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T1TE MORNING OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, " SEPTE3IBER 16, 1913. 3 DEMOCRATS REFUSE PORTLAND GIRL WHO IS CANDIDATE FOR PORTOLA TOUR. TO DESERT CAUCUS Currency Bill Withstands All Efforts to Amend in Stormy House Session. CRY "GAG LAW" IS HEARD I-"- ii' v.. .'.::ie. .-oc i Vv , V ? Republicans and Progressive Plead With Majority MemSers to 'Break Shackles' Changes Are in 'Wording Only. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. With well- oiled legislative machinery working smoothly, the Administration currency bill rolled steadily toward completion today, under consideration In the House A chorus of "noes" quickly disposed of the numerous efforts of Republicans and Progressives to alter the provisions of the measure as agreed upon by the Democratic caucus. Not a single ma terial amendment was voted Into the bll' The debate bristled with charges of "gag law" and "caucus rule" from the minority, but when the votes were needed the line held firm behind Chair man Glass, of the banking and cur rency committee. "Break Shackles" Is Plea. Representative Mondell. of Wyoming, and Progressive Leader Murdock de voted considerable time to pleading with the Democrats to "Break tne shackles" and deaert the caucus pledge Mr. Mondell became involved In a spir ited controversy with Representative Stanley, of Kentucky, who had some thins: to say about the KepuDiican cau r.us action. Representative Donovan, Democrat, of Connecticut. Joined with Representative Murdock In one of his attacks, declaring that the leaders naa abandoned the currency bill to the new members of the House. "Not more than half a quorum is here." he shouted. "They draw their pay regularly and abandon the work attached to their positions. This nothing more than stealing." Caucus Rule Is Quoted. "What could they do if they were here?" demanded Representative Mur dock. "The caucus has foreclosed all action on this bill." An attempt was made to write into the hill a Drovision forbidding: officers or directors in National banks from I Young: 'San Francisco Resident, Born holding similar places In other r tlonal banks or in any other financial Institutions. The amendment was re jected. 71 to 44. Another flood of amendments d signed to curtail the power of the Fed eral reserve agent, named by the bill as chairman of the board of directors and the representative of the Federal reserve board in each Federal reserve bank also was defeated. KNOTTY PROBLE S IN TARIFF SOLVED Schedules on Wool and Paper Disposed Of at Senate and House Conference. YARN RATE COMPROMISED &i7S0OC Mare MISS M GUfRE TO WIN Native Portland Girl Deter mined to Make Trip. TEN-DAY TOUR IS PLANNED In Oregon Metropolis, Is Nominee of Bankers' Investment Bnild Jng In Fortola Contest. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 15. (Spe cial.) A native daughter of Portland A few changes Jn phraseology accept-i v . iariinr nlnr in th Por en oy murnun "e w" ""'J to!a Glrls. Tour Contest, which is to aincnuiJirnis jiuupicu. i . . . ployed In San Francisco and vicinity NEW RATE GRANTED FRUIT that th.e' nT b" eT ."- lour 01 me iQrinweei b mo & ucaio Sfn-.ln.Trnslt Will Aimk on of the Portola Festival committee. Shipments to Callrornja. I in Portland 23 years ago, ia deter mined to.be one of tne party to mane I V. . n,l,nl. nttll 1 nnlnria 4nrn H sa r Storage-ln-tranFit rates on fruit "L " ' moving from Hood River and other Cpper Body Recedes From Amend ment to Free Idst Cheap Blanket and Accepts 25 Per Cent Duty. Delayed Speech Heard. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. Many of the knotty problems in the wool and paper schedules were disposed to today by the House and Senate conferees on the Democratic tariff bill and a good start was made on the sundries ached' ule. One of the important agreements of the day occurred when the Senate con ferees receded from the amendment to free list the cheaper grades of woolen blankets and accepted the House para graph making them dutiable at 25 per cent aa valorem. The paragraph on woolen yarns was compromised by splitting almost equally the difference between the two houses, the House having voted a 20 per cent and the Sen ate a 15 per cent duty. Similar treat ment was given the duty on tops, made dutiable by the House at 15 per cent duty and by the Senate at 5 per cent. Stocking; Rates Changed. Slight changes were made in the Sen ate's rates cn woolen stockings and the House paragraph on Oriental rugs was adopted. Angora goat and mohair were that owing to the great danger to life in the work of moving trains. Insur ance companies and fraternal societies would accept life risks upon such work men only to a "definite limit," or at advanced rates. "Good times are bad times for train men," Dr. Warne continued. "That is, when the railroads enjoy good times of heavy traffic, the number of employes is increased, and the increase in traf fic means an increase in the number of accidents. Statistics show that when the number of employes Is Increased ac cidents Increase. This tendency of in creased prosperity, resulting in greater risk to the employes, Is deserving of serious attention at this time because of the fact that the railroads of the country are entering upon such a period". an to enter this country. In violation of the immigration laws. Andrews said tonight that he was a passed over tne conferees not belng. I1M.II ve vl rw j-JLttui jyeim cf hiliiuuu qi agree. he had lived in. Coatlcook for nearly slight reduction were made in the 20 years, and knew nothing or tne Senate rates on paper. The only para- charge against him. I graph in this schedule not disposed of Jerome Denies Part In Act. WaS h,a ins T th Picture cards and . I booklets lithographically printed, which jnn wnjon, t as passed by for further consider nas Deen acting as Jeromes aiue, I atlon. caused Andrews to be detained. Hel A delayed speech in support of the had talked with Inspector Allen yes- tariff bill was made in the Senate today terday, he said, mentioning casually ry senator inomas, or Colorado, a Dem that Andrews was the man who arrest ed Jerome in Coatlcook. "Why, I have a warrant for that man on another charge," the Inspector replied, according to Lanyon. "If he comes around here hold him and no tify me." Jerome said tonight that he had heard on the day of his arrest at Coat Icook that Andrews, his captor, was wanted In the United States for alleged ocratic member of the finance commit tec The Senator had prepared his speech for delivery in the tariff debate. but was prevailed upon to withhold it so that passage of the bill might not be delayed. Sugar Schedule Defended. tie warmiy aerenaea tne sugar schedule and declared that much of the agitation against free sugar by the beet sugar interests was based on a misapprehension. Over capitalization of corporation violation of the immigration laws, but and discriminatory freight rates were that he (Jerome) had had no part n denounced by the Speaker as causes of the high cost of living. He char acterized, the watering of stock as legalized robbery, and declared if it were necessary to get equitable freight rates n.e ravored uovernment owner ship of railroads. points In Oregon and Washington east and north of Portland to California have been granted by railroads and will be applicable in time tor handling this year"s crops. This, It is declared, will widen the market for Northwestern fruitgrowers and will enable them to enter actively Into competion with other districts now selling apples in California. The concession by the railroads Is particularly acceptable this year, as some of the fruitgrowing centers are confronted with a warehouse shortage. The new rate will enable them to ship to Portland and offer their products here. If the market Js not attractive they can store their fruit and later enjoyed In the Oregon metropolis. Miss McGuire, whose campaign Is making all the other contestants sit up and take notice, is the nominee of the Bankers' Investment building. It's a long time since I was I the city of my birth," she said today "and this is a good time for me to go back. I'm out to win and I will, Like the other candidates and thel managers, as well as the members o the Fortola Festival committee arid other leading San Franciscoans, Miss McGulre Is delighted with the plan being made for the reception of the Portola Girls by Portlanders, especially the Royal Rosarlans. The Itinerary of the big trip, which will start about October 10, Is rap idly being arranged. It is so timed SUGAR SHUNS CHANGE FEDERAL COMPAATT WITHDRAWS STOCK QUOTATIOX. f"m1Pno,n? o?' oriain VJ7 from "h. girls w.lT reach. San Franc.s7o from point of origin. The rate from I . - chaBr0 T--i j mi i I n their private car on tne Shasta point of origin to Portland will apply T ' rVlA ctiv-0i on the through rate. MOOSE OUTLINE CAMPAIGN! Fr,ogresslves In Congress Plan to Have 435 Candidates In 1014. WASHINGTON. Sept. 15. An g- gresMvt campaign to increase the Pro gressive party strength in the House was planned at a conference today v.-hen a Progressive congressional cam ral?n committee was organized and the 1 Progreysives of the House and Sen ator Miles roindexter were named on it. Representative Hinebaugb, of Illi nois was chosen chairman; Represen tative Kupley, or Pennsylvania, secre tary. and Representative Hullngs, of Pennsylvania, treasurer. Representa tlves Hinebaugh, Woouruff aiid Falconer were named to confer with the Pro gressive National committee. Plans were made for a vigorous cam Ta1gn In the Maryland, Massachusetts and New York districts which now have vacancies. In the 1914 election, the Progressives plan to have a candi date In each of the 435 districts. Limited on the eve of the festival, which, running from October 22 to 2., Is the Pacific Coast s celebration of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean by Vasco Nunez de Balboa. INDIGENTS TO SMOKE, CHEW County to Provide Tobacco for In mates at Poor Farm. The County Commissioners decided to answer favorably the prayer of suc ceeding grand juries and the Inmates themselves that the inmates at the .County Poor Farm be supplied with tobacco in reasonable quantities. Yesterday an order was signed in structing Purchasing Agent Nelson to get six pounds of chewing and six cases, containing 24 packages each, of a 6-cent brand of smoking tobacco and send the same to the farm. Consequently joy again relgna su preme at Multnomah Farm. When the men at the farm sent In a petition a couple of weeks ago begging for tobacco It was filed. Then the' grand jury took a hand in their be half In its final report and urged that the request be granted. HURT BY GAR DIES JOSEPH E. ADCOX CRUSHED ON rXITED KAIIIVAY. Vonng Woman Passenger Alighting to Hear Cause of Delay Finds Father Fatally Injured. Joseph E. Adcox. a jeweler, 65 years old. was fatally injured yesterday aft ernoon by a United Railways car on which Miss Ola Norman, his daughter, now the adopted daughter of a Linn- ton family and principal of the Linn ton school, was riding. When the young woman alighted from the car to learn tbe cause of the stop at Whitwood Court, she learned of the Identity of the victim. Deputy Coroner J. J. Dunning was unable yesterday to find eye-witnesses to the acicdent, but will go to Linnton today to make further inquiry. He announced last night that an inquest will be held. It Is thought that Mr. Adcox, who lives at Linnton, was trying to board the train at Whitwood Court, and was thrown underneath it. Miss Norman has not been in touch with her father for some time, and did not know that he was in Whitwood Court. The train brought him to Twenty- second and Pettygrove streets. There an Ambulance Service Company ma chine was in waiting and rushed him to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he died less than an hour later. He was a widower. EDITORS INVITED TO FAIR World's Congress to lie Held at San Francisco in 1915.' SACRAMENTO. CaL, Sept. 15. The California State Press Association will invite the editors from every nation in the world to attend a world's con gress of editors, to be held In San Francisco during either April or May in 1915. while the Panama-Paclflo Ex position Is under way. Plans for the perfection of arrange ments for this Congress will be dis cussed at tbe state convention of the association In &a Francisco Octo r I-X. , j HARRY THAW PROTECTED (Continued From First Pag-e) handed It to the Sheriff in person on bis return, here tonight. Thaw spent an uneventful day. Only once did he leave his hotel and that waa to get shaved. He heard with In terest tonight that John Andrews, the Coatlcook Constable who arrested Je rome on the charge of gambling, of which he was subsequently acquitted, had run afoul of the United States im migration law. Tonight Andrews was held here In the custody of Charles Kelly, Colebrook's chief of police, pending the arrival of George R. Al len, a United States Immigration In spector, stationed at Island Pond, Vt Allen telephoned that he' had a war rant for the arrest of Andrews, charg ing iiim with, assisting a faup.ee 3fTO-( President Says Disinclination to Di vulge Inside Information to Com petitors Principal Cause. the arrest today. Thaw, indignant. characterized the whole affair as piece of spitework. Inspector Allen took charge of An drews shortly before 10 o'clock. He said he-was under indictment returned by the Federal grand Jury at Windsor, Vt., In May of this year. It Is charged that the offense was committed in Oc tober, 1912, when it is alleged Andrews, with others, smuggled the pauper wom an into the United States from Coatl cook to Reading, Mass. The maximum penalty for the offense Is a fine of J1000 and two years' imprisonment. Jerome's Interest Denied. Andrews was taken to Canan, Vt. to night and will be arraigned before a United States Commissioner tomorrow. I can t be too emphatic." said In spector Allen, "in saying that this man's offense was committed and that he was indicted prior to the present NEW YORK. Sent. 15. The stock Thaw case and prior to the arrest of holders of the Federal Sugar Refining Jerome at coatlcook. It has nothing! Company, at a meeting this afternoon whatever to do with the Jerome mat- unanimously requested that the stock ter; we are simply doing our duty." of the comoanv be withdrawn from rne complaint against Andrews re- Quotation on the New York Stock Ex cites that the name of the pauoer chanire. In a statement explaining this woman in question was Hattle W illaTd action. C. A. Spreckels. president of cnamDeriain. the corporation, said: The authorities said that they had "We think that the sten which has Information that at one time she was I been taken is proper, inasmuch as our an inmate or an Insane asylum in stock is not at all active on the ex Canada. It Is alleged that she was change, and. more important still, the aumpea across the border and f detailed reports which the Stock Ex reached Reading, penniless. Her nres- hnne- asks us to make would divulge ent whereabouts are unknown. to our competitors the workings of our refinery. We don t care to make them mihlii. u ti r? tliim rivi t n aiip fnm net I tnm PORTS PLAN IS LAUDED th0 bnettt of th0 details of our manu- iaciunns coi, jjuj txiuacD, eaics, clvj. lir 1 J 1 J . 4 1.... kn.n ... rf.,.- ulc- . Tj i T?e m I we WOUi'i wu ma., iucio ua.vo tca uu , w rt, v sales of either the common or pre Columbia Committee. ferred stock on the exchange for over a year, ana aurins me past. iour years transactions on the exchange nave Deen In a letter to Dr. Alfred Kinney, i.. than 100 shares of each kind per cnairman or tne .forts 01 tne Columbia year, committee, in accepting: memoersmp on the committee, Dan J. AlaiarKey, of Portland, President of the Oregon State Senate, said: I will gladly serve on the committee and do what I can to help along- the great work in wnica it is engaged. o one who Is eivlns; any serious consider. stion. to the topographs of this Northwest ern country can fall to realize the para mount importance of deeping the entrance to the Columbia River. To establish and maintain a channel through the bar which can be safely used by all commercial vessels - . M Tnnat.. Bnri. finitv coming to the Pacific Coast not only win Lines Increase Biz and Capacity or be of incalculable benefit to Portland and Astoria, but will add to tbe revenue of every producer in the Columbia River basin. I earnestly nope ttiat your committee will be able to arouse the people of Oregon- na particularly or our sraua Portland property-owners who so often reap the I ALASKA RAILROAD SOON UP Senate to Take Vp Bill Early . in Regular Session. WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. Considera tion early in the regular Winter session of the bill to authorize the President to construct a Government railroad in Alaska was assured today, when the Senate made the measure Its "unfin' ished business" on and after Decem ber 8. This action followed numerous un successful attempts by Senator Cham berlaln to have a day set for taking up the bilL WRECK LAID TO EMPLOYES (Continued From First Page) train had been stopped) to get away from danger at once, and clearly his duty to have left a competent flagman behind and proceeded at once." Of Flagman Murray, of the Bar Harbor, the Coroner says: "It is claimed he did not have time to go back the required distance before being called in by a signal given by the engineer and before he could place his torpedoes and light his fuse. From all the testimony I find directly to the contrary. He did not go Immediately out when the train came to a stop. He did not endeavor to go back the re quired distance and did not set his tor pedoes or light his fuse." Did You Ever -itop to think that you might reduce the high cost of liv ing by right buying ? You get over 38 more baked beans for your money when you buy. Dyer's Pork and Beans ECONOMIST'S DATA OUT PROFESSOR GIVES TESTIMONY AT TRAINMEN'S HEARING. RESINOL HEALS ITCHING ECZEMA Completely Cured When Three Years of Other Treatments Did No Good. June 14, 1913. "Four years ago I developed a bad case of eczema on my face, which was not only bad to look at, but extremely annoying by reason of burning and itching. It was in very large sores, looked, almost like boils. "As soon as the disease healed a trifle In one place always leaving the skin dark it appeared in another, get ting worse as it advanced. After three years' treatment it grew no better, un til I found Reslnol. I used both Rest nol Soap and Reslnol Ointment, and after two months not a trace of the eczema remained." (Signed) Miss Beu- lah Amanda Elliott. Greenwood, Del. Reslnol Soap and Reslnol Ointment are also speedily effective in even the stubbomest cases of pimples, black heads, dandruff, sores and plies. Pre scribed by doctors for 18 years, and sold by every druggist in the United States. For free trial, write to Dept. 1S-R. Reslnol, Baltimore, Md. Adv. G EVERY day is a Fashion Show at Gray'sour reputa tion for authentic styles and high-class garments is so generally known that we feel the formality of a special invitation is unneces sary. In the beautiful, spacious quar ters of our new home we are show ing a wealth of Fall and Winter Garments that will surely incite admiration from every woman. We bid you welcome today. Suits Coats Gowns $22.50 to $150.00. $15.00 to $100.00 4 Of Wool, $18.50 to $40 For Afternoon, $25 to $75. For Evening, $35.00 to $100. Waists $5'00 to $4S00' R.M. 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' 1 ""fif. arbi- dis- and the ready to handle the shlppina: that will fol- trainmen received statistics touay m- low the openlne of the Panama Canal, It dicating that the roads have increased will be a long and hard and expensive Job I the size and capacity of freight cars to later get their share of it back from without Increasing: the cost of opera their keener rivals. t, Hta waji Dr. Frank J. Truman Butler, banker, of Hood Warne, professor of economy at the River, writes: University of- Pennsylvania. The em- I am very much Interested In the work Dloyes will use his figures to arguo that which Is being done by the Committee of either train crews should have been the ports of the Columbia, and will be increased or wages raised, pleased to serve as a member of this com- rr Wnmo admitted that he had had ml t tee. When I can be of any service to you in mis aistnct, do not hesitate to call on roe. AUTOS AFFECTED BY HEAT no practical experience in railroading and that . his testimony was based wholly upon statistics in which he claimed to be an expert. He declared When yon see a street dug up, - look at the sewer pipe. If it's PORTLAND GLAZED CEMENT SEWER PIPE you '11 be surprised with the increased hardness. Tears of service seem to improve it. Empress of Russia Empress of Asia FINEST SHIPS ON THE PACIFIC The most delightful 10 days that any one can spend is on the cool, blue Pacific Ocean between Vancouver and Yokohama, enjoying these luxurious surroundings and the superb service. Tha voyage is shortened almost One Week, saving two on the round trip, affording extra time for sight-seeing or for transacting business. Diverse Route Privilege allows tour ists to travel one way via Manila and Honolulu. This arrangement permits a visit to every leading place of interest in the "far" East, brought so near by Canadian Pacific Trans-Pacific service. 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