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BANK PLAN MEETS
IN CENTER OF
MIGHTY REBUFF
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Insurgents Seize Money Trust's
Amendment and Insert It, in
Sites in Western States Aggre
Powerful Merger Will Develop Other Attractive Features in Secretary Heike Secures Tern-
Expenditure of $1500 for Pres
Ambassador Straus Gains for
qating 11,500 Acres Are
Rich Properties; Franklin
Leonard Jr. Will Head the
Enterprise.
Residence Being Erected in
Irvington by F. E. Bowman
Cobblestone Fireplace
porary Orcfer" Restraining
Prosecutor ' From Pressing
Charges.
ervaf ion of Epistles Penned
Americans ' Bidding Chance
at . Turkisli Navy Coast
Men Might Make Killing. 5
Body but Not in Spirit, in
Postal Bank Bill.
Withdrawn During the Last
by Widows of Two Greatest
Presidents.
Twelve Months.
1 THE, OREGON SUNDAY , JOURNAL. PORTLAND,' SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1910.
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By John K. l.allirop. (fulled Trow iMd Wlr.)
Wellington. March ft. A crushing de- WasTi.nglon. March u. If the "lutcr
fcat Was experienced today by the Tal't- ests" are seeking to monopolize water
Aldrlch-Cannon coalition when the sen- I power sites In tin- west, they will liave
ale adopted Hor.ihs amendment to 'to hustle or else the Fnlted States geo-
Smoot'a amendment to t lie postal sa- logical survey will have all the avail
lnga hank bill. Aligned for llornh's In
surgent amendment were Bourne, Cham-
able ones reserved.
Aconllng to astatemcut Issued trt-
The wlllidrawal ' syndicate
beHain and Horah, while against It were night by Director Oeorge Oils Smith,
llcybutn, Jones and Flies. Bourne ad- tlio survey during the Inst 12 months
dressed the senate, declaring disbelief In j has withdrawn lands thought likely to
the preposition that th national credit j contain water power Bites aggregating
demanded bond-buying with postal bank j 11.600 arres. These totals Include new
deposits. 1 withdrawals along ninety-seven rivers.
Chamberlain's Patriotism. Conservationists are studying these
Chamberlain distinguished himself by j figures tonight with considerable inter
being the only Democrat to vote for jest, inasmm h as one of the criticisms
the bill on final passage. This vole I aK:,,n(Jt Secretarv llallinger by
'" otherwise a strict party vote, every thp jhlchntiu.H haN )Mn ,,Im rnV(,rKlii 0f
Kepublhart voting yes and every Dem- Ul8 Gurf leld-Koosevelt water iower pol
ocrat no, aave Chamberlain lrv 0 X1arin 4- ,,., Oarfleid. as sec-
vpinir.n run. ui. uie iwim uiuii- rPtarr f th(. Interior, had withdrawn
dered In following Bailey bad. pio-Klt(,9 cov-rrlg public lands on -'!) rivers
ceedlng on the theory that the postal I ,n 8tatr. Secretary Halllnger re-
bank bill waa unconstitutional, ("ham- ored these lands. The geological sur-
uenain aissenteu. mu aiauncuy align- vey Bli)SPg!,f.n,iv raised the withdrawal
ing wun me insurgent senators anu vot-!of mariy 0f nlsi, lands.
ing. a ne pieogen nimsoii mat ne wouin rpas now abrogate tracts along 97
when elected, not as a partisan Demo- , Ilver., )n addition to those covered bv
crat. but according to the Intrinsic merit f,1p .rfip),, withdrawals, and lie in 11
or measures placed before Mm. for sena- Btat,.s
torlal Judgment " Other lands Withdrawn.
- TIM right for the People. Further conservation work hy the
Seldom has such a struggle been wit- survey during the last year Indues the
Iiessed as that over the postal banks, j withdrawal of 241.130 acres of land In
Openly the administration declared first j California, Colorado. Oregon, 1'tah. and
for the Hoot amendment. Which com- 'Wyoming as public oil lands. This
lulled the purchase of bonds with postal j brings the total covered by oil wlth
deposlts. A storm of opposition arose. draw :i Is up to 3,487.076 acres. In Call
Taft made It known that he had formed ! fornla there were restored to entry
a pact with Aldrlch and Cannon to force 950,91 6 acres that field examination hod
through the bill with a proviso like the been sUown to be non-oil lands.
I'.oot amendment In It. Phosphate lands withdrawals cover
When the Root amendment was seen 2.054.103 acres In Wyoming, L'tah and
to be Impossible ,of enactment, Aldrlch. ( Idaho.
Cannon, Crane, Carter and Hmoot met Coal land withdrawals were made cov
and agreed, at Taft's Instance, to submit erlng 7,675,000 acres not previously
the Smoot amendment, which, while not I withdrawn and the form of withdrawal!
compelling, nevertheless permitted, the I affecting an additional 9.000.000 ncres I
bond buying with postal savings depos- was changed to1 cover nil forms of en-I
lt. In the discretion of the president, ; try instead of coal entry alone. The
(Special Pl.pt tch V Tb Joursal.)
San Francisco, March C. After care-
One of the handsomest bungalows of
the California typa In the Irvington
nil examination or the mines by noma district is beln .rect. h V v r,...
,c fi. i i ii , " :
. raJ ,,,.,., cos-- man on a Twenty-first and Brazes
iieera and about a year's arduous work.
ner. An odd feature of the design
(United Press Leased Wlra.t
New York. March 6. The troubles ot
the American Sugar Refining company,
better known aa the stiear truat. are
cor- multiplying: Instead of decrying. It. " " w, r r,M,ww.
n Is refund to the government Of 12,135,000 ' Washington, and also one written by
(United Press teisrd Wlre.l
Washington, March -8,With ' rever
ent attention the house listened today
to a letter written by the-widow of
i-raiiKiin i.eonnru jr. ana a numoer or tho )OHltlon of the kltchen which wfll " Penaltle;8 atid back duties originally
i r iia riiy nave Buc-be ln c,nttr of tho h stolen by the manipulation of the acaleii.
iuiieu 10 carry wun it immunity from
f practically all the ConiKtock mines. " " eaoms, nv
except the Morrow group and will com- ",p rooms utiu me dining room. Other
bine them Into a gigantic merger of I attractive features are the cobble
nterosts. . Btonc fireplace, the hardwood floors
The details of the syndicate have all ! and finish and th li,,,! m.
, "'n"n "i "in wo mi ib in i.na oming room and llvlne room
ow only awaited from New York to I Modified Knirlish nvhltoMnu
make public the list of financiers be- erlv describes tli ivn. .f . v..,n
Mild tho consolidation, and the, size of nr which Is beinir prctH for T m r.
tho financial Interests affected by tho
syndicate. This formal announcement
will be made simultaneously In Xew
'ork a-nd Sun Francisco.
Moro than $000,000,000 having been
taken from the Coinstock lode since the
discovery, the opinion lias quite gen
erally prevailed that the vast etore of
wealth was practically exhausted, but
Kionard. Kdward R Struges and the
other financiers at the head of the new
know differently by expert
reports and tliey bollevo that bv touch
ing hitherto Inaccessible depths, the
propertlos can be made to yield further
tores of mineral wealth.
' Iisonard Won't Talk.
The plan In the rough is to form a
syndicate of the stockholders of the
group that competition and bickerings
may be eliminated and then to develop
the mines to greater depths, using In the
process the modern machinery and meth-
, i1 u ilmr ir , , , , . t L- ..... n. V. . . , '
l'lpea at Kast Ninth and Siskiyou
streets. The entire lower floor will
be finished In white . enanel with the
ruing ueamcu in manogany. Mr.
ripen expects to spend about 7000 in
completing the building.
The northeast corner of last Thir
teenth and tavla streets has been pur-
ciia.vea . by John Klein, a local busl
ness man, who Is contemDlatinir lm
proving tne property with an apart
ment house.
Harry Kdlngs took out a permit last
week for a two-story frame residence
which ne will erect at Kast Twenty
first ai)d Waaco streets at a cost of
JtiOOO.
Another Irvington home for which a
permit was taken out last week Is to
be erected on Kast Twontv-Flxth be
tween Hancock and Tillamook for A.
Eckern. The approximate cost of this
building Is J5600.
o i.'i.bi n . -.. i . .
Moc group were making their largest , Th .nVBre" W.' Sart h
Franklin Leonard Jr , refused today to
divulge the names of either the New
York or San Francisco men Interested In
the consolidation, but he made this
statement:
begun the erection of a two-story frame
cottage which will cost In tho neigh
! borliood of J3&00.
An important residence building pro
gram that developed early last week ts
Substantially all the Com stock mines, j k. Settlenielei- on Twelfth
ini .. V-k . ,, i twpf n Everett and Flanders. These are
" . r--to be two story
' 1 taftr, .liriin ,r. HUH
-wnen, in nis opinion, war or any emer
gency Involving the national credit, jus
tified such action. This would have
rather taken the first step toward the
new regulations have Increased the value
of these lands by nearly 600 per cent.
The old regulations placed the sale price
at $76, the new has placed a maximum
nnniiirnn ni i in
IS INCORPORATED
Aldrlch central bank of Issue, which was of $466 :er acre. There are now 3,
' the real reason why the Root and Smoot: 443,000 acres of coal land saleable which
amendments were so strongly urged by the government values at $191,490,000.
Tart. These senators upheld their posl-1
tion by arguing the measure was uncon- :
titutional without the bond-buying pro
, vlso.
The Insurgents' Ooap.
Then came the brilliant stroke by the j
Insurgents. Calling the constitutional j
bluff, they drafted the Borah amend- i
ment, which permits bond buying, but !
prohibits buying bonds carrying less '
' than i per .cent interest. This left !
'In the bill the bond buying feature, but j
cut off everything that Taft. Aldrlch '
and Cannon most desired, namely, legal
authority to buy the $700,000,000 of 2:
per cent bonds now held by the banks
a basis of circulation. Aldrlch had
converted the white house to his cen
tral bank scheme, one vital essential of
which, was that the bulk of outstand
ing 2 per cent be used In creating h
central bank.
Taft-Aldrlcb Sneak Exposed.
Bonds bearing more than 2 per cent
are a negligible quantity. Most of the
old 4 and 4Vi per cents have been re
funded at 2 per cent, and of which j Lou 5 Oe'vuVt
tnnA AAA Ada .. - .... , , . - . Liouis vevurt
.vv,irvv,wu me uuiBianuuig, ana iuu,
000,000 are In the hands of the banks.
Aflminlstratioii's Defeat.
six roomed frame
and when completed will
tin Investment of about
East Side Men to Carry on the
Work of Advancing Their
Side of River.
The East Side Business Men's club,
foimed for advancement of the section
east of the river, has filed articles of
Incorporation with the county clerk.
George T. Atchley Is the president.
l vice president, Georae
Dilworlh secretary. O. S. Fulton treas
urer, and the following are trustees:
1 f A Polar I ' A IJ i . t T . tj--i
People are talking tonisht about the Iahcr; K. R.' GallnBky nd H. H. New
administration's defeat, which, some I hall
say, means the president's humiliation I ' ii'.o .. . .
on'Vmasram: TZ prio g auVntTon th
" !!!Vam trough his open , advantages of east side trading are
among the objects specified
dwellings,
represent
$10,000.
li. R. Perkins has let the contract
for an attractive two story frame
dwelling which he will erect at the
corner of Fast Forty-ninth and Broad
way at a cost of $3000.
tne widow of Lincoln, and then ordered
the expenditure of $1500 for the pres
ervation of the. manuscripts.
Tho first waa a letter from Martha
Washington, wrltttjn In. 1799 to the
speaker of the House of representatives
soon after her husband's death. In which
she gave her assent to the plan of re
moving ' Washington remains from
Mount Vernon to a crypt In the capitol.
The second, from Mrs. Lincoln, written
In 1889, pleaded for a pension. The pen
sion was granted and she drew $5000 a
year until her death.
Itopresentativo O'Connell (Dem.) of
Massachusetts, who presented the let
ters to the bouse, said that thousands
of other valuable historical documents
are now crumbling with age in the capi
tol.
In her letter Martha Washington aald:
"Taught by the greatest example
which I had so long before me, never
to oppose my private wishes to tbe pub
lic will, I must consent to thn request
'blade by congress which you have had'
the good wishes to transmit to me, and
In doing this I need not I cannot say
what a sacrifice of Individual feeling
I made to a setise of public duty."
The letter from Mrs. Lincoln waa
written from Frankfort," Germany. After
presenting her formal request for a
pension and referring to the assassina
tion of her husband, she said:
"That sad calmtty has very greatly
the trust wiped out competion pong Impaired my health and by the advlct of
criminal prosecution.
Its secretary, Charlea Heike. has ap
pealed to the supreme court of tiie
United States to keep Special Prosecutor
Stlmson from placing lilm on trial for
conspiracy to defraud the government
Judge Lurton has alreiuly granted
such a restraining order and thi au
preme court will listen Monday to an
argument on the motion that the writ
issued by Judge Lurton bo dlsmisutd
Hhould the aupreme court decide In
favor of the government Ilelke will be
tried with the other flvo defendants
March IS before Judge Martin.
On Monday.- United State Attorney
Wise will go before a federal Judgq and
procure an order against the trust. It
will hnve to show xause why It has
not prouurea tne hooks demanded ly the
grand iury. Wise Willi ask that the
trust be- adjudged In contempt of court
Itccause Secretary Heike, when sum
moned, failed to bring the books de
manded. These documents, according
to the government. Indicated the trust
had stifled competlofc by entering Into
contracts In violation of the Sherman
anti-trust Jaw.
One of Wise's assistants, .Tamep R.
Knapp, w ill start west and south next
week to gather evidence tending to
prove the government's contention that
TITLE CONFIRMED
l.'nlon and the Stuigess group, the Yel
low Jacket, Crown Folnt end Belcher
mines, will be Included In the readjust
ment to be proposed shortly by a syndi
cate headed' by Franklin Leonard Jr., of
New York.
"This preliminary syndicate will rec
ommend a plan to the shareholders of
the properties, giving every holder an
opportunity to join if desired.
"Tho syndicate controls the Comstoc't
tunnel property which drains and ven
tilates the Coinstock mines.
Deepest Level 3400 Peet.
"Present work In the Opliir and Mexi
can Is on a large scale, and the deepest
level attained is 2400 feet, where an
east drill la being extended toward the
ore body in each mine from the bottom
of tho wings.
it i. eAyecieu id c ui me ore noav in i r ai ' r- a i t" i
about three weeks directly under ' the 1 Dennett S DeCISIOIl tStabllSheS
present working stopes. The permanent
Improvements. new machinery and j
pumping apparatus in the Comstock j
mlns represent a cash expenditure ex-
ceedlng $1,600,000. In the old days It I
was Impossible to prospect lower with
the methods of that time, but now. with
modern pumps, electrical machinery, and
modern appliances, much greater depths
can and will be worked and made to
yield handsome returns."
The Gold Hill section produces most
ly gold and In the bygone years it has
yielded over $16,000,000, the Crown Point
something over $12,000,000 and the Ycl
low Jacket over $3,000,000
the beet sugar planters. Both Of the
charges on which the government is
now prosecuting the sugar trust were
denied In the circular Issued to the
tockholders a few weeks ago. In this
pamphlet elgned by Heike as secretary
t was stated that the company wni not
monopoly and that It had no knowledge
r participation In the sugar weighing
frauds.
my physician I have come over to Ger
many to try tho mineral waters and dur
ing the 'winter I go to Italy.
"My financial means do not permit me
to take advantage of the urgent advice
given me. nor can I live In a style be
coming the widow of the chief magis
trate of a great nation, although I live
as economically as I can."
(Sntciul PliDitcb to Tbe Jwin tl.l
Washington, March 8.-A budget pro.
vlding for the expendltmre of $.36,000,
000 for the construction of two battle
ships, two cruiser nd 10 destroyers
In before the sultan of Turkey. awallin(f
l.ls decree. .
Oscar S. Straus, ' American ambassa
dor at Constantlndple, has persuaded
the aultan to defer for several .weeks
the opening of bids for these battle
rhips in order that American shipbuild
ing firms may have as equal opportu
nity with those of other cations to sub
mit bids.
In a cablegram to the state depart
ment, announcing his Success In ar
ranging thU delay. 8trauss aald: -
"It is Important that the representatives-
of American firms who desire to
submit tenders and bids should proceed
promptly to Constantinople, with full
power to finance the budget allow
anco." j "
The bureau of manufactures ha asnt
letters to all the shipbuilding flrma of
the country, announcing the successful
effort of Straus and Inclosing the
names of prominent business men of
Constantinople.
Letters have been sent to the Union
Iron Works, to the Rlsdon Shipbuilding
company of San Francisco and to the
Moran Shipbuilding company of Seat
tle. This will afford the Pacfflo ship
building irms a chance to make good
on a larije contract and prove to the
United States government that they ar9
fully capable of handling contracts for
the submarines which hava been voted
for tho defense of the Pacific coast
Representative Kahn said:
"This will prove a great opportunity
for the Pacific shipbuilders. They should
be able to make a strong bid for the
contracts." '
slonal library will take possession of
the papers and file them In the library
where they can be preserved and still
Tile document clerk of the congres- be seen by the public.
TO VALLEY LAND
Security to Values of $20,
000,000 Property.
OPPOSITE
THE OWL DRUG CO.
GUIBERFS
SEVENTH AND
WASHINGTON STS.
(P.r (lie International New SerTie..
l.os Angeles, March 5 Commissioner
Dennett, of the general bind office in
Washington, has rendered a decision
which practically confirms title to n
majority of land claims in Imperial
valley.
The decision at one stroke destroys
So much i hundreds of contests and establishes se-
for the prospective work on the south I curl,y to values of more than $20,000,000
i announcement of partnership with Ald
rlch and Cannon In on alleged covert
ui" cenira, DanK instead , 1(led are as follows
Other new articles of incorporation
rA,wl, -,! fMn.b. U f J J a
baiik'was to be tflkeh ,,n lQf.r . . o.-i : v-.o." o.. urug oepart-
i . ' . . Woodard and
nouns yviaricn s purpose 10
, bring in a report, as chairman of the
; i monetary commission. In favor of the
. central bank plan. Yet neither Aldrlch
j 'nor Taft took the country Into confi
dence, apparently trying surreptitiously
to get into the pontal bank law a pro-
vlso making the central bank possi-
. ble. '
The strength of the Insurgent move
ment is not sneered at tonight. Tho
central bank scheme Is badly Khattered,
perhaps beyond reconstruction.
Extract 5"rom Bonnie's Speeoh.
The substance of Bourne's speech
;wes:
"Postal savings depositaries will re-
Store to circulation money that is now
hidden, will establish additional incen
tives to habits of thrift among the peo
ple and will give greater convenience
.for the safekeeping of the savings of
;tho people In sparsely settled portions
; of the country, where banking facilities
do not now. exist. I oppose the Smoot
amendment upon the ground that it un-
tloPASHMrUt' nhio It, Unn.i .i-
president a power greater than should
', be placed In the hands of any-one man.
If any president should ever call for tha
..hundreds of millions of dollars de
posited in the banks, this action would
immediately cause a shrinkage In innr- '
ket values of securities, bjslness would f
oe paralyzed and commercial debtors
Clarke, William F.
Elizabeth L. Clarke, capi
tal stock $100,000.
Buehner company, lands, logging,
lumbering and contracting business, In
corporated by Philip Buehner, S. B.
Llnthlcum and H. 11. Parker, capital
$200,000.
Oregon Road Oiling company, by S. J.
Harder. W. Harder and L. E. Crouch,
capital $5000.
Murray & Richards, architects and
engineers, by LeElle W. Murray, M. C.
Richards and V. H. Smith, capita!
$5000.
Platinum Wonder Mining company,
by Leo Wlndmeler, Henry Hanisch and
Fred Quapple, capital $500,000.
Rlchanbach Clothing Manufacturing
company, by A. Rlchanbach, Sol Rlch
anbach and Bert K. Haney, capital
$5000.
end of Gold Hill section of the Coin
stock. On the north end there have
also been some very Important and at
the s.ine time substantial preparations
for developmental activities In tho near
future.
The fame of the great bonanza of thfr-ty-five
years ago was world-wide and
there are still many residents in San
Francisco and the state who remember
the wonderful mineral production of the
time. It was the high cost of milling
wnich caused a cessation of work in the
Comstock mines, and when the work
ceased the water commenced to accumu
late in the lower levels.
TAFT BOUND
MILLS SHUT OOWN
TOWN IN DISTRESS
TO GUGGENH
EK
(Unlrtd Prmi Lo.ieri Wlr
I Toledo, Ohio. March 5. "It" is a no-
! torious fact that President Taft
B. & 0. EMPLOYES
ruined. The withdrawal of this money
: from the banks and Its investment In i ... iacl umt i-reswent Tatt ap
the securities of the United States would i ,,lolnlea J"nger secretary of the Inte
. precipitate rather than avoid a panic " I T at the demand iot the Ouggenhelm
. . ' interests because he.' had to In order to
i pay the Guggenheim syndicate for
, money and influence in carrying the
QEEl fnmrCDrmnr mountain smies in It is
oCtrv bUNrtnthlUt ! known Washington that President
I Roosevelt made one earnest request of
(I'nitcd Pres Ined Wire.1 J'resiaent 'laft. and that was to retain
Baltimore, Md., March 5. Facing on I James R. Garfield as secretary of the
vne one Biae tne prospect of a final ad- interior.
justmcnt of difficulties with iis train- j Congressman Sherwood of this city,
men which will avert . a gigantic strike ( representing the Ninth Ohio district,
jf that .branch of employes, the Balti- j made the toove charge in a letter from
more & Ohio railroad was nerved with! Washington printed today In a -local
notice today from the locomotive engi- 1 newspaper.
nfjera and firemen that thev wish a con- i
ferenee with the company officials rela
tive to a readjustment of the present
wage scale. The officers are consider
ing this request, but as yet no date for
the conference has been set.
GENERAL WOOD IS
7 OUT OF HOSPITAL
Baltimore. Md March 6. Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood, U. 8. A., left Johns
Hopkins hospital today accompanied by
Ms wife. General and Mrs. Wood are-l the Great Northern, leaving Seattle Feb-
lMileved to have gone direct to Washing
Ion. The general has been a patient at
the hospital several weeks following an
operation from which, it is stated, he
bat fully .recevsred. ' t
FIRST TRAIN FROM
COAST IN FOUR DAYS
Minneapolis, Minn., March 5. Beset
before, and behind by Know slides which
threatened almost momentarily to carry
it to destruction, stopped by. washouts,'
delayed and forced to retreat by wrecks
ahead, and at one time within a few
miles of the avalanche which crushed
two trains at Wellington, Wash., the
train known as train No 0 nt
ruary 26, arrived in MinneannliB li.f
night, the first train through from the
coast in four days.
Journal want ads bring results.
(Publifcher' Ptpm Leaed Wire.)
Wesson, Miss.. March 6. As a result
of tho dosing down of textile mills at
this place one-third of the people of
town have left and many of those who
remain are in a state of poverty border
ing upon starvation.
So serious has the situation become
that the city council at a special meet
ing, appointed a committee to go to
Jackson and aek Governor Noel to urge
the legislature to pass a bill authoriz
ing the city of Wesson to set aside from
thn general fund, a sum of $600 to re
lieve the immediate needs of the peo
ple. The committee went to Jackson
yesterday only to find that the execu
tive was off on a unketlng trip and
that nothing can be done until Monday.
lhe committee, accompanied by Mayor
Thompson, will go again to Jackson to
urge the remedial mearures.
NORTH YAKIMA FACES
SHORTAGE OF FUEL
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
North Yakima, Wash., March A
mud slide has filled the Wapato ditch
which supplies the city with water and
tha Northwest Light & Water company.
Is compelled to use steam to pump water
Into the mains. Tho company and city
face a grave situation in a shortage of
fuel, which may result in the water
supply of the city being shut off. Every
errort is, being made to secure a sup
ply of fuel to keep the engines at the
power house going until the ditch can
be repaired.
worth of property which was in Jeo
pard y.
Incidentally, this decision shows that
the practice of the general land office
Is contrary to a decision rendered by
Judge Wellborn several months ago.
The case at Issue was In the contest
by Sigel K. Skinner, now in jail in L.os
Angeles for alleged violation of a fed
eral statute against the land claijn of
John E. Davis, near Holtvllle.
Dummy Entryman Alleged.
The contest was based on the allega
tion that the original filing was made i
by a ' dummy entryman and the land .'
assigned to Davis, it not bolng shown
that Davis was a party to or knew of
lh alleged fraud.
,, Commissioner Dennett nolds that
fraud renders a claim voidable, but not
void, and the entry of n Innocent pur
chaser of tho land into tho case Is to
be construed. In effect, na an original
claim, on which the alleged fraud has
i nt bearing. Skinner's contest is there-
I'nder the old rules this land was held
to be worth $62,477,000.
ROTS BLOCK
AVIATION WORK
(ratted Prat raued Wire.)'
Paris, March 6. 'The Wright brothers
are now blocking the entire world In the
development of aeronautics," said" Henry
Farman tonight following the annual
prize donation of the Aero club of
France at tho Sarbonne.
'It is not to be expected that Paulhan
will win in his litigation against the
Wright brothers owing to the prejudice
of American courts against foreigners
But should Glenn Curtiss bo more suc
cessful, the result will be Quite as sat
isfactory as a victory for Kauihan. and
the science of aviation will advance with
a leap.
"The action of the Wrights cannot
permanently stop lhe progress of aj
ttviaiion, out u can, ana ir suceessrui,
will hold America in the background
this new science." "
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Great Sale of
ample nnfi
At One-Quarter Off
300 SAMPLE SUITS, the pick of four New York
manufacturers, shipped to us by express. These gar
ments are undoubtedly the greatest assortment of
strictly tailored Suits ever assembled in Portland
no two alike. No exaggeration in price we want you
to compare these garments in quality, style and price.
Here's what one quarter off means:
TAKE $5.00 OFF A REGULAR $20.00 SUIT
TAKE $7.50 OFF A REGULAR $30.00 SUIT
.TAKE $f0.00 OFF A REGULAR $40.00 SUIT
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Seventh and Washington Opposite The Owl Drag Co.
SECOND UNIT OF
DAKOTA PROJECT WiU be the " Premier
Washington, March 6. The comple
tion of the second unit of the Belle
fourche; 8. D., Irrigation project embrac
ing 10.000 acres, and divided into 40
and 80 acre farms, was announced to
night by the Interior department. These
farms are now available under the home,
stead and reclamation laws.
PERUVIAN CABINET
SENDS RESIGNATIONS
(By the International New RerTiee.) ,
Lima, Peru, March ,5. The resigna
tions of the cabinet were today handed
to President I,eg!a. who accepted them.
There is much anxiety to know who
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. Pull line of latest spring models just received,
'ble front laced Corsets.
Dou-
At $3, $4,
$8.50, $10,
$5
,$6
12.50
SINGLE FRONT LACED CORSETS; $5.00 val-
hps for S2.50. while .thev last.
BACK LACING MODELS FROM $1.00 to $10 front Laced Corsets
FIRE CAUSES $500,000
LOSS AT BOSTON
Boston, March 6.--The New England
Building lnthe heart of the wholesale
district of Itoston' was destroyed .by
flrt tonight, causing a loss of 1600,000.
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