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. THE BIORNIXG OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1911. 7 ISSUES POLITICS Washington Is Already Excfted Over Coming Primaries, Whole Year Away. Fourteenth and Washington Streets Portland, Oregon TAFT'S VISIT TO BE FACTOR PERPLEXING SrJARLUP Tragedy and Corruption In Office and Shakenp In Party Politics Few of Things State Has Suf fered Since Last Election. OLYMPIA. Wash., Sept 13. (Special.! Although 12 months must elapse be fore the primaries for the next general election can be held In Washington, and 14 months is the time between now and the holding; of the November elec tion, the politicians are as busy though the contests were no more than six and eight months ahead. That the National election will be a big factor and will Introduce some interesting cross issues, is conceded on all sides and the men who usually are looked to for predictions, prophesy what they want to see happen then admit, but not for publication, that the matter is too deep for them. Since the last general election. Wash lngton has had a Governor die, the late Samuel 6. Cosgrove; has sent one state official. Ortis Hamilton, ex-Adjutant-General of the National Guard, to the State Penitentiary for embezzlement has had Samuel H. Nichols resign a Secretary of State under fire; an In vestigation of the land office under the administration. of E. W. Ross; a special session of the Legislature to try the Impeachment charges against John H. Schively. State Insurance Commission er. who Is still in office. Officeholder Pat Oat. Besides this, it has seen tie resigns tlon of Mllo A. Root as Judge of the Supreme Court as the result of his In discretions in the last campaign; has had an ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme court, M. t Gordon, tried and acquit ted on an embezzlement charge for bla connection with the Great Northern Railroad; has seen Joseph M. Snow re moved as Highway Commissioner, with suits still pending against him to re cover $2106 which it is asserted he is wrongfully withholding; has seen his .successor, Henry F. Bowlby, removed. or rather, fall in appointment, because of the difficulties over the building of state highways; has seen F. A. Clark removed as Oil Inspector and his re funding of some $1300 to the state to straighten out his books. H. E. Gil ham and Eugene Lorton have resigned .rom tfte state Board of Control be cause of dissatisfaction between them and Governor Hay. James A. McAr thur has been removed from the State Pharmacy Board. These are some of the more impor tant changes In the state administra tion, along with the resignation of Attorney-General W. P. Bell to accept an appointment to the Snohomish County Superior Bench. But on top of all these it must be remembered that since 1910 women have had the right to vote in Wash ington; that there is a combination precinct local option law on the statute books; that the road laws have been altered until no one knows much about what the effect of them will be, except that they stop road building by the state; that an Industrial Insurance commission to compensate injured workmen has been created; that the railroad commission has been changed to a public service commission; that a new Insurance code, not to mention a new criminal code, has been enacted; that an Insurgent Senator has been sent to Washington, D. C, and a delegation sent to Con gress that in one respect is peculiar. The first district sent a man identi fied with the "standpatters" and a great admirer of Uncle Joe Cannon, although he wouldn't admit It Just be fore the election; the second district has one who, according to many per sons, is hard to "identify with either Republican faction, while the third dis trict Is so strong Insurgent in spots that It sent a cousin of Senator La Follette to the House. But it might be mentioned that In spite of all this, the attempt to elect a combination Democratic-Insurgent ticket of five to the Supreme Court ended in a miserable failure and the five Judges up for re election were all returned. These few Incidents have contrived to muddle political affairs In Washing ton slightly. Strictly speaking, there Is no Republican organization in the state. The Democrats are In the same boat. To all intents and purposes. Gov ernor Hay Is the head of the Repub lican party. He is without question the leading Taft man In the state, but he Is so far removed from the "stand patters" that he doesn't get put In that class even by his most bitter opponents on the other side. But neither is he an Insurgent. Governor Hay and Senator Miles Polndexter are so far apart on the conservation question that Plnchot and Balllnger are agreed by compari son. Governor Hay thinks Federal control Is all right In some instances, but he wants the Federal Government to per mit the state to handle the state lands and would like to have the Government give back 500.000 acres of land from the school grant that is locked up In forest reserves. Readjustment Is Predicted. There are some who declare that the next campaign will see a readjustment of both parties, the radical Republicans or Insurgents, combining with the radi cal Democrats, while the conservative Republicans and Democrats will unite. Some high authorities predict it will come five years hence, if not next year. Perhaps the next six months will tell. Jo douDt two things are more re sponsible for this present activity In politics than anything else the ses sion late this month in North Yakima, at the State Fair, of the delegates of the granges, farmers' unions, the direct legislation league and the Federation of Labor, and the visit of President Taft next month. The North Takima meeting is avowedly for political pur poses. The Grangers always stand for measures, not men. they say, as Is also the declaration of the Farmers' Union and the Direct Legislation League. The state federation says you can't get measures without men. This pro posed meeting Is to perfect the com bination formed at the last session of the Legislature, when the lobbies of the four organizations effected a working agreement at Olympta. President Taft's visit Is admittedly of a political nature. fiSfel 111 jMjjalHM FORMAL OPENING FRIDAY EVENING September Fifteenth CI Portland's latest and most exclusive hostelry- 0 Designed entirely for the comfort and convenience of its guests. 0 Seven-story solid concrete building. Absolutely fireproof. d 200 rooms; 120 bathrooms; every room an outside room. d Superbly furnished and appointed throughout. d Unsurpassed view of entire city. 0 Cuisine and service unexcelled. 0 Lowest rates compatible with the excel lence of service and appointments. A limited number of Rooms and Suites reserved for permanent guests on a monthly rental basis. The Carlton is now prepared to receive guests. Reservations for permanent Rooms and Suites SHOULD BE MADE NOW ' T5 I yT HATES. . "5Se" m" I Rooms with detached bath., fl P T:Jnt?1ulte" wlth prlV KA v -, Pfet 1 ag-SLV Rooms with private bath.. 12 . bat,'ni S3.50 9 " JjzzSML-. Ti if-K " f Additional person In room. Sl.OO : fggg? H I- The Ritz-Caxlton Hotel Company. "THE RITZ-CARLTON OF THE NORTHWEST G. G. LARM, Manager I , - jMMMMMMM,MM,,MMMSSSM STORM LOSS' GROWS Damage to Linn County Farm ers May Reach $50,000. UNTHRESHED GRAIN RUINED The programme will consist of five first-aid events, comprising: the treat ment of the more common Injuries re ceived in mines, and one event for the use of the mine rescue helmet. Medals of the American Red Cross will be awarded to Individual winners, and first-aid boxes to the winning; teams. Wind and Hail Lave Devastation In S-MUe Strip Down Valley Half of Prone Yield In Santiam Bottom Is Spoiled. Centralis Man Good Sbot. CEXTRALIA. Wash.. Sept. 13. (Spe cial.) Harry Gilchrist, of Centralla. was second man in the shoot at the dedication of the Raymond Rod and Gun Club's new quarters at Tokeland yesterday. Gilchrist's average was .96. LEBANON, Or, Sept. 1Z. (Special.) The damage resulting from Monday's hall storm has proved far in excess of the first reports. The damage in Lebanon will amount to about $10,000, as told in the first estimates, but the country in the path of the storm nas suffered much more than at nrst sup nosed. The threshing ol grain in xnis county is not more than three-fourths done, and the grain In the course oi the hall storm Is nearly all beaten out of the straw, resulting in a dead loss. The hail storm entered Linn County at the southwestern boundary . line. directly north of Eugene, and trav' eled a little west of northeast and on a direct line from Ehelburn, Lebanon and EuKene. The gardens on this nath over a width of three miles are laid waste, and thousands "of bushels of grain unthreshed have been lost. All the arune orchards in trie san tiam bottom between Lebanon and Ehelburn have suffered the loss of at iat half the crop, and this loss alone will run into the thousands. It in aafa to nlace the loss to the farm ers In the wake of the hail storm in Linn County at between 125,000 and $50,000. Here In Lebanon, the old M. E. Church South, winch was recently bought by the Adventlsta and moved to a new lot, was blown off its foundation and is badly damaged. The mnvlnr of the building was completed only last week and the building had not yet been used by the new congregation. WHEAT SPOILED BY DOWNPOUR Much Grain in Lewis County, Wash., Submerged by Water. firvToiI.Ii. Wash- Sert- 13. (Sne- -.i ThA ',1n rrAm throughout Lewis County have been badly dam aged by the neavy runs ui mt iui days, and the loss sustained by the ranchers will De neavy, eaijcti.ii, m the eastern part of the county. Whole fields of uncut wneat are entirely suo- me by irged and. an entire Summer's work the farmers nas gone o uauguu Philomath Crops Damaged. ' PHILOMATH. Or., Sept 13. (Spe cial.) The rains continue and hay. hop's and some grain are suffering serious damage. Prunes are also suf fering, and only clear weather can save the farmers from serious loss. Many hop-pickers ' have already re turned and say others will come in a day or so, unless the rain ceases. FIRST AID TO WIN PRIZES Government and Red Cross to Co operate In Miners' Contests. TRINIDAD, Colo., Sept. 13. The mine operators of the Rocky Mountain dis trict announced today that a first aid contest will be held in co-operation with the Government Bureau of Mines and the American Red Cross Associa tion here, September 28. Every mine operating In Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico will be en titled to eend one team of six members. FIRST HOP SHIPMENT-MADE Aurora Firm Estimates Crop of Fug gles at 800 Bales. AURORA. Or, Sept. IS. (Special.) Miehlor & Grlbble, of this place, were today loading the first car ol bops to be shipped from Oregon this year. They purchased 300 bales of fuggles yester day at Eugene at 32 cents. The same firm made the first shipment from this state last year. They estimate the crop of fuggles for this year at 800 bales, of which 500 bales have already been old. The recent storm is found to have af fected the hop crop much less than earlier reports Indicated. With few ex ceptions there has been no more than a 3 or 4 per cent loss. 'LAI DUCKS' MARK Senator Borah Would Stop Soft Job "Snaps." BILL TO MAKE INELIGIBLE Chehalls Bootblack Run Down. CHEHALIS. Wash., Sept. 13. (Spe cial.) Ike Trusty, a colored bootblack of this city, was knocked down and seriously hurt by an automobile last night, the car being driven by F. W. Conrad, of Montesano. Trusty was crossing Market street to secure an umbrella for a friend after the heavy rain storm, when the machine hit him, while going at a high rate of speed. Conrad was fined $100 and costs for exceeding the speed limit, and later made a money settlement with his vic tim at the St. Helens Hospital. Trip to Europe Is Spoiled. (St- Louis Post-Dispatch.) Mrs. Pinefeather Are you taking your husband abroad this year?. Mrs. Bonton No. I decided last year when he insisted upon speaking of the Ve netian gondolas as canal boats that the real charm of Europe Is lost upon him. SUPERINTENDENT AT LEBANON TAKES PLACE HIS FATHER HELD BEFORE HIM. u . fllilillMpili Professor Carl C Baker. LEBANON. Or., Sept. 13. (Spe cial.) Professor Carl C. Baker, - who has been elected superin tendent of the Lebanon schools, is a native of Oregon, having been born in Yamhill County. He attended McMlnnvllle College and Willamette University, where he was graduated In 1900. Since leaving college he has been a successful teacher for 11 years. He was four years prin cipal of the schools at Harring ton, Wash., and four years at Greeham. Or. He is well known in Lebanon, his father. Professor L. H. Baker, having been princi pal of the Lebanon schools from 1S98 to 1900. - 4 Defeated Candidates Who Are Taken Care of In Federal Positions Are Target Industrial Insurance Also Is Sought. BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 13. (Special.) William E. Borah, Idaho's Junior Sen ator, would drain the National lame duck pond by cutting oft eligibility to the Federal crib to defeated candidates, and would place a compulsory insur ance law on the statute books, giving to the laboring classes an Insurance that would guarantee assistance to families of the poorer classes, at light cost, under Government super vision. ' These two Issues are not a hobby with Senator Borah, nor does he con sider them socialistic The first he believes necessary to fill Government positions of fat salary with men really qualified, and the second he says is destined to become a reality In the not very distant future. Senator Borah is now preparing the bill he believes will bag the lame ducks. His object Is to have a measure passed by Congress barring defeated Senators and Representatives from ap pointment to political positions. Polit ical lights, defeated either at the primaries or general election, are often taken care of at the epxense of the public by Federal appointment. "It Is scandalous how these men have been taken care of by Federal appointive Jobs," said Senator Borah, discussing his bill. "I believe that observation at Washington will prove to anyone that In many cases these appointments have been objectionable and that the people are becoming tired of the policy." The Senator explained that the "lame duck" bill will first prevent the appointment of defeated candi dates to offices or commissions, and second, provided the first object can not be attained, will seek to prevent their appointment to offices or com missions created while they were members of either house. ' Senator Borah proposes to get them going or coming. "I would have Introduced the bill In the last session of Congress had It not been that it was not perfected to suit me," said Senator Borah. "I expect to have it in shape before my return to Washington." By she compulsory Insurance law Senator Borah would provide a means of support to the wives and families of working men who are killed or permanently injured so that they can not work. He contends that the em ployer should contribute to the fund, that the state and National government should contribute a certain percent age to it, and that the laborer should pay a small fee for its maintenance. Once established It would virtually become self -operative under Federal supervision, he says. LOST KELS0GIRL S FOUND Freda Lyon, 16 Years Old, Is Do mestic in St. Helen's Hall. ' Working as a domestic In St. Helen's Hall, a finishing school for girls, while her parents and the police were search ing high and low for her, Freda Lyon, the 16-year-old girl who left Chehalls, September 6, supposedly for Kelso, her home, was found by Miss Wilma Pearl Chandler, assistant In tho Department of Publlo Safety for Women, last night on advices received from several dlf ferent sources. The girl told Miss Chandler that family differences led her to leave her home. She had a good position at St. Helen's Hall when found, and had not been under the influence of suspected persons, as her parents charged when they raised tho alarm concerning her" disappearance. B WIU iwou.v . f -J Jl.,vlnw Van .hoAnpfl m a Y1 .T 11 a tft thfk Department of Publlo Safety were answered ana several ocner gins an swering Miss Lyon's general descrlp tlon are - expected to be found as i result of clews sent in. Isolated Leper Escapes. WASHINGTON. Sept. 13. Acleto Paleby, a Philippine native whom the health authorities have Isolated aa a leper on the eastern branch of the Po tomac River the last six months, has left Washington secretly, and Is under stood to be on his way to Manila, where his parents live. Apply This Paste and . the Hairs Will Vanish Fashion Monthly. After all. electricity Is not destined to play much of a part in the removal of fuss or hairy growths from the skin's surface, for a new and simple powder, known to druggists as dela tone, does the work quicker and elimi nates the expense and pain following the use of the electric needle. To rid the skin of hairs not wanted, it is only necessary to make a paste with powdered delatone aad water. Apply this to the hairy surface, and after two or three minutes rub off and wash the skin and the hair or fuzz will have completely vanished. While delatone costs a dollar an ounce, the price is Insignificant as it does the work quickly and well without any possible Injury. 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