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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1907)
THE' SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 10, 1907, lift SOUS FACE HO FIGHT Passage of Appropriation Bills Sure to Cause a Lot of Trouble. HOUSE HAS AN ADVANTAGE Introduce lis Bills by Title Over Week Ago Plan Is to Rush Meas ures Through and Force the Senate to Accept Them. OLTMPIA, Wash., March 9. (Special.) The biggest flsht of the Legislature Is on. for today the appropriation bills came Into the House and the Senate. The House was shrewd enough to Introduce its bill by title only more than a week asro. Jo that all that was necessary was to include the details today and order the hill printed, when It can go on the calen dar for the necessary readings and final passage. The bill was made a special order for consideration by the House Monday morning. Concurrent resolutions had to be passed by more than two-thirds vote of each bouse today to meet the constitutional re quirement to enable the introduction in the Senate of a bill appropriating J.vro addi tional for legislative expenses, and the Senate omnibus appropriation bill and of the introduction in the House of a bill, 'which the Mouse later passed, appropri ating $3500 additional to pay for the print ing done this session. Before the Senate session ended, a fight between the two houses was resumed over 'appropriations, and the Senate committee pulled back Its bill for amendment. Kelther house committee had apparently made any provision for a special levy to meet the extraordinary demands which have brought about bills now before the Legislature carrying more than $6,000,000 in appropriations. Force Action on to Senate. There is a disposition on the part of he House members in fact, it is their settled programme to force the House bill through the House at the earliest possible date and make the Senate either adopt the bill or get the blame if a prolonged dispute should make an extra session necessary. The House today, on .motion of Chairman Thompson of its appropriation committee, made the open river bill, carrying J125.000, and the White River flood protection bill, carrying $100, 000, special orders for Monday. During the morning and afternoon ses sions today, the House passed seventeen bills, and killed the Senate bill, which re quired railroads to advertise their time cards In all the daily newspapers. Among the bills passed, was one authorizing cities and towns to regulate telephone charges: another providing for a branch of the Soldiers' Home on Tidewater, and another requiring that patients at the Insane asylums, who are financially able to do so, pay for their maintenance. The Senate passed the Veness bill, ap propriating $30,000 for the improvements of the I-jewia and Cowlitz rivers; the Houso bill requiring state Inspection of gasoline, and the Houss bill providing for. the State Reformatory. The gasoline bill brought out a lot of discussion, during which an attempt was made to kill the bill, by Indefinite postponement, and also to reapeU by amending this bill, the en tire oil inspection act. Governor Mead's Pet Measure. The reformatory measure Is Governor Mead's pet bill this session. The house cut down the appropriation on the bill from $70,000 to $30,000. and Houston and some other east side Senators tried to force the location of the Institution at Walla Walla, but- a majority voted with Smith of Snohomish to provide that It be located in Snohomish County. More than half of the legislators left on the evening train to spend Sunday in the larger cities. The members of the appropriations committees all stayed here to fight out their troubles, and the conferences on Congressional apportionment and direct primary also remained here to see If they cannot come to some agreement In time to report Monday morning. FIRST TRAIX SIXCE JANUARY SO 'Traffic on Washington & Columbia River Road Resumed. PENDLETON". March 9. (Special.) jFor the first time since January 30, a flraln came in over the line of the TV. C R. about 4 o'clock this afternoon. For more than a month traffic on this line between this city and Hunt's Junc tion has been completely tied up, but It bs now thought that it will be possible o keep the line in operation. Washouts and slides of all kinds and descriptions assailed this road during t he first part of February, and for hun ireds of feet at a stretch it has been .necessary to practically rebuild It. Several hundred cara loaded with (Wheat have been standing on the side ft racks of the different stations along ithe line since the last of. January, and there has been a congestion of freight land express at Hunt's Junction, though few carloads of the latter have been brought around on the O. R. & jf." BOX IS SliAIX BY AXOTHER Tatal nuntlng Accident Yesterday in the Palouse Country. GARFIELD. Wash., March . (Spe cial.) The 12-year-old son of Mr. Knead, while out hunting squirrels this &ftemoon with a younger brother and neighbor's aon named Davis, was ac cidentally killed by the Davis boy. The koys were hunting west of town and seeing a large bird in the grass Davis ran around the hill to get near enough to kill it. The two Snead boys re mained where they were when the bird was first seen. Davis got in position and fired. The ball struck young Snead Just below the heart, killing htm in stantly. The neighbors were notified at once and brought home the lifeless body of the Snead boy. Both the Davis ' and the Snead families are protracted with grief over the terrible accident. STOP WORK OX COOS BAY ROAD Construction Suspended and the Laborers Are Paid at Drain. DRAIN. Or.. March 9. (Special.) Construction work on all the tunnels of the Drain-Coos . Bay railroad has been temporarily suspended, pending settlement of the financial difficulties of the Loss Company. Several hundred men are In Drain today from Tunnels 1, 2 and 3. and are being paid eft at the local bank. It Is stated here that within a few days Subcontractors Owens and Cole and Sweney will re reive direct contracts from the South ern Pacific for the completion of the work on tunnela 1 2 and 3. in which event it is believed work will be re sumed within the next two weeks. SAYS HUSBAND IS SHYSTER Seattle Woman Can't Endure- Man She Married In Portland. SEATTLB. Wash.. March 9. (Special.) Lucy Crouch today asked the Superior Court here to have the marriage con tract annulled into which she entered with Joseph C. Crouch at Portland, in June, 1905, setting up in her complaint that her husband, who is a lawyer, is unprincipled In his professional practices, and this has caused her such mental anguish and mortification that she can no longer live with him. Crouch recently re moved here from Portland and has been practicing law. His wife says be pro motes fake mining schemes and is a shy ster. The Jupiter Mining Company, at Portland is one of his alleged schemes. Getting Land for Right of Way. HOQUIAM. Wash., March 9. (Special.) C. E. Johnston, cashier for the National Lumber & Box Company, has ' acquired, during the past two 'months, property on the east side of Hoqulam River, for which he paid over $30,000 to the owners. For some time Mr. Johnston has been quietly at work buying this property, which is supposed to be a right of way for the Gray's Harbor &. Puget Sound Railway Company through' this i portion of the city. The most valuable property embracing the residences of A. L. Mat theson. Alexander Poison, George Davis. Mrs. H. Campbell and W. E. Campbell, cannot be bought at this time, and it is estimated $60,000 additional will be spent In purchasing this property. To Inspect Olyinpla Reserve. OLYMPIA, Wash., March 9.-(SpeciaI.) Governor Mead today made public a letter received last week from President Roosevelt which says that Secretary Gar field, of the Interior Department, Chief Forester Plnchot and Judge Ballinger. Commissioner of the Land Office, are to inspect some of the forest reserves of this state during the coming Summer, es pecially the Olympia forest reserve. The President promises that it it ap pears that any of the reserves that have been made, whether recently or of old date, include agricultural land, that land will be restored to entry. Yakima Carpenters May Strike. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., March 9. (Special.) At a meeting of the Car penters Union tonight, it was decided to reject the offer of the Mechanics' and Builders' Association, and unless their demands of $4 for eight hours are agreed to, they will strike April 1. The association recently offered the union a scale calling- for $3.59 for eight hours, which was rejected to night. Last year's scale was $3. 50. for nine hours' work. Should a strike en sue, 240 carpenters will be Idle and building operations entirely suspended. OXFORD PRIZE FOR WINS SALEM STUDENT IS GIVEX THE SCHOLARSHIP. Decision Made by Committee of Ore gon College Presidents John son Close Second. ALBANY, Or., March 9. (Special.) E. J. Wlnans, of Willamette Uiilverslty, was awarded the Rhodes scholarship at Oxford by the committee of college presidents in session In Albany this E. 4. lYInan, of Wlllametta UnWer- ity. Awarded Rhodes Scholarship -i by Committee of College Presi dents. afternoon. Wlnans ' won out over Wlstar Johnson, of the University of Oregon, after the committee had spent almost four hours examining their records. By a vote before adjournment the committee decided not to give out the vote by which the choice was made, but It is understood to have been a 3 to 2 vote. Both candidates were adjudged prac tically equal in very high scholarship. Johnson led In athletics and- Winans was superior in student activities, hav ing held many positions of honor at Willamette. This quality of leadership Is said to have been the point in Winans' favor. The care with which the choice was made is shown by the fact that the committee convened at 2 o'clock and did not adjourn until 6. Both candidates appeared before the committee. The committee which ' made the. choice consisted of Presidents P. L. Campbell, University of Oregon: TV. N. Ferrln, Pacific University: L. W. Rilev, McMinnville College: H. N. Crooks, Al bany College, and Professor ' W. E. Kirk. Willamette University; acting for President Coleman. LEADER IN HIS COLLEGE WORK Young Man Who Won Scholarship Is a Resident of Salem. SALEM, Or., March 9. (Special.) E. J. Winans, who was today awarded the Rhodes scholarship. Is a son of Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Winans, of this city. He is a member of the senior class in Willamette University and a recognized leader among students in the institu tion. He Is president of the student body organization, has served as presi dent of the College Y. M. C. A., is treas urer of the Inter-College Basketball Leagueand is an active member of the literary and debating socletjes of the university. His Inclination Is toward books rather than athletics, though he is a member o.f the university basket ball team. t , t ROSENTHAL HAILED WORLD'S HAS CREATED THE MOST TREMENDOUS SENSATION IN RECENT YEARS The Giant of the Fianistic World to Give Concert at the Heilig Next Tnesday Evening The Most Important Musical Event This Season. The musical season of 1906-7 will be made pre-eminently notable by the re turn after eight years of absence of that giant of the pianistic world, Morlz Rosenthal. To those who are informed on con temporaneous musical events, the name of Rosenthal stands for- the extreme possibilities to which the art of piano playing can be carried. ."Amazing,1 "bewildering," "incredible," "stupen dous" such are the adjectives that the critics have lavishly showered upon his performances. There Is no one -today probably there never has been a mas ter with such a prodigious command of the pianoforte as Rosenthal. Career a Triumph. Born in Lemberg, Austria, some 40 years since, his career has been one long chapter of success and triumph. As early as hi3 fourth year he showed unmistakable musical ability. At the age of 10 he played in public, perform ing Chopin's Rondo in C. He studied with Mikuli. Liszt and Joseffy; at 14 fie- was appointed pianist to the Rou manian Court. He continued his piano forte studies with tireless energy. In .182 he began appearing- frequent ly in public, and fr'om that day to this has- won-unchallenged admiration the world over for his astounding perform ances. Rosenthal, himself, attaches the' ut most Importance to his present Amer ican tour. For montns in advance he HILL LETS SHIP GO Will Abandon Steamer Dakota to Board Underwriters. GETS $2,500,000 INSURANCE Reported Also That Sister Vessel, the Minnesota, Will Be Disposed of to Japanese Firm Dakota Very Badly Injured. SEATTLE, March 9. (Special.) Mes sages received from New York today declare that President James J. Hill, of the Great .Northern Steamship Com pany, had met the underwriters there yesterday and, acting upon advices re ceived from Yokohama, that the ves sel could not be saved, determined that the steamship Dakota should be turned over to the underwriters at once. Hill to collect the $2,500,000 on the policies covering the vessel. Advices from Yokohqrna say the boat Is resting on the rocks bow down, with her shoe torn away for a distance of 200 feet, and the watertight bulkheads in her bow, destroyed.'. Her' bow: 'is down , so lo-w that at high ,tide '.the water Is -35 feet above her forecastle head. The propellers -and rudder are high out of .water. The probabilities are that the Minnesota, the sister ship. win De soia to a Japanese line. ERECT STATCE OF PATHFINDER Eva Emery Dye's "McDonald of Ore gon" Honored at Seattle Fair. SEATTLE, Wash., March 9. (Special.) Through her book, "McDonald of Ore gon,' Mrs. Eva Emery Dye. of Oregon City, will likely see a statue erected on the State University campus to the memory of Ranald McDonald, the great pathfinder, for an unveiling at the open ing of the exposition in 1900. McDonald, through whose veins ran the. blood of Scottish Kings and of Chinook Indians, was born at the' mouth of the Columbia, but his bones rest on Washington soil, and his life's work is reflected in the development of this state. The same Interest attaches to his memory in rela tion to the exposition that attached to . rRED' AI7TO RIDE, ... TO ' - SEE PAGES 30 AND 31 WEAR OUT OUR NERVES SAYS PROF. BODLEY The game is hard and competition early eliminates all but' prize-winners in our business "life. Ameri cans, especially sedentary ones, are down and out before their time. Medicine doesn't help them,- vaca ' tlons do no good; -you have got to get back your nerve and brain - force. Some of the- most promi nent business men have come to Tne after years of despondent res ignation to their . -loss of mental and physical energy. . By a simple process of careful -training I have in a few months brought them back to a prime condition of youth and health. My method is per sonal, individual -exercise of physi cal organs, -which have - grown apathetic through misuse or lack of use. The improvement Is felt after the first week. You need not leave your business, but give me an hour three times a. week, and In three months or less you will feel a new man In full possession of your fighting powers. Come in and let me have a talk with you.. PROF. E. P. BODLEY '523-524-525 -Charabar of Commmerc Phone Pacific 201 S firm S? . AS THE GREATEST PIANIST devoted himself to arduous prepara tion for his appearance before . the American public, foregoing 'aH engage ments abroad. Every detail connected with his return to this country has had. his personal painstaking attention. Naturally, there could be no matter more vital than the piano he is to piay. The result of his deliberations is mat he has given preference to the Weber over all other pianos. This choice, made only after the most exhaustive tests and with a thorough knowledge of the entire piano field, is most sig nificant. It speaks eloquently of the regard in which the Weber is held to day bv the musical world at home and abroad. Only the' Weber. There is r.o piano manufacturer who would not consider it the greatest tri umph to have his instrument favored by this charming poet and prodigious master of the keyboard. Rosenthal's answer to the conflicting claims of rival manufacturers Is his appearance before the most cultured and critical audlencec from coast to coast, play ing always and exclusively the piano that responds most completely to the demands of the virtuoso the Weber. The Weber piano chosen by the great Rosenthal ia to be the medium of his wonderful art is sold exclusively by the "House of Highest Quality" Bilers Piano House. 35S Washington street, with branches in every leading West ern city. , . . the Indian woman ' Sacajawea,' at . the Portland fair. ! BAX OX CIGARETTE SMOKIXG Seattle League Will See That New Law Is Strictly Enforced. SEATTLE, Wash., March 9 (Special. ) That the anti-cigarette law enacted this week by the state Legislature is not to be placed on the statue books and there be covered with -dust and forgotten is emphasized with The action of Dr. Wal lace R. Struble. president of the State Anti-Cigarette League, who announces that out of the &000 members in this city there will be chosen "deputies to watch all dealers to see . that no cigarettes nor "makings" pass over any counter. Dealers as a rule favor the new law, which becomes effective September 1. and after which time, cigarette, smaking in the state of Washington is prohibited. Family III From Rat Poison. SILVERTON.- Or-. March 9. (Spe cial.) C. B. Smith and son Charles are very 111 as a result of having, been poisoned yesterday, and it is believed that the father will not recover. The poison was purchased , for rats, and It Is presumed It was carried into- the flour by the pests. Commission Approves Rate. SALEM, Or., March 9. (Special.) The Oregon Railroad Commission has given its approval to the existing rate of $1.25 per thousand on lumber in carload lots from Astoria to ' Seaside on the Astoria & Columbia River rail road. - .-. V- . . Make Repulrji 'to Endeavor. ABERDEEN, Wash- March- 9. (Spe cial.) Repairs on the schooner Endeavor were completed today and she was towed to the United States mill to take on a cargo, which was unloaded from the ves sel after her accident four weeks airo as she was leaving port. - - Three Seal Fishermen Lost. VICTORIA. B. C, 'March 9. Advices have been received that sealing schooner Vera of this city was spoken February Invalid Chairs Very Comfortable, Reclining and ' , - Rigid. We Rent or Sell Them New Art Postals One Hundred Thousand the larg est and finest display ever shown '.''' in this city. THESE RECTAL DILATORS ', . 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Her dead body was found upon the Ice of the Mohawk River, where it had, rolled down a steep embankment. It Is said the wom an cam from Chehalis, Wash. The woman, who was about 25 years old, was, accompanied by a 2-year-old baby 'girl, supposed to be her daughter, who has been placed In a children's in stitution at Albany. The authorities found upon the body a North ' German Lloyd steamship ticket. The Sweetest Music in the World Can be heard each day in our Gift Room. The new VICTOR VIC TROLA is a marvelous mechanical musical in vention. Like all Vic tor machines, it repro duces the human voice to perfection. We have a complete stock of VICTOR and EDISON" Records, Horns and requisites. A new stock and a quiet, comfortable room where you can make your selection with sat isfaction. somnia and a score of nervous complaints, by a simple, painless method. Book with full instruc tions with each set. Price, complete $3.00 Money back if they do not give reiief- COR. 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