THE SUXDAT OREGOIAX, POKTLA?iT, AUGUST 22, 1909. REVISE RAILROAD . MID TRUST LAWS Taft Confers With Advisers on Amendments He Will Recommend. PUT COMMISSION AT WORK rrcs-ldent Wants Stock Issues Re stricted and Work of Depart ments So Arranged That They Will Work Together. BEVERLY. Mass.. Aug. 21. For four hoars and a. half this afternoon President Taft nas closeted with three members of Ws Cabinet, discussing changes to be recommended In the interstate commerce and anti-trust latrs. Attorney-Genera! Wickersham presented to the President n tentative draft of several or me pro- )oed changes, which Air. Taft in part aDDroved. The conference was attended by Secretaries MacVeagh and Meyer and Attorney-General 'Wickersham. The President announced that no detl islte conclusion had been reached on any one of the several matters under discus sion. The final framing of the amend ments to the Interstate commerce and the anti-trust laws will be left to the eommis ion designated by the President. The Attorney-General will take to the com mission, which Is to meet In New York August 30, a definite statement of the President's wishes in the matter. This will form the main feature of his forth coming message to Congress. Check Overissue of Stock. Mr. Taft said tonight that as a result rf the report made by the Attorney Oeneral he was convinced that the amendments deemed necessary to the in terstate commmerce law will be simple matters to deal with. The bringing about of a co-ordination of the executive de partments concerned in the enforcement of the interstate commmerce and anti trust laws, he said, could also be readily accomplished. The proposed amendments to the anti-trust law offer greater diffi culties and it was to this law that the conference today was largely devoted. One of the subjects tentatively disposed of today was an amendment to the in terstate commerce act looking to a proper financial supervision and restriction to prevent excessive issues of securities by railways. Relieve Interstate Board. Plans, approved by the President are de signed to relieve the Interstate Commerce Commission of. much of the work that is now heaped upon it. It is Intended here that Investigations from which prosecu tions may result shall be conducted di rectly either by the Department of Jus tice or by the Bureau of Corporations, Instead of. as now. by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Tresldfnt desires a reorganization of the Department of Justice, of the In terstate Commerce Commission 's.nd of the Bureau of Corporations, looking to the effective co-operation of these agen cies. Tarirf Experts Hard to Clioose. Mr. MacVeagh laid before the President a list of ) candidates for appointments on the tariff commission authorized by the Payne bill. The Secretary said ho had been unable as yet to make a selec tion. There is some talk now that the i-omnilssion will be limited to three or five members. The President this afternoon had an extended interview with Charles It. Crane, the newly appointed Minister to China, and sent him away on his mission w'th a message of good will to the Chi nese people. Mr. Crane will sail for his post on October 6. TAFT'S PROGRAMME FIXED President to Visit Fair One Day and Play Golf Friday. SEATTLB. Aug. 21. The programme of President Taffs visit to Seattle has been approved by him. Wednesday evening. September 29. the President will arrive, and will be met ot the station by a spe cial committee of exposition, state and city officials, and escorted to the Wash ington Hotel. Thursday. September 30, will be Taft day at the exposition. The President will leave the hotel at 9 A. M. for the exposition grounds. He will Inspect the various buildings and partake of en In formal luncheon In the New York State building. At 2 P. M. the President will deliver en address in the natural amphi theater. At the conclusion of the exercises in the amphitheater the President will visit the Pay Streak, see something more of the exposition, then return to the hotel in time to rest and dress for dinner at 7:30 P. M. in the Washington State building. Friday, October 1. until the time of his departure in the afternoon for Tacoma. will be spent In rest. Including a visit to the Golf Club. There has been contro versy over whether the President should not spend Friday also at the fair, but it is his wish to rest before going to Tacoma and Portland. be assessed to the owners of' property oriioinlnr according tn thA new law. Be fore this law was passed, the city was compelled to pay tor an inwraevuuu work. The new law provides that thla cost can be assessed to the owners, when It is so provided In the ordinance for the improvement, xne section or me nrnHHInv fnp thA rhAneA follows: "That the expense of all improvement In the space formed by the Junction of two or more streets, or wnere uno """ tMji. tramlnntM In nr nrrusM another main atreet, and also all necessary street crossing or crossings, at corners or inter sections of streets, and the expenses of establishing, building and repairing bridges In such city, or any part thereof, may. at the option of the City Council, be paid by such city, or may be assessed against the property in said improvement district, as the Council shall have pro vided In its resolution, or ordinance de claring ita Intention to make such Im provement." riaivtnan piwIpt of the Street Com mittee of the City Council, stated this morning that he will report in iavor oi improving any street which Is petitioned for by the property-owners on that street. It will cost the city nothing in the future for improving its streets or thoroughfares if the Council destres to take advantage of this provision of the law. TO GET DEED 1 II. It. REYNOLDS SAYS POOR FARM DEAL- IS COMPLETE. Associate Declares Commissioners, in Private Conference, Drop Contention Contract Lapsed. H. R. Reynolds, associated with W. A. Spanton in the purchase of the old Poorfarm from Multnomah County, Is authority for the statement that County Judge "Webster and Commis sioners Llghtner and Barnes, yester day in executive session, decided to deed tho property to the United States Trust Company, which now represents Spanton in the deal. This would in dicate that the county authorities will drop their contention that Spanton had allowed the contract to lapse, and that the Poorfarm could be resold over his head. It is also indicative of a partial victory by Spanton over B. M. Lom bard and Qthers. who have filed suit in the Circuit Court for a share of the property, alleging the formation by them of a syndicate with Spanton im mediately after the purchase. That the County Commissioners next Tuesday morning would receive Span ton's final tender of $30,000 and Inter est, refused by them last week. Is tho decision said to have been reached by the County Court in private confer ence yesterday afternoon. Early In the week Spanton, bearing a sack contain ing 30.000. was informed by the Com missioners that he had forfeited the contract by allowing more than 30 days to elapse after his, first deposit of $5000, before producing the second de posit stipulated by the contract. Span ton demurred, saying he had not re ceived a clear abstract to the Poorfarm acres, and that time was not the es sence of the contract. The subject was then taken under advisement, with yes terday's decision in Spanton's favor being the result reported. The county will occupy the present Poorfarm for another six months, whllo the new farm, purchased recently. Is being made ready for the county in digent. It will then be turned over to the syndicate represented by the United States Trust Company. A feat ure of the old Poorfarm property when made a residence tract will be a cen tral heating plant, for the installation of which II. R. Reynolds states, nego tiations are now being made. It is also stated that Olmsted Bros., of Bos ton, who were employed by the city of Portland In Park work, will be en gaged to plat the tract. These land scape arsts are expected to arrive in Portland next October. MONTREAL REEKS WITH RICH GRAFT Great Canadian City Robbed ' of Millions by Sale of Jobs and Contracts. LAST CALL ONE CITIZEN'S GOOD WORK Raises Funds and Hires Counsel to Turn on Light Citizens Will Vote on Adopting Commission System of Government. MONTREAL. Aug. 21. Testimony showing that the city of Montreal has lost millions of dollars In contract work and that official positions of all kinds have been bought and sold for years has been brought out by the In vestigation into the city's civic affairs, begun by the provincial government. The investigation has covered the ad ministration of the police, Are and pub lic works departments, each of which Is controlled by a committee of alder men with an administrative chief. Contracts Farmed Out. In the fire and police department ,it Is alleged that the appoinments were bought and sold for $200 each. In the public works department sworn testimony showed that the low est bidders were ignored, and the con tracts awarded to higher tenders, who had a pull with a certain middleman, who conducted negotiations between the aldermen and the contractors. On contracts let this year totalling $660. 000, the excess price, it is alleged, amounted to $130,000. A man who swore that the real value of his plant was less than $100,000, says he kept no books and he could produce no com plete set of check stubs, and was known to have had contracts this year in excess of half a million dollars. which he farmed out to subcontractors at a handsome profit. It is estimated that these transactions have cost the city from ,$250,000 to $500,000 a year in one department alone. One Citizen Turned On Light. The investigation is not yet com plete. It was begun at the instance of a citizen, who raised the necessary funds and employed counsel to conduct the case. Partly as a result of the revelations of the investigation and partly as a movement for civic reform, an elec tion will be held hero September 20. on 'tho question of reducing the num ber of aldermen by one-half and of establishing a Board of Commissioners to administer the city's affairs. Of Suit and Extra Trousers for the Price of the Suit Alone $25 to $50 Get your order in this week and profit by the saving prices. Early arrivals in new Fall and Winter goods included in this sale. .Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. Garments to order in a day if required. Full dress and tuxedo suite a specialty. WILLIAM JERREMS' SONS. 108 THIRD STREET 28 BILLS ARE PASSED SPECIAL SKSSIOX COSTS STATE $237,505. FRASER MEN ARE CLEARED Revenue Cutter Finds They Did Not Steal Salmon. ' PORT TOWNSEND. Wash.. Aug. 21. Returning tonight from the cruise along the salmon banks near Point Roberts, recently the scene of much disorder be cause of fish piracy, officers of the revenue cutter Areata exonerate British Columbia fishermen of complicity in the depredations. The Investigation has disclosed, it is stated, a. wide conslpracy among local boatmen and fish trap employes, and. where such arrangements could not be ef fected, armed assaults had resulted in creating a reign of terror. Through fear of having their expensive outfits cut and destroyed by the pirates, trap operators have abandoned the il licit acts. Two arrests at Blaine have been made, and it is believed that the capture or dispersal of a gang of 20 men will ensue on information now held, and the conspiracy broken up and peace re stored. The fishermen report the season for taking cockeye is ended. THUG BEATS UP CHINAMAN Robs Celestial and Icares Victim Bruised and Bleeding. ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 21. SpeciaL late thla afternoon Hung Me, a vege table Chinaman, who resides at Smith's Point, wa held up, robbed and brutally beaten by a white man. The white man escaped and has not been captured. STRIKE AT ELMA IS ENDED ShingleweaTers Will Go to Work at Increased Wages. KI.MA. Wash.. Aug. 21. (Special.! The shlnglcweavers' strike was settled today, and mills will resume work Monday morning. The demands of the strikers for In creased wages were granted, and old employes taken, back. MUCH STREET WORK NOW Vancouver to Take Advantage of New Law for Assessments. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 21. Spe cial.) The expense of improvlrja all streets, and the intersections there? can PEOPLE FLEE BEFORE FIRE Flames From Forest Threaten Town of Grand Forks. GRAND FORKS, B. C, Aug. 21. This town Is in danger of total destruction by a forest fire that has been raging in this vicinity for two days. Already the nearby town of Roseberry has been destroyed, its inhabitants narrowly es caping with th'eir lives. The fires are now sweeping through the valleys toward Hatton, and the resi dents of the little town are fleeing for their lives. The forest rangers are recruiting fire fighters, and apparatus is being hurried to the scene from points outside of the danger zone. Although the flames have not yet touched Grand Forks, they are headed In this direction and every prep aration is being made to stop the fire before it reaches the city. PULLMAN CAR ROLLS OVER Eleven Passengers Injured on I iron Mountain Train. POPULAR BLUFFS, Mo., Aug. 21. Eleven persons occupying a Pullman car attached to Iron Mountain train No. 3 were injured when the train was wrecked near Clearwater today. The Pullman rolled down a 30-foot embankment. KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE Wife of Carriage-Owner Run Down by Bank President. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 21. Mrs. Jane Me Cabe. wife of the head of the McCabe Powers Carriage Company, was run down and killed this afternoon by the automobile of F. Edwards, president of tbe National Bank of Commerce. Total of 91 Bills Were Introduced, 60 House BiMs and 31 Senate Bills. OLT.MPXA. Wash.. Aug. 21. (Staff Cor respondence.) The special session of the Washington legislature. which ad journed this afternoon, added appropria tions aggregating J37.o(6. Ninety-four bills were introduced, of which 60 were House and 34 Senate bills. The record of the bills passed follows: S. B. 1, Stevenson Appcopriatlng $427 to defray expenses of Governor Cosgrove'a funeral. S. B. 5. Nichols Relating to commercial waterways. Duwamlsh bill. S. B. 10, Kydstrom New game bill. 8. B. 15, Allen Appropriating: money to pay for printing constitutional amendments to be voted on at general election lftto. S. . B. IT, I'otts Appropriating J J00O to defray printing expenses of public ac countancy board. S. B. it Klatland Relating to material mens liens S. B. Graves Appropriating $0.000 to defray expenses of impeachment trial of J. H. Schively. S. B. 27. Cox Amending state highway law to permit state to acquire and operate more than four rock-crushing plants by convict labor. S. B. 29, Bassett Relating to collateral security for municipal deposits. S. B. 34, Bryan Appropriating IS0.0OO for maintenance of veterans" home at Port Orchard. II. B. 5, Cameron Changing boundaries of legislative districts In pierce County. H. B. 52, Appropriations Committee Ap propriating $1U.OOO for cruising state lands. H. B 56. McGregor Prohibiting the sale of Intoxicating liquors except by persona holding licenses. H. B. &T, Appropriations Committee Ap propriating $10,000 for printing journals and record of impeachment trial. H. B. 58. Weir Aa substitute for House bill 41, amending liquor law to permit wom en to rathskellers where liquors are sold. H. B. 59, Appropriation Committee Ap propriating $30.1178 for the National Guard. H. B. 60. Beach Appropriating $10,000 for the relief of Indian war veterans. H. B. 2. Beach Appropriating $10,000 for expenses of the extra session of the Legisla ture. H. B. 3, T C Jackson Appropriating $1000 for legislative printing. H. B. 4 Beach Making the State Treas urer custodian of the funds of the state college. H. B. 0. Thayer Amending the drainage district law. H. B. 10. special committee Appropriat ing $30,000 for expenses of Legislative In vestigating Committee. H. B. 17. Norris Seattle viaduct bill. H. B. 21, Calkins Amending school code to permit County Superintendents to aet date for teachers institutes. H. B. 27, Ghent Amending marriage law. H. B. SI. Bird Authorizing County Com missioners to condemn rock quarries for road-butiding material. H. B 35, Bell Exempting Legislators and legislative employes, witnesses - and jurors from provision requiring affidavits on alary vouchers. H. B. 3T, Thayer To provide for rein statement of corporations whose names have been stricken from record. Hon to attempt this, and we made eight miles an hour against the wind toward camp. At last the motor worked uncer tainly, because the equilibrium of the ship had been upset, and thus deranged the gasoline supply. This led to the unfor tunate decision to try towing. The de scent to the surface of the ocean was not accidental, but deliberate, in order to insure the saving of the instruments and other valuables. Had the ship not broken up while landing, we would have tried another voyage this month with a new guide rope, notwithstanding one mishap follow ing fast upon the heels of another. Will Try Again. "I do not give up the fight, but hope to reconstruct the America, enlarged and Improved, and try again, taking advan tage of all our somewhat varied and ex tensive experience. Our faith in the practical llity of the project is not di minished. Throughout the voyage, in -the most trying moments in the clouds and the seas, my three companions" proved cool headed and efficient. My thanks to them and to the equally brave officers and sailors of the Norwegian ship Fram." Wellman's departure from Spitzbcrgen, reported in Associated Press dispatches, is in all probability tho same occurrence as was telegraphed by the captain of the Italian Thella from Hammerfest to Trieste. In this message. Wellmsn was described as having started for the Pole and it was apparent that the captain of the Thelia had no news of the accident. TODAY AGAIN TO BE FAIR Mercury Reaches 75, Which Is High Mark for Kntlre lay. A somewhat chilly dawn yesterday, with the. thermometer registering 4S. gave wav to the quite respectable warmth of 75 degrees Fahrenheit by 4 o'clock In the afternoon. That was the maximum for the day, and there after the mercury declined. Today will be fair, and westerly winds will pre vail, according to District Forecaster Beals. Yesterday's temperatures, re corded hourly by the Weather Bureau, follow: Dog.! S A. M 48i 12 6 A. M 481 1 7 A. M 50 8 A. M . 9 A. M. 10 A. M. 11 A. M. Deg. Noon fie P. M 69 2 P. M 71 3 P. M 73 4 P. M 7i 5 P. M 74 WELLMAN AIRSHIP BURSTS (Continued from First Page.) had an excellent chance of reaching the pole. We certainly made a good start, with favorable weather. The guide rope was of the same material, weight and workmanship as the one so severely test ed on the trial trip two years ago. There fore its breaking was an accident. The cause was a weak spot in the leather, unsuspected. Overcautlon Caused Wreck. 'The America demonstrated her strength, speed and adaptability to this work. In returning to fjpitzoergen, we made a mistake In not placing enough confidence in our own ship and engines. Had we not, through over-caution, given the towltne to the Fram, I believe we could have landed the Bhip safe in her house. For some time It was my lnten- MAN FILES THIRD DIVORCE Tired of Wife's Temper After 27 Years of Wedded Turmoil. SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 21. (Special.) For the third time William Mathew son, a. clerk In the Great Northern Em plpyment Office, has started suit for di vorce against Hattie Mathewson. after having endured her abuse and bad tem per for more than 27 years. His wife has often told him, the plaintiff claims, that she did not care for him and would not live with -him a minute longer if It were not for the fact that she wants him to give her $10 a week at least. Two former actions for divorce, started by the plaintiff, were withdrawn upon the advice of his attorney and friends. WAITER WOULD DIE; FAILS Bert Allen Drinks Laudanum. Woman Said to Be Cause. Bert Allen, a waiter employed In the American restaurant, on North Third street, attempted suicide yesterday after- How to Brown Hair Vitbout Detection Mm. rotter's Walnut-Tint Hair Stain 'Can Be Applied in a Few Minutes Every Month. There Is a way of staining gray, faded or bleached hair any shade desired, from a beautiful rich brown to almost black, so that It is difficult. If not impossible, for even experts to detect that the hair has been treated in any way. 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Mrs. Potter's Walnut-Tint Hair Stain Is recommended and for sale in Portland by Woodward Clark Drug Co.. wholesalers and retailers- Evssells Pharmacy, ZS& Morrison street; S. G. Skidmore & Co, 151 Third street. , jpi!i lyie Sr We're ready for you with a great line of Hart Schaffner & Marx Fall Suits You can bring any new idea about suit style that's on your mind and we'll match it here with a smart, snappy model from these best makers in the world NEW MODELS, NEW COLORINGS AND WEAVES, FINE BLUE and BLACK GOODS Saml Rosenblatt & Co. Cor. Third and Morrison Sts. noon by swallowing a large dose of lau danum. The unsuccessful effort to end his life occurred in a rooming-house at 10S14 Fourth street, where Allen has been lodging for a long time. He refused to talk of the cause of his despondency, but lodgers In the house say that it was on account of a young woman living In the North End. Allen had been drinking heavily for the last several days. Yesterday, in conver sation with several other lodgers of the house, he threatened to take (his life. Three hours later he was found lying on the floor in the room of A. B. Pescovieh, another lodger. A doctor was sum moned and- antidotes administered. He will recover. Allen has been morose for several months and threatened to take his life before. Burglars at I,arpe at Fairvlew. Two bold attempts at burglary have heen made within the- past five days at Fairvlew. Last Monday night the Sun Iial Feed Mill wap entered and the safe Mown open. No mony was fceenred. however, as the safe contained only valu able papers. The latter were found scat tered around tho room, but were not do faced. Wednesday night marauders en tered the residence of V. T. Townsend and ransacked it from top to bottom without awakening the occupants. It appears that the effort was unfruitful, as nothing was missed from the housw. Kenilworth Push Club to Meet. The Kenllworth Push Club will meet tomorrow evening at the Kenllworth Presbyterian Church at East Thirty fourth and Gladstone streets for the purpose of considering the park and sewerag. questions in the district and for furthering the movement to erect a clubhouse. An effort will also be made to select a site for a firehouse. Two More Cars to Boring. As the result of a request made by a committee of M from the town of Boring and -other points along the O., W. P. line. Vice-President Fuller and Malinger Hunt, of the Portland Railway, LJght Power Company, have agreed to make the following changes in tho car serv ice: The car leaving Portland at 6:46 P. M. and the owl car leaving at 11:15 P. M. will henceforth run through to Boring" Instead of stopping at Gresham. Selhvoorl Club to Build at Once. Ground will bo broken next week for the new clubhouse of the iiellwood Commercial Club. At a recent meeting of the board of governors tho con tract for the construction of the struc ture was awarded to Fred Bauer, Sr. Tho total cost will be about $3500 and, as nearly all of this sum has been raised by the cubscription committee, the work will commence at once. It is expected the building will be ready for occupancy by October 1. The build ing is to be 40 feet by ,r0 feet, with a 10-foot veranda on two sides. The billiard-room and the reception-room on the second floor will measure 38x20 feet and 3" by 2i feet respectively. The ban quet hall will be 4fi by IS feet. TTTf TT A Tm A AI H ' li j jit Xfi All . yJr ii EL OREGON'S MOST BEAUTIFUL RESORT Want a Summer Home? Few Don't Well!!! if you can invest as much in a Summer home as the average home builder does in his city home fine! But do you want to? Few Can How much then should vour Summer home represent t It seems that the average man would hardly care to put from $2300 to $5000 in a place to be used for 3 months of the year at the longest. Few Will What then is the answer? Investigate the situation; size it up; TILLA MOOK BEACH offers the ideal conditions, best location, most natural attrac tions, easy accessibility, on the main line of the P., R. & N. Ry., at sane, sensi ble figures. . . Compare our prices, lot for lot, with any beach proposition on tne market, then call at our offices and reserve that lot, while they last. Many Are ADVANTAGES Ideal surf bathing- Protected from winds. Plenty of pure mountain water. Splendid scenery. Unobstructed view of ocean from any part of Tillamook Beach. Railroad station on property. Lake boating and fishing. An attractive illustrated booklet containing views of the property and opin ions of several who have visited TILLAMOOK BEACH this Summer, has just been completed and will be mailed upon request. The demand for this property has exceeded our most sanguine expectations, and as lots are selling so rapidly an early choice will be to your advantage LOT 30 AND U Parties purchasing now may, after viewing property, ex change equity to apply on any unsold lot or lots in this tract COUPON. C. E. FIELDS & CO., 412-413 Board of Trade: Please mail me your illustrated booklet, fully describing the beauties of TILLAMOOK BEACH. Name Address ' Salesmen who are competent and wish to as sociate themselves with a "live" proposition will do well to call on us. C. E. FIELDS & CO. 413 BOARD OF TRADE Phone A 2561, Main 4561 .