mE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. TORTLAXD. JULY 9, 1911.
GIGANTIC -LUMBER
COMBINE PLANNED
Retailers Now Seek Route to
Relieve Them From Pres
ent Situation.
DEATH TO LAW PREDICTED
yrmar; of Aetcrn Hrlailcr As
sociation Acrt Result of Losft
of Suit by Government Will
Mean Killing of Statute.
frfKANF. Wash- July . (Special.)
P.etall lumbermen, prosecuted by the
ti.ivernment for allege violation of
trie rierman antl-trut law. will rely
upon a propose gla-antlr organisation
ef retailer In all line of trad
through the country to relieve them
from present c onditlon.
OrranUatlon of all retail merchants
Into a great nn-rartlsan political as
sociation la now being undertaken by
tie lumbermen. It Is freely admitted
that the chief purpose of this assocla
tton wt!l be the repeal of tha Sher
man law. tf thle l construed to pro
MMt eni.-h activities of retail orgtnlM
tln of the ret.H lumbermen admit.
-What will happen If the Uovern-m-nln
ult aaatnst u In u-ceef ul7"
paid A. I- Porter, secretary of the
Western Retail Lumbermen's Amocla
tlon, in answer t- the question.
Iwath of Law Predicted.
"It will eventually mean the killing
of the Sherman anti-trust law."
Resolution favoring tha orgnnlza
tlon of all retailer Into the "National
Hetallers" Association" were adopted at
the recent meeting of the National
Lumbermen's Association, at Chicago,
flnce that time an orinlr lias been
employed and Is now In correspondence
with practically all lines of retailers.
An effort will be made to have a con
vention at Chicago this Fall. If pos
sible, and determine upon some plan
of action.
The lumbermen whose effort have
been devoted to starting the new -
canliatlon epect It will eventually
have I.ftoit.eoe members. It is deecrii-d
as a "non-partisan political organisa
tion." Major Kvervtt tirlsg. of Taroma.
new presld-nt of the National Lum
bermen's Asso-lat'on. succeeding Kd
ward Mines, of Chicago. Is beginning
a campaijtn of publicity In behalf of
the Indicted secretaries of the retailers"
association.
Publicity Plan Out.
fitters have been addressed to mill
men throushout the Northwest, Inclos
ing printed matter favorable ta the
lumbermen, which the manufacturera
are requested to have published In
local newspapers as Interviews with
themselves.
To date the manufacturers have not
interested themselves directly In the
troubles being experienced by the re
tailers' organization. It Is held by
many of the manufacturers that too
much activity on behalf of the re
tailers organisations would connect
them. In the public mtnd. with the
suits against the retailers.
CANBY L0DG INSTALLS
I. O. O. K. . Pltn- to Krecl line
Bulletins; for Own Home.
CANBY. Or.. July . (Special.)
t'anby Loda-e No. IS. I. O. O. F. In
staller tne lonowinn oriicers ibsi mum,
O. K. Mark. I. l. U. M . acting aa In
stalling, officer: J. Kay Vlnyard. N.
S.: Calvin O- Kocher. V. O.; Howard H.
Eecles. secretary: W. H. Pair, treas
urer: Ivan Dlmlck. warden: J. R. Suth
erland. R. 8. V. O. : George Main. I 8.
V. t;.: C. I. Bates. It. 8. N. t.: J. Lee
Kekerson, L. ft. N. O .f- Kd Shull. It. S.;
W. K. Miller. L. 8. fe: J. Wilson, con
durtor: A. II. Knight. I. G.: Arthur
Wink. O. t;.
The Installation ceremonies were fol
lowed by a banquet and smoKer. par
ticipated In by the members of the
lodse and visiting brethren. Canby
Lodge. No. 14. la one of the strongest
lodges of the order. It is now plan
ning for the erection of a large con
crete building upon valuable property
It owns In this city, the nv building
to consist of storerooms on the ground
floor and a fine lodge hall, with ban
quet room and all the uual prepara
tion rooms, etc.. found In a modern up-to-date
lodge building.
EAGLES MEET AT HOQUIAM
City Prepare Knlrrtaliiment for
1500 Vi-lllng Drlt-gute.
IKMJI IAM. Wash.. July (Special)
The sixth annual state convention of
the Fogies of Washington wul meet In
this city tomorrow morning for a three
days' session and It Is expected that up
wards of ISoo visitors will he In Ho
0'ilam for the meeting. Already the
advance guard of the delegates has
arrived.
The first big- party of delegates Is
expected tomorrow evening;, when a
special train will arrive from Puget
Sound, 'bother large party la expect
ed on 'A late train tomorrow night,
and ' othera will reach Hoqutam
Mondaf.
Elaborate preparations have been
made for the entertainment of the
visitors. Two of the features will be
a picnic at the beach at Westport
Tuesday and an electric parade It Ho
nutans Tuesday evening. The conven
tion cloaca Wednesday.
COMBINE EFFECTS RESULTS
(Continued From First Par
ient will veto any special or general
:arlff bill that may be sent to him. they
will be content to allow the Senate to
ote down their tariff bills and adjourn.
- They are not so desirous of making
ipeeches as to be w illing to remain In
-weltering Washington all the rest of
he Summer and Fall, when they know
n advance that nothing can be accom
tltahed thereby.
There la every reason to believe that
:he President will veto any tariff bill,
ther than Canadian reciprocity, that
Congress may send to him this session.
He certainly will not approve a wool
olll. for he has taken the position that
schedule K should remain undisturbed
until the tariff board submits Its re
port, which will be next December.
Ana If he win not approve a wool bill,
be will not approve a general revision
bill which Includes a revision of the
wool schedule. Congress, of course,
would never think of passing a gen
eral revision bill that overlooked this
Important schedule.
Je List Cannot W in.
As for the free list bill, that also
seems doomed to defeat. The Senate
will not pass It In the form In which
It came from the House; It would not
pass that bill If It remained here until
December. There Is a clear Republi
can majority against that measure In
Its present form. Just as there Is a
clear Republican majority against the
House wool bill In Its present form.
The Pemocrats cannot muster enough
Republican support to pass either of
these measures as they passed the
House. What would result should an
attempt be made to whip those bills
Into shape to meet the approval of the
Insurgent Republicans Is a problem.
There la serious doubt whether In the
next Ave months either bill could be
shaped up to command the backing of
a majority of the Senate, any way you
figure It.
Nothing but an Insurgent filibuster
seems to stand In the way of quick
action on all tariff bills after the reci
procity bill Is out of the way. and
nothing hut an Insurgent filibuster will
prevent adjournment soon after Cana
dian reciprocity becomes an assured
fact At this time some Insurgents
are "strongly Inclined to filibuster, but
they are growing disheartened because
the Iemm-rats refuse to aid them, and
are considerably Incensed because the
Democrats, with few exceptions, have
declined even to discuss reciprocity.
The Democrata are not In favor of
taring In Washington one minute
. " . MAmnliMied everv-
atter xney or - - -
thing possible: they see no advantage
to be gainea py oeiayin
. x-a tha regular He
wn n grRivi;. ' ' --- ---- - . . .
publicans are In a like frame of mind.
. . n.i nrobablv bring
about adjournment soon after the reci
procity bill is approver "7 -
, . Th.. will do so. unless an
Insurgent filibuster prevent.
EUGENE CAMPAIGN Ofl
.PKCI U BO.MI ELECTION
STATEMENTS NOW ISSVED.
Water Board Pleads With ClUaen
lo Vote for IvHuancc of $5 7,000
In Paper for Benefit of City.
i-i-nrvv Or.. July i. (Special.)
Opening of the campaign for the spe-
clal bond election or juijt .
marked by the Issuance of two lgned
statement, last night, one from the
. iv..., tio.rH which ha charge
of the light and water plants of the
city, and tne otner
committee of the City Council.
The Water Board ask the cltlxen to
vote for the Issuance of i..00 of
bond, for the use of the Board Of
this amount 125.000 Is to be added to
the :5.eo authorised last April, and
already sold, for the Installation of a
street lighting system, and with the
combined amount both street and com
mercial lighting will be undertaken by
lhThe',Water Board also want 13000 to
be used for strengthening the canal by
which the power plant la erved. it
having been found that seepage I
causing much damage to some of the
farms below the canal. Other Item
are- $3000 for an additional pump. 15.
000 for general Improvement and ex
tension, of mains, and l000 for
large main from the pumping '
to the reservoir. Pre.ent practice I
to pump directly Into the service main,
using the reservoir to maintain the
pressure constant by taking up aurplu
of pumpag over consumption.
Th. flnane committee asks favorable
consideration of the voter, to the prop
osition to issue $130,000, of bond, to
refund the outstanding warrant, of the
city. Refunding bond, to the amount
of $100,000 were .old a little over a
year ago and the warrant debt of that
time wa reduced to a workable figure.
However a previous administration
drew on the general funds of the city
to the amount of $75,000 to finish the
power project, thus hr,n,n
rant Indebtednes to a place where city
warrant, .re discounted. Refunding of
per cent w.rranta with S per cent
bonds will effect a .ub.t.ntl.l saving
to the city.
BEND ROW TROUBLE CAUSE
Member Board of Education Quit.;
Prlmlpal's Salary Keaon.
i
BEND, or- July . (Special.) A a
result of the friction produced by the
declalon of the majority of the local
School Board to fix the principal .al
ary next year at $1T a month, an In
crease of almost &0 per cent over that
heretofore paid. H. J. Overturf minor
ity member of the educational trio to
day tendered hts resignation to School
Clerk Wlest. Thus far no action haa
been taken upon It.
The reason for Mr. Overturr. resig
nation, so far as known. ! his disap
proval of what he characterises as an
unwarranted Increase In the school ex
penditure in face of the fact that the
debt of the district, a. Indicated by
outstanding warrants. Is now greater
than It ever ha. been. In hi. criti
cism of the board', action. In which he
I. upported by many taxpayer., he
points out that In communltle. Ilk
Hood River. Klamath Falls and The
Dalles, all considerably larger than
Bend, the principal alary Is con
tderablv less than It ha been decided
to pay here. From $12S to $1JS Is the
mdnthly figure In these towns. Last
vear the Bend principal received $118.
The salaries of other local teacher
have been raised. Whether or not any
concerted action wilt be taken by those
who object to what they term the ex
travagance of the School Board cannot
as yet be ascertained.
SUNDAY THEATERS ISSUE
Sabballi Amusement Divide Grant.
Pas Folk Into Factions.
GRANTS PASS, Or.. July 8. (Special.)
Whether Grants Pass" theater shall
open on Sunday la an Issue that has di
vided the City Council and cltl.en. of
the town Into heated factions. When
the question came before th Council
Thursday night, and an ordinance au
thorising Sunday opening, with an
emergency clause attached, passed on
first reading by unanimous vote, cltl
xen s of the opposing faction debated
the question so hotly that the meeting
did not adjourn until morning.
The opposition to the ordlnanoe
seemed so determined that the Council
Itself spilt on the Issue, finally re
jecting the mea.ure by a vote of four
to three. Another ordinance In .light
ly different form ha. been drafted, but
public sentiment Is so divided that the
referendum may have to be used to
settle the matter.
Irrigation Firm Incorporate.
SALEM. Or.. July $. (Special.) Article,
of Incorporation were filed today by the
Ontarlo-Nyssa Irrigation Company to
construct Irrigation work, in Malheur
County. The capital stock of th. new
company 1. $150.O
GIRL MAY BE MYTH
Uncle Knows No Such Person
as Hazel Danner.
DEFENSE SCORES FOR SEE
Stephen Bridge. Says Wife Gave
$250 a Month and That Others
. Not Named Swelled Tolal
tt Gifts lo $25,000.
EK HAS REVELATION PRE
DICTING AcqrrrTAi.t prose
cutor THIXKS OTHER
WISE. "All Chicago will be at tha feet of
Mr. See before the end of next week.
The state has failed te prove It.
charge.." Mrs. Felicia Reea.
"' have won. The eoeuaatloa
was terrible, bat troth will prevail,
and Mr. See will walk from court a
free man." Mona Reea.
"In a new revelation I am told
that the Jury wltl And me Innocent.
My only concern ha. been the tor
ture to which the women have been
subjected." Evelyn Arthur See.
"Mr. See haa won. They failed to
blacken my name and they can aat
sand Mr. See to prison. Absolute
life will triumph." Mildred Bridges.
"No Jury can find Mr. See guilty,
but. even If they send us all to the
penitentiary, tha work of absolute
lire will .a on." Mrs. Stephen H.
Bridies.
"My cue I. perfect.' I am not a
prophet, but I know that this man
I. coin, to the penitentiary." Pros
ecutor Burn ham.
CHICAGO. July . With testimony
completed In the trial of Evelyn Arthur
Fee. the Jurors, by way of fortliication
against the verbal onslaught, of
counsel on Monday, attended a ball
game this afternoon and tomorrow will
be taken ajjout the city in automobiles.
Stephen Bridge, said today that hi.
wife, whom he Is suing for divorce,
gave See an average of $25 a month,
part of It for hi. personal use.
"I provided liberally for her and did
not know how she spent the money.
aid Bridges. "8 he even bought him
a horse and buggy. I think I am safe
in saying that various women have
contributed a total of $25,000 to the
'Absolute Life.' The names of most
of these women have not come out In
the trial. I know of three contribu
tor, who left the city when See was
arrested and a fourth who went - to
California. A Sheridan. Wyo.. society
woman gave him $2500. but she. too, got
out of the way before the trial."
See Doe. Not Testify.
See did not take the witness stand
In his own behalf. The announcement
that the defense rested wa. made at
the opening of court by Attorney Cant
well, and came as a surprise to the
prosecution, who confidently believed
that See would take the stand to tell
hi. own .tory and interpret certain
passage, from the "Book of Life."
It Is said See waa anxious to testify,
but finally wa. persuaded by hi. at
torney to keep off the witness stand.
When court convened today attorney,
for the defense announced that they had
other witnesses, but were willing to
stand on tha evidence ' already intro
duced. The state called Mona Rees. high
priestess of the absolute life cult, and
Captain Danner, of the Sheffield station.
In rebuttal.
Mona had testified that she had writ
ten the greater part of See', unpublished
bible, and her testimony before Judge
TuthlU, In which .he Mid 8ee was the
author of the teachings, was Introduced.
Captain Danner wa. recalled for the pur
pose of proving that Haxel Danner. who
I. suing See for $60,000, I not a myth.
One of the sensation, of the day was
the dl.charge of Grant Newell a. attor
ney for Mona. He appeared when Mona
took the stand and suggested question
to a lawyer for the defense.
l.aw)er Ordered Ont.
Judge Honore reproached Newell and
ordered him out of the case. Newell
protested, but wss told that he was too
Intimate with counsel for the defense to
act for Mona.
A sensational ending came when Po
lice Captain Danner. called In rebuttal
by th state, declared that the $50,000
damage suit against See. brought In th
name of Ha.el Danner. his supposed
niece, rharglng she waa abducted by the
revealer. waa a "frame-up." He declared
there waa no such girl as Ha.el Danner,
to his knowledge, and that he had no
brother with a daughter anywhere near
the age given by the mysterious girl
litigant.
Telegram, from Galveston today an
nounce the death In a Mexican hospital
of a brother of Mona Reea. He was
wounded while serving a. a soldier In
the Mexlc.n army.
Mona Reea Brother Dies.
CHIHVAHL'A. Mexico. July $. Albert
Rees. a member of the American com
pany of Insurrecto. in the recent revo
lution and a brother of Mona Ree. wit
ness in the trial of Evelyn Arthur See.
founder of "Absolute Life" in Chicago,
died In the military ho.pltal here
July .
FARMER'S S0N ARRESTED
Too Many Bad Checks Alleged Cause
of Hood River Catch.
THE DALX.E3. Or.. July . (Special.)
T Lampbler, son of a well-to-do farmer
of Sherman County, alleged to have
drawn bad cheeks to the amount of $400
on the W.sco Warehouse Milling Com
pany, of More, and cashed the same
,-.,' waa arrested at Hood River today
on Information telegraphed -as soon as
Lamphier left here In an automobile with
two women companions.
Lamphier Is said to have arrived here
several day. .go and has been celebrat
ing since. Some bloaded stock at one
of the feel stables belonging to him haa
been attached in lieu of worthless checks
alven for automobile hire. The young
man ay owns 600 acres of wheat
land near Moro.
HOOD RIVBR. Or.. July 8.-(SpecIal.)
Acting on the advice of the authorities
of The Dalles. T. Lamphier was arrested
here today by Sheriff Tom John.on Just
after hts arrival and while he was regis
tering at a local hotel.- Two forged
paper, of $100 each were cashedr the
White House, a saloon of TheTalles.
He was driven here today by P. Doubtet.
a young chauffeur, and was accompanied
by two women.
A ticket-holder Invented by a Canadian
con lists nf a small metal box with a .prlng
fid. which pall, out a single ticket s. It
Is 'epeaeil.
SACRIFICE
"R1FM
tfatBSBsalltaaaal afcsJWtfc SH
STATUS IS PUZZLE
Teachers Find No Standard in
Their Profession.
SPEAKERS TELL DEFECTS
To Learn Reasons for Lack of Edu
cational Efficiency, Investiga
tion Is Sought by Dele
gates at Convention.
SAN FRANCISCO. July . Puxxle
ment over tha exact whereabouts of
the teaching: profession marked today's
work of the National Council of Educa
tion, meeting In advance of the larger
body's formal sessions. It sounded In
the address of President Keyes, of the
council, who declared that a "feeble
beginning" only had been made to
ward attaining a standard of educa
tional .efficiency. He pointed out fat
the teacher's position was unique in
this undesirable respect. The council
voted a committee to investigate.
Another angle was touched later in
the day by Harlan Updegraff. specialist
In school administration of the Bureau
of Education at Washington, who ex
pressed doubts as to the efficacy of
various Inducements held out to im
prove teaching services in city schools,
citing life tenures, salary increases and
permanent certificates aa likely to
work against the development of right
professional ideals." under certain cir
cumstances. Mr. Updegraff recom
mended an investigation.
Insurgents." working from the
headquartere of the Chicago delega
tion, today started a canvass of the
members by persons, each under pledge
to aecure ten others who will agree to
attend the meetings set for Monday
night at which members of the board of
directors are chosen. It was asserted
that generally not more than 1400
members vote at the meetings. The in
surgents naturally expect that what
ever additional votes they get will be
favorable to their side.
It developed today that some of the
conservatives expect to challenge the
right of schools to memberships. In
case the insurgents bring up the
tangled question of finances., and the
purposes for which money is expended.
Many "schools" .voted last year for the
election of Mrs. Young. The article
on membership. In the authorized copy
of the present constitution, does not
provide for such active membership.-
St. Paul. Minn., and Chicago have
started booms for the next conven-
"Tdelegatlon of physicians appointed
by the American Medical Association
A sale where regular prices have been greatly and genuinely
reduced; a sale where elegant garments, fine fabrics, stylishly
made up, may be bought at an amazing saving; a- sale where the
truth only is told where prices are given you, with no misleading
and deceptive "values"; in other words it's a Ben Selling Sale.
MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SUITS
Fvery Suit this season's make! The best clothing possible to make.
$35.00 Suits now $24.85 $25.00 Suits now,... .J17.85
$3000 Suits now.....?21-85 $20.00 Suits now.-. . . .$14.85
. $15.00 Suits now $11.85 i
Our Blue Serges and Black Suits
Are on Sale at These SAME REDUCTIONS
LADIES' TAILORED SUITS
'At a tremendous sacrifice. Every
Lady's Fancy Man -Tailored
Suit in stock.
AT EXACTLY ONE-HALF PEICE
Ladies $60.00 Tailored Suits, $30.00
Ladies' $50.00 Tailored Suits, $25.00
Ladies $40.00 Tailored Suits, $20.00
Ladies' $35.00 Tailored Suits, $17.50
Ladies' $25.00 Tailored Suits, $12.50
LADIES' TAILORED SUITS
BLACKS, WHITES, BLUES
Ladies' $60.00 Suits now $45.00
Ladies' $50.00 Suits now $37.50
Ladies' $40.00 Suits now $30.00
Ladies' $30.00 Suits now $22'$2
Ladies' $25.00 Suits now $18.75
LADIES' AND MISSES' HOUSE
DRESSES AND TAILORED
WASH DRESSES
Every Wash Suit in the house marked
down.
$20.00 Dresses now i2'?2
$15.00 Dresses new n
$10.00 Dresses now Tl'ti
$ 6.00 Dresses now g-jJJ-
$ 3.00 Dresses now s1-JJ
LEADING
arrived today to bring greetings and
to confer with the educators about the
safeguarding of the health of school
children.
4 00 Oregon Teachers Attend.
SALEM. Or.. July 8. (Special.) Super
intendent Alderman says 400 Oregon
teachers are in attendance at the Na
tional Kducational Association now
meeting in San Francisco.
Astoria Denied Warships.
WASHINGTON. July 8. Replying to
a request from Astoria that the war-
Your wife has been inviting you to dinner every night all these years. Why not
invite her to dine with you, tonight, at The ImperiaI-6 o'clock? You'll both enjoy it
Fine Service, Unexcelled Cuisine, Beautiful Dining Hall, Convenient Location
Music Conducted by Harold Bayley
Merchants' I.naek
Dally for Ladles
a d Gentlemen ,
12 M. te 3 P. M.
BOYS' WASH SUITS
SAILOR AND RUSSIAN STYLES
' Sizes iy2 to 10 Years
Every Boy's Wash Suit in the house is
marked down. Our stock was clean at
the opening of the season, and all we
now have is fresh, new, clean stock
absolutely different from the sale goods
ot other stores.
Boys' $1.50 Wash Suits now. .
Boys' $2.00 Wash Suits now. .
Boys' $2.50 Wash Suits now. .
Boys' $3.00 Wash Suits now. .
Boys' $3.50 Wash Suits now. .
Boys' $4.00 Wash Suits now. .
Boys' $5.00 Wash Suits now. .
Boys' $6.00 Wash Suits now. .
BOYS' KNICKERBOCKER SUITS
Eveiy Boys' Knickerbocker Suit in the
house marked down.
$ 5.00 Knickerbocker Suits.
$ 6.00 Knickerbocker Suits .
$ 7.50 Knickerbocker Suits .
$10.00 Knickerbocker Suits.
$15.00 Knickerbocker Suits .
$18.00 Knickerbocker Suits.
$20.00 Knickerbocker Suits.
CLOTHIER
shlps Milwaukee, St. Louis and Charles
ton be stationed there during the cele
bration, the Navy Department advises
these vessels are now out of commis
sion at the Puget Sound yard, and will
not be in condition for service In time.
Board to Review New Road.
SALEM. Or., July 8. (Special)
Chairman Altchlson and Commissioner
Campbell, of the State Railroad Com
mission, will leave Monday for an In
spection of the Pacific Railway & Navi
gation Company. Some rate cases are
due to be heard in the near future in
THE IMPERIAL
Entrance: Seventh and Stark
...98
.$1.35
.$1.65
.S1.98
.$2.35
.$2.65
. $3.25
.$3.98
. . $3.95
. . $4.50
. . $5.35
. . $7.50
$11.25
$13.50
. .$15.00
connection with that road, and the of
ficials have requested the Commission
to -Inspect the line before these 'cases
come up for consideration. Questions
of operation and maintenance, as this
is a new line, will be investigated by
the Commissioners.
Postofflce Established at Rowena.
WASHINGTON, July S. A postoffice
has been established at Rowena, Wasco
County, with Frank W. Bourhill aa
postmaster.
American vapor gas street lamps are be
in trid out In Jerusalem.
SPECIALS
Sunday Dinner
5:30 P.M. to 9 P.M.
S1.00