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PUBLISHES NHL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT COVERSTHE MORNING FIELD ONTHE LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LXIII. NO. 405 I PIRATICAL PROGRAM BELL'8 RECOMMENDATIONS. Portland Will Dictate the Senatorship. UNHOLY TWENTY-THREE Jack Matthews In Charge of Operations and Busy With Preliminary Work. STATEMENT N0.1 IS DOOMED Chamberlain nd Fulton' Marked for Sacrifice, and T. B. WUcoi, the Ctumplon Round Whom All WiU Rally. " An Inereaae In Pay Schadula For Enlisted Men of tha Army, WASHINGTON, Feb. U.xCen- eral Bell, chief of staff, today recom mended in pcron to tha house com mittee an increase In the pay schedule for the enlisted men of the army, He recommends the creation of grade warrant officer for the promo tion of deserving non-commissioned officers; the readjustment of initial rates of pay so they range from $15 to $42; a cash bonus of three menths' pay for re-cntistment and increase of jil to $9 in pay for high attainment in marksmanship. It was estimated by Bell that if these changes were made the average pay of enlisted men be increased 33 per cent making the average $23.64. Bell also recommended an increase of pay for the regular army officers. taft rssa AT A certain cltiaen of this city went to the metropolis the other day for the express purpose of ascertaining, as nearly as might be, the Republican political status of things there and the concensus of Portland opmon on what the programs were to to be for the summer, foil and winter cam paigns; and a reporter" of the Morning Astoria having knowledge oi ms in tent, lost no time in hunting him up m hi return, for an interview, since there is as deep an interest in this subject, broadcast here, a this in tciligcnt seeker, himself, feels in the premise. The gentleman was In no wise reticent and unbosomed himself to the following effect: "To my surprise I found, upon casual inquiry, that there were exact ly 23 candidates for the United Senate in, and of, the city of Fortland; and this impressed me with the conviction that Portland was com mitted to the policy of holding the representation from this State in the upper house exclusively within her own bounds, an impression that was crystalixed into righteous conviction before I left there, s "As the Portland proposition is now framed up, the 'unholy 23', as they are dubbed up there, are pledged to two undeviating lines of procedure, namely, the election of one of their group to the Senate at Washington, and the obliteration of Statement No. 1, from the legal and political organ ism of the State. "Jack Matthews has been haled back from the fastnesses of his long re- tircmcnt, reinforced with a brand new suit of togs and a clean shave, and is in charge of the propaganda; and as a consequence of the new assignment, he has chucked all his old alliances and is as busy as 10 men around the Imperial Hotel lobby, button-holing every man that looks as if he needed enlightenment or any other old thing that may qualify him as an adherent to the new and entirely metropolitan schedule. " ; ' "The fact that Mr. Matthews is tak ing pains to declare that T. B. Wil cox will not be a, candidate for this lofty office upon any predicate ana logous to Statement No. 1, leaves, of course, the incontestable inference, that that gentleman will be a candi date before the legislature next win ter, and this is admitted everywhere there. Mr. Cake is the only man in Portland, with aspirations of this sort who even pretends to confess the functional uses of Statement No. 1, and he is in the field on that basis and of course due to be slaughtered when the combination gets after him. The Wilcox boom was born simul atneously with the' Taft banquet last fall, and which served as its cradle, . with the irrepressible Tom Richard- CHAMP CLARK'S SPEECH. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.-The general debate on the legislative ap propriation bill was brought to close in the House -today after a session full of interest and entertainment Several speeches were made on the issues of the day, the most notable being that by Champ Clark who commanded the attention of the House for an hour and a half. Upon the conclusion of hie remarks he was accorded an ovation by the Demo crats and Republicans alike. Clark arraigned the Republicans for their attitude on the tariff que' tion and said the announcement that there would be a tariff revision after the election was simplv "In prepara tion of another stupen -i bluff upon the people." He disruied the Presi dent's message and raid whatever his virtues or his faults, the President was not a Democrat. Guest of Lumbers Dealers Association. MORAL AWAKENING Ambassador Jusserand Given Hearty Welcome When Pre sented by Toastmaster. NO GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP Ha Admitted That European Inveat ore Had Been Frightened at the Revelationa of Dishonesty In Many of our Large Institutions, THE SHIP BUILDERS Organize for Purpose of Agreeing on Prices. WAGE SCHEDULE NECESSARY To Call Anothere Meeting for the Purrjose of Effecting a Permanent Organliatforr-Tune and Place to be Set by President and Secretary, (Continued on page 5) ' PORTLAND, Feb. 13.-The rep rescntatives of wooden shipbuilders on the Pacific Coast met here today and effected a preliminary organiza tion. John Lundstrom of Aberdeen, was elected temporary president, and George Matthews of Hoquiam, sec rctary. Besides these George E. Bil lings, representing the Hall Ship building Company of San Francisco, Tohn II. Hubbard of Winslow and Theodore Knudson, Joseph Siippl and C. Nelson of Portland. Mr. Price, of Coquille, was present by proxy and the other builders ex pressed sympathy with the movement by letter. The object of tlie associa tion is for the purpose of agreeing on a wage schedule, and the manner of conducting the several yards in rela tion to the labor unions. The President was given authority to call another meeting within sixty days for the purpose of effecting permanent organization at - the time and place agreed uppn by him and the secretary. The date of the next meet ing will probably be the middle of . . ... t1 t. TV-- Marcu ana tne piace win uc j.oiv land. ' ASTORIA, 0RE6P IDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS DETROIT RAISULI BEFORE FOOTLIGHTS On a Death Trap Stage Would Be Better. LONDON, Feb. 13- It is an nounced that there is a possibility of Raisuli, the Moroccan bandit appear ing on the variety stage in London. APPEAL DENIED. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13.-The aoocal of I. W. Finlcy, a convict in the penitentiary who made a murder ous attempt on R. J. Murphy, one of the prison officials during an attempt ed outbreak at Folsom prison, De cember 29, 1904, was denied by the supreme court today, and Finley must pay the death penalty as provided by the penal code for cases of murderous assault by a convict under life sent ence. . AUTOMOBILE RACE. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 13.-Four of the automobiles engaged in the New York; Paris race reached or passed Albany today. One American, one French and Italian cars passed here early this afternoon and the first German car arrived at 10 p. m. and will pass the night here. The other French car is spending the night at Hudson and the second German car at Rhinebeck. All cars experienced great difficulty with heavy snow drifts and soft roads. DETROIT, Feb. 13. - Secretary Taft was the guest of the Michigar Retail Lumber Dealers' Associatior this afternoon and talked for half an hour at a luncheon tendered him upon the "Moral awakening recently from business methods ; which permit illegality and fraud." ' 1 Secretary Taft is accompanied by Ambassador Jusserand, Governor Guild of Massachusetts and United States Senator Aldcn Smith. Former Senator Palmer presided as toastmaster. Ambassador Jusserand was given a hearty thundering wel come when he was presented by the toastmaster. The ambassador ,said because of his position, he naturally could not mingle in American politics but he eulogized the American presi dents of the past and said it was his hope that the country would add an other glorious name to the already glorious list " "I do not know who it be, aid the Ambassador, "But it seems that you know.' (Applause for several mo mcnts). ..' Taft spoke of the revelations of the insurance investigation and the evils of the over issue of stocks and bonds which he said was obtaining money under false pretenses. The secretary advised greater power be granted the interstate commerce commission. He also declared that he believed government ownership of railroads would create a tremendous concentra tion of power and would endanger the safety of the republic. He recom mended that the anti-trust law be made more specific. Regarding the panic through which have just pass ed, Taft said some who had felt the lash of public opinion attribute this to legislation. He stated that the charge is untrue. He admitted that European inves tors had been frightened at the reve lations of dishonesty in many of our large institutions, but declared that the man charged with this lack of confidence is not the man who point ed it out but the one who engaged in it illegality. ENGLISH TRADE DECREASES, LONDON, Feb. 13.-The January trade returns show an all around de crease in imports to the amount of 7 per cent, and in exports to the amount of less than 2 per cent The value of imported raw materials declined $9,- 466710. and that of - manufactures $12,000,500. NTERESTINu STATISTICS Pennsylvania Railroad a Mighty Corporation. OVER 77,000 INVESTORS Income Paid to Investors Must Come From Surplus Earn ings of Company. MANY WOMEN STOCKHOLDERS Durine the Year the Average Hold nga Decreased From ISO to U0 Sharer-European Investors Grew From 7753 to 9149Share8 in Year INDIANA FOR FAIRBANKS. Beveridge Objecta to Statements Re garding Delegates. WABASH, Feb. 13,-Senator Bev eridge addressed the Indiana Lincoln League of the Republican Clubs here tonight. Beseridge said in part! "The Indiana delegation is going to Chi cago for Fairbanks. Statements are being sent out that after a few bal lots have been cast for him the dele gation is to be delivered to this or that candidate. This is an insult to the Republicans of this state which in their name I denounce." He says the Republicans are not be be traded or delivered and will vote for Fairbanks until that gentleman either is nominated or he himself aski they discontinue suporting him. If the latter is the case, they will vote for whom they please. . GATES PIPE LINE. . PORT ARTHUR, Texas, Feb. 13. The eight-inch oil pipe line which John JV. Gates and asspciates, com posing tiie Texas company, built from Tulsa, Oklai, to Port Arthur, was placed in regular operation today. It is 582 miles long, and was built at a cost of more than $6,000,000. GO ON SHORT TIME. ELGIN, 111., Feb. 13,-The : Elgin National Watch Company today posted notices, saying that beginning tomorrow the factory will be closed on Saturdays until further notice This action is taken on account of the dullness in trade, which the com pany believes will be of short dura Miou. -Three thousand operatives are affected. EX-SENATOR OUT AGAIN. BALTIMORE, ,Feb. 13.-Former United States Senator John L. Wil son, of Washington who was operated upon a short time ago at Johns Hop kins Hospital, left that institution to day and went, to Atlantic jCity GARFIELD'S ADDRESS irst Big Gun Fired for Republi can Campaign. QUESTION OF PRIVILEGES He Denounced in Stinging Sentences Men of Wealth Who Break the Laws and Seek to Turn Political Power to Their Own Use. CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-One of the first big guns of the Republican na tional campaign was fired at the Lin coln day banquet of the Hamilton Club last night by James R. Gar field, secretary of the interior. The efforts of the administration to correct the abuse of special privi leges and the intentions of President Roosevelt in taking each of his steps against corporate wealth formed the subject of Mr. Garfields address. The question of special privileges, Mr. Garfield maintained, was upper most of the problems of the day. The Republican party he said, stood face to face with the proposition of carry ing on the policies of the President in bringing men of wealth who broke the laws to their account or turning back the pages of history. The currency question, tariff, labor troubles and various other ' subjects were touched upon by Mr. Garfield but all as illustrative of his great point. The administration, he said, stood for the gaining of equal oppor tunity to all men and such as en forcement of the laws as to bring this about. Mr. Garfield denounced in stinging sentences men of wealth who', break the laws and seek to turn political power to their own use. He was careful to draw the line, however, between the destructive and construc tive kind of criticism. The policy of the administration toward corpora tion evil doers, he said, had averted NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-The Times this morning says: Figures compiled to January 1 this year show that on that date the shareholders in the Pennsylvania R. R. Company numbered 57,226, an in- f lfi Wfl tnr the vear. vivaac v w - - : . Dnrimr the year the average hold ings decreased " from 150 to 110 shares. The number of women stock holders increased from 19,282 to 26, 471 while the number of European in vesters erew from 7753 on December 31. 1906. to 9149 a year later, the in crease in total holders for the montn f rwomW 1907. was 1031. ine companies controlled by the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company comprise the lines east of Pittsburg in which there are 11,111 shareholders, and in the companies west of Pittsburg 9682 shareholders. These make a to tal of 20,973 holders in all the sub sidiary companies. A few hundred of these holders represent the Penn sylvania Railroad proper but approx imately 20,000 are entirely independ ent stockholders. These added to the $7,226 investors in the parent com pany make a total of more than 77,- 000 investors who look to the profits of the Pennsylvania for a whole or a part of their income. The income which is paid- to these 77,000 people must come from the surplus earnings nf thr pomnaniea. for none of the thousands of bond holders scattered all over the world and to whom the companies are pledged to pay various fixed percentages, is included in this compilation. ENGINEERS CUT. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13,-Sec-retary A. B. Hammond of the San . Francisco shipowners association to day sent communication to the secre tary of the marine engineers' associa tion declaring that commencing on e afternoon of February 14th the vessels of the association will carry, but two engineers instead of three aa heretofore on vessels going north of Crescent City and south of Point Conception. It is expected the re sult will be a lockout of the members of the engineers' association. It is expected that if the engineers go our, the firemen, deckhands and waiters will stand by them. r i i DYNAMITE EXPLODED. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 13. Oscar Johnson, foreman of the dam construction crew of the Han ford Irrigation Company, was killed today by an explosion of a stick of dynamite which he was ' thawing. Johnson lived in Seattle. -. Former Governor Foster W. Voohees of New Jersey. NATIONAL BANK RESERVES. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. -The Senate discussed the law governing the reserves of the national banks that subject having been brought up by Senator Rayner, who reverted to the controversy over the statements made in the Senate yesterday when the Aldrich currency bill was under discussion. The criminal code bill was also under consideration for i couple of hours, Senator Clay secur ing the substitution of the old law instead of the proposed revised sec tions which prevent intoxicating liquors being sent through the mails into "dry" states or counties, i (Continued on page 5) it tit 3-CENT FARE IN MONTANA. LEWISTON, Mont, Feb. 13. The five-cent rate on the Montana Rail road will be reduced to three cents as soon a3 the Pacific extension of the St. Paul road is in operation between Harlowton and Lombard, both Mon tana points. Before the state railway commission could have $ hearing on the subject of the rate, President Gunn of the Montana Road, promised this rate to the business men of Lew istown. - ALLEGATION IS PERJURY Frank H. Combes Also Indicted Were Officials of Bankers' Life In surance Company Pleading Will Probably be Friday. NEW YORK, Feb. 13. Indict ments alleging perjury were returned today against former Governor Fos ter M. Voorhees of New Jersey and Frank H. Combes, following , the grand jury investigation into the acts of these two men while they were officials of the Bankers' Life Insur ance Company. The pleading prob- abily will occur on Friday. The Bankers' Life went out of existence some time ago and the allegations are connected with the acts prior to 1905 while Voorhees was president and Combes secretary. They are charged with having made false reports to the state insurance commissioner. JEWISH TEACHERS MARRIED. NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Lionel K Simmonds and ; Clara R. Gottfried were married yesterday in the syna--gogue connected with the Hebrew Orphan Asylum in Thirteenth street. The marriage was the culmination of a romance which began in the institu tion 16 years ago when both, as in mates of the institution became ac quainted. Since that time both have become teachers, one in the public schools of the city, the other in the institution where her education was received. The beautiful wedding was witnessed by a large party including the directors ; of the institution, among whom are some of the wealth iest Hebrews in New York.