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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JULY 24, 1910. CUMMN5 CHARGES RATEBILLTRICKERY Iowa Senator Calls Cannon . and Aldrich Traitors to Their Party. ADVANCES ARE HARD WON Three and Hair Billions Added to Hallway Capital In Ten Years Without Investment of Penny," Says Speaker. PEABODr, Kan.. July 23. Senator Cummins of Iowa, in' his speech before the Chautauqua here today, asserted that Senator Aldrich and Speaker Cannon were traitors to their-party, If not to the country, when they gave their sup port to the Wlckersham railroad bill as It came from the Attorney-General's office and demanded that it go through Congress. "That bill was a direct repudiation of the Republican party platform of 1908 and It was directly in the interest of the railroads and not in the interest of the Breat common people of the country," said Cummins. "Speaker Cannon and Senator Aldrich and men of their class seem to think the Republican party was formed to tnuke men rich. I think it was born to make men free. They think it was horn to make men millionaires: I believe it was born to drive misery out this country. Ieadrrcliip Is Repudiated. "Senator Aldrich had vigorously op posed all regulation of the railroads by t'ongress ever since the bill creating the Interstate Commerce Commission was Introduced in 1SS7. I was born and always have been a Republican, but I cannot and will not follow the leadership of a traitor to his paity and the people." Senator Cummins spoke in a big tent, where the heat was intense, but he con tinued his address for two hours to a large audience. "I am a recruiting officer," he said, "for the army that will destroy the polit ical leadership of Speaker Cannon and Senator Aldrich. I want to enlist men and women in this army, for its best work will be done in the homes. VI am not here to talk to men who believe as I do. for it is only the sick that need a physician. The people have found that competition is impossible in pas, electric light, water and other public utilities. So you have decided that this monopoly shall bo vested in the Govern ment of the city itself and not left to the Individual Interest. Water Is Adulterated. "I am not opposed to the railroads. No man who values the public welfare can be hostile to the railroads, but Jus tice to all means to pay the righteous dues as fixed by the laws of trade by competition or through society. The rail roads are capitalized at JlX.000,000.000. .The highest estimate I have ever heard placed oni the actual amount of independent capital put Into their roads was s.pOO.UO0.0OO, . There is nearly J9.000.000, 000 of I impure and adulterated water. VYou have to pay more than you ought to 'pay for the service you get in order to pay dividends on this vast capitalization. The -railrnnHii fhnfo-n excessive rates and accumulate a sur plus and this they put back Into the roads in improvements, and they now ask you to pay additional interest, on this surplus, secured by extortionate rates. In ten years the railroads added three and one-half billion dollars to their capitalization In betterments and extensions, without the investment of a single penny of independent capital. A must pay interest on this surplus Investment that represents no actual vajlue through extortionate rates, j Growing Power Unrestricted. ('The first legislation to regulate railroads came In 1887, with the pass age of the Interstate Commerce bill. Sptpaker Cannon was in the House then. Ha made no effort to restrict the grow ing power of the railroads or enact legislation in favor of the nation. Ho was silent then and he has been silent ever since. Not a single instance can be shown In the Congressional record when Cannon lifted up his voice In be half of the common men and women. Cannon has been so busy trying to look like Abraham Lincoln that he has forgotten what Lincoln was trying to do for the people of this country. He has never been able to convince the President that his heart was right for them. The work of Bristow. Madison, Murdock and others will be remem bered long after Cannon is eternally forgotten. '"Senator Aldrich was a Senator In 188T. He was not silent, but he vig orously opposed the Interstate Com merce bill, and every time he has op posed every bill that attempted to reg ulate and restrict the 'lroads. Rate Power ? aided. "In 1897 the Puprov... Court decided that the Interstate Commerce Commis sion did not, ' . .-:.. power to make rates. Thtl ' r : Instant demand for the pas.. ... law that would permit this. " ... 1'ayne and ral- xell. In the, , and Aldrich and Hair. In the . Senate, were the leading spirits that prevented a law passing until the session of t!i04. "Then the voice of the American peo ple became so strong that they could not longer ignore it and they were forced to admit that the law needed strengthening. . A bill was passed, as harmless to the railroads as it was possible to make it. Cannon and Aid rich never helped in the passage of that bill and they opposed it with all their power. The question that Aid rich and Cannon always seem to ask when a railroad measure Is up is, TV ill It hurt the railroadsr If It aeems that the law will hurt these men they op pose It. honestly, maybe, but they seem to believe that the railroads are to be exalted rather than regulated and con trolled. Wlckersliam Is Criticised. , "The Republican platform of 190$ de clared for more amendments to the' rail road bill. The platform declared, in favor of traffic agreements by the railroads if properly safeguarded and with the ap proval of the Interstate Commerce Com mission. "When Congress met, a bill came from me Atiorney-ueneral. I regret to sav that the Attorney-General forgot that he was attorney for 9O.O0.O00 people. But rememo-rea iiis long law practice in w York, when his chief business was tell the corporations how to evade the This bill provided for the reneal ho anti-trus law under which the associations' "were broken" tip and all nn-mnf n ArAn ivmmieaion, ahould invextieatA ih rates while the charges were being made. "This was a plain repudiation of the Republican platform. Aldrich in the com mittee room said the bill should pass without the changing -6f a 'letter or the dotting of an His -prediction came true as far as the committee was con cerned, but -as- the bill- passed the-Senate Its own mother "would not recogntze" it. If it had not been for men like Bristow, the bill as it came from the committee would have passed the Senate. Kate Suspension" Partly' Won. "There was a portion of the bill pro viding that rates could be suspended for 60 days pending an investigation Into their reasonableness. I introduced an amendment providing that no increases of rates conld be made without the ap proval of the Interstate Commerce Com mission, aleo a pledge of the Republican platform. The coterie of men who had always opposed railway legislation stood like adamant against the provision until they found they could not break it entire ly, so they consented, to a suspension of the rates for six months during investi gation. ""The bill also provided for the repeal of the anti-trust law so as to permit the consolidation of competing lines. It was the moat selfish and iniquitous pro vision that was ever . attempted to be forced through Congress. Aldrich tried his best to keep this in the bill, but Bristow, La Follette, Beverldge' and others, with force, logic and reason, sub merged this provision so that even so good an angel as Senator Aldrich can never bring it to life again. This has been a real advance in railroad legisia- WARSHIP EN ROUTE tion, but It only fulfills the pledges- of the Republican party." APPLE CBt PS ARE SOLD NEW YORK BUYER GETS TWO HOOD RIVER ORCHARDS. Estimate of Output of 000 Cars for State Regarded as Ex cessive by Growers. HOOD RfX'ER, Or.. July 23. (Spe cial.) George Rae, of Rae -& Hatfield, wholesale frultmen of New York, opened the apple-buying season here today by buying the entire crop of Sears & Porter and August Paasch. The Sears & Porter and Paasch or chards are the largest in bearing at Hood River and it is estimated at this time that their combined output "will be 30,000. boxes, most of which are Newtowns and Spitzenbergs. As is usually the case at this season of the year when apples are contracted for the prices are not given out by Mr. Rae or the sellers, but those interested are assured that they are highly satisfac tory and when made public will show that the nrlce of Hood River apples has not taken a slump. Other buyers representing both New York and Chi cago houses are also already in the market for Hood River apples. Rae, who was one of the pioneer buyers of the apples handled by the Applegrow ers' Union and handled the crop for sev eral years, has just been through the fruitgrowing sections of Colorado, Utah and Idaho. He has also kept In touch with conditions in Oregon and Washing ton and believes that the Northwest will send twice as many apples to market this year as ever before. On. this account, ho says. It Is the crucial year for prices in the Northwest and what is received for them this year will be a criterion in the future. Mr. Rae says the crop here is the largest and finest in his knowledge, of the apple industry at Hood River and he estimates that the Valley will ship out 400,000 boxes, or in the neighborhood of 600 or 700 ears. Total shipment of apples from Oregon this year Is estimated at more than 2000 cars as against about half that number last year. It is asserted by local fruit men that this estimate is too high for the state and also for Hood River. It was Rae & Hatfield who Inaugurated the Idea last year of placing perforated labels on several thousand Spitzenbergs while on the tree when they were green, which left the name of a celebrated New York cafe Imprinted on them when they colored. The idea. Mr. Rae says, was obtained by him from Maxim's in Paris, where he saw a lot of magnificent pears on the table with the picture of the President of France imprinted on them In this manner. The apples were bought from him by the cafe at a high price for use at special dinners and banquets. Before returning to New York Mr. Rae will visit Medford to secure some of the fine pears from that section, and also Wenatchee and . Yakima, where he buys several varieties of apples, such as the Wlnesap. which are not grown exten sively at Hood River. RAWN KILLED HIMSELF (Continued from First Page.) audible after the crack of the pistol. Much other testimony, it Is predicted, will be offered, all tending to show that President Rawn did not meet death at the hand of an invader. Relatives Still Say Murder. Private detectives who have investi gated the case more thoroughly than others, believe Rawn started down stairs to investigate a noise, stumbled and fell, thus shooting himself. They do not accept the suicide theory. Relatives of the dead man still stoutly adhere to the belief that he was slain by a burglar he surprised in his home and have offered a reward of $3000 for the arrest and conviction of his slayer or slayers. It was declared tonight that within a very short time after Rawn's death, the Illinois Central succeeded In getting- two detectives into the house and that they secured evidence tending- to establish the sui cide, theory- - i. TT COXAND BURTON IN COALITION IN OHIO Senator and Cincinnati Boss Ignore Ambitions of James R. Garfield. DICK TO MAKE PLATFORM Ex-Secretary Drafting Resolutions Demanding Revision of Tariff. Orin Brown Is Lieaders Choice for Governor. COLUMBUS, Ohio. July 23. (Special.) On the eve of the Ohio Republican state convention the lines of the Gubernatorial TO CAPE GRACIAS TO PROTECT JJ. S. CRUISER TACOMA. contest still are slack. No one professes to know who will be made the standard bearer, except George B. Cox, Republican boss of Cincinnati. Cox, in a signed statement, has offered to wager $15,000 on the nomination and election of Orln Brott Brown, of Dayton. That the Cincinnati leader has good grounds for his hopefulness ht apparent when it is remembered that he controls Hamilton County and a half dozen .other Southern Ohio counties and can make deals with twice as many others. That Theodore E. Burton, of Cleveland; hailed as a reformer iwhen elected to the United States Senate, is with Cox is evinced from his statement. "Brown, Thompson or Harding (the three avowed candidates) are acceptable to me," said the Cuyahoga County leader. He refused to heed the boom for ex Secretary Garfield and politicians read in his statement confirmation of the per sistent rumor that the Northern Ohio Senator had agreed with Cox. the South ern Ohio boss, on the nomination of a Southern Ohio man In order that Burton might have Southern Ohio support for re-election to the Senate. Brown is from Dayton, just north of Cincinnati. The big fight of the convention will be over the resolutions. Senator Dick is the organization leader's choice for chairman of the resolutions committee. He has drafted a platform which will praise President Taft with unstinted adulation. The Dick resolutions will de clare the Aldrich-Payne tariff to have met all the promises of the Republican National platform and to be all anyone could expect. Secretary Garfield also is draft!ng a platform. Its praise of President Taft will be abridged. Its reference to the tariff will be a demand for immediate revision. NICARAGUA MAKES PROTEST (Continued from First Page.) from the Nicaraguan government. This communication, which came to Norway through Its legation at Havana, set forth that the port of Bluefields had been closed to foreign commerce in con sequence of the conditions prevailing in that country. Thereupon, the Norwegian Foreign Office, through its consulates on the Gulf of Mexico and in Central America, called the attention of Norwegian ship masters and shipowners to the risks in curred by vessels running into Blue fields. The statement of the Foreign Office was called forth by the report from Washington that the State Department there, following the appeal of American shipping interests at New Orleans, had declared Bluefields an open port. As the shipping between New Orleans and Bluefields is chiefly done In Norwegian bottoms, the action of the two govern ments, one in recognizing and the oth er in ignoring the asserted blockade, ran counter. The Washington dispatches further intimated that the Norwegian govern ment had acted under a misapprehen sion as to the Nicaraguan situation, and hence the statement of the Foreign Office explaining what it did and how it came 'to do It. HEAVY FIGHTING IS REPORTED Success of Revolution May Depend on Battle Xow in Progress. BLUEFIELDS. July 23. Advices re ceived at the insurgent headquarters today from General Mena state the lat ter's belief that the success of the revo lution in the interior hinges upon the outcome of fighting now in progress north of Acoyapa. An insurgent vic tory is reported. General Moncado is now at Juigalpa at the head of 600 insurgents. Upon the receipt of advlcea that the govern ment forces were advancing upon him on either side, Moncado divided his forces, sending one column to engage General Castrilla, while with the other he led an attack on General Vasquez. the Commander-in-Chief of the govern ment forces, and General Garrlda at Co molpa. After 10 hours' fighting. Garrida with his 600 men retreated in dis order, leaving many dead and wounded on the field. Moncado captured 200 rifles, a large amount of ammunition and 100 pack mules with camp equip- 3 ment Among the prisoners Is Salvador , Mantilla. The 'other insurgent division is sup- I posed to be engaging General Castrilla today. " XOTHIXG HEARD FROM DAVIS Commander of Cruiser Tacoma Shifts to Prinzapulco. WASHINGTON, July 23. The cruiser Tacoma, recently ordered to Cape Gracias Adios, on the east coast of Nicaragua, where American Interests were reported to be threatened, has continued on to Prinzapulco, several miles north of the Cape and near Pearl Lagoon, one of the strongholds of the Madriz troops and navy. No report of any kind concerning conditions there has been made by Commander Davis, her commanding of ficer. Grave fears have been expressed for the safety of the United States Con sul, Edwin AV. Trimmer. at Cape Gracias Adios. Commander Davis would have reported to the department had marines been landed, it is said. The absence of any word here is taken to Indicate a more tranquil situation, than was reported. Reports of reverses to the insurgent troops in Nicaragua are confirmed in cablegrams to the State Department today from Consul Ollvares at Managua Sharp fighting is said to be in progress between Granada and Nona daima, of which no accurate Informa tion is obtainable. This is taken to indicate' that General Menas insurgent AMERICAN INTERESTS. troops are pressing through the country adjacent to Lake Nicaragua and are not far from Managua Itself. CONTRACTOR TAKES LIFE James o doxxell blows out brains at lal'relhcrst. Worried by Financial Reverses, He Goes to . Office and Shoots Him self Direct Cause Unknown. James L O'Donnell, a general con tractor 46 years of age, committed sui cide by shooting himself through the head with a 38-caliber revolver In a port able office chair, at Forty-fifth and Stark streets, Laurelhurst, shortly after 7 o'clock last evening. Death resulted almost instantly. O'Donnell is known to have been men tally depressed because of impending financial reverses during the nt several days. He had the contract tor grading and paving streets and bfjftevards in Laurelhurst. With the aidf his son John, 25 years of age, who superintended the workmen O'Donnell has endeavored to fullfll his contract and was rushing the work ,to completion despite his re verses. O'Donnell was observed to be acting queerly by several members of his fam ily yesterday. Soon after 6 o'clock last evening he left his wife and children in a happy frame of mind. An hour later, after reaching Laurelhurst, he went to the improvised office, spoke to his son John, who, with an employe, sat outside the office, stepped inside and apparently began immediate arrangements, for his self-execution. Taking an old rusty re volver out of a drawer, where it had lain for five years, O'Donnell plaetd the weapon to his right temple and sent the bullet through his head. The report was heard by a half hundred employes. John O'Donnell found his father lying on the floor, weltering in blood. O'Donnell was born and raised in Port land. He is survived by a wife and six children, the eldest of whom is John. At the O'Donnell home. 843 East Stark street, no one could assign a motive for the suicide. RAILROADS WIN FIGHT LUMBER RATES FROM PORT LAND HELD TOO LOW. Interstate Commission Not Upheld in Cutting Charges From Here to , Chicago and St. Paul. ST. PAUL, July 23. The railroads won a substantial victory in the find ings, filed today, of Frederick N. Dick son, master in chancery. These are the preliminary findings in the lumber rate suit instituted in the Fall of 1908 against the Interstate Commerce Com mission by the Great Northern, North ern Pacific. Union Pacific and Chicago. Burlington A Qulncy Company. The lumber rates established by the Interstate Commerce Commission from the Pacific Coast to all points east of the Pembina line, which is made up of the western boundaries of Minnesota. Iowa and Missouri, are sustained, but the rates from the coast to points east of that line are held unreasonably low. The railroads ask for a rate of 50 cents a hundredweight on lumber shipped from Portland. Or., to St. Paul and for 60 cents from Portland to Chi cago. The Interstate Commerce Com mission cut this to 45 cents from Port land to StJ Paul and 55 cents from Portland to Chicago. Mr. Dickson upholds the contentions of the railroads and recommends an injunction nullifying the order of the Interstate Commerce Commission on these rates and on other lumber rates from the coast to points east of the Pem bina line. A sinjrle-cyllnder eng-ine of S0OO-hore-power, weigrhinic close to 7500.O00 pounds, recently was built la Oble Xor use la a test roiling; mill. To Bring Style Centers to You Here at Home STRIKE OUTLOOK BETTER GRAND TRUNK MFX WOULD ARBITRATE. Selection of Arlbtrators Is Point on Which Two 'Sides Cannot Yet Agree. OTTAWA, Ont.. July 23. The possibility of bringing about the settlement of the Grand Trunk Railroad strike by means of arbitration looked brighter today; James Aubrey, representing the men, according to TV. "R. King, Minister of Labor, this evening expressed willing ness "to refer existing differences to arbitration provided a board of arbitra tors mutually acceptable can be secured." Minister King now is seeking an un equivocal statement from the Grand Trunk officials. President Mayes telegraphed today that he had nothing to add to his letter of Thursday in which he took the position that a board of arbitration should be composed of "expert railroad men." Virginia Strike Adjusted. WASHINGTON, July 23. A satisfac tory adjustment of the controversy be tween the Virginian Railway Company and its engineers has been reached. The difficulties have been under con sideration by Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission and Charles P. Nelll, Commissioner of La bor, for several days. Announcement of the adjustment of the trouble was made by Chairman Knapp today. Pennsylvania Towns IJave Snakes. PITTSBURG, July 23. Katherlne Conway, 19 years old, is in Mercy Hos pital with a painful and possibly se rious injury to her ankle received by the bite of a black snake, which at tacked her in the yard of her home in Braddock yesterday. At Smithfield it is reported that Mrs. Harry Dillon found her 2-year-old son Paul play ing with a big black snake, which had crept into the nursery. She was al most thrown into hysterics before her husband succeeded in killing the rep tile. A boy at Smithfield found one up a tree that had swallowed two full grown robins. A man. In drawing water from a well, drew up a large one coiled about the bucket. 10,000 Immigrants Deported. NEW YORK, July 23. All records in the deportation department' at Ellis Island have been broken in the last six months. More than 10.000 immigrants have been sent back in that period, while in the previous years the depor tations have not exceeded 7000 a year. The 15 ships sailing today carry back 240 aliens, 65 of them going on the Greek liner Patroa. One of the undesirables deported in the Minnetonka today is a young Eng lishman, who was sentenced a year ago to the Elmlra Reform School for rob bing guests of p. fashionable New York Hoods Sarsaparilla Eradicates scrofula and all other humors, cures all their effects, makes the blood rich and abun dant, . strengthens all the vital organs. Take it. Get It today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Snraataba. ToofSmcha Gum i Stop toothache whether there U cTtty or not. Nerer dries tip or lose ita fttxewrtlx. Keen it In taehonM f or emerKfucte. Imt A Swell Affair tatton don't do the work. err BnTTt toothache ecu. At 01 draggtsts, u eent, or by m&H. Dent's Corn Gam 'E.E1 .tV C. 9. DEKT CO.. Detroit, Mien. That is our ambition .to give you what New York and the rich resorts are wearing, at a moderate, sensible price. Today you, in this city, can enjoy the best style in the world in master-made, carefully tailored, smart Clothes Hats and Men's Furnishings. Our Semi-Annual Sale in Progress V4 Off on All Business Suits Special reductions prevail on many lines of Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery and Neckwear. Where to Get the Best Washington Street, Near hotel. He was pVroled from Elmlra last Thursday and at once deported. Market Cleared or Cats. NEW YORK, July 23. Mewing, spit ting, scratching and biting, 200 cats were cornered, one by one. last night in the old Washington Market and dumped Into baskets to be disposed of later by the Society ror the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Agents of the society, policemen, watchmen, butchers, fishmongers, green grocers and all the little -world of the market, joined in a midnight hunt. For years the cats. Used Packards for Sale A few used cars which owners are replacing with later models. Thoroughly overhauled. Ret'inished. Guaranteed the same as new Packards. Look, run and wear like new, Packards. Receive the same technical care that, given to new cars, has come to be known as Pack ard service. They are a good buy. THE MAN VlWHOOWKS Iff FRANK C. RIGGS We are now occupying a portion of our new Packard Service Building, Cornell Road, Twenty-third and Washington Streets. Realty Associates of Portland, Or. "Will in future maintain three separate departments, BOND, REAL ESTATE AND TRUST Each to be under the supervision of an experienced official especially qualified for the particular business in charge. BOND DEPARTMENT Offers to those desiring a safe investment, with liberal returns, our PROFIT-SHARING BONDS, secured by improved busi ness properties. REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT Acts as agent for the purchase, sale and management of city real estate, collects rents promptly and regularly, relieving the owner of all care and responsibility, and loans money on first mortgage security, etc. TRUST DEPARTMENT Acts as trustee in escrow agreements affecting real estate, set tlements, wills, limited and specific distribution to heirs, and as agent of executors, administrators or guardians in selecting suit able securities for the proper investment of funds in their hands. "We respectfully solicit the. patronage of the general public. Realty Associates of Portland, Or. No. 1, Commercial Club Building. Fifth which at first were encouraged to keep ' down the rats, have run wild and In creased in garrets and sub-cellars un til they became an intolerable pest. Book to Tell of Charities. COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. July 23. At the request of the Russell Sage Foundation of New York, Frank J. Bruno, of thU city, will prepare for the foundation'a book upon organized charity in the smaller cities. The book will feature the work of the foundation with reference to women and chil dren. MOTOR CARS A Nice New Suit? Not by any means. It is an old one that has had our careful handling in Cleaning- and Dyeing. Of course it looks like new that's our way of doing things. Tour friends would never know but what it was a new purchase, because we have the knack of making a garment look totally different in shade and appearance. But our charges are exceedingly moderate. Mall Orders Receive Prompt Attention The Yienna Steam Cleaning & Dyeing Works PHONES MiW 14G6, A 34SO. 224-229 THIRD ST, PORTLAAO, OH. ;