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5 OPPORTUNITY GIVEN UP BY GHAMBERLAIH Surrender of Lands Committee for That on Military Sur prise to Friends. WEST DEEPLY CONCERNED 3 ands Chairmanship Would Have Carried "With It Keal Service in Shaping legislation of Real Moment to 6ettlers. , OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 4. From a Western point of view, the most important committee of the United States Senate Is the com niittee on public lands. No other com mit ee handles as much legislation af fecting the West. In fact, this com mittee handles Western legislation ex clusively. All bills affecting the dis posal of the public domain, modifying the public land laws and otherwise touching on the broad topic 'of conser vation must pass through this com mittee before being considered by the Senate. In consequence of this, .most every Senator from the West strives for membership on the public lands committee. Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, rec ognizing the importance of this com mittee, sought membership on it when he first came to the Senate, and he was assigned to the commitee at the be ginning of his term. He still retains membership on the committee and at the beginning of the present Congress, when the Democrats came into control. Senator Chamberlain was made chair man, that was-March, 1913. Chamberlain Prefers Military Com mittee. In August of that year Senator Johnston of Alabama, who was chair man of the committee on military affairs, died. Senator Chambertain was the ranking member of the military, committee, and under the rule of sen iority, was entitled to the chairman ship of the military committee, pro vided he cared to relinquish the chair manship of the committee on public lands. The choice was optional, though it was impossible for him to be chair man of two committees. Senator Chamberlain, to the surprise- of his friends, relinquished the chairmanship of the public lands committee and ac cepted the chairmanship of the com mittee on military affairs. As Senate committees are listed, the committee on military affairs ranks above the committee on public lands. The main distinction, as the outsider sees it, is that the chairmanship of the military committee carries with it more patronage than the chairmanship of the public lands committee, and further more, the military committee handles and reports the army appropriation bill, whereas the public lands , committee does not handle any of the appropria tion bills. In other respects the com mittees are about equal. Militia Pay 1J111 Neglected. There has been just one opportunity for the Senate committee on military affairs, since Senator .Chamberlain be came its chairman to consider legisla tion in which the West was interested and that was the militia pay bill. That bill was laid aside; no attention was paid to it until about six weeks ago, when it was formally introduced by Senator Chamberlain and then laid aside for future consideration. That bill, however, was whipped into shape by the War Department more than at year ago. Tne -National Guard Asso ciation was called into conference, and the bill was somewhat amended so as to meet both the views of the War Department and. of the militia officers of the various states, and then it was sidetracked and not heard of again until introduced by Senator Chamber lain in August. Had that bill been introduced early in the session, as it could have been, in view of the agreement between the Department and the National Guard officers, it 'might easily have been passed before now. It was neglected, and in its stead the military com mittee framed and passed a big bill revising the articles of war, and then quit, except for expanding and report ing the Army appropriation bill. Army Bill Extravassnt. As far as the army appropriation bill is concerned, it was one of the measures on which Congress indulged in extravagance. The Army appropri ation bill passed this session carried a total of nearly J7.000.000 more than was appropriated for the Army the year before Senator Chamberlain be came chairman of the military affairs committee. The aggregate amount ap propriated this year for the Army was $101,019,212, as against $94,260,145 ap propriated last year. The increase in this bill, furthermore, was made by the Senate on recom mendation of Senator Chamberlain's committee, for as the bill passed the House it carried less than was appro priated a year ago. The military com mittee of the Senate, therefore, must shoulder a part of the responsibility for extravagant appropriations made by the present Democratic Congress. Meanwhile the committee on public lands, the chairmanship of which Sen ator Chamberlain voluntarily relin quished, has handled hundreds of bills and reported scores of them affecting the development of the West. All bills proposing to amend the homestead laws; the bills affecting the develop ment of water-power on the public do main: bills providing for the leasing of coal, oil and other lands; the bill amending the cultivation clause of the homestead law, and other bills of vital interest to the Western settler, all were referred to that committee. Some of these- bills were of benefit to the settler; others were harmful; some, if passed, would tend to aid in the settle ment and development of the public iana states: others would have a re tarding effect. As chairman of that committee. Sen ator Chamberlain could have done much to shape the work of the com mittee, could have called the commit tee together much oftener than it has been meeting and could have aided materially in bringing about desired reform in the land laws. The Oregon Senator put aside this chairmanship, preferring the chairman ship ot the committee on militarv af fairs, where he could do nothing of i.ci.tiii. io ins state or tne West, except by reporting and pressing the militia pay bill, and that lone opportunity was neglected. FISH TRUST TO BE BROKEN Philanthropist to Open 20 Stores in Xew York to right Prices. NEW YORK, Sept. 30. "A philan thropist, with a well-developed business tise, intends to open 20 stores or stands in this city for the sale. of fish in an effort to break the so-called fish trust." This announcement was made recently by Joseph Hartigan. Commis sioner of Weights and Measures and mouthpiece for the riayor's committee on food supply. This man, it is said, has 50,000 to invest in the Venture, and he proposes to buy fish from independ ent dealers and sell at low prices. His name was not made public. In this connection Mr. Hartigan said that two Tom's River fishermen told him of some of the difficulties they encountered in getting their fish to market. They said that they had Aeen obliged to combine and put up their own freezer, having been forced to do so because the New York commission men sent so much fish back to them. A report has reached the open market committee, of which Borough President Marks is head, that a commission man has been traveling along the river try ing to persuade farmers to sell to wholesalers rather than take their goods to the Fort Lee Kerry market. A New Jersey farmer reported that a man approached him on the ferryboat and offered to buy his load of 600 pounds of chickens. He was' told that RAILROAD HEAD WHO DIED SATURDAY WELL KXOWN IV FOKTLAXD. George A Goodell. George A. Goodell, general manager of the Northern Pacific Railroad, who died in St. Paul Saturday, was well known to railroad men in the Northwest, having made numerous trips to this Coast- He had visited Port land on his inspection trips sev eral times. Starting as a messenger boy in a railroad office, by strict atten tion to' duty, Mr. Goodell ad vanced himself through the vari ous positions in the railroad until he held one of the leading offices of a great railroad system. He was born in Knoxville, 111., in 1855, and obtained his first posi tion, after a common school edu cation, in the capacity of a mes senger boy for the Chicago, Burlington & Q u i n c y Railroad Company. He was advanced through the offices of teleg rapher, train dispatcher, super intendent, general superintendent and finally went to the Northern Pacific as general manager. . . -i i tham 1 n this market. ne couiu nut "' - The price this man quoted, it was said. was below tne wnoieswo " " -" killed chickens. GRnDElSSi&ECT ST. JOHNS PROGRESSIVE CLIB ORGANIZES FOR YEAR. . Sewing Clnb Formed With Object of Making Garments for Worthy Poor. Lecture Announced. ST. JOHNS, Or., Oct. 4. (Special.) At the regular meeting of the St. Johns Grade Teachers' Association Thursday night at the St. Jonns -uduc uumu, officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Beatrice Rundall; first vice-president, M. Doro thea Clinton; second vice-president. Flora McNiven; third vice-president, Ruth Crouch; fourth vice-president. Lulu Parmley; recording secretary. H. Mae Jefferson. Miss Grace DeGraff. president of the League of Teachers' Association, was the speaker, and she gave a report of the sessioin of the National Educational Association. A social hour was held. Refreshments were served. Each Thursday night dur ing the school year the lecture-room of the St. Johns, library will be used by the St. Johns Grade Teachers' Asso ciation. The Progressive Study Club met at the home of Mrs. E. O'Hara, 619 East Polk street. This year's work will in clude the study of the Bible and Ameri can literature. Officers of the club for the ensuing year are: President, Mrs. J. Gilpin; vice-president, Mrs. J. D. Brown; secretary, Mrs. E. C. Geeslin; treasurer, Mrs. Fred Houghton: press committee, Mrs. C. O'Hara and Mrs. A. Donnelly; sick committee, Mrs. E. A. Smith and Mrs. A. W. Arnold. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Houghton, Thursday. A sewing club for charitable purposes was organized Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. A. W. Markle with the following officers: President, Mrs. A. W. Markle; vice-president, Mrs. R. In gledue; secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Mor row: committee appointed to take care of the club's charitable work, Mrs. Gam- bee, chairman: Mrs. Gilstrap and Mrs. Brown. A name will be selected at the next meeting. The club will do fancy work and make garments which will be donated to worthy people in need. Professor Hermann S. Herring, of the board of lectureship of the First Church of Christ. Scientist, in Boston, will lec ture next Friday night in the audi torium of the James Johns High School under the auspices of the St. Johns Christian Science Church. Salem Car A'ictim Unconscious. SALEM. Or., Oct. 4. (Special.) Mrs. S. C. Price, who was struck by a street car near the fair grounds Friday, is still unconscious at the Willamette Sanitarium. Physicians say she can not recover. She is suffering from concussion of the brain. Mrs. Price is 70 years old and lives in Polk County, near Dallas. Miner Drops Dead. ROSEBURG. Or, Oct. 4. (SpeciaL) Henry Martindale, for 50 years a resi dent of Camas Valley, died suddenly today of heart failure while working about his mines on Cow Creek. Mr. Martindale is survived by a sister, Mrs. Benhem, of Portland. It Ought To. (London Opinion.) "What are you going to call the new baby?" "Reginald Claude." replied Mr. Blig gins. "Isn't Reginald Claude a rather af fected name?" "Yes; I want him to grow up to be a fighter, and I fancy that Reginald Claude will start something every time ne goes to a new school.' 1 TRAINING SCHOOL, EASTERN OREGON NORMAL THE above picture was taken in 1908. It shows the critic teachers, the student teachers and the pupils of the Training Department. The students of the Normal Department remained in the building. This picture is in itself a sufficient answer to the criticism that the Eastern Oregon Normal was merely a "local High School." High schools do not maintain training schools neither does 81 per cent of their attendance come from counties other than the one in which thej' are located, which was true of the Eastern Oregon Normal. Its flourishing training school included a model kindergarten. MORROW COUNTY TEACHERS ENDORSE EASTERN OREGON NORMAL The following resolution was unanimously adopted by the teach ers present at a recent session of the Morrow County Institute: "Whereas, The professional training required by those who may teach in the elementary schools of Oregon is rapidly advanc ing in order to keep abreast of the times; and, "Whereas, Oregon is one of the largest commonwealths in the Union, making it inconvenient and prohibitively expensive for the teachers of Eastern Oregon td attend the Normal School at Mon mouth; therefore be it "Resolved, By the teachers of Morrow County, in annual insti tute assembled, that they appeal to all friends of the public schools of Oregon to wrork for the success of the referred bill, No. 316, pro viding for the re-establishment of an Eastern Oregon Normal School, at the election to be held November 3, 1914." T. R. AIDS SHERMAN Colonel's Tour of Illinois Re acts in Fayflr of Foe. EXTREMIST IN DISFAVOR State Not Ready for Socialistic Doc trines and Single Tax Theories Espoused by SCoose Candi date lor Senator. CHICAGO, Oct. 4. (Soecial.) Theo dore Roosevelt has invaded Illinois, fired his 11-inch siege guns, and re tired. Notwithstanding- all this, en ator Sherman still maintains an un broken battle front and the indications are that the Roosevelt invasion, which was intended to help Raymond Robins, at the expense of Senator Sherman, has had the effect of strengthening Sher man all along the line. Voters, as a rule, have short mem ories, but most of the Illinois voters can readily recall as far back as 1907, when Colonel Roosevelt paid glowing tributes to Lawrence Y. Sherman as a citizen of unblemished character and a public servant of nnusual ability, hon esty and trustworthiness. Since that time Senator Sherman has proceeded along the same lines that excited the warm admiration and commendation of Roosevelt in 1907, with the single ex ception that he declined to follow the Bull Moose leader into the wjlderness. Because of this omission he has been made the target for Rooseveltian in vective. Sullivan's Strenfirth Wanluar. As for the voters, however, they can not see that the Lawrence Sherman of today is any different from the Law rence Sherman whom Roosevelt praised so lavishly a few years ago, except that he is more seasoned, more able and stronger in every way. So the Roosevelt tour, as far as Senator Sher man is concerned, seems to have had a sort of "reverse English" effect. The Republican Congressional com mittee has opened headquarters in this city and has laid out a "hurry-up" campaign. Heavy batteries of orators will be sent into the districts that may be considered at all close. Raymond Robins has been touring the state tell ing why he should be elected to repre sent Illinois as Senator, and a special train will be routed over all points in his itinerary, manned by speakers who will give reasons why Mr. Robins should be elected to stay at home. Il linois is somewhat depressed, owing to the blows traceable to the' Democratic tariff and other legislation, but it is not yet ready for the socialistic doc trines espoused by Mr. Robins or for his single tax theories. On the Re publican special tran there will be "-::,:' r- a x- ..9-. ' ?fH-r ... z jmWk mil iu k such speakers as Senator Borah, of Idaho; Senator Cummins, of Iowa; Charles S. Deneen and Richard Yates, ex-governors of Illinois, both of whom have a large personal following, and many others. Iowa Mooie Again Moribund. Now that Colonel Roosevelt has made his fiery tour of Iowa, it is possible to look over the field and note the carnage, if there be any left, in the wake of his invasion. It is admitted that his visit did something in the way of reyiving the Bull Moose party in the Hawkeye state. Closer inspection, however, shows that the effect was the same as applying a powerful battery to a dead body. There was a twitching of muscles, but the minute the battery was removed the twitching ceased and the body again became limp and inert. Chairman Rawson, of the Republican committee, has just concluded a tour of the 11 Congressional districts, in each of which he held conferences with the local leaders. As a result of this first-hand inspection. Chairman Raw son declares the Republican fences are stronger than ever and that there are unmistakable evidences of wholesale desertions from the Moose ranks back to the Republican party. The Repub lican campaign is now in full swing and speakers are having darge and enthusiastic crowds everywhere. WOMEN'S GLUBS GATHER WHITE SALMON ENTERTALNS MID. COLUMBIA DISTRICT MEMBERS. Faun Home of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Jew ett Scene of Annual Reunion At tended by SSO Persons. HOOD -RIVER, Or., Oct. 4. (Spe cial.) Thursday was a red letter day among the club women of the Mid-Columbia district, the Woman's Club, of White Salmon, entertaining the mem bers of the Utilie Dulce Club and the Woman's Club, of Underwood, and the Woman's Club, of this city. The recep tion, an annual event, was held on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Jewett, just east' of White Salmon. More than 250 women participated in the event. The local women went across the Columbia by ferry and were met on the north bank by automobiles. The Un derwood women made the trip by rail. Addresses were delivered by Mrs. Pearl Jewett. president of the White Salmon club; Mrs. J. O. McLaughlin, president of the Hood River club;-Mrs. W. w. Rodwell, vice-president of the Hood River club; Mrs. H. A. Hussey, president of the Underwood club; Mrs. A. J. Haynes. president of the Utilie Dulce Club: Mrs. Scott Coe, Mrs. Mari etta Handsaker, Mrs. J. C. Holcomb, Mrs. Unice Melville and A. H. Haynes. of White Salmon: Mrs. Charles H. Castner. formerly president of the local club, and Mrs. K. W. Sinclair. Hood River's delegate to the National Con vention ot the Federated Women's Clubs held in Chicago last Summer. The assertion is made thst a 16-ca.ndle-power carbon filament Incandescent electric lamp at Wllkesbarre. Pa., has been burning steadily -without interruption for more than 15 years. U " xJ xv H If1 -N fr l - 3 ' (Paid Advertisement, LAW TRIED 3 YEARS Washington Workmen's Com pensation Act Tested. 43,321 ACCIDENTS LISTED $2,407,231 Paid in Settlement of Claims of Laborers 1914 Shows Decrease in Xumber of In jured Report Made. OLYMPIA, Wsh., Oct. 4. (Special.) : Three years' experience under actual operation of the Washington indus trial insurance law ended last Thurs day, the Washington law being the first state workmen's compensation act to go into effect. A preliminary report of the in dustrial -insurance commission e!iows 43,321 industrial accidents . reported during the three-year period, an aver age of 1204 a month, and collections during the three years of $4,232,311.29 to meet the claims of injured workmen and their dependents. In addition $317,026.93 appropriated by the Legislature, has been used in meeting the expenses of the depart ment. The expenses of operation amounted to 7.49 per cent of the total collections, which, it is estimated, is a Bmaller expense ratio than that shown by any other state or nation operating a state compensation system. Total of Claims Larse, The total collections were used as follows during the three years: Paid In settlement of claims of injured workmen $2,407,231.11 Paid in monthly pensions to to tally disabled workmen and to denendeets of taose killed in accidents 222.S33.76 Reserves, Invested In interest-bearing- securities, to insure payment of obligated pensions 1,084,329.49 Excess contributions refunded to employers 31.1S1.37 Balances remaining: in arious funds 487.03S.49 The past year indicated that the number of accidents decreased, but the second year under the act showed a sharp increase in the accident rate. The number of accidents reported by years has been as follows: Oct. 1. lBU-Oct. 1. 1913 11.SD6 Oct. 1, 1912-Oet- 1. 1B13 18.3.16 Oct. 1. 1013-Oct. 1, 1U14 : 13.0SU Total accidents 43,321 Accidents on Decrease. The decrease in the number of ac cidents is particularly noticeable during' the nine months of the pres ent calendar year. During those months only 11,196 accidents were reported as compared with 12,723 for the corres ponding nine months of 1913, a de crease of 12 per cent. Every month of this year has shown less accidents than the corresponding month of 1913. September reports show but 1127 ac A Vote 3 1 in Many other states have more than one normal school. Why not Oregon? The adequate and per manent maintenance of this school will cost you but 2 1-2 cents on every thousand dollars assessed valuation of your taxable property. The Oregon normal schools were never, and never will be, the cause of high taxes. Authorized by Publicity Committee, Clark cidents as compared with 1574 ac cidents in September, 1913. Since the first of this year the in dustrial insurance department, in co operation with the state labor depart ment, has been actively engaged in a "safety first" campaign in an effort to reduce the increasing accident rate shown by the second year under the law. Shop safety committees of em ployes have been organized and are working actively toward accident pre vention in most of the large industrial, plants of the state. PUPILS TO HEAR FARMERS Students Will Be Expected to Make Reports on Lectures. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Oct. 4. (Special.) The executive committee of the Lewis County Farmers' Extension Course, comprising J. C. Bush, chairman, V. L. Bevington, Peter Thompson, Charles Gessell and J. A. Roundtree, met in the Citizens' Club rooms, with President D. W. Bush, of the club, and Secretary J. K. McDonald, to laji plans for the farmers' school, to be held here In No vember under the auspices of the State Agricultural College. To create interest in the school, a novel plan was decided on, which has received the sanction of County Super intendent M. L. Carrier. It is proposed to have each school in the county send one or more representatives" of the school to the farmers' meeting, the pu pil to be credited with his school at tendance and be required to report the proceedings of the institute to his or her school. OREGON MEN TO TAKE PART Agricultural College to Furnish Judge and Speaker at Apple Show. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvjlis, Oct. 4. (Special.) The Oregon Agricultural College will play an important part in the National Apple Show, to be held in Spokane from November 16 to 21. Professor Lewis, chief of the Horticultural .Department of the college, will act as a Judge. W. S. Brown, of the Extension service of the college, will be in charge of the Oregon Agricultural College exhibit, and will take part in the programme. Mr. Brown has been for some time a member of the special committee on by-products, of the National Associa tion, and his addresses at Spokane will be on this subject. Professor Gardner, of the local hor ticultural department, left today for San Francisco, where he will judge ap ples at the Watsonville Apple Show. Church. Merger Proposed. ASHLAND. Or.. Oct 4. (Special.) The recurring question of merging the Presbyterian and Congregational churches has come up agatn. The over tures to this effect are advanced main ly by the Presbyterian, who outnumber the Congregationalists considerably. The Presbyterian church was or ganized here about 1876, and the Congregational a score of years later. The edifices are about half a mile apart, each having an eligible site, and both equipped with substantial parson- Y es Wood, Secretary, Weston, Or.) ages. Just at present the Congrega tionalists are without a permanent pastor, but a candidate for the place is being considered. Pa n:t ma Canal Worker Gets Medal. LA GRANDE. Or., Oct. 4. (Special.) L. F. Ivanhoe, of this city, has Just received a handsome bronze medal as an award for continuous service during the construction of the Panama Canal, where he was stationed for more than two years. The medal, which bears a bas-relief of Colonel Goethals, has been presented to ail of the employes in tla different departments of the work on the canal. 360,000 Land Deal in Progress. GRANTS PASS, Or, Oct- 4. (Spe cial.) An Eastern syndicate repre sented by Judge Burney, of- Kansas City, and W. B. Sherman, of this city, today contracted for the F. D. Eismann and T. B. Cornell fruit ranch, about eight miles down the Rogue River from Grants Pass. The property includes o5 acres of highly developed land, 100 acres being in 6 and 8-year-old orchard, and the consideration was $60,000. IN FIVE MINUTES 'Tape's Diapepsin" Is the Quick est and Surest Stomach' -Relief. If what you just ate is souring on your stomach or lies like a lump of lead, refusing to digest, or you belch gas and eructate sour, undigested food, or have a feeling of dizziness, heart burn, fullness, nausea, bad taste in mouth and stomach headache, you can surely get relief in five minutes. Ask your pharmacist to show you the formula, plainly printed on these fifty-cent cases of Pape's Diapepsin, then you will understand why dys peptic troubles of all kinds must go. and why it relieves sour, out-of-order stomachs or indigestion in five min utes. "Pape's Diapepsin" is harmless: tastes like candy, though each dose will digest and prepare for assimila tion into the blood all the food you eat; besides, it makes you go to the table with a healthy appetite: but what will please you most is that you will feel that your stomach and intes tines are clean and fresh, and you will not need to resort to laxatives or liver pills for biliousness or constipation. This city will have many "Pape's Diapepsin" cranks, as some people will call them, but you will be enthusiastic about this splendid stomach prepara tion, too, if you ever take it for indi gestion, gases. heartburn, sourness, dyspepsia, or any stomach misery. Get some now, this minute, and rid yourself of stomach misery and indi gestion In five minutes. Adv. INDIGESTION, GAS ICE loao