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THE MORNING OR EG ONI AN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY G. 1913. WILSON ATTITUDE HAY DECIDE ISSUE Senators Disposed to Let New President Have Hand in Settling Canal Toll. ROOT TO HAVE HEARING Parage of Amendment Regarded as Improbable Xewlands Suggests Adjustment of Charges to Obviate Objection. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. President elect Wilson's attitude on Panama Canal tolls and free passage for Ameri can Coastwise ships is expected to have an important bearing upon the Senate's action on the Root amendment propos ing the repeal of tho free ships pro vision of the bill passed last August. While the Democratic National plat form advocated tho remission of toils to coastwise vessels, several leaders in the anti-free passage flpht think some I'cmocratfl may be willing to vote for the repeal of the provision now so that the entire subject may be left open when Mr. Wilson takes office. Committee AVI II Hear Root. The Root amendment will be taken up by the Senate committee on inter ocennic canals tomorrow. Senator Root will be heard later. It is possible that her hearings will be given to advo Sfcus and opponents of the provision. While the advocates of the Root amendment do not count upon securing" enough votes in the committee to re port it favorably, th proposal prob ably will come before the Senate, efther through a minority report or upon the demand of some Senator. The no-toll provision passed the Senate by a large majority. Unless several Democrats change their posi tion the passage of the Root amend ment does not appear probable. Newlnndu Propones Remedy. Senator New lands, an advocate of the no-toll provision, introduced today a joint resolution and bill defining the attitude of the United States as to foreign shipping. They would establish the principle that the tolls remitted to American vessels shall not be charged against foreign ships to pay the cost of operation of the canal. Under the Newlands bill, the cost of ca nal operation charged to foreign shipping would be proportionate to the amount of foreign tonnage passing through tho waterway. of THIEF OWN BOOKKEEPER Young Man Makes Fall Confession and Officers Jleeover Txxt. MEDFORD, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) A new wrinkle In criminal annals, In which a burglar systematically kept books on what he stole and what he expected to steal has been unearthed by the local police force In the capture of Frank Kelly, a young man of 23, who has resided some time on West Eleventh street. Kelly after his capture made a full ronfession, and produced his "books." A list of all he has stolen, together with the dates on which he broke Into the places, was found. Opposite the list Is tho price of each. At his home at T10 West Eleventh street, the officers found more than two wagon loads of toot. Kelly's list of stolen articles Is unique. It looks like a bill for gro ceries and Is very complete. He has "accounts" with Warner, Wortman & Gore, B. & C. Cash Store, Public Li brary, where he stole oil. Big Pines Lumber Company and a number of or chard companies in the valley. CLEO CASE IS PRESSED Kccnuc Officers Refuse to Compro mise With Manufacturers. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. The Govern ment attempted today to enforce the collection of il.000.0ou from oleomar garine manufacturers who used col ored cottonseed oil. under the ban of tiie Treasury Department. Commis sioner Cabell, of the Internal Revenue Bureau, informed a House committee today that the Treasury would take no '--action toward a compromise until the committee and the Federal Court at Ciik-ngo had concluded Its investiga tions The Commissioner estimates that taxes amounting to 11,200,000 were evaded by manufacturers who used oil colored with sulphur. - The companies have offered $101'. 000 as a compromise. Pure food inspectors failed to catch the artificial coloring of tho cotton seed oil. Commissioner Cabell' today declared his department would prob ably have detected the artificial color Inn". If it had not accepted the findings of the pure food inspectors. CHINESE CONSUL REMOVED 1.1 Yuiijr Yew Offends Republicans Among His Countrymen. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. . Li Yung Yew. Chinese Consul at Fan Francisco, lias been removed from office and the Yice-Consul. Kee On.c, installed In his place. Th orders effecting the change came from Pekin. via the Chinese le gation in Washington. The reason for Us removal was not definitely learned. It is known, bower-r. that he had been severely criti cised by the republicans here for his alleged imperialistic attitude. Fivi of the local Chinese Six Com panies are said to have supported Li. but the remaining company, an insur gent organization, is said to bare op posed him bitterly and to have organ ised a movement that resulted in se rious trouble. LI has served as Consul here for three terms and is regarded as one of the most prominent Chinese in the West. .TURKS LOSE 5000 TROOPS (Continued From First Page.) of an attempt to outflai.k them, but so far there is no confirmation of the rumors that the Turks are moving troops by sea to the neighborhood of Rodosto and Midia. No word has been received as to whether tho main forces have been entranced and it is assumed that the T'Trklsh lines at BuTair and across the neck of the peninsula are well defend ed by modern works, which ought to offer effective resistance. Fighting at this point should bring the rival fleets into an engagement, but no naval movement has been reported. 1 Thursday on d last the The Constantinople correspondent the Times says it is believed the Turk ish fleet on Wednesday and Thurs bombarded the Bulgarian positions the coast near Rodosto. It is reporte that the Bulgarians withdrew night after burning Rodosto, where Ottoman troops ellectea a lanains. FOREIGNERS MIST REMAIN Bulgarians Will Permit None to Come Out of Adrianople. SOFIA. Feb. 6. The Ministers of the powers in Sofia communicated today to Premier Guechoff, the request of the Consuls at Adrianople for permission for foreigners to leave the town or for the establishment of a neutral zone for their protection. Premier Guechoff declined to accede to the request. He said in explana tion that there was no precedent for foreigners leaving a besieged place un der similar circumstances, and there were weighty reasons why Bulgarian headquarters could not grant such per mission. Nor could a neutral zone be estab lished, as no guarantee could be given that shells would not fall accidentally within the zone, and consequently great difficulties would bo created for the troops engaged in the operations. iorereESs due NEW YORK POLICE SJIAKEX BY ' IyATEST SUSPENSIONS. Inspector and Tliree Captains Cuder Direct Charges District Attor ney Mysterionsly Busy. NEW YORK; Feb. S. With Police Inspector Dennis Sweeney and three captains under suspension by direction of the Police Commissioner as results of the confessions of Thomas W. Walsh, captain, and Eugene Fox. patrolman, that they shared the graft money with "men higher op." there was an air of expectancy tonight concerning further revelations that appear likely to be made through District Attorney Whit man. Up to a late hour tonight the move ments of District Attorney Whitman were not known. He was not at his home. It was declared by many that he went to Captain Welsh's home, where that officer is lying seriously 111. late in the afternoon, for the purpose of obtaining a supplemental story, one that would furnish a. more detailed account than the revelations Walsh made last night. There was a report also that Mr. Whitman subsequently visited the borne of Inspector Sweeney. It was made known later that the prosecutor was in conference for sev eral hours with Walsh as the captain lay in bed. The two went over the captain's previous confession. Walsh supplementing it with further allega tions. These new statements had ref erence to at least one deputy Police Commissioner. In an effort to get cor roboration of this implication, it was learned that Mr.Whitman hopes to get a statement from Inspector Sweeny. Walsh declared Sweeny knew all that he told the prosecutor. LOWER DUTY AGREED TO CHEAP CIIIXA AND GLASSWARE TO BE REDT-'CED GREATLY. House Committee Completes Work on Schedule B and Prepares to Take Cp -Wood. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. The major ity of the House committee on ways and means, who are framing tariff leg islation for the coming extra session of Congress, agreed today upon radical reductions in the customs duties oa mica, asphalt and various 'kinds of chinaware and glassware of the cheap er varieties. The committee completed its consid eration of schedule B, the earths, earthenware and glassware schedule tariff, and will take up tomorrow the rates on wood and manufactures of wood. Schedule C. the big iron and stl schedule, which ranks with the textile schedules as a storm center of Demo cratic revision plans, was passed ove' until Monday because of the absence of Representative Palmer, the Pennsyl vania member of the committee, whos2 state is largely affected by the metal schedule. Crude bauxite, the raw material for the aluminum Industry, now taxed H a ton, was shifted, from schedule B to the metal schedule. The reported ad mission of the Aluminum Company of America that it is In world-wide agree ments makes It doubtful. Democratic leaders say, whether reduction of baux ite duties would help or benefit that so-called monopoly of the American aluminum field. FEDERAL ROAD ADVISED TAFT WOULD BCILD RAILWAY IN ALASKA. Taft Opposes Government Operation, but Urges Ownership and Pri vate Leasing. WASHINGTON. Feb. S. Alaska's vast resources can best be brought within reach of the world, in the opinion of President Taft. by the construction, with Government assistance, of two railway lines from the Alaskan Coast to the interior, ownership of which shall be vested in the Government, but which shall b operated by private parties -under lease. In a special message, transmitting to Congress the report of the Alaskan Railway Commission, the President strongly urged today legislation along these lines asking that the Government either guarantee the principal ana in terest of bonds necessary to build the roads or construct them. "I am much opposed to Government operation, but I believe that Govern ment ownership, with private operation under lease, is the proper solution," wrote the President. One road recommended by the com mission, would connect Cordova with Fairbanks by way of Chitlna. the other would link Seward with iditarod. The first would open up the Burlng River coal fields; the other the Matan uska field. The two roads would have a total mileage with branches of 733 miles and would cost about $35,000,000. Indian Bill to Be Fought. WASHINGTON. Feb. . With amend ments appropriating I1.S00.000 for irri gation on the Yakima Indian reserva tion in Washington, $307,000 for hos pitals, $123,090 for the suppression of the liquor and drug traffic and many other increases over the House figures, the Indian appropriation bill was today approved by the Senate committee. A long fight in conference Is forecast. F Id i ON FISHER IS S West, Continues to Bombard Wilson With Protests, Fearing Appointment. SENATORS WOULD REBEL Attitude Toward Conservation Is Repugnant to Public Land States. Both Men Also Opposed on Political Grounds. BY HARRY J. BROWN. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 6. Vigorous protests to Woodrow Wilson against the appoint ment of Walter L. Fisher or Samuel Adams, of Chicago, as Secretary of the Interior in his Cabinet continue to pile p in President-elect Wilson's mall. Whether or not Mr. Wilson has the present Secretary or his assistant under serious consideration nobody seems to know, but the persistence with which some of the Eastern papers insist that Fisher or Adams will be chosen for Secretary of the Interior has caused much concern among those Senators who are desirous that the next Administration shall make a fresh start on the conservation question. While Senators who are protesting against the appointment of either Fisher or Adams assert that they be lieve neither of these men will be ap pointed, they seem to have no positive assurance to that' effect, as evidenced by the fact that they are threatening to oppose the confirmation of either man if appointed to the Wilson Cabi net. The talk now current In Senate cloakrooms indicates that a merry fight will be started in executive ses sion of the next Senate if either Fisher or Adams should be nominated in face of the fact that the Senate almost in variably confirms the cabinet appoint ments of a President without criti cism. West Hostile to Both. - Western Senators, regardless of party, however, are hostile both to Fisher and to Adams, and Republicans and Democrats alike will Join hands In fighting the nomination of either. It is no secret around the Capitol that Western Senators, almost to a man. have had enough of Fisher, and they are even more displeased with Adams than with Fisher. Much of Fishers unpopularity is attributed to the arbi trary methods of Adams, who has han dled the bulk of public land questions since Mr. Fisher became Secretary. The great objection, both to Fisher and to Adams, is that neither has a comprehensive understanding of West ern problems. Adams in particular has little more than a Pullman-car acquain tance with the great West. Secretary Fisher has made several trips through the West since he became Secrtary. but Adams has remained Eteadily at his desk in Washington and has no desire to absorb either the Western atmos phere or the Western viewpoint. He is quite content with his own viewpoint, which is decidedly different from that which prevails in the West. In brief, Adams is a typical beaureaucrat,. de veloped to the highest degree, and as utterly unmindful of Western disap proval of his action and Congressional disapproval as well as though the West had no right to criticise or condemn. Adam. Democracy Inactive Secretary Fisher brought Adams to Washington when he was appointed to succeed Secretary Balllnger. Adams is a Democrat, but has been no more act ive in politics than has Fisher, and his work in and for the Democratic party has been about as active as Secretary Fisher's labors in the Interest of the Republican party. Neither man is re garded as a politician, and neither has been closely identified with any party. For this reason, among others. Demo crats are opposed to Adams, for they have only learned that he is a Demo crat since he became a candidate for appointment as Secretary of the In terior. Democratic Senators who are pro testing against the appointment of Fisher base their objection mainly on the fact that he is not a Democrat, and that there are scores of good Demo crats capable of filling that office, whether they be chosen from the West or the East. They do not believe it right that Mr. Wilson should keep a single Republican in his Cabinet, and point to the political blunder made by President Taft when he gave two of his Cabinet offices to Democrats. As to Adams, the objection is more personal than political, though no Senator, so far as has been disclosed, believes" that Adams ever rendered the Democratic party such service as to justify his elevation to a Cabinet office. Even during the last campaign, while Secretary Fisher was away, and even after his return. Adams stuck to his desk In Washington, and never once raised his voice in the campaign. There is strenuous objection to placing such a man in the Cabinet. NOTED ENGINEER IS DEAD Builder of Bridges and Tunnels Passes Away at 6 7. i iniii.'i-., ., - - Neilly Stauffeur, noted as an engineer and an autnority on an engi-a-nngs, died at his home here tonight, aged 67 years. He built bridges and tunnels in Philadelphia, Boston and elsewhere, and for 24 years was editor of Engi neering News, retiring seven years ae. in. nmnB pnllAf,tlnn of Wilt HSTriln h letters and engravings was purchased a lew years ago uy o. jr. .uuisau u turned over to the congressional li brary. $51,000 BONDJSSUE SOLD Corrallls City Council Accepts Bid of Toledo Company. CORVALLIS, Or Feb. 6. (Special). Forty-year, 5 per cent refunding bonds in the sum of $51,397.08, bids for which were opened by the City Coun cil Monday night, have been sold at a premium of $300, with Interest to date. . At a special meeting of the City Council tonight the bid of Sidney Spitzer & Co., of Toledo, Om was ac cepted. . RAILWAY HEARINGS SET Commission to Listen to Complaints of Patrons and Companies. SALEM. Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) The State Railroad Commission will hold hearings February 26, 27 and 28. On the first date will be heard the case of O. M. Bailey vs. the Mount Hood Railroad at Hood River. The plaintiff alleges that the rates on the Mount Hood road are excessive and un reasonable, and that the company does not provide adequate facilities at Park dale. Next the Commission will adjudicate the case" of C. G. Sutherland vs. the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany. This hearing will be held at the Multnomah County Courthouse. The complaint is that the company has refused to carry baggage over its Estacada line. Also, at this time will be decided the complaint against the same concern, as to the adequacy of its system of fenders. This complaint Is preferred by Thomas M. Rodgers. Mrs. L. Carley and T. H. Ruddy. On February 28, the Commission will hear the arguments of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company In favor of -discontinuing its line out of Oregon City to Canemah. The trac tion company has asked that it be al lowed to make this change. WOtEN STORM ROOM TO HEAR DIVORCE TESTIMONY. Kiot Call Accessary Before Case of Mrs. Thome Baker Against Her Husband Is Heard. CINCINNATI, "Feb. 6. Windows of the Insolvency court were stormed this afternoon by men and women in an ef fort to enter the courtroom to bear the. testimony in the divorce suit of Mrs. Thorne Baker, wife of a prominent at torney and former State Senator. A riot call brought a squad of police men to aid the bailiffs in clearing the room. All of the witnesses who have testi fied have been prominent socially and the courtroom has been crowded at each session. The doors were locked this afternoon, but when the bailiffs entered- the courtroom they discovered many persons Including numerous wo men who had entered through the win dows. Tho bailiffs were unable to stop the crowds that were forcing the win dows and called for the police. REPUBLICANS EIGHT ON SENATE FORCED TO CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS AGAIN. Debate Over Commerce Commission er, However, Continues Without Bringing Result. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. In a caucus of the Republican Senators a continu ation of the fight without discrimina tion as to classes of nominations was decided upon today and later the Re publicans succeeded, 36 to 34, In forc ing the Senate to close Its doors to consider appointments. Senators Bristow and Poindexter voted with the Democrats against the executive session. After the Republicans had demon strated their capacity to maintain a quorum, debate on a motion by senator Smith, of Michigan, to consider the renomination of Interstate Commerce Commissioner Clark took up the re mainder of the session. The Senate adjourned without action on any ap pointment. ; A party committee for the direction of legislation during the remainder of the present session of Congress was decided on today at a caucus of Repub lican Senators. Senator La Follette was among those who urged the revival of the tariff board or the creation of a tariff com mission. Senator Gallinger, as chairman of the Republican caucus, was authorized to appoint the members of the new committee. FATHER MADE TO PAY FINE Joseph Tikka Cannot Make His Boy Attend School. VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 6 (Spe cial.) What is a father to do when he cannot persuade his 16-year-old son that it is tho best thing for him to go to school is a question that Joseph Tikka. living near Manor, is asking, after paying a fine of $16.85 for not compelling his Bon to attend the coun try school. "I offered my son $10 to go to school." said Mr. Tikka, through an interpreter in court, when he was ar raigned before G. L. Davis, Justice of the Peace, "on the morning I-was ar rested for not sending him." L. M. Burnett, County Attorney, sug gested that when he himself had re fused to go to school that his paternal ancestor had used, with the desired effect, a barrel stave. "I am too old to do that." replied Mr. Tikka. "I am past 60 years old already, and my son is stronger than I; but there was a time when I could have done that," The lad refused to attend school un der any threat or Inducement, said the father. However, the court imposed a fine, which Mr. Tikka paid. HEAD "SPY" DESIGNATED Mall-Order Witness Accuses' Secre tary of Lumber "Trust." CHICAGO. Feb. 6-Wilrard G. Hollis. secretary of the Northwestern Lumber men's Association, was named in testi mony given' before Examiner Fuller as the head of an alleged spying system used by the so-called "lumber trust" to obtain trade secrets from mail-order houses. Hollis is an individual defend ant in the Government dissolution suit against the lumber organization. A private detective, Thomas McGuire, who was employed by the mail-order dealers to ferret out "leaks" in their business, testified that Luke W. Boyce, manager of the "lumber trust" Infor mation bureau, told him that Hollis directed the forces. McGuire also said that Boyce offered to "sell out" his em ployers for $2500. Ernest P. Hoerr, formerly ptesldent of a Chicago' lumber company, testified that his firm had been driven into bankruptcy by the trust in 1910. Ready -to Turn Back From " Laurelhurst to Down Town Special Transportation Service to Laurelhurst One of the first and most important consider ations about selecting a site for the erection of a home is transportation. Everyone is interested in how to get home quickly. LAURELHURST enjoys, besides regular service on the East Ankeny and Montavilla lines, a SPECIAL LAUREL HURST SERVICE. These cars run from down town over the Morrison bridge and out East An keny and East 28th Street to Glisan. The SPE CIAL LAURELHURST SERVICE stops at 39th Street. The cars switch back in the heart of LAURELHURST, giving that property quick running time to the business section, sites in LAURELHURST may be for as little as $1000 and up. Building had now MEAD & MURPHY, Sales Agents Offices at Tract E. 39th and Glisan. Tabor 3433. 270y2 Stark Street Ground Floor Railway Exchange Building Phones A 1-515 Main 1503 INDIAN FIGHTER DEAD Levi E: "Boyd, 100, Crossed Plains With Whitman. MEMORY CLEAR UNTIL END Pioneer Was Veteran of Civil War. Home at Walla Walla Both Be- fore and After Massacre. Stroke Precedes Demise. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Feb. 6. (Special.) Levi E. Boyd, who came to the Northwest 70 years ago, crossing the plains -with, Marcus Whitman in 1S43. died today, aged 100. But little is known of Mr. Boyd s early history. He was born in Ohio in September. 1812 and served in the Civil War and in the Indian wars of Oregon and Washington. His memory was clear and distinct on historical matters, but owing to his afflictions he was unable to converse fluently dur ing his declining years. From 1843 until 1860 Mr. Boyd re mained In the West, going through the Indian uprising which preceded the Whitman massacre in 1847. 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