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VOL. XXVII. NO.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORXIXG. 3IARCII
1908.
CENTS.
12. PORTLA-D, OREGON, SUNDAY MORXIXG. 3IARCII 22,
ROOSEVELT
DECLARES
PROGRAK
Undertakes to Get
New Law Through
Congress.
TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE
Response to Appeal From the
Business Interests of
the West.
AT ISSUE WITH LEADERS
Reform of Sherman Law De
clared Bad Politics.
TARIFF REFORM NEXT YEAR
Limit of Injunctions, Employers In
ability and Aldrich Ccirrency BUI
y Are Favored New Trutt Bill
to Be Introduced Monday.
ROOSKVKIT8 LEGISLATIVE PRO
GRAMME. Induration In favor of tariff re-:
vision aftr March 4. HM.
Anifiidmrot of anti-trust law, mak
ins concessions to both capital and
lnhor.
limiting power of courts to issue
injunctions.
VfttMHffc of employer liability bill.
T'Htrrtjce of Aldrich currency bill.
W A.SHINGTON. March 21. President
Tloosevolt has determined on a legis
lative programme the enactment of which
will be urgeil upon Congress in a
speciiil message which he said to
day will go in next week. Kach
of the piPhfcuren to be proposed in
volves perplexing difficult ie and each
will have fiir-reaehiuR effects on business
ami economic conditions of the country.
T h progra mm e is the produc t of im
portant, conferences, through which the
President has been put in possession of
the views of all interests concerned. Like
wise t lie attitude of the leaders in both
branches of Congress has been made
known. Its success depends upon the
combined effort, which he believes can
be brought to boar in behalf of the whole
plan by those affected especially by some
one of Ita features.
Programme of Xow T.as.
The programme includes:
A declaration in favor of revision of
the tariff in a speclut session to be held
after March 4, 1W9.
An amendment to the Sherman anti
trust law so as to mnke important con
rcssWtna to combinations of both labor
and capital.
Limiting the powers of certain courts
in the use of the Injunction in labor dis
putes. " "
Passage or an employers' liability
bill.
F'assaae of the Aldrich financial bill.
Middle West Pledges Support.
The support of the business and
financial interests of the Middle Vest
was' pledfred to the President on this
priRTrnme. after an extended con
ference held at the White House last
night. A most satisfactory confer-
Asltametl
ence was held at the President's of
fice today with leaders of the .two
Houses of Congress. The details of
last night's conference were purposely
withheld, pending the morning .con
ference. At the conclusion of the lat
ter, the following statement was made
public by Secretary Loeb:
"At a conference with the President
held at the White House last evening
with the following representatives of
commercial bodies of the Middle "West:
Richard C. Hall, president of the Chi
cago Association of Commerce; J. V.
Farwell, Jr., member of the Chicago
Association of Commerce; Charles H.
Waoker, member of the Chicago Asso
ciation of Commerce; James E. Smith,
president of the St. Ixniis Business
Men's League; F. J. Wade, of the ex
ecutive committee, St. Louis Business
Men's League; H. IZ. Topping, presi
dent of the Kansas City Commercial
Club; CV D. Parker, ex-president of
the Kansas City Commercial Club; K.
M. Glendenning, secretary of the Kan-
i lliiiiilln-
j llliK&iiilsy J j
Conpreman W. P. Hepbura. of
Iowa. Who Will Introduce Bill to
Amend Sherman Anti-Trust
sas City Commercial Club; the follow
ing arguments were presented to the
President and there was a full ex
pression of view both on the part of
the President and the committees.
Stagnation Follows Panic.
Mr. President, the organizations we repre
sent have a. mcmberc.'hlp of 4300 buslncm men.
corporations, firms and individuals engaged
in development of the agricultural resources
and the manufacturing, commercial and finan
cial Interests of the Middle West. In the
pursuit of our various Wnea ot bulnec we
come In contact with almost every portion
of th country, but especlnlly of the Missis
sippi Valley. We never were in a more pros
perous condition than prior to the panic of
last Fall. Our labor .was employed, our
capital profitably invested. In a short period
these conditions .have changed. Certain Unfa
of business are almost stagnant, brought about
by the fear of the people as to the stability
of some of our Institutions. Money has been
hoarded Instead of flowing into the ordinary
channels of investment, securities and the
various commercial Interests.
Two primary causes are responsible for this
condition. First, the gross violation of law
by pome corporations and- grafting by some
public official; and secondly, a deficient cur
rency system wholly incapable of responding
to needs of commerce when fear and un
certainty are engendered into the minds of
the masses.
Tlie starting of this period of unrest and
dlntruwt was the exposure brought about by
the insurance investigation in Xew York,
where it was shown that the trustees of cor
porations acting for millions of people and
representing in assets more than a thousand
million of dollars had In some instances used
the a.-wets of the corporations .in direct
violation of law. .
Following thla came the great calamity at
Han Francisco, almost destroying the sixth
great city of the Nation, entailing a Intra of
several hundred million dollars, impoverish
ing the citizens as well a the insurance com
panies. Then upon the heels of this disas
ter we find the public officials of that city
charged with the violation of almost, every
trust, while -the peopie were battling' foi ex
istence. We also had the grafting and bribery that
waa unearthed in at least three other Impor
tant cities, and finally came the exposure of
high finance, manipulations of the asset of
the gr$ at railroaus, followed by the convic
tion of their officials and also of largo In
dustrial, corporations, for utter disregard of
the laws of the Nation ard the Mate. When
thes things are considered, no one can ex
press surprise if the confidence of the people
should -be shaken. i
To you, Mr, President, we accord the credit
due for compelling a respect for the law by
the great and small alike. We believe that
your work toward higher morality will be
remembered as a milestone not only In the
development of the country's mori!, but as a
milestone of the progress of the world. We
believe the business integrity of the average
merchant in this country is of a higher stand
ard than In any other. We therefore appre
ciate and commend all ' the more your fear
less1, activity, which lias resulted .in raiting
the standard, and we realize that no greater
service has ever been rendered our country.
No great good ha ever been accomplished
without oome suffering in consequence, ' but
we now urge- you to consider with extreme
patience the unusual conditions that prevail
and, while abandoning no expressed priuci-
Concluded on Page 3.)
HARRY MURPHY PLACES
A-a-a-h at l as
OF
NE
OPINION
ON FORFEITURE
HouseCommittee Votes
For Action.
NO CHANGE IN RESOLUTION
Congress to Protect Innocent
Purchasers Later.
BONAPARTE TO BRING SUIT
Jio Doubt House Will Authorize Ac
tion Prompt Action Assured.
Second Kesolution to Deal
With the Purchasers,
(By Associated Press.) ' ..
WASHINGTON, March 21. Two million
acres of land in California and Oregon
vested in the Oregon & California Rail
road Company, owned by the Central Pa
cific, and controlled by EX H. Harriraan,
will be subjected to suits for recovery
ot title by the United States, if action
taken by the committee on public lands
is sustained by the House. The committee
agreed to report favorably without amend
ments a resolution which has already
passed the Senate, empowering and di
recting the Attorney-General ' to bring
suits for the recovery by the United States
of the title to. the public lands granted to
certain Western railroad companies In
cases, where the conditions stipulated in
the grants have not been complied with
such conditions, for example, as governed
the grant of land to the Oregon & Calli
fornia Railroad Company in the sixties.
Reply to Harrlman's Defi.
Under the grant the land was to be
thrown open by the company for sale to
bona flde settlers of the United States at
not more than $2.50 an acre and in par
cels not exceeding ItiO acres each. Jt is
charged that some of this land was sold
by . the Oregon & California Railroad in
violation of the conditions named. The
refusal of H. H. Harrlman, announced by
him at the Irrigation Congress at Sacra
mento last year, to sell any portion of the
remaining 2,000,000 acres, led to the in
troduction by Senator Fulton of the reso
lution which the public lands committee
acted on favorably today. Chairman Mon
dell was authorized to draw the report of
the committee, which he will do next
week. In discussing the resolution, Mr.
Mondell said:
Protect Innocent Purchasers.
It is the intention of the committee
to draft a resolution separate from this
one and present it to the House, should
the present one be adopted, which will
clearly indicate that no right to at
tach nny claim to any of these lands
shall be acquired by any person until at
least a year after the final judgment
of a court shall have been rendered.
This would not tie up these lands
for a year, however. The expectation
would be that within that period. Con
gress would take action touching the
rights of purchasers from the railroad
companies and with regard to. the fu
ture disposition of the land3. now held
by the company should a forfeiture be
declared. The second resolution will be
due notice to everybody that there Bhall
be no authority to enter and that no
rights shall attach.
CONGRESS TO GRANT.' RKLIEF
Allowed One Tear to Legislate for
Innocent Purchasers.
ORHGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, March 21. By a practically unani
mous vote the House public lands, com
mittee today ordered a favorable report
on the Fulton land-grant resolution. In
reporting the resolution without amend
ment the commute indicated its satisfac
tion with the present action of the Gov
ernment's case by B. D. Townsend.
However, the committee realized that
certain purchasers, who may have in
nocently bought In violation of law have
equities which should be recognized and
a separate resolution will be drawn and
presented stipulating that in the event
the courts shall decide the suits to be
instituted favorably to the Government
there shall be a stay in execution, of such
IN HIS PICTORIAL CINEOMATOGRAPH SOME
Tke Aagelle Jap.
decree for one year, thus giving Con
gress time to recognize such equities as
purchasers may have acquired by reason
of having developed land which they
bought from the railroad. "
. This resolution will also have the effect
of preventing the entry of any railroad
land that may be forfeited to the Govern
ment until one year after the court's
decision. This means that all entires or
settlements that may have been initiated
since the agitation began will be invalid
and of no effect. '
ThePulton resolution and that to follow
it. are matters of high privilege and can
be called up for action in the HouEe at
any time. While there will be some op
position, it- will likely be slight and will
not prevent the passage of the resolutions
through the House. , Chairman Mondell
will probably report the resolution on
Monday.
IfAIL TO INDORSE BRYAN
Rhode Island Democrats Leave It to
-Delegates-at-i.arge.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., March Sl.The
Democratic state convention in a lively
session in Music Hall this afternoon de
cided not to indorse resolutions favoring
the nomination of William J. Bryan for
the Presidency, but referred the reso
lutions to the delegates-at-large to act
upon their individual discretion. The
eight delegates-at-large.. will go to the
National Democratic Convention in
structed. . !
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
Tii Weattier. .
TijSTE.RDAU? Maximum temperature, 55
degrees; minimum, .'.'.1, . . .
TJODAY'&-Falr, followed ' by increasing
. cloudiness; wlnda shifting- to southerly.
' ' - ForeljTU,
Great, jdoctor" "becomes martyr to study of
Xra.ys. Section 4, page 1. -Pops
to receive American bishops. Section
4, page 1. .
National.
Roosevelt defines legislative programme and
I Is whipping Congress leaders into line.1
Section 1, page i.
House committee decides to recommend land
grant resolution. Section 1, page 1.--Bonaparte's
argument for forfeiting land
grant. Section 3, page 9.
Democrats win victory in House, but it is
snatched away again. Section 1, page 4.
Politics.
Bitter liquor campaign In Illinois. Section
1. page 1.
Cannon Indorsed, in ' own district. Section
1. page 3.
New Mexico for Taf t. Section 1. page I.
Opposition to Taft in California gives up.
Section 1, page 3.
Humphrey nays without ship subsidy Japan
.could whip as easily a Russia. Sec
tion 1, page 2. .
Domestic.
Ohio legislator discovers crfclty to con
victs. Section L page 3.
Girl pay a off her father's defalcation to
clear his name. Section r, page B.
TrainrobbfrB break Jail at Helena. Section
1, pAge 4.
Canvas? of country -l ows ovf: - L-'OOjOOO
unemployed. Section X. page 1.
Love letters of the McKees shed lurid light
on their relations. Sectldn 1. page 2. '
New developments in quarrel in R. L. Ste-
venson'B family. Section J, page 2.
H ports.
Winner of New Orleans Derby beaten in an
other big race. Section 1. page 11.
American auto reaches Daggett, New; Ital
ian auto at Ogden. Section 1, page 3.
Athletes training for Columbia Vniversitv
track meet. Section 4, page 8-
Portland to see good, ring bouts. Section 4,
page 7.
Local auto law to be amended. Section 4,
pago 7. .
McCredle quits Santa Barbara because town
im too Blow. Section 4, page 7.
Slight prospects for new athletic records
this year. Section 4, page J.
Prospects for Tri-CJty League season bright.
Section 4, page tt.
Pacific CoMt.
Miss Grove breaks fast on 40th day. but
could have oontinued It. Section 1, page 1.
Signs of concession by tSanford faculty to
students. Section 1, page 3.
Greut swarm of visitors expected to San
Francisco to see fleet. Section 1, page 5.
Strange case of Portland Chinese woraaa
trying to be deported. Secttion 1, page 5.
Mayor Rodgers, of Salem, vetoes ordinance
reducing liquor license fee. Section 1,
page
Washington Railroad Commission short ' of
funds. Section 1. page 6.
Chinese diplomat's bitter, Bpech against ex
clusion law. Section -2, page 2.
Commercial and Marine.
Deciduous fruit crop outlook in California
good. Section 4, page 9.
Wheat prices sag at Chicago. Section 4,
page 9.
Steel 8tot-k salt at top price of year. Section
4. page ft.
Surplus . reserve of New York banks stilt
growing. Section 4, page 9.
British steamship. Taunton i chartered for
lumber. Section 4, page S.
Portland and Vlclnify.
Mayor Lane writes letter to people about
lighting of city. Section 2, page 12.
Many factions flglit for control of primaries.
Section 1, page 10.
Prosperous condition of realty market on
Kflst Side. Section 3, page 30.
Mora big realty dear are being closed. Sec
tion ;t, page S. .
Four Portland lawyers must answer in dis
barment proceedings. Section 1, page 9.
John Wynne, convicted of manslaughter,
gets one year. Section 1, page 10.
Southern. Pacific will put on new and fal
train to South. -Section 2. page 12.
Connection at Southern Pacific Yam hilt di
vision with United Railway ordered.
Section 1. page- 10.
TVe Miarht Try Thla.
OVER A MILLION
UNEMPLOYED MEN
Effects of the Panic in
i East and South.
NEW YORK CITY HAS THE MOST
Great Cities of East Have an
Army of Idle Men.
PORTLAND NOT ON THE LIST
Canvass of Industrial Centers Shows
"611,000 Idle in Big Cities and
.396,000 in tlie Slates
"'' Outside Cities.
NEW YORK, March (Special. )-;In
a canvass of the country .to" ascertain the
number of unemployed men, dispatches
have been received front many Industrial
centers with reports . of . conditions, and
from these it is estimated that more than
one; million men are minus jobs. The
reports .indicate more than 600.000 unem
ployed' in the chief cities and . nearly 600,
OOi) in 'the states outside the cities. - Fol
lowins are the estimates:
Unemployed in C'Mk-s.
in the cities: " ,' ' ." '
Birmingham .... .V.'. . . .......... ! lO.OViO
Utile Rock ....J....:. . .. Ji-MW
San Frftncipcd 2.".tHWl
Denver in.ontr
Bridgeport .". J.lKNl
WillmlwrtoD . ' noo
Chicago -. - 90.00V
Indianapolis . 7,70fl
Dps Mointis - '. . 500
lerlston " l.'JOO
BoFton 4.0H)
Detroit 1.Y0O3
st. i.ouis '. so.ooo
Butt! '. i 4.450
Omaha . 4.000
GoldflelU . "-""lO
Concord . . J.SOM
Newark .:t..... 5.000
Trenton 5.OO0
Xcw Vork City . 2r.u.niMi
Philadelphia. . ., 100.O0O
Vrovldence . .'. 8.67T
Knoxville 4.000
Monlpeliier 5.000
Wheeling. 6,000
Total .-...I ....'.': 611,827
Xo . dellnite figures could be obtained
from some states, but they were received
from cities. '
. States Outside Cities.
In the states:
Alabama 20.000
California 74.000
Colorado i 1R.(KX
Connecticut I :Kl.OO0
Delaware Il.tVtf
Illinois '. .200.000
Iowa 2.on
Kansas lo.oiKl
Maine 12.O00
MasHachasetts 2.".hjo
Missouri . 43,000
Montana- '. S.500
Nebraska 9, noo
w Hampshire ' 2.5O0
Rhode Island .'. 1S.21I2
Tennessee 25.tO0
Texas :;.ooo
Utah-. lO.r.oo
Vermont 6..VH1
Virginia 7.300
West Virginia 60.000
Total- . . . .'. ..-.H6.792
Beats Record in Xew York.
That there are more unemployed men
and women in New York . City today
than at any previous time inmany
years past Is the belief of union lead
ers," charity workers and students of
social conditions. Estimates of . the
number out of work vary from roo.OOO
to 500,000. Ifc is probable that half
of the latter number, of 250,000, is
about correct. .
The following: estimate is given by
responsible labor leaders: Carpenters,
10,000; tailors. 8000; rockmen and exca
vators, S000; bricklayers, 7000; laborers,
20,000; housesmlths, 9000; asphalt
workers, 2000; paperhansers. 2000:
painters, 7000; rockdrillers, 2000; engi
neers, 2000; pavers, 2000; plasterers,
2000; steamfitters. 500; sheet metal
workers. 530: compositors, 2000; press
men. 1000; miscellaneous trades, 20.000;
unors-anized labor, 145.000; total, 250,
000. Secretary Donnelly, of the General
Arbitration Board of the New York
building trades, spoke with pride when
commenting upon the almost entire ab
sence of destitution among union men,
OF THE INTERESTING
h.R, SMDVt
YOUR noHfri
3 ami f:no. Admlttanre. Pnaale t hone Ptrtnre Is He PalatlBtt?
despite the fact that at least half f
them are out of work at present.
MAY T1K VP ALASKA FISHERIES
Fishermen Tin-emeu Strike and Slay
Involve Other V'nloiis.
SAX VKANCISCO, March 21. The re
fusal of the' Alaska Packers' Association
to conoede the demands of the members'
of the Fishermen's Union relative to an.
increase in wages for the ensuing season
In Alaska. will In all probability
result in one' of the biggest shipping
strikes in recent years. Tomorrow after
noon the rtshermen will hold a special
meeting.- and if the majority decides on
a strike it may be necessary for the com
pany to lsy tip the entire salmon fleet.
"According to tile union ' officials, .the
wage schedule for this season is fully 7
1-er cnt Iwss 'than last 'year, and they
"can see. no reason why the Packers' As
sociation does not grant it. Inasmuch as
the .Fishermen's Union is affiliated with
CoiHPTMmaa Fr&uk W. Mondell
. of t
tat . X
Wyoming, In Charge of Rfelittim
& uracnnK sun i r wrmi
Lirf
Urfuit.
the - Waterfront Federation, any strike
would affect thp sailors and stevedores, as
well as the IfViO or more fishermen.
' President Fort man of the Alaska Pack
era -..Association declares that the fleet
will sail on time, regardless of the atti
tude of the fishermen.
D1V1DKXI.S KEEP CP WAGES
While Koads Pay, More Than -They
ani, wage Stay I p.
CHICAGO, March St. TU rjeaid-ilr-ald
today says: " ,
So long "afl many of the big:1 railroad
systems .of th' country continue to pay
higher dividends than they earn while
they continue to borrow enormous sums
of money, there will not be a general re
duction In wages on Western railroads.
This decision was reached at a secret
conference of Western railroad presidents
in Chicago this week- Following the con
ference railway laborers were given to
understand : that the Western roads did
not contemplate any Immediate reduc
tions. No reason for the assurance was
given.- It was hoped to keep the reason
from the knowledge of the public be
cause of the unfavorable criticism upon
existing methods , of railroad rating, ac
cording." to a prominent railroad official.
This was the opinion, ofthis official that
business conditions fully warranted a re
duction in wages,' but, such reduction
would not be tolerated-so long as the
roads, or many of them, are paying their
stockholders large returns and are con
stantly in the market as large borrowers.
EQUALS TUN!
MlSS fiROVE FASTS 40 DAYS AM)
THES EATS.
Chicago Teacher Says She Could Con
tinue -Fast and Feels -No
" 111 Effects.
LONG BEACH, Cal., March 21. Miss
Etta Priscilla Grove, the Chicago
schoolteacher, who has attracted atten
tion because of her long fast, at noon
today completed the 40th day of her
abstinence and announced that she
would accede to the request of her sis
ter and partake of nourishment this
afternoon.
In the effort to equal the record of
Dr. It. S. Tanner, who fasted 40 days
in the '80s, Miss Grove's weight was
reduced from 12.1 to 105 pounds, but
she declares that she felt no ill effecta
from her experience and that she could
have continued fasting for a much
longer period.
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EVENTS OF THE WEEK
Mm' ill r'
ILLINOIS TORN
BY LIQUOR WAR
Contest Waged In Most
Every Town.
POLITICAL FIGHT FORGOTTEN
Only Question Discussed Now
. Is "Wet or Dry."
CHILDREN ARE IMPRESSED
Sharp Division in All Hanks Kven
Causes Boycotts and Obstruct
Business Personal "JViend
ships Broken , by Conflict.
CHICAGO. March 21. ySpeeial.) The
hottest and most extensive fight the
Prohibltion!sts have ever made in Il
linois will sweep toward its finish
at the April polls, when nearly 50")
cities and villages will vote on the ques
tion of "wet or dry." The contest is being
waged In sime portion of every county in
the state except 12, most ir which went
dry lat November.
In some of the cities fie fight is bcin
carried on with an intensity v seldom
equalled and the lines arc lieing so closely
drawn between friends of the saloon and
the foes that for the time being activi
ties In the big political parties have been
brought to a practical standstill, that they
may not conflict with the strife over pro-bibltioi-..
Split Into Hostile Camps.
Outside of Chicago only four of the large
Illinois oitles will be without a fifht over
the question at the polls next month.
They are Qtiincy. Ottawa, Peoria and East
St. ljnuls. In the last-named city the
question was kept off the ballot becauf-e
the petition was filed with ti.3 City Clerk
Instead of with the Election Commission.
In nearly a dozen of the larger cities t-he
saloon fight has developed such bitterness
that personal friendships arc being split,
business is divided and political lines are
being obliterated. In Jollct the contest is
so bitter tha the business men are split
in two hostile camps and are so much at
loggerheads that trade is suffering. Mer
chants who are fighting for a dry town
are being boycotted by the brewery and
distillery interests.
Contest Most Intense.
In Springfield, the state capital, the
contest Is so Intense that 1600 new
names were added to the polling lists
on registration day, due to the interest
in the fight.
In Bloomington, Decatur, Danville,
Cairo. Rockford, Alton and other cities
the methods of conducting the fight are
typical of those In use in hundreds of
other Illinois communities.
Ministers are preaching temperance
?very Sunday; mass meetings are be
ing held in churches; street meetings
are hcid in the public 'squares; women
and children are parading the streets
with banners and house-to-house can
vasses arc being made by the Women's
Christian Temperance Union. In" many
cities little children have been im
pressed into the campaign and are sent
forth to distribute leaflets.
Liberty League Active.
The Personal Liberty League, recent
ly organized by the opponents of pro
hibition, is equally active, and Is send
ing out tons of literature. . In the sa
loons in some of tne larger cities
placards are posted showing empty
store buildings in Kansas City,' Kan.
Over them is the caption;
'"Due to the expulsion -of the saloons.
The cameras cannot lie."
. The fanners are being appealed to by
posters, showing the decrease in the
consumption of grain If the saloons are
abolished. ,
Prohibition speakers from outside
have been brought Into the state bv
the Anti-Saloon. League and the Prohi
bition state committee, which are in
charge of the prohibition crusade.
(Concluded on Page 2.)
PerhaM They 11 le4 This Time.