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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1910)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAXD, FEBKTIAIIY 6. 1910. - " - . "tr 73 EXTRADITION IS DEBATED IN SENATE Grand Jury and "Information' Methods of Charging Crime Compared. PILES DEFENDS MEASURE aidrich Bill ror Commission to In vestigate Government Expendi tures Goes Over on Objec tion From Elklns. WASHINGTON', Keb. 5. The Question whether the ioserr.or of ons state shall fce required to extradite a person, under charge of crimo. on thej information pro cees, as well as the indietm-nt process, was under Hv. Hussion in the Senate more than two hours today. No action was taken on the bi!l unJer consideration, which would compel recognition of t-he in formation nrocLfcs. .-nator Fils, in charge of the measure, tald it had ons;inat..d in the fact that Home do'vrTiors liad refused to grant extradition in cases of prosecution by the process of information." ! The bill was opposed vigorously by Senators Ropi. and Heyburn. who con tended that it was in contravention of the Federal Constitution. - "We. who are acting under the re- ' julrement of the Constitution for a grand Jury proceeding," said Mr. Koot, "anould Cot be complied by sn act of Congress to abandon it and to surrender a citizen pn a process w iiicn we believe to be in d;quate and Irregular." Grand Juries jt,xpeiisivc. "N'or," irald Mr. Piles, "should a citizen ftf New Vt?ik t.-e allowed to invad-j otner krtateu, vioiato tiitir laws and tie to his home ana tw ireo Iio.ii arrest, extradi tion and trial according to our laws." lr. files sm -tu mioimauoa pro cess had o:tn ucopied by many western, etauc for economy, but no teatea, if thve snould not be a cnunKe in tne f ed eral law. ti.at ;t uouid lu ncc-nsary tor them to mane general ue ot tile grand Jury system. men would er.tail mucn arater expense. Senators ciarK ol Wyoming, and Eailey declaiea catu state snouiu prescriDe ita own methous ol prosecuting criminals. "It laKcs tar ciearer vi.on ti.an mine to eee in the bill any violation of trie C7ons.mut.ion or ol tile rignta of Mates," Beciared .Mr. Llark. Aldm-h Mould Save AVaite. In an effort to put an end to Govern ment extravagance and waste. Senator Aidrich today reported from the com mittee on public expenditures a bill providing tor the appointment of .1 commission to make investigation and suggest needed reforms. The commission will consist of nine members, tnree from the Senate, tliree trom the House and three to be up-l pointed Dy me president. Senator Aidrich said that the bill had the unanimous sanction of the expendi tures committee and sought to obtain immediate consideration. In this re quest lie was antagonized by Seuator Elkins, who said he desired opportunity to determine whether the committee would Interfere with the functions t Congressional committees. Accordingly, the bill went over, but Mr. Aidrich pave notice that he would call it up again. Senator Flint, ot' California, intro duced a bill providing for tho estab lishment of a sub-treasury and assay office at Los Anerelos, California, and for the construction of a million-dollar building- for the sub-treasury. stokl;s is hkak - admiral Venule Confirms Nomination of Surgeon-General of Xavy. WASHINGTON. IJ. C Feb. 5. Surseon Charles F. Stokes w-as today eontll-meU by the Senate to be Surg-jon-General in the N'avy IKiiartment, with the rank of liear Admiral, the appointment to take effect todaya. He becomes the successor of Medical .Director Rixey. It was Ir. Stokes who was put In com nand of the hospital ship relief, by order t! ex-President Hoosevelt and ajruir.st the prottet of Rear Admiral lirownson, then thief of the Bureau of Navigation, who Insisted that all naval vessels should be commanded by qualified navigators. The controversy started by this aPioint ment is still frewh in the minds of naval Dfficcres and members of Congress. RELENTLESS WAR PLANNED 'Continued From First i'as. fllately with tho fight against the ixirds. "It is impossible as yet to forecast with certainty how tho fight will go. The Tories will make vehement and filibuster ing resistance, especially after their many victories in tho recent elections, and still more If some bye-elections should fur ther increase their strength. The posi tion of the King has become quite as delicate, as lie apprehended, and Justiflea his wisdom In trying to Induce the House Bf Lords not to reject the budget. On the other hand the Liberal Ministers must proceed with some wariness so far as the King is concerned, as the nation, which admires the King, would resent jay appearance- of undue pressure upon him. "But, however the ultimate future of this great struggle may shape itself. Tight and yet fight against the House of Lords" is the inevitable battle-cry of tho Liberal Ministers and the composite ma jority which supports them." LIBERAL PROGRAMME SECRET A-quilli Remains Silent Plans or Attack on Lords Suggested. LONDON", Feb. 5. Of even greater Interest than possible changes in the Cabinet is the course the Government la likely to pursue upon the reassem bling of Parliament. Premier Asqulth has kept his own counsel. and tho views of the Liberals vary according to their shade of radicalism. Extreme Liberals stiongly favor an immediate attack upon tne veto pov,-er of the House of Lords. leaving the budget and all other legislation" until the party has settled Its accounts with tiie peers. The Irish members, too, are believed to support this view. More moderate Liberals are urging the government first to introduce the budget, which the Lords, accepting the result of the election as an indorse ment of the government's financial condition, jre already pledged to pass. On the question of the ftuture status of the House of Lords opinions differ almost, as widely. Laborites and ex treme Radicals are for the absolute abolition of the upper chamber, which hardly comes within the realm of prac tical politics. Another section of the Ministerialists demands the abolition of the Lords' right to veto on financial legislation and the curtailment of their veto in other legislation. Views of the moderates are. thus expressed by Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary: No reform of th.; House of Lords can be a real reform unless it provides for the abolition of the hereditary principle and the substitution of popular elections." The Spectator follows this up with a suggestion that the Upper House be modeled after the American Senate, the House to consist of 20 members chosen under a system of proportional represen tation from equal electoral areas. Meanwhile the Unionists, with the ex ception of a few peers, who under no cir cumstances would find a place in the re formed chamber, are practically unani mous for a change in the constitution of the House .of Lords. Many schemes are being put forward, the most popular probably being that embodied in the report of the Rosebery committee, which provides for tho elec tion by the hereditary peers of 2f of their own members, together with 130 peers oualihed by eerxice to the nation, 10 bishops, five judges and 40 life peers. Premier Asqu.th can count on a ma jority for the curtailment of the House of Lords" veto, for in tnie the National ists, and doubtless the independent Na tionalists, too, will be with the govern ment. On the budget, however, the attitude of the National.sts is Ptill uncertain. Mr. Redmond has not committed himself be yond giving oet hls cable correspondence with M. J. Ryan, National president of the United Irlsrti League of America, but many members of the party strongly op ,pose the clauses imposing whisky duties, and if they do not vote against them, would, in their own political interest, have to abstain fro rnvoting. William O'Brien", who heads the inde pendent Iris member?", has made his in tended attitude clcr in a letter saying: "There is no doubt that the Irish party conten-.plates the blackest treason perpe trated against Ireland since the act of union. The Nationalists propose to as sist tha government in passing the bud- rer, wnici will impose on Ireland 510.j9, 0'O in taxation per annum." Next week will see a clearing' of the at mosphere. Premier Asquith and Chan cellor Lloyd-Georg. who have been rest ing on the Continent, and other members of the Cabinet who went to the country after the campaign, are now on their way to London. The first formal meetinsr of he minis-try will take place on February j 10 and the changes in the Cabinet, the! wording of the King's speech for the opening of Parliament and the course of business for the Commons then will be decided. " The King will be absent from London at that time, the plan being that he shall spend a week at the Brighton course, to prevent the suggestion that he is- taking eny side in the controversy. 1 1 MINERS ARE DEAD Explosion in Pennsylvania Mine . Latest Disaster. BODIES ALL ARE FOUND GERT.FIGATE PLAN WINS SEN ATE COMMITTEE DECIDES AGAINST IRRIGATION- 'BOXDS.' Method of Expending Money Xot Set tled; but President May Be Made Arbiter. OREXJONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 5. The proposal to raise funds to complete Government irrigation works was considered by the ways and means committee of the House and the irrigation committee of the Senate today, neither committee reaching a definite con clusion or reporting upon the measures considered. The Senate committee virtually has de cided to report favorably the certificate plan or raising funds, but has not reached a conclusion relative to the plan of the expenditure of the ,000.0 to be raised. It is expected that provision wil be in corporated in tho measure placing the final approval of projects to be - com pleted from the special fund In the hands of the President and permitting the com pletion of extensions to projects when the beet public interests may be so served. Objection was made in committee to the proposed expenditure from the fund the Elephant Buttes project in New Mexico, involving JS.00O.O0O. Secretary Ballinger and A. P. Davis Chief Engineer of the Reclamation Servl ice, appeared before the Hous-c committee in support of the bond plan. DISTRICT PYTHIANS DINE Convention, With Initiation, Opens WItli Itanqnet. EUGENE, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special ) convention of the Knights of Pythias of what is known as District I, convened here this evening, including members from Junction City, Roseburg, Cottage trove, and various other points in the district. Grand Vice-Chancellor D. E. Yoran of this city had the matter in charge. He had automobiles at the trains today to meet the visitors and give them a trip "seeing Eugene." A team of the Dramatic f Order Knights of Korrassan. a sldo degree of the order, from Portland, arrived on the afternoon train and put on the work tonight in the initiation of a class of 50. Before the Initiation, how ever, the assembly partook of a ban quet served by the women of the Guild of the Episcopal Church at the Parish house. DUDLEY DU BOSE IS DEAD Alaska Lawyer Had Served Sentence for Contcmept of Court. StBATTLE. Feb.' 5. Judge Dudley, who figured prominently in the Nome. Alaska, mining t-caidals and who was Alaska at torney for big Eastern corporations, died in a hos-pital here today. He was said to have been the original of a character in the novel and drama "The Spoilers." With Federal Judge Arthur Noye-s, I niled States District Attornev J. k "Wood and Alexander McKenzie. 'he was found guilty of contempt of court In the mining litigation at Nome several yeare ago and served a sentence in jail. MAYBRAY'SSTEERER' FREE Jury Acquits Member of Alleged Gang of Swindlers. COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ia.. Feb 5. Tiie trial of Frank Scott, of Pender. Neb., charged with acting as a "stearer" for th alleged swindling band of which J C Maybray !s said to have been the h?ad" ended today in a.-quittal. Pcott was ac cused of aiding in the robbery of John Harmelbracht of $5000. This is the second of the trials of the supposed members of the so-called "swin dle syndicate" before the state courts of Iowa. Swedish logger Drowns. RAYMOND. .TV'ssli., Kct. 5. f Special. ) Nels Oberg, l Swede, single ami aged 48 fell Into the river at Owens' camp and was drowned yesterday afternoon. His body was found two hours later. Rescue Party Works All Day in Hunt for Entombed Men or Their Bodies and Returns With Corpses Gas May Be Cause. FOIR MINE EXPLOSION'S IX ONE WEEK ARE FATAL TO 185 MEN'. During the week Just past 185 men have lost their lives in four mine disasters which have oc curred in the United States and Mexic6. Nearly as many more . havo been burned and otherwise Injured. Monday, January 31, at Primero. Colo., an explosion brought death to 73, two men escaping: alive from the mine. Tuesday, February 1, at Drakes ville, Ky., 33 men were killed and many Injured in an explosion. Wednesday, February 2, a gas explosion In a coal mine at Las Esperanzas, Mexico, killed 68 and Injured a great many. Saturday. February 9. 11 men were entombed in a mine at In diana, Pa., after an explosion of gas, all being dead when found. INDIANA, Pa., Fob. 5 Ten Hungar ians and one American met death In a Ras explosion today In the numerous slopes of the Ernest mine of the Jefferson & Clearfield Coal Company. The. explosion occurred in a heading where 12 men were working. One of these. Andrew Krazcer, eceaped by crawling a quarter of a mile on his stomach to evade the noxious gases. v One hundred and ten men working in the same stope escaped through other neadings, although they were held back ffor 10 hours by .the black damp Uuti a rescue party reached them. One thousand other men, working in adjoining mines within a radius of three miles, who heard theconcussion, paid no heed to it. The rescue party of 12 mine bosses went into the mine at 9:30 o'clock this morning, soon after the acciflent, - At 5 o'clock this afternoon they brought back with them the dead bodies and an nounced there was no one else In the mine. State mine inspectors will Investigate the accident. LINCOLN COUNTY WINNER Fight for Better Telephone Service Results in Competition. NEWPORT. Or., Feb. S. (Special.) Keen competition is bringing Newport and Lincoln County first-class telephone service. H. M. Friendly, general man ager of the Portland office of the North western Long Distance Telephone Com pany, was in town accompanied by Zeb Davis, of Corvallls .and A. T. Peterson, of Toledo, manager of the Taquina Bay Mutual Telephone Company, and stated that his company has taken over the Yaqutua Bay Company, and will com mence at once to establish first-class service. A canvass of the rural districts and south of the bay will be made, and a cable will be laid under the Yaqulna River if sufficient .patronage Is assured. This line was established by a number of energetic farmers living in the vicin ity of Chitwood, who demanded telephone service from another company that had promised to build, but the promise not being f ulfliled, the farmers . constructed the first line between Lincoln County and the Willamette Valley. -A second line was soon started with Thomas Leese as president. This line has Just been taken over by the Pacific States Telephone Company (the Bell sys tem), and W. K. Merrill, of that com pany. Is down from Portland establish ing a new general office, which will be in charge of a practical man from Port land and will contain trained operators. Eugene Gets Another Garage. EUGENE, Or., Feb. " 5. (Special.) Excavation work has just been com menced on a lot at the corner of Oak and East Eleventh streets for a large automobile garage. This Is the second automobile establishment to be erected here In the new year, and there is a prospect for another. All the various dealers ot" Eugene are anticipating a sale of automobiles this season of at lease 100 per cent greater than last year. The forest tare flgrtitlng service of Xsw York ftate costs 40.O0O a year and is worth & if Humphreys' Seventy-Seven Famous Remedy f or Colds & LA GRIPPE, INFLUENZA is known by a a-rnentl srnne of lllnein, palnn or aoreneai over the entire system or in the Head. Back or Limbs; Sore Tbroat or Cough, sometimes very obstinate. hoarene, and often pain in the breast or side, sneezing;, rniniog from the nose, or weeping, itching, and redness of the eyelids. In some cases the sense of general soreness at some par ticular part: In others, the cough and hoarseness or the sore throat, or, again, the profuse catarrh or flowing from the eyes and nose are most prominent. The appetite is impaired, the whole nervous system involved, and much de pressed and "run down, recovery is slow, and after effects continue, in many cases, to show themselves for a con siderable time. It is, therefore, desir able that the disease should be prompt ly taken in hand. "Everything is Grippe while Grippe prevails." TREATMENT "Seventy-seven" is the remedy and cure. It meets the epidemic con dition ax.fl is th cure for ail Its manifes tations. Taken erly it cuts It short prompt ly; taken during: its prevalence, prevents ita Invasion ; tiiken while suffering from it. a relief ts speedily realized, which may be continue tin t-o entire cure. six pellets every two hours, or in extreme cases every hour. !s The rule. 'Seventy-seven" breaks up hard stub born Colds that cling. Handy to carry, fits the vest pocket. All Drug Stores, 25 Cents. Humphreys' Honieo. Medicine Co Cor Wllii am and. Ann Streets. New York. Nsw Idea Magaziae, 10 Cents a Copy New Idea Patterns, All Sths, A.1 Sizes, 10 Cents New VT"D A G A T TO ( T"l TVTA 2 TT 1 rpi -r - - v. 1 EXTRA SAXES- PEOPLE Will be in attendance to serve von promptly: extra space will be "de voted to the display of these beau tiful silks: extra cashiers and bun diem everything has been ar ranged that you might shop with pleasure and dispatch. Come as early as yon can Sale Start at A. M. The Most in Value, The Best in Quality Idea Magazine, 50 Cents a Tear ERS Aa these silks are sold at this sale at less than regular wholesae price, we reserve the right to re fuse to sell to dealers to take phone orders or to cut samples. No mall orders and none sent C, O. D. Selling will be rapid, so .. Come aa curly ata yfrm can. sale starts at A. M. A Sensational Silk Sale Genuine !Rajali Hougli lTk iTN TIH At An Extraordinarily LowPrice Best $1.25 Qual. c Yd. " i i r It's an unprecedented silk purchase by our New York buy er from an overstocked jobber at less than regular whole sale cost. These silka could not be bought from the manu facturer at anywhere near the price we offer them to you at this sale, and no woman within reach of this store can afford to overlook this splendid saving opportunity. The assortment includes: About 9000 Yards of Rogers Sz, Thompson Raiah Eouh Pongee Silks 24 INCHES WIDE Fashion s chosen fabrics or 1910; comas in all the correct new shades of wistaria, garnet, lieht blue rrown rose smlL reseda, Copenhagen, myrtle, marine bine, navy, gray, natural, steel, silver etc., etc.; also black, white and natural colored 81 are included in this sale. ALL ABE THE CELEBRATED ROGERS & THOMPSON PONGEE SILKS-beauttfuT demi sato Safed E so enough to be the perfect dress fabric for waists, coats, suits and gowns, and is suitable for both day and evening wear- in fact it is an ideal fab ric for the discriminating and correctly dressed woman. THE STANDARD PRICE OF R. & T." 24-INCH PoWfiri" csttttc rorvM iTsTvrti TO CALIFORNIA IS- $1.25 A YARD AT THIS SALE FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY fcT ZJLZI. -TT Initial Showing of Hew Spring Suits, $15, $19.50 and $25.00 The initial Spring showing of 1910 will eclipse all previous years. Hundreds of these new-style garments with which to start the new season. They fully come up to our fondest expectations, and we are really delighted with the extreme stylishness, superior quality and perfect workmanship manifested in every garment. The new Sirinc coats in strictly .tailored and the new Moused effects, varying in lengths from 32 to 36 inches, fitted and semi-fitted- some are plain, while others are finished with braid; skirts are in the new pleated styles; materials are ocean and French serges, Spring-weight cheviots and panamas, in plain and shadow stripes; colors are blacfc and the beautiful Snrine shades of blue, brown, gray, tan, reseda, rose, mustard and numerous other colors. Great values at sin $19.50 and $25.00. - !1-0, Big Reductions ODt-All Late Tall Garments, SIO. S15.-&17.5I1 Sills Raincoats Are Greatly Reduced A I A lit J T . , . . - . A substantial reduction on Raincoats for "rnnrlnv T?K berized silk taffeta Raineoats, in black, navy, brown, green, red, tan and graj-; ttro-toue effects, full length and semi-fitted, with storm collar and very stylishin appearance. $12.50 Coats, specially ( ' f Ff priced for Monday at 1 vl.OV $12.50 Long Coats at' $7.50 Those long Coats of two materials; the first of a good quality broadcloth in a strictly tailored effect and lined with a silver gray satin lining; the second of a rich cheviot cofttine. in niiTtnrpc nrAMT ctiane P ui i m. , 1 T i-n.i ii . j 1 1. ,j . i it . ,vilU green. This garment tve are showing in the very latest I i -J. 1 T- 1 .-.- - n. " iuug- t-oai btyie. rtegutar -T-t-OU values, special for Monday and Tuesday ns very latest $7.50 Another exceptional Raincoat offering of rubberized ruo- "-', uavj, urown ana gray, and ot much the same description as the above-mer-tioned garment; full length, semi-fitted, with storm eollar. Regular $10.50 Raincoats, specially priced for Mou- tf f- & f day's selling tat&U $12.50 1-Piece Dresses $7.50 Closing out these st3-lish one-piece Dresses at the following big reduction $12.50 Dresses for $7.50. Of an excep tionally good quality black and navy broadcloth; they are of the pleated skirt effect, with artistically embroid ered front. $12.50 reeular. " ' tr m i am Monday and Tuesday Our Feb ale of Daimtv ITii ins Offers IBest Values ruarv S Choice quality of material and careful making have joined may judge the values by these items: MUSLIN GOWNS, $1.50 AND $1.75 VALUES $1.15 A fine assortment of women's Nightgowns, made of fine grade jambric, nainsook, longcloth or barred dimity, with dainty trimmings of embroideries,-laces and rib bons. These gowns are shown in the high-neck style, with long sleeves; also the low-neck slipover style, with short sleeves ; they come good full width and length, and are regular $1.50 and $1.75 values, spe- rt pai cially priced for this sale at ijp 1 1 3 FLANNEL GOWNS, BEST $1.25 VALUES 89? A fine line of women's Gowns, made of good quality heavy outing flannel, neat pink or blue stripes; they come good full size, and are neatly trimmed. Regu- Q fv lar $1.25 values, special for this sale at O C FLANNEL SKIRTS, REAL 65c VALUES 46 A special offering of women's Skirts, made of excellent quality heavy outing flannel or daisy cloth ; solid colors, pink, blue or white or' stripes; made good full width, with deep flounce finished with scalloped A f edge. Regular 65c values, special at TtOC in a combination with the low prices to make the offering at this sale irresistible. You MUSLIN SKIRTS, BEST $1.75 VALUES $1.15 An especially fine offering of women's Skirts, made of good quality cambric, with -embroidery insertion and deep flounce to match; other styles have rows of fine Val. or Torchon lace insertion, with ruffle to match; all made extra full and finished with cambric dust ruffle and underpiece. Regular $1.75 values, d 1 C special for this sale at pl lO R. & G. CORSETS, $1.00 AND $1.25 VALUES 59 An extraordinary offering of R. & G. Corsets. Closing out all odd lines of short, meiiium or rloot-l,;. ofpn.ii. . i , - - J ' -"J' i-i ILVl.' , IUf7 1' are made of erood onalitv mnti'l nr Kuitn 1.1 white and gray; all sizes 18 to 30; models' to fit any and AW nil 4 N ,1 . T 1 . . 1 . f 1 -1 A. r. , . AW: iw.-fuiRr jm.uu ana $x:o values, f" f priced for Monday and Tuesday at CORSET COVERS, GOOD 35c VALUES 23$ A. line assortment of Corset Covers, made of excellent quality nainsook, trimmed with embroideries, laees and 11000ns; aii wen niaae ana neatly finished Regular 35c values, special for this sale at. 23c lf - VfiJii Great Sale Embroideries) This annual sale offers more and better values than ever. If you have not already attended this sale, do not wait longer. Some of the best values we have ever offered axe in these various lots A partial list follows : uch Lengths at 5c Awhfferinr .500 ne-Iengtb Ruchings, shown in all wanted colors, including black and white, tnej come direct from the manufacturer, being ends of pieces, and represent three entire lines. Xot a lenirth worth less than 15c enf'li. Kiininllir rvA&A 1.:. ..i- a w , - i "j j ia iyi viiia oaic at. . . v. agT a Allover . Embroideries, beautiful patterns, blind ouu opcuworK, vames to !jit.ao, at Otft Allover Embroideries, full 24 inches wide, in beautiful designs, values to $1.25, at...55 lVs to 4-inch Insertions, regular values to 65c a yard, special at 23 i to 12-inch Edges, values to 60c, s pecial..23 10 to 18-inch Flouncings, values to 8oc, spe cially priced at ...33. 4 to 8-inch Insertions, regular values to 85c special at , ...&3 18 to 27-inch Flouncings, regular values, to J?1.50, special at 48 27-inch Flouncings, blind and scroll designs, regular $1.50 values, special at 48? ti M