fell POKTI.AXD. OREf JON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1911. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. I.I "0. 15.904. MAYER WOULD USE TARIFF AS WEAPON Reduced Duties Would Make Competition. FEDERAL CHARTER ADVISED Close Supervision of Business to Check Evil. PRESENT LAW CRITICISED Avarice vVnJch Inspire Creators of Combination Declared o E Irt Equally Amon( Tho Who Condemn Tlx-m. BT UTVT MATER. Oram) CnriMl for tht IH'noU atenufaetor . r Association. .rpTrttbt 1S11. T the Tribune Compear. Mere reiteration that there now ex ists great eronomlc disturbance with out presenting a plan to curt the trouble iimi only to create more un certainty and .disaster. The phyelclan who only diagnoses the bodily ailment of hit patients -may do a useful service, but unless he at leant attempt a cur be accomplishes but little good. There l something fundamentally orotic with our present system of cor porate control. ThoiiRhful men. no matter on what aide of the line they atand realize the Impending crlal and are looklnc for relief. The atudlou and aober observer of t!ie existing emergency would hall the advent of ome genius who could tell ti with certainty how to eradicate and destroy the cauie of our commercial woes, and substitute therefor a con servative and enlightened policy by which all can be equally protected and business and commerce be permanently restored to a sound and unfettered con dition. Traat tsiiM t Eradicated. The profound and masterly opinion of Chief Justice White In the Standard Oil and tobacco casea graphically po.--tray the cause of the prevailing com merlral worry. But neither those erudite opinions nor any anti-trust law that human skill ha devised will. In my view, prevent the creation or growth of Industrial combinations. The same old Standard" Oil Company and the unit old American Tobacco Company, though dissolved by court decree, will. I think, survive, though In different form and dress. There will he greater number of Integral com panies and a consequent Increased cost of administration at the expense of the public, but In the near future the situation probably will be the sum a that which prevailed prior to the de cree. The occasional arrogance nd tyran ny of combined weath and It merctles contempt for the right of other have ttrred the people to demand some quick and decisive relief. . Trasts Bora la Avartee. Trust and combination ar bred by the deep-rooted avarice of man. That same cupidity, however, which Inspire the creator of combination, equally control other elaase. Including those atrongest In their condemnation of the trust Kearhlng far down la human nature Is the unrelenting 'chase after money and the power anJ hardiness It Is pre sumed by many to bestow. To accom plish its purpose society avails of every possible resource and device. The ambi tion to grow end evpand dominates and those who stand tn the way ar ruth lessly defied and trampled on. Cnlef Justice White is not alone. The sentiment of thinking men agrees with Mm that legislation of ome kind I required by the economic condition of the time, by the vast accumulation of wealth In the hand of corporatlona and Individual, by the enormous develop ment of corporate organisation, and by the temptation and facility for com bination which euch organ feat Ion cre ate and afford. There prevail a gen eral Impression that such power la be ing exerted to oppress grievously In dividuals and Injure the public gen erally. V.sBltea Are . Xew. Rut when all this has been said we merely have been told that eoonomlo londltlon are bad. but this doe not tin a way for their betterment or re lief. Trusts and monopolies are not new to this or to this country, The', have lived, multiplied and flour isned from earliest times. There were brick and papyrus truata among the early Egyptians. Just as there are brick and paper combination today. There were wheat monopolies among the Phoenician. Just a there are grain corners at tne present time. Combinations In various Industries have ex:sted among all nation and In all stage of civilised society. The edicts and law of Kings. Presi dents. Parliaments and Legislatures have been In vain. Nothing preven tive baa been accomplished. Trwets Asseag 1 ah.r Mew. Trnsts prevail not only among the corporations, but with equal If not re.rr harshness among their wage earners. It Is estimated that there ar nearly 15.000. e member of reai or quasi labor unions in thta country. No on dispute their equal right to labor, to produce and to acquire and accumulate property. The price of labor Is a large part of iCoec.uJed oa r &. WINTER SENDS ALL PRICES SKYWARD FOOD FROZEN IX TRANSIT AND CROPS HCRT BV FROST. CMcnco f.cl Foretaste of I.ons. Hard Season and Charity Or- (ranliatlons Prepare. CHICAGO. Nov. 14. (Special.) Win ter, which arrived snorting and snarl ing, did more than freexe a few person to death. The udden advent of cold weather sent the price of all foodstuffs skyrocketing. o that those who sur vived the Initial blast will become painfully aware that Winter haa aet In In earnest. The reason given for the advance In food staples are that hen cease laying, cows give a limited supply of milk, carload of fruit and vegetables were frosen In transit and the source of much of this supply damaged by frost. There la also the further reason that snow Is falling heavily tonight over a wide area and trains are likely to be come stalled and food supplies will be slow In arriving. Here are some of the advance following the cold weather: Egg, up 1 cents, retailing at 40 and 41 cents a dozen. Potatoes. 35 cents a peck, and the price will go much higher. Creamery butter. Ss cents a pound. Ham. 17 cents a pound. Dressed chickens. 14 cents a pound. Coal dealers have given notice that they will advance prices at once. They have had two lean years, due to the strike and overproduction In mild sea sons, and prospects of a long, hard Winter affords them an opportunity to even matters up. The charitable organisations of Chi cago ar fortifying themselves against unusual demand this Winter. DUNCE SPELLERS SCORED Seattle Superintendent Hints That Poets Are Wa.t of Time. SEATTLE. Wash, Nov. 14. (Special.) City Superintendent F. B. Cooper will reform the Seattle High School courses, paying particular attention to the Eng lish course. This work, to bo accom plished In conference with committees representing the 203 instructors in the six Seattle Htgh Schoole will require several months' study. The superintendent objects to wast ing 119 pounds of good football ma terial on an ode to Spring and cannot aee the practical value of an analysis of Chaucer to a student who cannot sustain an ordinary conversation with out mangling the English language. The superintendent ha had hi doubt ever since he discovered out of two score words from a newspaper edi torial and a atory of a suicide the only word on which a big high school class united spelling was "special." When 32 hiKh school students could not remember how "unconscious" should be spelled end more than a score trip ped over "physician" and "Massachu setts' he determined to put the ban on Spring poetry for a while. Here after, there will be weekly spelling testa In the Seattle High Schools. ZIONITE OPPOSES CEMENT Clirls.1 Would Avoid New Sidewalks, Reason for Asking Injunction. ZION CITT. Ill, Nor. 14. Rupert Peveraux. a member of the old Powie faction In Zlon's affairs, filed a petition today with the Zlon City Board of Al dermen objecting to the proposed con. tructlon of cement sidewalks here, on the ground that Christ never walked on cement and therefore "would avoid Zlon City on the Savior's approaching second coming to earth." The petition said that Powl would return to life with the second coming of Christ. One of Peveraux' follower. It was said today, recently attempted to get some word from the late Alexander Powie by aleeplng three successive nights on Howie's grave tn the ceme tery here. He is satd to have reported to Pevereauz that the expected mes sage did not come to him. COURT GOES TO PLAINTIFF Cnahle to Move to Room. Divorce Is ti ran ted In Sheriffs Office. AIJtANT. Or, Nov. 14. Special.) To accommodate A. A. Flood, of Solo, who desired to secure a divorce but was nnable to reach the Circuit court room on the third floor of the Linn County Courthouse because of an Injured foot. Judge Galloway held court for a few minutes In the Sheriff's office on the first floor of the building today. flood hobbled Into the temporary courtroom on crutches, and fie Judge, clerk stenographer and attorneys moved the court downstairs for the time being. Flood testified that his wife. Mabel Flood, deserted him In Oklahoma Cltv, tkla. Mar 4. 1"S. after a wedded life of less than three years, and that he had not seen her during ail of that time. Judge Galloway granted a de cree. THIEF RETURNS SERMON PsMnr't Pocket Picked as He Trav els to Attend Funeral. WILKE-JHARRE. Ta, Nor. 14. A ser mon entitled. "Prepare to Meet Thy God." which waa taken from the pocket of Rev. M. E. Williams, a Methodist minister at Athens, Pa, when lie waa in this city, by pickpockets wbo ex tracted a large aallet. has been re turned to him. Mr. William pocket was picked when he was In this city to officiate at a funeral. COAST ADVANTAGE UPHELD BY COURT Method of Commission Is Criticised. PRINCIPLE WRONGLY APPLIED Long and Short-Haul Clause, However, Not Upset. . RATE LAW IS REVIEWED Interior Point Declared Not Always Kntitled to Equality 'With Those Knjoylng Advantage of Ocean Competition. WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. In the ma jority opinion of the Commerce Court formally handed down today In the transcontinental rate cases. It Is held that the long-and-short haul provision of the Interstate commerce act Is con stitutional. Temporary injunction against putting the so-called "Spokane rates'" Into effect, however. Is granted. The Court, however, declares that the Interstate Commerce Commission ex ceeded It authority In attempting to establish a relation between long and short-haul rates. Irrespective of abso lute rates, and It enjoins the Commis sion from putting In force the order reducing transcontinental freight rates pending a more complete investigation by the court. The Commerce Court reached the con clusion that the cases Involved in the present proceeding sfforded the best possible opportunity for a determina tion of the constitutionality of the long-and-short-haul provision of the act to regulate commerce. It waa rea lised that the question eventually would have to be fought out before the United State Supreme Court. Court Disagree With Method. In the formal opinion, prepared by Judge Mack, the Commerce Court up holds the Interstate Commerce Commis sion upon the point of constitutionality of the long-and-short-haul provision of the Interstate commerce act. but it goes further than the Commission did, and declares the law would have been un constitutional "as an unlawful delega tion of legislative power." If no stand ard were given, "to guide the exercise of the Commission's discretion in granting authority to depart from the rules forbidding a lesser rate for the long and for the short haul In the same direction and over the same line." The court disagree with the method used by the Commission In determining the proper rate. By an exhaustive examination of the entire law, the court reaches the con clusion that It Is the duty of the Com mission to establish a lower rate for a longer haul than for a shorter. If the (Concluded on Page 3.) - : I THE APPLE IS KING. ' f ' Lr-ef iww..v A i - INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDATB Maximum tern pr tut, M de.ri; minimum. SI degree. TODAY'S Rain; aoutherly Grinds. Glp-7 Smith. OIpT 6mlth' appeal win- 20 boy xn ember, of congregation of minister who died in tabernacle. Page 1. Evangelist says light of Christiana must -nine. Pajce 14. Glp-y Smith visits homes lor aed and Crlttenton Home. Page 14. National. Commerce Court recornlxea right of coast points to advantages In rate. Page 1 Government finds way to maintain postal bank bonds at par. Page 0. President, with constmcttve programme, to reassure honest business. Page 2. aOomestlc Crowds chant farewells to Farley and Frnl conlo, w ho sail to receive red hats in Roma Page S. Times talesmen baffle lawyers hut will be challenged peremptorily. Page 5. Caruso's olce has "come back" and Hew York Is glad. Page 2. By declining trusteeship of Pulltser prop erty. Justice Hughes forfeits $100,000. Pace . dmite)l Phelps Is named as affinity" of millionaire's wife who is suing- for di vorce. Page 8, Levy Mayer urges use of tariff as weapon aealnst monopolies. Page 1. Packers surrender and demand writ of habeas corpus, attacking Sherman act. Page 2. Approach of Winter sends prices skyward. Pace I. Banker, accused as anonymous letter-writer, commits suicide. page T. Sports. Native sons of Oregon and Washington pre dominate In varsity teams. Page 8. Amateur Athletic t'nlon will consider radi cal reforms at annual meeting. Page 9. Cruiser Philadelphia football team wins De partment of Columbia championship Pase I. Hottan and Ewlng have plan for Class C ifasu to develop players for Coast. Page S. Pacific Northwest. Chehslls Conncllmen settle dispute as to who Is member of body. Page 0. Data aembled at Salem for dlstsnce tariff hearing: which opens today. Page 6. Governor Hawley, of Idano, denounces par don of Informer by Tart; attacks Govern ment lawyers. Page 1. Woolgrowers a: Baker convention say false magaxlne articles hurt business. Page 1. Commercial and Marine. Great shortage la American potato crop. Page lt. Stock market rallied by Commerce Court's order. Page 10. Lumber exporters must pay advance In fu ture on shipments to Orient. Page IS. Schooner Westerner, rammed by oil ranker W. 8. porter. Is beached in Lower Co lumbia Klver. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Mayor to a'k that levy be fixed at 6.8 mills to conduct city next year. Page 12. Councilman Clyde contends that city has power to regulate can are. Page 12. Grand camp of Arctic Brotherhood con venes In 11th annual session. Page 12. Portland appeals to Transcontinental Pas senger Association to keep special round trip for conventions here. Page 13. Chairman of Food Show committee pre dicts great success for exhibit. Page 4. Annual Apple Show to open In Yeon build ing toJay. Page 4. HOWELL SENT UP FOR LIFE Quick Justice Meted, to Slayer of Mayor of Shanlko. THE DAXX.ES, Or., Nov. 14. (Spe cial.) With consent of the grand Jury and District Attorney Wilson, D. A. Howell, who was Indicted yesterday on a charge of murder In the first degree for killing Mayor Fowlle at Shanlko, pleaded guilty to murder In the second degree this afternoon. Judge Bradshaw at once sentenced Howell to pass the rest of hi life In the State Penitentiary. Howell 1 a Portland man, a former resident of Shanlko, and at one time Deputy Sher iff of Wasco County. He waa drunk when he fatally shot Fowlie. Fred Evelyn was Indicted on a charge of murder In the first degree. Evelyn shot and killed David Manna saw In this city for alleged defama tion of his- wife's "character. ' GOVERNOR HAM ANGERED AT PARDON Release of Robnett Is Termed Outrage. TAFT FREES BANK DESPOIttR Idaho Executive Attacks Acts of Government Lawyers. WICKERSHAM IS SCORED Special Prosecutors' Work to Build Vp Reputation, Declares Gov ernor. Who Demands Inves tigation by Congress. PARDONED INFORMER IS OX WAY TO JOFN FAMILY. SPOKANE. Wash., Nov. 14. (Special.) Clarence W. Robnett passed through Spokane today on his wsy home, bis residence being In Opportunity, about 15 miles from Spokane. 1 was navsr promised anything for my testimony In the Lewlston National Bank case, and the pardon I received was solely on merits so far as I was concerned. he said. "I ara through with the case now. "I have my family oat here at my home and beyond the fact that we ar very happy at the outcome, I have nothing worth saying. I have not promised any further Information or testimony." BOISE. Idaho, Nov. 14. (Special.) Deeply angered at news that Clarenoe W. Robnett. convicted on his own con fession of taking funds of the Lewis ton National Bank, and sentenced yes terday at Moscow to 10 years In the Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., had been unconditionally par doned today by President Taft, Gover nor James H. Hawley tonight addressed a statement "to the people of Idaho" In which he bitterly attacks the Gov ernment'a "special prosecutors" and their work In this state in the last four years. In the statement the Governor de clare that the actions of these "special prosecutors' have been a travesty on Justice and have weakened the courts In the eyes of the people. He accuses them of working simply to build up a reputation without regard to the merits of the cases, and terms the Lewlston bank case "the most flagrant, the most outrageous example of rank Injustice." Taft Misled, He Believes. TJie injustice of this action of Pres ident Taft," says Governor Hawley; "inspired without doubt, by the spe cial prosecutors, will rankle In the minds of our citizens and will Inspire (Concluded on Page T.) WOOL MEN SCORE TARBELL 'FICTION' $1000 RAISED TO TELL PUBLIC TRUTH ABOUT INDUSTRY. Speaker at Convention u Baker Says false Magazine Articles Have Hurt Business Greatly. BAKER, Or., Nov. 1. (Special.) To bring out the real truth about the wool business as opposed to what has been told by writers like Ida Tarbell, who, by fictional magazine and news paper articles, they declare, have put the wool Industry before the tuiblio In an entirely false light, delegates to the 14th annual convention of the Ore gon Woolgrowers' Association sub scribed $1000 for publicity purposes to day. The subscription was raised In a few minutes by the delegates, whose en thusiasm had been stirred by' an ad dress by W. S. McClure, secretary of the National Woolgrowers " Association, who spoke on "Woolgrowing and Its Relation to the Tariff." McClure scath ingly arraigned writers like Miss Tar bell for giving untrue facts and de nounced the present laws, which he said make the wool industry a preca rious calling, where In the past it has been one of the substantial natural resource of the country. "How Is It that woolen goods, the raw wool which I purchased for SI. 67, could not be made into a suit for less than an added cost of S35?" asked Mc Clure. "Going to Washington with goods for a suit, the wool in which cost me $1.67, the first tailor I asked agreed to make It into a suit for 45. Others varied some, with the lowest bidder asking $35." To secure for the public the same protection in the purchase of wool products as they now have under the pure food laws, to protect them 'from unanowlng purchase of adulterated products, to secure. If possible. Gov ernment Inspection of all wool prod ucts and to enact a law compelling all wool manufacturers and dealers to la bel their products as to percentage of shoddy, cotton and wool, are the vital points of a resolution that will be In troduced at the session tomorrow by Dan P. Smythe, secretary of the Ore gon Woolgrowers' Association. TWO-STEPPER CAN'T STOP Man's Feet Misbehave Strangely In Los Angeles Streets. XOS ANGELES, Nov. 14. (Special.) Bruce Nimmo, a middle-aged man, who has not explained to the police where be Is from or what he is here for, was walking along the street today when he heard an organ-grinder play ing a lively tune. Nimmo began to dance and could not stop. He two stepped from First street to the, Plaza and back, and then he two-stepped down town and Tback and forth until there was such a crowd about him that he could so no further. He still kept two-stepping, however,, and finally a policeman led him to the receiving hos pital. Nimmo two-stepped all the way, though he had been at It four hours, and was stopped only by being strapped down, after which a dose of bromide was given him. The police surgeon said , Nimmo had swallowed about a gallon of some strong accelerator. SAHARA TO KNOW BURBANK Spineless Cactus Shipped to Far Corners of World. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14. (Special.) Negotiation are under way between local men and the authorities In vari ous parts of the Sahara which are ex pected to result soon In the introduc tion of Burbank's spineless cactus on the African desert. Experiments with the various kinds of spineless cacti have demonstrated, the experts declare, that some of them will thrive on any desert In the world where the temperature does not go too low, and they believe the Sahara Is peculiarly adapted to their cultivation. If this Is true the vast waste may be revolutionized In time to come by the California wonder. Extensive shipments of the spineless cacti are now made from Los Angeles to some of the South American coun tries. Two heavy clearances for For telaza, Brazil, and Buenos Aires were made today. MASQUERADER IS "CURED" Ray Leonard, Woman Long Known as Man, Discharged From Asylum. ALBANY. Or., Nov. 14. (Special) Ray Leonard, the woman who success fully masqueraded as a man for 49 years and for 22 years of that time conducted a shoe shop in Lebanon, has been released from the State Insane Asylum, to which she was committed from this county on September 25. County Judge Duncan today received notice from the superintendent of the asylum that she had been discharged as cured November 12. It is reported here that the woman will return to Lebanon and resume her work as a shoemaker. DETROIT. HAS HOT FIRE Firemen Fight Blaze In Wholesale House In Heavy Suow Storm. DETROIT, Mich., Nov. li. Fire broke out early tonigni on tne xourtn noor of a wholesale millinery company's five-story building, and spread Into the business district. The loss la estimated at $260,000 - S AS ONE Bf EXHORTER Gipsy Smith Spell Moves Whole Class. VAST ASSEMBLAGE IMPRESSED Sunday School Pupils of Rev. H. L. Nave Hear Appeal. GIPSY'S CONTROL GROWS Famous Evangelist Storms at Minis ters, Imitates Snake In Referring to Sin Overflow Meeting Fills White Temple. GIPSY SMITH PROGRAMME OF MEETING TODAY AND TOMORROW. Wednesday. 1 12 Noon Meeting for men only at Taylor - "street Methodist Church. Third and Taylor streets. 7:00 P. M. Gipsy Smith Taber nacle. 1 Thursday. 12 Noon Meeting for men only at Empress Theater. , 7:00 P. M. Gipsy Smith Taber nacle. No charge Is made for admission to any of xii Gipsy Smith meetings. The tabernacle Is at Chapman and Taylor streets. Cars run to Chap man on Morrison and to Nineteenth on, Washington. Overflow meetings will be held tonight at the White Temple and the Grace Methodist Church. Twenty lads ranging In age from It to 14 years sat last night In the tab ernacle within 20 feet of Gipsy Smith. They were the Sunday school pupils of Rev. Henry L. Nave, late) pastor of Montavllla Presbyterian Church, .who died suddenly at the tabernacle Sun day. In two reserved rows they sat In full view of the famous evangelist. "I want to see this dear class of boys make up their minds to take Jesus tonight," began the evangelist He stood at the corner of the rostrum. His hands were held almost to the lads' heads In the action of benediction. The choir was singing softly "Where Is My 'Wandering Boy Tonight?' Twenty thousand eyes were focused on the two reserved rows in which wera the boys for the tabernacle was filled to suffocation, one lad glanced at another. All Won At Once. "I want you to make up your minds now, my dear boys," continued the ei horter. "Settle It now. Take up the burden with him. I am praying for you now. Oh, my dear boys, I want you the class.left behind by that dear man who has gone to his last reward" to make the decision now now." There was a pause of perhaps 30 sec onds. It seemed minutes. The air was surcharged with emotion. A lad In the center made a movement and as one the 20 l'ttle fellows stood up and as one, their heads erect, they walked to the inquiry room. For the first tftbe the crowd at th tabernacle last night was so enormous that the first overflow meeting crowd ed the White Temple. Many hundreds stood during the meeting on the walks around the tabernacle. From time to time they caught a glimpse of the ex horter. The gospel hymns floated clearly through the opened windows. That was all, yet for that they waited two hours. Tonight special prepara tions will be made for overflow meet ings at both the White Temple and the Grace Methodist Church. Never did the Gipsy obtain the con trol over his audience that was his last night and once obtained, he kept it. A child cried once. It was at the beginning of his address, which was shorter than usual. From that time there was not a stir, not a movement of which the Gipsy was not aware. His control was absolute. a Boys Impress Multitude. As the boys rose a great wave of feeling swept over the meeting. It was Impossible of analysis. It' showed Itself by a visible swaying of the vaat audience, first from one side then from the other. A preacher likened the movement to the effect of a gale of wind in a field of corn, the stalks all bending to the effect of an influence it was Impossible to fathom. Long before "that time converts had been rising in every part of the audi torium. Every appeal of the evangel ist had its own effect. "The terms of my appeal may not come home the same to all alike. Dif ferent terms affect different people," said the exhorter. A woman rose, a tiny baby in her arms. "I see you," came the low murmur of the evangelist's voice.- "I see you. Some turned round. . -" "Keep praying." rang out the sonor ous voice. "Keep praying, when by looking about you may hinder those around you." ' Score Answer Appeal. One appeal brought a score perhaps rhore to their feet In a rush of emo tion and tears. The voice of the evan- CConcluded on Pace 14. 20 LAD WON