INQUIRY INTO COST OF LIVING ADVISED Taft Would Call Conference of Nations; Also Sends Mes sage on Alaska. FEDERAL RAILWAY URGED Lrayinc of Coal and rhophato Po poolts Proposal Xattonal Policy Would Sfodlfy Reclamation Laws. irmiT of otsmcm t PRESIDO'T TAIT. Xntarnatlonal Inquiry Into high eot of living propol a ntll to st at tram uun sad avoir mdy. rdarl railway end oonunUaioa gevariiinaat. half elective, for Alaska. Inquiry Into coadlttoa of labor u--(Mt4, on la-a-lttraat object being to nll-hta and Inform public opinion. Louis of eool and pnoapbato land la UnStod Stata and Alaka faTorod. Laniaoey to homootoadcra on roo lamatloa project adTlaad. Control of wator powr hould ro mala wltn Nation, atatoa to ngulata National Park Buraaa ohoald o- tasllahod. Lav abould bo mad to punUh aovoraly thoo who !! artlclo pur porting to bo mad la oountir not trao place of manufacture. WASHINGTON. Feb. i. President Taft gent three, messages, ail relatively brief, to Congress today. In one he urged an International conference to dlKDM the high coat of living; and ob tain Information on how It may be re duced. A aecond recommend Investi gation by the Federal Government of the Question of Industrial relations. The third deals with Alaska and the public domain In general. The President deems the high and eeedlly Increasing; cost of living worthy of aa International confer ence." and adds: "There la no doubt that a commis sion rould be appointed of such un prejudiced and Impartial persons, ex perts In Investigation of economic facts, that a great deal of very valu able light could be shed upon the rea son for the high prices that have so distressed the people of the world, and Information given upon which action might be taken to reduce the cost of living-. lIlaTker nl-o lateTMtlaaaL "Those who have conducted Inves tigations have found that the phenom enon of rlstns; prices is almost, if not nulte. general throughout the world: but they are baffled In the attempt to trace the causes by the Impossibility if making any accurate international comparisons. This I because. In spite of the number of Investigations al ready made, we are still without ade quate data and because as yet no two countries estimate their price levels on t.-.e same basts or by the same meth ods. Of the aubject of the condition ot labor, the president says the time is opportune for an Investigation, which "should be non-partisan, comprehen sive, thorough, patient and courage ous. He says of it: "One legtlmate object of such an of ficial Investigation and report la to enlighten and Inform public opinion, which of Itself will often Induce or compel the reform of unjust condi tions or the abatement ot unreasonable demand." In his Alaska message he urres the construction of a Government railway and a commission form of government, one-haif the commission to be elected and the other half appointed by the President. He proposes a leasing- sys tem for coal and phosphate lands In the United States, as well as In Alaska. He would modify the fnlted states reclamation laws, concurring; In Secre tary Flshera views. The message avs: "I concur with the Secretary of the 7nt-for In ri. re-nmmenntlfn that Every Picture Tells a Story i L T n n mr after entry la made opon land being reclaimed, actual occupation as a home stead of the same be not required un til two years after entry, but that cul tivation of the same shall be required, and that the present provision under which the land la to be paid for in ten annual Installments shall be so modi fled a to allow a patent to Issue for the land at the end of five years' cul tivation and. three years' occupation, with a reservation of a Government Hen for the amount of tha unpaid pur chase money. Leniency W ill Be Rewarded. "This leniency to the reclamation homesteader will relieve him from oc cupation at a time when the condition of the land makes It most burdensome and difficult, and" at the end of five years will furnish him with a title upon which he can borrow money and continue the Improvement of his hold ing." He believes the control of water power sites should remain with the National Government rather than the states, to be disposed of by direct leases, the rental to be used In Im provement of the stream and for the benefit of tho local community where the power site was located. He would give to the atatea the right to regulate the rates at which the converted power was sold. President Taft earnestly advises tha establishment of a National Park Bu reau, saying that "every consideration of patriotism and the love of nature and of beauty and of art requires us to expend money enough to bring all these natural wonders within easy reach of our people." The President concludes his message with a recommendation that a law be enacted "making it a misdemeanor, punishable by fine or Imprisonment, to use the malls or to put Into Interstate commerce any articles of merchandise which bear upon their face a statement that they have been manufactured In some particular country when the fact is otherwise." The particular violation to which the attention of the President baa been brought was the sale of ar ticles In the United 6tatea wrongly purporting to have been made In Ireland." A IS IEPARTrEVr FINDS INFANTRY OCT OF FKOPORTION. States Will Be Encouraged to Build TTp Cavalry and Artillery Arms, Xow Most Desired. WASHINGTON. Feb. Serious con cern In the War Department over the scarcity of cavalry and field artillery organisations In the National Guard has led to a formal announcement that it Is the policy of the department to encourage these branches, and that unallotted funda from Federal mllltla maintenance approprlatione will be naed for that surpose. The state sol diery Is top-heavy with Infantry. probably because it is so mucn and cheaper to organise and maintain. The attention of the department baa been directed also to the fact that many state Infantry regiments are not fully recruited. This 1 regarded as false economy, as the same number of expensive officers is required for a regiment of eight companlea aa for one with the full quota. Consequently, the mllltla division has Issued a circular bulletin warning state authorities against authorising any additional Infantry regiments un til those already In existence are com plete as to organization, arms and equipment. "TRUST" IS NEGOTIATING .Shoe Machinery Official" Confer With Federal Officials. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. Negotiations for a friendly settlement of the Govern, ment's anti-trust suit against the United Shoe Machinery Company were resumed today at the Department of Justice. It has not yet developed whether the company will endeavor to Include tha criminal suit as well aa the civil action in the attempt to reach a settlement. Masters Candidate for Judgeship. SALEM. Or.. Feb. . (Special.) Wil liam Y. Masters. Republican, filed his petition for nomination today as Judge of the Fourth Judicial District, depart ment No. 4. this district being Mult nomah County. He files aa a Repub lican and haa aa his slogan. "Justice and equity to every person. TlfE MO K XI ISO UKEUUNIAN, SATURDAY, rKBKUAKIT S. 191Z. T. ft FOR SUFFRAGE IF WOMEN WANT IT Colonel Would Not Force Bal lot Upon Sex, but Favors Special Referendum. EQUALITY SURE TO COME 3Ien and Women, Says Onilook Edi tor, in Ixng Bun "Will Go TTp and Pawn Together Jnlla, Ward Howe Ideal Type. NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Theodore Roosevelt discusses "Women's Rights, and the Duties of Both Men and Wo men." in an editorial In the current Is sue of The Outlook. He says. In part: "Much. Indeed, has America owed to the fact that her two greatest men. Washington and Lincoln, though they did not neglect rights, were even more concerned with duties. "I believe In woman's rights. I be lieve even more earnestly In the per formance of duty by both men and wo men; for unless the average man and the average woman live lives of duty, not only our democracy, but civilization Itself, will perish. I heartily believe In equality of rights as between man and woman, but also In full and em phatic recognition of the fact that normally there cannot be Identity of function. Indeed, there must normally be complete .dissimilarity of function between then!, and the effort to Ignore this patent fact Is silly. Weald Let Wessen Tbeaaaelvea Decide. "I believe In weman's suffrage wher ever the women want It. Where they don't want It, the suffrage should not be forced on them. I think that it would be well to let the women them selves, and only the women, vote at some special election as to whether they do or not wish the vote as a, permanent possession. In other words, this la pe culiarly a case for the referendum to those most directly affected that la, the women themselves. I should be en tirely content to abide by the decision, either way; for, though I don't think that the damage prophesied from wo men's voting would come, or bas come, where It has been tried; I also think that very much less effect would be produced, one way or the other, than the enthusiaats believe. In other words, I don't regard the movement as any thing like Us extreme friends or ex treme opponents think. It Is so much less Important than many other reforms that I have never been able to take a very heated Interest In It. SanTruretteai Not Typical. "If the woman suffrage movement were to be Judged only by those advo cates of It who would discredit them selves and their sex by disorderly an tics In public, and who assail the foun dations of private and publlo morality In their endeavor, not to raise the sense of moral duty In man, but to lower the sense of moral duty In women. I should certainly oppose the movement. But I don't believe these undesirable apostles are In any way to be accepted aa exponents of the cause, and I call attention to the fact that they are prominent, not In the region where woman suffrage does exist, but In regions where It does not exist. "I pin my faith to woman suffrs glsts of the type of the late Julia Ward Howe. Julia Ward Howe was one ot the foremost cltisens of this Republic; she rendered service to the people such aa few men In any generation render; and yet she did. first of all. her full duty In tbe Intimate home relations that must ever take precedence of all other relatione. "In our Western states, where the suffrage has been given to women, I am unable to see that any great dif ference has been caused, as compared with neighboring states of similar so cial and industrial conditions, where women bava not the suffrage. Tet what slight changes have occurred have been for tbe better and not tbe worse Other Qaeetloaa of Greater Momeat. "I most earnestly desire to empha sise my feeling that the question of woman suffrsge Is unimportant com nared to the great fundamental ques tions that go to the root of right con- PORTLAND All Over Portland nir TT A H. McCullough, painter. 1170 Omaha UM iwlY Art Portland. Oregon, says: I re A trCVrTTT? celved great benefit from the use of AVr.INU.C Doan s Kidney Pills. My back was weak and painful, and when I stooped I had sharp twinge, in my loins. I believe that the nature of my work was the cause of my trouble. My kid neys wore disordered and I was miserable In every way. Uoan'a Kidney Pills cured me and restored me to much better health." rD AWT Mr- A- M. Hollabaugh, 2S A. Grant J IV V IN X St.. Portland.. Oregon, says: 'For OT"T Y7T7T two or three yeara I suffered from 3 1 LE.V 1 kidney complaint and Inflammation of tho bladder. I had considerable backache, but the- worst symptom of my trouble was a difficulty with the kidney secretions. Doan's Kidney Pills relieved me soon after I began their use and in every way lived up to the claims made for them. (Statement given January It. 180S.) RE-EXDORSKMEJIT. Mrs. Hollabaugh was Interviewed pn March J. 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You can save $5 to $15 on a suit or overcoat; simply our way of pleasing old friends, making' new friends and keeping our stock as new as a new store. lilUll GusKuhn Prop. 166-170 THIRD 51 duct as regards both men and women. There should be equality of rights and duties, but not Identity of functions; and with the man, aa with the woman, the prime duties are those related to tbe home and tbe family. "The supreme Importance and high position of the woman of the type of Julia Ward Howe cannot be Increased materially by the possession of the ballot. I am glad that the good, wise and brave mother should have the bal lot. I am especially glad If Its posses sion will add to the high dignity of her poaition In the eyes of men. But I cannot conceive of any man's now fall ing to hold such a mother as more worthy of respeot than any1 man or than any other woman. "In the long run. and taken as a whole, men and women will go up or go down together, and all reforms ot first-class importance must look toward raising both men and women to a higher level, alike as regards the things of the body and as regards tha things of the souL" WATER FIGHT IS BIHER CONTEST FOR MOSES LIKE RIGHTS ON IX EARNEST. Former Senator Fettlgrevr, of South Dakota, Loses Advantage In Ac tion in Washington State. SEATTLE, Wash- Feb. 2. Ex-Senator R. F. Pettlgrew, ot South Dakota, who Is fighting with the H. L. Hollls ter Interest for the right to use the waters of Moses Lake. Grant County. Washington, for irrigation purposes, lost an advantage today, when the State Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of review of the decision of Su perior Judge R. S. Stelner. of Douglas County, who held that the owners of the shore lands of the lake had first -i i n , Vi a n-.t.r Argument in the case were set for a hearing at the May term of the Superior Court. Mr. Pettlgrew obtained from the Northern Pacific 38,000 acres of land cnrroundlng the lake, including the ri parian rights, and proceeded to build a dam at the crib rock outlet of the lake to gather water to be pumped to the land. The Holllster Interests sought to Impound and use the waters of the lake In order to Irrigate 30.000 acres of land south of the lake. Both Improvements were held up by injunc tions. Moses Lake Is long and narrow and lies In an abandoned channel of the Co lumbia River. Its waters rise and fall with tne oiumoia. n is pun ny r- Makes Backache and Suffer ings of Kidney Trouble Seem Needless. Have you suspected your kidneys? Many Portland people have. They have used Doan's Kidney Pills for lame, weak and aching backs, for urinary disorders, for weak kidneys. They frankly tell how they found quick and lasting benefit. The words of Portland men and women will prove to many a weary sufferer a welcome message, pointing out the cause of many mysterious pains and ills and showing the way to find relief. What could be more convincing proof of merit than home testimony? Doan's Kidney Pills are being recommended by home people everywhere. Six thousand newspapers are presenting this evidence. Thirty thousand persons are mak ing this testimony public to their neighbors. If your back aches, if you are tired, lame, weak, nervous, running down constantly, suspect your kidneys and get the one-home-endorsed kidney remedy- "THE LARGEST Y. M. C. A. . - IN THE WORLD" BY HARVEY BECKWITH That's what several hundred enthusiastic men are working for this week. This week is devoted to a special campaign , for the securing of new members and to make the inducement unusually strong those who join now are offered a saving of $2. FULL MEMBERSHIP FOR $12 DURING SPECIAL CAMPAIGN WEEK Here's a place for young men to find manly recreation pleasant companionship helpful associations. I want to do my part in bringing in a large number this week. I'd like to see every young man who is now spending his evenings in a lonely room take advantage of this special offer and identify himself with an associa tion that stands so much for clean, vigorous manhood. It's an inspiration for more earnest effort to mingle with men who are doing things any man is better pre pared for the daily grind of business if the evening bef ore has been spent in wholesome recreation. No matter what your work may be brain work or hard labor you must have a vigorous body to do your work justice. m . The business of the Y. M. C. A. is the building of better bodies the training of active minds. . Give your body a chance healthful exercise and helpful companionship can do much for you. The opportunity for these is offered you now. It's time you placed your name on the dotted line of a Y. M. C. A. membership application blank. Be one of us and have the privileges of A $500,000 Club Building Employment Department Swimming Pool Gymnasium Handball Court ' Shower Baths , , Large Library Reading Rooms Educational Classes Phone the membership secretary he's waiting right now to hear you ask for more information and a membership blank. Here are the phone numbers: Main 7065, A 6561. tiers that there Is water enough In the lake for both irrigation projects. Tho Moses Lake country lies between the transcontinental lines of the Great Northern and Milwaukee railroads, and the Und-Ellensburg cutoff, to shorten the main line of the Northern Pacific, will run near the lake. Woodland Bridge Contract Let. "WOODLAND. Wash.. Feb. 2. (Spe cial.) The contract for the approaches and the piers for the 60,000 bridge across Lewis River at this point was awarded to the Jahn Construction TESTIMOM.Y, Company, of Seattle, when the bids were opened yesterday, the contract price being J18.000. It is expected that work will begin at once, as the con tract work Is to be completed by Octo ber 1. 1912. Bids for the steel work probably will be let soon, so that the successful bidder may be able to as semble the material In a short time after the approaches and piers are com pleted. Montesano to Get Xew Newspaper. MOXTESANO. Wash., Feb. 2. (Spe cial Montesano to have . s All Over Portland CLACKAMAS 8?V?;5, a-w T" t- T np I K. Cj Ht recommending Doan's Kidney Pills still holds good. This remedy relieved me at that time of a severe attack of kidney and bladder trouble. I stll take Doan's Kidney Pills occasionally, and find that they prevent kidney disorders to which elderly folks are subject. Other members of my family have also received great benefit from Doan's Kidney Pills." N?4TTT -e-n10" Spreltzer, 407 N. Twenty- 1 " fourth St., Portland, Oregon, says: STREET "I have taken Doan's Kidney Pills at different times, and have always received great relief. I was troubled severely by backache and also annoyed by Irregular and pain ful passages of the kidney secretions. Doan's Kid ney Pills corrected these difficulties and. there fore. It gives me pleasure to recommend them." EA'7TTT Mrs- Iabella Brown, 114 E. Forty .41X1 seventh St., Portland, Oregon, says: STREET "When I was afflicted with kidney - trouble, Doan's Kidney Pills came to my aid and made me well. They stopped the aches and pains in my back and corrected the trouble with the kidney secretions. That happened six years ago, and since then I have enjoyed good health. I recommend Doan's Kidney Pills highly to other kidney sufferers." .1 newspaper to be called the Chehalis County Call, the first issue will bo published next Tuesday. In politics the Call will be progressive Republi can. A. C. Veatch, who formerly con ducted a paper In the eastern part of this state, will be editor and pro prietor. Lwiston to Work for Taft and T. It. LEWISTON, Idaho, Feb. 2. (Spe cial.) Plans are being made here for the formation of both Taft and Rootic velt clubs, and work for both candi dates will be started Immediately. 244 land. X Oregon, says: "The public Ktatpmpnt I gave in 1903, ' DOAN'S KlDN At All Drugstores FOSTER-MILBURN CO. BUFFALO, N. Y. Pn EY LS