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4 THE" OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY . EVENING, JULY 23, 1914. CRITICS OF RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL GIVEN A DIRECT CHALLENGE Senator Ransdell Demands - That Alleged "Pork" Items : fBe Pointed Out, ; ' TIRES OF INSINUATIONS Opponents . Make Vag-aa Accusations Without HMwinf ,VlMtt a Single ' Item Will Benefit pwmUtfw. Washington, July 23. Tired of the repeated crlticlamg that have been made from time to time on the rivers and harbora bill, and with a growing anger over the repeated efforts now being made to Mock the passage of the measure, the friend of the rivers and harbors bill have shown their teeth for the first time, and, while couching their replies to the opponents of the Mil In senatorial phrase. It was appar ent to everybody that underneath the surface blood was boiling and a good old-fashioned fight on the way. Senator Simmons, of North Caro lina, who Is In charge of the rivers and harbors bill, in answering a crttl clm of Senator Burton, of Ohio, who has singularly been chosen to repre sent the opposition, said that "If we are to continue river and harbor work In this country, we have got to ap propriate the money with which to do It, and under the conditions which now exist. If we should not pass the livers and harbors bill at this session there would be a suspension. I am advised, of at least one-half of all river and harbor works that are now In prosecu tion. ' Improving Small Streams. Senator Simmons said that from the time work was begun under the presl ent! system of improving--rivers and harbors, it has been the policy of con gress, and In his . Judgment a wise policy, to Improve a great many very small streams throughout the country, i distributed here and there, from, one ' end of the country to the other, in .or der to facilitate local and community transportation. Senator Smith, of MlcMlgan, visibly agitated over the strictures being put upon the bill, said, with all the force at his command, that "ninety-nine per cent of this bill Is recommended by the board of engineers. There Is not a ; single itern for Which - th committee ought to apologise or make any ex cuse." " ravored Weekly's , Criticism.. Under the charges of "pork" and "graft" and goaded by a clipping which i Senator Kenyoiv of Iowa, had Inserted In the record, being an editorial from one of the great weekly newspapers of the country. Senator Bryan, of Flor ida, came out In a snappy reply show ing that the weekly In question was being favored through the- postofflce department to the tune of 11.000,000 or mors every year, toy a contribution on the part of the government of ' cents a pound on second-class mall. which, he said, was- undoubtedly re ... garded as Entirely appropriate on' the , one hand but that the items In the livers and harbora bill, which save In freight rates millions upon millions of dollars to the consumers of the coun try, constituted "graft" in the ayes of ' the aforesaid newspaper. He said It was a strange spectacle for gods and men. I . But the most forceful reply ! to the ' continued harplngs on the bill was made by Senator Ransdell, who said, . that the charge cf "pork" and ''graft" In relation to the rivers andj harbor bill was a serious reflection upon every member of the commerce com mittee of the senate who prepared the wftivririj uuuii, nxiu wfuu mciu- ber of the house of representatives which passed those items that were ent to the senate by the house. Holding himself-In check, but show , Ing repressed emotion. Senator Rans dell , asked the direct question of the senate for a bill of particulars, as to the Items In the rivers and narbors Mil that were put forth for the personal benefit of some member of the house of representatives, or the personal benefit of some senator. He said he was tired of hearing the vague Insin uations and he called upon the critics of the bill for a "show-down." They make accusations without pointing out ' the Items In controversy, without glv ' lng a bill of particulars, without even treating the friends of this measure as an ordinary thief Is treated; for when . a man la Indicted for, stealing he Is presented with a copy of the Indict ment, and that Indictment charges specifically Just what Is alleged to have been stolen." ' He said 'that no Criticism had been heard on the floor of , appropriations for , harbors, and he asked the ques tion, "What are harbors," volunteering the definition tha$ they were railroad terminals; nence, no criticism, lis ae 'fended in the strongest possible way the engineer corps, and said, which was a surprise to the senate, that there were but two Items' In 'he bill which had not received the entire and Avommpm for Infants and Invalids ! i A gIx For mo It moans tfaie Original and Genuine EMILYS ; Tho Food-Drink for c!I Ages. : Rich millE. malted grain, n powder form, Mori' HealMJ than" tea or coff -For infanta, bvaEdt and growing di2dren. 'Agrete with tKs weakest dfeertkiiA Purenutrition, upbuilding the whdebody.r-Ke)k c your tide board at horned Invigorates nursmgrootheri aod the aged. A quik lunch prepared h ft mautfe Portland's Shipping -Has Great Future Vort May Haadlo as Much TraXflo ae Baa " Francisco, la Trw Tears, Says ZmeraoB Konga. . 'Within a few years, Portland may expect to handle as large a shipping traffic as San Francisco does now, ac cording to the declaration of Emerson Hough, the writer, who is touring- the northwest gathering material for fu ture articles. He has been visiting the eaves In Josephine cASinty and previ ously went through California, Utah and Idaho.- Mr. Hough was in Port land over flight on. his way to Puget Sound. i . Although Mr. Hough has not been, In Portland for 20 years, he has kept closely In touch with the Columbia river development along with the other harbors of the United States. His in terest ha led him to study these riv ers and harbors comparatively. . He bases his prediction as much upon . the rapid development of the Inland Em pire territory and the northwest as upon the progress In harbor work it self. Petty Robberies at Medford Numerous Police Arrest Portuguese, Who Con fesses to One Affair, and Who Is Sus pected of Being leader of a tjang. (Special to The Journal.) Medford, Or., July 23. An epidemic of petty robberies has afflicted Med ford the past week, the fourth occur ring last night, when the house of A. J. Walters was entered and three rings valued at $200 were taken. Silverware and money was overlooked, the cracks men apparently being scared, away, al though the occupants of the dwelling were-not aware of the robbery until this morning. The police yesterday arrested F. E. Erom, a Portuguese, who confessed to robbing the DeVoe gro cery. He Is also held for breaking into the Greek section house. Officers be lieve Erom is the head of a gang which Is still at work. Five Injured When Auto Leaves Grade t. A. Ely of Willows, CaL, and Els Tamlly Pinned trader Car near Bose- tourgj Girl May Be Fatally Sort. Roseburg, Or.. July" 23. Three per sons were slightly injured and a 5-year-old girl; was probably fatally In jured Wednesday afternoon when an automobile driven by J. A. Ely of Wil- lows, Cal and occupied by his family, plunged over a grade 15 mtles south of Roseburg. Ely was pinned under the car, but escaped with a few bruises. Mm. Ely sustained a sprained wrist and was considerably bruised. A little 8-year-old son received numer ous bruises. The little girl sustained a cut over the eye, numerous bruises and possible Internal injuries. She was unconscious for five hours. Ely was en route from Willows to Pendleton, Or., and as he was driving along a bad piece of road along the hillside be lost control of the car. The machine first ran up the uppee bank and then turned and plunged over the grade, the car turning over per haps a dozen times. - A peculiar fact Is that a dog chained in the auto es caped unharmed. The people were taken to the home of T. B. Burnett, wnere they were cared tor. Announces Speakers For Tri-State Meet Over Thirty on Program for Addresses at Good Boads Gathering; Medford Citizens Will Donate Automobiles. Medford. Or., July 23. Secretary George Boos.of the Tri-State Good Roads association has announced tha list of speakers for the convention. vhlch opens In Medford July 27. There are over 80 speakers, among them H. Mumm of Everett, Wash., Major W. A. Grassland, Washington, D. C J. A. Barr of the Panama-Pacific exposition, Marshall K, Dana of Portland and others- There will be 60 automobiles offered by local citizens for the benefit of the visitors during their stay here. Investigation Is On. While Investigation has been in progress for some time into the finan cial affairs of the Equity Warehouse company, which recently made an as signment for the benefit of its credit ors. Deputy District Attorneys ila gulr and Mowry said today that com plaints will not be filed at present, as the evidence submitted is not deemed sufficient for criminal prosecution. cordial approval of the engineer corps One was tha Arcadia project In Michi gan, costing $25,000, a project that has been under way for many years, but the continuance of which the engineer corps did not recommend, and the other a project at Lake Contrary, .on the Missouri river, where $75,000 was appropriated several years ago, con tingent upon a like sum being appro priated by local peoples eMUM ft9 1 Mir mzrm jt . . FACTORY FLOWERS ON OUTSIDE, NOT WITHIN THE F! Capital Forgets .Worker Is Human, Regards Him. as an "It" Committee Is Told, MORE TESTIMONY HEARD President of Chicago Federation of Xabor Bays Big; Business' Control Beaches Into Workers' Somes. -; (Unite Prexe timvi Wlre.t Chicago, July 23. Labor had its in. sings at today's hearing of the federal Industrial relations committee. In ses sion here. The first two days of the hearing were given over to testimony from representatives of the employ' ers. The sessions of the commission. which were held in an effort to de terming the principal causes of differ ence between labor and capital, prob acy will close Saturday, Replying today to statements made before the commission by ex-President unaries rcez and Chief Counsel Dud ley Taylor of the Illinois Manufactur ers' association at previous . sessions. President Fltzpa trick of the Chicago Federation of Labor made a strong defense of the workers in their 'efforts to better their condition. "Big business holds a heavy hand at the working-man's back," Fitapatrick said, "and constantly presses down ward. The control exercised by big business extends not only to industrial affairs, but to the private lives of the workers there's your cause of Indus trial unrest. "babor la an, It' as far as Mr. Pies Is concerned. He forgets entirely that the worker is human. He has -no Idea that the workman in his shop has a wife and children behind him. . There is a nice green lawn In front of hi factory, an automobile drive and plenty of , flowers but there are no flowers in the foundry room where the men work." Fitzgerald ridiculed legislation de signed to make the unions financially responsible for breach of contracts. Referring to tha local labor troubles. he asserted that recent charges that labor agents here had been guilty ef extortion and grafting, were started by a Chicago newspaper in a campaign to discredit the labor movement. John Glenn, secretary of the Illinois I Manufacturers' association, testified at this afternoon's session In advo cacy of the open shop. Federal Officers Arrest Bootleggers Xa Two Weeks xaeven Men Accused of Selling; Liquor, to Indians at Pendle ton and on Beservatlon Bounded Tp. Pendleton, Or., July 8 Sv One of the largest clean-ups of alleged bootleg gers who have been Infesting the lo cal reservation and selling liquor to Indians both there and in this city was completed today when government of- J f lciala finished their work; here. Eleven men nave oeen arrested, or the cases four are federal cases and will probably go before the federal court in Portland. The others are city and state cases, and the men fined will serve their sentences in the city and county Jails. The federal cases are those of Lewis Hutchinson Jack Lowe. C. H. Davis and A. Peyant Deputy United States Marshal D. B. Fuller has been In the city the past two days awaiting the outcome, and will return to Portland, probably today. Bail Is being awaited in the case of Peyant. Fines ranging from $50 to 9150 have been assessed against the men arrest ed and so far they have all been sent to the city and county Jails In lieu of paying the fines. Three government men have been In the city since July 11. getting evi dence, and the result of their inves tigations has been, according to Ma jor Swartzlander of the reservation, one of the most thorough clean-ups that has been had in this section. Inheritance Tax Will Be Large One Estate of Clementine 7f. Xewis ss Ap I praised Includes Payments ' of Rec ord Sum to State Under Ztw, Salem, Or., July 23. That the In heritance tax paid Into the state treasury from the estate of Clemen tine F. Lewis will be the largest sinco the law, requiring the tax was en acted, was announced by State Treas urer Kay today, following the receipt of the report of the appraisers of, the estate. 'ine estate is valued at $3, 130,037.42 and of this amount $1,966.- S56.42 consists of stocks, bonds, notes and moneys due on open accounts, the balance being in real and personal property. , Following la a list of the stock held by tne estate: American National bank of Pendleton, $18,900; Pioneer Real estate company, $70,000; Security Savings & Trust company, $92,000; common in .Alien cc jLiewis company, 1350.000, and preferred $200,000: auuinswn srvrum.ua cement com pany, z,auu; Lewis Investment com pany, $647,500; Iceland. Land comnanvJ $87,500. The remainder of the atock is in smaller corporauona. The prin cipal real, estate holding consists of diock za, woucn addition, Portland. Appraisers oi tne Mtala r- n v and Georgi uiviv fxrrj xa netrv '" Carpenter Killed On Way to Picnic Boy Said to Says Broken Coupling;! pars separated and W. a Anderson . ell Between' Them. ."-- ; , Aberdeen, Wash., July 23. William CV Anderson, age S3, a carpenter of tnis city, was killed this . morning while n his way to Mocllps on the Aberdeen - special train -carrying the merchants picnio v- excusionlata. ' a coupling of a car was broken, it is skid. 1 "j uoj meaaiing wita.. tne ur brake system. . . Anderson : was passing; be tween two cars when ther .separated nd he fell on the track and was cut in two. lie leaves a wife. Clement . Scott, fishing In . Salmon creek, caught a crawfish 10 inches QUNDRY ROOM Criminals' Nemesis : i Pays Portland Visit WfXUaxa A. lEundeU, Xead of Interna tional .Detective Agancy, Was For merly ft Vewspaper Man of Frisco Prom newspaper reporter to ; presi dent of the International Detective Agency, of San Francisco spells " the meteoric career of William A. Mundell, who Is in ' Portland i today shaking bands with the "boys." In real sleuth fashion he is mantalnlng a Sphinx-like silence on the nature of his mission here. " A . . Mr. Mundell gained his spurs as an investigator of knotty problems on the San Francisco Call and other dallies In that city. He went Into business for himself about eight months ago. In addition to his general business, Mr.- Mundell now takes care of the de tective work for the state of Califor nia and acts in a civio capacity. He took an active part In the hunt for the Wheatland rioters in the hop yard section of California, succeeding in sending two of the offenders to the Penitentiary. Mr. Mundell is now on an extended trip which has led him through the principal cities of the northwest in search for a ring of California swin dlers. Will Build -Church : In Bishop's Memory St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal to Erect Edifice Honoring the X.ate Bishop Charles Bead ding. The congregation of St. Michael and All Angels' Episcopal church, at Broad' way and East Forty-third streets, has decided to build a new church as a memorial to Rt. Rev. Charles Scadding, late bishop of the diocese of Oregon. St. Mlchael's mission was one of the first established by Bishop Scadding after his consecration In 1906, and was named by Mm in honor of his conse cration day. Bishop Scadding, who al ways took the keenest Interest in the mission, was making plans for the erection of the new church at the time of his death. , Work will be started In a few months. The chapel, which has stood for three and one-half years at Broad way and East Thirty-eighth streets. was recently moved to the new per manent location . of the mission at Broadway and East Forty-third streets. The church has a membership of 100. WILL PICNIC AT THE OAKS The esks Is the place and Saturday. August 1, is the date set for the big "11 '"fH1" !!?-h been former residents of Corvallls. All members of the O. A. C. club are In vlted to participate as wejl as all per uug, inai auvs aver uvea at uor- vallis. The committee has arranged for all who can get away, to go out in the afternoon -with their lunch bas kets. At 6:30 a dinner will be served. "Billy" Sunday Pleased. Hood River. Or.. July 23. 'Billy" Sunday, tha baseball evangelist, who owns a Hood River -apple orchard, ac companied by his family, is spending his vacation in Hood River. Mr. 8"un day was elated to learn that the Hood River county road bond Issue bad car rled. - - - li Hundreds of : styles in Ties; such makes as Florsheim, Pack ard, Ralston, ;Keith, Knox. Our entiis stock to select from , ARE TAKES MOST OF BUSINESS SECTION OF TOWN OF IA CROSSE Fire Started ' in Hotel Room and Guests Are Awakened in Nick of Time, ALL ARE FRAME BUILDINGS Bank Building and Postofflce Included In Property Destroyed at am Early Boas This Morning. (Specitl to The Journal.) Colfax, Wash-, July 23. Fire early this morning destroyed the main bust' ness block of La Crosse, , Wash., all frame buildings. The loss " Is estimated at $50,000. The fire started In a room Just vacated by a traveling man in' the Hotel Wil liams. Mrs. Williams discovered the fire and aroused ' the occupants, who escaped with Just enough, clothing to dress. The buildings destroyed were: Will Humphrey, pool hall building and contents; First State bank building and fixtures, vault contents saved; Tom Haukin, butcher shop, building - and contents; Charles Robert, .building oc cupied by W. A. King, mercantile store, Houser grain office and H. Shobe, real estate; postofflce building, owned by Postmaster William Rudolph; Dr. C J Simonson. dm as. building- and con tents; Hotel Williams, owned by Mrs. Williams: Jennings barber shop George Schadeg,' blacksmith building and contents; 3. R. Keller, barber, building- and contents; P. O. King, drugs, building and contents; Rev. I W. Putnam, building and small grocery StOCK. One hotel, two hardware and one mercantile store, garage and the news paper ofiloa escaped loss. , N i Engagement Rumor Is Called Absurd Everybody Concerned Denies Attorney General McBeynolds Xs to Marry Postmaster General's Dauglxter. Washington, July 2$. Reports were published here today that Attorney General McReynolds, who Is 60 years old, la engaged to marry Miss Lucy Burleson, daughter of the postmaster general. Miss Burleson is 21. Both Attorney General McReynolds and Postmaster General Burleson re fused to discuss the report of the lat est cabinet engagement. Each declared It was abBurd. . Where la Holt? Albany Or, July 23. John C. Holt, in the regular army service In the Philippines, has written to the local Knights of Pythias lodge, asking its assistance m locating bis brother. David I Holt of Banner, Va who left presumably to locate In. this sec tion. . No such man Is known locally, however. : . Hundreds of choice Men's Ties, in all leathers, val ues to $400, mostly small sizes. mm Detectives' Declare He :'Jumped" Bills Beport Made la. Case of Bert James, Who Suddenly Dropped Oat of Sigbt, Xt Xs Aserted. .. , : . -After a thorough "Investigation by the detectives handling the disappear ance of Bert James, teaming contrac tor at 1621 East Seventeenth street. they report he left the city 'and many creditors. One of the heaviest Is A. G. Nichols. the amount being in the neighborhood of 1900. The East Side Feed company has a bill of $414. while the Bates Sand company has a bill of 1199. ; There are numerous small bills. vA few days ago, James borrowed $118 from Frank Mack, a teamster, giving a mortgage on one of his' teams, but It is discov ered the mortgage Is not valid. -!- . The detectives also found that James bad collected all, his outstanding . ao- On all Summer garments at the Eastern. The high standard of style and quality is ignored and the prices are such as to effect a clearance.' Just 40 Suits, in cloth, linen and white serge, tailored and semi-tailored, fine fabrics and patterns. 36 toai, sport, f4 coiors. 42 uresses, m crepe, ratine,' voile and linen, Clearance at only. Summer Waists and An immense assortment of Lingerie Waists and CREDIT YOUR PRIVILEGE Have your purchases charged and remit in weekly or monthly payments. Ask for People's Brown Tradmg Stamps with all payments. 405 Washington The Busiest High-( WOMEN'S WHITE JUST THE THING FOR WORTH $3 to $4 Women's Patent metal Pumps Two-strap "Mary Janes and of high-grade Oxfords in every many worth d sites. .50 to $5.00. WWt Canvas Colonials, two-strap Mary, Janes ao4 Button Boots, worth $3 and $4 V ex I im . . . . , I - .S-t.befc W counts. At first the officers thotfght the man had Jumped Into the river or had met foul play, as bis coat was found on the Alnsworth dock. ' Contractor Accused ; Of Raising Payroll XC B. Zokert, of Taooxaa Indicted oa . Charge of . Defrauding; . State ' of . Mony la oonmootlom With Beads. South Bend. Wash.; July 21 H. B. Eckert. the Tacoma contractor' who was srrested yesterday on an Indict ment by the grand Jury, is accused of raising the payroll for state work on a road to th extent of $105 and de frauding the state of It. Louis Christen of Frances was ac cused . of selling and keeping liquor In a dry unit on a doubts charge. .. Albert Murt was exonerated on a complaint of assault. - Christen and Eckert are arranging for ball. The Store of Style ! ana iuii lengin enects, popular iaoncs and O - - w ""-j jwe-raaa UWI a W. sses, in crepe, ratine, .-, good shades, all go attSsjT (EJ) good designed, , with v low necks and long or short sleeves, also, high necks and long sleeves. The Ideal Waist for this time of the season. Worth up to $5, slightly mussed. Clearance price only... iThe Store of Service' Store . in Shoes at a Great Saving SHOES OUTING and Gun 3.00 Style. Ladles VIcI, Lace and Blucher, worth J63, $3.50 and $4; all odd lines and short lots, worth up to $4. $1.45 hundreds style and s h ing ton & Search Beine Made - For Firebug Suspect Blaas DlsooTared In powers Turalture tor Just la Tims Mysterious Mas en oa Boof. . , ' ' ' A "firebug" was discovered Monday night on the top floor of the Powers furniture store. Third and Yamhill streets. The Janitor discovered th blaze in time to prevent-what might have been a serious fire. The matter' was reported to the police and detec tives were assigned, but so far evi dence has not been obtained sufficient to make any arrests. The Janitor discovered the blaze In a box of shavings and put it out. A short time before that he saw a stran ger on the roof and noted he went to the Moy hotel, near by. The stranger said he was sn elevator operator at the hotel, but Inquiry shows this to be false information.- Middies Middies, stylishly Corner of Tenth St. Portland White Sneakers, Sea Island Duck, worth $3, $1.45 Ladies' Satin Colonials and Velvet Pumps, worth up to $4, $1.45 A Icier 411 I ! lantr