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S6th YEAR. NO. 81.
HIE SATISFIED
WITH BILL
Democrats Make Severe Criti
cism on the Payne Taritt Bill
at Before Congress
SOUND PARTY'S DEATH KNELL
CUlm It 1 FUImI Wtb Riotous Im
perfection and U Designed to Cor
r up th Extravagances of the Re
publican Administration.
WASHINGTON, D. C April 2.
Tbat the Payne bill is filled w'lh
riotoui irnperfeclioni and wai design
ed to cover up the extravigancei of
the Republican administration, that it
doei not redeem the party pledget
and that it sounds the death knell of
the dominant party, were tome of the
crltlclimi paued upon the measure
by Democrats in the House today.
An intereiting feature of the debate
was the speech of Pablo Ocampo De
Leon, the Filipino commiailoner. who
attacked the provisions for free trade
withe Philippines. From th south
exactly opposite views were express
ed regarding protection. Ransdell of
Louisiana, pleading for it in behalf
of the industries of his state while
Spight. of Mississippi, and Clayton, of
Alabama, wanted free lumber, free
hides, free boots and shoes, free bag
gage and free cotton ties. From the
Republicans came the suggestion of
permanent tariff commission and none
entirely satisfied with the bill.
Taft It it understood strongly fa
vors the idea of applying the maxi
mum and minimum principle and It is
believed Jhat it will be agreed upon
finally. The plan of sdministering the
minimum and maximum rates in the
house bill as it now stands is said to
be indefinite and lest effective than
the one proposed by the senate
finance committee.
Prior to the cabinet meeting today
Taft conferred with Chairman Aldrich
of the senate finance committee and
Senator McVeagh. Aldrich assurel
the President that the committee is
making most satisfactory progress
with the bill and said there will be
little or no delay in taking the mat
ter up in the senate. Administrative
features of the senate bill were discussed-
Aldrich left later for New
1 York and the finance committee will
not meet during his absence. Reports
apparently authentic have been cur
rent that the majority of the senti
ment In the senate is opposed to a
minimum and maximum principle as
enunciated In the Payne bill. Presi
dent Taft has not shard this belief
and he received definite assurance to
day as to the correctness of hit posi
tion by Aldrich, '
STRIKE SPREADS
IN CANADA MINES
Railroad Company Piles Up Thousands of Tons in
Readiness for Expected Trouble With Strikers
WINNIPEG. April 2.-The coal
strike in the Western Canada mines
became general today. All of the
camps except one or two are affected.
The miners want the same terms as
those given the Crows Nest Pass Coal
Companys employes. This company
withdrew from the operators' confer
ence and made its own terms with its
men.
It is understood that the Canadian
Pacific Railroad has been preparing
for the strike and has coal all over
its systeni. At Lethbridge. 100,000
tons of coal are dumped on the
prairie near the tracks, All of the
. OPEN PRIZE OF $5,000
NEW YORK, April 2-Detailt of
the offer of prize of $500 by King
Leopold of Belgium to the author of
the best description of "The Passage
of Ariel Navigation and the best
Meant to Sncourage It,' have been re
ceived in New York. The competi
tion is open to all nationalities. A't
manuscripts must be sent to the min
ister of Science and Artt at Brussels,
competitors msy write In English,
French, Cermsn, Italian, Spanish,
Portuguese or Flemish. Three Bel
gians and four foreigners are to com
prise the jury which will judge the
essays. After being selected the win
ning article is to be published during
the yesr following the yesr In whl'h
the prize it awtrded.
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OPERA OF SALOME
CLERGYMEN ALSO OBJECT
AND MANAGEMENT WILL
NOT PRESENT PLAY.
BOSTON, April 2.-The opera of
"Salome." which the Manhattan
Grand Opera Company Intended to
present at the Botton Theatre Thurs
day will not be given because of the
protests from Governor Draper, May
or Hlbbard, Episcopal Bishop Law
rence Vicar, General Patterson of th?
Catholic church, Rev. W. A. Gordon,
Congregational, former Govern ar
Guild, and other prominent citiaens.
The clergy objected on moral
grounds, many considering that the
presentation on holy week would be
profanation.
RAILROADS ill NOT
CLASH IN NORTHWEST
HARRIMAN AND EARLING
HOLD CONFERENCE IN
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. April 2.-The Record
Herald this morning says: There will
be no contests between the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad and
the Harrlman lines over the territory
to be occupied by either interest in
the Pacific Northwest. This was de
cided during a brief visit to E. H.
Harrlman in Chicago Wednesday.
President Earling of the Milwaukee
called on Harriman during his stay
here and arrangements were com
pleted for the joint use of certain
tracks by the St. Paul and Harriman
lines.
TACOMA, April 2. A special from
Hoquiam says that the schooner Falk
is a total loss. Tugs could only get
with three miles of the craft today.
camps in District No. 18. covering
Eastern British Columbia and the
Province of Albert, are affected bv
the strike with the exception of the
camps of the Crows Nest Pass Coal
Company, at Femie, and Carbonado,
the Mample Leaf Company, of Bel
levue, and Canada West, at Tabor,
who .have broken away from the
Western Coal Association. The min
ers declare there is no agreement,
that an entirely different phase has
been put on affairs within the last
week by the agreement arrived at in
the anthracite regions of the United
States and by the Crows Nest Pass
Coal Company and their men.
ASTORIA,
DEillSlIII
IS
All Mexico Turns Out to Honor
and Urge Diaz to Accept
Another Term
HAS NOT MADE UP HIS MIND
In Case of His Refusal to Become a
Candidate to Success Himself the
Matter Will be Between Four
Prominent Men of That Country.
CITY OF MEXICO, April 2
This ancient capital today was the
scene of a popular demonstration the
like of which has never been witnes
sed before. Many thousands of men
from all parts of the country joined
the people of the capital in a monster
parade, which marched through the
principal streets of the ancient town
and proceeded to the National Palace
to salute President Diai and urge him
to accept another term. For nearly a
quarter of a century Forflrio Diaz has
been the idol of his country and un
der his wise and strong administra
tlon the country has grown and de
vcloped and prospered as few other
countries in history during an equal
period.
When President Diaz, who will be
sixty years next fall, announced some
time ago, that he desired to retire to
private life and would not accept an
other terra as president, the whole
country was seized with consterna
tion and, as numerous individual re
quests proved Ineffective to induce
Diax to abandon his determination, a
gigantic popular demonstration was
decided upon, in the hope that st
would induce the "grand old Man of
Mexico" to change his mind. For
weeks the preparations were made on
an extensive scale and everywhere in
the republic the plans met with the
most enthusiastic support.
Every ranch owner in the country
sent at least ten men, fully mounted
and arrayed in "charro" costume, to
the capital, to take part in the demon
stration and every mine, manufactur
ing establishment, plantation and
many commercial establishments fit
ted out more or less picturesquely ar
rayed delegations, to march in the
grand parade of today. The spectacle
was indescribably brilliant. The
whole city was profusely decorated
in the national colors and the streets,
particularly along the route of march
and in the vicinity of the National
Palace, were filled with enthusiastic
throngs of people, among whom there
were thousands of foreigners, who
had been attracted to the capital by
the magnificent spectacle. Many
races and nationalities and all classes
and strata of the social scale were re
presented and all' seemed to be filled
with the same spirit of enthusiastic
admiration for their beloved President
and with the eager hope that the pop
ular fervor would persuade him to re
main at his post, at least for another
term.
Althouglt the final decision of Presi
dent Diaz is still in abeyance, there
are many who are convinced that his
determination to retire at the end
of his present term is unalterable. It
is generally believed that, should Diaz
refuse to accept another term, his suc
cessor will probably be one of four
men, three of whom are now looked
upon as active candidates for the of
fice. These four presidential possibil
ities are Ramon Corral, the present
vice-president; Jose Y. Limantour,
minister of finance; General Bernardo
Reyes, former minister of war and
now constitutional governor of the
state of Nuevo Leqn, and Enrique C.
Creel, former Mexican ambassador to
the United States, and now constitu
tional governor of the state of Chih
uahua. Mr. Creel is the only one of the four
who is not charged with laying plans
to suceed Diaz to the presidency. He
has attained great prominence in the
OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 3,
political affairs of Mexico, however,
and mention of his name in connec
tion with the presidency comes from
his friends and admirers in different
parts of the country.
It is generally conceded by men
well informed as to the political situ
ation here that President Diaz can
practically dictate who shall succeed
him as chief executive, but it is
thought that he will not attempt to
exercise this power. He has expres
sed the wish that the next president
shall be chosen by poular vote. If
this plan is carried out, the next cam
paign between the respective candid
ates will be exceedingly warm and
exciting.
It has been charged from time to
time that Mr. Corral is the political
protege of President Diaz and that
the latter brought him to this city
frorm the remote state of Sonora sev
eral years ago to put him in training
for the presidency. This may or may
pot be true, but it cannot be denied
that Mr. Carrol has shown himself a
man of great executive ability. Gen.
Reyes is the idol of the army, and is
also popular in civic circles. He is
by many considered the strongest of
the candidates. Mr. Limantour !s
immensely wealthy and a man of ac
knowledged business ability. Mr.
Creel is also a man of great wealth
and has a strong following among
the mine owners and men of finance
throughout the republic. He enjoys
great confidence and respect of the
people in Mexico as well as abroad,
whereever he is known.
KING OF ITALY VILL NOT
MEET ROOSEVELT
OFFICIALLY DENIES REPORT
THAT HE WILL TAKE
SUCH ACTION.
ROME, April 2. The Tribuna
President officially denied that King
Victor Emanuel will meet Roosevelt
or take him to Messina. This seems
to be confirmed by what the sovereign
said to Ernest Bicknell, national di
rector of the American Red Cross
who mhe received today. The King
told Bicknell that he was going to
Messina but that he could not decide
when he would do so.
NAPLES. April 2. The steamer
Hamburg which is due Sunday will
not arrive until Monday because of
bad weather. Despite this they say
the steamer Admiral on which
Roosevelt will be a passenger to
Mombassa will leave Monday night
Roosevelt therefore will only have a
few hours here and this fact has upset
all the plans of the people of Naples
to receive him.
OTDDATTAD Anril t W1,.n
ttKUI LUIIICI lllllg UIB IU1HOI9 Midi All
attack was made upon him during th?
voyage Roosevelt said basis for it was
that an "Idiotic, Excitable Italian,"
i , .. j . a u:M
uaa used angry cai caaiuus iu mui
while on the bridge of the vessel
talking to the captain. He said this
man made no attempt upon him what
ever and that he was promptly re
moved and confined below during the
rest oi tne voyage.
CHICAGO HTJliPS
TO $1.21 YESTERDAY
MAY OPTIONS REACH THAT
FIGURE, WHILE JULY ALSO
SOARS HIGH.
CHICAGO, April 2,-Wheat prices
on the Board of Trade today eclipsed
the high record mark for the season
established yesterday for all deliver
ies, the May option advancing to $1 21
per bushel and the July to $108 5-8.
Crop damage reports and an urgent
demand for the cash grain both here
and at Kansas "City and St. Louis
were factors contributing to the con
tinued upward flight of prices
1909
C0Bl TO
Exorbitant Rules of the A. & C.
Will Receive an
Airing
RATES IN NEED OF ADJUSTING
Hearing Will Probably Bring Out
Many Facts in Regard to Recent
Raise in Rates on This End of the
Hill System.
E. G. Miller, rate clerk for the
state railway commission . (formerly
of this city and well known here as
one of the clerical force at the city
office of the A. & C.) came down from
Salem yesterday morning as a sort f
fore-runner of the Oregon Railroad
Commission, which will assemble
here today in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms to listen to the argi
ments incident to the claims hereto
fore filed with the commission by
Alexander Gilbert, of Seaside, com
plaining of the freight rates now in
force on the A. & C lines. The meet
ing will be called at 10 o'clock
romptly; and it is expected there will
be a large turnout of interested citi
zens there, in this behalf, and in -the
interest of other matters that will be
brought forward, if they are permit
ted. The commission is made up of
Messrs. West, Campbell and Atchi
son. It is not known that the "wood bur
den" of Astoria is to be exploited .it
this morning's session of the commis
sion, but it is known that the subject
is fast taking concrete and aggressive
shape in this city, on the score of
the recent advance in the local rail
way rates to this city, which, in its
logical working out, will entail the
practical doubling of the cost of fuel
to the industrial interests, here as
well as to the private citizens; a situa
tion that demands very earnest and
practical treatment on all sides, and
which will be thoroughly aired as the
days go by-
On the first of March last, the A.
& Cr deliberately raised its rates on
carload lots of wood into this city
from Rainier (for instance), from 75
cents per cord, with a minimum f
car weight involving 12 cords to the
car, to $1-30 per cord and increasing
the minimum weight to 14 cords per
car on which not more than 12 cords
can be carried; all of which practical
ly doubles the cost of transporting
wood into this city from the upper
Columbia mills, and naturally doubles
the burden of the big and little pur
chaser and makes the commonest fu.'l
used almost a luxury. The old rate
stood for 12 years and the company
never realized that it was losing any
thing on it, until the line passed to
the Hill interests, when the radical
and unfair change was made.
The subject has been quietly bruited
in this city for many weeks past and
the temper of the people is not at all
amenable to sophistical argument on
the subject; it ia a "sore spot" that
only quick and rational treatment at
hands of the railway can ameliorate,
along with some other steps that are
contemplated in a private way, to'
break the strain and put the business
on a rational footing,
Another way in which Shis advance
reacts upon the general run of peoph
here, is that the biggest industrial
plant in -the city (in the matter if
regular consumption of vast quanti
ties of common, or slabwood, fuel,)
the Astoria Electric Company, which
furnishes the vast per centage of
light and power used here, will be
compelled to advance its local .rates
to consumers in proportion to the
access thrust upon it by the transpor
tation people; and thus the evil
spreads over the community, until
not even the poorest and humblest
may escape the burden.
The river mills are completely ba
red; and they are at the present time
IB
burning up the fuel they once de
patched to this market, and from
which they realized at least a small
saving, instead of an absolute loss.
Thus it will be seen that there is
general injury inflicted by the applica
tion of the advanced rate, for which
there was no commercial necessity.
And it may as well be understood,
first, as last, that the question is a
live one and will not be casually nor
flippantly disposed, in this city, rt
least. .
OLD CHICAGO AN DEAD.
CHICAGO, April 2.-John Mc
Ewefl, one of Chicago's early settlers,
is dead. He was for years engaged
in the building industry and one of
his contracts was for the erection af
the Wigwam in which Lincoln was
nominated.
SPOKANE PAPER TALKS
0FA8T01I
INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF
THE RAILWAY CONDITIONS
DOWN THIS WAY.
Spokane Chronicle "It is announc
ed that James J. Hill will double
track and greatly improve the As
toria & Columbia River Railroad,
which is the western end of the
North Bank or the Spokane, Portland
& Seattle system. It is also stated in
railway circles that Mr. Hill acquir
ed the Astoria & Columbia Rivw
Railroad over Mr. Harrimans head at
what is understood to be the highest
price fix mile ever paid for an Amer
ican railroad.
"This, dove-tailing as it does with
recent developments in the transpor
tation problems of the northwest,
would seem to prove that Mr. Mill
will soon have a seaport at the mouth
of the Columbia river; a cheaper port
for the inland farmers, which may
mean added profits to the grain-growers
and incidentally may do much to
help the Inland Empire farmer.
"The haul over the Cascades to
Puget Sound has proved tremendous
ly expensive and the mission of the
S. P. & S. is evidently to carry the
tonnage at the lowest cost per ton
mile.
"The building of the cut-off from
Wallace to Washtucna with a better
grade and shorter mileage and the
fact that Hill is spending millions on
his lines east of Spokane may in a
measure indicate the culmination tf
Hill's plans will be an ocean side sea
port from and to which tonnage can
be handled the cheapest.
It is a well established fact that ex
tensive terminal grounds have been
secured at a considerable cost by his
railroad at the mouth of the Colum
bia river, where the largest ocean
steamers and transports may land,
while at present it is impossible for
these boats to reach Portland.
MASTER OF INDIA
CHICAGO, April 2.-The Tribune
today in a special cable from London
says that General Sir O'Moore Greah
has been appointed commander in
chief in India to succeed Genera!
Lord Kitchener when the latter re
tires in August.
A SECRET REPORT
IN FULTON CASE
Attorney-General Files His Findings in Charges
Made by Heney Through Tracy Becker
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 2.-
Attorney-General Wickersham filed
with the President today his report
upon the charges made against ex
Senator Fulton by F. J. Heney, and
Tracy Becker.
Information concerning the purport
of the Attorney-General's conclusion
is refused at the Department of Jus
tice and until the President acts it
probably will not be learned what de
cision is reached. President Taft is
osICE FIVE CENTS
'G
P0ICESI THE
MILLINERS
Leading Portland Houses Ar
rested for Selling Bird
Feathers
AIGRETTES CAUSE TROUBLE
Audobon Society Officials Act Under
the Law Which Protects Snowy
Heron And Arrest Nine Dealers
Mellee Occurs in One Place.
PORTLAND. April 2-Dame Fash
ion represented by the millioners of
Portland has been dealt a body blow,
as Justice has decreed that the aigret
te, so popular in the feminine head
gear world, must go. ,
The law, in the persons of Con
stable Wagner and Chief Deputy W.
E. Kiernan, accompanied by the orni
thologist, William L. Finley, presi
dent of the Oregon Audobon Society,
descended upon the leading millinery
establishments this morning, and as t
result nine dealers are to be charge
with violating the law of the state for
the protection of wild birds. In each
place visited the officers seized as evi
dence a quantity of plumes of the
snoy heron, to be used at the trials
of the offenders.
The millinery dealers to be haled
before the Justice Court are Mc
Creedy & Campbell 400 Washington
street; Fraley's, Third and Salmon
streets; Frakes, 409 Washington
street; Olds, Wortman & King;
Meier & Frank Company; Lipman,
Wolfe & Co.; Palais Royal. West
Park and Washington streets; the
Wonder Millinery Company, First
and Morrison streets, and Lowengart,
Front and Stark streets. .
In only one place did the peace of
cers encounter any resistance. Mrs.
Becker, proprietor of the Palais
Royal, refusing to allow the con
stables to carry away the evidence
desired, and in the melee a valuable
pattern hat and a number of plumes
were considerably damaged.
A large touring car was employe!
by the evidence gatherers in their
raids and the affair created much in
terest throughout the retail shopping
district. Accompanying Wagner and
Kiernan on their expedition was Wil
liam L. Finley and his wife, and H.
T. Bohlman, treasurer of the Ore
gon Audobon Society. ,
The method employed in gathering
evidence was exceedingly . simple.
Mrs. Finley and her husband would
enter a store and ask to be shown
heron aigrettes. After inquiring the
price from the saleswoman, the con
stables would then step into the lime
light and, . flashing their stars, vseize
the evidence, receipts were given in
all places except the Palais oyal, for
the merchandise taken and the feath
ers are now in the care and keeping
of Justice Olson. .
proceeding slowly in judicial appoints
and there is no certainty when the
Oregon case will be settled.
President Taft made no announce
ment today regarding the Oregon
Judgeship, and it was stated at the
White House that no information
would be given to the public until the
appointment is made. It is believed
that the pressure against Fulton, e
pecally that emanating from the Fed
eral Judges of Oregon, may possibly
eliminate him from the contest.