGOXTJLX. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1911. u RADICALS HOLD UP 1 WEST'S PROGRESS Real Conservation Hurt by Theorists Senate Shies From Zealots. FREAKISH PLAN DEFEATED Senate Fbrced to Kill Water Tower Feature of Kiver Improvement Bill Because of the Impos ' Bible, Conditions Imposed. BY E1RRT J. BROWS. : OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Sent. 1J. That the average Sen ator and Representative la afraid of conservation legislation was amply demonstrated at the special session, -when an effort waa made to pasa a bill providing tor tha disposal of water power at a Government dam propoeea to be built on a navigable river in Alabama. The Oordian knot was cut by striking from the blU all provision for tha disposal of water power, thus staving off action on this conservation nroblem until a later day. Knniio-h develODed. however, to demonstrate that If Congress does en act conservation laws, they will be ultra-radical and Impracticable, for the Pinchotites are In control In the House because of their ability to scare timid members whose views do not coincide with their own. It was the Senate that prevented the enactment of . water power bin framed to meet the views of the Impractical theorists, and It is to the Senate that the country must look for protection against other Impractical legislation after It passes the House. Theorists Raise Yelp. At the last session a bill was brought into the House providing for the. con struction of a 0-foot dam across the Black Warrior River, In Alabama. Pri marily the bill was Intended to lm prove navigation, but It was discovered that a 60-foot dam would necessarily develop considerable water power, and an amendment was attached to tha bill providing for the lease of this power to the Birmingham Light & power Company, which offered to contribute 1200,000 towards the construction of the dam In return for tha power privilege, as well as agreeing to pay J15.000 an nual rental to the Government for the water which It was to utilize from tha dam. i The Democratic river and harbor committee, which had never before bandied a water-power bill, felt that the offer of this company waa a fair one and accepted the amendment, but when the bill got before the House a mighty howl went up from the Plnohot conservationists. The bill was an aid to a mighty corporation; It sought to give away a valuable resource which should be held "tor all tne people,' whatever that may mean, and a hun dred other objections were raised. Freak Coadltioaa Made. . Finally, after three days' discussion. the bill was variously amended, torn' Ing down the offer of the Birmingham Power Company, eliminating the clause giving that company the right to utilize the water power developed at the Government dam and providing that the power should go to the high est bidder, on terms which no power company would ever agree to. Among the freak amendments adopted by the house was one providing that any company developing electrio power at the Black Warrior dam should sell Its current exclusively to the consumer and not to any middleman. This made it impossible to sell to a corporation having a lighting contract with ajy of the neighboring cities, though it did permit the sale direct to municipal corporations which might do their own lighting. When the Black Warrior bill got to the Senate the freak amendments were cut out and the bill went to confer ence, where It became necessary to eliminate all reference to water power in order to get an agreement. The re sult was that the bill finally passed authorizing the construction of the dam by the Government, the question of disposal of the water power to be settled in the future. ' Borah Aral mat Had lea Mam. The Black Warrior bill was Impor tant not because of the great value of the water power to be developed at the Government dam, but because of the precedent that would have been established had the water power pro visions of the bill been retained. Only 16,000 horsepower can be developed at thin dam, but the manner of dispos ing of this power Is now Important, for the precedent fixed (If Congress ran agree) will be followed with refer ence to other Government dams, and may also be applied to water powers developed by private capital on non navigable streams, if a general water power bill is enacted. Senator Borah, of Idaho, and other Western Senators who are eager to put an end to blanket withdrawals that have tied up water powers on the pub lic domain, disapprove many of the House provisions of the Black Warrior bill; they believe that such radical leg islation is Impracticable and likely to discourage rather than encourage the development of water power. What these men. want Is legislation that will open the way for development, for as long as Government-owned power sites remain undeveloped present private owners of water power sites and power plants will reap an Immense benefit because of their monopoly.. West's Resources) Tied T. The outlook tor the enactment of practical conservation legislation Is not as bright as the people of the West might wish; there is too much theory In the minds of many In Congress and too much timidity on the part of those who cling to practical Ideas. Rather than subscribe to theoretical conserva tion bills which will Injure the West, It may be necessary for half a dozen ' fearless Western Senatora to band to gether and prevent any legislation, at least until such time as their timid brethren, muster up the necessary nerve to vote their convictions. Meanwhile the resources of the West remain tied up in withdrawals and de velopment la seriously checked. OKLAHOMA CITY IS ANGRY Cattlemen Make Protest Before Commerce Body. OKLAHOMA CTTT, Sept. 18. In tha Interstate Commerce hearing today, in volving a petition for readjustment of ratea of about 140 railroads and also assertions by representatives of local packers, H. Cowan, representing the very life of the Oklahoma City packing houses, described the fight wHich, he said, had been made for several years by cattle raisers for equitable railroad ratea. He declared the rate to Oklahoma City from Texas points, with the ex ception of the Texas Panhandle and other territory adjacent to Oklahoma City, should be approximately 16 cents lower than rates from the same points to Kansas City. From the Texas Pan handle and territory adjacent to Okla homa City. Mr. Cowen thought the rate ought to be 3 cents lower to Oklahoma City than to Fort Worth. A. W. McLaren, traffic manager for Morris Sc. Co., with headquarters in Chi cago, testified that 1603 cars of dressed beef had been shipped from this point to Chicago up to August 1. McLaren had a list of rates from various shipping points. Including Wichita. Kan, and Fort Worth. Tex. In every instance, he testified, the rates were discriminatory against Ok lahoma City. Commissioner Prouty announced that no testimony would be taken at Fort Worth and Wichita, as all the inter ested persons axe here. He expects the hearing to close Wednesday nignc urai arguments will be heard by the full Interstate Commerce Commission In Washington probably tha first week in November. FOOD TOPIC PARAMOUNT CONSUMERS AND CATTLERAIS- EltS CONFER IN TEXAS." State Selling' Agency and Co-opera tive Packing Plant Are Among Suggestions Made. FORT WORTH. Tex., Sept 13. Con sumer and producer met on common ground here today to wage war against high living prices. In the conference were representatives from Texas labor unions and tanners' organizations. boards of trade and the Cattleraisers' Association of Texas. One plan discussed contemplates the establishment of a state cattle selling agency; another includes organisation of -an association from bodies of con sumers and producers to operate an in dependent packing plant. Establish ment of municipal slaughter-houses will be indorsed. President Lasiter, of the Texas Cat tleraisers' Association, presided. He said that while the cost of production to cattleraisers bad been the same for the last season, the packers took the beef off the markets at from 11.60 to $2 a hundred less than in the preceding season, with mutton selling at a pro portionate discount. This, he declared. had resulted In a loss to the cattlemen of from S12 to $16 a head, and a total loss of a $100,000,000 to the industry. SPOKANE CUTS EXPENSES City Clips Salary of Librarian and Pulls Out 115,500 to Good. SPOKANE, - Wash, Sept. 12. (Spe cial.) The Rev. George W. Fuller, librarian elected by the iinrary poara to succeed Miss Alta Stansbury, today had his salarv clipped down to $2000 a year by the City Commissioners. The library board had voted him' a salary of $2400 a year. The commissioners puUed out the 191V buget with $16,684 to the srood. and they are that much within what can be raised by a levy of 13 mills. The final figures show that 11.154.478 must be raised by taxation for municipal purposes next year and 13 mills on the estimated valuation of $90,000,000 will bring $1,170,000. At tha last minute the commissioners added to the budget $5000 for rent for the city hall until they can build; de cided to levy only one-half mill Instead of one mill for the sinking fund; added $2873 for the same purpose in the fire department: added $2000 more of a deficiency In the legal department to finish this year; cut another $200 off the library figures, besides refusing Fuller's raise; added $500 more for a new accounting system in the water collection department; cut out an Item ef $450 for veterinary services in tne fire department; added a total of $15, 000 for state liability insurance, $12. 000 for next year and $3000 for the re maining months of this year. ZIONISTS ARE HOPEFUL v Turkish and. Arabian Opposition Re garded as Temporary. NEW YORK. Sept. 12. Dr. Harry Frledenwald, of Baltimore, honorary president of the Federation of Ameri can Zionists, returned today on the steamship Ryndam after spending three months in Palestine, visiting many of the 40 Jewish colonies which have been established there through the Zionist movement. "The colonists are full of hope,- he said, "that the unfavorable attitude of Turkish Parliament and the recent hos tility of the Arabs in certain places are only temporary. They are sanguine that the great benefit they are bring ing will be recognized more and more and that the Turkish government soon will be convinced that the Jewish sett lers are pacific, with no other desire than the development of the land for a large Jewish settlement, which shall be an Integral part of the Turkish Em pire." MEXICANS F0RJIFY TOWNS Soldiers , to Be Kept Loyal by Fre quent Changes of Barrack. MEXICALA, Lower California. Sept. 12. Reinforced by 250 Federal troops, who arrived Saturday from Ensenada, the regular garrison of 200 Mexican soldiers began today Jhe erection of formidable redoubts alRig the brink of the dry canyon of New R'ver, which surrounds the town. According to the military officers In charge, it is the intention of the Mexican Government to render Mexican proof against any attacks by rebels in the future. To preserve the loyalty of the sol diers, it is the programme of Colonel Eauador, the commander of the garri son, to keep changing the troops so that they may not remain at one point long enough to beoome acquainted with any magnonlstaa. FIshTaught Before Season, ASTORIA. Or, Sept. 13. (Special.) Atel Anderson, owner of a fish trap bearing Washington license number 1137 and found Between Jim crow Point and Pillar Rock, was arrested by Deputy Warden Oor for having hie trap In condition to eaten nsn at s o'clock on Sunday morning, three hours before the end of the closed season. There were 176 salmon in the trap and J these were liberated by the officers. Anderson will be tried in the Justice Court. He was arrested and convicted rear asro on a charge of fishing be fore the opening of the Fall season. AMERICA SECOND OF NAVAL New Dreadnoughts Turn Scale Against Germany in Favor' of United States. , KEEL OF GREATEST LAID New York Will Tip Balance Still Further Ttab and Florida, Are Largest in Service of Any of Great Nations. NEW YORK, Sept 13. The arrival here of the new American dreadnought Utah, to Join her sister ship, the dreadnought .- Florida, now nearlng completion at Brooklyn Navy-Yard, again sets in motion the scales -of the relative position of the American sea fighters as compared with the navies of the other great powers. While naval experts concede that Great Britain has the largest aggre gate of fighting ships, with Germany and the United States in a close race for second place, yet it is equally con ceded by these experts that the two new American dreadnoughts now here outrank In size and strength anything now afloat in the British and German navies. The British naval monsters Lion and Orion will exceed In tonnage and strength the American ships, but neither of these leviathans is as yet in service. Germany also has several monster dreadnoughts, but they are. in course of construction and the largest German ship afloat is still less in ton nage and efficiency thai the "two sis ter American -dreadnoughts, Utah and Florida, now here for the first time. First Dreadnought Outdone. The American ships have a displace ment of 22,000 tons, as against the original dreadnought of 18,000 tons. They also take the lead over the Del aware and North Dakota, 20,000 tons each, which have heretofore held the lead of big-gun ships in the American Navy. The two new American dreaa noughts, besides leading the ships of all the great powers In point of size, also bring Germany and the . United States nearer together for second plaoe among naval powers. Among naval experts, the original dreadnought has become the accepted unit of fighting efficency. Counting the dreadnought as a unit of 100, the American battleship Delaware and her sister ship. North Dakota, have a ratio of efficiency of 110 each, while the. Florida and Utah have a ratio of 125 each. These ratios for American dread nought ships aggregate 670, as against an aggregate of about 7uu lor uer many. So that Germany and the United Sta"tes are separated by only a few points for position of second place among naval powers, based on the dreadnought as the uhli of fighting strength. However, on ships below the dreadnought unit naval experts main tain that the scales are turned m ravor of the United States as second in ran among the naval powers. Keel ef Greatest of All Laid. With the arrival of these two lead ers among dreadnoughts of the great powers, the keel was laid yesterday of the super-dreadnougnt. new xora. 27.000 tons, whlon outranks la tonnage anything thus far built or under way in England and Germany. The largest British shins under construction are those of the King George class, 25,000 tons, and the largest of the new ler- man ships building are 23,000 tons. The British designers are planning the Queen Mary, of 22,000 tons, but she is not yet actually under, way. Tha New York represents tne largest warships now being built and the Utah and Florida the largest in the service of any of the great powers. FISHERMEN DOING WELL Fall Season for Salmon Opens; Big Bun Is Expected Later. ASTORIA. Or Sept 12. (Special) All Classen of gear have been doing fairly well since the opening of the Fall fishing season. Most of the fish taken are Fall chlnooks, although a few sllversldes are reported outside the bar and the tugboat men have caught many in the last few days by trolling. It is a little early for this class of fish to enter the river and not many are looked for until after the Autumn rains. 'One necnllar thing in connection witn tha fisheries this year has been that. while In .former years all fishing for salmon on Monterey Bay has ceased about July 12, there was a late run of chlnooks this season and fishing was continued with considerable success un til August 28, nearly six weeks later than usuaL The fish from that run are expected to come into the Columbia River and if so, big catches will result BIG SWINDLE 1 IS WORKED (Continued From First Page.) count of 60 per cent, they swindled credulous investors out of large sums. declares Superintendent Dewoody. "Salted" Mines Specialty. ' The band of swindlers also operated in salted gold mines, accordlng-to Fed eral officers. Potter' made his head quarters In either Chicago or some other large city; hla companions went to London, Berlin and other foreign cities to interest wealthy men in the gold mines swindle. The men are said to have operated in nearly 'every lage city in the world during the last ten years. After leaving Philadelphia in 1910, the alleged swindlers flooded Wisconsin with "green goods" literature, which was shipped from Chicago to New Or leans, where It was mailed. Indictments Are Pending. Potter and StarklecT are under in dictment in Chicago for illegally using the mails to defraud and tor operating a confidence game. An Indictment also is pending against them in the Fed eral Court in New York. Superintendent Dewoody said: "Pot ter is the cleverest confidence man in the world, in my opinion. He and his companions have obtained $1,500,000 In a few years by means of the green goods, salted gold mine and gold brick swindles. A certain percentage of their earnings was put aside for use in get ting the members out of trouble in case of an arrest and as a result they al ways have a large amount of cash for immediate use." Churches of North Carolina are oonfronted with an important problem, social as wall as religious. In the cotton mill operatives. These number 13, 000, the larsest la anr state. POWERS W WE ANNOUNCE OUR " S I i :!l Suits, Coats, Dresses, Furs, W Wrlii'll I Millinery and Novelties!. flrOftJ nMzk$sl&i& Hs Jl M ' t The curtain rises oh the Fall season Thursday. It will reveal uTjlwCSlV V?" eyji&FY Mil )? 9 ' ' myriad attractions in women's smart outerwear, both from America's TpsgViO,C5 jj'S wjfij ' y an Europe's foremost style creators. tZ&ri. ' fT-jL" Particular attention is called to our W S'TSr rP HIGH-GRADE FURS : -,s4n 1 - lrJilf r dispky excellence. 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Be sure to take Hood's Sarsaparilla Get it "today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsataba. for sprinkling and improvements if the parks are to be operated to the satis faction of the public Dr. H. J. McFarland, president of the American Civic Association, read a pa per on the "Economic and Social Ad vantages of Parks." "The National Park," he said, "prop erly considered, properly supported, adequately laid out and suitably main tained, will be more 01 a eona Dusmess proposition than anything else we can do today. Captain's Head Is Broken. ASTORIA. Or, Sept. IS. (Special.)- Captain Jacob F. Christensen, of the Norwegian steamship Hans B, which arrived mis morning irom Enu&u lumbla, will go to a hospital as coon as the vessel arrives In Portland, as the result of a fall while at Prince Rupert. B. C, a few days ago. The back of his skull was fractured and he may not be able to take the vessel out of the Columbia River. 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P Makers - Troy, L Stern Brothers Announce that their Fall and Winter Catalogue 1911 19 12 of Wealing Apparel for Women, Misses, Children, Men and Boys; Dry Goods and Upholstery Will Be Issued September 1st, and Mailed Upon Application West 23d and 22,J Streets, New York overruled a demurrer and two motions which had been filed by the defense, In the suit of S. H. Friendly against the ! Secretary of State to keep the referen-,' dum measures from the ballot. j Consefruently the case will come to , a general issue, probably during the next few weeks following the filing of an answer. Thomas Prince, of Dundee, Or, pi oneer in the culture of the English walnut in Oregon, was In the city yesterday. Mr. Prince says the nut crop this year ia large and of first class quality. . LINOCORD BUTTONHOLES 1 EasieMo-Button end Unbutton J They Pont Tear Out SACK f BRA NO 11 (2fo. l-asilfcisj A