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9 TnE MORNING OREGONIATT. 3IONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1912. Standard Sewing Machines Sold on the $1 a WeeR Club Plan New Spring Wash Goods Are Daily Arriving'; Dept. 1st Flqgr IlARAGO MAKES PORT POLITiGAL STRIFE TACOMA'S EX-MAYOR, WHOSE SPLIT WITH COMMISSIONER 13 PUZZLE TO POLITICIANS. LI Olds, Wortmanii (b SI in. Barkentine Shattered by-Se-'fi r4 r ir ' vere Storm on Coast. OCCUPYING ENTIRE BLOCK, BOUNDED BY MORRISON, ALDER, TENTH AND W. PARK STS. lOMSATTACOfttt J Fawcett-Pettit Split Is Re garded Uncertainly by Party Leaders. eathunre SEAMS OPENED, SAILS TORN F CANDIDATES MAKE READY Corrraalmrlonera and Other Official I'TTpar to Go IVcfore Elector. Rrgtat ration ThU Tear Xot Equal to That of Last. TACOMA. Wash.. F. It. (Special) Th dissolution of the hard and fast political co-partnership existing be Iwog Commissioner of Publlo Safety T. H. Pettlt and A. V. Fawcett. Maror, who waa recalled a year ago on th t of th Spring election, haa caused no end of surprise and arosatp amoca- City Mail politicians. Though th commission form of government la supposed to put politics out of business, politics Is. nevertheless, as much In Tldcnro In Ctty Hall circles as of old. The politicians arc much at sea in their predictions as to the consequences cf the break to Commissioner Pettlt, who will be a candidate for re-elctton on AprtI 1. and principally because) Fawcett has let It be known that be himself will be a candidate) for Com missioner. There are three Commissioners te be elected, re Ult. who went In on the recall wave a year ao. succeeding; L. W. Roys, must now face the voters airaln. Commissioner Owen Woods, of the Dpartmnt of Public Works, has completed bis two-year term, snd a Commissioner of light and water will be named to sucroed Ben J. Weeks, who resigned last week. Engineer II. F. Gronen. of the Manually power plant project, who was elected by the Com mission to succeed Woeks. will merely fill out the term, and announces that under no circumstances will he seek the) office. Fawrett AM t Fetttt. The coalition of the Fawcett-Pettit forree) was effected Immediately aftr Fawcett was ousted last year. The ex Mayor was the prime mover In the re call aratnst I W. Roys, who waa also ousted, and naturally worked for th election of Pettlt. who ran against Ilors. It Is conceded that the Fawcett votes elected Pettlt. Plnce that time the ex-Mayor baa aetod as the chief, but Tery quiet, political adTlaer to the Commissioner until the collapse of the Feymour recall tbls week, which marked the formal dissolution of the co-partnership. It had been Fawcett' almost dally practice to consult with Commissioner Pettlt In the latter office In the City Hall each morning. Now the ex-Mayor does sot (Ten approach the office. The chief cause of the- break between the Fawcett-Pettit forces, so say friends of the two men. was the re fusal of Pettlt to assist Fawcett In forcing th recall of Mayor W. W. Seymour- During the 30 days tbe cam paign was on In an effort to secure signer to th Seymour petition, the ex-Mayor not once showed himself In connection with the movement, other than by lotting It be known that If the recall succeeded he would be a candi date against Seymour. Recall Caaaaalsra Costly. Th recall campaign cost several hun dred dollars, aa i cents per name waa paid for signer and th general rumor 1 that the fund for thl and for rent cf recall headquarter wa paid by the e-x-Mayor. Fawcett' friends assert Commission er Pettlt should have assisted In the recall effort. Inasmuch as It was Faw cett to whom Pettlt chiefly owed his election last Spring. The Commissioner did not assist the ex-Mayor, and so the latter ha come out In th field openly for a place. He has given It out. or friends hsr. that "the old roan" will be liberal thl time, much more liberal than he wa before he sprang hi near famous antl-treatlng ordinance and that ordinance waa the primary cauae of his undoing. Commissioner Woods will be a can didate to succeed himself. A man who ays Tory little and consequently ha little to "take back." Wood has made a splendid record at the head of th big Department of Public Works, and his friends predict he will go back In this time for a tour-year term Instead of two yeara. with ease. No department has made such an excellent showing In th two year Taeoma haa bad commis sion form of government as has th department presided oer by Wood. Ums A gala la Field. Nicholas I-awson. who wa elected Commissioner of TUght and Water two years ago. and ousted by th voter last year, when they elected Weeks, who baa Just realgned. la In the field again for election to bis old offlo. Other who will get In the race In clude A. U. Mills, who has formally an nounced himself; County Engineer J. E. Noel, who haa served two terms at hi Job and Is consequently Ineligible for re-election again as County En gineer: James B. Agner, Superintendent of City Water Mains; ex-LJeense In spector Jamea Glenn; B. Croahe. Im provement District Inspector: A. It InrohlseU ex-pastor of th First Pree byterlan Church of Taeoma and now a real eatate agent, and C. H. Boedecker. Interest in the -Spring ejection ha been running light thu tar. At th present rate. In th remaining ! day permitted, th registration will total not much over 30.00 aa against 17.000 on year ago. FLOODED STREAMS FALL Medford and Vicinity Oat of High Water banger Now. MEDFORD. Or, F,b. 18. (Special.) With the cessation of rain today. Bear Creek and Rogne River haTe fallen two feet from the high water mark of yes terday, enabling the repair crew to fix the Intake of the ctty water supply, and after II hour of anxiety ail im mediate danger to th city has appar ently passe Settlers near Butt Creek report the highest floods In rece-1 year in that section, but aside from th flooding of fields no sertou property loss has oc curred. Contrary to t-e prediction of the Medford Weather Bureau, the rains ceased early Sunday morning: clear, cold weather followed, and while coun try ro-de are 'practically Impassable, ro further trouble I anticipated. Early riura Bloaeoma Are Out. COTTAGE GROVE. Or. Fob. II (Special) Th earliest plura blossom .Tr irn in this section of the valley wero brought Into th city yesterday by Horac Cochran. Ther are many who fear a frost and great attendant damage to the precious fruit tree. Garden peas ax aise la blotsom. .J ::; f t A ' y : - A. V. FAWCETT. MILK MEN GLOOMY Producers in Eastern Mult nomah Say Price Is Low. RELIEF SEEN IN UNION Dairymen Will Meet March 8 for Perfecting. Organisation Solu tion la Vlw I Dlstrlbnt inc Plant at Portland. n.F-OVTT f)r Feb. !. (Special.) Milk producer all over Eastern Mult nomah are discouraged because of a decline In the price of milk paid by the distributor of Portland. i. mttnr ta devise some mean of co-operation that would give them relief a representative ooay oi inmhli Rintirh 4a!rvmen met here yes terday, but accomplished very little. except to resolve to meet again I, for the purpose oi periecxmg av per manent organisation. DUtriketlag Plaat I rgea. . v. wt- ..1.4 ... r f riremn II. Efc 1 ftl'B. yi.n..!.. w. " Dairymen' Association, outlined a plan of operation. He declared that th only relief n xoresaw waa in edi ting together and establishing a dis tributing plant of their own at Port- , mi- ..... .. ffila entiltfi he WIIU. II u)vwii. " . ..... done If a Joint stock company were formeo witn a rapiia ... -fc.- . v. , th eltv ordi nances of Portland made every milk man a lawbreaker It he attempted to sell hi own milk there, because it I Impossible to get fresh milk down to the right temperature. The law re quires that It mut be cooled to 60 de grees before It leaves the dairy and that It must be sold under (0 degrees. Without a refrigerating plant thl cannot be done, hence the producers must combine to build one In Portland and maintain It or sell, to th dis tributor, aa at preeenw Mr. Davis said that he had been In- WEll-KOHT TOn'O WOlfAJI OK ROF.BlRG IIK AT AliB OF 1 YKAIH. 1 ".e.v - : Mrs. Kiss M. UaeMey. ROSEBCno. Or Feb. 10. Spe Clal.) Mrs. Kdna M. Hadlay. wife of Morton Uadley. died at the family home In this city yester day. The funeral waa held at the Baptist Church today, burial being at the Masonic Cemetery. Funeral anrvlces were conducted by Rev. W. H. Eaton. Be-sldes a husband. Mrs. Hadley Is survive.! by her parents. Mr. and Mrs, W. a Lam on. of West Roseburg: four sisters Alice. Olive. Helen and Maude and one brother. Clinton. Mrs. Had ley was born at Jamestown. Colo and resided In Roseburg for about too year. She was a graduate of th Roseburg publlo schools She was II years of age. vited to a raeetmg to be held In the Portland City Hall March 1. the object being to bring about an amendment to the milk ordinance, affecting the In terests of the dairymen and be hoped to be able to show some good results. K ld that th city make law re gardless of country life and Ignore any suggestion of th farmer and that ail the dairymen can do 1 to com bine for themselves, tell the city people what can be don and wait results. Exchange la Favored. A producers' exchange waa favored to be operated by a board of directors from numerous local associations, so as to formulate plans to sell products. This exchange. It was pointed out would watch municipal legislation and dictate relief measures. A letter was read from M. 8. Bhrock. of Banks. Washington County, con veying the Informstlon that a local as sociation had been formed there. This Is a co-operative cream association, and they are being opposed. It Is said, by the interests behind the milk con densing plant at Hlllsboro. The Washington County dairymen," Mr. Bhrock said, are shipping their cream to Portland, but cannot get a disin terested man to make the required tests whereby they lose nearly A per cent aa compared with tests made be fore shipment. Tbls circumstance. Mr. Bhrock said, convinced him that the dairymen are being discriminated against, and that they should be in a position to have something to say In the matter. It was brought out during the course of the debates that the cream eries are offering more for butter fat than the wholesale price of butter. They do this, it was asserted, to get the cream away from each other and then "play even" by returning fraud ulent tests, amounting to as much aa 4 per cent in many cases. Feed Seen red Cheaper. Reports 'from the local bodies now organised elsewhere show that soma gain has been mad In being able to buy feed at better price than when each man waa acting alone. The principal grievance la against th -distributers. who have lately announced that the price for a three gallon can of milk will hereafter be only 40 cents with a prospect of a fur ther reduction In a month or so. When It Is asserted the producer are entitled to 60 per cent of the retail price their grievance 1 easily understood. A fur ther cause of dissatisfaction among the dairymen of the Columbia Slough is the fact that the Portland Dairy Association gave as an excuse for the recent cut In prices that it was sub ject to double hauling by team and auto truck and that It then took the teams off and required the farmers to haul their milk to the auto route. The association has but recently closed down Its skimming plant and cheese factory here, taking all the milk to Portland. Old Batter Made New Allowed. Assertion wer also made that written contracts made by the cream eries were frequently Ignored when convenience suited, also, that 60 per cent of the creamery butter sold by the creameries of Portland 1 Imported, worked over In fresh milk and dis tributed as fresh creamery butter. It waa further said that many dairy men have gone out of business during the past year and that about per cent of .the cows paying tribute to Portland a year ago are gone now. The closing sentiment of the meeting waa to the effect that It is the duty of the distributers to secure Just laws, to protect the producer. It is not to the distributers' financial Interest to do so, the dairymen declared, aa the people are not expected to take any article prohibited by law and the dairymen cannot fulfill the law. It was contended, and dairy milk sent from th producer direct to the consumer Is unlawful goods, according to the city ordinances. DEMOCRATS URGE PROTEST Convention Talk Hegardod aa Slap at Appointment Policy. SALEM, Or, Feb. IS. (Special) An effort which Is now being made among a large number of Democrats In Maxlon County to forward a county convention and a move urging County Chairman Coleman to call, such a con vention. Is taken by some as being an attempt to rebuke the former policies of Demoorats elected under the direct pri maries when tbey have appointed Re publican officials In passing around the patronage. A large number of Democrats In this vicinity were particularly disgruntled and angered when Governor West ap pointed Ben Olcott aa Secretary of State and further Republican appoint ments have not made them feel any less free to express their opinions. Under the proposed plan for a county oonventloa about the only steps that could be taken would be to make up a late for county officer, but the Demo crats believe that they could be suc cessful with some of these and re-establish a move for other counties to take up the Democratic, scheme for the old convention plan. Bank Cashier K colons. INDEPENDENCE. Or, Feb. 1. (Spe cial.) C W. Irvine, who has been cashier of the Independence National Bank for 22 years, has Just tendered hi resignation, and will accept a like position in the new bank oon to be established here. . Our population la April. !". -PT2 ?. The -whltee were l.T.ia,T. or about 8 per cent; the nefreae were ,2,24 r aoeut 21 er eeaa. Schooner Mttweema, Itself In Dla- j tress. Shares Supplies and Both Vessels Kemala Together Best of Voya-e. SAN DIEGO, Cat. Feb. 18. Thirty three day out from Coos Bay. its pumps manned and Its decks water washed, the barkentine Arago. Captain Verxon. made port late this afternoon, after one of the hardest voyages re cently reported on the southern coast. It was preceded a few hour by the schooner Maweema, Captain Nelson, 16 days from W ilia pa, the. greater por tion of the time without a compass. One day out of Wlllaps, the Maweema struck a hurricane and for nearly 60 hour the captain and crew battled for their lives. Sea Overtake V react. The compass and binnacle box were ' torn away with the first waves. Though the ship was running with the wind, the storm was the faster and for hours the sea broke over the vessel, carry ing away the lifeboat and a portion of the cargo. For a week the Maweema waa held to Its course 'by the aid of the sun and stars until finally the I wind abated and the barkentine Arago, ; flying- signals of dlstressT-waa sighted. , Schooner Share Sapplie. It was found that the sides of the Arago had opened, water was pouring i. at the rate of seven Inches an hour, most of the sails bad been torn and water and provisions were almost out. The crippled Maweema hared Its meager supply with the sinking ves sel and from that time until today they were always in sight of each other. Th Arago was kept afloat by Jetti soning some of it lumber cargo and ualng a portion of the cargo for fuel to keep the donkey engine in opera tion a an aid to tho crew manning the pump. DECISION IS DELAYED COTTAGE GROVE CASE AWAITS ST. JOHXS SETTLEMENT. Plaintiffs Contest Election Held Last Mar 1T Which Outside Territory Voted Into City. sts-iTi tr nnrw. Or Feb- 12. W 1 . ilJ m . ' . - - (Special.) The demurrer in the case of Landes et a! vs. the City of Cottag Grove, tho second case of the kind In the state, was argued before Judge Harris last week. The plaintiffs contest the election held last May. by which considerable outlying territory was voted Into the city limits. They complain that the city charter doe not provide for uch an election: that, if held under the ini tiative, the election was Illegal, be cause those outside of the city were allowed to vote on what amounted to an amendment of the charter; further, that property outside the city could not be voted in without consent of the owners, and that the ballot were mixed together In such a manner as to make It Impossible to show whether or not the outsiders voted annexation. The demurrer merely sets up a point ' of law as to whether or not the com plaint state a cause of action, and the decision on the aemorrer pronir will settle the case In the Circuit Court, a the defendant attorneys have stipu lated to the facta stated in the com plaint. The case ha been taken under ad visement, and a decision may not be given for a couple of weeks. The only other case of the kind ever to come up in the -state is that of certain residents of St. Johns vs. Portland, and Judge Harris wishes to wait for a decision In this case tyfore handing down his decision. WRITER BUYS NEWSPAPER Klamath Falls Dallies to Be Con solidated This Week. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Feb. 12- (Special.) Samuel M. Evans, of San Francisco, a writer for Sunset Maga sine. announces in this morning's Pioneer Press that he has purchased that dally newspaper from the Klamath Development Company and also pur chased the Klamath dally and weekly Chronicle from Edward J. Murray. He will consolidate them and Issue them as the Pioneer Press, beginning Tuesday. Both papers have been pub lished dally and Sunday except Monday. This reduces the number of newspa pers In this city from three ta two. W. O. Smith, candidate for the State Legislature on the Republican ticket. Is publisher of the Evening Herald. The merchants are glad of the change, as the appeal of three dally newspaper for patrcmage In a town of 6000 people have been a hard problem for the trade. DEPOT ROBBED IN DAYLIGHT While Salem Agent I Away Burp lar Pry Open Window. SALENf. Or., Feb: IS. (Special.) The West Salem terminal depot of the Sa lem. Fall City & Western was broken Into by burglars In daylight today whll Agent W. H- Norrl was absent, and the robbers escaped with what Is believed to be a considerable snm of money. How much was taken the agent says he will be unable to announce until he makes a check on the tickets. Agent Norrl left the depot shortly after o'clock, following the departure of a morning train for Black Rock, re turning at 10 o'clock for another de parting train. On hi return he found a window pHed open and the cash drawer broken into. The ticket box also was broken Into, but he thinks nothing was taken from that. ALLEGRETTI. These celebrated confections are for ale exclusively by Sig. Slchel Sc. Co.. 91 Jttiid. Third at Washington and Sixth at Washington. E 71 Begins This Morning at 8 o'ClocK The most etensive showing the women of Portland and the Northwest have ever inmpni nf the sea- nau an oppon unity iu icaoi iucu upu". iiiaijjv-v .son's best qualities and most pleasing patterns, and with the regular lines comes Hi Great pecials II RTTabr-oicleries Worth to 25c a Yard Now for 12c Embroideries Worth to Q5c a Yard Now for 2c Embroideries Worth to 85c a Yard Now for 37c Embroideries Worth to Sl.QO a Yard Now for 48c Embroideries Worth to $1.25 a Yard Now for 59c Embroideries Worth to $1.5Q a Yard Now for 79c Embroideries Worth to S2.25 a Yard Now for .98c Embroideries Worth to $2.5Q a Yard for $1.37 Embroideries Worth to $3.25 a Yard for frl.78 Embroideries Worth to S4-OQ a Yard for $2.37 Embroideries Worth to g5.QO a Yard for S2.98 Grocery Specials FRENCH BOHEMIAN CHEESE IN JARS Made from a recipe over 100 years old, discovered in a small cafe in the famous Latin Quarter of Paris. tfP Tuesday Bacon 16c StreaKy Lean English Strle For Monday Hams 15c Fancy Eastern Sugar Cured String Beans Polo Brand, 2 cans for only 25c, or the dozen cans for only $1.40 s : " : : rr "i, n r- j i j rsri Canned Corn specially priced for this sale at 3 cans tor zoc, or me aozen mr uy Asparagus Grand Island, priced for this sale at 20c a can, or the dozen at $2.25 Asparagus S. & W. Brand, priced at 25c a can, or the dozen cans for only $2.75 CannedShrimps Tobasco Brand, priced during this sale at 3 cans for only 25g Canned Peas Apex, specially priced at 15c a can, or dozen cans for only $1.65 Glenwood Butter, a good quality, priced at the 2-lb square 78C Regular 25c cap Puree de Foie Gras on sale here at only 20 Kippered Herring, imported, regular 20c cans, sale price 15 Sardines Norwegian, selling at 10c the can, or by doz. SI. 10 Mackerel, imported, during this sale the regular 25c can for 20d Large Oregon Prunes, very fine quality and priced at, lb. Fancy Maine Corn specially priced for this sale at, the can, Cooking School Tomorrow at 2:30 P. M. In auditorium, 4th floor. This lesson will be very interesting. Mrs. Hawley will demonstrate the advantages of cooking by electricity. Do not miss it. OOc Tea 45c O. W. K. Brand, put up in air tight packages, regular 60c grade, specially priced A r for this sale at onlytJV CannedMilK "Jersey," "Yeloban," "Hol ly," all good, reliable brands; special 2 cans for 15c, QJ or dozen cans for only 03C Knorrs Soups Imported Pea, Bean or Len til, in powdered form, ready for use ; in two sizes priced, each, 15c and I3C PLAN TO CURB APPEALS SAL-EM LAWYERS WOtXD MM IT OASES CARRIED UP. Suggestion Mad That Where Amount lr Not Above SC50 Supreme Court Not Act. SALKM, Or.. Feb. 18 (Special.) SuKKesUons which have been made by Salem attorneys which may lead to leg islation at the next session. It Is as serted. If passed, will obviate the necessity for creating any additional Justices of the Supreme Court, cut down expenses of that court consider ably and allow the docket to be caught up with in short order. The suggestions are simply to place a limitation on the class o actions and suits which are appealed to the hlS"" court and to make the Circuit Courts courts of last resort In these causes. Inasmuch aa the Supreme Court ex ists aa a matter of law and not as a matter of constitutional light and that the right of appeal Is merely granted by statute and not by the constitution. It Is asserted that this limitation on causes to be appealed could be safely made without Jeopardizing the interests of the people at large. Under the plan as proposed In tne suggestions a limit on appeals of cases, for instanco, where the amount Involved is not more than $260 la the recom mendation made, although the unount stated is merely a tentative one tn the way of example. A large number of the cases which come to the Supreme Court, It is pointed out. Involve very small sums, many or these cases originating; In the Justice CAttthe same time the points of law Involved are frequently as complicated and as difficult to work out as In the more Important cases- and as a result consume as much time of the court as the cases which involve large amounts. It Is contended that the rapid growth of the state with the attendant in crease in litigation, will mean neces sity of two more Justices In the course of a few years and it Is probable that another bill to that effect will be brought before the next Legislature. The cost of these additional Justices would be 19000 annually. In addition to the present cost, for salaries alone, without counting expense of stenog raphers and Incidentals. The plan as suggested above. It is said, would do away with the necessity of additional Justices, probably for many yeara to come. Library Contract Let. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove, Or, Feb. 18. (Special.) The contract for the building of the Carnegie Li brary of Pacific University was let today. The bids were opened this morning and the contract awarded to the Wlneland Building & Engineering Company of Portland. .Building opera tions will be begun at once. The heat ing, plumbing and wiring contract will be given to the Coast Engineering Com pany of Portland. The building will be erected at a cost of 120,000 and is to be completed within three months. Fair Wants No Publicity Agent, SALEM, Or, Feb. 18. (Special.) The State Fair Board has decided to engage no regular publicity man for 1913. Members of the Board state that this has nothing to do with alleged peculations of John Day, of Portland and Taeoma. Day was publicity man for the fair last year. The Board re vised the premium list to a certain ex tent but did nothing further today, ad journing subject to the call of Presi dent Booth. NEW PIANOS FOR RENT At Bush-Lane Piano Co., 355 Washing ton street. 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