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. itTv ifir v.r 70 Pages Pages 1 to 12 VOJL. XXIX. NO. 3 PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WWW r COUNTY LEADERS FAVOR ASSEMBLY Change Indorsed by 34 Noted Republicans. IDEA TO STRENGTHEN PARTY Plan Would Simplify Primary Tangles, Say Advocates. ONLY FEW ARE OPPOSED Among Republicans of F.lgrht Coun ties but. Three Prominent Men Fall to Support Proposed Meth od of -Voicing Choke. ORFtiOX KBFVRMCANf ON THK ASSEMBLY. C. K :i?oore. ex-State Treasurer, of Klamath We have hail enouBh thla humbug and the time la here for those who feel taht the party has achieved somethlnic for the general welfare of the state ami the Nation to assist In again placlnR It In an or ganized position. Joe Moss. chairman Ttepubtican county central committee. Josephine County All Republicans faithful to the party should urge the aascmbty or recommendation" plan for the. Re publican party C. T. Oliver, chairman Republican county central ' committee. Klamath County The assembly plan 1h the only thing to again place the party n working condition. V Helinus W. Thompson. County Judge. Lane County The assembly 1 can in no way lnterfereith the di rect primary law. J.. K. Bean. State Representative. Iane County The maintenance . of political parties is essential to every good aovernment. and in no way can they le successfully -maintained, ex cept through party organization. Dr. a. IL Merryman. State Senator.. Klamath The Republicans have no party as it is. and we must organize one. J. M. Parry, Postmaster. Moro. ' Sherman County It seems to me that, the assembly plan is the only reason able one under our direct primary. f. F. Wllllts. banker. Klamath Falls Oregon Republicans must ho organized to control the selection of candidates of - the right sort, and prevent the Jugglery that has result ed In placing men in high places who were the o,holce of only a small frac tion of tire electors of the party. - Judge James A. Fee, Pendleton I always have believed there should be some way by which a political party might name the candidates It proposed to vote for. M. Whealdon. ex-State Senator. W asco County I. prefer the assembly plan In order to obtain the best public servants, selected by repre sentative Republicans. , ' Influential Republicans throughout v the state, from Klamath County on the south to Baker County on the east, are united In their advocacy of. state and county assemblies this year. This sen timent Is further reflected in the accompanying- Interviews, which were ob tained from prominent members of the party in eight" widely . separated coun ties, representative of every section of the state. The counties from which the Interviews are presented are: Baker, Josephine, Klamath, Lane, Sherman, Umatilla, Union and Wasco. In all, 37 Republicans were asked to KWe their opinion- ef the proposed as sembly. Of that number only three de clared their opposition to this sys tematic plan for . ree.c.ra jrwHnr. suit able candidates a the voters, prior to the prlmrv election. T?-e three dissenting voices are those "lot S. A. Lowell and C. A. Barrett, of Umatilla County, .and .y. G. Browley, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Baker County. Judge Lowell withholds hia indorsement of the assembly plan for the reason that he suspects it Is a movement Jo reinstate the old conven- (Concluded on Page 11.) ARLINGTON BUYS FIRST CHINOOK CLUB PAYS SI A POUND FOR 3 0-POUND SALMON. Smelt Are Few and Not. to Be Had in Open ' Market Steel heads Aft Poor. ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 15. Only one Royal Chinook salmon has been caught In the Columbia. River this year, so far as known, ,and It was sold to the Ar lington Club, of Portland, for $1 a pound. It weighed more than 30 pounds. A small coterie of epicures in that club knows what the best eating Is and when to eat it. .and It is a fact that the first. Chinook entering the rlvr is the richest and best. All t he fishermen on the river are acquainted with this fact and strive to get the first to the Arlington Club. Smelt have not made their appear ance, except in small quantities in the Cowlitz and Grays Rivers. So --far there have been no smelt for sale in any of the fresh fish markets that re ceive their supplies from the'Columbia River or its tributaries. Steelheads are not only scarce but poor in quality. It should be otherwise and no explanation is given. FARMERS' COURSE PLANNED University of Idaho Faculty Prepares for Three Weeks Class.' MOSCOW. Idaho, Jan. IS. (SpHal.' Preparations at the University of Idaho for the farmers" three weeks' course at the Agricultural College are under way. The course will open Jan uary 37. Dairying, stock-judging, ag riculture, agronomy, poultry production and farm machinery are the subjects to be covered in tile free course. The Instructors will be: Dean E. E. Elliott, farm practice; J. S. Jones, chemistry of agriculture; J. H. Frand son, dairy farming: W. H. Wicks, fruit growing; L. F. Childers, soils; J. F. Nicholson, agriculture- bacteriology ; F. W. .Chamberlain, breeds of stock, dis eases of stock; J. M. Aldrich; fruit pests; O. M. Osborne, poultry and farm ma chinery; G. E. Frevert, dairying. All lectures and recitations will be in Morrill Hall. The livestock features will be at the college farm, west of the university. The fruit Instruction in packing, judging and spraying will by given at the Moscow ,Cold Storage & Packing Company's plant. During the course the poultry and pel stork show, to be given by the Iatah County Poultry Association. 'will be held in Moscow January 2G. 27, 2S and 29. ' SQUAW PLEADS OWN CASE Indian Woman In Supreme Court Opposes Cemetery Desecration. WASHINGTON". Jan. 15. For the first time in the history of the Supreme Court, a woman who Is not a lawyer appeared before that court yesterday .and argued a case. Many years Mgo the Supreme.rCourt adopted a rule per mitting citizens the right to appear In person and argue cases in which they have a direct personal interest. It was under this rule that the woman. Mrs. Lydia B. Conley, of Kansas City, Kan., a Wyandotte Indian, was permitted to argue her case. The suit in which Mrs. Conley -appeared wa brought to enjoin and pre vent the yale and desecration of a pub lic cemetery In Kansas City, which was reserved under a treaty made in 1855 between the Wyandotte Indians and the United States Government as an In dian burying ground. In the cemetery are the remains of Mrs. Conley's par ents and relatives. 22-R00M HOUE .PLANNED Eugene Sees Evidence of Building Boom In 19 1 0. EUGENE. Or.. Jan. 15. (Special. 1 Not Jteithstanding that building operations in Eugene.have been almost at a standstill the past six weeks of cold weather, the City Building Inspector reports that there has been an average "of one permit & day granted and one day last week five per mits were granted. The inspector believes that there will be more building of all kinds in Eugene in 1910 than last year. Among the new buildings for the early Spring will be a mansion, at the corner of East Eleventh and Oak streets, to be built by George W. Lill. Thia will be a three-story structure of modern architec ture and will cost $10,000: It will have 22, rooms. HARRY MURPHY CLOSES ANOTHER WEEK WITH PICTORIAL COMMENT ON VARIOUS PUBLIC EVENTS Hermann raises vital question Presence of Mays and Jones Demanded. v PARDONS MAY BE REQUIRED Tarpley's Testimony of Alleged Conspiracy Objected To. CONSTITUTION IS CITED Heney Declares (ioverninent Has Shown tiuilty Ivnowledee Mere Declarations of Third Persons Not Competent, Says Jefcnse. Contending that Binger Hermann has not been connected with the Blue Moun tain forest conspiracy his attorneys yesterday objected to the testimony of Dan Tarpley concerning conversations held in the office of Franklin P. Mays, wherein the names of Hermann and Spnanr A T i t . 1 . 1. 1 1 r. .-, n 1 1 I I ' . 1 .-. . nel Wo.rthington asserted that nVas iiituiuijeifiii io prove mat nermann was a member of the conspiracy be cause somebody else said he was. It was sasfl that in the trial of Her mann at Washington George Sorenson declared that Mays had asserted that Hermann was a partner In the deal. Tarpley was a witness in the case against Mays and testified that Mays told him that Hermann and Mitchell were in the conspiracy- and that it would require money for their use, if Tarpley and McKlnley retained the school lands which they had purchased from the state. Tarpley heard of the formation of the reserve through a son of Forest Superintendent Ormsby. and intruded on the arrangements which Mays was making to secure all the s c h ool 4 wurd'g-i rh e '-proposed reserve. When Mays sejiL. for Tarpley, he told Tarpley that it he did xnot surrender half of the IS. 700 acres he had bought from the state Mays would have Com missioner Hermann leave the Tarpley and McKinley lands out o the pro posed reserve . Vital Issues liaised. r Under article 16, of the Constitution of the' United States, attorneys for the defense demanded to be confronted with the witnesses against Hermann, so IhXt he' might have the privilege of cross examination, and Colonel Worthingtou gave notice that a failure to accord Mr. Hermann' his full rights under that clause would cause an appeal to be taken to the highest tribunal of the land. The controversy over the 'admissibility of the evidence as" to the statements made is considered a vital point. If the court shall hold that Hermann is entitled to be confronted by Mays on the witness stand, it will mean that both( Mays and Jones will have to be pardoned by President Taft. They are no-w disqualified as witnesses, having lost their citizenship through having been sentenced to terms in the Federal prisoin ' . , The -question also is raised as to what attitude these men will assume if they are made eligible as witnesses through Executive clemency. It is be lieved by many who are well acquaint ed with their state tf mind that Mays and Jones will refuse to assist the Gov ernment, and it is argued that If there had been any possibility of their testi mony being of value to the prosecution Mr. -Heney would have had their disa bilities removed lcmg ago. Hermann's Advice Asked. It was admitted by Heney that the only Instance wherein Mr. Hermann has been thus far associated with the Blue Mountain'conspiracy was in the testi mony of ex-Surveyor-General Mel drum. While Binger Hermann was Commissioner of the General Land Of fice, as Meldrum testified on the stand, "Hermann came to his office in Port land in September, 1901. When he ar- - ; (Concluded on Page 10.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTEBOAT'S Maximum temperature, 48 degrees; minimum, 33 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; winds mostly southerly. Pacific North went. Schooner San Buena Ventura ' reported wrecked at Gold Beach; nine lives lost. section j, page o. ! Sport Aberdeen busy collecting f funds to retain ing f f ur, v team in .Northwestern League. Section 2 page 2. Politics. Many county Republican ' Ieaaers declare , for assembly. Section 1, page 1. Domestic. Mayor Gaynor fights for life In storm ; 1S.0OO men at work cleaning New York streets. Section 1. page S. .Foreign. British elections show Unionist gains, but liberals will control Parliament. Sec tion 1, page 1. National. ' Interstate Commerce Commission denies ap i plication of Astoria for same freight rate as Portland. Section 4. page 12. Representative a. J. Dickman. of Michigan. . announces candidacy for Speakership to succeed Cannon., Section 1. page Insurgents hold out for entire change in House methods.. Section 1, page Domestic. h Cotton market recovers part of decline. Scales still 14.000,000 ahead. Section 1. Page J. Secret Service operators capture three men and counterfeiting plant. Section 1. .page 2. MTTfl proves no hindrance to rising of planes . at aviation meet. Section 1. page '. ' Commercial and Marine. Strong shipping demand for Oregon onions. .Section .1. page 11. Farm vuliles advance since December 1. Section 7. pace It. Rally In stocks near close of e Jloii ;!. page 11. t New York han'iers" cash gafn noo.fMiii WUn 1 t elon. Pec- over $22,- . .v-,. ... unniz j i. roi tlanrt . shipbuilder gets contract f or . fast boat. for Tuget Sound. iectln . page Pacific NortiiweBt. .Order denying Idaho its full nuota of Crjcv act lands recalled by Commissioner. Scc 1 1 ion 1 . page ti. Oregon Short Line refuses special coal train for Boise; doesn't think there is dancer of fuel famine. Section 1. page ti. First chinook salmon sold to Arlington Club, I ortlaml. for. $1 a pound. Section 1, page 1. Umatilla County farmers adopt resolutions condemning Fhip subsidy bill Section 1. o-jge 7. Electric line from Oregon City to Oswego to begin. Section 1, page 7. Body of M Olikn, Czarina victim, found on Marshfiefd beach. . Section 1. page 0. Portland and Vicinity. - Professor Bradlev lectures to Portland ap plegrowers oVi soil conservation. sec tion 2. page 12 HAY GIVES PLACE TO COWEN Seattle Newspaper Slan Appointed to Board of Control. OLY-MPfA. Wash.. Jan. 15. (Special.) Following the return to Olympla to day of the members of the state Board of . Control, Governor Hay a.nnouneed that E. , D. Cowen, a newspaper man, of Seattle, would be appelated .men, of the board, to take effect February 1. to succeed H. E. Gilham and that J. H. Brown, pf Olyrmda. ,tretary of the board, has offered his ' i-eslgr7aTion. to take effect as soon as a successo"? is selected. Mr. Erown presented his resignation to the Governor January. S and will devote his entire'time to his newspaper work. Mr. Gilham receiver! news of the proposed change while at Walla Walla at the meeting of the prison board. He says he probably will return to Seat tle and engage in business there. Among- the applicants for the position of secretary are J. O. Rummens, of Pomeroy, now employed as stenogra pher in the Governor's office;. Harry Moore, of Olympia, and Waiter . McCal lum, of Spokane, now employed as state clerk at Walla Walla. Present indications are. that unless other appli cations are received soon, Mr. Rum mens will be named. HAVEMEYER CHIEF CAUGHT Heike, Sugar Trust Secretary, and I-'oiir Accused of fraud. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. Charles R. Heike. secretary of the American Sugar Refining Company, with five other employes of the company indicted -by the Federal Grand Jury for. conspiracy to defraud the United States by entering false weights of sugar, will be arraigned on Monday. The case of Heike, who was in the con fidence of the late H. O. Havemeyer, the master mind of the so-called sugar trust, and the" five othr employes, will be moved with all possible expedition and the' Federal prosecutors think the trail they are on may lead even to oth ers higher up." BROTHERS SUE TWIN WIVES Husbands Ask Divorce Alleging De sertion by Sister Better-Halves. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 15 Anna and Annlce Woodyard. twin sisters, were made defendants today in suits for di vorce filed by their respective husbands, Eugene and Jason Woodyard, who are brothers. . Desertion Is alleged In each case. UNIONISTS mil FIRST 'S FIGHT British Liberals Lose 14 Seats Met . MAJORITY WHLL BE REDUCED But Control of Parliament Will Be Retained. LLOYD-GEORGE IS MOBBED Chancellor Driven From Mecling by Crowd With Veils or "Traitor"' . and "Pro-Boer"' .Manchester True to Free Trade Doctrine. LONDON". Jan. 15. The first engage ment in the fight for tariff reform, a great navy and the supremacy of the Lords as against free trade, reform of the House of Lords and Home Rule ended tofiTght with neither party In a commanding josition. The standing of the various parties. Including uncontested seats, follows: Unionists, 43; Liberals, 37; Larobites, 6; Nationalists. 3. Unionist gains. IS; Lib eral gains. 3; Laborlte gains over Lib erals, 1; no change, 69. Of the 12 si"?ts contested in London, th Lioerals hold seven and the Union t'.s five, Vhree of the latter having fciins in North Lambeth, Brixton and Fulham. Cuionists Gain in Big Towns.- In the provinces, the Unionists gained Southwest Manchester. Stalybridge, Salisbury, Rochester, Burnley, two seats in Devonport.. Cambridge, Yarmouth, Gloucester. Wolverhampton, West and South Wednesbury and two seats in Bath. The Liberals won Manchester North west, Darlington and Grimsby. The La bor gain was in East Manchester. Liberal.- .Will Control. The results of the "pollirig tend to confirm the forecast that the Liberals will retain control of the government with a greatly reduced majority. The Unionists have gained an encouraginb number of seats, although less than the 29. which they expected to take away from the Liberals out of the 74 bal loted for. -The vote goes strongly against the Liberals. The members of that party who have seats won them today by majorities ranging from 30 to 60 per cent below their majorities in liioy, except in a few boroughs, where spe cial conditions figured in the campaign. The popuar votes polled by the Lib erals for the 12 London seats show a stronger hold on power than in the provinces. The majority of the London boroughs were Labor districts, of these the Unionists carried five,, three being captured ' from the Liberal collimn, but by small margins. Unionists Make Big Cains. - Manchester and Birmingham give heavy Unionists gains. Birmingham has been strongly Conservative, largely the result of Joseph Chamberlain's cru sade for protection, and today the Unionists carried the city solidly by increased majorities, nej-ry SS000 larger than Ih 190tf. In Manchester the Unionists increased their votes, for. while the Liberals still have five of the six seats, the Liberal majorities were decreased nearly 9000. The most sweeping change In London was in.Fulham borough, where the mid dle class population went enthusiastically for tariff reform, giving W. Hayes Fisher, Unionist, a. majority of 2000. Devonport. where the big navy issue was predominant, wiped out the Liberal, majority and returned two Unionists by 500, Sir J. Jackon and Sir C. Kinloch Cooke. Sir Henry Norman, the Liberal journal ist, who is well known in America, and who recently was appointed Assistant Postmaster-General,- was defeated at Wolverhampton, south, by a small ma- cconcluded on Page 32.) ' PORTLAND SECOND AS WHEAT PORT NEW l'OUK AtiO.VK KXCEFDS JX SHIPMENTS. Total Exports,"- However, Show Bis - lecline From Those of Iye vious Year's. OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 15. During the calendar year 1909 Portland exported more wheat than any other customs district in the United Statea except New York, and this in face of the factthat its total wheat shipment was away below that of two years pre ceding. Portland's total exports1 lst year, ac cording to figures made public today by the Department of Commerce and Labor, amoutned to 5.571,182 bushels, valued at J5.361.102. Puget Sound's total wheat ship ments during the same year were only 3.996,516 bus-hels and San Francisco ex ported but .41,169 bushels. Last yearNPortland's wheat shipments reached 13.042,063 bushels- and in 1907 they were 9.237.437 bushels. Decline in exportation of wheat flour was proportionately as gpcat as. that of wheat. Portland's total shipment last year being only 3X7,641 barrels, as against ti.-S.-044 barrels the year before, and 1.43S,:R5 barrels In 1905. Puget Sound experienced a like decline, however, for its total ex ports last year were 1.317.36S barrels, as against 1.53S.5O0 in 1908 and 2.6OK.290 in ! 1107. Flour exports from San Francisco I lost year were 214.678 barrel.". U. OF IDAHO DISPUTE ENDS Company, Contract Annulled. Ad- justs Trouble With Kcgcnts. MOSCOW, Idaho, Jan. 15. (Special.) The controversy between the Univer sity of Idaho and the Interstate Con struction Company, of Saginaw, Mich., is in a fair way to be adjusted out of court.. After a contract had been entered into for the construction of the north wing or auditorium annex to thaskj ministration building the Supreme Court of Idaho decided that the bond issue, authorized by the last Legis lature for $85,000 to ouild the addition, exceeded the -constitutional limitation of Indebtedness. The company, however, will use the material on hand and the regent- will apply what funds are available for this purpose on an estimate of the archi tect. The company will then waive what, -further rights it might- have In the original contract. 1 The Interstate Construction Company is proceeding with its work on the Federal buildiug. which is to be com pleted this year. APPLE GROWERS ORGANIZE Chehalent Valley Ilejsarded as Well Favored.-fOr Fruit Industry. NEW BERG. .Or.. Jan. 15. (Special ) A fruitgrowers' meeting was held here today with J. D. Qordon. president of the First National Bank, acting as president, and C. C. Ferguson as secre tary. I. N. Campbell, formerly a Hood River apple grower, but now growing an apple orchard and walnut grove near Newberg, was the principal speak er. He gave the meeting the benefit of his knowledge gained from IS years' experience, and said that he considered the. Chehalem Valley one of the spots in Oregon favored by nature for profitable apple growing, .and that witli the application Qf scientific meth ods applesgrown here would sell in the New York markets with the best apples grown In the state. Many questions-- were put to Mr. Campbell, who answered them cheer fully. All showed growing interest in the subject of intensive horticulture. I. N. Campbell. N. E. , Britt and N. E. Christenson were appointed' as a com mittee on permanent organization. $10,000,000 MERGER MADE t Mitchell Motor Car Co. aud Mitchcl & Lewis Co. Amalgamate. CHICAGO. Jan. ID. (Special.) The Mitchell Motor-Car Company, makers of -the Mitchell automobile, and the Mitchell & Lewis Co., limited, makers of farm and spring wagons since 1834, amalgamated today at Racine. The new-concern, which will be known as the Mitchell-Lewis Motor Car Company, is capitalized at $10,000,000 and is headed by William Mitchell Lewis, son of William Lewis, who heretofore was at the head of both concerns. The facilities of the two concerns, which are built close together, will per mit the manufacture of all bodies, springs, castings and every part and detail of pleasure cars, motor trucks and farm wagons. SCALES RECOVERS T OF HIS LOSS Cotton Rallies on Big Bull Movement. TEXAN'S BROKERS KEPT BUSY Operator Has $4,000,000 Won :, From Proceeds of Ring. BEARS MAKE WARM FIGHT Decline Has ,;lven Opportunity to Manufacturers to Fill rresent Needs "Bip; Four"' Again Is in Evidence. NEW YORK, Jan. 1 5. ( Special.) Cotton had a record today almost as sensational as the panic-stricken sfjmn of yesterday, and prices at the close . today showed a net gain of $3.60 H bale from yesterday's close. May cot ton. which sold as low as 13.70 cents yesterday, sold today as high as 14.70 cents, a gain of $5 a bale. Other months were also strong. . Undaunted by the loss of $4,000,000 In the cotton market yesterday, E. G. Scales, the new "cotton king" from Texas, was reported a rampant bull In the market today. He was said to have about $4,000,000 of his shoestring for tune left, after transferring 200.000 bales of cotton to McFadden Brothers yeswrday, and all of this' is "velvet," as the "Texas steer" began his dazzling campaign with $S00 raised by pawning a diamond ring. Bulls Win at Outset. Cotton opened wildly excited today, with- trading heavy volyme and the bears and bulls fighting "(JWpiera'tely for control of the situation. It was the old Prh-e crowd against the new bull clique, and at the start the bulls hud all the better or the fight, with help from Liverpool in higher prices and a better demand from spinners and .spot interests. As a result, the opening was from S2..V: to $4 a balo higher. The bears attacked prices with desperation, but met resist ance. However, after an hour, they had forced prices back about 30 points from the high figures. The Scales brokers were very active and were taking cotton in large blocks. Brokers for James A. Pat ten, the Chicago grain operator; William P. Brown and Frank Payne were also among the buyers at the Cotton Ex change. Philadelphia Aids Kise. McFadden, head of the Philadelphia clique, who had led the bear attack suc cessfully during the past week, took the bull side during the first half hour. The buying by his brokers gave rise to the report that he had joined Issues with Scales and the other big bull operators. J. Temple Gwathmey has loomed up in the past 24 hours as a big bull operator and on the break at yesterday's closing bought 50.000 bales of May at $13.50. He was still bulljsh today, as was William Mitchell, who bought 10.000 bales also of May; Tlie Prc-e crowd made it interesting, however, and as they began selling around 16 cents, they, have, as the saying goes, a few millions to "play with." Manufacturers Buy on Decline. - The net result of the day's battle was a big gain for the bulls. Carpenter, Bag gott & Co.. with whom Mr. Scales makes his headquarters, sent out the following bulletSn shortly after the opening of the market: "The selling by Mr. Scales yesterday is a sacrifice on his part for the bene fit of his friends, as he was the target of concentrated fire from the bears, and he felt there, was no use in stand ing to be shot at and having the mar ket depressed on his- friends when by selling he could relieve the situation. The price of spots in the South has not (Concluded on Page 2, PR