Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 08, 1917, Page 2, Image 2

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    TITE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAX, 3IOXDAT, JANUARY 8, 1917.
INQUIRY INTO LEAK
LEADS IN INTEREST
FAMOUS FINANCIER AS HE APPEARED IN WASHINGTON ON
LEAK-PROBE MISSION. .
Lawson, Lansing and Tumulty
Expected to Appear Before
Committee Today.
CONGRESS' WORK CUT OUT
gfSViEN. Hi. Muter-. Voice." It to oo XNX!! f fV? -fcTrf 1 ffi i frit a Sur 'Si
iBi l3! wvery Victrola and every Victor S,S?'. C flT3e 1 1- jUfa .ZZ o Ar!
SXjira'r, Record. It is the only way to tf1'! -ITAT.v? i
lr.jnjBSJ' ' Identic iulne Victrola. aaa $ i iVrS- 1 -I'T-a'p !
ijocfS. - Vw Records.
lry District of Columbia Bill to Be
Disposed of by the Senate This
Week; Revenue Problem May
l'orce Extra Session.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 Congres
sional Interest centers chiefly this week
in the hearing: to be resumed tomor
row by the House rules committee on
the "Wood resolution for an Investiga
tion Into the alleged "leak" to the
stock market of advance information
on President Wilson's peace note.
Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, who
has been making: charges ever since
the agitation of the subject began, ar
rived in -Washington tonight in re
sponse to a committee subpena to give
testimony. Others who are to appear
before the committee tomorrow are
Secretary Lansing, Joseph P. Tumulty,
secretary to the President; Charles H.
Sabin, president of the Guaranty Trust
Company of New York; Bernard
Baruch, Otto Kahn, of Kuhn, Loeb &
Co.; Judge William M. K. Olcott, of
New Tork, special counsel for Repre
sentative Gardner, of Massachusetts,
engaged to show the fluctuations of the
stock market on the day before the
note officially was made public, and
Washington representatives qf the Wall
Street Journal, Financial America and
the Central N.ews Association.
Dispatches Are Called For.
Managers of the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies' local
branches also have been asked to pro
duce dispatches filed by these news
organizations bearing upon the subject
of the peace note.
While this inquiry attracts wide
spread attention. Congressional leaders
are not losing sight of the mass of
legislative work that remains to be
be done and the limited time In which
to do it before March 4, if an extra
session is to be avoided. Railroad leg
islation earnestly desired by President
Wilson Is in embryonic shape, hearings
on the subject still being held by the
Senate committee oij Interstate com
merce and new bills having been sub
mitted practically by Representative
Adamson, chairman of the House In
terstate and foreign commerce com
mittee. The Senate Tuesday will dispose of
the Sheppard bill to prohibit the man
ufacture and sale of liquor In the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Drya Watching Measure.
Prohibition organizations of the whole
country are watching this measure
with active interest and opposing an
amendment by Senator Underwood, of
Alabama, which would submit the ques
tion to a referendum of the voters of
the District of Columbia. The matter
Is also to be passed upon by the House.
Waiting Senate action also are the
revised corrupt practices bill and con
servatism legislation, particularly the
mineral lands leasing bill.
The Senate will vote Wednesday on
the nomination of Winthrop M. Daniels
to succeed himself on the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Despite vigor
ous opposition by Progressive-Republican
Senators, Administration leaders
believe that Daniels will be confirmed.
Another interesting development of
the week will be the conference agree
ment on the immigration bill with the
literacy test, which the President op
poses, and the Asiatic exclusion section
which has . given the Senate and State
Department considerable concern. The
conference committee expects to report
Tuesday.
Revenue Problem Vexations.
The- Senate finance committee plans
to give informal attention to the reve
nue problem in the near future, while
waiting for the ways and means com
mittee and the House to take action.
If any serious obstacles to revenue
proposals are encountered, there are
few members of Congress who believe
a-special session can be avoided.
Pending the return of Democratic
Leader Kitchln from his home in North
Carolina, where he was called by Ill
ness, the House programme will remain
indefinite. Consideration of the agrl
cultural appropriation bill will be re
sumed, and there are several other ap
propriation measures, including one for
fortifications, which may be taken up
when It is finished. The Hughes voca
tional education, bill, strongly urged
by the President, also may be passed
mis week.
Spanish fishing fleets employ 80,000
men.
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THOMAS W. LAWSON.
Thomas W. Lawson. Boston financier and stock-market authority, was
photographed in Washington, D. C. January 3, when he visited Chairman
Henry, of the House rules committee, to tell what he knew about the "leaks"
to Wall street of advance information concerning peace moves and other
matters. This Is how he looked.
ADAMSON FIGHT ON
Drastic Railway Bill to
Pushed to Conclusion.
Be
COURT CASE TO -BE-HEARD
will express their opinion of the pro
posed annexation of 13 square miles
of territory in the Oswego district by
Multnomah County at a mass meeting
in the Commercial Club parlors tomor
row night. The meeting was called by
me Doara or governors or tne club and
is in charge of O. D, Eby, C. Schuebet,
B. T. McBain. W. P. Hawley. Sr.. and
M". D. Latourette.
Every interested property owner or
voter in the county is Invited to at'
tend.
A remonstrance, protesting against
me annexation scheme, will be circu
lated and sent to the Legislature. G.
F. Johnson is gathering figures from
tne county records pertaining to the
plan and a vigorous campaign Is be
ing organized.
HI
ELL-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Onepacfcage
proves it 25c at all druggists.
Arguments on Constitutionality of
Present Law to Be Begun To
day Brotherhoods Not Rep
resented Directly.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Activity In
the tangled controversy between the
railroads and their employes will be
resumed tomorrow In two different
parts of the Capitol, where, six mont .i
ago, the Adamson bill, designed to
blaze the way to peace, was enacted
into law.
While attorneys In the Supreme
Court are making their opening argu
ments on the constitutionality of the
Adamson act. Representative Adamson,
father of the law, will begin a fight
In the House for prompt passage of his
new blanket railway bill, intended to
cover every -phase of the situation, and
win resume his efforts in behalf of
continuing the life of the Newlands
railway investigating committee.
Bill Admitted to Be Drastic
The new Adamson bin Introduced
yesterday would provide an eight-hour
day, make strikes illegal and permit
the taking over of railway lines by
the military on the orders of the
President when public service demands
such action.
Drastic though the bill is admitted
to be, Mr. Adamson expresses confi
dence that it will be enacted into law.
Save for the eight-hour-day provi
sion, the measure is understood to have
the approval of the President.
"I ditfn't consult with either the em
ployers or the employes regarding this
bill," Representative Adamson said to
day. "I took only the public interest
into consideration.
. "The railroads are trying to run up
all the overtime they can to make the
Adamson act look bad and the men are
Insisting the measure was for the pur
pose of fixing wages, which It was not.
I think it Is time the public had & hand
in the proceedings."
Arguments In the Supreme Court will
begin tomorrow afternoon, which will
probably be concluded late Tuesday.
The railroad brotherhoods will not
be represented in the court proceed
ings, but President Stone, of the en
gineers' brotherhood, plans to be a
spectator. The Department of Justice
will defend the law. Solicitor-General
Davis, according to present plans, will
open the argument tomorrow.
Counsel for the railroads contend in
their brief that the Adamson act is un
constitutional because it is essentially
a wage-fixing measure and therefore
violates the constitutional guarantee of
freedom of contract.
Class Legislation. Charged.
The measure is declared to be "not
a legislative expression of regulation
necessary to promote commerce, but
the creation of a. temporary experi
mental status to determine whether
regulation on such line will promote
the public welfare or not; and this is
at the expense of a particular class
without provision for reimbursement
and primarily for the benefit of the
other class."
The act also is attacked as void be-
vause the section forbidding the reduc
tion of employes wages below the pres
ent standard pending the report of a
commission, fails to specify the present
wage standard, and because the penal
ties are excessive. The brief says
hours of employment actually will not
be shortened until the law's operation.
OSWEGO CHANGE OPPOSED
Oregon City Plans Flgbt Against
Annexation by Multnomah.
OREGON CITY,
cial.) Citisens of
Or., Jan. 7. (Spe
Clackamas. County
'IS LEFT
PRETTIEST PHOXE GIRL ITT SAN
FRA"CISCO SEEKS DIVORCE.
Wealthy Manufacturer, as Wooer, Is
Merely Salesman, and Ripped Her
Clothes Off, Chai-Kes Wife. :
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7 iSnm-laf.)
When Miss Ethel C. Knapp, known as
tne most Deautirui telephone girl in
San Francisco." left her switchboard
at the Stewart Hotel last February to
marry Edward G Seignlous, she blush'
ingly told her friends that she at last
had found the "one man in a million."
She filed suit for dlvorcS vesterdav.
accusing Selgnious of cruelty, and say
ing mat witnin lour months after their
marriage he had. in a frenzy of Jealous
anger, ripped all the clothes from her
body.
Mrs. Seignlous also asks the court
to permit her to resume the name un
der which she 'was known before her
marriage. She asks no alimony.
The filing of the divorce complaint
Is not the first intimation her friend.
have had of the shattering of the ro
mance, ror, since last August, she has
been back at the Stewart Hotel switch
board. When she returned to work
she denied that she was conttmnlstlm
divorce. 7
Seignlous Is a salesman fer a Los
Angeles manufacturing firm, but at the
time of his marriage It was given out
that he was a "wealthy manufacturer."
"He Is far from wealthy," was her
only comment when she returned to
work. . .
HISTORIANS WANT $24,280
Bndget Estimate) of State Society Is
Ready for Legislature.
6ALEM. Or.. Jan. 7. (Special.) The
Oregon Historical Society Is asking
$24,280 from the next Legislature, as
compared to an appropriation of J13.000
given two years ago. The total amount
of expense for the society as estimated
In the budget will be $26,800, but It
is estimated $2500 will be received
from receipts from interest on the Pope
bequest and from membership fees and
sales of publications. .
Arrangements have been made for
the removal of the valuable archives
and records of the society, including
the relics of Oregon pioneers, to the
new City Auditorium now under con
struction at Portland, the budget says.
EXPENSE ESTIMATE IS CUT
Exhibits of Oregon Products Ask
Less Money, With 2 More Jobs.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 7. (Special.) Al
though two more employes are asked
for at the state exhibit of Oregon prod
ucts, the estimate of cost for mafn
tainlng the exhibit la . $1870 less than
was appropriated two years ago. At
that time $15,000 was received, and for
the next two years $13,130 is asked.
Under the estimate the exhibit agent
will receive a salary of $3000, and he
will have an assistant at $2500 with
a Janitor at $950. The remainder of
the money asked is for general main
tenance and some betterments.
City Hall Engineer in Wreck.
An automobile driven by J. E. Pelton,
of 781 Kelly street, an engineer at the
CUT .Hall, struck, a truck parked at
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G alii-Cur ci
the operatic
sensation
of the season
on Victor Records only
Rigoletto Caro nome (Dearest Name) Amelita. GalU-Curci
Victor Red Seal Record 74499. Twelve-inch, $1.50
La Partida (The Departure) Amelita GaJli-Curci
Victor Red Seal Record 74500. Twelve-inch, $1.50
The recent debut of Galli-Curci in Rigoletto with the
Chicago Opera Company was the occasion of the most spon
taneous outbursts of enthusiasm and applause which have
been repeated with increasing fervor on her every appearance.
Possessed of a wonderful voice of velvety softness and purity
this new coloratura soprano established herself at once as a star
of the first magnitude.
It was to be expected that an artist with such accomplish
ments would. choose to be identified with the illustrious com
pany of famous artists who make records for the Victor
exclusively. The two records now presented are so true to
life that they are arousing the same unbounded enthusiasm
among music-lovers everywhere as was accorded her actual
performances on the operatic stage.
You can have the pleasure of hearing these new Galli-Curci records at any Victor
dealer's. He will gladly play any music you wish to hear and demonstrate the various styles
of the Victor and Victrola $10 to $400.
Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J.
Important Notice. An Victor Talking Machine, are patented and are only HcmJ, and with rlcht of m with Victor
Ucerda only. AU Victor Records are patented and are only UcmnmmJ, and with ricbt of oa oa Victor Talkinc Machines only,
r Victor Record, and Victor Machines are scientifically coordinated and arnchronlMd by our special pro re.. of
manufacture; and their uao, except with each other, U not only unauthorised, but damaging and unsatisfactory.
. N.w Victor Record. denMaatratea' at all dealer oa the 2SU of sock taeaUi
574 Fourth street, last night. The car
was badly damaged. The truck was
owned by Henry Nudelman. Pelton
said that it had no rear lights.
GUARD COURT APPOINTED
Roseburg Artillery Captain to En
force Drill Attendance.
ROSEBUKO. Or Jan, 7 (Special.)
Resolved to maintain the standard of
the Fourth Company. Coast Artillery,
stationed here, in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal law which
went into effect January 1, Captain
J. A. Buchanan today appointed a sum
mary court by which members of the
company who fail to conform to the
regulations may subsequently be pun
ished by fine or imprisonment. -'
Lieutenant Russell Dunham has been
appointed summary court officer by
Captain Buchanan, and will hear ex
cuses of the men for non-attendance
at the weekly drills. Lieutenant Dun
ham will Institute his court at once,
FLAX CULTURE INTERESTS
Russians In Saskatchewan took To
ward Lane County.
ETJGEHTS, Or, Jan. 7. (Special.)
The flax experiment in Lane County
has attracted the attention of Russians
now residents of Saskatchewan, who
formerly raised flax In Russia, accord
ing to Mrs. W. F. Osburn. of the Osburn
Hotel In Eugene.
Several years ago a colony of these
Russian immigrants located in Linn
County. Alexis Blutoff and a number
of others located near Eugene. Blutoff
left a few days ago for Saskatchewan
to discuss with other former members
of the colony, plans for engaging In
the flax-raising Industry in Lane
County.
House Built In 1855 to Go.
EUGENE, Or., Jan. 1. (Special.)
The old Larimer residence, one of the
landmarks In Eugene, is to be torn
down within the next few days. The
house was built in 1855 by Rev. Xelson
Clark, who organized the First Meth
odist Church here. Rev. Mr. Clark died
last week in California.
OREGON ITEM IN BILL
RIVERS AXD HARBORS MEASURE
VIRTUALLY COMPLETED.
Eighty Tboasand Dollar Allowed by
House Committee to Carry em
Work at Oregon City.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. The rivers
and harbors appropriation bill, carry
ing 129,000.000 for continuing projects
already authorized and 110,000,000 as
immediate appropriations for new
projects whose total cost will approxi
mate J50.000.000, virtually has been
completed and will be reported to the
House next week.
' The new projects approved in com
mittee Include $500,000 for East River
and Hell Gate, New York harbor, with
authorization of an eventful expendi
ture of 113,400. 000; and $600,000 as an
immediate expenditure on a fl, 320,000
Improvement project designed tos re
move the shoal In the Hudson in upper
New Tork City, over which there now
is only 22 feet of water, though the
city is building there a series of piers
to accommodate ocean liners. Several
other New Tork Items may be added
by the committee later. Other Items
are:
Richmond Harbor, California. $100,
000, total $428,000; Napa River, Califor
nia. $20,000. total $43,000; Crescent City
Harbor, California. $200,000. total $390.
000; falls of the Willamette at Oregon
City. Or.. $80,000 complete.
Egg Labels Favored.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 7. (Spe.
claL) Members of the Grays Harbor
Poultry Association favor the passage
of a law by the next Legislature
which will require that all eggs placed
In cold storage must be labeled C S."
meaning cold storage. These letters
would have to be in fairly large type.
The Harbor pouitrymen also favor the
creation of the office of poultry com
missioner, the duties of which office
would be to Inspect poultry and see that
all poultry laws are enforced.
ting the major portion to his brothers
and sisters as follows: Mrs. Rachael
Marshall, Sycamore.
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Whipple, Genoa. I1L: Mrs. Mary Wright.
Woodward, la.; Mrs. Jennie Barlow,
Woodward. Ta.; Tsaiah Siglln, Dunlap,
la.; Michael Slglln, Woodward. Ia. A
local bequest of $500 was assigned tT
Mrs. EllafSlrs. I. Lando and $1000 was left for
Loren Olmstead, of Genoa, 111., but Mr.
Olmstead had died and his portion re
verts to the brothers and sifters.
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$50,000 Estate Divided.
MARSHFIELD. for.. Jan. 7. (Spe
cial.) The will of the late Z. T. Siglln
disposes of an estate of $50,000, allot-
renection Oil neater
Ready and glowing at the touch of a
match giving a cheery, odorless
warmth. Burns PEARL OIL, the
clean, cheap fueL In blue or white
enamel or plain black harmoniz
ing with the finest surroundings.
Dealers everywhere. )
Prices: $3.75 to $7.75
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(California)
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