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DAILY EVENING EDITION DAILY EVENINGEDITION For the' best goods, the best bar gains, the most progressive and wide awake merchant, rend the East Ore gonian advertisements. WEATHER FORECAST. Occasional light snow tonight and Wednesday; warmer. VOL. 16. PEJfDLETOv WEfiOX, TUESDAY; JANUATIY 15, 1907. NO. 5874 OF FOREIGN TRADE Eight Hundred Delegates Rep resenting Every State, Pre sent at Washington. STRAUS AND HOOT ARE THE SI'EAKEHS TODAY. Representatives of the Hoards of Trade Have dithered From All Over the 1'nltert States to Advltfe Congress as to Wluit to Do Trial Begins at St Louis to Determine Who Stole $ni,0()0 From the Gov ernment Siib-TrouMir)' Admiral Slgsbec Reaches the Age Limit. Washington, Jan. 15. Tho second day's session of the national conven tion for the extension of the foreign commerce of the United States has opened with an attendance of 800. Every state is represented. The del egates are appointed by the gover nors. Hoot and Straus are the speak ers today. Boards of Trade Advise Washington, Jan. 15. National board of trade representatives from all over the United States have as sembled this morning to tell congress what to do. Tried on Embezzlement Charge. St. Louis, Jan. 15. The trial of D. P, Dyer, Jr., ton of the local United States district attorney, suspended as teller cf the sub-treasury, charged with the embezzlement of 161,000, be gan this morning. Judge Garland of South Dakota, Is sitting. The day was spent selecting a Jury. Sigsbce Retired. Washington, Jan. 16. Admiral Sigsbce has retired, having reached the nge limit. FHEXCII CATHOLIC CONCLAVE. DIscushcs Many Issues Made by Dis- establishment Paris. Jan. 15. The Catholic con clave called by the pope .o devise means for a reorganization for the continuance of religious services, as sembled this morning. Seventy-eight French cardinals and archbishops are In attendance. It will continue three days. Cardl nal Lecot L. Bordeux is presiding. It will frame rules for public services, discuss finances, procure rectories and provide for priests driven from home by the government, and establish new schools for novices for the priesthood. WOULD SAFEGUARD DEPOSfTOHS Governor Stuart Recommends Many Needed Reforms. ' Harrlsburg, Pa., Jan. 15. Edward S. Stuart was Inaugurated governor. He recommends the examlnat on of the banking laws with a vjew to fur ther safeguarding of depositors; rec ommends that officers and directors of financial Institutions be held re sponsible for the violation of law. He also urges Investigation into the building and furnishing of the new 19,600.000 state capltol building, em powering trolley companies to carry I freight, and many other reforms. CAMPAIGN OF 1908. Republicans Gathering at Washington to Formulate Plans. Washington, Jan. 15. Plans for the 1908 campaign are already being for mulated by the republicans. A meet ing of the executive committee of the League of Republican cluos Is being held for the purpose of making pre liminary arrangements for the open ing of the campaign. Members from each state are present. NEW SENATOR IN NEBRASKA. Made Record im Attorney General Fighting Grain Trust. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 15. Morris Brown was elected senator to succeed , Mlllnrd. He achieved prominence as a trust fighter when attorney gen eral by dissolving the Nebraska grain and lumber trusts. He Is pledged to the ru(ipnrt of the Roosevelt reforms. 4 Minor' 1'VihTntlon In Session. Indianapolis, Jnn. 15. The 1 8t rr convention of tho Federa tion of Miners was called to or der this morning by John Mitchell, whose report will be read Wednesday. It will be largely devoted to recommenda tions of safety devices for mines. The socialist members will de vote considerable time to the Moyer, Haywood and Pcttlbone cases. I PROMOTION IRON AM) SrKKL OUTLOOK. I'lifulilllctl Orders Will Keen Mills Busy During 1007. Pittsburg, Jan. 15. The iron and steel Industry of the United States for the past year has been better than ever before. Notwithstanding the productive capacity has been lncreas ed during the past five years, about 25 per cet.t of the sales for the year materially exceeded the production As a result the unfilled orders of the manufacturer at the present time are sufficient on the average to keep the furnaces and mills fully employ. od for the greater portion of the year ll'07 The selling prices in many of the lines are nut e-iual to those which ob tained 'In previous years, particularly 1901 and 1!02, but It Is believed that earnings generally pre as great or greater fo rthe reason that the out' put is larger, and the further reason that the cost of production is 8ue thlng lesr, and this notwithstanding the wage of workmen generally have been Increased. Reductions have been brought about by Improved methods and machinery and better organization. The outlook for the year 190" Is remarkably good, for although the volume of unfilled orders on hand is larger than ever before, the dally bookings at the present time exceed the capacity. Of course there is al ways danger to be feared as the re sult of llnsnrlal disturbances. While the great prosperity of the country and the Increased and Increasing vol ume of business have required more cash working capital, and have taken frrm the banks large amounts of money to the prejudice of certain localities, yet as a matter of fact the purchasers generally have been able to secure sufficient money to accom modate their necessities so far as the lines of business are concerned. If the contemplated legislation recom mended by financiers shall be secur ed, it seems probable there will be no cessation of business In the near fu ture for lack of money. Another danger to be feared Is that the great demand will influence man ufacturers to unreasonably high or unreasonably low price and such seems to be the desire of most of the f Washington today, when he de manufacturers st the present timt. tini a mo" 7 ,on of Pol "" All things, however, point to a most successful year. PROSPECT SNAKE RIVER WILL BE FROZEN SOLID. Boats Ordered to Run for Winter Quarters Before It Js Too Late Ice Greatly Impedes Business on the Lower miumblu and Vancou ver Is Entirely Cut Off From Port. Innd by tho L'taial Routes Followed for Firs' Time In Eight Years. The following review of the Co lumbia and Snake river situation from the Oregon Dally Journal, shows that the cold weather has se riously interfered with river traffic. The Journal says: Snake river will probably soon be frozen solid. The steamer Lewlston was unable to leave the Idaho, city and orders were sent to the master of the Spckane to run for winter quarters. The Mountain Gem will make an effort to get to Evans' be fore she goes out of commission. The government dredge Wallowa Is safe at Lewlston. The sudden appearance of the Ice In the Columbia has greatly affected the business between Portlahd and Vancouver. It has effectually cut off the gariison and the townspeople from mail and supplies. While an effort will be made to have govern ment matter transported via Kalama, this route Is long and not available for passengers. The "oldest citizen" has predicted that the freeze-up will only last a few dayt and by the beginning of the coming week there will be no sign of lee in tho Columbia. At present. however, there are no prospects of a chlnook and the advent of snow would undoubtedly freeze the river solid. During the winter of 1S9K-9 the river at Vancouver closed three time". In January there was nn lee blockade which put a stop to navi gation for nearly two weeks. In Feb ruary the river closed again, but for only a few days. Grent Emigration From Spain. Madrid, Jan.' 15. Tho Anchor Line steamship Scotia, sailed from here trday with 2000 emigrants from Bojar und Salmanaca for Uruguay and NlraHigua. This makes over 12,000 emigrants from the districts mentioned for the past month. They are leaving this country to escape the poverty owing to the closing down of a great number of cloth factories which could not compete with British and German manufacturers. The governments of Uruguay and Nicara gua offered them free passages and will advance them capital to build factories. HOLDS UP RIVER TRAFF G LEGISTS IN SESSION, KAMI'S MESSAGE READ Spirited Contest Over the Clerkship Evil in Both House and Senate. ApcaKcr invey introduced a Joint to Amend the Constitution to Legullzc tho 300 Tax Exemption Which lias Heon Declared Unconstitutional Governor Cliamberlaiii inaugurated lor heeoml Term the Senate and Newell In the Ho Salem, Jan. 15. (Special). Poth branches of the legislature convene at 10:30 this morning. A feature of some ronseauence before the senate was a spirited debate upon a resolu tion by Kay of Marion, restricting the number of clerks which met with opposition from Hodson of Multno mah, and others who want a private clerk for each member. Kay wants each member to draw a clerk when necessary from the regu lar committee quota. Doth houses are In Joint session this afternoon listening to the gov ernor's inaugural message. Speaker Davey Introduced a Joint resolution calling for an election to amend the constitution to provide for an enabling act authorizing the leg islature to enact laws exempting cer tain personal property from taxation since the supreme court has render ed an opinion declaring the $300 per sonal tax exemption laws unconsti tutional. The first move toward Inaugurat ing economy In printing the records, was made by Representative Barrett Lincoln, to suspend th rules on. the first reading of new bills, and to read by title, in the house this morn ing. Barrett fought the motion to sus. pend on the ground that it necessi tafed the calling of the roll fcr each bill and consequent padding of the Journal. Representative Newell of Washing' ton, nwght to inaugurate a reform in the "clerkship evil" as far as the house Is concerned, by the introduce tlon of a resolution providing that all clerks furnish their own typewriters and that none but male clerks be employed. But he was too late as all the clerks, including 19 females, out of a total of 30, had been ap pointed and all provisions made for thsm. Clianiliorlniii Is Inaugurate,. Salem, July 15. Governor Cham berlain was this afternoon inaugurated for the second term. His message ad. vocates the election of Bourne and Mulkey to the senate, ratifying the popular choice; the creation of an appointive railroad commission and reciprocal demurrage law; the im provement of waterways; the acquisi tion by the state of the Willamette locks at Oregon City; the maintenance of the portage railroad at Celilo by the state, even at a loss. He recommends an Income and In creased Inheritance tax and a law making lobbying illegal unless the lobbyist states his purpose to the gov ernor and the legislature; a law lim iting election expenses; the prohibi tion of corporation campaign contrib utions; an anti-pass law; an appro priation defraying the traveling ex penses of state officers on state busi ness; a state banking law and a lib eral appropriation for the Alaska-Yu-kon-Paclflc and Jamestown fairs. For a Ralirond Commission. The most prominent public Issue be fore the Oregon legislature Js that of railroad legislation and on this sub ject Governor Chamberlain has ex pressed his sentiments at length In his message. That portion of the message dealing with the creation of a railroad com mission Is ns follows: It Is axiomatic that a railroad com pany Is a quasi-public corporation and the public has nn Interest In Its proper operation and In the regulation and control of Its rates and fares, as well ns in tho proper rendition of the services required to be performed by It. In those states where this right has not been asserted the railroad company and the public stand meas. urably In the relation of members of a great partnership, with tho man agers of the company dictating Its policies and establishing Its rates, not only without consulting . tho public, but frequently In such a way as to In juriously affect their most vital inter ests. Not otherwhere and In no other business does such an anomalous sit uation exist. Tho state has "a primary Interest In the establishment not only of a uni formity of rates by railways, but In seeing to it that the rates charged are Just and reasonable throughout Its boundaries, and It Is no argument against this right that the state has been slow to assert it Oregon Liberal With Corporations. ' No state has been so liberal as Ore Resolution Calling for an Election un d Delivers a Strong Message Kay in use, Fight the Clerkship Graft. gon In its policy with respect to cor poratlons generally and railroad com panies in particular. If sections of the state rich In lumber, In mineral, In agriculture, and in everything that tends to Industrial and commercial de velopment, have been neglected by the one great railway system which practically controls Its whole traffic, It certainly can not be Justly claimed that the neglect Is Invited or Induced by the illiberal policy of our law makers. Through the generous policy of the federal government lands sufficient In amount and value have been granted In aid of railways within the Jurisdic tion of the state to build not only the lines now in operation, but to extend them across and through the central, eastern and southern portions of this magnificent commonwealth. Not only that Vast forest reselves have been cre ated along the Cascade mountains In this state, and in other states, in which have been Included worthless lava beds and deforested lands of railway companies now operating here, and In exchange for these worth less lands these companies have been permitted to select hundreds of thous ands of the most valuable timber lands In the state under congressional legislation, thus Increasing by millions the value of their original grants, and these lands are withheld from sale and settlement, greatly hindering the development of the state. Unheeded Demands of the People. The demands of the people for rail way extension have been unheeded by the powers that be, and they have been publicly Informed that when any particular section of the state has been developed sufficiently to make a rail way a profitable investment, their de mands would be investigated and con sidered, thus reversing the usual pol icy of extending lines into, rich sec tions to aid and assist In general de velopment. The result has been that with all Its possibilities for commercial and In dustrial growth, Oregon is far behind all the other states in obtaining what it needs and what it is of right enti tled to have in the way of better fa cilities for transportation and travel. Nor does the evil stop here. There Is a lack of uniformity in rates where roads have already been built Many rates are grievously unjust and un reasonable, retarding the development of the state. Persons and places are discriminated against, a woeful lack of proper equipment to handle freight mm even passengers exists every where, depot accommodations, switch ing and other facilities are Inadequate and no effort seems to be making to rectify these crying evils anywhere. For the rectification of these con ditions the shipper Is without remedy. The cost and .expense to an Individual would be too great to warrant him In undertaking through any court their correction, nor could he with safety incur the 111 will of the railway com pany which has been derelict In Its duty to him and to the public. Public Must Aasert ItHelf. Neither the farmer nor the producer can get his product to the market, nor can the merchant supply the con sumer with his wares. The result has been and will be still more disastrous to the state, and the time has come when the other members of the great partnership In railway operation, the public, should assert Itself In the cor rection of existing evils. With Interstate traffic the state has nothing to do, but with Intrn-state, or mat which is purely locul, the evils which are acknowledged to exist can be greatly relieved In Bhort order, and eventually corrected by a railway commission, vested w'th ample powers and composed of men who have been taught to believe that a public office Is a public trust and that the people have rights which great transportation companies are bound to respect. The courts of this state, of other states, and of the United States have sustained the action of commission ers In their attempts to correct the evils which now exist in Oregon, and the question of power is no longer In tho experimental stage. Where a com mission exists and conditions have not been bettered, the fault lies either wltn the statute under which it nets, or in tho personnel of the commission; and the evils complained of in this state can be largely corrected by a railway commission acting under authority of an ample statute and appointed by the governor with power of removal. In the proper enforcement of such u law the responsibility Is fixed and certain, and It has been the experience of other states that in no other way can relief be assured. The control of railways and. the regulation of rates has become a burning question in this country, and a large share of the time of the first session of the present congress was devoted to the subject of interstate railway regulation and control. Every reason and argument which was urged in support of interstate regulation and control, applies with equal force to regulation and control at traffic which Is Intrastate and local, and subject to the Jurisdiction of the state au thorities. Recent and continuous dis cussion of the subject renders it un necessary for me to dwell at length upon conditions In Oregon, which sug gest prompt action at your hands to relieve a situation both unprecedented and unjustifiable, I earnestly recommend, therefore, the passage of a law creating a rail road commission, to be appointed by the executive and subject to removal by him for failure to properly dis charge Its duties, with ample powers to oarry out the purpose of Its crea tion, in this connection I commend to your consideration a bill prepared Dy tne transportation committee of the chamber of commerce of Portland It shows careful preparation, and con tains provisions which have been test ed in other states and which in many instances nave received the approval oi courts of last resort. ROCKEFELLER REPORTED DEAD New York, Jan. 15. An unverified rumor is In Hall street that John n. Rockefeller Is dead, supposed to be at rus Tarrytovm home. The rumor is believed to have been started to Influence the stock market. Standard orncuug empliatlcally deny the story. ANTI-ROYALTY PLOT. Supposed to Be Scheming In London Against Alfonso. Berlin, Jan. 15. A new conspira cy against Spanish royalty Is being naicnea in London according to re ports here. The presence of Spanish anarcrwstg In London is reported. The anarchists are declared to be members of the same group as enl- nvr?q me pomb throwing at the marriage of Alfonso. The plotters were chagrined, the aim of the bomb thrower being poor. K. OF P. 19 DISTRICT CONVENTION AND GRAND LODGE FINANCE Members of Six Lodges in Umatilla County and Representatives of the Grand Lodge Mill Be Present Third Rank Work Will Be Given, and a Large Class Initiated The Order's 44th Anniversary Will Be February 19. On February 18 a district conven tlon will be held in this city by the iN.nignts or Pythias lodges of Umatil la county. In addition to the con vention a session of the grand lodir finance committee will also be hold here ot that time with the result that many prominent members from abroad will be present February 19 will be the 44th an niversary of the organization of the order of Knights of Pythias, and by holding the district convention on the eve of that date the anniversary will be properly commemorated. The convention will be attended by the members of the six lodges of Uma tilla county, members of the finance committee and other grand lodge of ficers including the grand chancel lor. It is the purpose of Damon lodge No. 4 to' make the coming conven tion the greatest Pythian gnthortnir lhat has ever been held In the city, r.nd to this end preparations are now helng made by a committee compos ed of J H. Gwinn, J. w. Maloney and Charles Fishman. In addition to the third rank work It Is the Inten tion to have a large class of candi dates for the first rank. The semi-annual Installation of of ficers for Damon lodge will occur next Monday evening, the ceremony having been postponed to that date from last evening owing to excess of work last night. A Record Cargo. Astoria, Ore., .7,1n, i,-,. The 'rtsh steamer Tottenham passed tho bar this morning from the Fraser sam mills. Her cargo consists of 4,(Wft,000 fe"t of luMher, which Is the largest ever -hipped from the Pacific const. The cargo is consigned to n Mexican railway company. Armour's New riant. Minneapolis, Jan. 15. The Armour Packing company today commenced the construction of a large car shop plant here vhlch will cost 13.000,000. Altogether the company will spend about $S)n.000 In construction work In tnls city next summer. COMING FEBRUARY 5EHJE SUBSIDY SILL liS BEATEN House Committee By a Close Vote Will Report Against Roosevelt's Pet Measure. SUBSIDY FOR MERCHANT MARINE HAS SMALL SnOW. Senate Committee Favorably Reports Upon the Nominations of Garfield for Secretary of the Interior, and Cortelyou for Secretary of the Treasury State Dtpnrtment Is Dis posed to Exonerate Pierce,, the Minister to Norway, Holding; That the Charges Made Against Him .Are Groundless. Washington. Jan. 15. By a vote of e'ght to seven the senate ship subsidy till was defeated In the house com mittee on merchant marine and fish eries today. Friends of the bill are desperate. Favorable Report on Nominations. Washington, Jan. 15 The senate committee has favorably reported the nomination of 'larfleld to be secre tary of the interior, and Cortelyou to be secretary of the treasury. Pierce Exonerated. Washington, Jan. 15. The state department officials declare there Is nothing in the charges against Pierce, minister to Norway. When Pierce's nommntion to his present post was bfclng considered by the senate, the matter was brought up. Root ascer tained that Pierce acted with the full consent of Secretary Hay. Nature of Charge Against Pierce. Herbert Pierce, United States min ister to Norway, was last evenlnc churged with using th eformer office of assistant secretary of state for personal gain, by Prof. Elliot, of Cleveland, a former confidential agent of the state department, who charged before the committee on ways and means that while Pierce was United States representative be fore The Hague In the settlement of claims growing out of the seizure of a vessel by Russia that he also rep resented the owners of the boat. OVERLAND LIMITED SMASH. Many Passengers Injured, Bnt None of Them Fatally. Reno, Nev., Jan. 15. The east- bound overland limited collided with train No. 4 near Verdi Ntr.. last night. Many passengers were in jured, two women quite seriously. The cars of the limited were hurled Into the ditch. All the passengers and one sleeper were liberated from their dangerous position by means of holes cut In the roof. FEATHERWEIGHTS WILL FIGHT. Jim Jeffries Will Referee Fridav Night at Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Jan. 15. It is an nounced that Jim Jeffries will referee the fight Friday night between Attel and Baker for the featherweight championship. Rains are Interfering somewhat with the training although both pugilists seem in good condi tion. RENO HAS NO POWER. Sub-Station of Electrical Works De- stroyed by Fire. Reno. Jan. 15. All industries In Reno depending on electrical power are closed down today as a result of the fire at the Reno sub-station of the Nevada Power, Light & Water com pany this morning. MI-oiirlapK Endorse Roosevelt. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 15. Bv a partisan vote the house passed the resolution endorsing Roosevelt's ex pulsion of negro soldiers. The re pul Means voted against It. Floods In Kentucky. Lexington, Ky Jan. 15. Rain has een falling over Kentucky for four lays. All rivers are at flood tide. Many railroad bridges are washed out. Vast Railroad llcltcriucnts. 4, Chicago, Jan. '13. The board of directors of the Chicago & Northwestern have authorized an Issue of J23. 000,000 common stock for the purpose .of con-, strutting a new road and equip ment. The stockholders are en titled to subscribe for the new stock at par to the extent of 25 per cent of their holdings. of directors of the Chicago & Northwestern have authorized