THE EUG
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DAILT
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INTERNATIONAL LAW
THEME OF SPEECH
BY ELIHU ROOT
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(Washington, April 24. The sec-'
endannual'meetlng of the American
Society oi lDieriiaLiuun uw uti.-ut.-u
tere today- A long program will!
,. ih hundred or more members
!( the society engaged until tomor
row night-
A feature today was the annual
address of Secretary of State Ellhu
Root, president of the society, in '
which It was most Interestingly ;
ihown that world is being governed ,
ij public opinion, and that public '
oolniou is becoming more humane
aid less warlike. j
Mr. Itoot said in part: i
in iha vast nialoritv of nrnctlpnl I
questions arising under the rules of
international law there does not ap-
. m tho uurfncp anv reason whv
either party should abandon its own
contention or to yield to tne argu-
i , -, i i f,
ATTEMPT TO
DESTROY PLANT
NOT SUCCESSFUL
ments of the other side. Thi-; appar
ent absence of sanction fur tin- -t'orceniem
of the rules of intcrtution
al law has led great authorities to
deny that these rul-.s are entitled to
be called law at all and thus appar
ent hopehssness of finaii-v uirrii
to the mini which limits its cun.-l.l-erutitm
to the procedure in eacn case
a certain sense of uiiiitv cu- argu
ment. Nevertheless all tine foreign
oflices of the civilized world are con
tinually discussing with each other
questions or international law public,
ly and privately, cheerfully marshal
ing facts, sifting evidence and pre
senting facts, thus building up and
establishing rules of international
law that there are such tilings to lie
done or such things to be left undone,
and in countless cases nations are
yielding to such arguments and shap
ing their conduct against their own
apparent Interest In the particular
cases under discussion in obedience
ELIIIU KOOT.
A 1 Oi Tl,.. 13 ,..,1
.uunn ui.fi-, jimh -i - i in- oi-ti 1 1- I
nel says a desperate attempt was
made W ednesday uiornhit; to destroy
tho AltidMiuinlittr l.l.'i tit .if U'.xjt Al.
lis. Tho plot la shown by the fan I
that a dozen one-gallon tans of guso.
linc wo iv brought into the plant in
three telescopes. Krom the appear
ance of the shop a premature explo
sion of oil' seared the wreckers before
their pre pa rnt ions wtiv complete...
An automatic sprinkler system w;:s
all that saved a heavy Joss.
Mlivl
to the rules which are shown to he
applicable.
"Careful consideration seems to
lead to the conclusion that there arc
sanctions for the enfnroenntt of inter
national law no loss real and substan
tial than those which' insure obedi
ence to municipal law.
"In the majority of cases men re
frain from criminal conduct because
they are unwilling to incur in the
(Continued on rage Eight.)
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WOX TIIK liKUSION
Vernon, Cul.. April 23. Mike Sul
livan tonight won the decision over
Jimmy Gardner after '2' rounds all
In favor of Sullivan. The decisi u
of James .1. Jeffries, the referee, was
a popular one In spite of the efforts
made by Gardner to show himself
entitled to consideration as welter
weight aspirant. , Sullivan had
science and coolness, hut as usual
l-wL'i.l atr.mi'lli tn deliver the knock-
' out. although several times he had
'Gardner at his mercy.
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A PICTURE OF THE FUTURE.
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COAL VEIN IS
.ENCOUNTERED
AT LAST
Dress Goods
In Varied Assortment of New
Spring Shades
Thousands of yards of new Spring
suitings comprising the newest weaves
and colorings in invisible checks and
stripes, also plain batiste and wool taf
fetas. Voiles in popular shades are very conspicuous in our
dress goods section. Fabrics tor street wear or, evening
gowns in all wanted shades, from 36 to 54 inches wide
From the yd..- ...50c to $1.50
DRESS GOODS AT A GENUINE BARGAIN PRICE
500 yards distinctive dress goods fabrics, in all
wool, small checks for street wear, worth regularly
$1.40 and $1.50 the yard
Friday and Saturday, the yd $1.10
JAPANESE SILK 2000 yards evening shades, also
black and white silk ; sometimes sold at 3oc and 35c
Our price, the yd 1 25c
CORSETS Our corset department contains the famous
Royal Worcester, which has more value than any
other corset made.
The popular models are here for stout people, slim peo
ple, short and long corsets; in fact, all that are de
sirable can be had from each $1.00 to $6.00
CHILDREN'S MUSLIN BONNETS An assortment so
varied and large a description would be almost im
possible. We can fit the baby in size and its mother
in st3'le and prioe. Each 25c to $1.50
Latest Novelties
In Ladies' Neckwear Constantly
Arriving
Half the neck fixings in the Easter
fashion show came from this store.
Why we are getting novelties from the
fashion centers of the East every week.
NEW LONDON BOWS are very much in demand, new
arrivals yesterday; black, blue and white, each.. 25c
STIFF LINEN EMBROIDERED COLLARS in floral
patterns, assorted styles, sizes from 12J. to 14
each 25c
STIFF LINEN HEMSTITCHED COLLARS, narrow
bands, for stout people, each 15c
LADIES' BELTS-We were fortunate in securing the
highest novelties in belts made this season. Persian
effects on elastic web, in brown, blue, green and wine;
artistic buckles, each : ?5c
GOLD COLORED ELASTIC BELTS with gilt
buckle and slide in back, each $1.00 to $2.50
EMBROIDERED PARASOLS-Hand embroidered Pon
gee parasols, new arrivals from Japan
each $6.00 to $10.00
TAN HOSE-Silk lisle, polkadot tan hose, will match
the tan shoes, the pair 50c
WAIST SPECIAL 5o ladies' white lawn waists, lace
and embroidery trimmed, always $2.00
Special Friday and Saturday, each $1.40
FEATHER BOAS-White or cream feather boas for
cool evenings ; can wear them all summer
Each .. $3.50 to $5.00
i
You'll be well dressed for any place, any com
pany, any occasion if you are dressed in our
Hart Shaffner . Marx
Clothes. We make a special feature of summer
clothes if your'e going away from home taking
a vacation at a lake, at the seaside, or anywhere
else, better get the good clothes matter settled
beforehand. These clothes will settle it for you
in the right way.
Suits or Overcoats
$ 1 5.00 to $30.00
This store is the home of the
Hart, SchafTnej- & Marx Clothes
Copyright 1908 by Hirt Sch-ffntr it Mux
Table Felt 0
'-in;h woven tab?p-diri
the yard, 95c
Hampton Bros
in?--,,! 1?'.lU,'i'V"rJ::
Willamette St,
WHR CASH BfcATS CREDIT
Rajah Silc
$1.00 Pih !k, all colon
the yard, 70c
Mr. LlKint (when m auka) aaurcttmy vhe .tenuis.
Chicmo Inter Ooe-
ITALIAN CAR DRIVER
WON LONG AUTO RACE
Briar Cliff, N. Y., April 24.
LoiiIb StranK, In a flfty-horsopowp;
Italian car, won the 2f0-nutomo! ilo
race over the llrlar Cliff course to
day. C'edrlno, also with an Italian
car, was neeond; Ouy Vaushn, driv
ing n tlilrty-horsi'powpr American
enr, third; Herbert Lyttlo nnd l'aul
Sartorl, tho only other rnceiB lo offi
cially finlBh the lon Journey, won
fourth nnd fifth place respectively.
Lyttlc drove a Ifty-horHcpower car
of American make and Sartorl a forty-horsepower
Itnllnn. Three other
cars of the twenty-two which started
j would havo been able to complete
the Journey, but tho race wns official
ly declared oft as soou as the fifth
car had crossed the finish line In or
der to prevent possible accident to
tho spectators who overflowed the
course.
The time of tho racers was com
I panillvely slow owing to the Intricate
'and dntmorouB course, and there were
numerous minor mishaps, but noth
Iiik serious transpired.
SlratiK look the lend early in the
race nnd won In five hours, fourteen
minutes, thirteen nnd one-fifth sec
onds. '
SULLIVAN LINES
UP ILLINOIS
FOR HIS ENEMY
ARRESTS MADE
FOR DYNAMITING
GALLAGHER'S HOME
SI'I'M l it lU'TTK COAI, AMI I'K-
tkoi.ki'M ouNY si:i:s st r.
( i:ss AIIK.ll
TAIIt QI AI.ITV OK COAIi KOl'M)
AT SMK liKI-TII VI.IN WAS
s ritt t 'K IIV Hill I.I, K.V l -CIIIV!
liV SKT I'DI1. AMI WOKIv
W I I.I. UK ri!ISK('l'TKI WITH
It.Olt
The coal vein nt the Spencer Mntto
( oi,: uml IVtrolrum Coiupiiny's mine
soul'iwct of tin elty lui hcen en
couiu -t d nt lust, the men wlui are
InlcliiK the ii'i:tfL having htruck It
Wediu'sila, ntuht at annul the same
depth thai it was found by the drill,
a little over UMI feet, kb a result
the officers ami stockholders if tho
company are Jubilant, and are great
ly encouraged to go nhead with tho
work of developing tho properly. The
vein is of good depth and the coal
that has been brought to the surface
of the shaft Is of fair quality. Tho
workmen will drift with the vein, and
It is expected that a larg body of
harder coal and of much better qual
ity will be encountered soon.
In order lo follow the vein that has
been struck It is necessnny to have
different muchincry from what Is
now being used, and an order has
been placed by the company for tho
necessary outfit with a Portland firm.
It la expected to arrive within a few
dnys, when' the work will be prose
cuted with greater visor than ever
before.
The finding of coal In merchanta
ble quantities on this properly means
much to KugcnO' nnd vicinity, and
the promoters of tho enterprise, who
havo worked so diligently on the
proposition, are to he congratulated
upon their bright prospects for success.
Srlngfleld. III.. April 23. The 1 1 II-
nols Democracy today adopted tho I
unit rule uml Instructed Its delegates i
to the national convention at Denver I
to vole for William J. liryan ail to
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KOOEH C. SU I.I.IVAN.
Oakland, April ?(. TUo first ar
rests In connection with the dyna
miting of Former Supervisor Cnlla
gher's homo were made last night,
when .1. Kerr, a blacksmith, nnd an
other ninn whose name Is not dis
closed, were taken Into custody. Kerr
went to a drug store Thursday after
noon and attempted to buy nitric
acid. Tho clerk drew the man Into
conversation and found ho had a
good knowledge of explosives.
The police were notified and ar
rested Kerr and another man.
LAST DAY FOR
FLEET AT LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, April 24. Today Is
tho last day of the fleet's stay al Los
Angeles ports and was set as beach
day. A lengthy program which will
occupy every minute of the time un
til the officers and men must hoard
their vessels has been arranged. The
most pretentious affair in this city
today was an atitomobllo tour of four
hours In which 3300 sailors rode in
five hundred automobiles about the
city. i
There are grout crowds at the
benches and great preparations are
BEVERIOGE MAY
MAKE KEYNOTE SPEECH
WiislihiKfnn, April 2 4.- Sen n tor
Hcvcililap Ih mioki'n of a h leinimntry
rhafrmiin of (tic national (tfpttbllcan
con vent Ion. Whoever Ih mud" tem
porary chairman will have t ho op
portunity of niaklnk; tho HO-rfilif
keynoiH Hpcrrh which Ih hiipiiohccI to
outline the prlnclpleg for which the
party will ronleiwl In tho nuiiptilKM.
"tiKp all honorable nicautt" to necurt
his nomination.
After h hot fluM In the rrxoluMoiiH
committee, which wan carried Into
the convention, the parly fi?Iopiei a
platform plank declaring for "(he
Krciiteut poHHtlile personal liberty" to
individuals, provided nil eh liberty
does not infrlriK' upon the. rlKhtu of
other people. The plank Ik an fo
Iowh :
rerMoiuil Liberty l'lank.
"We believe that orderly cttnloniM
and habits Ioiik pMrmied should not
be dint urbed by intolerance and we
hereby declare In favor of the fun
damental doctrine of democracy and
free government which Hive to the
Individual the largest tiieaHiire of per
sona liberty, no lotix hh lie doen not
infringe on the perHonal riKtitu of
other;. We are oppoKed to ull ttiimp
t nary lawn."
InnN-ad of nam I ii k the four dele
K.'ti"M and iiltertniTi'H-at-larK to the
national convention. It wan d i lib-d
to und eight, hIIowIiik each man one.
hilf a vote. Klectonwit-larKe were
ai-j cJioin, The resolution iridorn
Uta, Mr. lirynn watt adopted with eii
fbuxhfs'n and a flattering demount t a
il'n (fll vHt-d tli- action.
I jitltuolii-iii for liryan.
Tl,e i-'ifi vt-lt I't'i, howi-vr, jbowt'd
i-ittrcrc eiitlni-him for Mr. I'.ran.
Whffi bin iniiii" wm mentlont'd thr
ft'ji I n vm rla b O t' f ,,;'f a pp!a nc, nnd
l.i. i ;i::iiy ol t". -' 'fllnHo't In hl
1;--- V - "!'",-1 Vlf'l c!l...f t. The
K..!ti:SII)KT
IS IMI'UOYIM.
I.akewood, N. .1., April 24.
Kx TrcHldent Cleveland In
Improving und ti Ih phynlclanK
believe he will he able to
leave for home In a few day.
PRESIDENT NORO ALE 18.
Aged head of the Haitian govern
nivut, which la tlirealeued with revolution.
being mailo to iiandlo the crowds to
view the departure 0f the various di
visions of t lie fleet tomorrow.
ii 'I I'age fliilit.(
I'filtHXKV 'A.M i:.VIl KXT
kasii.v i)i;i i:ri;ii
Wnshliigtoii, April 2.1 After one
of the hardest fouglit leKlslallvn bat
tles of this session, the house of rep
resentatives, late this afternoon, by
a vote of 247 lo S, passed the Kulton
laiifl-griiiit resrilntlon without amend
ment I'rlor to the vote on final pas
sage Kordnev's amendment was voted
down, 4:i t 2:1". The resolution will
go lo the president by II rid of the
week, and will be promptly signed
by hliii.
ii, , .,!!,. ,.y thereafter steps will
lie taken id 1 11 1 1 In t suit ng-iliist the
Oregon Ciilllornla Ita'lronil ('nm
panv lo seeme th" forf-'ltnre of the
tins, Id por'lon of Its grant. For the
llMle !eng, s U UllflcrSlflO'l. ,r.
fe.,iiH-s will tie undertaken agaiiii'l
I'tcil.er eoti'tiani'-s uriil o''ier pur-cli;'-"ls
from the railroad.
I n iisni-lii'eil I'r. ms dlfpaleh In
vesii-rd-iy's lliiaid s'.-i'e.l ihai Ihe
I' t'!ii v ariiereliiK-nr uas lebeited, n"i
eir .r I'.ivliu' In en in 11I" In tin- hurry
oi '!:-! tn; out t lie ill, ;.iti h. )
ori'ICIAI, l:'OHIH'AST
i-'oit voiti iiu i:sr
I'orlland, April 24. -West-
ern Oregon and WeBtern
Washington Fair tonight;
cooler In the Interior; light
frost. .Saturday, fair; warm-
or In the interior; westerly
winds.
Kustcrn Oregon nnd Ka.st-
em Washington and Idaho
Kali and cooler; tonight light
! frost; Saturday, fair and
js warmer.
J i'Assi:N;i:it -ru m
I .11 MI'KH TIIK i:it( it
Itochester. X. Y., April 24 The
I'" rlc train number 4. known as the
Chicago lOxpress. Jumped the track
while passing Caulsteo at the rate of
sixty tulle an hour Ibis morning. No
serious Injuries resulted to pas.stn-gerrf.
; I lili aco W lieot Mall e i.
ChleaK'o. April 2 I. -Closing prices
j Mav, :i7 1-2; July, SS 3-K; Hop-
I tellitier, Sj.,
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