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xiiis aiuKixiu' okjegoiVIAjV, mondat, JUSE 3, 1013. DUTY PROPOSED ON MEATS AND FLOUR Senate Finance Committee Re stores Products to 10 Per Cent Dutiable Basis. BALANCE IS ATTEMPTED terday on charges of receiving stolen property. They have been Indicted. Hogg Is also under Indictment lor the thefts from his employer. Joseph Block, clerk for the American Chlolc Company. Is another man under indict ment as a result of a sweeping- Investi gation by the May grand Jury or the business carried on by Adler and Si mon. Simon and Adler brought their trouble upon themselves when the for mer complained to the grand jury that his partner had stolen 9350 of his mon ey. Information given in the grand Jury room led to an investigation of the. relations of the Junk men xwlth Hogg and Block. The clerks made complete confessions. They say Adler and Simon boasted that their political influence was aufficient to make them Immune from arrest. 'Hogg sold altogether about J200 worth of his firm's property, all new Effort Is to Kqoalize Ila-w Materials and Their Products Tariff on Oats Is Reduced to Compen sate Oatmeal Increase. WASHINGTON, June 2. Meats and flour will not go on the free list in the Democratic tariff law. If the recom mendatlon of the Senate finance com mittee in charge of the agricultural schedule is accepted. This important alteration of the TTnderwood bill as it passed the House was determined upon today by the sub committee, composed of Benators Wil Hams, Shively and Gore. It was de elded. In carrying out the determlna tlon to perfect the Underwood bill by eaualizlnir raw materials and their products, tliat it would be wiser to levy nominal duties on meats and flour products than to put livestock and grain on the free list. Tra Per Cent liatT Pnt Ob. Jn accordance with this decision the sub-committee took from the free list in the house bill fresh meats, beef, mut ton and pork and made them dutiable at 10 ner cent ad valorem. Wheat flour was restored to the dutiable list at the specific rate of 46 cents a barrel, with other wheat products at 10 per cent ad valorem, and the Underwood duty on oats was reduced from 10 cents per bushel to 6 cents per bushel with a compensatory duty on oatmeal said to be approximately 5 per cent ad valorem. This rate on oatmeal was not definitely determined, but it assured that the recommendation will be to take oatmeal from the free list. Cattle, sheep and hogs will be left as they are In the proposed bill, dutl able at 10 per cent ad valorem, and the Underwood duty of 10 cents a bushel on wheat will stand. These recom mendatlons will be made to the finance committee late this week or early next week, and the Senators who propose the change believe it will have the ap proval of the majority members and also of the Democratic caucus. Protests Have Effect. Soon after the passage of the Under wood bill by the House there were many protests against differentiating between raw materials and their products and It was one of the first features to be taken up with the Sen ate leaders and President Wilson. Sev era! weeks ago the committee deter mined to equalize the rates one way or another and a few days ago rTesi dent Wilson was consulted about the matter by Senator Simmons, chairman of the finance committee, and Senator Williams. Another development today was the approval without, change of the sugar schedule as it passed the House. It also was announced by Senator Shlvely, of the finance committee, that in his opin ion the tariff bill as it goes to the Sen ate committee will be a lower bill In the aggregate than the Underwood MIL A protest hied today by the Amer ican Livestock Association said in tart: "The result of the free admission of meats from other surplus countries would be. first of all. to discourage the livestock business, and If the prices were forced to the level of Argentina beef or Australian mutton, the bust neys would be so unprofitable that this country soon would cease to produce Its own meat." Packers Build Koreigu Plants. Armour, Swift and Morris have large plants in Argentina, the protest assert ed, and handle 39 per cent of the ex port trade of South America. Two of those firms are building large plants in Uruguay. Swift & Co, are now build ins a plant in Brisbane. There are now three plants in Canada, operated by the same American packers. The suggestion that to place meat on the free list would result in curb ing the so-called beef trust is "prepos terous, the petition continued. "What ever control American packers have over prices in this country would be increased Instead of lessened by free meats. "The capacity of the United States for the production of livestock has not been reached. The present output could probably be doubled. Remunera tive prices will bring this about. Un profitable prices will result in a de creased production. "We are In favor of an equal duty on all meat and livestock and that duty should not bo less than 15 per cent ad valorem, in order to be fair and equita ble to the livestock and farming In terests of this country." Millers Make Protest. Protesting against the "unequal treatment cf wheat and flour In the Underwood bill." millers of St. Louis presented a petition to the finance committee. "This," they said, "is not protection for the producer, but it is a Brest and serious handicap imposed by the Government of tho United- States against the mills of our own country. We submit that such a policy ls inde fensible. We urge that the flour duty be reduced relatively the same as the wheat 'duty and Imposed against all countries." .Resolutions by the Chicago Board of Trade urged an amendment of the bill to "provide for a duty of 10 cents per bushel on wheat and rye and an equiv alent duty on the products of wheat and rye on all importations." Buffalo cereal manufacturers petl- tioninj against free oatmeal and du tiable oats stated that the largest manufacturer of rolled oats in the United States has two large mills In Canada. "Should the proposed tariff become a law." they say. "this largest Amer ican manufacturer and the Canadian trust could immediately combine and Congress will have placed the. oatmeal business f the United States in the hands of a foreign combination over which they have no control." They urged that oats be placed on the l'roe list. JUNK DEALERS INDICTED Charge lade They Forced Clerks to Steel Trader Threats. According to a confession made by A. R. Hopt. shipping clerk for the Zim merman- wens-Brown Company, Jo seph Simon and Joe Adler, Junk deal er, or tju Broaaway, roreed him to continue stealing from his employers unaer tnreats or exposure aftar he had once succumbed and sold them a few pieces of leather belonging to. the firm. Bom junK dealers were arrested yes- riONEER OF OREGON DIES AT Kl tEMi AT AtiK OF 60. - V - 1 -v'-'jLe--. ';-- : . Mm. Mary Rohm Stanley. EUGENE, Or., June 1. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Mary Rosa Stanley, believed to have been the first white child born at the pioneer settlement of Jacksonville, Or., passed away at the home of her son, George C. Stanley, on Sat urday, aged nearly 60 years. She was the oldest daughter of Gen eral John E. Ross, whose name was identified with the early history of Southern Oregon. Be sides her husband, W. J. Stanley, she leaves five children, George C. Eugrene, an d Lewt s P. S tan -ley, Portland; Mrs. Winnie Hil dreth, Ashland; Mrs. Helen Marks and Mrs. August Shafers, Jjoth of Portland. The funeral was held at Ash land today. SENATORS DEFEND METHODS OF LOBBY "Insidious" Tactics Unknown, Say Witnesses Who Deny Improper Use of Money. PARTY LINES NOT DRAWN remocrats as Well as Hepublicans Insist That Callers on Tariff Is sue Are Only. Tliose Who . Have TSight to Be Heard. CHARLESTON RANCHER THINKS IT REMARKABLE This la Opinion of Mr. J. K. Hein About Plant Juice, tno Great Vegetable Bemedy, stuff, setting- only $14.33 for It," said Deputy District Attorney Smiley. "Ad ler made a deal with the American Chicle Company to purchase 1200 pounds of tin foil. Block (cave him 2400 pounds instead, getting a rakeoff or $50." MONEY PLAN OFFERED SCGGESTION- IS TO EMMTXATE OESTBAL RESERVE IDEA. Democrats Would Substrate National Reserve Division in Treasury Department of Government. WASHINGTON, June 2. One of the plans suggested to members of the banking- and currency committees of Congress which will receive serious consideration before a definite pro gramme for currency reform is out lined Is as follows: lo eliminate the central reserve association proposed by the National Monetary Commission and the central agency, favored by some Democratic leaders, and substitute a National re serve division, in the Treasury De partment. Under the committee's plan the cen tral association would be largely in the hands of private persons, and un der the Democratic plan in the hands of a semi-official board, while the new suggestion contemplates placing ab solute authority in -the Treasury De partment, By this scheme reserve agencies would be established in each of the reserve cities which would receive and mobilize the reserves of National and other banks, members of reserve asso ciatlons would put cut treasury gold notes as elastic currency Becured by the prime assets of banks accommodat ed and make a market for prime com mercial paper of such banks. Gold certificates, greenbacks and Na tional bank notes would' be retired and a gigantio gold reserve built up to be used as a redemption fund for any notes issued by the treasury In carry lng out the plan. Gold available would be $2,000,000,000, a basis for twice that amout of treasury notes. One of the objections to the plan is that it would put the Government in the banking business. Those who favor it point out that it ls already in the business through the postal savings bank system. Its Issue of currency and Its control of national banks, and con tend that the Government protection against panic would give stability. General Ieake Is Dead. CHICAGO. June 2. General Joseph B. Leake, who was one of the young est brldadier-generals in the Civil War and. who was the oldest member of the Chicago bar, died at his residence here today, aged 85 years. Baseball Injury Fatal. ST. LOUIS. June 3. Frederick C. Whittemore. .Tr freshman in Tale Uni versity, died here today from an Injury to the spine which resulted from be ing hit by a baseball several years ago. He was Zl years or age. ROSE FESTIVAL WEEK SETES IS51ES, 1XCXVDING " POSTAGE, SO CBSTS. Mail to your friends in the East The Oregonlan during Rosa Festival week, beginning Mon day. June 9. and ending with the rrent Sudar e4rtlosu June 15. Complete and exhaustive re ports with numerous high-class half-toned illustrations will be featured dally. The Portland Annual Rose Fes tival baa been widely advertised throughout the United States, and no more attractive testi monial to your friends could be given than a subscription to Oregon- great daily during the event Orders gtven now at the busi ness office or sent by mail to The Oregonlan will receive prompt and careful attention. Subscription price for the en tire week, including postage, ls 20 cents. (Continued From yirgt Page. parties" had the right to present their cases either to individual Senators or to committees f either House. Names of a score or more men who had appeared to protest against a cut in sugar, wool,, lead, meat, flour and similar duties were given by different Senators, but the only one referred to a "lobbyist" was a "man named MacMurray," whom Senator AshurSt said be believed was attempting to in fluence action in favor of the approval of certain Indian contracts in which he was interested. Required by the committee to dis close any personal interests they might have in legislation, the Sena tors tola, or xarms, newspapers, sewer pipe factories, gas plants and other things in which they had investments. Personal Interest Denied. All those' who testified today de clared they had no interest in any business or any business in any way affected by legislation now or previ ously before Congress. Senator Bradley testified he wa not Iinancially Interested in the tariff bill though he had a life insurance nollcv which he believed would not come un der the income tax feature. The only man wno taiKed to him was Sid B, Reading, of Little Rock, Ark., who wanted to know if the Income tax would apply to life insurance policies. Money Influence Unheard OL Of those who had called on him. Sen ator Brandegoe recalled Henry Hall, of w luimantic, conn., a thread manufac turer; W. W. Skiddy. of Stamford, and Cheney Bros., silk manufacturers, of South Manchester, Mass. These and others, he said, argued that reduced du ties would ruin their business. The Senator knew of no Improper use of money or influence: knew of no lob byist and of no expenditures of money to maintain a lobby. benator Bryan testified that he was financially Interested in the bill only to tne extent to which he had $5000 in a purchase mortgage on an orange grove. He had appeared before a Sen ate sub-committee dealing with citrus truits, rinding that the ways and means committee had an erroneous idea of the size of orange boxes and had cut the present rate on citrus fruits more than the 60 per cent intended. He explained he drafted an amendment to cure that defect and presented it to the subcommittee; R. P. Davie, of Colorado, a Florida landowner, and another man, president or tne California Citrus Fruit Ex change, whose name was not given, had talked to him in a general way about citrus fruit duties. Senator Bryan said. Senator Describe Lobbyists. "Even though a man ls interested in . business himself," said the Senator, I would consider him a lobbyist if he devoted all or the greater part of his time to influencing legislative action." Senator Bryan gave the committee his correspondence with the Florida Citrus Exchange. Senator Burton said he had no Inter est in any tariff rates and had no pro fessional connection with any firm rep resenting persons affected by tariff changes. Senator Brlstow gave a list of nearly a dozen men who called on him. "It Is my duty to hear all views and get all theMnformatlon I can," said he. Senator Brlstow knew of no use of money, but supposed it was being le gitimately used" to pay for advertis ing and printed matter. Labor Demands Most Insistent. Senator Burton read a statement. In which he said: "In more than 20 years" membership in the House and Senate no outsider either from Washington or elsewhere has ever made- any proposition or sug gestion to me which smacked in the least degree of corruption. Representa. tlves of organized labor have been most insistent in their demands, but, as I think, with no intention of 'using Improper methods. "The two matters which have seemed to me to require the most care ful scrutiny have been the controversy in regard to the isthmian canal route, that is, the choice between Panama and Nicaragua, and legislation for grants of water power." Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, de clared it was impossible to recall the names of all tariff callers, because ho often listened to argument without knowing the names of the speakers. Those interested iri the wool schedule, particularly, had visited him. he said. He recalled in this connection the names of F. E. Kipp. a mohair manu facturer and a Mr. McCarthy, "prob ably of Texas," who wanted protection for Angora goats. Others who called upon him, he said, were S. W. McClure, secretary of the National Wool Grow ers' Association, and representatives of the Jute bag and hop industries. Slips Sent to Chamberlain. Printed slips Jn favor of free sugar had been sent him by consumers. Sen ator Chamberlain said, and like slips in regard to insurance policies. Senator Brady, of Idaho, told of be ing interested In farming, but de clared he was not interested otherwise, financially or as ian attorney, in any matters that might be affected by the tariff bill. A dye manufacturer. Sec retary McClure. of the Wool Growers' Association, and & Mr. Samuels, of Boise, Idaho, Interested In lead and sine, he recalled as having called upon him. Senator Catron told the committee he had. substantial interests In lands In New Mexico on which were lead. sine, coal ana timDer. "My firm is legal representative for a number of people Interested in lands containing coal and timber," he said, "and for people Interested in sheep ana woou Tote to Cost Senator 25,000. Senator Catron- said he had not tried to influence anyone on tariff and that no improper Influences had been brought to bear on him. He testified that should he vote for free coal he would be voting from $25,000 to $40 000 out of his own pocket. Men who had appeared before tim on tariff, he said. Included Mr. McClure. Mr. Mc carty and Mr. McMurray, representing sheep and. goat raising industries. Senator Clapp testified he had never tried to influence any other Senator. When the Canadian " reciprocity bill Mr. J. N. Hein, a well-known rancher of Charleston. Kitsap County, Washing ton, who has lived in that section 24 years, has the following to say about Plant Juice: "I have suffered with stomach and kidney troubles for years and have had bladder trouble ever since I came out of the Civil War; for a long time I have been compelled to wear a tube. -My rest was broken frequently at night. my stomach was in bad shape and my rood would not digest. Almost every thing I ate would distress me. gas would form and the bloating of my stomach seemed to affect my heart. tried everything I could hear of and tried Plant Juice as a sort of last resort. It has worked wonders in my case. I sleep now throughout the nitrht with my rest unbroken, I do not have to wear the tube any more and my stomach gives me no more trouble, consider this most remarkable and any one who has suffered as I have suffered for years will realize why I feel I can not say too much for Plant Juice." This great vegetable remedy has re stored thousands of sick, disheartened and discouraged men and women to health and strength. It has no equal as a vltallzer and tonic as well as a remedy for all ailments of the stomach, liver and kidneys. It clears the blood of all poisons, cleanses the liver, tones up the stomach and soothes the nerves and heals and strengthens weak kid neys. Plant Juice ls for sale at the Owl Drug Company's Store, Seventh ana Washington streets. was passed 'in 1911 he opposed a re duction in the duty on wheat and made a speech against it, he explained. Senator Clapp said he did not rep resent anyone interested in the tariff. TAGOMA'S WATER FAILS ACUTE OOXDITIOV CACSED BY TRANSFORMER ACCIDENT. Schools Close, Hospitals Unable to Care for Patients and City Is Without Fire Protection. T A COMA, Wash.. June 3. (Special.) Sunday and today, the two hottest of the year thus far, Tacoma has been suffering from an acute water famine in the hill districts, due, the City Water Department says, to the burn ing out of a transformer at the South Tacoma wells. At St. Joseph's Hospital the water barely trickled from the faucets on the lowest floors. The elevator could not be used and at least one surgical operation bad to be postponed becaus of lack of water. The greatest incon venience at the hospital was caused by lack of water to flush the toilets and for cleansing- purposes in the sick rooms. The Bryant. Horace Mann, Lincoln and Grant schools were closed this morning by order of Superintenden Geiger, not only because the children were unable to get drinking water. but because of the danger of unnushed toilets In the buildings. In the Mc Kinley hill district, Roosevelt Heights, west of K street, and out Sixth avenue there was practically no water. At an old unused well at Proctor and Twelfth streets fully 40 families were getting water this morning- for cook ing. although it was blackish and scummy and required boiling. A large area of the residence dis trict of the city was left without Are protection of any kind. Today repairs to the' well's transformer were com pleted, and the pumps were started again only to meet with another trans former accident and the water situa tion tonight remains acute. COMMISSIONERS IN OFFICE Denver Police Fall to Keep New Heads of City From Entering. DENVER, June 8. Without the slightest resistance, although every office in the City Hall was guarded by policemen to prevent occupancy of the building by the newly elected City Com missioners, the Commissioners took possesssion of -the Council chambers to day and proceeded to organize. Dr. J. M. Perkins. Commissioner of Social Welfare, was elected Mayor of the city on the fourth ballot: Isaac N. Stevens, Progressive, was elected City Attorney, supplanting W. H. Bryant, who imme diately signified his willingness to de liver over his office to the new incum bent. Kx-Mayor Arnold, however, refused to surrender his office, as have most of the former officials under him. He and they declare the city's welfare will be jeopardized if the old administration gives up office without a court order legalising what they declare to be an Illegal Commission. AGED COUPLE TO RETURN Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Gottliebsen to Face Charge of Defrauding: G-irbi. LOS ANGELES, June 2. (Special.) Deputy Sheriff Hunter, of Portland, ar rived In Los Angeles today to return to the north Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Gottlieb sen, charged withe defrauding dosens of working girls In the northern part of Oregon and at Portland. According to the charges they worked a fake colonization scheme, claiming to have a large tract of land in Lower California. Officers learned today that Gottliebsen is a brother-in-law of Al virto Pico, under arrest at the county jail on a bad-check charge. Both of the old people declared that they were willing to return north and face the charges. JOHNSON REFUSES POST Representative Withdraws From Head) of Democratic Committee. WASHINGTON, June 3. Representa. tive Johnson, of Kentucky, after being unanimously elected chairman of the Democratic Congressional committee tonight, sprang a surprise by asking unanimous consent to withdraw his name. This was granted and another post ponement of election of officers until three weeks hence followed an appeal by Senator James, of Kentucky, for deliberate action. Buy That Summer Suit Now Save V4 at the Salem Woolen Mills Great Going-Out-of -Business Sale Your "Winter Suit feels a bit warm for these days doesn't it? Buy a well tailored, well-made Suit of the latest fabric the same kind you and all other particular men have bought for years and pay 4 less than the regu lar price. Schlossl $11.75 Bros.' $13.75 Clothes $15.00 V4Qff $ 1 6.75 $1 2 r7Ci for our X C3 $25.00 Suits C El for our POV $30.00 Suits 0 OE for our CpO.ii-O, $35.00 Suits . $30.00 $S.00rSuits for our $15.00 Suits for our $18.00 Suits for our $20.00 Suits for our $22.50 Suits Schloss Bros.' Clothes V40ff Your Money Back if you are not satisfied. This guarantee goes in spite of the low prices. BBk M SBB : ' FOT3 &Cavende r RTM AT. ALDER Successors to Salem Woolen Mills Clothing Co. LIMIT PUT ON WORK Democrats of House Decide to Restrict Programme. CURRENCY TO BE DECIDED Oregon Has Xo Xayy Graduates. BALTIMORE. June 2. (Special. Oregon and Louisiana were the only stales wnica oia not nave midshipmen represented in the graduating class of the Naval Academy. In the list made public at 9 o clock tonight at Annap olis no graduates from those state are named. Some of the states, had ten graduates. " Tariff, Emergency Appropriations and Election. Cases Only Other Things to Be Considered at Extra Session of Congress. WASHINGTON, June S. The House Democrats in caucus today restricted the legislative programme of the pres ent extra session to tariff, currency, emergency appropriations and election eases. Committee assignments as sub mitted by Chairman Underwood and his colleagues of the ways and means com mittee majority were adopted by tl.c caucus without change. The legislative programme as pre sented, by Representative Underwood was made binding on the Democratic members of the standing committees of -the House. The resolution by which this was accomplished provided that no standing committee, except the commit tees on ways and means, appropriations, banking, currency, elections, printing, accounts and rules, should report bills or resolutions to the House, or have them placed on the calendars, without permission expressly granted by the Democratic caucus. Following up the action of the House earlier in the day in creating a com mittee on good roads, the caucus chose Representative Shackleford. of Mis. souri, for chairman, and named Rep resentative Dickinson, of Missouri, to succeed him as a member of the ways and means committee. While the committee list was under consideration. Representatives Booher, of Missouri, and Tribble. of Georgia, complained that Representatives Mahcr, of New York, and Hensley, of Missouri, had been "Jumped" to make room for Representative Lewis, of Maryland, as chairman of the committee on labor. Mr. Lewis was ranked by the other two members on the committee in the last Congress. Representative Tribble said If or ganized labor was to dictate the selec tion of a chairman of the House com mittee on labor, he would like to know why bankers should not dictate the chairmanship of the banking and cur rency committee, farmers the agricul tural committee and so on. lYiseo Line to Be Investigated. WASHINGTON, June 2. Representa. rive Hinebaugh, of Illinois, introduced a resolution today to direct the Inter state Commerce Commisssion to inves tigate and report on the management of the St. Louis & San Vrancisco Rail road for one year prior to the recent receivesehip. 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