Morning Oregonian., January 13, 1913, Image 5

THE "MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. MONDAY. JANUARY 13, 1913.
illIERN STARTS
FI6HTINWISGQNSIN
Removal of Ardent Supporter
of La Follette Makes
Trouble for Governor.
ACTION TAKEN SUMMARILY
Protests Overwhelm State Officials.
Incident Grows Ont of Alli
ance With Roosevelt at
Chicago Convention.
MADISON. Wis., Jan. 12. (Special.)
Governor McGovern's summary dis
missal of State Insurance Commissioner
Ekern, a strong La Follette man, has
aroused the people of Wisconsin and
not in a manner that will give the Gov
ernor satisfaction. Members of the
General Assembly and state officials
are receiving complaints from all sec
tions of the state, the general tenor of
which favor Mr. Ekern and reflect upon
the Governor's so-called haste.
To understand more completely the
reason for an Impulsive dismissal of
a "star" department head like Ekern,
one has to go back co the Republican
National Convention at Chicago, when
Governor McGovern almost became i
candidate for temporary chairman, de
spite the furious objection of the
simon-pure La Follette supporters. Gov
ernor McGovern declared himself then
and proclaims himself now a strong
La Follette man, but nine-tenths of La
Follette's numerous army in the state
smile when they hear that.
McGovern Tries and Ijoaea.
McGovern saw his opportunity and
grasped it at. Chicago, would he re
main steadfast to. La Follette. or o
the other thing (not to use unpleasant
terms) and declare with the Roosevelt
leaders and play for the plum of the
convention chairmanship through their
aid? He decided to play his own game
and so he went over to the Roosevelt
side, asserting the while steadfast al
leglance to the Wisconsin Senator.
He lost, although he had a "gambler's
chance to win. Roosevelt, with Mc
Govern's small coterie from the Wis
consin and North Dakota delegations
most of the La Follette delegates re
fusing to be lured away from their
leader, could not quite land McGovern
as against Elihu, Root, of New York.
After that it was manifestly a personal
and political necessity for the Governor
to explain his action so as to placate
his rising La Follette foes. If he had
won, Theodore Roosevelt would have
been nominated and Francis E. McGov
ern would have been almost directly
responsible for It. Had Roosevelt been
elected. Governor McGovern probably
could have obtained anything In reason
he would ask from the new Administra
tion, would have become the biggest
man politically in Wisconsin, would
have left Senator LaFoIlette far In the
rear and made himself a National
of Lifetime Seen.
One day, a few weeks before that
historic meeting, a rather fat and red
faced gentleman, covered with dust and
much besweated, hurried Into the Gov
ernor's office here. He had just come
from Washington and from Senator La
Follette. He said:
"Governor, the Senator will not con
sent to your becoming the candidate
ot any other man, leader or Presiden
tial aspirant, at the Chicago convention
for temporary chairman. He says that
he will remain with you so long as
you are his candidate for that place.
He asks you not to go further, not to
fro over to Roosevelt, or anyone else.
Will you do It or not?"
There was a moment's pause. If the
report is exact, and the Governor
answered slowly and with knit brow
"John, old man, I cannot. It is the
opportunity of a lifetime and I do not
intend to throw it down."
He didn't.
TIMBER PESTS STUDIED
Federal and College Experts Inspect
Forests Near Ashland.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallls, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.) W.
D. Edmunston, of the United States Bu
reau of Entomology, expert in forest
Insect control, and V. I. Safro, depart
ment of forest entomology at Oregon
Agricultural College, left Corvallls last
night for Ashland where they will make
an Inspection of the forests In that vi
cinity to determine the extent of in
sect damage to the timber.
The Importance of such damage to
Oregon forests is said to be second only
to that caused by fire and the problem
of controlling the Insects responsible
for the damage Is now claiming the at
tention of the Federal Government and
experiment station of the college and
the larger timber Interests of the state.
In northeastern and southern parts of
the state some control work has been
Btarted and the success of these expe
riments Indicates that It will be but a
few years before the forest Insect prob
lem will be solved by the establishment
of a control system similar to that now
used by the forest fire-guards.
The plan Is to appoint forest insect
control guards who will have much
larger territories to cover than are as
signed to the fire guards.
BRIDGES ISF0UND GUILTY
County Clerk Convicted of Not De
positing Funds "Forthwith."
TACOMA. Jan. 12. Found not guilty
on two counts charging embezzlement
of more than (73.000 of funds turned
over to the United States District Court.
Samuel Bridges, former clerk, was to
day found guilty by the Jury in the
United States District Court on the two
minor and purely technical counts
charging failure to deposit funds,
"forthwith," as provided in a special
law governing the handling of finances
by court clerks. The Jury went out
early Saturday afternoon, returning its
verdict at 10 o'clock today.
Judge Bean, of Portland, granted 42
days' time for the filing of a bill ot
exceptions and motion for a new trial.
Penalty for the offense on which
Bridges was found guilty may be any
where from $500 to $10,000 fine and
from one to ten years' imprisonment.
KLICKITAT FARMING AIDED
Chicago Grain Exchange Gives
flOOO Toward Expert.
GOLDENDALE. Wash, Jan. U. (Spe
cial.) The campaign for scientific
farming in the Klickitat Valley re
ceived material boost this week by
the receipt of a check for 11000 from
the crop Improvement committee of the
Council of Grain Exchanges, of Chi
ta cago. The purpose .of this check is to
I assist the Goldendale Fruit and Pro-
duce Association in their work of g
ricultural and horticultural betterment
in the Klickitat Valley. The money
was obtained through a standing offer
of the Committee to put 1000 into any
county that would raise a like sum to
employ a trained agriculturist to aavise
the farmers of the district of more
scientific agricultural methods and to
assist them netting greater returns
than are being secured by present
methods.
The crop improvement committee has
arranged with the United States Gov
ernment to take up this work after
the first year and to support the local
organization with advice and the same
amount of money annually.
H. J. Clark, manager of the Golden
dale Fruit & Produce Association, who
has been designated as agriculturist
for this district under the terms of the
award, has been conducting work in
the Klickitat Valley almost identical
with that required by the crop im
provement committee for the past two
years and secured the approval of the
State Agricultural College as required.
So far as known here, Marlon County,
Oregon, is the only one other district in
the Northwest that has taken advan
tage of the offer made by the Chicago
organization.
REFORMATION IS DESIRE
PHILANTHROPISTS PLAX TO RE
CLAIM WHITE SLAVES.
National Movement Under Way to
Establish Homes John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., Aids With Money.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Stanley O.
Finch, who has been in charge of in
vestlgatlons Instituted by the Depart.
ment of Justice in enforcing the white
slave law, now Is in communication
with a group of philanthropists formu
lating plans for a National movement
to reclaim victims of the traftlc. Mr.
Finch has Just returned from New
York, where he consulted some of the-
leaders in the proposed philanthropy,
and, although he declined to discuss
the details of the plan, he said no em
barrassment for funds was expected.
It is understood John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., is one of the principal financial
supporters of the undertaking.
While men who are convicted under
the law receive adequate punishment,
the problem of caring for their victims
from the first has been the hardest
one with which to cope. It is the plan
to expend the income from a large per
manent fund, which may amount to
several millions, in maintaining rescue
homes in which girls who are reclaimed
from the underworld may be given care
and instruction necessary for a new
start in life.
The canvass which special Investi
gators of the Department of Justice
have been making of women who were
leading vicious lives will be continued,
and it Is expected eventually that the
department will have a detailed history
of the inmates of segregated districts
throughout the country.
The project for the reclamation of all
these women aims at establishing a
sufficient number of homes, perhaps
more than 2000, In all parts of the
country, so that definite help may be
offered to every woman who will con
sent to give up a vicious life.
PHILIPPINE TRADE GROWING
Islands Buy Great Amount of Manu
factured Cloth From America.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. For. the
first time In a period covering approx
imately a year the Philippine Islands
have become the greatest purchaser
of United States manufactured cotton
cloths. Fifteen years ago it would
have been difficult to obtain enough
United States cloth In the Islands to
make a Filipino maiden a frock and
now the Philippines have become the
best customers the United States has
and the outlook for further increase
Is considered excellent
The total Philippine imports of mer
chandise for the 10 months amounted
to $53,608,150, of which 40 per cent
came from the United States.
The total exports from the Philip
pine Islands for the 10 months ending
with October 23 were 4,000,000. as
compared with $33,000,000 for the sim
ilar period of the preceding year. The
Increases are general in all Philippine
products except sugar, which shows
a decrease from 194,000 to 184,000 tons.
The greatest Increase was in Manila
hemp, the money value of which was
Increased from $11,686,480 to $17,708,
300. During the same period the cus
toms revenues increased approximately
$1,700,000.
MEXICAN STRIKE SETTLED
Men Win Increase of Wages, But Xo
Decrease of Hours.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 12. The railway
machinists' strike, which began De
cember 26, has been settled. The men
win a 10 per cent increase in wages,
but no reduction in the 10-hour day.
The railway management has refused
to dismiss the American master me
chanic, Schneider, against whom the
men had a grievance.
WISCONSIN GOVERNOR. WHO
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PROSPERITY is today the watchword of the Pacific Coast. The approaching completion of the Panama Canal and its opening to
the deep sea traffic of the world will transfer the business center of the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast. All
keen, shrewd business men, captains of industry leaders of finance realize this fact and are preparing to take full advantage
of the world-wide change. Portland will profit by the opening of the Panama Canal to a much greater extent than any other Pacific
Coast city. The eyes of the East are on Portland, and we are destined to have here a population of 500,000 people long before the next
census year. As a direct result of this marvelous growth and development property values in Portland will grow by leaps and bounds.
the gem of Portland residence subdivisions, is in its infancy, so far as values are concerned. There never was such an opportunity to make money quickly in
residence property as by investing: in Laurelhurst at the present prices. The average price of Laurelhurst lots is less than $40 a front foot. In Seattle the same
class of property is worth from $100 to $150 a front f oot and the same condition prevails in Kansas City.
is by far the most desirable residence section of Portland. The improvements are the best to be had and they are above criticism. '
' Now is the time to get a home in Laurelhurst or to make an immensely profitable investment. If you want a home of your own, we can make you a prop
osition that you cannot resist.
OFFICES AT TRACT
EAST 39TH AND EAST GLISAN.
FILIPINO TO REPLY
Delegate Takes Issue With
Taft on Independence.'
QUEZON TO MEET WILSON
PrMlAcnt.Elect . to Be Urged to
Appoint as Governor-General
Man Who Sympathizes With
Demand for Freedom.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. A confer
ence on the question of Philippine In
dependence will be held between President-elect
Wilson and Manuel Quezon,
Philippine delegate in Congress, early
In February. Mr. Quezon, who left
today for Boston to address the At
lantic Club tomorrow night on the in
dependence Issue, In reply to Presi
dent Taft's suggestions in his message
to Congress, said he planned to confer
with Governor Wilson )aer. -
In his Boston speech, in . reply" to
President Taft and his presentation ot
the case to President-elect Wilson, Mr.
Quezon said he would suggest a prac-
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t leal plan by which the Democratic
party might carry out the pledge ot
Philippine independence.
Sympathetic Governor Needed.
"The President," said Mr. Quezon
tonight, "should send to' the archipel
ago as a governor-general a man who
sympathizes with and is thoroughly in
accord with Philippine independence
and who has the courage of his con
victions.
"A governor-general can make or
mar independence plans. He could. If
he wished, bring about the establish
ment of an Independent government
within the four years of President
Wilson's administration. I believe Con
gress will pass the Jones bill for. an
experimental period of eight years and
absolute independence thereafter, but
we have a fight ahead of us.
President Has Power.
"Even without the enactment of the
Jones bill, the President. If he wished,
of his own authority could establish
a provisional Philippine government.
The real change in the eight years
provisional period proposed by the
Jones bill Is the establishment of an
upper house of the Philippine Legls
lature to be composed of Filipinos.
this the President can do by appoint'
Ing as members of the Philippine Com
mission, now the upper house, only Fll
iplnos instead of the Americans now
constituting the majority."
Mr. Quezon said , he represented In
nis ideas the sentiment of the rank and
file of the Philippine people.
Jones Asks $25,000 for Road.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
tngton, Jan. 12. Senator Jones has of
fered an amendment to the measure ap
propriating J150.000 for improving
widening and" extending the Govern
ment road in Mount Rainier National
Park. The amendment proposes an ad
ditional appropriation of - $25,000 for
building trails from th park. The
Forest Service has assured Senator
Jones it will improve the road across
the Forest Reserve that connects with
the Government road in the park.
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Fight Over Taft's Appoint
ments Comes This Week.
SIX-YEAR TERM COMING UP
Legislative Work in Both Houses to
Center Chiefly In Appropriation
Bills Plans for Next Ad
ministration Being Made.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Problems of
the approaching Democratic adminis
tration will hang over Congress again
this week. Tariff, currency and anti
trust legislation characterized by
President-elect Wilson as among the
most Important subjects that will come
before him are to be the center of
hearings and investigations by public
committees throughout the week and
will divide attention with the Democratic-Republican
fight tn the Senate
over President Taft's appointments,
more than 1300 of which are awaiting
confirmation.
The scope of currency and anti-trust
legislation has not as yet been out
lined in the House, although the sub
committee, headed by Representative
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Olass, which began a general currency
reform inquiry last week, has opened
its investigation with the' announced
plan of finding a substitute for the
so-called Aldrich plan recommended by
the National Monetary Commission,
which called for a currency system
built upon the idea of a central bank.
Prominent bankers and financial stu
dents are to have a hearing. The vote
on the Archbald ' impeachment case
will begin at 1 o'clock tomorrow and
13 charges against Judge Archbald will
be disposed of before adjournment.
Single Term Resolution Coming Up.
The conclusion of the trial, which
has occupied the attention of the Sen
ate continuously since the beginning
of this session, will make way for the
first active legislative work to be fol
lowed by efforts to secure a vote on
the resolution for a Constitutional
amendment that will provide a six
year single term for the President of
the United States. In both houses the
legislative work of the week will cen
ter largely about annual appropria
tion bills.
Conferences are expected to begin
soon between Democratic leaders of
the House and Senate over the terms
of the tariff revision bills that are
to be prepared for President Wilson's
extra session In March. Actual prep
aration of these bills probably Will
be started before the present hearings
are concluded by the House commit
tee on ways and means.
The Democratic fight in the Senate
against the confirmation of President
Taft's recent Federal appointments has
approached a crisis and will involve
the Senate In a bitter struggle this
week. A short executive session Sat
urday,, in which two Army appoint
ments were confirmed, will be fol
lowed by other appointments in which
the struggle between Republicans and
Democrats will be defined fully.
Republican leaders insist they will
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not agree to the plan proposed by th
Democrats to discriminate against
some of the Taft appointments and se
lect others that shall be at once con
firmed. The Senate has agreed to pro
ceed with the confirmation of Army,
Navy and dlplomatio appointments,
but the Republicans will attempt to
compel the Democrats to yield further
and take up all ot the pending appoint,
ments for definite action.
Hearings before the House commit
tee Investigating the alleged combi
nation among shipping interests and
steamship companies will be renewed
tomorrow.
The special committee of the Senate
investigating campaign contributions
will also hold & short session to in
terrogate witnesses alleged to have
been connected with the acquisition .
by William R. Hearst, of copies of the
letters that passed between John D.
Archbald. of the Standard OH Com
pany, and members of the House and
Senate.
RANGER SETS WINDBREAK
Forester a Florence to Protect Seeds
for Pine Forest.
FLORENCE. Or., Jan. 12. (Special.)
C. H. Young, forest ranger, says the
planting of willow cuttings In the sand
hills along the ocean beach Will be con
tinued during the coming Spring in this
locality. It Is Mr. Young's present plan
to obtain some 25,000 willow cuttings at
once and to bury them part Ty in the
sand to heal up until the middle of
March. They then will be planted along
the sand dunes, to form a wind break
for a variety of pine which thrives
wherever the sand can be kept from
drifting over the seed, or the seed kept
from blowing away uqtil growth has
begun.
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