TITE STJXDAY OREGOXIAX, rORT LAND, MARCH 12, 1911. TEMPEST BURSTS IN PARLIAMENT Exasperated Tories Resort to Filibuster in Debate on . Budget. CHURCHILL STINGS THEM Liberal ldrr Appllea Moaurc and Thfj Retort With ' Insalt and Threat of Violent at AH Mflit Session. M T .P. jrilWWB. M. P Special Cable to the Chicago Tribune, roprriaat by th Tribune Com- panr. l)XpoS. March II Thl was ex pected to be an off week I" Parliament, as th veto bill had been postponed and ail the eseltement which It cre ates for th moment was suspended. Tho tnlnl.try. In addition, waa com pelled to call a halt by the necessity ef getting a vote on tha budget and appropriation. tvrrr mrtr.br r of Parliament antici pated thua a pleasant and quirt little Interval, during which they could safe ly visit their hotnea or tha seashore, but the Imens passion which now tripe England everywhere to Ita depths mart all of these calculations miscarry and the wek wound up with one of the moat pro!oned and excited sittings for the last two years. Torlr JUlbostcr and Insult. Tories never forget the veto bill and play for time every moment of the ses sion. They bare organised a filibuster ing campaign against all of the Govera ment business and discuss every penny of public money to Inordinate lengths and never allow even the moet trivial proposal to pass unchallenged and. In order further to exaprate the sltua tlon and waste time, their speaker throw across the floor of the House of immons epithets of Inaull at the mln l.itera and all their opponents. Th absence of Premier Asqutth. who baa gone to visit hla sick daughter, and the fact that Lloyd-George la compelled to take a further vacation becauae of the obstinacy of the malady In hie throat threw the leadership of th" Lib erals In the Commnm Inlo the band of Winston Churchill. Churchill's Tactic Knragc. Tbla helped to bring on the extraordi nary arena In which the week culminat ed. Young, audacloua and aggreaalve. Churchill drove the Torlea to fury and Insisted on applying to them the moet drastic form of cloaure and demanded that tha budget bll should bo pushed through by any means at any hour. Thla resulted In scenes of great vio lence and In a sitting which, beginning about three on one afternoon, did not end until 19:39 the next day. There were momenta when passion ran so high aa to threaten aa outburst of physical violence between the mem bera of different parties, but the char acteristic English good sense and love of fun and the absence of vlndlctlve nesa came to the rescue and the sitting passed off without any violence except n speech. Irish Sate the Day. The leaders of the Irish party, even the oldest among them, sat through the night, rallying and encouraging the Liberal ranks, and thua aaved tha UberaJs several times from defeat or from such email majorities as would amount almost to defeat. The ministerial majority ranged from to to TO throughout the night, but without the Irish members thla ma jority would have descended to six or seven, which In such a critical and passionate time might have amounted to a dlsastroua blow to the ministerial preattge and the great campaign agulnst the House of Lords. The Tories. In season and out of sea son, make violent remarks on Ireland and the Irish members In pursuance of their settled policy of a concentrated campaign against the government and the veto bill and borne rule. Lone, Bitter Fight Ahead. Though the Tories still are making r.o way and though the home rule move lost most ef Ita old terrors for the Kngtlsh masses. It la evident the fight will be extremely bitter In the next three years, and that the House of t'ommoM must have the fiercest, most prolonged and most devastating fight for two generations. Already the num ber of public men on the sick list la unprecedented, and more will be added every month. But the situation atlll remains with out a cloud on the Liberal and Irish horixnn. and these fierce attacks by the Torlea reveal the desperation of their fortunes. It la a prospect of grim, prolonged and exhausting fight, and probably the mortality In the House of Commons In the next three years will mount to high figures, but Ireland Is worth It all. A little personal episode was added to tha fight when Miss Joanne Red mond won big successes. She waa giv en an unbroken chorus of applause by all partlea and all papers. TAFT REMEMBERED BY TOT President and Daughter to Get Let ters from Eugene. LTGENa Or.. March 1L Special. ) Among the Eastern people who will re ceive letters written by the school chil dren of Eirene yestrday In praise of Bu gen aa a place to live will be President William 11. Taft and Mlse Helen Taft. The letters to the President and his daughter were written by two little na tive Oregon tots of the third grade of the Lincoln School, who had CO friends or relatives In the East to remember. With four others they were tha only children among the Sue registered at the Lincoln eVhool who hai no friends In Eastern states, and tho little girl who wrote to the Chief Executive naively told her teacher, when she handed In her letter, that she "guessed President Taft ought to be a friend of everybody, so she would write to him." Yesterday was set aside by the School Board aa "Letter Wrlt1r day." and the children of all the schools In the city were requested to write to Eastern friends tell ing them "Why I Like to Live In Eu grre." Over JMO of them responded. RUSK'S OFFER ANSWERED War Department Saya Troopa Co Sontb for Instruction. Jerry Rusk, the speaker of the Ore goa House of Representatives, who tendered to the War Department at J Washington the services of an "entire regiment of Oregon plainsmen ana . rangers." received a reply last nigni to the effect that the Department felt grateful for hla offer but that the "concentration of troops In the South west la -for Instruction purposes." Mr. Rusk waa In Portland all day. be ing registered at tho Imperial. He said that at nearly every street corner he passed there were from one to a dosen men who made application to Join his band of "rough and ready fighters. If the War Department decided to accept them. "I really believe," said Mr. Rusk, "that 1 could enlist 10.000 men in Ore gon for the war If the Department would say the word. I waa agreeably surprised to find so many willing to go." The telegram received by Mr. Rusk from .the war department read as fol lows: Wasbtnston. P. C. Vsrchll. tail. To PIOMT.R ORMiOX WOUIX I SI Rt I KI BV ME rlllLDKKX. e , fc ; Mrs. Aaaa Gaatrabela. lira. Anna Gantenbeln. reatdent of Oregon for the paat 40 yeara. who died at her home. 41 East Eighth street. Friday, aged 5 yeara. waa born In Swltxerland and came to America In ls?l. In that year she waa married to I:udolph Gantenbeln. and with him came to Oregon a few months later. For several years they lived at Sandy. In Clackamas County, re moving to Oregon City In 1996. Ftnce the death of her husband In 103 Mrs. Gantenbeln bad made her home In Portland, and had been a prominent member of the Second tsaptlst Church, which re cently merged with the Central Iiaptist Church, forming the East Side iiaptist Church. She waa particularly interested In the work of the Woman a Mis sionary Society of the Baptist denomination. Mrs. Gantenbeln Is survived by five sons and four daughters, as follows: Fred Gantenbeln. of Harbor. Or.; Rudolph. Herman. G. Adolph and Paul O.: Mrs. Anna HalL Mrs. Sophie Robinson. Mrs. Emma Perkins and Mlsa Eliza beth Gantenbeln. Jerry Rusk. Speaker. Orrfoo House of Rep resentatives: Your telesram of the lota received and much approved. The concen tration of the troops la the eomhwtst la for Instruction purposes. ROBERT SHAW OLIVER. United States Assistant KerrrlarT of War. DR. UNE AWAITS CALL? EX-MAYOR SILENT AS TO PART IV XEST CAMPAIGN. George- II. Thoma Declares. Flatly He Will Be Democrat Through light for Mayorality. While rr. Harry Lane maintains a sphinx-like silence aa to whether or not, he will be a candidate for the Demo cratic Mayoralty nomination. George H Thoraaa. chairman of the Democratic County Committee, has grasped .time by the forelock by declaring that he will contest the Demorcatto prlmariea as a strict Democrat with no nonpartisan af filiations. In old-line Democratic quarters the suspicion la rife that Dr. Lane, like Cln clnnatua in the daya of ancient Rome, la awaiting the call of the multitude to assume the reins of city government. The theory Is that be is proceeding on the assumption that ho will be stronger In the prlmariea If It Is made to appear that hla candidacy is the result of an overwhelming popular demand and that, should he win the nomination, the same argument will stand him In good stead In bis fight against his Republican op ponent. The word "quaquaversal." defined In Webster's dictionary as meaning turning or dipping In every direction, is the keynote of Thomas' platform. He de clares that he Is not quaquaversally In clined and as proof of thla assertion as serts, among other things, that the city will have a Democratic Chief of Police should he be elected Mayor. Mr. Thomas declares that In tho event of hla election he will speedily bring to a point where settlement Is possible mint vexatious municipal questions. among othera that of the alleged paving j trust. e aeusrva uii . y w.v- can be solved In no other way he will advocate the establishment of a munici pal paving plant. "The people themselves, being the highest court, have determined on the construction of the Broadway bridge and I will. If honored with the Mayoralty, do everything possible to see that their will is carried out without delay." said Mr. Thomas In expressing his attitude on the question. "All matters of difference between the city and corporatlona should be set tled without delay by the courts estab lished for such purpose. Among others there is the question of the occupancy of city streets by the Northern Paclflo Terminal Company. I believe that the courts should settle all differences be tween the city and public service cor porations Involving large sums of money and feel that the Mayor of a city should not constitute himself Judge and Jury In such eases. 6uch questions should be submitted to the courts and fought out upon their merits." Ftorcst Grove Paper Sold. FOREST GROVE. Or. March 11. (Special.) A. E. Scott, a newspaperman of Astoria, El., who moved here six months ago. baa purchased the Interest of Gerald Volk In the Washington Coun ty News, which baa been consolidated with the Forest Grove Times and will hereafter be known as the Washington County News-Times. Mr. Scott pre viously owned a half Interest in the pa per. He plans several Improvements and the Introduction of a linotype. Mr. Volk will engage In the newspaper busi ness elsewhere. He Is a former Wich ita, Kan., newepapennan. . jyw? V a AGENT IS ARRESTED Theatrical Manager Seeks Re venge After Play Fails. ONE NIGHT ENOUGH FOR HIM Victim Walka From MeMlnnTllle to Make Complaint Asalnat Local Hooking Manager "A Sold ier's) Compact," a Tragedy. George Simmons, the stranded manager of a theatrical company, yesterday lodged with the District Attorney information against C G. Pulslfer, manager of a theatrical booking agency with offices In the Marquam building. Pulslfor was arrested by Detectlvrs Hellyer and Mo loney, charged with obtaining money by fals pretenses. After a disgruntled McMInnvllle audi ence had expressed disapproval of a play he had presented, Simmons borrowed a dollar upon his suitcase and walked to Portland to seek revenge upon the man who. he says, has been selling "lucra tive" positions as managers of road com panies to numerous persons and reaping fat harvesta at the rate of from )S0 to SfsW a person. Simmons Says He Paid $100. Simmons says that ho answered an ad vertisement calling for a partner with small capital, and was greatly Impressed when ho found Pulslfer In a sumptuous suite of offices. He says the booking agent told him that he could give him the management of the "Love of the North" Company If he had 350 to lnveat. Simmons had only 1W, and that amount was accepted, he declared, with the agreement that he pay the remainder out of the "profits." He was told, he says, that It would be necessary for him to rehearse" his duUes as general man ager, and he was kept about the office on that pretext for two weeks. Then he pressed for active service, and. the "Love of the North" Company not be ing ready to start on Its tour, be was placed In charge of "A Soldier's Com pact' and waa sent to McMInnvllle. Hecclpls Iess Tliau IJonrd Bill. One night of that was enough, says Simmons. He took In less than enough to pay his board. Simmons says, upon returning to PorUand. he pressed for a settlement. He was told, be says, that the breaking up of the company amount ed to a failure, with no assets, and that there was nothing coming to him. "But." he ebjected. "this was not the rompany in which I bought an interest. Mine waa the "Love ef the North. "Oh. that company never existed, ne quotes Pulslfer as saying, "loud bet ter tear up your contract and come around tonight and 1 11 give you a couple of dollars." . Simmons showed this contract to the District Attorney. Many other persons. It Is alleged, have dealt with Pulslfer. Ralph Smith, it is said, who wanted to be an actor, paid Jli for the managership of "A Soldier's Compact." and pawned his watch to get back from McMInnvllle. WOODMEN SCORE LEADERS Idahoans Criticise Head Camp Offi cials In Illinois. MOSCOW, Idaho. March 11. -fSpe-,1.1 j The Modern Woodmen of Amer ica, one of the largest fraternal aocle is or lodges In Idaho, at It. regular meeting this week passed resolutions crttlcl.Tng the Head Camp at Rock Island, 111, and also scoring A. K. Talbot, the national head of the order, who Uvea at Lincoln. Neb. The occa sion for the big meeting was a visit by Deputy R- J. Jarvls. of Michigan. In whose honor a banquet bad been previ ously provided, and which waa served after the meeting. The resolutions were. In part as rol- "Resolved. That extravagance and mismanagement In the administration of our head officials-are apparent from their own official reports; extravagant by Increasing deputies' salaries and creating new and useless offices; mis management In the handling of and the loss of large sums of money In banks without bond or due regard for slm pllest kind of business methods." NEW ORLEANS GREETS T. R. ETt-Presldent Makes Speech and Is Given Banquet. . NEW ORLEANS. La., March 11. Theodore Roosevelt waa the guest of New Orleans tonight and the city out did Itself to make him welcome. It la the Colonel'a first visit to New Orleans since October Is. 1906. Ho came then aa Preaident of the I'nlted States, defying the protests of the rest of the country, for New Or leans was recovering from an epidemio of yellow fever. The Colonel rode Into tho city to night from Jackson. Miss, on a bril liantly decorated special train. He spent but five hours In the city, leav ing at 11 o'clock for- Houston, Tex. He went at once to his hotel on arrival and then waa hurried to the French Opera-House. 'where his address waa delivered. Immediately after the meet . . hanmiet srlven in hia 1X1K no honor and then rushed to the train. On the trip from Jackson to this city the Colonel was forced to make talks from the rear platform of his car. FRENCHMAN TALKS PEACE Baron do Constant to Tell What Hague Has Accomplished. NEW YORK. March 11. Baron Paul d'Estourneles de Constant, member of The Hague Peace Tribunal, recipient of the Nobel peace prize and ex-French Ambassador to England, has come to visit America and, like his fellow-apostle Count Apponyl a recent visitor, will lecture on international peace. ' Baron de Constant, now a member of the French Senate from the Depart ment of Sarthe. arrived today on the steamer La Provence. "I will . show," said Baron de Con stant, affably. "Just what The Hague conferences were: the difficulties they met with In contending with differ ences of language, races, religions and Ideas; their long labors; their work, great though incomplete, and their achievements." Oswego Resident Drops Dead. OREGON CITT. Or., March 11. (Spe cial.) James Bullock, one of the well known residents of Oswego. dropped dead near the foundry at Oswego. He waa 42 years of age. and leaves a father at Oswego. Coroner - Thomas Fox, of this city, waa advised and went to Os wego, where he held an Inquest. in mini i ii ii ii is 1 I J I . gfty 1 ii. ... k & LAW IS BLAMED W. D. Wheelwright Says Legis ' lature Caused Mix-Up. SOLONS PASS UP REQUEST Member of Port of Portland Com mission Declares Resignations and Appointments One by One Was Proper Way. W. D. Wheelwright, a member of tho Port of Portland Commission, places re sponsibility on 'the last Legislature for the entanglement In which the Commis sion now finds Itself with two sets, of CommUoioners each declaring Itself to be the legally-conertltuted governing board of the port. Had the Legislature recommended seven men to succeed the present Commissioners and allowed the Commissioners to resign one by one and seat the men eo recommended there would have been no trouble, Mr. Wheel wright declares. This was the counse of procedure recommended by the present Commissioners. Instead. House bill 341 was passed, legislating the Commis sioners) out of office and delegating to Governor West the power of selecting their successors. All Anxious to Quit. In view of the reports which have appeared in the public prints relative to the recent action of the Port of Port land Commission declining to recognise tno Governor's appointments to mem bership In that body." eeJd Mr. Wheel wright, "I contend that there is not one of the seven members) of the Commission as It existed prior to the enactment of House bill M. passed by the Legisla ture at Its last pesslon, -who ia not anxious to resign his office and turn bis duties over to his legally-appointed suc cessor. "That when the said seven Commis sioners unanimously asked the Legisla ture to name seven other suitable per sons that we might eloct and aid In electing them to nil our places, there was no doubt as to the legal constitu tion of the Commission or of Its right to nil vacancies in ita own body. Law Is Thought Void. "That the Legislature did not so act, but passed a law giving the Governor of the etate the sole right to appoint and also to remove. That the weight of legal opinion Is overwhelmingly to the effect that the said law Is unconstitutional. In which case the appointments of the Governor are void, and hia appointees would not constitute a legal Commission.. "That If. on the other band, thla view Is erroneous and the law is constitu tional as may of course be the case then the Commissioners have no power to fill vacancies and it follows that any person or persons elected by them would not be legal members of the Commis sion. Harmonious Plan Adopted. That under theee circumstances the only proper course seemed to be to call a halt In the proceedings of the Commis sion until such time as the Supreme Court shall determine Its' legal statue. Therefore the de facto members of the Commission voted to refrain, for the present, from performing any official acts except such aa may be absolutely necessary In the way of routine business, and to Join with the Governor's ap 'polntees to expedite action by the court at the earliest possible moment. 'That while it would have been pos sible for the Commission to proceed with regard to the Governor's appointments In the same manner that It proposed to treat the recommendations that it asked the Legislature to make, the result would have been' totally different from that which would have bee'n accom plished If the Legislature had com piled with Its request. . Speedy Settlement Wanted. In view of the law enacted as to the constitutionality of which there is grave doubt, puch action by. tbe Commission would liJive been a mora temporary makeshift and would" b,ave left the ques tion of the legal constitution of the Commission, as also, of the proper method of procedure In future, a matter of doubt and uncertainty. Tho contro versy would doubtless be re-opened im mediately upon the resignation of a member or his attempted removal by the Copyright Hart Schattncr 6c Marx Governor, and euch controversy might be prolonged Indefinitely by dilatory tac tics on either side. So that there seems to be no question of the propriety of having the matter settled now, when all parties are desirous of a speedy solu tion and will act together in trying to accomplish It-" 'COLLEGE WIDOW ENJOYED Agricultural School Students Enter tain Corvalis Folk. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallls, March 11. (Special.) Sparkling with life and the Joy of youthful spirits, "The College Widow," kept an overflowing house In a gale of appreciative laughter at the Corvallls Opera House last evening. It is the flth annual play given by the combined Philadelphlan Feronian Literary Societies or the state college. Considering- the fact that It was the first appearance for many of the ama teur actors, Mrs. H. B. Carter, the coach, deserves a great deal of credit for the finished manner in which the cast of twenty-four portrayed their parts. Miss Ramona Kane, in the title role, was especially charming and natural. Miss Alice Shqpard and Miss Esther Leech' as the athletic, girl and the chaperone showed an excellent under standing of their parts. Miss Eileen Leech, In the 'difficult character part of the boarding-house waitress, brought forth rounds of ap plause and her "love scene" in the closing act with Gaylord Godfrey, as Matty McGowan. was perhaps the most appreciated situation of the play. Bernard Olsen. as leading man, was a trifle slow and over-dlgnlfied In the first act but gradually warmed up and carried out the last scenes acceptably. Among those who took the male roles: M. E. Smead. O. G. Reeves. E. Dutton and H- M. Turner deserve special men tion. C. Summerlin as Elam Hicks of Squantumville, H. G. Smith as "Bub", and R. H. Roberts as the harmless tu tor, made up an effective trio of laugh producers. Other minor parts were well hand led by "Silent Murphy" Carlson. A. K. Beman. H. Walberg, J. Shepard, Bert Bowles, Alva Jones and James Caughell. The Misses Hortense Epley. Marie Ca they and Marie Hofer made delightful college "queens." During trevening' musical numbers were excellently given by the McGln nls Orchestra, which is composed prin cipally of members of the two socie ties. FIRE INSURANCE RATE OUT Commissioner Saya Tests Show $1.50 Charged During 1910. SALEM. Or, March JX (Special.) Ac cording to tests made by Iceurance Com missioner Kozer It is practically cer tain that the fire Insurance rate for 1910 was not higher than $1.50 as compared to $1.70 for 1909 and J2.U for 1908. Figures for 1910 are becom ing available at this time and the com missioner Is certain of the decrease In the rate. Better construction of build ings, competition of mutuals and the law prohibiting compacts and combina tions are given by Mr. Kozer as some of the reasons for this continuing de crease In the rate. There are now nearly 200 different Insurance companies doing business In the state and a large number of ap plications' and new admissions have been received or allowed during the past few weeks.- According to Mr. Kozer, the insurance business of the state has grown wondertuliy during the past few y-lirs, PROPERTY VALUES JUMP South Bend Sees Rush to Pay Tases; County Makes Protest. SOUTH BEND, Wash., March 11. (Special.) Since February 7 there has been a rush of taxpayers at the County Treasurer's office in order to take ad vantage of the. 3 per cent rebate on all taxes paid in full Defore March 15. However, there is profound and loud voiced dissatisfaction over the county because of the tremendous Increase In taxes over last year. In many Instances, and on identically the same property, taxes are double or more than double and, in nearly every ; Instance, they are at least 50 per cent 1 more than last year and this, despite 1 the fact that all unusual expenses. In , the way of new courthouse and special ' road and bridge work, have been taken care of by the issuance of bonds to the amount of $250,000. The rate is four tenths of a mill less than last year and tbe great and unequal Increase in taxes Tlie Home of Hart Schaffner A Marx clothes YouVe going to buy a suit this Spring: if youre as wise as we think you are, it will be a Hart, Schaffner & Marx Suit; you can't buy any better clothes, correct styles, all-wool quality, fine tailoring, late ideas in models: new weaves, new colors, new patterns, and satis--" faction guaranteed. Spring Suits $20 to $40 Combination collar Raincoats, "Slip-ons", Raglans. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. 3rd and Morrison Stetson llatn IVunderhose is said to be due to an over-zealous and unequal assessment. LIGHTKEEPER IS MISSING Coos Bay Lamps Burn 30 Hours, Then Boat Is Found. MARSHFIELD, Or., March 11. (Spe cial.) John Arnquist, employed by the Government to attend the channel lights on Coos Bay, is missing and it is believed that he met death by drowning. He was laBt seen Tuesday night when he started out in his row boat to light the lamps. He was not missed until today, as the lights burned for 30 hours before going out. His boat was picked up this after w I ass IV lW -7t . III 1 The Really Goo Cannot possibly be made to sell at prices quoted by sensational dealers who plan and ran a different kind of a special sale every week. Poor materials and cheap, unskilled labor make it possi ble to assemble a piano which, when new, may deceive those who do not look deeply into construction and workmanship, who do not scrutinize finish and case work, and whose measure of quality is created by the enthusiasm of the salesman and the assertion that a $350 piano is being offered for $162, or some other odd figure. Such pianos find no place in our house. In the end they are most expensive because they lack durability, tonal character and every quality which goes to make dependable instruments. We make the claim, and it is proven daily by those who in vestigate carefully before purchasing, that we sell better pianos at smaller prices than any firm in this city or on the Coast. This week we are showing an especially fine line of pianos selling for less than $200 that cannot be equalled in the West. They are dependable and are made of honest materials by work men of experience and character. They are of fine tone and action, in beautiful mahogany and oak cases, full size, and will measure up, quality for quality, with pianos sold elsewhere for $100 more. Every" intending buyer should see them. Easy payments arranged to suit the best convenience of each individual purchaser. - 304 OAK STREET, BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH Other Stores: San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, San Diego, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Reno, Nevada. C'luet Shirts noon. It is thought that he fell overboard. Arnquist has lived here 12 years. He formerly fished on the Columbia River, where he made a good deal of money, and was known as Sturgeon John, because he manufac tured caviar from sturpeon egK. SELLING OUT We move to Seventh and Alder. Our new building is nearly ready. Every piano, upright or grand, every talking machine and record, every organ, pipe organ, etc., etc., to go into our new building- has been provided; and every thing now in the old establishment must go! See announcement page 4. section 2, this issue. A seven-fold increase. Piano