8 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, MAY 10, 1908. HOUSE REPEALS INIQUITOUS ACT New Mexico Legislature De clared to Be Tool of Railroads. PARTIES OF ONE OPINION Territorial Law Depriving Victims of Railroad Accidents of Right to Recover Damages Annulled by Act of Congress. WASHINGTON, May 9.-Although on several occasions it had difficulty in main taining a quorum, the House transacted considerable business today; A number of measures were passed, including a child-labor law for the District of Co lumbia intended as a substitute for the Senate bill, permitting appeals in nat uralization cases from the District to the Circuit Court of Appeals, and repealing the act of the Legislature of New Mexico of 1S03 regarding civil procedure in per sonal Injury cases. The proceedings were enlivened by a condemnation of the fiovernment by Lar rina, the Porto Rican Commissioner, for Its treatment of those people, which he cald, had led to a spirit of discontent; and by a spirited passage at arms be tween the floor loaders, Payne and Wil liams, each charging the other's party with dishonesty in elections. The House adjourned until 2 o'clock tomorrow, when eulogies will be deliv ered upon the life and character of the late representative Adolph Meyer, of Louisiana. In view of the circumstances of the adjournment. Williams did not Insist upon the usual rollcall. Iniquitous Territorial Act. Under suspension of the rules the House, on a yea and nay vote, passed unanimously the Senate resolution re pealing the act of the legislature of New Mexico, which passed over the Gov ernor's veto. March II, 1903. The act deals with civil procedure in personal injury cases. The resolution now goes to the President for his signature, havins passed the Senate in March. Birdsall of Iowa': having the bill In charge, declared that the law was the most remarkable piece of legislation ever enacted. Instead of being "an act to regulate the law and procedure in cer tain cases," he said, it should be en titled "an act to prevent the recovery of damages for Injuries received in acci dents or otherwise, upon railways within the territory of New Mexico." It was, he asserted, an Iniquitous act of the Leg islature and demonstrated the wisdom of the law giving to Congress the abso lute control over the legislation of ter ritories. The passage of the resolution was urged by Henry. Texas, who character ized the act of the Legislature as In famous. Dictated by Railroads. In the opinion of Clayton of Ala bama, no layman could read the law without being horrified at its outrages. That law. ho charged, was passed at the instance of railroads, which he said, tyrannized the people of New Mexico and deprived them of Juscice. The Senate amendments to the diplo matic and consular appropriation bill were disagreed to and conferees were appointed. ' MAKE WAR OX RATS AND MICE Precautions Taken Against Plague in Canal Zone. WASHINGTON. May 9. A ban has been placed on rats and mice on the Panama Canal Zone in efforts to prevent bubonic plague from gaining a foothold there. It has been demonstrated that the plague is communicated by means of fleas. The fleas get it from the rats and mice and communicate it to human beings. With the extermination of rats and mice it is stated there will be no dan ger from the bite of a flea so far as plague Is concerned. Canal employes have been instructed to kill rats and mice. Will Let Dry Farm Bills Pass. OKBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 9. Speaker Cannon has given reasonable assurance that he will grant time durlm? the coming week for consider ation in the House of the 320-acre dry farm homestead bill and the bill by Rep resentative. French granting Idaho an ad ditional 2.0iX.000 acres under the Carey act. It is believed both will pass if they come to a vote. One Bid for Eugene Building. ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 9. The Treasury Department received but one bid for the erection of a' public building at Eugene, that from George C. Maurer, of Salem, for $45,000. No decision has yet been reached. CAKE SPEAKS AT ROSEBURG Fresents His Claims to a Good Audience. ROSEBURG, Or., May 9 (Special.) "What influence could a man who is neither Republican nor Democrat, but non-partisan, have in the United States Senate?" asked H. M. Cake. Republican nominee for United States Senator, who spoke here tonight. "None, and we won't give him a chance to see," said some one in the audience. Seated beside the speaker were various Republican nominees from this county and a number of distinguished citizens from this and other parts of the state, Mr. Cake refrained from personalities, but evidently could not resist the temptation to mention the claims of his Democratic opponent. "We are told that it is not party," he said, "but the man, that should be considered. This is only a sophistry." At the conclusion of Mr. Cake's remarks other speakers delivered brief addresses. Mr. Cake goes from here to Drain and speaks at Cottage Grove Monday after noon. GOLDEXDAIiE LOSS $26,000 Fire of ITnknonw Origin Destroys Three Buildings. GOLDENDALE. Wash.. May 9. Fire this morning resulted in the loss of three frame buildings and damaged two ad poining brick buildings. The origin of the tire is not known, but it Ls supposed to have started at the rear of Cecil Smith's Jewelry store. The blaze had gained such headway before discovered that for about two hours it was beyond control. The building and contents of W. A. McKlnzlo & Sons' store, together with his household effects, were a total loss, valued at 110,000, partly covered by in surance. A vacant building belonging to Gilett Bros., valued at 11300 also a total loss, partly covered by insurance. W. Lerdl's building occupied by Cecil Smith, Jewelry store, was a total loss, valued J1500, partly covered by insurance. The Jewelry stock, valued at J30C0 was also a total loss, partly covered by insurance; making a total loss of 26,000. The merchandise store of John E. Chap pell was damaged by water and smoke to the extent of 110,000, fully covered by in surance. The drugstore of D. F. Everett suffered tlOOO damage, which is covered by insurance. Coaist Record Broken. SALEM. Or.. May 9. The Coast five mile record was broken yesterday at the special meet at the State Fairgrounds under the auspices of the A. A. U. The best time was made by Davolt of the State Agricultural College, his time being 28:29 1-5. The former record was held by Fred Verner, of Chicago, and was made August 4, 1903, at the Portland Exposition. WOOLEN MILLS SHUT DOWN Threats of Strike in Salem Met at Once With Shut-Down. SALEM. Dr.. May 9. (Special.) Owing to a strike of the spinners the Salem Woolen Mills closed down .today for the first lime in many years. Only nine persons, mostly boys, are directly Involved In the strike, but as the mill cannot run without spinners the whole force of 120 employes has been laid off. Manager T. B. Gay expects to get a new force of spinners before the end of next week and resume operations. The spinners struck early this morn ing. It seems that on January 1 their rate of compensation was reduced 10 per cent. At 7 o'clock this morning the nine spinners went to the office and demanded renewal of the former rate of pay or they would strike. Manager Kay replied that he could not negotiate with men who came to him In that spirit, so the men quit. In speaking: of the matter tonight, Mr. Kay said: "When the financial stringency oc curred last October and buyers of woolen goods were canceling all their orders, our mill did not cut wages till January 1. and we have run full force every day. The reduction In wages was 10 per cent. All the 120 employes except these nine spinners seem to be satisfied." The closing dawn of the mill Is of con siderable importance to Salem, for It not only throws 120 persons out of employ ment, but affects local business interests generally. PREPARES CURRENCY BILL Sinancial Legislation of Interest at Washingto'n. WASHINGTON, May 9. The Republi can conference commltte appointed to draft an emergency currency bill at the adjourned caucus- of the Republican mem bers to the held next Monday night, was In session practically all day and until before the evening recess. The following statement was made by Chairman Vree land: "The bill will be perfected and unan imously agreed on by the committee In time to present to the conference Mon day night. I do not care to go into the peculiarities of the bill further than to say that tho measure will b ebased on the principle of the last emergency bill Introduced by myself recentlyy." Chairman Fowler, of the banking and currency committee, today reintroduced his credit currency bill with the Federal guaranty and trust features eliminated. OVERDUE VESSEL ARRIVES Schooner Minnie Caine Reaches Port With Coal. SAN FRANCISCO. May 9. The Ameri can schooner Minnie A. Caine. Captain Ol sen. 118 days from Newcastle, N. S. W., posted on the overdue list at 15 per cent, arrived in por ttoday after a tedious voy age caused by a continuous lack of fa vorable winds. It had only one day of favorable winds, and that was during the last 24 hours of the voyage. February '15 it ran into a southeast squall in which the jib-boom and foregaff were carried awa?. The schooner had on board 1320 tons of coal consigned to this port. MAYOR AFTER POKER GAME Raids Cigar-Store and Packs Pro- prletor Off to Jail. SALEM. Or., May 9. (Special.) Mayor George F. Rodgers raided all the card rooms In the city tonight in quest of gambling games, and found one gambling game in operation. This was a poker game in the cigar store of Charles Piiett, on State street. This is the same place Mayor Rodgers raided two months ago, at which time Piiett was let off on his promise to close up. Mayor Rodgers put lilm under arrest and ordered him to ap pear in Police Court Monday. Shingle Mills May Shut Down. SEATTLE. May 9. Commencing June 1 and continuing for at least six weeks, the shingle mills in this state wfll be shut down, if the plans now under way are worked out. Circular letters to all shingle manufacturers In the state arc being sent out, advising a shot-down at that time. Meetings have been held this week at various points, at which a shut-down on June 1 has been strongly urged.' Very low prices and generally unsatisfactory conditions of the shingle market are given as the cause. Socialists Neet Today. CHICAGO, May 9. The Socialist Party National Convention to nomlna'e candidates for President and Vice President and to adopt a National plat form, will meet here' tomorrow. The men most frequently mentioned for the nomination for President are Eu gene V.,Debs and William D. Haywood. Third Floor Wins. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, Or., May 9. (Special.) In the first of the annual ball games between the second and third floors of the varsity dormitory, the third floorltes won, 10 to 5. These games are productive of intense enthusiasm. Would Expel Anarchists. MADRID. May 9. The Senate passed a law providing for the creation of private tribunals that shall have the power to expel from the kingdom persons suspected of aiding the anarchist pro paganda. Cashier Shoots Himself. NEW ORLEANS. May 9. Charles Per rllliat, cashier of the Merchants' National Bank, shot and killed himself late today. The finance committee learned- today that he was 1400 short In is accounts. Rudyard Kipling said to Robert Barr once In conversing on the subject of an exchange of Ideas. "Why, all I ever knew somebody told me." STAND BY PIIMGHOT Senators Defend Forest Pol v icy From Attacks. ASSAIL TIMBER THIEVES Smoot .Says They Are Source of Op position Lodge Asserts Nation's Rights Fulton Objects . to Pinchot's Methods.' WASHINGTON. May 9. The debate on the main features of the agricultural ap propriation bill was practically concluded by the Senate today. Smoot, of Utah, spoke at length in advocacy of the For est Reserve Service. Lodge -and New lands supported the policy of the Serv ice. Clark, of Wyoming, reviewed at length, what he said he regarded as the weak ness of the Forestry Service. Ha de clared that its opponents were not in different to the preservation of the -timber lands, but objected to the methods practiced by the Bureau of Forestry un der its present administration. In addition to the attention giveii the agricultural bill, the Senate voted to send to the committee on Judiciary the resolu tion introduced by Burkett of Nebraska declaring tomorrow to be "Mothers' day" and suggesting that Senators and em ployes of the Senate wear a white flower in honor of that day. Kean of New Jer sey proposed as a substitute a resolution embodying the fifth commandment. "Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long In the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee," Timber Thieves Turn on Pinchot. Smoot declared that the "timber thieves" had been stirred up over the course of the Forestry Service and, look ing about for some one to attack, they had' turned upon the United States For ester. Flint said that the laws under which fraudulent practices grew up were still on the statute books in spite of efforts to repeal them. Indorsing this statement of the Senator from California. New lands, of Nevada, declared that the ex planation of the failure to repeal these laws was found in the "interests strong ly intrenched in every political organiza tion of the West." No Right to Destroy Forests: Saying that he wished to speak in de fense of the forest reserve "policy," Lodge apologized for the word "policy," which the Senator from Idaho comment ed on the other day, but as no other word occurred to him he would use It. He declared that the Eastern states could appreciate what had been done by the pioneers In the Western country, but they believed that the forests should be preserved for the whole people and not regarded as belonging to the states In which they are located. 'What has been called in this debate a God-given right to use and destroy with out interference has been pretty fully exercised In this country," said Lodge. Fulton Objects to Methods. He continued to refer to destruction of forests, game and songbirds and fisheries of Ihe East, when Fulton interrupted to say that the objections united against the Forest Service was not directed against the policy of preserving the forests, but against the administration of the service and the Inclusion of agricultural land in the reserves. Protesting against the tendency of the Senator's defense of the forestry policy of the Administration to place those opposed to it in' the position of being opposed to forest preservation, Clark of Wyoming was against the methods of the Forest Service. "I protest in Justice," he said, "against the recklessness, against the almost criminal recklessness, with which the Senate of the United Scates ls voting: money to an unknown pur pose." He said Congress was now asked to appropriate Jl. 500, 000 more for the Forest Service than was re ceived by the service from the sales of timber, etc. Newlands spoke in favor of the for est reserve policy. Upon motion of Warren the Senate agreed to meet at 11 o'clock on Mon day and to vote on the agricultural bill before adjournment. MINNESOTA FOR JOHNSON County Conventions of State Honor Favorite Son. ST. PAUL, Minn., May 9. The sup. porters of Governor Johnson, for the Democratic Presidential nomination, had their own way in most of the county con ventions held throughout Minnesota to day. Returns received up to U o'clock give the Johnson men 4S6 delegates in the state convention and the Bryanites 78. There will be !35 delegates in the convention. The Bryan men say they will contest . 400 delegates and hold rival state convention. Two Democratic convention were held in St. Paul, Ramsey County, today. In the official, or Johnson convention, the NO STUDENTS, NO GAS, NO COCAINE The Old Reliable Chicago Dentists Have stood the test of time TEETH I 6PECM This office ls equipped with all the) latest appliances and formulas for do ing high-class work. OUR PRICES 22-K Crown S5.00 Bridge Work, per tooth SS5.00 Logan Crown S3.50 to $5.00 Best Rubber Plate S8.00 Aluminum Lined Plates 810.00 to 15.00 Silver Fillings Sl.OO Gold Filling's 92.00 and up Vegetables Vapor used only by us for Painless Extracting 50t CHICAGO PAINLESS DENTISTS COR. 6TH AND WASHINGTON. Be sure you are In the right office. Lady attendant. Phones Main S880. AS340. it ,.; (J H v llfJ, I yj - ; ? iifm ft :i7 if - : if m ill : 9 . ml 1 : V f4. V Cmi.hu rm programme was carried out in the selec tion of Johnson delegates to the conven tion next week. At the Bryan conven tion notice was served on the Johnson Democrats that the fight will be to a finish. Bryan delegates to the state con vention were elected and Chairman F. I. Pike was directed to appoint a com mittee which shall report at a subse quent meeting a plan of organization of the Ramsey County Democracy. The res olutions adopted are identical with reso lutions adopted by the Bryan men throughout the state today. Committeemen Reach Denver. 1 DENVER. May 9. The members of the sub-committee of the National Dem ocratic Committee arrived here today and immediately set out to Inspect the auditorium and to review the plans thfet have been made for lighting, ventilating and seating. The committee will also take up the matter of badges and printing. Sunday the members of the sub-com eadquartersfor theBestStee The The The The It is It is P R I C E $ 4r 5 Sl.OO A WEEK JLPJL mittee will be the guests of President C. N. Day. of the Denver Convention League, who will take them for a trip over the Moffat road to the banks of eternal snow. 60 miles from Denver. The members of the sub-committee who are here are Norman E. Mack, of New York; Roger C. Sullivan, of Chi cago: R. M. Johnson, of Texas; Urey Woodson, of Kentucky; J. E. Osborne, of Wyoming, and James C. Dahlman, of Nebraska. Danmoore Bus Makes Appearance. Among the handsome equipages for which Portland ls noted, the one at tracting particular attention in the last few days ls the Danmoore bus. This vehicle ls of the latest and most approved Eastern type, commodious and comfortable. Its light gray color attracts the favorable notice of those who see it on the streets on Us way to and from trains to the new Dan moore at Fourteenth and Washington streets. If You Are Intelligently Discrimi nating When You Choose a Range Your Decision Must Fall On the Doulble Floe Laurel Range HERE ARE THE REASONS: Laurel Range has patented 2-flue construction. Laurel Range has six hot covers with damper open. Laurel Range has uniform heat everywhere. Laurel Range has capacity for quick, even baking. the most economical range made. guaranteed for 25 years. COVELL WE TRUST YOU ANYTIME FOR ANYTHING IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT SMARTLY DRESSED MEN WILL WEAR THIS SEASON ASK BEN SELLING JUST A LITTLE Just a- little better fabric Just a little better trimming Just a little better making Just that little better something That makes for better clothing And distinguishes ours at Just a little lower prices MEN'S SUITS $15 to $45 LEADING CLOTHIER FRED WILHELM RELEASED Was Suspected of Having Blown Up Gallagher's Home. OAKLAND. CaK. May 9. Fred Wilhelm. the former St. Louis policeman and pri vate detective, who has been kept In de tinue at the City Jail for more than two weeks, suspected of being implicated In the blowtng up of ex-Supervisor Galla gher's home, has been released from cus tody upon the order of Captain of Detec tives Petersen. The latter said he had no explanations to make, and "neither has Wilhelm," he added. Arrivals and Departures. SAN FRANCISCO. May . Arrived Steamer City of Puebla. from Victoria; steamer Homer, from Portland; steamer I stone, from Astoria; schooner Minnie A. FURNITURE CO 184-186 FIRST STREET LUNG Caine. from Newcastle. Australia. Hailed Steamer ts.te of California, for Portland; steamer Buckm&n. for Seattle; steamer St. Helens, for Portland. . BUY YOUR HATS At Le Palais Royal and get just the proper style at the lowest prices. 375 Washington street. Will Stop Off Coos Bay. MARSH FIELD, Or., May . (Special.) Secretary Lyon, of the Chamber of Com merce, today received a telegram from Senator Bourne stating that the Atlantic battleship fleet had been ordered to stop off Coos Bay on the way to Seattle If the weather permits. When the date is known, a holiday will be proclaimed and one of the steamers will be chartered to take the Coos Bay people to see the fleet. Nogales, Aris. 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