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4 THE 3IORXIXG OREGON IAN, 3IONDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1914. WILSON DEFENDS HIS PARTY'S ACTS President Says Demccrats Are Only Effective Instru i ment at Hand. "TEAM-WORK" COMMENDED tetter Written to Underwood as In dorsement ot All Democratic Members In Lieu of Speeches I He Would Like to Make. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. President Wilson made puDlic today a letter to Majority Leader Underwood,- of the House, in which he reviewed the achievements of, his Administration outlined the programme for the next cession of Congress, and declared "the democratic party is now In fact the only instrument ready to the country's hand by which anything can be ac complished." The President wrote the letter as an Indorsement of all Democratic mem bers of Congress in lieu of speeches he said he would like to make in every Congressional district. He pre dicted victory for his party in the election because "every thoughtful man sees that a change of parties 3ust now would set the clock back, not forward'," and because "a practical na tion is not likely to reject such a team, full of the spirit of public serv ice, and substitute, in the midst of great tasks, either a party upon which a. deep demoralization has fallen, or a party which has not grown to a stature that would warrant its assum ing the responsible burdens of state." Business to Be "Set Free." The legislative programme begun during the present Congress was de clared by the President to have been begun "to destroy private control and set business free." He said that the people of the country had been served by this Congress as "they have never been served before." Outlining- the work already accom plished, Mr. Wilson mentioned the re form of the tariff, the passage of the new currency bill, the anti-trust bills and the handling of foreign problems. He said he doubted if "there has ever been a finer exhibition of teamwork or of unhesitating devotion to the ful fillment of party pledges." Praising the new tariff bill, the Pres ident asserted that "private control had shown its sinister face on every hand in America, had shown- it for a long time, and some times brazenly, in the trusts, and in the virtual domina tion of credit by small groups of men." He said that high prices did not spring directly from the tariff, but out of the suppression of competition, which flourished more easily under toe pro tection of a high tariff. He declared i that the panic which opponents of the new bill predicted had not come and that despite the European .war there had been sufficient time to prove the success of the act. Monopoly's Destruction Promised. The trade commission bill and the Clayton anti-trust bill were spoken of as designed to "make men in a small way of business as free to succeed as men in a big way, and to kill monopoly in the seed." He added that ''monopolies are built up by unfair methods of competition." which would be eliminated by the new legislation. "Monopoly is to be cut oft at the roots," he declared. "If our party were to be called upon to name the particular point of prin ciple in which it differs from its op ponents most sharply and in which it feels itself most definitely sustained by experience," continued the Presi dent, "we should no doubt say that it was this: That we would have no dealings with monopoly, but reject it altogether; while our opponents were ready to adopt it into the realms of law and seek merely to regulate it and moderate it in its operation. It is our purpose to destroy monopoly and maintain competition as the only ef fectual instrument of business liberty.' Justice has been done the laborer, declared the President, and his labor is no longer to be treated as if it "were merely an inanimate object of com niorce disconnected from the fortunes and happiness of a living human being, to be dealt with as an object of sale barter." Democracy of Credit" Created. Of the currency bill, Mr. Wilscn said: "We have created a democracy of credit such as has never existed in this country before." He declared that "credit is now at the disposal of every man who can show energy and assets." and because control of the sys tem rests with the Government, said "It is pelf-government as well as dem ocracy." It was impossible to complete rural credit legislation, the letter added, but the Federal reserve act itself "facili tates and enlarges agricultural credit to an extraordinary degree." Speaking -of the programme for the next session of Congress, the President mentioned legislation for building up the American merchant marine and the completion of a great programme for the conservation of our natural resources and the development of the water power -of the country." "Without a Congress in close sym pathy with the Administration." wrote the President, "a whole scheme of peace and honor and disinterested serv ice to the world cannot be brought to its full realization." acted by this Congress ia the beginning of a new life for our Nation. We have opened the way to fairer business con ditions, and established on a firm foun dation individual liberty and business freedom 'for our people. "I believe we can now look forward to an era of peace with all foreign na tions and prosperty for -our people at home as the crowning success of your Administration of the Government of our country." - - OSTRJCH MAN LACKS MEAL Just One Electric Light Bulb Would Help, or a Cake of Soap. - -NEW YORK. Oct. 11 Clad In cordu roy and golf stockings, with a three- Piy gold ring on each thumb and a bead bracelet on one wrist, George Greene, a very, very black man, with startling mustachios, alias Indien Vitreo. the Human Ostrich, sits in the un parlor at Ellis Island waiting to be allowed to give at least part of his regular performance, so as to make enough money to get him and his wife cut of the toils of the Government and safely to his native West Indies. He does not ask to be permitted to give all the performance; indeed, he can not walk upon the 150 bottles in his bare teet unless those 150 bottles are sup plied him! But, mals oui, could he not be permitted to swallow an electric- light bulb or two, a cake of Sunlight soap ("boap is my cheese, says the Human Ostrich, languidly), or a cou ple of clay pipes? While George sits in the sun-parlor. his wife, a French woman, and, as her husband says, "a very nice lady," waits tnrougn tne weary days on a bench In the room consigned to women. Madame Is not a native of the West Indies, but MEASURES FIRST VOTERS' INTEREST Candidates for Office in Wash ington Complain of Over shadowing Events. PROHIBITION FIGHT IS HOT Eight-Hour Bill Bitterly Opposed by Employers and Teachers Pen sions In Doubt Taxpayers Fear Huge Bond Issue. OLTMPIA, Wash.. Oct. 18. (Special.) With the general election only 16 days distant and the State of Wash ington this year trying direct legisla tion for the first time, the initiative and referendum measures to be sub mitted to the voters are attracting as much attention as candidates for the United States Senate and lower house of Congress. In fact, a frequent com- Perpetual Piano Playing IT IS CEnTAIMV THE TALK Of rORTLAAD. Several days" ago a man by the name of Waterbury, who holds the world's record of 65 hours and 7 minutes, made j a proposition to endeavor to break his world's record. He, however, only played 19 hours and 40 minutes when the San Francisco man. Mr. Milo. broke his record by. playing 23 hours and 45 ' minutes. Now comes a proposition i from a Portland boy, Mr. Simmons. He ' and his friends have many times argued that it was not fair to let Out-of-town fellows hold records and not give him a chance. So we have agreed to start him today at 11 o'clock in our Window, Broadway at Alder.' I It will be interesting and we feel ! sure the Portland boy can break ail' previous long-time Portland records. Be sure and see him. He plays day! and night, never taking his hands off: the keyboard. I Eilers Emergency Surplus Sale, com bined with Soule Bros.' Failure Sale, I two great sales in one, as advertised on page 11, this paper, is of great in terest to pianoless homes. Be sure and read It. mm drugs! hi r-i 'iff BROADWAY AT ALDER. throughout the state have banded against this measure. The remaining five initiative meas ures are the surviving members of the "seven sisters" group, initiated by a FINE NEW GRACE LINER BURNED IN COLUMBIA RIVER. 1 Double Stamps Today Till 2 o'Clock 0 D A R C L A R K E C Will the Price of Leather Goods Advance Here are a few facts which will help you to decide this question: Over 80 per cent of the leather used in bag linings is imported. Chemicals used in dyeing and tanning are imported. All the better grades of Pigskins, Cowhides, Moroccos come from England and the Conti nent direct. Linens used in trunk and bag linings are im ported. Locks, Catches, Buckles, Frames come from England, Germany and Austria. High-grade fittings are all imported. , ' Parisian Ivory is imported. No shipments in the above have arrived since the war began. Prices have already advanced on raw products. OUR PRICES WILL REMAIN THE SAME as long as our present stock lasts. Future pur chases must necessarily be higher. Make your selections NOW. Our lines are very complete. Never have our selections been of finer quality. 6 This Week We Place On Sale at a Special Price of C A line of Framed Pictures in col ors, carbons, sepias and photo gravures, which should bring to our store the owner of every bare wall or room, whether it be office or home. Our window display in dicates the variety but in part. Visit our Art Section, second tloor, and note the excellent quality of subjects, the attractive frames and mouldings each and all -worthy your patronage. We Deliver Free. DRUGS Mi Wood-Lark Building Alder Street at West Park negotiations are still in progress to obtain the right ot way by the John ston Porter Rock quarry and the Point Terrace Mill. Failure to obtain this right of way will delay the progress of the rails to Acme, on the Sluslaw harbor. The grade is completed except for two short pieces, and the rails soon will reach the quarry. If .the negotiations are com pleted immediately, the track will reach Acme within & month, say the engineers. STEAMER SANTA t'ATALINA. of Louvain. She covers her face with aer small pudgy hands now at the mention of- it. The Human Ostrich himself is un daunted by the fortunes of war. He tells how, even though he and his wife had lived in Paris ever since they were married, 25 years ago, they were unceremoniously hustled out of their hotel in Paris on the second day of August, because it was kept by a Ger man: of how everything they had in the world was taken or thrown out and lestroyed, and of how now he has nothing but 81 in his pockets besides their tickets to Nassau, Bahamas, and the papers which identify him. "But I am now too old to be run ning about, anyway," he says. "I am now 42, and have run about enough, all about the world. Vv'e have great grounds in Nassau, and I shall work them when we get there." OX WEIGHS 3000 POUNDS "Pat, the Giant," Wonder of Irish Fairs, Is Still Growing. LONDON, Oct. 16. The agricultural gentlemen with rosy cheeks and side whiskers who slapped their new leather gaiters with riding crops at a recent agricutural show are genuinely mystified by the continued growth of the Irish giant ox, a sheer mountain of heaving flesh, that is easily the largest and heaviest beast of its kind in the world. The origin of "Pat the Giant" as this phenomenon is called, is lost in the dim "paflrc of Irish cattle fairs. No one knows exactly who his parents were. He was found- as a youngster of normal proportions at a- fair in County Roscommon and he began to grow rapidly and to assume an abnormal girth when he became the property of a Yorkshire farmer. He weighs at present a ton and a half. He has grown six inches in height in the last two years and he is' still getting longer, wider and taller. If we compare his' present measure ments with those taken two years ago at the York Fat Stock Show we get an idea of the extraordinary rate of expansion of this beast: 1912 Length, horns to tail, 9 feet; height at loin, 5 feet 7 inches; girth. 19 feet 1 inch; breadth over hips, 2 feet 9 Inches: weight, 220 stone. 1914 Length, horns to tail. 9 feet 8 inches; height at loin, 6 feet 1 inch; breadth over hips, 3 feet 1 Inch; weight, 254 stone. IXDERWOOU PREDICTS PEACE Democratic Leader Praises Presi dent's Own Work in Reply. WASHINGTON', Oct. 18. An era of peace with foreign nations and pros perity at home was predicted for the American people by Representativ 3 i nuerwooa, majority jeaacr in tne Houfce. in a reply made public today, thanking President Wilson for his let ter praifiing the achievements of the Democrats in Congress. Mr. Under wood said he and his colleagues felt that what they had accomplished was due largely to the President's magnifi cent leadership. The letter follows: "I am sure that I can say for my col leagues, as well as myself, that al though we have striven earnestly to keep our promises to the people and write on the statute books legislation in keeping with the progressive spirit of the times, we feel that it is largely due to your magnificent leadership that we have achieved in one Congress more remedial legislation in the interest of the American people than has been ac complished by legislation in several decades before this Congress met. "We cannot expect that the reforms Inaugurated by your Administration will immediately demonstrate their M'orth. After a. law is on the statute books, it takes months and often years before the sentiment of the country adjusts iuielf to the new conditions, but I feel sure that time will prove that the legislation which has been en- plaint of candidates has been that the war and the initiative campaigns have served to detract attention from per sonal candidacies. Seven initiative and two referendum measures and one proposed constitu tional amendment will appear at the head of the Washington ballot Novem ber 3. Of the ten measures th so- called prohibition bill, initiative meas ure No. 3, easily has attracted most at tention. An exceptionally vigorous campaign has been waged both Jn sup port of this measure and against it. A few months ago politicians freely pre dicted that the state would vote "dry" by a majority of 20,000 or more, but close observers maintain they have seen a noticeable change in sentiment recently, and it is generally antici pated that the vote will be extremely close. Legal Question Is Involved. A serious question has been raised as to the date upon which the law would go into effect, if enacted. The consti tutional amendment providing for the initiative declares that all initiative measures if receiving a majority vote, go in effect SO days after the election; initiative measure No. 3. however, car ries its own enacting clause, providing that its provisions shall not become effective until January 1, 1916. The Attorney-General's office has declined to rule on the legal question involved, though numerous requests for an of ficial opinion on the subject have been received. The proposed law is not strictly a prohibition measure, as it would allow anyone, by appearlhg personally before the County Auditor, to procure a permit eacn 20 days, entitling him to ship into the state not more than 12 quarts of beer or two quarts of whisky or any other beverage'. It is the assertion of its backers, however, that the measure is as stringent as can be upheld under the Washington! constitution. Eight-Hoar Measure Fought Next to the prohibition bill, the most strenuous initiative campaign has cerr tered around measure No. 13, the uni versal eight-hour law, a Socialist party measure. This bill was Initiated as the result of trouble between the shingle weavers' union and Coast shin gle mills, and provides that eight hours f:hall constitute a. day's labor in all irjrk except agricultural work, where ten hours is allowed. Business men STEAMER AFIRE, BEACHED (Continued From First Pare.) the Robertson Hardware & Steel Com pany, the Oregon Casket Company, Fletschner, Mayer & Co., the Pacific Paper Company, the Blake-McFa.ll Company, J. EL Haseltine and Twohy Bros. The Sanuta Catalina was known as a 10,000-ton liner, and was valued at close to J750.000. The Pacific & Atlan tic Steamship Company is the holding company owner, but the vessel is more widely known as one of the W. R. Grace & Co.'s liners. George W. Mc Dowel!, the Portland agent left last night for St. Helens. The Santa Cata lina was built at Cramp's yards in Philadelphia in 1913. The Government records her measurementsas: Length, 404 feet: beam, 53.9 feet, and depth. 29 feet. Local records give the length as 420 feet. Mr. McDowell said the Santa Cata lina carried 1500 tons of cargo for Portland, Seattle and Tacoma. She was to have taken on 900 tons at Port land and Astoria before starting for Puget Sound. She was held outside the Columbia Bar by the storm for some time, being materially delayed in starting up the river. For a time early last night it was reported the steamer Roanoke was the vessel afire. This rumor was quited by Agent Knott, of the North Pacific Line. There were several Portland bound passengers on the Roanoke and the early report caused considerable apprehension. OHKGOX STATU ASSOCIATION ELECTS OREGON" CITY ED ITOR PRESIDENT. Kffect and Cure In War Times. lverpool Mercury. Lady Yes. they are very nice goose berries, but aren't they dirty! Street vendor Dirty! Fink I can wash 'em and part their 'air dahn the center for tuppence a pound, in these - 'ere war times? ' . . y " , yy it It w :-x li," . t. 1 E. K. Brodle. 3 J OREGON CITY, Or.. Oct. 18. (Special.) E. E. Brodie, editor of the Morning Enterprise. Saturday was elected president of the Ore gon Editorial Association. At the Albany meeting of the Willamette Valley Association Mr. Brodie was elected vice-president. He has been identified closely with the work of the ed itors in the state and has for years taken an active part in the meetings and on committees. The election Saturday came at the end of a busy three-day ses sion in which every vital prob lem of the countrj" newspaper was discussed. coalition of the State Grange, State Federation of Labor and Farmers' Unions. Of the five, measure No. 9, pro viding for the addition of a stringent medical attendance or "first aid" pro vision to the industrial insurance act, has drawn the strongest attacks. Gov ernor Lister has come out in opposition to this bill, on the ground that it has not been sufficiently considered before drafting. If the bill is defeated, the Governor has announced he will ap point a special commission of employ ers and employes, to draft a suitable medical attendance amendment, using the experience of the industrial insur ance commission under three years operation of the compensation law, as a basis. Teachers' Pension Doubtful Issue. Teachers of the state are putting up a vigorous campaign in behalf of refer endum measure No. I, providing a teachers' retirement fund, but much opposition has been aroused by this measure, and its passage is considered doubtful. Business Interests of East' ern Washington also are making an earnest effort in behalf of referendum measure No. 2, providing a $40,000,000 bond issue for state operation of the Quincy Irrigation project, but the heavy indebtedness proposed has encountered serious opposition, a strong feeling ex isting throughout the state against any measure to increase taxes. The ten measures, in the order In which they will appear on the ballot, are: Initiative measure No. 3, prohibition bill; initiative measure No. 6, blue sky law; initiative measure No. 7, to abol ish the State Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices: initiative measure No. 8, to prohibit employment agencies from collecting fees from workers; Initiative measure No. 9, "first id" bill; Initiative measure No. 10, con vict road bill, providing for use of all convicts on road work, reduction of highway levy, etc.; initiative measure No. 13. eight-hour law; referendum measure No. 1, teachers' retirement fund; referendum measure No. 2. Quincy irrigation project; constitutional amendment, to allow aliens right to hold land within cities, or for Industrial purposes. 90-CEMT WHEAT IS SCARCE Pendleton Sale of 150,000 Bushels Reported, but Others Ask $1. PENDLETON. Or.. Oct. 18. (Special.) More than 150,000 bushels of club wheat changed hands Saturday at 90 cents a bushel. While this price is phenomenal, local buyers were unable to obtain more at this figure. Many farmers declare they are holding for SI. Grand Itonde Valley Salo Big. LA GRANDE, Or., Oct. 18 (Special.) Ninety-cent wheat caused heavy Belling of that crop in the Grand Ronde Valley last week, estimates placing the total sales for the week in the neighborhood of 100.00) bushols. Will Teach' How to Cook Apples. The Oregon-Washington Railroad & . .avi station Company proposes to en courage the consumption of apples in the territory which It serves by the employment! of a "traveling demon strator," wfco can teach the number less waysrof cooking apples. Read the announcement on page 8 of this morn ings Oregonlan. Adv. RAILROAD DIVIDEND BIG SOUTHERN PACIFIC STOCKHOLDERS RECEIVE $1860,344. In Annual Report Company Shows Cross Earnings of 92,00O,O0O Prom 4t Miles of Track. SALF.M, Or., Oct. 18. (Special.) Dividends aggregating $16,360,344.32 were paid by the Southern Paciflo Com pany on its business for the year end ed June 30. according to a report filed with the State Railroad Commis sion today. The operating revenue of the company was $92,038,088.43 and its operating expenses $54,991,140.17. with a net revenue from rail operations of $37,046,948.26, and from other outside operations $886,998.75. Its other in come totaled $48,916,940.88. making a gross income of $81,210,270.56. Deduc tions from the gross income lease of road, interest, etc. totaled $40,845 848.11. The company owns 9.84 miles of main line, 20.08 miles of branches and spurs, operates 6461.7 miles under lease or contract: total miles operated, 6491.62, of which 790.88 miles are in Oregon. Total par valuo of stock Issued, out standing and not in the hands of re spondent, $272,672,405; total par value of funded debt outstanding, $203,226, 336, on which interest was paid during the year amounting to $5,887,914.50; net total investment In road and equip ment, $32,581,044.51. or $868,099.60 mile of line. Operating revenues in Oregon were . $K.044.1o6.o3. and operating expenses $5.1503,844.37. Number of passengers carried in State of Oregon. 2.705,142: tons of freight carried in State ot Oregon, 2.707.165. James Kershaw Parses. ASHLAND. Or.. Oct. 18. (Special.) James Kershaw, of the Antelope dis trict, near Climax, died in this city October 16. He was familiarly known' as the "Goat King" of Jackson County and had made the raising of these ani mals a notable success. Funeral serv ices were held. Sunday and Interment was in Antelope Cemetery, near his old family borne. He leaves a wife and two children, three brothers and two sisters. His father. Robert Kershaw, also survives him, aged 90 years. Orenco Hears Series Winter Talk. ORENCO. Or.. Oct. 18. (Special.) Notwithstanding Inclement weather, a good-sized audience heard Professor Clifton F. Hodge, of the University of Oregon, give his illustrated lecture on "Making the Most of Our Bird Life." This Is the first of a series to be given on the first and third Friday of each month during the Winter. Friday, No vember 6. Professor W. S. Brown, of Oregon Agricultural College, will talk on "Crops for the Cannery." - Lewiston'to Observe Apple Day. - LEWISTON, Idaho, Oct. 18. (Spe cial.) In accordance with the procla mation of Governor Hatnes. calling upon the people of tbls state to aid the apple industry of Idaho by proper cele bration on October 20. the Commercial Club here has indorsed the plan, and everyone in this part of the state will be called upon to give the applo pref erence over other fruits on that day. Al) hotels and cafes will feature ap ples on their menus. 1200 MEN RUSH GRADE WILLAMETTE PACIFIC CREW RACE TO AVOID WINTER DELAYS. The Decreased Consumption of Coffee has caused widespread alarm among the coffee trade. ... "Th iere s a fxeason Plan Is to Complete Work From Slu-1 slaw to Coos Bay Before Bad Weather Comes Tunnels Progress. EUGENE. Or.. Oct. 18 (Special.) Nearly 1200 men are fighting against time to complete the entire Willamette Pacific grade from the Sluslaw to .Coos Bay before the Winter weather drives them out. says. J. II. Porter, a member of the firm ot Porter Brothers, rail road contractors, who left this morning for the "front" again after a business trip. Whether the entire line can be completed this year, avoiding the ne cessity of tying up the contractors' ma chinery for another season, depends en tirely upon the weather, says Mr. Por ter, and the chances are even with the contractors. The grading has been completed from the Siuslaw south 10 miles to Maple Creek. All grading is virtually com pleted from Gardiner to Coos Bay, a distance of 20 miles, and at present the 'forces are at work with steam shovels and grading machinery to connect a score of pieces of completed grade north of the Umpqua. Tunnel No. 7. the 4200-foot bore south of Gardiner, is within 700 feet of com pletion, and the bore Is progressing from each end at the rate of 40 feet a week. Tunnels 3 and 5 have 700 and 500 feet, respectively, remaining, but that rock work can go on all Winter. Piledrivers are rattling all along the lakes, which the coast road follows, crossing countless arms, and following the edges of the water for miles. The plledrivlng crews expect to complete their work this Fall. The rails reached Mapleton. at the head of tidewater on the Siuslaw, this week. Ballasting operations were re sumed this week, and within a few days the track from Lake Creek to Mapleton will be ballasted to make possible tbe operation of trains from Eugene to tMewater on the Sluslaw. Track-lay Twenty years ago the manufacture of Postum was started in the small white building1 shown above. The business grew ! . Doctors found that coffee drinking was hurting' the health of people, right and left. Chemists analyzed coffee and found this harm was due to two health-wrecking drugs, caffeine and tannin. People injured by coffee stopped its use and started to drink Ji OlVli Twenty great factory buildings, covering nearly ten acres, now surround the little build ing where Postum was first made, and carloads of this wholesome food-drink are shipped daily to take the place of coffee on the tables of hundred of thousands. Each cup of coffee carries its dose of caffeine and tannin (about 2' grains of each) and sooner or later symptoms of poisoning show themselves in headache, biliousness, heart disturbance, nervousness, indigestion, sleeplessness, etc Relief generally follows when one quits coffee and uses POSTUM. Postum, a pure food-drink with a riqh Java-like flavour, is made of prime wheat and a small per cent of molasses, absolutely free from caffeine, tannin or any other harmful ingredients. "There's a Reason" for POSTUM sold by Grocers everywhere. ing has continued past Mapleton, and j