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THE SUNDAY OliEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 1, 1914. TRUST INQUIRY HOT TO BE DUPLICATED 273-275 MORRISON AT FOURTH 273-275 MORRISON AT FOURTH While House Committee Hears Witnesses, Senators Will Invite Correspondence. FTT fidi TWO NEW BILLS IN VIEW A FOURTH at Supervision of Issuance of Railroad Securities and Prohibition of Holding: Concerns Yet to Be Perfected. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Winding up a week of consideration of the Ad ministration's anti-trust legislative programme, members of committees of the House and Senate predicted today that the bills suggested in President "Wilson's message would be ready for Congress before March 1. Hearings before the House judiciary and Interstate committees, it was an nounced, would be prolonged and the Senate Interstate commerce committee with the approval of the President, will receive suggestions by mail from men of affairs Interested In the subject Instead of conducting formal hearings. Besides perfecting the interstate trade commission bill and drafting tentative measures designed to supplement the Sherman anti-trust act, the committees have two other Important matters to dispose of. These are: To draft a bill giving: the Interstate Commerce Commission supervision of the issuance of railroad securities. To determine upon terms of an amendment to the tentative trade rela tions bill, which would prohibit hold ing companies. Securities Bill Considered. Members of the House interstate commerce committee, headed by Repre sentative Adamson, of Georgia, are at work on the railroad securities bill and the Senate committee considered this subject today. Chairman Newlands being authorized to get together all bills pending: on the subject. The Sen ator said it was likely his committee would consult with the Adams, commit tee on the matter In the near future. Sub-committees already were studying the subject of holding companies and their effect on the business of the country, he added. Republican members of the Senate Interstate commerce committee showed active interest in the trust bills today and Senator Cummins, of Iowa offered several amendments to the trade com mission bill, which would extend the powers of the commission. The Demo cratic members believe the proposed, trade commission should not have ad ministrative authority. Sales Below Cost May Be Probed. Besides giving the trade commission authority to regulate the size of corpo rations. Senator Cummins proposed amendments which would also em power it to determine whether any person or corporation is violating the law with respect to sales below actual ' cost for the purpose of inflicting injury upon a competitor, and whether any corporation Is violating the law with respect to the amount of its capitaliza tion as compared with the value of its property." PROPORTIONAL PLAN IS UP Mcne to Initiate Xew Representation Basis Takes 'Shape. Backed by various organizations a plan to initiate proportional represen tation for the next general election is being formulated. Among the organ izations which are participating in the movement, acoording to Nettie May Kankin, a teacher and lawyer, of 1030 East Main street, are the Farmers' Equity, the Grange, the FaAners' Union, the American Federation of La bor, the Oregon Civic League, and the Woman's Political Science League: "It is intended," says Miss Rankin, "that this shall become a statewide campaign for actual representation of the people of Oregon. No party or clique has any private claim on It. Being fathered as it is by these various organizations that may es pouse it it will be mothered by the people distributed throughout the State of Oregon, with management head quarters in Portland." The bill itself is yet in its formative state and will be greatly modified be fore launched for initiation. EDWIN L. ROSE STRICKEN IYrmer Michigan Man, 6 7 Years Old, faints on Street and Dies. Edwin L. Rose, 67 years old and re cently from Michigan, fell fainting at First and Alder streets at 10 o'clock last night and died before he could be taken to a hospital. A call from a citizen brought the police patrol to the place where he fell and no particular fear was felt for the man until he regained consciousness for an instant at police headquarters. He gasped out the fact that he was subject to heart trouble before he died. He was residing with his son, Harry m. -itose, at ziu .Morrison street. "REFORM" IS SHORTLIVED Young Highwayman Tries to Deliver 60 Prisoners From School. IONE. Cal.. Jan. 31. Six days after promising Judge Donahue that he would behave himself, Estland Brit ton, youthful highwayman of good family, attempted a wholesale deliv ery of 60 or more boy prisoners at the Preston School of Industry at lone. Guards quelled the attempt after Brit tain had assaulted an aged watchman with an iron bolt. Brlttain married his 16-year-old sweetheart, Gertrude Crawford, the day before he was sentenced. WOMEN DECIDE F,0R WOMEN First Feminine Jury in Polk County Says Man Is In Wrong. DALLAS. ' Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) Polk County's first woman Jury today brought in a verdict for a member of their sex, Winnie Davidson, plaintiff in a civil action against G. W. Pickett, over a deed for property. The Jury consisted of Miss Bertha Serr. foreman: Mrs. Ora Cofper, Mrs. B. D. M. Metzger, Mrs. H. C Seymour Mrs. Anna Coad and Mrs. Will Green wood. This is believed to have been the second feminine jury sitting on a case In Oregon. , We have moved back to our old home, Corner Fourth and Morrison Sts., where we shall be most happy to receive all our old friends and patrons. You'll find our old hew' store a most attractive place. It is fitted as handsomely as a store can be fitted and arranged most conveniently for the accomodation of our customers. The Men's Clothing Department on the Morrison St. corner; the Ladies' Department adjoining on the first floor; the Men's Furnishings and Hat Departments in rear of store. We shall maintain the same high standard of style and quality as in the past. Our Spring styles are already arriving and in a few days we shall put them on exhibition. In the Meantime We on Our Winter Stock. Have Some Special Values to Offer You Beginning Monday Morning We Make- Special Price Reductions on All Men's Winter-weight Overcoats Your Choice of $25 or $30 Overcoats . $16.50 $35 or $40 Overcoats . $23.50 $45 or $50 Overcoats . $29.50 Special Offerings in Ladies' Dept. Choice of any Dress in the store at just half price. This includes Party Dresses, Ladies' Fine Tailored .Suits at special reductions: $35 to $40 Suits $17.50 $45 to $50 Suits 21.50 $50 to $75 Suits. $29.50 Special reductions on Ladies' Coats Special Reductions on All Ches terfield Suits, Winter Weight Your Choice of ' $25 or $30 Suits .... $17.50 $35 or $40 Suits .... $24.50 $45 or $50 Suits (f,.) $32.50 Store Opens for Business Monday Morning, February Second 273-275 MORRISON AT FOURTH Mo Mo Gray 273-275 MORRISON AT FOURTH 60 CHARGES IDE Switf & Co. and Three Rail roads Are Indicted. ANCIENT BILLS ALLOWED Government A pent Says Pennsyl vania Lines Paid Claims on Switching Charges 10 Years Old and Outlawed. . CHICAGO, Jan. 31. Indictments against three railroads and the pack ing Arm of Swift & Co. were returned by the Federal grand jury today on charges of rebating brought by special agents of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The railroads indicted are the Pennsylvania, its subsidiary, the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis, known as the Panhandle, and the Chicago & Northwestern". Named in the indictments are the Ann Arbor Railroad Company, of Michigan, charged with having rebated to Swift & Co.; the V. H. Merritt Grain Com pany, of Chicago, charged with having received rebates on the Pennsylvania lines; the B. A. Eckhart Milling Com pany, of Chicago, charged with having received rebates from the Panhandle, and the David Rutter Coal Company, of Evanston, 111., charged with having re ceived rebates from the Northwestern. Firm Face. Fines of $l,2OO,OO0. Swift & Co. face a possible fine of $1,200,000. The bill charges 60 alleged violations of the interstate commerce laws. The Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Chi cago & St. Louis Railroad, known as the Panhandle, and the Pennsylvania Company are named in one joint indict ment and a separate Indictment in ad dition is returned against the Pan handle. Swift & Co. may be liable for fines of $20,000 each on the 60 counts. It was charged that the packingcompany ob tained concessions from the published carload rates of the Chicago & North western road and the Ann Arbor Rail road Company on various shipments from Chicago to points on the Ann Arbor road. The concessions were ob tained, it is said, by obtaining carload rates on less than carload shipments. Switching Claim. Allowed The indictments against the Pennsyl vania lines and the Panhandle concern alleged rebates to W. H. Merritt Grain Company, of Chicago. The charges are that the Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburg, which Include the Panhandle System, rebated to the Merritt Arm by allowing car-switching charges which had been outlawed and some of which were 10 years old. P. F. Marsh, special agent of the Interstate Commerce Com mission, testified before the grand jury that switching claims calling for re funds of $2 a car were attached to freight bills and allowed without qiies tion by the railway auditors, although the grain company bad no right to col lect them. JUDGE HUMPHRIES LOSES State Supreme Court Grants Change of Venue In Contempt Cases. OLTMPIA, Wash., Jan. 31. (Special.) Thomas W. Russell, ex-president of the United Mine Workers of America. for the Pacific Northwest; Emil Hen drickson, a carpenter, and Thorwald Siegfried, an attorney, all of Seattle, who. were denied changes of venue when cited for contempt of court last Autumn by John E. Humphries, Su perior Judge, obtained changes of venue by reason of an order of the State Su preme Court issued today. The decision, written by Chief Jus tice Herman D. -'Crow, says that the alleged offense took place outside the courtroom, and that on the showing made, the defendants clearly are en titled to a change of venue. The cases grew out of the restrain ing order Issued by Judge Humphries last Summer forbidding street speaking in Seattle, and his imprisonment of persons who violated the injunction. Thomas W. Russell, Hendrickson and hundreds of others signed a "resolution of defiance, announcing their intention to violate publicly the injunction. Humphries cited scores of men and wo men for contempt, imposed heavy fines and cast many persons into jail. Through the efforts of three news papers and Governor Lister, Judge Humphries was induced to release the prisoners, remit the fines and desist from further proceedings in the street speaking: matter. Siegfried was cited because he had complained to the Bar Association of Judge Humphries' con duct. Lawyers say the Washington .Su preme Court took direct issue with the Idaho Superior Court, which in 1912, in contempt cases against Boise news papermen, growing from the barring of Roosevelt electors from the Idaho ticket, decided a Legislature could pre scribe no rules to limit courts in their right to punish for contempt. Judge Humphries, it is said, followed this theory in refusing to allow a change of judges. MILITIA BILL OPPOSED CHAIRMAN HAT DECIDEDLY HOS TILE TOWARD MEASURE. NEW CHARGE PREFERRED MRS. ROSS CAUSES REARREST OF ALLEGED NIGHTRIDERS, Ten of Original Number and One More Are Accused of Arson No War rant Isued by Superior Judge. SOUTH BEND, Wash., Jan. 31. (Spe cial.) Ten of the 11 North River Bet tiers who were acquitted last night on a charge of assault, in driving Mrs. Margaret II. Ross off her claim the night of Sunday, January 11, were re arrested late in the night on a charge of arson preferred by Mrs. Ross. One other defendant, Mike Hanrahan, was added, making the total 11 again. The nightriders who drove her and her two sons from their house, burned it to the ground and this is the basis of the complaint. Mrs. Margaret M. Ross went before Superior Judge Wright and upon rep resentation that her life and the livs of her sons and others in the com munity were in danger if they re turned, filed information charging ar son in the first degree. The original defendant who was eliminated is Earl Timmens. The 11 were arraigned in Superior Court this afternoon. After a severe lecture in which Judge Wright admon ished the defendants that the life of every .citizen was protected and would be protected in this county, and that the court would deal summarily with any more infractions of the law, the hearing was set for February 24. The defendants were released on their own recognizance. Prosecutor ITe wen informed the court that he would refuse to prosecute un less upon written order of court. As a result Bond and Eddy were appointed special prosecutors. Robert G. Cham bers is temporary counsel for defend ants. INSANE WOMAN . HEIRESS (Continued From First Pasa.) er of fine horses. He organized under his own name a buggy and wagon fac tory. After accumulating a fortune he retired, and later disappeared. - Hopeless Incompetency 'of National Guard In Many Southern States Cause of Much Feeling. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 81. It begins to look as if the militia pay bill, indorsed by the Adjutant-Generals of the various states at the recent Washington conference, will be put over until another session of Congress, because of the appropria tion involved. In Democratic circles a great deal of opposition has sprung up and Chairman Hay, of the House committee on military affairs, is de cidedly hostile to the bill. Outwardly Democrats are opposing this bill because they maintain it will operate to reduce the size of the Na tional Guard in many states, as it would where the guard is topheavy with officers and where the enlisted men are not able to meet the regular Army requirements. The National Guard in many South ern states Is little more than a joke and the promoters of the militia pay bill had this defect in mind when they drafted the measure. While the guard of many Southern states is hopelessly Incompetent, however. Senators and Representatives from those states will not admit the fact. The prime reason, howeter, for side tracking the militia pay bill is to hold down the appropriations for this session. D AIL'S METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Jan. 81. Maximum temper ature, 51.8 degrees; minimum, 44.6 degrees. River reading, 8 A. M.. 8.C feet; change in last SA hours. l.B feet fall. Total rainfall 5 P. M. to 5 P. M-, .08 inch; total rainfall since September 1, 1913. 26.5rt inches; norma) rainfall since September 1, 5.84 inches; ex cess of rainfall Blnce September 1, 1913. .72 inch. Total sunshine. 1 hour IS minutes; possible sunshine, 9 hours 41 minutes. Bar ometer (reduced to sea level) at 5 P. M., 80i22 Inches. THE "WEATHER. STATIONS. Wind e Stat ot weather. (Baker ......... Boise .......... Boston ........ Calgary Chicago Denver Des Moines . . . . Duluth Eureka Qalveston Helena Jacksonville . . . Kansas City . . . laurler ........ Los Angeles ... Marshfield Medford Montreal Xew Orleans . . New York North Head . . . North Yakima . Phoenix Pocatello ...... Portland Roseburg Sacramento .... St. Louis ...... St. Paul Salt Lake San Francisco . Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh Island Walla Walla . . Washington . . . Winnipeg ...... 82 0.00 4 S Snow 8'0.04 4 SE Cloudy 40 l.OO NBS Rain S8O.00 . . . Pt. cloudy 32! 1. SOI 40 0.00 sa t. 24 T. 5O'0.O 14'N f 6s:0.oo ios 5K.O.W) 4 SK 70:0.12' 6 W 44O.00:12W 33 iO. 15 lO'N 78;O.OOi 4 W 4S0.14! BIX 50'O.OO . .1. . . Clear 12 0.60,16 NE Snow 50.O.O0I 4 NW Clear B6'0.822;NW '.Cloudy 4s;0.48il8NWCloudy 4XV.U0 sw iCIear BftO.OO 4 NW 32 T. 6 SB 610. OS, 8 W 50 0.0V 4ISW 'Rain t B4;0.00l 4 NWClear 42;.2y20:'NW!cioudy 28;U.01iS0:NWClear 8(SW Pt. cloudy 4, SIS Clear 8 NW Clear 14 W Cloudy ipt. cloudy Clear ICloudy .Clear ICIear Cloudy iCIear Rain Clear Snow Pt. cloudy 3S;o.(H! 4'SE 42 0.01! 6 W 48 .28 22 SW 46 0.70 28W 56i'0.0214W ft8!O.00: 4 NW ; 2 T. 10'NW Cloudy C-lear Cloudy ft. cloudy Pt. cloudy Cloudy iCIear Clear WEATHER CONDITIONS. A small disturbance Is central over the Canadian Northwest and a storm of decided character overlies the lower Lake region. The barometer is rising along the Washing. ton coast, and it Is relatively high over Southern Oregon and the Southern Rocky Mountain states. Kam nas taiien in v, est ern Oregon and Washington, and light snow has occurred in Eastern Oregon and Idaho. Snow, heavy in places, has also fallen in the Lake region and rain has occurred in New England and the Middle Atlantic states. It is much colder In Minnesota, the Dakotas, the upper Ohio Valley, and in East Tennes see. The temperature has risen in the mid dle Mississippi Valley. The conditions are favorable for generally fair weather Sunday in Western Oregon and Western Washington and for snow flurries In the district east of the Cascade Mountains. FORECAST. Portland and vicinity Generally fair; westerly winds. Oregon and Washington Generally fair west, snow flurries east portion- westerlv winds. Idaho Snow flurries. EDWARD A. BEAL8, District Forecaster. FEUD LEADER FOUND DEAD Man's Neck Broken,' Though Peace Was Thought Restored. M1DDLESBORO. Ky Jan. 31. Andrew Turner, one of the leaders of the Turner-Souders feud. which startled this country about 30 years ago, was found dead at Stony Fork Junction tonight. His neck was broken and it is believed he met with foul play. He was 56 years old. The Turner Souders fued was supposed to have ended 25 years ago. Cocoanut and Sea Lion Cast Up. SEASIDE, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) Two things of unusual Interest were cast up by the sea on the beach here during the last week, one a half-grown WHY GRIP IS DANGEROUS. It la an Epidemic Catarrhal Fever Caused by a Bacillus that Gener ally Leaves the Patient Weak After the Acute Stage Has Passed. Grip Patients Grateful to Peruna, the Expectorant Tonic. Do not make the error of regarding grip as an exaggerated cold. There Is a big difference between the two. Grip is an epidemic disease that poi sons the vital organs. When a per son has grip, the air passages are alive with millions of bacilli poison ing the blood. The Infected person feels tired and exhausted. Peruna is a Tonio Laxative. It requires a good tonic laxative to keep the body of the patient as strong as possible to counteract the effect of the poisons created by the grip bacil lus. An expectorant tonio with some laxative qualities Is- the safest rem edy. Such is Peruna. Beware es pecially of coal tar powders or tablets because they lessen the vitality of the patient There is no specific for the grip. Peruna has been used with good success in former grip epidemics. In dications point to the return of grip this winter. Do not tall to read the experience of former grip patients with Peruna. Mrs. Gentry Gates, 8219 First Ave, East Lake, Ala., writes: "I had a bad case of grip. I tried Peruna and It cured me. I can safely say it is a. fine medicine." Mrs. Charles E. Wells, Sr., 230 South St., Delaware, Ohio, writes: "After a severe attack of la grippe I took Peruna and found it a good tonio." sealion, which is now in captivity near the Moore Hotel, and the other a cocoanut in its fibrous coat, supposed to have drifted several thousand miles from the nearest of the South Sea islands. Lumber Companies Conciliatory. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. Jan. 31. Assurance that If the judgment of ouster against certain lumber com panies recently entered by the Missouri Supreme Court were suspended tho companies would not again violate the anti-trust law was given the court in a brief filed today by attorneys repre senting the St. Louis Business Men's League. The brief says that the of fenses charged against the lumber com panies were committed at a time when the interpretation of the law was uncertain. 1 "'i- sjk M "t - J v s "Miss Belre W." asks: "Will you kindly prescribe a. safe remedy to re duce my weight? I prefer a tablet, as I cannot take liquid medicine." Answer: Obtain of any well-stocked druggist a tube of 6 -grain arbolone tablets and take as per the directions which accompany the packages. You will reduce at the rate of a pound a dav after the first few days of treat ment. This remedy reduces goitre also. "Howard" writes: "What can I take for headache, dark spots before my eyes, dizzy spells and also constipa tion?" Answer: Constipation Is the cause of all your trouble, but I can relieve you If you will follow my directions. Get at the drug store three grain sulpherb tablets (not sulphur). These are packed In sealed tubes and contain full direc tions. These little tablets purify the blood, the bowels and liver are stimu lated into healthy action and will grad ually cure your trouble. "Little Girl" To correct your child of bed-wetting get tincture cubebs, 1 dram; comp, fluid balmwort, 1 oz., and tincture rhus-aromatic, 2 drams. Give 10 to 15 drops In water about one hour before meals. "Louise L." writes: "Please prescribe something which will rid me of a bad case of catarrh. It is becoming worse all the time." Answer: Thousands suffer from ca tarrhal conditions such as you describe and the surest relief and preventive is to wash the nostrils and gargle the throat daily with antiseptic vilane pow der, which ig sold in two and eight ounce boxes with full directions for home use. "Kathryn" writes: "If you know of anything that will stop premature baldness, cure dandruff and itching scalp,, I should appreciate a reply." Answer: The following simple rem edy will stop dandruff and promote a luxurious growth of hair. Ask for plain yellow minyol which can be had in 4 oz. Jars and use regularly according to directions. I have seen the most as tonishing results from its use that I heartily recommend it to all who suf fer with any disease of the scalp. "Mrs. A. V." writes: "Really if I could find a true remedy to increase my weierht, I should be the happiest woman alive. I am so thin and scrawny, it is a shame. Why can not I be like other women? I do not work hard and have pretty good health." Answer: You can "be like other women" if you will follow my advice, which is to use three grain hypo-nu-olane tablets packed in sealed cartons Pennsylvania has 10,000 fceblo-mlnded women.' KeDoCTOR , I VICE The questions answered below are general in character, the symptoms or diseases are given and the answers will apply to any case of similar nature. Those wishing further advice, free, may address Dr. Lewis Baker, College Bldg.. College-Elwood Sts., Dayton. Or., enclosing self-addressed stamped en velope for reply. Full name and ad dress must be given, but only initials or fictitious name will be used in my answers. The prescriptions can be filled at any well-stocked drug store. Any druggist can order o wholesaler. with directions, and most"widely pre scribed by intelligent physicians every where. They improve the nutrition, add red blood corpuscles to the blood, im prove the complexion, but thorough and regular use must follow to get theso good results. ..(.Tf -. "Mr. Ben" writes: "My joints are be coming so stiff from rheumatism that I can scarcely walk. Is there any help for me?" Answer: Of course there is help for you and for all others who suffer from rheumatism. Take the following and you will be entirely relieved. Iodide of potassium, 2 drams; sodium salicylate, 4 drams; wine of colchicum, oz.; comp. essence cardiol, 1 oz.; comp, fluid balmwort, 1 oz.; and syrup sarsaparilla, 5 ozs. Mix and take a teaspoonful at meal time and again at bed time. "Mary J." writes: "Every winter I have a cold which lasts till spring. I have tried several doctors' prescrip tions, but they do no good, so I ask you what to do." Answer: The best medicine to relieve colds and coughs is made by mixing the contents of a ZVt oz. bottle of es sence of mentho laxene with honey or home made sugar syrup. Full directions for making are given on the bottle and also how to take. You will find this will cure your cough In a very few days and It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to take. J. T. C. writes: T have tried num erous remedies for stomach disorders, indigestion, gas. pains after eating, and have found no relief. Please prescribe." Answer: The best and most effeotiva treatment is tablets triopeptine. Ob tain in sealed carton with full direc tions. "Nerve Wreck" writes: "Is it possible to find a medicine which by its tonic or nutritive powers will bring the glow of health and ambition back to a man who has everything in the world but health and happiness. I am dull, forget ful, despondent, weak, trembling, short of breath and suffer more or less with pain in spine and back of head." Answer: Your condition indicates the need of a strong, harmless tonic nutri tive, to restore nerve equillibrium, which in turn fortifies and strengthens the organs of nutrition, thus vitalizing the blood and promoting new cell and tissue to take care of the waste forces. Three grain cadomene tablets packed in sealed tubes with full directions are -recommended in all such cases. Mrs. Jewel C. writes: My husband i3 surely afflicted with some kidney dis ease. He has become weak and suffers with headache and pains In his back and groins. Pains are like rheumatism. Hia ankles swell and his feet seem to be tired all the time. Some days he has chills and no appetite. Please pre scribe.'" Answer; The symptoms indicate de rangement of kidneys .and should not be neglected. I would advise balmwort tablets, a compound well suited to such cases. Obtain in sealed tubes with di rections for home use. Adv. i