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THE MOTiMNtt OREGOMAX. FRIDAY. MARCH S. 19V. FLOUR RATES 10 ORIENT ADVANCED June Shipments to Carry 50 Cents Additional Charge, Making $3.50 a Ton. SOUND TARIFF REMAINS $3 t.rrat Northern and l.lnc Funnel Heel .eeet I'rmluet ill North to Monsrkinis at Itnv Hate. Weir Line Advance. Spiff for IVirtlaml flour ilr stino! for t Orirnt i ln-ins bookr.l on June rtt'mTM at &0 i-ntH a toll alove wliat It I.- hrlnc n"rfptt-l for tv nmc lins running frm riiKt t-Mttr.l. Slii!p-rn t lm i'lnr-.l Imslr-s on Ihi Waicr lions linp fnrii Portland were in -formal tliat tlir 3 rjtc to llonskonc roul.l not le cirftrni.'l. but tliey lookr. at 13 .30. The Or.at Northern and liluo Kutin.l fleet nre reinrtel to be arrriitinu flour In the Jtortti for llonjrkorc at 3 a top. une ftorv to rea-h Portland yester i!ar wa.n that the Waterliou.se ofltclal hanl taat Andrew Weir, who owns the f'rterlr. I.u erie. Suverit ami Kttnirrie, had InHlste.! thai tne rates for June be advanced .'.t cent a ton. It I re. ported In hl.pin: rirrl, s that the feeltni? Iwtuecn Anilrrw 'Weir and Krank Waterhowne ha been traine.l inc-e the former withdrew from the Australian ervbe and Waterlioune I eoinc hi .utmost to keep that line point; wltli ve-sds he has umler char ter. on behalf of the Vc!r interests It is aal.l the advance In rates for uteamers now in rnr of what can be obtained In the r.c.iUr oriental service, has rau.-e.l them to d niand greater reve nue from the fleet runnlni? from Port land and I'uatct Sound. The Trans-I'acitle Kn-UM Bureau Via i:.sued a iln-ular settinu forth that the rates mil be 1 hichcr a ton on Hour after September ami it was felt that there would be no earlier In crease, though ncenllv a stronc effort was made to bavc the new rate : Into effert June I. but the Japanese lines refused Join with the others In the move. Whether the WatcrlMUise line Miccrrds In cliarcltiK SO cents ad ditional on shipment from Puuet s-omd. It Mill places Portland at a dis advantage U-eau-e the lireat Northern and Blue Funnel will accept June jihlpments at Eoln rates. Kxportcrs sa that th. y have re ceived no official circular from the Waterhouse line reuardlni: the iO-cent advance, but that on arranmc f.-r p.ire they haVe ben tol.l ot the I1CW ruline. Some of those shlpplnu aver that thev have not barn-d if the new chaice. but al- admit that they have not solicited space for June. nu n r -Hil ls Ti:.Mim:KY iiM't liir Note IHrfi-reiH in h;ir a.lrr of I.IIhk el-. fhnm.e In aids to navigation were announced from the ofli.e of Inspector ,.f the seventeenth lighthouse illstrlct. ycst.'iday. as fallow : off erurf." ! J"" e !'' SI rail S.fl...re Hack l.lzM Ve..rl. No. :. re. a t. ll:rf t..!.t N.'. TIio nanc- W fini.rar l No. s.. 3nl- hlr-ir fix' .iti !;.-!irf l.icht Vis- mil ..Mini!. Io t.irfl-.-l!tiv Ol tM.-e cf l.'ihl !. N I'.llf l.:-'il N.. d!ffr. from I. Ik lit I. No. '-. and has no .pKnKital da ni irk. .-f o.w:i hj all :;ile part mm Ihr l"' tu the lulddte "f trie foremast, and Irom the mi-Idle ..f llie mainmast aft. Kltiteil re.l: all ,nle psrrs l.teen the f.oe jthI ntj.n rus.'.s. I:i. lutt'ns Ih- middle third cf ri !i lir'. rn ma.t. hlte. The ilav tna'ks .oal h..p;-.'n e- lain, rn j:allrl' ai th" m.i-t'o- ol n.ie five ei tical :rltMS. f oiuj w.!th. Ihrr' r.-'l and two vhl'e. anl n Ihe -.r n.la. ml'Uuv between te I v a ma'. In. re i an mal hn-''inn day insrk. .in one lill- arol I r-, er:.c.il :a. The nuniWr 1. In while tn each hew and . h iu.rT.T at ti In htat'k on e;l''ll l" cf te ii-:i:ci.iv Uayniark. The word relief 1 tn larK.- ll.i--k letter, en the bul wark en Ihe nii-l-i:.- of ca.-h .i.ie. H illapa l:a - II ; aae. t:'ran.e h.inii'l hn.'v . fc flr:-ils nun. f.-und u.lr:fl t.r.ruar ; w I., repia.ed same l '.I l: i. ho..;. z e., ..-lea -rlas. r.-i"-rtc-l ad-i'i w. rrp!acrd a n. In n N.na Sail'l bil" ;e:et.f -re rrTl. d K'b-'iarv 'iul-c!.iys run. was replaced u j:i.nti"n Si'iin.:. Ha-i stral; I'lcm- rr f hn.n J s-- .-n-l e;a. nun r.'lrtrd ni.'.fi Mm.!! .1 r.-i-Ij. iO as u as --a t .(-!.-. VTiiativ m: iimp.i i; I 'n lit iiieni - for Iiiitli Include M.m I'roiii .orthwet. 1-; t! e niotitV er.dlt i; ? rsti rday is u-.cn rr..:te.t in t:.e Na t.-.rou'i the Port land re.T'..ltinc t.ition. and Lieutenant Teaz says t'-ut t' e rl ar:i;e made by I :e NiO v I H-t.Trlnient In aH-ltTMlic mo. tern esseTs a miiilnc ships, tfie prostn-cts ot ofT-h.'re iriilM-s t!-'s e.ir and 1'ie di.t urttances !n various parts of the country are drawing rxirnf lit timber to the lloattrt: l::httnir frce. tf tVO!e ilnlMr,! F. liohcrts. of Jewel-. Idaho, and il. V.. Hu:. of lTlnevllIe. t r.. were rated as coal passers, and 1". 'astillo. of s.ilim. or as tlrrm.in. see end clas. all hemr sent to tt'.e Inde pendence at S.m Francisco. T'lose w) t i .i-ted as apprentice aea nii n were II. J Krasi.-y. ,.f l.a llrande. t r . I!. lo'odreau and W. lllil. 'f P.olse. Idaho: K. II. l.i::. surd, of H::isboro. or; T. P Kci:. .f K-ir:n. II: K. K. Moore , f Vanrouier. .i'i : i: W. Wli. an. of Notus. Idaho; 1 1. I V eslover. of lOympta. Mae;., nisi K. ; Morrison, of this t-ll). F. J. Pruff- r. of Portland, en listed as t o.siiit.r apprentice, ar.d tt. li. Ituffum. also of Pcrtlanl. as landeman for iriinun. T H Irwin, who was dts- csrar.i from t:.e .irylce In January, rr-et:; sled as fteerti.in. Hr-t class, and J. II. M irr.il. d!v Kt'd in Noveu.ber. I sit. 1 lined aaa.n wit.. tt:e same rat Intf. a! iJ A. Joi ns,.n. w : o ternunatt'd ' is r r.lhpri-rl In Jan .arj. also cast his 't witii t.c .Nay ac tin as water ten der As t. v en.tste.) wit' in four laor.ths of t' e date of their discl arce t er rrflo-J a bonus f fsnr iiionti.s' l? ; ki ln Kl.l-Olt r. I'KilM I.I. l;elnlH'k looked lor in Week and llil. lbck I ltill Hue. Pair time was ie.".esl off by te Or. ran shin Klla on the run from I'allso. ss s':e arriys.l In the river ye-terdav after a v.ivae of t. .a? s iler tims d.'.s i.ot i .itiirire w ith the season's re' orI. ho'y.-ver. be..ose t'.e Inver louir w re "i sailed aa.n Jal'iiarv 3 for llurope w.'i cram, was but 3" d.tvs aonntiK fr.:o 1'aiiao after beir.ir -har-tcre.i load. The !': ific VIxport I.uml-er Company. w lilch has the German ahtp I'.einhek under charter to load a carso for the t'nlted Klnsdom. em-et that she will tse in next week, thouuh she has been on the war from Santa Kosalta onlv since February 1. If she not out of Ihe tiulf of California In Rood time, she should be close at hand, as fast passaeea have been made from the Soutnern harbor this season. The CSer man rhlp Thlelbek. of the same flan, sailed from Santa Itosalla January L'S. and is looked for any day. It l "'P pose.f that Northwest winds, reported by steamship masters along the Cali fornia coast, have detained her. Marine Xotes. As more rarco arrived by rail des tined for points on the Oregon coast tli jtasolina srliooner Tillamook did not iet nway for Florence last even Ihr, liut Is to sail today. Merchants- Kxchanr telccrams re ceived vestenlay Included one that the selioone'r Luzon had sailed earlier in the day from Valparaiso to load lumber on the Columbia. u.n.r I. Iteck Inanector of the 17th liKl thouse district, mho returned yes terday from Timet Sound, forwarded to Washington Ids recommendation that (TtA-MER INTEXLIOENXE. Dim t Arrlre. Nam. From. Data. Falcon .an FrancUeo. In Prt 1. merle Manl'.a Mar. Knnsa. I 'It y . . .San Pedro Mar. tiro W. v:.der. an Dleio.... Mar. w Sue H. KImoro. Tlliamook. .. . Mar. a Breakwater. .. .I'noa Hay Mr. 1" Alilanre Kareka Mar. 1- Hose City San Pedro.... Mar. 13 Koanoka San Uieso. . . . M;ir. Js licaver.. San Pedro. ... Mar. 19 Scheduled to Depart. Name. Firon Yale Harvard ....... breakwater. . . Sue II. Klmurs. K 4iwa i 'It v . . C.-o. V Klder. For. Data. San Franclaeo Mar. . P. for I. A.. Mar. S. F. for L. A.. Mar. ,1'kii Viay M r. Tillamook.... Mar. Snn I'edro. ... Mar. .San IMeco. . . . Mar. . Furrka Mar. .San Pedro.... Mar. Manila Mar. .Sen Iltea-o. . . . -M:tr. .San l"edro. ... Mar. Alllanre Hose CMtT l.u erir ItoannLe Heaver. John It. Fairly, the Tacoma leper, and his family be permitted to occupy a portion of Eastie lslnnd. Ilavlllfr disrhursed her fllRlir rarro at Victoria, the Japanese tramp V'nkni Mam sailed from there at 3 o'clock yes. terday afternoon for Portland, comlnir to loud Hour under charter to Mitsui Ac i'o. The carito will be furnished by the Portland Flouring Mills Company Captain A. B. tlrahom. port captain of tiie yellow stack lino, who spent most of the Winter In the Hawaiian Islands. Is expected to reach Portland today. Hi coming- means that the new steamer proposed for the rpper Wil lamette service will be started at once. When the steamer Kansas City ar rives today from the Golden Gate. Cap tain Nopander. who Is In command while tile Hear is beltiR overhauled, will compare Items on the last manifest of the Bear and that of the Beaver, for the latter on sailing- esterday Is said to have hatl 2:.1 tons of carno. which breaks the Hear s record of 2ivu tons. t'ntll the Southern Pacific finishes rllKEtiiK a ditch holioat! Its Fast Side tracks for the reception of the dis charge pipe of the dre.lne Columbia, and a spillway is built north of llurn sidc street so the superlluoiis vyator can tie turned Into the river, the work of sinrtlne the till of ino.oO" yards of ma terial I mm the harbor wlil be deferred. Tie work Is In connect Ion witli the Last Side freight depot undertaking. Captain Nelson, of toe steamer Bea ver, bad a few caustic remarks to niake yesterday of the scarcity of towboats In the harbor, because In the absence of the l'ort of Portland steamer tckla hama. Pilot Snow was compelled to warp the Beaver from the dock of the Crown flour mill to Alnsworlh. As the steamer Falcon and the irnsoline craft Osprey were lying at Albers dock, it was no easy task to gel lines pasi them. Two hours were consumed on the shift. Aboard the Norwegian steamer Jason, widen becan loading- wheat nt lrvlnir dock yesterday for Manzanillo on lier tlrst voyage from here to Mexico, I a shipment of coffee destined for San Francisco. She loaded nt Salina Cruz and Puerto Angel and discharged coffee at San Pedro, but the remainder Is be ing held, as she calls at San Francisco on the way south. The steamer shift ed last night to Columhla dock No. 2 ar.d will finish loading wheat at Mont gomery dock No. 2. When the steamer Beaver sailed yes terday afternoon the word was passed that a stowaway had sneaked aboard, but the Intruder turned out to be Har bormaster Speior. who hnd booked pas sage for San Francisco umler an alias, following the "jrumshoe" tactics of a marine sleuth. Captain Nelson and other officers learned of his intention, though l. went aboard disguised In a new suit and headgear. Captain Speicr 1 headed south on official business and expects to return on the Beaver. Movements of Ve el. l'i KTI. . N'l. Mar. h T.--rroed si. an.er re... -.r f.ein 1 1 Francisco. .-..II. .1--M.am-.r It. aer. for rj,i Francis, a S in p. dro. s-ani- r .i.uice. for y ee. H.t, I l.ur. kn. st.ainer I'a.sy il.i.lsl.v. for s..n lti.ro; er .m r Stinlry :wi.i.r. fjr 11a. Ua Ma r-an Fl an. is o. Ast r..c M.iT'li T. ''oni'.ltlon at thr- mouth ef lhe .w.- at ly P. M.. .mooth: wind. eist. lo mi:. . weather, raining. Sail-d at -:r.o M at. ainei J. A. I'lianaior. fo.' Morito rre saiV I a T A. l . steamer I'.naneke. f..r San lte and war porta. Arrio.l at 'o to .V M. I'.ermsn ship Kilo, fr.un I'aliao. A-rle. at t and l-fl up at 4:Jio P. M-. strainer Coaaler. tr .rn San Frat.els.o. Sailed at S.' M . Brlii.h bark Lord Tempi, ton. fee l-:hourne; Fr.-io-h bark St. larius. for gi.'nstosn. or Fa'mouth. Saiied lasl night, ai.amrr Thoa. U Wend, for S.n iJiego. Sin Kimrarn. Marell T. Sailed at noon, ttanirr Hoae City, for San P. dro. Arrived ml a P. M.. steamer Yosetnlte. from Port land Silled last night, steamer Maverick. f..e Periiand. Port San I.uis. Virch 7. Arrived and sailed. .1 -amer t'atanla. for Portland; strnm yr li.rum. for Portland. -.... Bay. Maryh T. Arrive Steamer It-eiksa.tr. from Portland. i, torla. Maryh T stalled at S P M-. J ipanr.e sieauier Vrkal M-ra. for Portland. a.para;ao. N.yrril . Sailed Schooner Lnaon f.r I'olutnbla River. San Frwi. neco. March T Arrived Ktrtm ers KedonUo. from y'tto. liar; Snn Joav. fr.cn Anrt.ii. Vt.sernlte. Asuncptn. from Astoria. s.l-ir,l s r am er. Asntahuis. for T(Hop;i.. Nebrt.kan. for Sailna Crua; Hurley. r.r S.ar.-t. t'armfl. for Wlll.ipa: V.yi.ou. Bee. fo- s-s'tle; ete.. for liray. Hartx.r. Slnaap-.re. trrh a Arrived previously. Ta-thttt'i. fr ni Llve-pool. for Vancouver. t-aro-n- l. Vareh 7. Sailed Indian, for San Fran. !..'o ... Yokohama. Mtrcn 7. Sailed Keemun. for Sea 'i.e. Puir.a Arena.. March i Arrived rr ylensy. I'rewn of Toledo, from Liverpool, for San Frar:ci.-o. S.a;::e. Mtrcri 7. Arrived Steamers Sc. tt.'ra. frt.-n llureki. A'.yme.la. from Tacoma; .r-lt. Hen'a-n.n F. I, kard. from port It ikri.i. staled Steamers Ilnckmnn. Pres-l.l- nt. t ot. P. - I- Irske. tesmg barge ;. f.-e Sin Krant-ia-o; a..n. fal'-rsoa. whal trg trulse. it Astoria Irlday. vi . . s f-ct in to . m . .. t p. t f.ti io.;i p.m... font feet LOW C0L0NJST RATES. Ma-, h 1t to April lJ-tV rl eap West bound rales will be in eTect via the Cars. ll. in Pacific lines. .-.toe pa-is of Af.-.ea eh.l.l--n will l N p.ef. -err.- to Ur. Oil Ihe Jold a haudful of sail will vu.-yhaa. tao GRAY DENIES HILL INTENDS TO QUIT Head of North Bank Declares Reports to This Effect Are Unfounded. WORK IN OREGON IS AIM Knilwav orru-iiil Says I'resiilcnt ot Great Northern Will Gire His Personal Attention to Colonization Plan. "It is the Intention of U W". Hill to give, personal attention to the develop-, nient ef Oreon through the Oregon & Western Colonization Company. of which he secured control recently," said Carl R. ' Cray, president of the North Bank Hallway and the Hills lines In Oretron. upon his return yesterday from a. ten days" stay at St. Paul and Chl cugo, where, he conferred with hetds of the various Ilili roads. 'Although Mr. Hill probably will be mora active than ever in brinKlnir set tlers to the statei now that he has o9 tained a controlling- Interest in SuO.ono Bcres of undeveloped land." said Mr. Gray. "I know positively that he has no intention of reslsnlng the presi dency of the Great Northern very soon. So long as he remains In that position It would be somewhat Inconvenient for me to succeed him. however much my newspaper friends may Insist that I am slated for that office. No! lee to lie tilvea. "More than three months ago Mr. Hill promised his friends in St. Paul that whenever he gets ready to leave the Great Northern he will give them at least six months" notice In aifvance. Tlint notice is still forthcoming. Out side of the newspaper columns 1 have never been advised that I am expected to succeed -Mr. Hill. "While 1 was in St. Paul Mr. Hill came to me one day carrying In Ills bund a newspaper clipping which read to the effect that I could have the presidency of the Great Northern lr I wunted It: that I had It lo my pocket or something of that sort. He Joking ly demanded to know what 1 had don w ith It if I had been carrying It around in mv pocket: but I told him that he could search me for It: and that, so far as J knew, he still retained It, All of us were greatly amused by surh re ports, but In spite of their frequency and their persistency the directors of the Great Northern haven't been per suaded to niak& nte president. Heaefit Slate Kcrfaera. "All of which suits me first rate, as I am glad to bo back In Oregon and glad of the opportunity of staving here. The development work that Mr. Hill Is about to undertake through the com pany in which be has taken a con trolling Interest, together with various other plans for attracting settlers to the state. 1 believe, will result in Ill creasing prosperity for Oregon through out the remainder of the year. "It was hard to learn anything definite on colonists while I was In St. Paul, as the movement had not af fected that city to any noticeable de irroe opinions among railroad men In St. Paul and Chicago on the probable e.vtent of colonist traffic this year seem to vary. It is almost Impossible to gauge It or to estimate it with any ' Idea of accuracy. I believe, however. that Oroiton will obtain a substantial number of settlers during the present low-rate period." Pinna Are l arbaaged. nans for further extensions nnd Im provements in Oregon and the terri tory embraced within Mr. Gray's Juris diction virtually are In the same con dition now as when he left here two weeks ago. The proposed terminal im provements In Portland now are re ceiving more attention, probably, than nny other question. llirectors of the Hill lines in the F.ast have the matter und-r advisement. 'Mr. Gray said, and w ill be prepared within a short time to make announcement of their intentions either toward securing the construction of n new union depot or building an Independent depot of their oyvn. Progress on the Oregon Klectrir ex tension from Salem to Kugene has heen iulte rapid during Mr. Gray's absence. Grading betyveen Salem and Albany has been completed and workmen will start to lay rails next week. Meanwhile grading between Albany and Kugone is being rushed. l'.Mension of the T'nlted Kail ways to Tillamook as originally planned hv the Hill Interests and of the Oregon Trunk beyond Bend. Us present terminus, de pends entirely upon the development of the territory to be served by such ex tensions. Mr. Gray reports business conditions in the Middle West satisfactory and un disturbed by the political situation. l.OlSK TO KI.KCT HOARD MAY 3 Mayor Calls for Balloting for Five Commissioners io IJule the City. BOISE. Idaho. March 7. (Special.) Mayor Harry K. Kritchnian lias is sued a rail for the election on May S of five Commissioners to form the com mission wit tcli will have charge of the municipal government of Boise for the next six years. In doing so he Issued a statement voicing his opposition to the new form of government. I'nder the Black commission law. nominations cannot he made for IS days from the date of the Issuance of the proclama tion or 4T. days before the date set for the election, and not later than 20 days before the election. Nominations are made possible through 25 indi vidual nomination sworn certificates. Nominees must file a sworn acceptance declaring they are not backed by a political organization or committee. "I had been urged," stated Mayor Frltchman. "to decline to issue the call for the election of Commissioners, as the only means open to get before the Supreme Court a number of vital legal questions. I did not feel that I should be Instrumental In causing any delay, even in view of the grave issues, after the Supreme Court had command ed me to call the election." BOCK noIJl LACKS .MKMBF.n Nearly Three Months Flnpses Slnec Corlieit's Term Fntletl. Handicapped by the fact there Is one vacancy on the board and another meniiser was nbsent from the city, the Commission of Public Ivrks failed to meet yesterday, owing to there being no uiioruni. and Important matters that were to have been considered, dealing with opening I' e first set of books and probably ihe employment of an office force, were continued. Tl.o term of 1L la. Corbctt expired n....mhjr IS and Mayor Btlsllllght has not appointed his successor, so there, are but four members of the- organiza tion acting. As the report of the engi neers forming the board of consulta tion is expeetetd daily from New York. It is regarded imperative, that those who are to handle, the affairs of the Cnrnmltulnn lhnill.1 he t h O COtl g ft 1 V familiar with harbor conditions so , prompt action can oe laaeu on t..c ... rival of the statement. It is to contain recommendations as to th type of docks and w arehouses and tli most de sirable locations. LOST It Alt K MAX KNOYVX HERE Freneli Craft Collided With 111-Fnted Steamer Walla Walla. In the storv cf the loss of the French bark Max oft the West Coast of South America, there is an end to another bounty earner widely known on the Pacific slope, as she has been in the trade for years, mostly transporting wheat to Kuropc. She was on the way from Valparaiso for Talcahuano and went ashore on Hlndby Point. February 19, bill news of the disaster reached the Northwest tills week. She lirst gained notoriety several years ago when she collided with and sank the steamer Walla Walla off the roast. Her last voyage from the North west began in August, when she put out from Puget Sound for Valparaiso with lumber. When she was loading at Tacoma her donkey engine boiler ex ploded, killing her carpenter. She was built in 11)00 at Nantes and was good for many more voyages. Captain George Lee I-ahaye was her skipper. TAX LAW 15 OPPOSED CORPORATIONS TO FIGHT LEVY ON GROSS EARNINGS. Prospcets Are That Statute Will ISC Appealed to Courts as Being Unconstitutional.' Prospects of another fight over an initiative measure, passed by the peo ple last June, are looming, everything indicating that It will go to the United States Supreme Court for a decision. The law in question is the 3 per cent gross earnings tax, elmed at gas and electric light companies in Portland. The Portland Gas & Coke Company and the Portland Railway, Bight & Power Company have notified City At torney Grant that they will resist pay ment' of this tax, and that they will do so on the ground that It is un constitutional and "repugnant to the constitution of the State of Oregon and of the United States." in that It was not duly enacted by the City of Portland. City Attorney Grant, while he Is named in the measure passctl by the people, as being the official to see that the tax is collected, is not vested with that authority by the city charter and he will take no action whatever until directed by the City Council to do so. He has already drafted a. resolu tion, carrying the necessary authority and this "will undoubtedly be adopted by the Council at Its next session. The Gas Company tiled with the City Auditor its statement of business for the past few months, but In so doing has said that It did so to comply with certain provisions of law in order to escape the payment of a line. "This attitude of the public service companies that are affected by the law, undoubtedly means a fight to the Su preme Court of the United States." said Mr. Grant yesterday afternoon. "I have been notified by the gas and the electric companies that they will resist payment of the tax on grounds of unconstitutionality." FREE MAZOl'ItOSKY ESCAPES CII-VRGE OF LARCENY. Numerous Complaints Against Pro cedure In North Knd Stores Received by Police. Sain Maxourosky. keeper of an alleged Jewelry store on lower Burnslde street, again escaped the clutches of the law when. In Municipal Court yesterday, lie was dismissed on a charge of larceny, the court holding that the act com plained of was. if at all wrong, a breach of civil contract. Mazourosky was ac cused of accepting part payment on a revolver and then throwing tho pur chaser out. minus payment and revol ver as well. This. It Is alleged, is the regular form of procedure in Mazourosky's and other North End stores, the act being cov ered in most rases by an ironclad con tract which ties the purchaser hand and foot. Complaints at the rate of one to five a week, reach the police, who have a stereotyped answer to tho complainants. "The city licenses him to do that: we can't help you." Usually the deal takes the form of a temporary sale, revocable if the pur chaser after showing his purchase In other stores, finds that the goods have been misrepresented. Invariably he does find so. If he Investigates, but on returning to demand restitution, is ejected. Deputy District Attorney Hennessy. who as prosecutor accepted the dis missal yesterday, says in extenuation that he is the only magistrate who ever sentenced Mazourosky to prison. That was years ago when Hennessy was Municipal Judge and the "Jeweler was brought before him for an act sim ilar to the one at issue yesterday. He imposed a sentence of 90 days, which was averted only by a pardon from the Governor. ., "Whv does the city license these places?" said Hennessy yesterday. "W e all know what they do and how Ig norant aliens are robbed in them every day The City Council knows these facts too. yet as often as the question of licenses comes up. these men re ceive renewed permission to go on with their robbing game." Ex-Constable Wagner asserts that he has the onlv method of putting these places out of business. During his term of office he had a man stationed at Maxourosky s door, who warned those going in that they w ere in- danger of being plucked. Maxourosky made threats, but Wagner kept on till a tem porary Improvement of methods carried tho point he was striving for. Camas Club Gets New Members. CAMAS. Wash., March 7 (Special.) The Camas Commercial Club held Its regular meeting Tuesday night, at which there was a large attendance, and several new members were added. Among other things the club took up the matter of a park and a committee was appointed to confer with the Coun cil requesting it to pass an ordinance authorizing the Mayor to appoint a Park Commission. The business men realize that the Commercial Club is a permanent organization and are sup porting It as s business proposition. SUGAR TARIFF BILL MEANT FOR DEFEAT Democrats "Playing Politics" in Hope of Embarrassing Republican Foes. BAD FAITH IS MANIFEST Doctrine Thai Measure Would Have Reduced Cost of Commodity to Consumer Wil Re Preached During Campaign. ORKGONIAN NEWS BLT.KAU, Wash ington, March 7. "Tariff for politics only." was the way President Taft char acterized the Democratic bills passed at the special session last Summer and promptly vetoed by him, but the phrase was never more applicable than to the free sugar bill, with the accom panying Income tax provision, adopted by the Democratic caucus. If ever a tariff bill was drawn for a purely po litical purpose and in no expectation that It would become a law, this sugar bill, with its appendage, is the one. Never for a moment did the thought enter the mind of Chairman Underwood of the Ways and Means committee that his free sugar bill would pass the Sen ate, or be approved by the President. That was not his purpose in proposing the bill. And when this is said ot Underwood, it applies with equal force to other Democratic House Leaders, for they are one on this particular sub ject. It was deliberately framed to be defeated, either at the hands of the Republican Senate or the Republican President. Defeat Kxpected by Deninrrats. In submitting a free sugar bill, Mr. Underwood and his Democratic cohorts contended and did represent that they were making a move to reduce the cost of living. They maintained that if sugar were placed on the free list, the price of this commodity to the customer would be reduced at least a cent and a half a pound. So they disregarded the clamor of t-he delegation from Louisi ana, a few members from Texas and three lone Democrats from Colorado, and reported a free sugar bill on His basis alone, ""hey knew full well that the bill coulr. not become a law. and therefore knew that the American sugar Industry would not be destroyed or Injured. And for that matter the Democratic members who made a show of resistance were equally aware of a home Industry. The adoption, of a free sugar bill by the Democratic caucus which, as the House Is being run, means adopted by the House served one good purpose which Republicans welcome. It is demonstrated that the Democratic House has no regard for the American sugar industry, and while placing sugar on the free list would ordinarily bring about a deficit In the Government reve nues, they propose to avoid such a de ficit by the imposition of an income tax, dressed up and sent forth under the guise of an "excise tax." and this be fore pending Income tax amendment to the constitution has been ratified by three-fourths of the states. Parly SaerlHoe Might. It so happens that sugar was one commodity on which the Democrats could make a record without seriously Impairing their strength in the House. Only three Democratic states would be seriously affected by a free sugar law, and tyvo of them, Louisiana and Texas, would remain Democratic iu spite of this enactment. Colorado is the only other state whose members protested against the free sugar pro gramme and the House leaders reckoned they could spare these three members. Particularly did they feel so disposed, because the sitting Colorado members have been more ardent protectionists than any other Democrats in the cau cus, and by reason of this fact, have made themselves more or less obnox ious to Chairman Underwood and the other leaders. Therefore, at the sacri fice possibly of three members, the House leaders reckoned that they could push through a free sugar bill on the plea that it will reduce the price ot sugar a cent and a half a pound to the consumer, and then whan the bill fails, point out to the country that the lie publican President had deprived them of this proposed economy. It matters not to the House leaders that It is not the tarifT that keeps tip the price of sugar: they maintain to the contrary, and will preach the contrary doctrine in the campaign. . There Is just ine thing the Demo crats did with their sugan bill that they probably did not intend: tliey made It impossible for any but the most radi cal Senate Insurgents to vote for their tariff bill, for it would be a brave In surgent, posing as a Republican, who would vote to put sugar on the free list when so many states were inter ested In sugar production and par ticularly states that are Republican. GENERAL ARRIVES TODAY Baden-Powell to Be Met by British Consul Laidlaw. Lieutenant-General Robert Stephen son Smyth Baden-Powell, founder of the International Boy Scouts, will ar rive in Portland at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, and will be met by James Laidlaw. British Consul. The teachers' committee of the Board of Kducation has arranged for a public meeting at Gypsy Smith Auditorium at 3 o'clock Saturday for the special benefit of school children. General Powell will 1 .., ee.e liontllA nt 11 o'clock SatUT- I day night. A dinner will be given at the MUltnoman notei 111 ioe t-, when he will tell of the Boy Scout movement. The Invitations have been Issued in the name of the "Boy Scouts of America." A committee on organi zation of Portland boys consists ot Robert Strong. A. E. Wood and Wil liam L. Flnley. The first Boy Scout troop was or ganized at Hampstead. England, four CUTICURA. SOAP mm stick For Tender Faces Indispensable for those subject to red ness, roughness, and other irritations of the skin. A "having luxury . No mug. no sospv soap, no gernw, no wate of timeor money. In nickeled box.2oc-.at stores or by mail. Liberal sample free. Address'-Cuticura." Dept. 2$, Boston. www STICK years ago. Today there are 600.000 J members of the organization in Great Britain and about 300.000 in the United States. General Powell was born in London in 1857. and was the son of a clergy man and a grandson of Admiral Smyth. In 1870 he entered Charter house school, being a member of the school rifle corps and taking an ac tive part in football. He was sent to South Africa just before the Boer .War to organize a force and prevent a na tive uprising near Mafcking. T;. "Hero of Mafekins" was later applied to him. COURT ORDERS LOTS SOLD Referee Named to Hisposc of Prop erty of John Green. In the case of the P. T. Thompson Company against B. G. Whiteliouse and C J. Reed, executors under the will ot John Green, and H. C. Leonard, a de cree ordering the sale of lots and block SI, Portland, was yesterday signed bv Circuit Judge Morrow. David S. Stearns was named as referee to ef fect the sale and it yvas ordered that he mar accept one-third of the sale price in cash and the balance on or before a year. v The property is located at the nortli e.st corner of Fifth and Yamhill streets and is Improved with the six story Goodnouglt building, which is under lease until August J m". sale will be made subject to the lease. Tl.. ele.rlle.tr. fact rePite that tllO property was originally oyvned in fee simple and as tenants in common by P. P. Thompson, of whom the D. P. Thompson Company is successor, and H. C. Leonard and John Green. The D. P. Thompson Company brought suit for a partition, and as th ; property could not be properly distributed other wise the sale was ordered. The money received will be divided In equal shares among the Thompson Company, Mr. Leonard and the executors of Mr. Green's will. CLUM ADVERTISES STATE lecturer for O.-W. R. & N. Ad dresses California Tourists. Oregon and Oregon's resorts, as well as the several special events scheduled for the state within the coming Sum mer, are receiving liberal advertising in Southern California through John P. Clum. the lecturer of the O.-W. R. & N. Company, who has been delivering ad dresses before large audiences of tour ists in several of the exclusive hotels of that section in the last fevtr weeks. A few nights ago Clum sooknbefore a capacity gathering in the new U. S. Grant Hotel at San Diego and a day later appeared at Colorado Beach. He also will speak to the tourists at the Del Monte Hotel at Paso Robles, Santa Barbara, Pasadena and other famous Winter resorts. His lectures are illus trated by moving pictures of North western scenes. He has a film showing events of last year s Rose Festival and several slides advertising the Elks National conven tion. The effect of these lectures, it is believed, will be to induce Eastern people spending the Winter In Cali fornia to travel through Portland on their return to their homes. Residents' Action Saves City. Property owners on Kearney street, between Fifteenth and Twenty-fifth streets, have performed a service to the community of which they probably did not even dream, when they peti tioned the Council to lay a bltulithic top dressing over an old macadam base. It had been determined by the Council to experiment in this identical The highest point of woman's happiness is reached only through motherhood, in the clasping of her child within her arms. Yet the mother-to-be is often fearful of nature's ordeal and shrinks from the suffering incident to its con summation. But for nature's ills and discomforts nature provides remedies, and in Mother's Friend 5s to be found a medicine of great value to every expectant mother. It is an emulsion for external ap plication, composed of ingredients which act with beneficial and soothing effect on those portions of the system involved. It is in tended to prepare the system for the crisis, and thus relieve, in great part, the suffering through which the mother usually passes. The regular use of Mother's Friend will repay any mother in the comfort it affords before, and the helpful restoration to health and strength it brings about after baby comes. Mother's Friend is for sale at drug stores. Write for our free book for ex pectant moth ers which contains mucli valuable information, and many sugges tions of a helpful nature. BRAD FIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ca. Peculiar After Effects of Grip This Year. Leaves Kidneys In Weakened Conditon. Doctors in all parts of the country have been kept busy with the epidemic ot grip which has visited" so many homes. The symptoms of grip this year are very distressing and leave the sys tem in a run down condition, particu larly the kidneys which sem to suffer most, as every victim complains of lame hack an3 urinary troubles which should not be neglected, as these dan ger signals often lead to more ser:o'.: sickness, such as dreaded Brifrht's DIs- I ease. Local driiErsists report a larue sale on Lr. Kilmer's Swamp-Jloot which so many people say soon heais and strengthens the kidneys after an attack of grip. Swamp-Root is a great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, and. beinsr an herbal compound, has a pen tie healing effect on the kidneys, which is almost immediately noticed by those who try It. Dr. Kilmer & Co., Kins: hamton, X. Y.. offer to send a sample bottle of Swamp-Root, free by mail, to every sufferer who requests it. A trial will convince any one who may be in need of it. Regular size bottles 50 ets. and $1.00. J "or sale at all druggists. Be sure to mention this paper. 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