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I 1 z . TOE .MOUSING OBEGOSIAX. "WEDNESDAY... 3IAY T, 1913- . i v 1 HAN NA SEES FINISH OF "MOOSE" PARTY Man Who Backed Colonel Heavily With Cash Urges Union With Republicans. - TARIFF-. IS RALLYING CRY Politicians Frecast Storm'to Follow rassage of Cnderwood Bill. Diminishing Strength of Third Party Apparent. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash, ington. May . Politicians in Wash ington are disposed to attacn great sig nificance to the fact that Dan Hanna. of Ohio, has come out publicly in faTOr of reorganizing the Republican party. His change of front is another indi cation that the third party Is disinte grating. Following Frank A. Munsey, another Bull Moose "angel." Hanna has reached the conclusion that the Democ racy can only be overthrown by a re united Republican party and he is ready to take part In the reunion. - Jn the late campaign Dan Hanna was perhaps the heaviest contributor to the Roosevelt campaign fund, for he ac knowledged having given fl"3.000 of his own money to help the Colonel in his light. There was no question then where Hanna's sympathies rested. Now he is one of the early -deserters from the Society of Survivors of Armaged don, and through his Cleveland news paper has appealed to Republicans and ex-Republicans to get together in op position to their common foe. Third Party's Chaee Ml. Quite a few of the more adroit poli ticians in the third party have come to realise, since the Democratic tarlfT pro gramme took shape, that only through a reunion of the Republicans and Pro gressives can the Democracy be over thrown. The third party has not shown signs of gaining strength such as to Justify the belief that It can ab sorb the larger part of the Republican partv and a considerable part of the Democracy. On the other hand, all late indications point the other . way and show that the Progressive party Is Itself being absorbed. The late city elections in Chicago and St. Lou demonstrated forcefully that the third party is fast dwindling and the same thing was proved still more recently in Michigan. City elections elsewhere and registrations in cities that are pre paring for local elections tell the same story. Everywhere the third party show only a small percentage of the strength it manifested in November last. , , . Just as the third party is going into disintegration, the Democratic party Is reviving the tariff issue. With two exceptions, the Progressive members of Congress took occasion to condemn the Underwood tarifT bill while it was before the House, and no Republican more bitterly condemned the Demo cratic bill than did those Progressives who voted their sentiments. The two exceptions were Kent of California, a political freak, who is now practically n Democrat and Bryan, of Washing ton, who Indorsed all parts of the bill that did not afreet the industries of Ms own State. Both men are political ac cidents. Tariff Is Rallytag Grouad. Shrewd men like Hanna realize that the tarifT issue, raised by the Demo crats, gives the warring elements of the Republican party the best sort of reason for. burying their minor differ ences and getting together on things ess-ntiaU The tariff is to be the issue In the next campaign. The Cnder wool bill is as obnoxious to Progres sives as toold-llne Republicans, and both are equally determined to bring about its repeal at the earliest oppor tunity. The bill is bound to stand for the next four years, no matter what happens, but it can be repealed at the end of that time if the Republicans and Progressives are able to carry out the idea advanced by Mr. Hanna and others and bring about a complete readjustment of differences. It goes without saying that any reorganization of the Republican party must be along Progressive lines. Re publicans of progressive ideas must be recognized as leaders, and the old party leaders who brought the party Into bad odor must not again be placed In control. There Is no fear that this will be done. The men most active in urging a reunion are opposed to re instating men like Aldrfch. Cannon and Penrose, and they have the strength, beyond a doubt, to keep these old leaders In the background. It is conceded that Dan Hanna Is in touch with the trend of events and that reorganization of the party Is bound to follow the enactment of the Democratic tariff bill. ROAD SEEKS LAND TITLE orthern Pacific Willing to Pay Taxes if Patent Is Rushed. OREGONIAK NEWS BUREAU. Wash . lngton. May . The fact that large areas of Northern Pacltlecland In the northern tfer of states are not paying taxes is not due to activities on the part of the railroad company to pre vent or delay the Issuance of patents, as has been frequently charged, but Is ' due to the dilatorlness of the Interior . Department in examining these lands and issuing patents, according to an explanation made to Secretary Lane by Thomas Cooper, land commissioner of the Northern Pacific. Mr. Cooper has submitted to Secretary- Lane an elaborate statement show, ing that there are Z.'ihZ.ZU acres of the company's land grant ready for the is suance of patents. These lands lie in the following states: Oregon, 2540 acres; Washington. 295.345; Idaho. 86. 812: Montana. 2.220.177; Wyoming. S040; North Dakota. 47,118; Minnesota. lt.3; Wisconsin. S540; total, 2,753.2:! 4 acres. Mr. Cooper said that in the 20 months from July 1. 1911. to March 31. 1913, there had been patented to the rail road company only 70.000 acres, at which rate It would be years Derore patents would be issued for the two and three-quatrer million acres now readr for patent: also. In addition to the two and three-quarter million acres, the company estimated that at least 1.000,000 acres additional now surveyed would be ready for patent within a year: also that this quantity would be still further increased, as ' surveys now in progress are com pleted. The consequences of the delay in the issuance of patents, as explained by Mr. Coooer. are: First and most serious, the railroad company Is unable to dispose of Its lands because of the uncertainty of Its title. Therefore, the settlement ana development of the country is seriously retarded. tecond. the company Is not required m nav taxes on indemnity lands until patent is Issued, and therefore it is - escaping the psrment of taxes on 1.I9S.755 acres of indemnity "t.inds In cluded in tho foregoing, the ujnual tax on which it is estimated, would b from 1100.000 to $150,000. Third, lands within the place limits being taxable from thedate of survey, the company, for Its own proteotlon, is obliged to pay taxes on the 1,557.489 acres of place lands, to some of which It may never receive title. The report of MY. Cooper shows that of 77,486 acres of Northern Pacific land In Oregon ready for patent only 1123 acres lie in the place limits, and there, fore are taxed; 219.210 acres' in Wash ington out of a total of 295,345 pay taxes and 88,017 acres In Idaho are now taxed. Under the terms of Its grant the railroad company Is not entitled to mineral lands, other than coal and iron, and It Is the understanding of the company that the delay in issuing patents is due to apprehension on the part of the Interior Department that, for lack of information, some mineral lands might be Inadvertently Included in. some of the patents. This appre hension is probably the greater be cause the Government Is today suing the Southern Pacific to recover oil lands patented to It under Its grant. Mr. Cooper said to Secretary Lane that about 33.000,000 acres had already been patented to tlie Northern Pacific and he did not know of a single acre of this area that had proved to bj min eral In character, other than for coal or Iron. This statement surprised the Secretary. Mr. Cooper explained that there had been Instances where per sons thought they had discovered val uable mineral on the company's lands, but tho company In all such cases had LEADERS ON OPPOSING SIDES OF DEBATE IN HOUSE, NOW DRAW ING TO CLOSE, OVER TARIFF BILL. ' If -a ' y "r- " h I ft kte?? . - VS : , y ;.y y y' "1 I I sf- r ... .J I i mi si i iiiwiitiitrnf'wrirrf v - -4 f Oscar l:Bderwood, Democratic Lead- Jasae er. C Photo Copyright by ICdmo-atoa.) disposed of the lands at their agricul tural or timber value, without making any charge for the alleged mineral, and none of the lands thought to be valua ble for mineral had developed into pay ing properties. The position of the railroad company, as explained by Mr. Cooper to Secre tary Lane, is that it cannot and does not wish to take exception to any pre cautions the department may deem nec essary, in the way of examination of the lands before the issuance oi paienr. but it feels that the department should proceed forthwith to make such ex aminations and investigations and then Issue patents to the non-mineral lands without further delay. For tho. past ten years, Mr. Cooper said, the railroad company had done everything In Its power to hasten that work of surveying, adjusting and pat enting the grant. Secretary Lane was greatly surprised at the explanation made by Mr. Cooper, especially as his statement of the case was at direct variance with previous Teports put forth by the Government. The Sec retary promised to investigate the sub. ject immediately and to proceed in ac cordance with the facts as he nnas them to be. CUCARACHA' SLIDE BOTHER Point In Canal Path Nearly Closed as Result of Trouble. PANAMA, May -6. Increased activ ity has been shown in the Cucaracha Slide of the Panama Canal south of Gold Hill during the last few days The cut at that point is nearly closed, only one available track being left at the 70-foot west level across the canal. As this Is the beginning of the rainy season, still greater trouble Is expect ed and drainage pipes have been laid around the slides to the south to pre vent the backing of the water in case a movement occurs during the heavy rains. The Cucaracha Slide, which Is known as a normal or gravity slide. Is one of the largest type in the isthmus. t gave great trouble to the French Company in 1887. when It reached a maximum area development of about 62 acre. More than 2.000,000 yards of clay and surface debris, according te Government experts, have slid into the cut from this slide since it first be came active. STUDENTS WAR ON CLUBS Cornell Seniors Take Step to Stamp Out Snobbishness. ' ITHACA, N. Y, May 6. War on the so-called social cluba at Cornell, as breeding snobbishness among the stu lents, has been started by the under graduates. The honorary senior so cieties. Sphinx Head and Quill and Dagger, announced today that they would not elect members - who are members of any of the clubs that have social features exclusively as their ob ject. The question has been agitated for some time. Fletcher Heads Boys. Club Seminar. The Boy a' Club Seminar was organ ised at a meeting of those Interested in playgrounds and Summer camps for boys, held at the Portland Hotel last night. The following officers were elected: President. William T. Fletcher; secretary. L. H. Weir; treasurer, Ham ilton Corbett. Professor Arthur E. Wood, of Reed .College, delivered a pa per on "Boys' Camps" and Kabbl Stephen S. Wise, in a short talk, sug gested the establishment of a perma nent Summer camp for Portland boys. Artificial "Booze" Inspected. JOLIET. 11L, May 6. Federal officers raided 20 saloons here today as part of an investigation of a charge that saloon-keepers were making artificial liquors out of an extract. Postal Savings Bank Grows. INDEPENDENCE. Or, May . (Ppe ciaJ.) The Postal Savings Bank was Installed In Independence In Febru ary, 1812. and has grown until the de posits have reached 32180. More than J.0O0.ono cslveji are slrtightrrtd eacb scar In the 1 nlicd istatrs. I n i t sin forrl I I . I tsilrf T M A hPTIR T R III III 111 1 L ICO wm I i in mi ari-. i MEMORY HONORED Medals Presented in: Name of Experimenter to Eiffel and Glenn H. Curtiss. BRONZE TABLET UNVEILED Work In Wireless Telegraphy and Air Navigation Declared to Bo Bond or XJnion Between America and France. WASHINGTON. May . Three workers In the field of aviation, one lead, the other two living, were hon- R. Mean. Repnbllcaa Lead er. (Photo by Bala.) ored here today by the Smithsonian Institution, which unveiled a tablet to the memory of the late Dr. Samuel Pierpont Langley, inventor of the first heavier than air machine to fly, and presented Langley medals to a French man. Oustave Eiffel, for his valuable experiments In aerodromatics, and to Glenn H. Curtiss,. the young American who has been a 'leader in hydroaero plane invention. As M. Eiffel could not be present, the French ambassador.. J. J. Jusser and. received his medal. Another feature of the celebration of Langley Day so-called because on this date 17 years ago Langley's flrBt successful experiment with a heavler-than-air machine, propelled by its own power was made was an exhibition of aeroplane and hydro-aero maneuvers on the army war college grounds. Assistant Secretary Flies. Assistant Secretary of War Breck- enridge was taken up by Lieutenant John II. Towers, navy aviator, in the. Curtiss flying boat. "It was Just like riding in a ferry boat," he said, after returning to the dock. Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, a regent of the, Smithsonian Institution pre-, sented the medals. Dr. John A. Bras hear, a worker with and a long-time friend of Professor Langley, made an address In which he praised Langley both as a careful scientist and as a man, and then drew aside the flag which covered .the bronze tablet. In accepting" the medal on behalf of M. Eiffel, tht French ambassador spoke of Eiffel, more than 80 years old, but "with the enthusiasm of youth," as one of the men of whom France was most proud. Eiffel Tower Made L'sefnL v The Eiffel tower, designed by the man honored today for his work later in aerodromatics, the ambassador said, "was a thing of beauty because it had become a thing of use," and he re ferred to experiments in aviation and wireless telegraphy which had cen tered about the tower as being links that helped to bind France and the United States closer together. Mr. Curtiss in accepting his medal, praised highly the work of Langley. Hanging in the hall where the exercises took place was the machine which made the historic first flight 17 years ago today. Dr. Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, In which position he suc ceeded Dr. Langley, presided. OIRA SEEKS INQUIRY ILLINOIS OFFICIAL ASKS THAT SriXIVAX BE SCBPEXAED. Lieutenant-Governor Wants Story Involving HLm in Scandal Inves gated in Legislature. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. May 6. At the request of Lieutenant-Governor Barrat O'Hara, chairman of the Illinois Senate "white slave" investigating committee, the Illinois Senate has subpenaed to appear before it tomorrow Deputy Sheriff R. M. Sullivan, of Sangamon County. Sullivan will be asked to explain what he knowa about a story circulated In connection with the "white slave" Investigation that Sullivan has In his possession an affidavit made by a worn, an of the underworld reflecting on the morality of Lieutenant-Governor O'Hara. Mr. O'Hara read to the Senate today a newspaper statement In which Sul livan was quoted as saying be had such an affidavit and hoped he would be summoned before the "white slave commission. Mn O'Hara Bald that since the publication of the statement he had heard of scandalous rumors be ing circulated abou members of the commission and asked the Senate to direct that Sullivan appear and bring with him such document or evidence as he might have bearing on the char acter of any member of the com mis sion. PINCHOT DEMANDS LEASING Congress Told Government Must Build Alaska Railroads First. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Max f, Gifford Flncho $&ay tA ih. Senate committee on terrl- rnnrniii must follow his views with reference to development of the Alaska coal lands or face a cam paign of publicity which he and his followers will make against them. He Insisted the woal lands of Alaska must be developed only under the leasing law, and served notice that he will fight any legislation which proposes to convey title to these lands to priv ate persons. Moreover, Plnchot insisted that the Government must build railroads be fore providing for the opening of the ooal fields and in response to ques tlons admitted his belief that if this were done the clamor for the opening .i KnHc tn order to' provide ton nage for railroads would be so great that Congress wouia pass me tooiua win t hi nurnose so far as he can to maintain the status quo in Alas ka until Congress comes o nis iciuio. How the whole committee siauus Pihchot was not disclosed. NEW CHURCH IS DEDICATED Methodist Edifice at Wend ling Is Free "From Indebtedness. clal.) The new Methodist Church at Wendllng was ueaicaieu ou.,. . . ...DM.ni et i 1 - lamette University, at Salem, delivered the dedicatory sermon. After the s"7 ices a basket dinner was served. The evening sermon was delivered by Rev. .T. T. Abbett. superintendent of the Eu. gene district . The new eairice is iree iruiu money for the erection of the building was raisud by people of Wendllng, ex- ... - -mall rirnifltlnn hv the Church extension society of the denomination i ...Ik.tlnn from th Booth- Kelly Lumber Company. Rev. G. A. Gray, of Marcoia. is me charge. Henry B. Lewellin is super intendent of the Sunday school. DEBATING TEAMS TO MEET North Bend and Springfield High to Contest at Eugene. ,tiT-Doiv fiprfinv K.u 2 pn ft. l.l.Ol 1 1 v.- Or.. May 6. Special.) At the meet ing' of the high school debating teams of North Bend and Springfield here Thursday evening the high school championship oi tne state in xucuwuB will be settled. These two teams have .iiminsicii oil ih schools In their re spective districts from the race. All preparatory aenaies in .vicBvm. outside of Portland are held under the auspices of the State High Schoof De bating League. The state Is divided into districts and the supremacy in each district is decided first.- The dis trict rhar.-.nions then contest each other until two arc left. These survivors meet in Eugene annually during junior week-end. This year's debate will tiini-n Thursday evening at 8 o'clock In Vlllard Hall. OWNERSHIP VOTE IS MIXED Lincoln, Xeb., However, Decides to Retain High Saloon License. T.TvrnT.v Neb.. Mav 6. Voters of Lincoln today decided to retain the .viciinir avHtem of high, license of saloon sr early returns in the municipal election Indicating a majority for the "wets" of approximately 600. This was the first election under the commission form of government, and party politics was not Involved, the two issues being municipal ownership and saloon li censes. Indications are that not all of the municipal ownership advocates' are elected. WORDS OF WOMEN DOUBTED Banker Tells Fair Audience of Fi nancial Standing. CHICAGO, May 6. At a luncheon here today 4ohn B. De Voney, a Chicago banker, .squarely faced a roomful of women and told them that in financial deals their word was not as gooa as that of a roan. ii. watt addressing members of the Women's Association of Commerce and he saw that in their faces which caused him to add: "This is only natural, perhaps,- be cause it is only recently that women have Interested themselves In business." DALEY NOW BACK IN ARMY Former Football Star Is Reinstated '. as Second Lieutenant. wieuTvfiTnv Afav fl. Charles D. .Daley, the former" Harvard and West Point rootDail star who un um States Army to enter private life, wan A Wonderful Tonic That Aids Digestion Thousands are unable to digest cer tain kinds of food. In most cases it is not the fault of the food, nor the stom hl that the stomach has' been abused. 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An attemDt to have President WU son notified at once of confirmations mH at today's executive session was made by the Democrats. Senator Bmoot objected and citea tne usual procedure of waiting two days before such notification was given the White House. Lack of a quorum preventea a vote on the question. a MORGAN FEE IS NOT SEEN Late Financier's Appraiser In Chl- , cago Will Get Nothing. CHICAGO, May 6. When Preston Harrison, brother of Mayor Harrison, waa nnnnlntad annralser of the estate of the late J. P. Morgan, in Cook County, his friends congratulated mm on prospective jury fees. After some investigation in connec tion with which there will be no fees, the appraiser was compelled to admit today that the financier personally had no property here, as It is all in the name of -the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. ' Washington Runaway Writes. FOREST GROVE, Or., May 6. (Spe cial.) Mrs. .L P. Vannoy, who Tesides near Dilley, recently received a letter from her son. 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To make a perfect tomato pisque, toliow tne easy direc tions on the label. 21 kinds 10c a can -Look for the red-and-white label I .X. ' rtjfLlir ryrnasfii, Js.ii.-ili.i i census began In Centralia today. Here tofore the work has taken 60 days for completion, but by a new system In augurated this year it should be fin ished within a week. B. R. Zimmer is in charge of the work, and five as sistants have been appointed. TRIP TO and 0