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THE MORNING OREGON! AN, WEDXESDA Y..JUNE 4. 1913. SOCIALISTS PLAGE 01 OH HATFIELD CRITICS NOT FAIR, SAYS HITCHCOCK for the Isleiuest Visit the Eastern WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR WHO HAS BEEN EXONERATED BY SOCIALISTS OF ACCUSATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH COAL STRIKE. m HT"" js West Virginia Governor Exon erated of Charges in Con nection With Strike. Ex-Postmaster-General Sees What Has Been Said About Him and Replies. jMn BLAME PUT ON GLASSCOCK PrrM'iU Kxecutive Ieclared to Have ' Inherited" Martial Ijhw IVoiu rrcdwossor l:bs and Ilerjrcr Sijcn Report. CHICAGO June 3. Governor Hatfield of West Virginia Is exonerated on a number of charg-ee popularly circulated ssralnet him in conectlon with the West Virginia ptrifce in a report to the Na tional commission of the Socialist party today by Victor 1 Barker, Adolph Germer and Eugene V. Debs. The burden of resentment in the re port is directed against Governor Hat field's predecessor. Governor Glass cock. It was Governor Glasscock, says the report, who was responsible for mnrtia.1 law and many atrocities which 1 he report alleges occurred during his administration. Governor Hatfield is censured for KuppressiiiR1 two Socialist papers and imprisoning their editors, hut the re port quotes the Governor as admitting that this action was unjust and de claring that the papers might continue to Issue without molestation from the state administration. Leading Chargcx ot Prctord. One portion of the mport. speaking i'f the Governor, says: "He further claimed that he had abundant evidence with which to con vict some of the leading strikers in the civil courts, but that he had not felt disposed to press the cases against them. The committee appointed by the Na tional committee of :hc Socialist party met at Charleston, W. Va., May 20 and the report declares its members availed themselves of all possible sources of reliable information. After several days of investigation it was determined to visit Governor Hat field but the latter declared he would pee only Debs. Debs reluctantly con sonted to go alone only when urged by the other committeemen. The Inter view was so satisfactory, however, that on the following day the entire com mittee was received. Martial Lin Desired by Miners. "He (Governor Hatfield) had Inher ited martial law from Governor Glass cock," -aays the report, "and the reason he permitted It to remain effective waa because he was requested to do so by the union miners themselves to prevent them and their organizers from being assaulted and beaten by the Baldwin Feltz thugs In the employ of the mine owners. This statement of the Gov ernor substantially was verified by all the officials and organizers of the United aline Workers. "The Governor unhesitatingly de clared that workingmen had the right to organize and that he would protect them in that right to the extent of his power: that Socialists had tho same right that Republicans and Democrats had; that they were entitled to the right of free speech and free assem blage and to the full protection of the law.' The committee found the Governor not opposed to the impending Sena torial investigation. LODGES TO CONDUCT RITES V uiipral of George V. Hobertson Will He Held at 2 I. M. Today. The funeral services over the body of George F. Robertson, who died on Sunday, will be held today at 2 P. M. Ht tho Masonic Temple under the aus pices of the Knights Templars. Hop- kin J enkins, eminent commander of Oregon Coinmandery No. 1, will make a short address and conduct the ritual if the order, assisted by several of the officers. Dr. Benjamin Toung will de liver the principal address. Mrs. H. Hutchinson, contralto, will sing "Beau tiful Isle of Somewhere," The Knights Templar quartet will render several appropriate selections. The bands from the Elks' Lodge and the Shrine will be in attendance. Among the lodges represented will be the E'.ks. Columbia lodge No. 114, Masons. Caledonians, Knights Temp lars. The employes of Blake-McFall Taper Company, of which Mr. Robert son was manager, will attend. The services at the crematorium will be under the direction of Columbia lodge. The honorary pallbearers will be .lohn F. Logan, George I Baker, Thomas Maguire, James Cormack, O. W. Mielke, Frank Dunham, Franklin T. Griffith. J. W. McFalL The active pa 11 bearers will be J. R. Rodgers, Alexander Riddell. H. T. Hutchinson, F. A. Freeman. Walter Gadsby, Joseph McClelland, C. F. Wiegand, William Davis. JOB HUNTERS NOT ABOUT Mor-elect Alboe Shjts He Hns Not Reen "I'ound-' as Vet. "Have the job hunters found you yet?" was asked of II. K. Albee, Mayor cie. t of Portland, yesterday. "I have not been solicited for a sin gle place." lie replied, smillnply. "I snpposo they feel that 1 should be ?iven an opportunity to catch my oreatii oerore discussing positions. As a matter of tact, however. I have been too busy to think o this feature of lite work." The policy of Mr. Albee as Mavor will be to retain efficient employes. "oi no wm cemana etnciency Irora ev-erv one. The Commission as a whole will elect City Attorney. Judfce. - Engineer. Treasurer and Purchasing Agent and iix tneir salaries. BIG CROPS ARE FORECAST (Continued From First Pane.) state, the sain in grain yield this year is estimated In some quarters as high as 50 per cent. "Idaho reports Indicate prosperity in both wheat and fruit raising-. The Snake River country seems to be espe daily prosperous, due to big yields of wool, grain, hay and fruits. Camas Prairie reports indicate an Increase In wheat yield of 75 per cent in some lo calities. "Montana is iv;-rt-.v t-i he especially "lourlshina-. The Kr"UTi:I is well satu- atcd with moitturc and the grain prospect never looked brighter. In some districts the yield of oats and w heat will be double the bumper crop at last year." r. , K,- ' t," F " , v ' S f- " 'C I . n. M. HATFIELD. LAST TRIP IS MADE San Francisco Mayor Drives Horsecar to Scrapheap. UTILITY LONG OUTLIVED Man Who Has Driven Same Car for 26 Years to Have Job on Munici pal Electric Une That Has Crowded It Out. SAM FRANCISCO. J une 3. Mayor Rolph drove the last horse car In San Francisco on ita last trip today from the Ferry building to the scrap heap, With a driver's cap on his head, the Mayor took, the reins from J. II. Lee, who for 26 years had driven the same car from the Embarcadero to the foot of S&nsome street. It was typical. The Mayor displaced the old driver as municipal ownership had displaced those cars. But Lee need not worry for the future. He will have a job as motorman on the municipal line as soon as he learns to handle a controller. Car 45 has been rattling over the streets of San Francisco 32 years. Only In New York and San Francisco have the quaint little boxes on wheels, with their tiny windows, swinging oil lamps and low platforms, persisted after they had outlived their usefulness, and In both cities for tho same reason the desire to keep alive franchise rlght3 on lines which, under the terms of the grant, or for business or physical rea sons, could not be operated by elec tricity. By an agreement concluded yester day between the city and the traction company, the municipal line and the company's Sutter street line both gain access to the Ferry building. FIREMEN PLAH TOURNEY WILLAMETTE VA1LEY XEAKBY TOWN'S TO COMPETE. Grcsliam Will Be Host at Event to Be Staged Thursday, With Cash and Trophies as Prizes. GRESHAM. Or., June 3. (Special.) The first firemen's tournament ever held in this part of the Willamette Valley will be hel-d here in Gresham on Thursday, June 5. Cash prizes and a valuable trophy will be given to the winners. An automobile chemical engine from Portland will head the parade. The Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany will give half fare rates on that date from the following points: Port land, Grflf Junction, Lents Junction. Boring, Eagle Creek. Estacada, Monta villa. Pleasant Home and Bull Run. Children under 5 years of age may ride free. The departments to take part will come from Lents. Lstacada, Tremont. St. Johns, Woodstock and Linnton, with Gresham as the entertainer and com petitor of them all. Tne parade will he the first leature. For this event two cash prizes of ?13 each have been appropriated, for tlie best decorated machine and largest number of men in line. The parade will move at 11 o"clock and will be followed by an hour for dinner. The events will be staged in the afternoon All arrangements are in the hands of Fire Chief Jones, Assistant Chief Wheeler and Ezra Thomas, who will be marshal of the day. The Sandy band of 23 pieces will furnish music. The dav will close with a grand ball In the Commercial Club hall with Nelson's orchestra, to furnish the music. STOCK AND GRAIN ON LIST (Continued KroTTi First Pay.) cattle, sheep and hogs and tree wheat and oats, now that this has been de termined upon as the party policy. When the sub-committee's tentative action was ann-ounced this morning, Senator Simmons went immediately to the White House. "I told the President, he said later, "that members of the finance commit tee in informal conference had agreed that there should be no tax on meats and flour. It was true that the sub committee had taken different action, but I informed the President how the majority of the finance committee felt and said we should vote Instead to place cattle and other livestock and wheat and oats on the free list. This President Wilson agreed to and said it would be all right." Former Action Reversed. Senator Simmons later called on Sen ator Williams, chairman of the sub committee, and told him of the s;nti nient for free cattle and free wheat. Then the subcommittee was called to gether and its former action reversed. The matter is settled now," said Senator Simmons, "and that is the way the schedule will go to the Senate." j The inquisitor clause of the Under wood bill, which aroused foreign pro test, haa been giving the Williams sub committee considerable trouble and in trying to work out a. modification of its provisions they have had the aid of Secretary McAdoo, Secretary Bryan and John Bassett Moore, counsellor of the State Department. A plan is now being discussed to com bine a portion of this provision with the amendment proposed giving the Secre tary of the Treasury the right to pro claim values, thus to have a safeguard against undervaluation and at the same time rid the provision of Its fea tures objectionable to foreign powers. X nderralaatlona Are Feared. The main purpose of the inquisitorial clause was to prevent undervaluations. a necessity under an ad valorem tariff system. By requiring the submission of original entries by foreign manu facturers in cases of disputed valua tions, on penalty of exclusion of their products, the framers of the bill be lieved that deliberate undervaluing will be at a minimum. The amendment proposed by Assist ant Secretary Curtis of the Treasury Department and Assistant Attorney General Denison to give the Secretary of the Treasury the right to proclaim valuations on imports. Irrespective of foreign markets, was also designed to prevent undervaluations, as well as to steady the revenues under an ad va lorem system. It is now proposed to give the Sec retary of the Treasury the right to proclaim values and in the event of the general manufacturers' protest against a valuation, require them to submit their books showing cost of production and foreign value of the good3 in dispute. Furriers Protest Stronjgly. The proposal to place for the first time in the country's history a tariff on raw or undressed furs has aroused loud protests from furriers, and the subcommittee. headed by Senator Johnson. which has tho sundries schedule under consideration is study ing the situation. The Underwood bill proposes a rate of 10 per ceut on raw furs. A brief filed with the committee set forth that under the most favorable circumstances the estimated amount of revenue from such a duty, which the ways and means committee put at 400.000. would fall decidedly below one half of this amount and insisted that the tariff would result in a loss of American merchants of S6.000.000 an nually. Cheaper Autos to Be Reduced. Automobiles costing not more than $2000, it was learned tonight, will be taxed 30 per cent ad valorem Instead of 45 per cent as in the Underwood bilL This will be in the report of Senator Stone's sub-committee, which consid- edered the metal schedule, and other members of the finance committee have said it would be adopted. In the meeting of the full committee another amendment may be adopted to further decrease the tax on automo biles costing less than $1500. All auto mobiles costing more than $2000 the sub-committee graded as luxurious and on them the 45 per cent rate will be retained. Cars worth $2000 or less the sub-committee classed as necessities. "CUPID" COCHRAN ADVISES Doctor's Certificate Mast Be Sworn To, Says Deputy County Clerk. For the benefit of prospective appli cants for marriage licenses Deputy County Clerk Cochran, who officiates at the marriage license counter in the Courthouse, is calling attention to the fact that physicians' certificates certi fylng the freedom of male applicants from certain diseases must be sworn to before & notary by the doctor making the examination. The new law went into effect yesterday. Licenses issued during the day num ber eight. On the two days preceding, Saturday and Monday, 135 were issued. Several of the certificates presented yesterday did not bear notarial seals and the applicants had to be sent back to have them sworn to. Colon Threatened by Fire. COLON, Panama, June 3. An ex tensive fire occurred at Broadway and Tenth streets in this city today. A heavy rain helped, lo prevent spread or the names wntcn threatened to de stroy a large portion of the city. The canal zone brigade responded to calls for help and did -good word in aiding the iiremen oX Colon to get the fire under control. Prison-fOT-Murder Bill Fails. SPRINGFIELD. June 3. A bill abolishing capital punishment by making murder punisnaDie by im prisonment for not less than 30 years, failed to receive a constitutional ma jority of 77 votes and was defeated in the lower house today. Ayes, 62; mays, 63. tuccss has attended the experiment of transplanting rubber trees In "Brazil, where erovwi are Ltelng raised at more accessible points than the existing; ones. DEFICIT IS WIPED OUT Previous Democratic Committee lias Admitted department to Re Self SusUtinlng Two Xew Great Works Undertaken. SIUVKR CITY. N- M., June 3. On ar riving at Silver City today from the Mogollon Mountains, where he has been spending some weeks, ex-Postmaster-General Uitchcock saw for tthe first time the statement Issued a few days ago by Postmaster-General Burleson, attacking his administration of the Postoffice Department. After reading the charges Mr. Hitchcock Issued the following statement: "A committee, consisting of newly appointed assistants having less than three months experience in Postoffice business, attempts in a report to the present head of the Department tn dis credit the financial showing made by tho postal service under President T&ft'H Administration. "After reporting alleged discrep ancies that are insignificant when com pared with the great sums known to have been saved by their predecessors, this, committee of novitiates proceeds n this published statement to enlighten the American people as to the character of the postal service they have been receiving. Statement Declared Inaccurate. 'Their statement is as inaccurate as it Is -gratuitous for the public well knows that never was the postal serv ice conducted more efficiently or mail handled with greater precision and dls. patch, than in the closing years of the Taft Administration. In that Adminis tration nearly 5000 new postof flees were established, delivery letter car riers were supplied in about 300 addi tional cities, and over 3000 new rural routes, aggregating about 75,000 miles, were authorised. "Notwithstanding these great exten sions of service and the heavy increase in expenditures they required, the Post office Department was placed on a self sustaining basis and that was its con dition when, on the fourth of March, it passed Into the hands of newly ap pointed officers, who seem thus far to have been exhausting their time and their energy in a vain attempt to de tract from the record made by the de voted public servants they succeeded. Prrvloua Report Fair. 'Th postal committee of a Demo cratic House of Congress endeavored last year, in a similar manner, to at tack the audited accounts of the postal service, but after investigation that committee was fair enough to admit that the department had become sub stantially self-sustaining. The returns as to surplus or deficit are made up not by the Postoffice Department, but by the Treasury Department, where ail postal Income Is received and all postal accounts finally audited. "The Secretary of the Treasury re ported the wiping out of the postal de ficit and the record thus certified to in his fiscal report Is likely to stand in history. If the Postoffice Department could have received a proper allowance for the cost of carrying franked mall, the postal surplus would have been much larger than that recorded, and this is true after -deducting the expense incurred on account of the postal serv ice by the Treasury Department for the free quartering of certain Postoffices in Federal buildings, an expense that is less than half the cost of the frank in privilege. miter Work Require Attention. , 'The question naturally may present itself in the public mind as to why the present officers of the department, in stead of consuming all this time in an endeavor to discredit the good work of the men thev succeeded, are not de voting themselves more attentively to the Important brancnes or tne service intrusted to their care, even if they are thus far unable in their experience to map out and execute a constructive postal programme so as to broaden still further the usefulness of the'post- office. "They doubtless will find it a con siderable task and one requiring their strict attention to maintain through out our vast -country the efficiency of the postal service as developed and ex tended bv their predecessors and par ticularly of those great orancnes oi ine service recently established tor tne benefit of the people by a Republican administration, the postal savings bank and the parcel post. MURDER DUE TO JEALOUSY Colorado Husband Frenaled by Inci dent at Dance. GREELEY. Colo., June 3.- A Coro ner's Jury returned a verdict today that Robert SJ. Stanley shot and killed his wife and 4-year-old child and then committed suicide at his ranch home in this section of the state Saturday nisht. It developed today that Mrs. Lita A. Stenhenson had been visiting the Stanleys on th night of the tragedy. She asserted that they all had at tended a dance that night at which an incident occurred that aroused Stanley's jealousy. On their return home, she said, the husband and wife quarrelled so fiercely that she became terrified and left the house. Before etting out of earshot, how ever, she said she heard the reports of guns. SALOON LICENSE DOUBLED Prairie City Council Increases Fee From $30fl to $600 July t. PRAIRIE CITT. Or- June 3. (Spe cial.) At a recent meeting of the City Council of this place action was taken increasing the license of the saloons from $300 a year to $600, the lnerease to take effect July 1. The old rate of $300 has been in ef fect for many years. t Excursion Xot Sanctioned. The so-called "Inter-School" excur sion on the Bailey-Gatzert, Saturday, June 7, is not authorized or sanctioned bv anv of the following schools: Lincoln High School, T. T. Davis, prin cipal. Portland Academy, J. t:. v lison, prin cipal. Columbia University, Rev. Joseph J Gallagher, principal. Washington High School, H. H. Herd - man. Jr principal. - Jefferson High School, Hopkin Jenkins, principal. Charming White Suits for Rose Show Wear $25.00 OTTR showing of beautiful White Suits is at its height right now! At $25.00 we have a number of pretty models plain tailored and semi-fancy that embody splendid style and workmanship. One of white serge has shawl collar, inlaid in white moire. A plain tailored, 3-button cutaway, is very distinctive. Another fetching style is of white Bedford, with black stripe. We're certain you can do no better anywhere. at $25.00 Other White Suits in plain tailored, fancy and Balkan styles all fabrics all the new features, 20.00 to $45.00. "Always Showing Something New'' exclaimed a lady yesterday as she looked at a stunning new White Moire Coat just in from New York. It has the new mandarin sleeves, draped back, caught with self-buttons; black-velvet collar. Other White Coats equally new and distinctive $20 and upwards. Beautiful Showing of Summer Millinery for Rose Carnival Wear. Our liberal Credit Policy is for YOU. Why not open an account tomorrow? The Big Credit Institution Ask WATER POURS DOWN Cloudburst Near Durkee, Or., Does Much Damage. BUILDINGS ARE TORN AWAY Hogs, Chickens and Calves Drowned at Shirt-Tail Gulch as Wild Tor rent Cuts Channel 2 5 Feet Deep and Six Feet Wide. BAKER, Or., June 3. (Special.) A cloudburst broke at Shirt Tall Gulch, near Durkee, late yesterday and did much damage. It cut a channel 25 feet deep and six feet wide through the yard of Thomas Ayers and brought down boulders weighing many tons. Tne mad water tore away many out buildings, trees and fences and killed three calves and many hogs and chick ens. The water ran through the house several feet deep, doing much damage to the furnishings. Ayers' loss may raech $1000. The storm extended as far east as Weathorby, and other ranches were damaged. UMATILLA, Or., June 3. (Special.) -The river at 6 P. M. was 23.7 feet. rlsinff one-half foot- in the last 24 hours. All indications point to a steady rise. . THE DALLES, Or., June S. (Spe cial.) The Columbia reached the 39 foot stage this evening. The indica tions are it will rise another foot by tomorrow, the river having risen 1.4 feet in the last 24 hours. This is the highest mark registered by the Colum bla here in many years. It is feared that a rise of four feet would flood basements of the entire business dls -trict. Should the Columbia come up two feet more the main line of the O. W. R. & N. Company between this city and Big Eddy, four miles east of here. probably would be submerged and put out of commlsion in different places. The high water this morning caused the sand fill under the O.-W. R. & N. tracks leading to the local roundhouse to cave in, leaving about 2 feet of track suspended. It was then Impos sible to bring local train No. 7 from the roundhouse until a new track was constructed. The train which Is due to leave for Portland at 6:50 A. M. was delayed over 2 hours. VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 3. (Spe cial.) The Columbia River Is now 23 feet above low water. 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The Clearwater River registers 21.3. also about two Inches lower than last night. The weather continues warm and as neither river showed a material rise today, the crest of the high water may have been reached. No material change is looked for tomorrow. BRYAN'S EDITOR NAMED Kit-hard It. Metcalfe to Be Civil Gov ernor at Panama. WASHINGTON, June S. Richard L. Metcalfe, of Lincoln, Neb., editor of the Commoner, was selected today by President Wilson to be Civil Governor of the Panama Canal Zone. This was announced by Secretary Garrison, after he and Secretaries Bryan and Daniels had conferred with the President. Although Mr. Metcalfe was first rec ommended by Secretary Bryan, Secre tary Daniels and Secretary Garrison Joined In urging the appointment. Met calfe has been in newspaper work all his life and came Into national polit ical prominence during the campaign of 1896, as spokesman for Mr. Bryan. Last year he ran in the primaries on the Democratic ticket for Governor of Nebraska, but lost. Today's Beauty Recipes By Mme. D'Mille. "Now comes the time of year most trying to the complexion. Perspira tion makes ordinary face powder look smeary and untidy. A splendid face lotion that Is used in place of powder can be made easily at home by dis solving an original package of maya tone in a half pint of witch hazel. Mayatone keeps the skin smooth, clear and satiny, and gives you a complexion of lilies and roses. It pre vents freckles, tan and sunburn. "Dandruff Is the worst enemy of healthy hair. It attacks the roots and causes the hair to become dull, brit tle and faded, and finally to fall out. Mother's Shampoo will remove dan druff and leave the scalp perfectly clean and healthy. Its use makes the hair strong, lustrous and fluffy. "Summer toilettes seem to make superfluous hair on face or forearms more noticeable. 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