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TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, . PORTLA ITO. MAltcii. za. igio. WILSON ASKS EARLY ! EXISTING LAWS TO WEATHER BTJBEAU CHIEF WHO RESIGNS AFTER HURRIED CONTEREN'CE WITH SECBETABY HOUSTON. BE GUIDE 10 POLICY TARIFF AGREEMENT Do You Want the Best $20.00 Blue Serge Suit in America for an Even Administration Will Reverse Plan Is to Consult Leaders in Pinchot Method of Govern Advance and Offer Admin ment by Bureaus. istration Bill. ! I OUTSIDE ADVICE SOUGHT i NEED OF REVISION SEEN ! , C - I ! jr - - ' . t " t - r . - - 4; - - : j - ' .. ' - . ' V i Amendments to Conservation Stat-1 utes, However, Will Be Sought In Regular Way Sonth In 6 jm pa thy With West. t ' ' ' , " " ' ' T -'.!' r t ' " , -W - - !- L $" - ' , 'V' . ' 1j. -s. J -. :-Tm r ii. i- - " - t.,tM PROFESSOR WILLIS L. MOORE. 4 ORBGONIAN KETWS BUREAU. 'Wash ' . Inrton. Maxcb 12. The report that the ' Wilson Administration In enforcing; Its conservation policy Intends to keep strictly within the law Is gratifying to Western men in Congress, who long ' have been striving vainly to compel the administrative officers of the Govern ment to recognize the restraints lm posed upon them by Federal statutes. One of the chief complaints against Pinchotlem has been that It knew no law. and the great cry against the arbl trary methods of Mr. Pinchot while Forester, ana against others who co operated with him, was that Govern ment bureaus gave their own arbitrary regulations the force and effect of law. It Is realized, however, that neither President Wilson nor Secretary Lane, while showing due respect for the law, Intend to proceed for the next four years under the land laws now on the statute books. The new Admlnlstra ' tlon, like that which recently passed Into history, will strive for material amendments In the land laws and other laws regulating the use and develop ment of natural resources. Before new legislation Is recommended. President Wilson and Secreary Lane will ascer tain just how far existing law goes; wherein the present law needs revision, and how far some of the Government bureaus have been going beyond the law during the days of unrestrained bureaucracy. Freaest Inadequacy Admitted. XTvery man In Congress who is Inter. esiea in mo sudjcci an ib wining 10 iia.U. rU: ri : . admit the Inadequacy of the present Weatner LnieT KeSICjnS Alter , Jana laws, ana me aire neea xor revio- i . , Jon. In the past there has been no con-I TallC With HOUStOn. certea movement to revise me lana laws : thoroughly and make them applicable to conditions of the present day, and the lack of unity has been largely re sponsible for the piecemeal revision. which has proved utterly inadequate. , The opposition of the pinchot conserva- tlonlsts has also had a deterrent effect. ' for this element has been loud to pro . test against what It did not approve. and Its protests for a time were el fectlve. During the last session of Congress, however, the Pinchot conservationists received their first signal rebuff on the Connecticut River dam bill, their ' defeat being due to an uprising of - Southern and Western men in both branches of Congress a combination never before effective. The South, I WASHINGTON. March 22. Willis X however. Is growing more and more I Moore, chief ef the Weather Bureau, re sympathetlo with the West, tor It faces I many of the same conditions, now that I Cepted the resignation after a talk with the Government Is extending Its for-1 president Wilson, to become effective est reserves inio m secwon ana July .21. Professov Moore Is a. Demo WILLIS MOORE OUT WHITE HOUSE GIVES NEWS Professor Sold to Hare Appeared Disturbed After Conference With Secretary Scientific Man. Songfat for Place. is the definite statement that Presl dent Wilson Is earnestly seeking John R. Mott, one of the prominent Interna tional secretaries of the Young Men's Christian Association, to take the post of Minister to China. It Is suggested In official circles that the Admlnlstra tlon recognizes the Influence which American missions and religious Insti tutions have had in the regeneration of China, and believes Mr. Mott could be an important factor in the harmon ious discharge of the best views of the mission world with respect to China and the Washington Administration as weU. With, the acceptance of Mr. Mott and perhaps a supplementary statement on the American attitude toward securing trade development on the Orient. It Is believed the climax of the Chinese sit uation will be the formal recognition by this Government of the Chlneses Re public Disinterested Business Men to Be Called to White noose Pres ent Intention Is Not to Make Official Programme. WASHINGTON. March St. President I Wilson hopes to do most of the fight ing for tariff revision before ConjrreJts I begins Its work early In April. The president is of the opinion that It is better to do the talking and the figbt- I lng If any Is necessary before the spe cial session Is far along, rather than allow differences of opinion to crop ont as the tariff bill progresses through I Congress. He expects to give the Administra tion's backing to a tariff bill that will represent the views of himself and his Cabinet, leaders of both the Senate and Bouse and of the country at large as welL Leaders to Be Oacwsdted. Within the next few weeks he wttl consult with party leaders frequently and as soon as the schedules of the Payne-Aldrich bill have been changed to conform to Democratic standards he will meet these leaders to determine upon tbe plan that is to receive his sun. port. The President wishes to see the force of the White House and those of Congress united In any effort to pass tne tarin legislation on which they all are agreed. Not only will the President consult Democratic leaders, but he will talk over with disinterested business men representing all sections of the coun try the proposed changes and their probable effect on various Industries. The President does not Intend to hold any hearings on the tariff, but from time to time he will confer with mends familiar with particular sched ules. - He already has held several such conferences and more will follow be fore April 7. Tariff TJppermost in Mind. The tariff Is foremost In the Presi dent's mind. He has no present Inten- tlon of attempting to confine the ac tivities of the special session to the tariff only, but is Inclined to the belief tnat it is better not to make out In advance any "Administration pro gramme" of legislation which might be tne cause oi complications. If tbe tariff sailing is smooth, cur rency reform and other subjects re garded by the President as less Import ant may be taken up and put through tncir iirst stages at least before ad journment is taken. It's the absolute truth: The Blue Serge Suits we've been selling at $20 are the best procurable at that price in America today. They are made of pure wool fabrics, chemically tested for fastness of color. They are lined with serges or alpaca the best lining fabrics to be had. Fit and finish are absolutely flawless. Collar, shoulder and front are guaranteed to be shape-retaining if a suit fails to make good we will! We've models for every fig ure tall or short, stout or slim. Styles to suit all tastes conservative or otherwise. If you buy one of these suits, you get the best $20 value procurable for only ., $16 ifs ' n pn- ' r : mm Pomrtk a4 Alfrr Street Clothing Co. isBstBM dertaklng to regulate water-power do- I erst mil was a candidate for unolni. veiopmeni mere, iu mo nm. South, like the West. Is disinclined to accept the theories of Pinchot aj against the more practical methods pro posed by men who believe true con servation means use. rather than reser ' vatlon. Law Of tea Exceeded. ment as Secretary of Agriculture. Secretary Houston explained that the office of tbe chief of the Weather Bu reau was not covered by civil service and was a Presidential appointment. Sdentifle Ability W1U Comt "We have no one in mind now, said If the Wilson Administration, before outlining Its conservation policy to Congress, goes ahead with an Investi gation Into the workings of those bu reaus which have Jurisdiction over con servation Questions. It will find many Instances where the law has been ex ceeded, and tbe fact that an Investi gation Is Dro posed Is indication In ad- - vance that this practice Is to be checked. Disregard of the restraints Imposed by law grew up In the days m-hen Mr. Pinchot was rorester, ana his friend. James A. Garfield, was Sec retary of the Interior. Garfield had 'as an Attorney-General for his depart- and administrative talent.1 When President Wilson come Into of. flee and officials of the Department of Agriculture holding Presidential ap polntments handed in their resigna tions. Professor Moore was not among them. Petitions had been circulated previously, urging on President Wilson the selection of Professor Moor to be Secretary of Agriculture. Since Secretary Houston was ap- appointed. the White House has re ceived large numbers of letters and telegrams urging that Professor Moore Service. After wooarutf Decame As sistant Attorney-General, be wrote an Moore Seems Disturbed. The first Intimation that Professor opinion holding that the Secretary of I Moore was to quit came early today the Interior could do with affairs un- I when It was said at the Whits House der his Jurisdiction anything not spe- that he "would resign." Moore de clflcally prohibited by law. Ha had I cllned to discuss the subject and hur- prevlously so advised Mr. Pinchot wltn I rled to the Department of Agriculture regard to forestry matters, un tnat for a conference wltn Secretary Hons opinion grew up the Pinchot method of ton. Mr. Moore emerged from the Sec a-overnlnr by regulations, made without I retary's office somewhat disturbed! authority of law, and of ten-times in callers In the outside office thought, conflict with the law. I and later his resignation was an- When Pinchot was out and Garfield 1 nounced. Professor Moere himself later had retired to private life, the Wood- I declined to make a statement. ruff opinion was to some extent for- "Everything is all friendly," was his gotten, and the Interior Department i comment. "After July SI I shall retire and Forest Service got back closer to I to my farm. the law. So firmly had become tne om habit, however, that neither depart ment fully recovered and today there are regulations In force that have no authority in law, and especially In the Interior Department, for Samuel Ad ama. of Chicago, late Assistant Sec retary of the interior, neia mucn me I , tviutoiv imrvw xnx i.mi view .11. . wu u . . RAILWAYS DENY CLAIMS Ossaplsints tm Be Investigated. Complaint of these old abuses have been called to the attention of Presi dent Wilson and Secretary Lane, and on these complaints, it Is said. Investi gation Is to be made. The field Is so broad that several months will be re quired to find out Just what prac tices prevail, but when the trouble Is located and the new Administration MEJf ARE SECONDARY. Stockholders, Bays Witness. Put Sloney Into Road and Are Entitled to Profits. NEW YORK, March JS. Employes of the Baltimore & Ohio, the Pennsylva- . IT".!1 wi:.: LI":';. , "V. nit and the Delaware, Lackawanna & expect to co-operate, provided I ' ' V . . , J V 7 " ' Kress the attitude of the new Administration fore the arbitration board to uphold does not go beyond what the West be- th contention of the Eastern railroads that the demands of their firemen for higher wages were not Justified. It was the second day of the rail roads' side of the case In the axbltra- . lleves Is right. There is no substantial demand In ', Congress, as the Pinchot conservatlon- Ut. 1 1... fur- tnrnin- over thu nnhllo domain to the states. There Is a stronirltlon proceedings under the Erdman act . sentiment In favor of co-operation be- These witnesses declared that, while ' tween the states and the Federal Gov- locomotives had increased In size and ; emment. each to ooerate in Its own burned more coal than formerly, me ' particular Jurisdiction, and if the Ad- chanlcal Improvements had lightened 1 ministration arrays lise'.f on the side the labors of the firemen. a tit law. lays down a policy for revis-1 S. G. Wise, assistant road foreman J lng the law to make It more practicable J of the middle division of the Pennsyl . and more effective than existing law, vanla at Altoona. Pa, and ten years and shows that the proposed charges are in the Interest of proper develop - ment. Western and Southern men In ' Congress will co-operate heartily. a fireman, said tnat ne did not tnink firemen should share In the Increased revenue of the railroads. "The stock holders have put their money In the road." he said, "and they ought to have the profits." Wise said that while working as a fireman and engineer he had saved ' t.i. , n . enough to own bis Home. In 1902, he GERMANS NEED MORE CASH Sale of Cigarettes and Alcohol. Id. firemen drew from $60 to $70 a month, but they wonted harder than the men who drew $100 a month and sometimes more. BERLIN". March The German government, in order to cover the con- ISny 'TsT.:: OFF, WILSON'S PLAN ment of government monopolies in the U flf rf frAJ-ettss- matrhM and ulrnhol The Lokal Anielger says the govern- na commerce oi ino new repuouc ment Intended originally, to rely on tnrougn wnat u Deiieves more legiu- other sources of revenue for this pur- j mate means is hinted at In official pose, but opposition from several of circles. ti e federated states was encountered. 1 Of special significance at this time POIiEXTER THEIR ALLY OFFICERS GOING TO SCHOOL Oregon Militia Commander to Pass Week at Fort Stevens. BIGAMIST MAY RETURN One Brigadier-General, one Colonel one Lieutenant-Colonel, two Majors, 12 Captains, 11 First Lieutenants, eight necona lieutenants and one officer of the Medical Corps, with 62 enlisted men Vote on Tariff Reduction May Be I of the Coast Artillery Corps and two Word privates oi tne Hospital corps, in ac cordance with orders received from the War Department, must attend an "of ficers' school" at Fort Stevens for one whole week. May 8 to 13. In addition. an advance detail of one officer and three enliBted men is authorised. DEMOCRATS COTJNT OX AID OF WASHTXGTOX SENATOR. Xeeded in Event of Differences In Own Ranks. OAKLAND HOPES YET TO PROS ECTJTE COOPER. Comes African That South Forgery Charge ls Weak and Plans for Rearrest Are Made OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, March 22. Senator Poindexter, of Washington, . Is regarded by the Democrats of the Senate as an ally upon whom they can rely in case of OAKLAND. Cal- March 22. (Special.) nn.ro 1 nrilar vrnra 1aamu4 .... A4aw I ..... . . . . . . 1 those who must attend the school Abraham, ex-convict, soldier of for by Adjutant-General Finser, and di-1 . ,..,. hlnnilit and recting Colonel C. C. Hammond, com- ,,,,;. thief, mav vet face an Oak- on three cnarges oi jaw rhiaf nf TnlloA Petersen wnetner there is any I Th iiririuiiAr.n.n.ni -n.-h. .! I ... A r. t, u tanlt unrirtat.lr.p- h.n Poind. I 7 ,T,: OI tne can wuoi.i.i. irf...icUu..,. a - v- a i x. I ---- t inn aiaiB JLeutLi tiuaiii, ito cvci L" ""a eJT.t. "" Colons C. C. Hammond, of Eugene; vices from Natal, South Africa, to the ... lne i-euxenant-v;oionei is uerton iv. lleve fully that they will have the co- 1 1 -, . p. n. . .v, ,,. ,. operation of the Junior Senator from ,ra Gedra-a F. Wlllr,rhhv' nr Kno and Stanley J. Hammel, of Portland. xne war department s orders are that tbe school is "not to exceed the period Indicated," or one week. emergency growing out of disaffection mandlng the Coast Artillery Corps, to Jand Judge ... - -.. '7 .'.r B" ln8 necessary steps to carry outbreaking Chief "0 ,Tr V'C XV" ZZZ !'. ha. been informed by Warden Hoyle, Washington on much legislation. Though elected as a Republican, Sen ator Poindexter has renounced that party and stands forth as the only member of the Senate who is neither Democrat nor Republican. He Is pure Bull Moose. Independent of both the old parties, he finds himself far more In harmony with the Democrats than with the Republicans. This was recog nized by the Democratic caucus, for, while the Republican caucus gave to Poindexter all the committees he had In the last Congress, the Democratic offpft that the case against the ad venturer there is considered weak, and it is believed that he will be cleared of the forgery charge against him. Petersen has communicated witn me South Africa authorities instructing them to hold Cooper for trial In this city In the event tnat ne cannot De .miriit-fxi in Ttrittsh courts. In the STREET BUMPS CAUSE SUIT :- & .o Automobile Man Says Town Trying If brought back to Oakland, Cooper ci,.. . tt ii will face three charges. He will be charged with having secured $1000 from a. 11 Tl.T 1 1 V, t V. 1 1 Tl . I rM- fal. nr.. Winetka City. 111., almost went broke :' ' " ".TJ "... .i Mnn,nn. caucus gave him the chairmanship of as the result of putting bumps in the marriage with Miss Anna Milbrath and one of the minority committees, that streets In an effort to stop speeders. with having forged a $15,000 draft on expenditures in the War Depart-I sM .r w. nirff. , , r i " .?-.J5. -n . . . . . . . , . i - . . . . ' v.. ... ...wv wnicn ne LLeijipiei --"i 11 other than a Democrat, who received the Bhow. After being paroled from San Quentin fimti; IV. "l 8ee h The Oregonian that they in. several years ago, Cooper came to Th TT.n?r.H i c. ten& trying the same Idea here, and I'd Oakland as Dr. Milton Abraham. He The Democratic majority In the Sen- v. . u.i j u i ,i.k ,n if whiin ha courted ate is so smaii tnat tno deflection ot a , r .ZM: .7-Z . .i mi n.i.v ciimm. few n.mnonitlA vntAt oan hnln nr a I A U1B 1B WOt OappOIiea: Along in " - ' paTtyommJand8 itf. ftSrty wel U 0. I ?ot sure which, they laid and JUs. ' M"brath both of whom were nri.rtnnA th n .h. ..-if down bompi in the streets. A party nurses In St. Anthony s Pai. e .u. n" r-.Z-':i lot utomobillat from n.it of town nrov. suddenly eloped wixn jniss aiuDratu .,T "rVr:T-. I?ulin7.-r' , im ,11. i,n,.,. n( .... k.. k and It was then discovered that he stancr several Southern Democra" done. Among the party was an elderiy J secu01 who will not vote for free sugar; there woman. I- . , .fc.t.io n th. nnr.. are others who will not vote for free "Traveling at a legal rate of speed, gentation tnat ha had fallen heir to an ."".'"T"! " " """v. "u '"y '"" enormous estate In England, proposed. Senator Poindexter la as Mured In soma way or other and died i v,i. -hnmrter was made Dubllc radical a tariff reductionist as Is to be from the shock. The others sued the and wltn the police of the entire world found In the entire Senate, and the Citv Council, won had tha an. ... .. hi. w o Democratic leaders are counting on his pealed against them by the city, and south Africa, where he forged checks -uv.-v-ui. .u i.u, mm." jouna that the United states court up- for $5000 and fled to Australia, wnere schedules over which ths DemocraOc held them In thelr Bult for heavy dam- he was captured. , RELIEF CALL SENT OUT ALABAMANS APPEAL TO PRESI DENT AXD GOVERNOR. ages. In a Bhort time three other suits were pending, and I tell you it almost busted the town. It certainly caused a great stir In Eastern legislation. Tell the Portland city fathers not to do any thing rash." sens are canvassing tonight for money and supplies for the relief of storm vie .i t-,.. i...k t- i- hioh and the horse ran away. The auto- Patrolman Schirmer. who was Frelghthouse Promised Soon. FOREST GROVE. Or., March 22. ISnecial.) Work will be commenced shortly upon the Portland, Eugene & Eastern freighthouse at Main street ail First avenue South, and lnforma- AUTO HITS WAGON, 2. HURT 5 ?li?SZy& be running into Forest Grove over tne Nick and Joe Thomas Are Injured as new line not later than July 1. The attractive aepoi, constructed oi n Cbauxfeur Speeds Away. tural woods, supplemented by massive pillars of cut stone, with pressed brick Struck by an automobile at East facings, is about completed. The Twenty-third street and Hawthorne I poles for the carrying of the power lines have all teen erectea ana tne wire-stringing gangs will soon be with in the city limits. At present carload freight is being brought up into town, steam motive power being used, and Death List In Peach Tree Section Is 28 Maiiy Are Hurt and TlnrnM 4m Tlfsfrn vol avenue, Nick Thomas and Joe Thomas MOBILE. Ala-. M"aTch 22. Mobile cltt- w?" h"rled from, " "f" waoa unloaded within section. , block of the business LAWYERS DINE TUESDAY Multnomah Bar Association to Bold Annual Banquet. Arrangements are being made for the annual banquet of the Multnomah Bar Association, In the crystal salon of ths new Oregon Hotel, at 6:30 o'clock Tues day evening. The principal speaker of the evening will be Justice Stephen J. Chadwlck, of the Supreme Court of the State of Washington, a son of ex-Gov ernor Chadwlck of Oregon. Other short addresses will be made by J. C. More land, Walter H. Evans, Judge George N. Davis, Justice Thomas A. McBrlde and C. E. a Wood. This banquet is tendered In honor of seven of the oldest practitioners at the Multnomah County bar, namely, John H. Woodward, Rufus Mallory, Cyrus A. Dolph, P. L. Willis, H. H. Northup, Richard Williams and J. C. Moreland. Tickets can be obtained from the treasurer, Roscoe P. Hurst, up to 3 o clock Monday afternoon. the state charges that he was partially responsible for publishing and circulat ing unsigned circulars attacking the McClaran administration. The poster and advertisement, which was published in a Forest Grove paper, contained Insinuations that reflected upon the Integrity of McClaran and the County Board. Many witnesses are present and the case probably will not go to the Jury for several days. RICH FARMER ON TRIAL Violation of Corrupt Practices Act Charged to John Heisler, HILLSBORO, Or., March 22. (Spe cial.) John Heisler, a wealthy capitalist-farmer of Gales Creek, is today on trial, Indicted for alleged violation of the corrupt practices act. Heisler and his Dolitical friends were opposing John McClaran as candidate for County Com missioner at the November election, and Diamonds '4 LESS These remarkable val ues have never been equaled in Portland. The Diamond market conditions indicate an increase of 15 per cent. TheJ. K. Gili Co. Gill's March Sale Of Books Ij Now In Progress. Take Advantage ' Third And Alder 5t. which they were driving and were in jured. The wagon was smashed to bits. cyclone virtually was wiped out by Friday. Reports from the stricken district have brought tbe death list in that sec tion up to 28. Many are reported seri ously hurt. sent to the place, sent Nick Thomas to St. Vinrent's Hospital In an ambulance service machine. He was found to have two broken ribs and to be suffering I . - n 1 n . n 1 l.li,.. Tln.U 1 ( .1 I J J f 1 . I Jt I lUVOlUM til J Ulltg. WUUi .VJ Obb ",u ocnu.UB -VV. w r...u5..i . ., TT.mm fin.ntv.fnnrlh ...) .. Wilson and Governor O Nell. Mobile clt-l" ' r- zens are raising a fund for the imme diate relief of the sufferers who have I lost their homes. Reports tonight tell of great dam-1 Rem sen Board Seems Doomed. WASHINGTON. March 22. Confer- ags In Greenville. Forest Home. Burnt I ences today between Dr. Ira F. Remsen. Corn, Coy. Vreedenberg and Beatrice, I president of the so-called "Remsen Pure but no loss of life. Reports from Food Board;" Secretary Houston of the Thomasville that five had been killed Department of Agriculture, and Presl- could not be confirmed. One report dent Wilson led to reports that the from Lower Peach Tree says the wind Remsen board soon would be dissolved. blew the clothes off some of the bodies Neither Secretary Houston nor Dr. found, and that chickens were stripped I Remsen would make positive state- of their feathers. Iments- Yoor OSooo Needs the purifying effects of Hoods Sarsaparllla NOW. Get it today. FOR SALE At a Bargain AN AUTO BUS 60 H. P., 6-cylinder, seating , capacity inside, 14 per sons. Only used a short time; in best of condi tion. Will send photo and specifications on re quest. Part cash, bal ance monthly. Hotel Savoy Seattle, Wash. ARONSON'S REMOVAL SALE O N V2 OFF Clocks Cut Glass Umbrellas Sterling Toilet Ware Silver Deposit Ware Jewelry Novelties Hand-Painted China Ladies' Handbags Silver-Plated Ware A OFF S WATCHES Solid Gold Jewalry . Including Rings; Chains, Bracelets, Lock ets, Brooches, Pins, Lodge Em blems, Buttons, Etc. ARONSON'S 294 WASHINGTON S-REET I Wan tain Location. Corner aKton and Broadway. J S