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BILL
HOUSE
REACHES
McCall Will Engineer
Taft's Pet Measure.
PRCMPT ACTION IS PfliMISED
Amendments Will Be Barred.
Deal Taken as Whole.
SENATE IS DANGER-POINT
Tf rppcr House Works Action, Ex
tra Session Is Threatened Dem
ocrats Ready to Support
Taft PHI n Senate.
WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-TO carry Into
iffect the terms of the reciprocity ocree
ment. concluded by representatives of
Canada and the United States lat Thurs
day, the first move was made today when
MrCall of Massachusetts, a member of
the wars and means committee of the
Mouse., presented the administration bill
on the aubJecU Tha blU was referred to
the committee on ways and means, which
will take It up next week.
The Introduction of the bill by the
Massachusetts member Instead of by
Payne of New York, chairman of the
wara and means committee, occasioned
some comment It k Interpreted to In
dicate that McCaJI will take a leading
part In engineering its progress on the
floor of tha House.
While members of the committee decline
to discuss their attitude upon the meas
ure. It baa become fairly-well eestabllahed
that the bill to put the new rates Into
affect will pass through the committee
and come out on the floor of the House
within a comparatively short time.
Hearings Will Be Limited.
Tha flrst more of the committee will ba
to determine tf any hearings shall be
bald on tha measure. It Is the opinion of
several members that, tf certain dele
gations representing; Industries seriously
affected by the lowering of tariff rates
wish to be beard, an opportunity will be
afforded them before anal action.
There will be no opening: f the bars
to all the tariff arguments that might
be Introduced for and against the new
arrangement. Members? of the committee
believe the facts on the various Items
were fulfy elicited In the hearing held
luring tne preparation of the Payne
Aldrtch bill, and that to renew exten
sive bearings upon the reciprocity agree
ment would needlessly delay Us consid
eration. Amendments to Be Barred.
The form of the McCall bill is such
that it future consideration la a matter
of uncertainty. As a bill to raise rev
enue. It would be subject to amendment
and change, unless a rule of cloture la
first put through prohibiting them and
forcing a vote upon the reciprocity agree
ment as a whole.
The negotiations with Canada resulted
In a definite and concrete arrangement
which cannot be changed in any parti
cular without upsetting the whole. For
this reason. It Is the opinion that tha
ways and means committee and the rules
committee will prepare a rule, provid
ing for Its consideration as a whole and
without amendment.
The Impression nasi been strengthened
that President Taffs determination to se
cure action at this session Is such that
he will resort to aa extra session If It
beoomea necessary to bring the matter
to Anal -consideration In Congress.
The extra session talk has caused no
Utile worry at tha capital. The leaders
of the House say frankly they do not
believe ft wia be necessary thus to dis
cos of the trade agreement.
If defeat comes. It Is expected In the
Ra-ate. Tha Democrats of tbe House.
after a fairly careful poll by the minority
are apparently disposed to accept the
agreement and to support It In debate and
with their votea.
Democrat Will Support Bill.
Recording to a Democratic member of
tha ways and meaaa committee, the
Democrats are likely to accept the bill
. without serious attempt to amend It. They
look upon tt both aa a tariff change in
Una with Democratic Ideas and as a
serious attempt on the part of the Re
publican Prestdsnt to take tha tariff out
of politic.
jgcCaU has been the subject of soma
peculation because he comes from a
state that baa complained bitterly against
tha free Osh provisions of tbe agreement.
McCaa declined to declare himself, but
made no secret of his approval of tha
plan for reciprocal arrangvmenU be
tween the two countries.
Several members of the committee
whose .positions have also been la doubt
base Indicated that the ways and means
eonunlttee will uader no circumstances
fan to report promptly and have given
Intttnatloaa that the report la likely to
be favorable to the treaty.
Bill Gtvea Taft Power.
The MoCall bill, after Indicating the
duties that are to b levied upon Cana
dian products, provides these shall be
come effective as soon aa the President
ascertains, and Issues a proclamation
. showing, that Canada la levying similar
"duties against American product The
I free importation of certain articles Is to
I become operative aa soon aa the Pre
jant becomes satisfied that Canada la
PROCITY
CHILDREN DIE IN
CANADA BLIZZARD
JTHHEK FROZEN; 31 OTHER
.XOTIIER IX DANGER.
Father When la I'matlUa County
Had Been Arrested for Xes;- .
- lect of Offspring-.
PENDLETON. Or.. Jan. JS. (Special.)
Three of the four children of B-. E.
Grossehemlg. a former resident of this
conjnty. were froxen to death In a re
cent Saskatchewan billiard, while the
mother and fourth child were so badly
frosen that each' will lose a leg-. News
was received here today In a letter from
L. A. Vogel. who moved to Canada two
years ago.
The mother and her four children,
two boya and two girls, started In
search of some sheep which had strayed
from the flock. When they were two
miles from home the bllxiard came
without warning- The boys tried to
save the sheep, became lost and were
dead when found. The mother drew
her two daughtera to her and huddled
down In the snow. The younger of
the girls died within a few hours after
help reached them, while the older girl
and the mother are yet In a serious con
dition.
While a resident of this count Gosse
hemig was twice under arrest, once for
keeping his children out of school and
once for making a- young girl and
young boy herd sheep in a snow storm
while they were wearing shoes through
which their toes protruded.
LATHAM SAILS TO ALTAR
Wedding- Bells Will Chime Aviator's
Farewell to Clouds.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 1$. (Special.)
Hubert Latham, the famed rrenca
aviator, haa perhaps made his last as
cent Into the clouds. Today Latham
sailed by the steamer Korea to join tbe
"lady of his choice." Who the woman
Is. Latham said It would be Indiscreet
to announce. It Is understood, how
ever, that the conquest of milady's
heart was made by Latham s daring.
However. It Is also understood that
after the marriage Latham will not be
permitted to make another essay Into
the heavenly blue. In the words of his
confreres, "he haa flown his last flight."
Latham's fiancee la the daughter of
a wealthy manufacturer and Uvea In
Southern France. The engagement was
entered Into at Rhelma before Latham
started on his American tour. But- tha
girl's promise had a condition at
tached, namely, that Latham should
give up his aerial flights after the wed
ding bells had chimed. '
ROYAL PAIR LIVE HAPPILY
Foe Start Reports That, Spain'
Rulers Disagree, Asserta Rleno.
TTASHIXGTON, Jan. 38. The atten
tion of the Spanish Legation has been at
tracted by certain publications to the
effect that domestic Infelicity has brought
about an estrangement between King
Alfonso and his royal espouse. Queen
Victoria.
Minister Rleno today entered an em
phatic denial of the story. He asserts
that the royal pair enjoy tha happiest
relations.
The rumors of a separstlon are believed
by him to have been set afloat by antl
dynastlc influence -
SHAFT
LIVING
3Ilncowner Is Rescued After Being
Trapped 34 Hours.
SAN BERNARDINO. Cat, Jan. JS.
Oeorge Kramer, a mine-owner, was res
cued by Ms partners yesterday after
he had been Imprisoned for 14 hours In
their mine near Wlngate Pass. He was
unconscious when found and was re
vived with difficulty.
His hands and fingers were bleeding
from his efforts to dig through a mass
of gravel and roqk which had caved In
and blocked the shaft entrance.
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INTO STEER -AID
Ways And . Means Body
Faces Odd Phase.
FUNDS CONTROL ASYLUM CASE
Appropriation Topic Likely to
Revive Charges of Waste.
DOCTOR'S DEFENSE HIDDEN
Statistics From Institutions of Other
States Gathered to Prove Ore
gon Superintendent Saving.
Bigger Fund Asked.
STATE CAPITOU Salem, Or., Jan. is.
(Special) Whether Monday's meeting of
the ways and meana committee will prove
to be what it la Intended a session to
determine the amount of appropriations
for various state Institutions or whether
It will bring forth a heated defense of
Superintendent SteJner, of the asylum,
and possible charges and counter
charges. Is a topic of absorbing interest
here, aa well as being the subject of wide
conjecture. .
It la certain. If an effort Is made to
call for an ncrease In the asylum ap
propriation over tbe estimate' of the leg
islative committee, some defense of Dr.
Stolner from : that committee's allega
tions will be demanded. Aa It is cer
tain that such an Increase will be re
quested, continuance of tha asylum wran
gle la promised and there s every Indi
cation that lively tilts from both sides
will ensue.
Steiner to Attend.
' Interest In this meeting centers prin
cipally on what position will be taken
before the committee by the asylum au-.tbotltlea-and
members of tbe State
Board. Superintendent Steiner refused
to make a statement tonight in regard to
his prospective appearance before the
board, but he will be requested to be
present and with him will be State
Treasurer Kay.
While' the meeting will not be in the
nature of an investigation of tha charges
of extravagance made against Steiner
by the legislative committee and on the
floor of the Senate, echoes of these
charges may be heard." Kay and Steiner
will be present to make a plea for a bet
ter appropriation than ' recommended In
the report of the legislative committee.
That committee cut down the recommen
dation of Dr. Steiner from approximate
ly -RnJ.000 to 1592.000. This waa dona
principally on the ground that the ad
mlnlstrat'on of asylum affairs under
Steiner has been lavish and extravagant.
Figures Called to Aid.
Kay and Steiner will be armed with
facts and figures, many of them of a
comparative nature. Efforts will be
made to show that the Oregon asylum
has been conducted more economically
than Institutions of other states. It
Is probable that specific denial will
be made of some of the BowermVn
charges and that In some Instances It
will be shown that Bowerman exag
gerated things In his denunciation.
Records in the Secretary of State's
office were gone over by members of
the board to determine the accuracy
of some of Bowerman's statements and
correspondence has been carried on
with architects and others connected
with the construction of the new re-
r ,vnns
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INDEX OF.TODArS NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S- Maximum . temperature.- 48
degree; minimum. 3S degrees.
TODAY'S Probably fair. northwesterly
winds.
Foreign.
Insurrectos in Mexico ambuscade and slay
Federal troops. Section 1. page 2.
BrlUih parties prepare for strUEgle on re
stictlon of Lords- votes. Section 1, PK -
National. '
Canadian reciprocity bill introduced In
House; Democrat will support it. Bection
1. pace 1.
Government Inspector finds many scales in
Portland and other Northwest cities give
short weight. Section 1. pace 1.
Senator Piles will fight reappointment of
Collector of Customs Harper. Section , 1,
page 8.
Vlrtory In Senate for San Franclseo In Fair
fight Is predicted by Senator Flint. Sec
tion L pace 2. .
Domestic
Portland millionaire's son In Jail at San
Frarelsco. charged with grand larceny.
Section 1. page 3.
Poolrooms doomed at Pan Francisco follow
ing killing of Ouatave Fosiler. Section
1. pass 2.
Senatorial deadlocks in Colorado and New
York unbroken. Section 1. pass 3.
Brandels to defend Hampton's against Stan
dard OH Company suit. Section 1, page 2.
Politics.
Mayorallty campaign In Seattle is strenu
ous. Section 1. Psge 7.
Borah may enter senatorial race in Idaho.
Section 1. Page 8.
California has number of freak bills under
consideration. Section 1. Page 11.
Legislature.
Adverse report on Land and Highway Com
missioner promise to bring forth heated
argument before. Washington Legisla
ture. Section 1. page 7.
Consideration of appropriations by ways and
mean committee may be turned into
defense of Dr. steiner. Section 1, page 1.
Senate- committee to propose plan revolu
tionizing present system of taxation.
Section 1. page 8.
Warrants Issued for arrest of absent mem
bers of House. Bection 1. Page 6.
Idaho Legislature pussies over appropria
tions Section L Page 7. - '
Pacific Northwest.
Three children of former Umatilla rancher
frosento death in Saskatchewan. Section
t. cage 1.
Clsckamas road officials oppose change in
system of work. Section 1. page u.
Cost of transporting troops to mouth of
Columbia dwindles tl per cent in SS
years. Section 8. page 12.
Brother of Mrs. Kline-Taylor attacks sis
ter's character in will contest.. Section
. page a.
Orphan girl at Washington Training School
tries to escape inhuman beatings. Sec
tion 1. page .
Insects cause loss In forests. Section X.
Page 14.
Antl-trcatlng ordinance is Issue In Tacoma.
Section 2. Pag 14.
Sport.
"Kid" Cotton Jumps at chance to fight
Johnson. Section 4. page O.
Portland bowlers make good scores. Sec
tion 4, page 7-
Oregon Yacht Club has smoker. Section 4.
Page 7.
New York auto exhibition is great success.
Section 4, page 7.
Change In open season for salmon in Wil
lamette River is urged. Section 4,
page 4.
Frank Vance, of Seattle,
wrestling match with
wins Impromptu
Eddie O'ConnelL
Section 2. page 4.
- Commercial and Marine.
Large consumption
of lima.
beans. Sec-
tlon 2, page la.
Rally In wheat , at
Chicago.
Section 3.
Section 2,
page 13.
Stocks advance on small buying.
page IS.
Large Increase In loans and deposits by
New York bank. Section X pave 15.
Seamen testify before Jury Investigating
. sailors' boarding-house case. Section 2,
page 14. ,
Portland and Vicinity.
Articles by William A. Maher. on Oregon.
attract wide attention. Section 3. page 12.
Louis W. Hill snnouncea plans for exten
Ion of lines south of Bend. Section 1,
page 1.
Stockmen want funds for fairs. Section 4.
psge 5.
Portland Inventor designs airship said to be
, wreck-proof. Section 4. page 7.
A. S. Brlggs. superintendent of Llnnton
rockplle, and James Anderson, guard,
accused of brutality by prisoner. Sec
tion 1, page 10.
Multnomah court docket said to be padded
to further bill creating new Judgeship.
Section 2. page Id.
William L. Flnley urges game conservation.
Section 2. page 8.
Architect returns from Europe Impressed
with civic betterment ideas. Section 1,
page lO.
Firing of underbrush advocated to prevent
forest fires. Section 1. page 1U.
Astoria makes urgent sppeal for $100,000
appropriation for its centennial celebra
tion. Section 1. page 10.
Commercial Club electa board of governors.
Section 1- Page 4.
Polecat creates stir in high-toned grill.
Section 1. Page 1.
illlviukit street property owners angered
at paving contractors. Section , 1.
Page lit.
IVn crVimiVTrnrT STP1E
TRUNK IS.
TO EXTEND SOUTH
Medford and Klamath
Falls Are Goals.
LOUIS W. HILL GIVES PLANS
Routes South of Bend to Be
Followed to State Line.
ACTIVE PUBLICITY URGED
Head of System Predicts Marvelous
Growth of Portland and Oregon
aa Soon as East Learns of
Wonders of Tills Section.
"You old rascal, how are you anyway,"
exclnlmed a red whiskered man, wearing
a slouch hat and a broad smile as he
playfully slapped a broad-shouldered,
breezy Western type of Individual with
his overcoat, in the office of H. A. Jack
son, assistant general . freight agent of
the Great Northern Railway, yesterday
afternoon.
The speaker and overcoat bearer was
Louis W. Hill, son of J. J. Hill, and
president of the Great Northern, while
the man whom he addressed was "BUI"
Hanley, the well-known rancher of Burns,
Or., one of Hill's advisers and a com
panion on the trip through Central Ore
gon last year that resulted in the in
creased Interest of the railroad man in
that section.' The two had not met for
a long time and their greetings were like
those of school noys.
They started at once to recall experi
ences of that eventful Journey and each
declured that he had more fun then than
during any other similar period of his
life.
Mr. Hill announced that he has ar
ranged to take another trip into the in
terior of the state in the coming Spring
or Summer, and insisted that his friend
"Bill" will have to be a member of the
party. '
Although he did not venture to speak
authoritatively on the future construc
tion work that may be done on the
Oregon trunk south of Bend. Mr. Hill said
that that portion of the state eventually
will have to be developed. '
Line to Medford Sure.
"Mr. Stevens haa charge of the work
In this country," he said, "and I don't
know what his plans are. . A number of
routes have been surveyed south of
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OREGOfJ
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POLECAT EMPTIES
HIGH-TONED GRILL
LOGGER CARRIES OFFENDING
AXIMAJj IX SACK.
Drunken Bar-Koom Patron Drops
Burden Accidentally Rush
to Street Follows.
Pretty little noses of pretty women
dining In the Louvre last night were
turned up all of a .sudden while tha
men sniffed. An odor wafted from the
barroom that did not need identifica
tion. A polecat was about.
The mephitis mephltica, the name of
the most common variety of polecat In
the United States, was discovered
somewhere In the woods of Oregon
and brought into the Louvre barroom
In a gunny sack by a drunken logger.
Both the logger and mephitis mephl
tica were ignored until the logger ac
cidentally dropped the sack. Angered
at his awkwardness, he picked up the
sack with a Jerk, shook It a few times
and slapped it upon the floor. The
Uttle defenseless animal on the Inside
protested.
Among the several things that hap
pened then was a general desire of the
patrons of the cafe to get out. Be
coming frightened at the commotion,
the logger dragged the sack over the
floor a few times and ran into the
street. Joining the throng, but still re
taining firm grip on the sack. Beat
ing 'a safe retreat, with the sack in
front of him, he was soon lost In the
darkness.
After the commotion was over the
police were summoned. THey took up
the trail at the barroom door, and had
no difficulty in following it for sev
eral blocks. Then the scent was lost.
The logger Is still at large.
MRS. PHELPS WARD IS DEAD
Authoress Who Began Writing
13 Produced Book a Year.
at
NEWTON, Mass., Jan. 28. Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps. Wrard author and lec
turer,, died at her home in Newton
Center tonight, at the age of 67 years.
Her husband, Herbert D. Ward, is ex
pected home tomorrow.
Mrs. Ward was born in Boston Au-
ri.nt 21. 1844. the daughter of Rev.
Austin and Elizabeth Stewart Phelps.
She began to write for the press when
but 13 years old. .She was the author
of many books, the first, "The Gypsy
Series," of four volumes, appearing in
1869. From that time until very to-
cently hardly a year passed without a
book being published from her pen.
PHILADELPHIA PLANS TUBE
Four-Track Subway, 11 Miles Long,
Will Cost $28,000,000.
' DtTTT.ATTFLPHIA. . Jan. 28. It was
learned today that among Mayor Rey
burn's plans for the improvement of
Philadelphia is a four-track suhway
the entire length of Broad street.
instance of 11 miles, to be owned by
the city, the extension of the Market-
street subway system to Camden, N. J-.
through tunnels under the Delaware
River and the erection of an immense
convention hall In Edgemont Park.
The proposed improvements, it is said,
are to be made under a J60.000.000 city
loan, of which $78,000,000 will be spent
on the Broad-street subway.
SHOP,
T WEIGHT IS
ROBBING PEOPLE
One-Third of Scales Is
Found Incorrect.
CONSUMER GETS WORST OF IT
Portland Not Nearly as Bad as
Other Coast Cities.
ORDINANCE IS DEFECTIVE
Inspector Ilolbrook Finds Sealer
Does Well With Scant Facilites,
but Conditions at Seattle
and Salem Are Bad.
BY HARRY J. BROWN.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 28. The cost of living in
Oregon can be materially reduced it
the state Legislature will enact and
provide for the strict enforcement of
a law fixing a rigid, standard of.
weights and measures: or if the sev
eral counties and municipalities will
take steps In this same direction for
the protection of their citizens. Today
the people of Oregon, as in most other
states, are largely at the mercy of dis
honest dealers who give short weight,
who use "fast" scales and who other
wise Impose upon an unsuspecting
public.
That there is extensive fraud in the
retailing of the necessities of life In
Oregon is conclusively shown by an
inspection recently made in Portland,
Salem and Oregon City by an inspector
39nt out by Director S. W. Stretton. of
the United States Bureau of Standards
Similar- inspections have been made
in other states,, under authority granted
by CongresjifljjiJinuUwLtlMat-e
ception tfiese ' inspections have devel
oped the lack of adequate state law
aimed to suppress the dishonest trafflo
in food products, as well as other com
modities sold by measure. ,
Awakening: Is Promoted. r
The Federal Government is power
less to go into the states and prosecute
short-weight dealers who are defraud
ing the public. However, Director
Stratton is keenly interested in awak
ening the people to a realization of the
fact that they are paying too dearly for
the food they buy, hoping by this
means to bring about a reform that
will be country wide. The only way
in which the National Bureau can ba
of assistance is by calling attention
to conditions as they exist and aiding
the several states and municipalities
in procuring standard weights and
measures which can be used in tha
prosecution of local offenders. The
standards in possession of this bureau
are official, made so by act of Con
gress. Only-' recently F. S. Holbrook, in
spector of the Bureau of Standards,
visited Portland, Salem and Oregon
City, and his report to Director Strat-j
ton has. Just been made public. Port-!
land. It is stated, shows up very favor-
ably, as compared with other cities in
Northwest, for it has a local ordinance
una a locul sealer, who is doing as
much as can be expected with the lim
ited funds at his disposal to stamp out
short weight in his city. The Port
land sealer, however, is handicapped
not only by Insufficiency of funds and
assistance but by faulty ordinances
which restrict his authority and make
rigid protection of the public impossi
ble. Salem and Oregon City, having
no sealer and no weights and measures
ordinance, show conditions that are al
disgrace, and there can be no remedy:
until there is an adequate state law'
and proper officials to prosecute dis-'
honest dealers.
It was discovered that the State of:
Oregon has no official standard set ofj
weights and measures, to be used asj
evidence In court when prosecutions are!
attempted in Oregon, and this in itself!
is a serious handicap to the Portland!
Sealer. Such a set, however, can be pro
cured at cost from the Government Bu
reau of Standards, as similar sets have
been furnished moet of the states of;
the Union. Mr. Holbrook was given to!
understand that such primary standards
would soon be procured, however. Until'
such standards are available, enforce
ment of any law drawn for the protec
tion of the people will be difficult.
Portland Ordinance Has Fa nits.
The Portland ordinance on weights
-nd measures is reported to be "falrly(
adequate," but is faulty in several lm-j
iiortant particulars. For instance, noj
appropriation is made for the purchase
of goods for testing, and dealers can
not be prosecuted for displaying short
weight packages'. There must first be
an actual sale, and then a complaint,
before the Sealer can Institute prose
cution. The bureau suggests that the
ordinance be amended to make It a
crime to offer or keep commodities for
sale which may bo of less weight or
measure t'nau represented, and author-,
Ity should be given the Sealer to check
v eights and measures of all commodl
Has kept for sale.
Enforcement of the present ordinance
e further retarded by lack of funds!
and lack of assistance. The provisions
of the ordinance are not being wholly
carried out. While It Is required thatl
all scales be tested officially at least,
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