Eugene daily guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1904-1924, February 13, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextI 7 "") o o DAILY- .GUAM rXGKXK, OKKGOX, SATI RDAV KVKX1XG, KHiRl ARV 13, 1000. No. 80 D : . WING TRAIN HbLU UP CONFERENCE V fn TUF MAN PAR PflRPPn TO CON W ! ii m mm ) MIL MIMIL Ullll IIUUULU While running fifty miles per hour, Rio Grande passeu the west was J 11VM. U morning between itomer by two ban' ,ared from toe coa! knelled the engineer .. tho train. They L the cab and fired Le the passengers. cbo startea to mv?- i th trouble, was L times, but was not nmndled t'be mail it mail car. and stole registered mail, after I . .j Ua nrov tO Ejuiice ahead of the iMcapea m iue un L. h,it It is believed Kloa was Denver. he loot cannui no - pollce are searching the amount secured tary. Botn cieras registered mail was ava no idea of the Lkage Is said to have itf Irom a Salt Lane 'City bank, estimated at from $1,000 to $5,000. PRESIDENT-ELECT iVES NEW ORLEANS New Orie. President elect Taft, after" . two davs ; In New Orleans, left for-' Cincinnati this morning. He will leave Cincln- natl on Tuesday morning for Wash ington, Mrs. Tart accompanied her , husband, and there . was a large ; crowd at the depot to witness the i departure of the president-elect. SERIOUS FIRE IN SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco, Feb. IS. Fire, which originated in the branch post office on Valencia street early today, carried a loss of about $50,000 to the building and adjoining stores. A large number of people were living in. the upper apartments and narrow ly escaped with their lives. In res cuing the inmates several firemen were slightly hurt. NEGRO AFFAIRS Call Issued to Consider Ques tion as Lincoln Would Have Done New York, Feb. 13. The signa tures of many prominent men and women are attached to a call Issued for a national Lincoln conference on the negro question. The question is put in call: "How near has t'be nation lived up to the obligation imposed upon it by the emancipation proclamation?" The call goes on to say that if Lin coln could return In the flesh, he would be disheartened by the condi tions as they exist and goes into var ious features of the alleged discrim ination against the negro. CORONER'S JURY , RENDERS VERDICT Everett, Feb. 13. The coroner's jury upon the explosion of tie Great Northern (enuftne Wednesday, In which the crew lost their lives today, returned a verdict that the explosion was due to broken stay bolts and a defective portion of file boiler. The jury declared there was water In the boiler and no indication of overheating. FIREMEN INJURED IN MILWAUKEE Milwaukee, Feb. 13. While two companies of firemen, who were fighting a fire In the John F. Man vllle Steamplpe warehouse today and adjoining buildings fell into the low er floor when the roof collapsed. Five firemen were Injured and a number of others are still missing. LEGISLATURE WORKING OVERTIIVIE IN TRYING 10 FINISH SESSION'S BUSINESS VEXKZVKLA AND fXCLK SAM ACiltKK Washington, Feb. 13. Special Commissioner llu chanun today telegraphed the state department that he had signed the proctocol with the Venezuelan government for the settlement of disputes be tween that country and the United States. He will leave Caracas for home Tuesday. Guard Special Service. Salem, Or., Feb. 13. The house remained in session until midnight last night and disposed of 25 bills. It then adjourned until 1 0 o'clock Monday morning. Among the bills passed by the house last night were several pertaining to Lane county. They were: Increasing the salary of the school superintendent of Lane county from $1200 to $1500 and giving him a stenograph er at $500; authorizing district school boards to say what meet ings shall be held in schoolhouses, and licensing of gill nets used for salmon fishing in the Siuslaw river. An almost perfect' Imitation of a $10 gold piece-was passed at the Ladd & Bush batik at Salem yester day. It is said a number of similar coins are afloat in Portland. The coin has a slight ring and is said to be so cleverly made as to almost baffle detection. . , . ALWAYS RELIABLE STANDARD PATTERNS New Stock of Dress !ds is Now Complete k our Dress Goods Department has always been largest and contained the best values to be found, re better able to hold the position with our new ig purchase than ever. We are showing the new oi'j most popular shades. Staple and fancy res in taupe, brown, navy and other desirable col- The price range is from 50c to $1.50; exclusive bs, $12.50 to $15.00. It Has Been a Question If Style Can Be Improved It is no longer a question an inspection of our new Spring Suits for women is a most convincing argument in favor of improvement. They are the most beautiful ever shown for the adornment of woman. ' They chal lenge instant admiration by their graceful lines. -The fit, finish and materials are very attractive. The prices will be a pleasant surprise. LE AND PANAMA Voile Skirts, cut in grace ks. either silk bands bottom or silk straps' ? the seams, giving a effect; each. . $1) to $20 (silk in new Ityles enpting patterns; we in- msppctlon there are no to; the pattern. . $lrj,00 OODS FOR EARLY 2e ton pari V In t..ibn thA There is'a decided ad- " iD buvitt? onrlv enniii. N best patterns The I ire much 111 pvlHnnro In h; stripes and figures are m a variety or designs; 12Uc to 23c PIES THAT ARE Insert ( An c a 1 Di.f.i. "t nuutCIB, Oil II I broideries. In white Jc.cc.a, wiue. 'I; with dainty colored iue range ot de- mr-- uiuiuuii 10 ue rK them over; It will rore to show them; the ac to 93 GINGHAM?' pnpelling styles. exqui- ings. marks this sea- v ueciutfuiy air mail others; they will . .mmi wasn suits: - fS FOR CHILDREN" "'"mini checks; 'oken ,,1;,,, n)any inns Kponi .... t'li . ' !'"!"""' WANT CAN BE ' ribbon department, "!as and s,.nn. i., n 'ancles in .,... J...-. : Widths, " You'll Be Fit For Any Company So far as looks go if you are fitted in one of our fine Suits, made espec ially for us by HART, SCHAFFNEE & MARX. We'll show you styles, the very latest new models, the most relia ble all-woo lfabrics, and the perfect tailoring and finish which that name in clothes always stands for. You want this sort of clothes and we know it. We are do ing you a favor by put ting them before you. Look at any of our fancy Suits look at our hand some blue and black Suits; give us your order for a full dress or Tuxedo or Prince Albert Suit; you will profit by it. Our Suits are $15 to $20 ir 'his make But we have others from $6.50 to $15 Copyright 190? by Hart SdutFnr 4r "'1-rx ROYAL WORCESTER CORSETS The best store in almost every Important city in the United Slates sellB this most popular corset. ,- Beyond a question it is the best known, the most used and contains the most corset val ue of any corset made. There are corsets for stout peo ple, corsets for slim people, cor sets for short people in fact, a corset for every figure, and the prices are popular; each, 91. 00 and u). JAPANESE CREPE FOR KIM0NAS . Kast colors; Japanese Crepe in characteristic "Jap" patterns; The assortment is large; the yard 25c THERE'S A GREAT DIFFERENCE IN UMBRELLAS One we are offering for $1.50 is extra Rood quality; fine cover; Paraxon frame; natural handle; worth J1.7.ri. special .each $1.50 REMNANTS OF SILK AT HALF PRICE In this lot can be found Taffetas both plain and fancy, soft Jap anese Wash Silk. Silk Poplins. Moire and Novelties in several qualities: many enough for a waist: all at one-half regular waist; all 1 lt'(tulur Price PERSIAN BRAIDS AT 15c 53 pieces Braids in almost every color or combination of colors; match anything ; worth from 25c to 35c; special, the yard.. REMNANTS OF TABLE LINEN 7" Inches wiilf. u'A ilncu; j.reuy floral oVsiMii!-: f:nn In 2 yard. 'iS't. X yard lengths; worth up to Jl the yard: lieninant prk-. ; ..rd.Kle Ii. (ilk- Speaker McArthiir's bill for elim-l ination of unnecessary duplication in tne courses of study In the state's higher educational Institutions, passed the 'house last night. It pro vides for appointment by the govern or early next month of a non-salaried commission of five members which shall examine the courses of study in the different institutions and make Its recommendations to the respec tive boards of regents of these schools. Consolidate Offices. Consolidation of the offices ot state veterinarian and state sheep Inspector is provided in Representa tive Hawley's bill which passed the house last night. The bill also auth orizes the appointment of deputy vet erinarians by the county courts. Another Increase of Salary. An Increase from $2,000 to $3,000 in the salary of labor commissioner is provided in a bill which pasBed the house last night. The increased compensation does not take effect un til t'.ie expiration of incumbent's term, January, 1911. Representa tive Hean championed this bill ex plaining that that office was becom ing of considerable Importance al though it was the poorest puld state office at present time. State Deaf Mute School. On recommendation of Joint com "'i!tee on ways and means, the house last night passed the bill appropria ' t.ng yiD.OUO for the purchase of a new site and tvie construction of nec essary buildings for the state deat mute school nt some point npar Sn lem. The property now occupied b. this institution near reform school i will be turned ever to the asylum : tnrm management. For Sliite l-'ire Marshal. Reynolds' bill, creating the office of state fire marshnl at an annual salary of $3,000, has passed 'the ! house. "Pile bill is modeled after the j Ohio law an'd the expense of the of ; flee is provided by a tax of one half : of one per cent on gross premiums of. MOCK DIVORCE SUITS Mutual and Old Line fire Insurance companies In the state. INiy rHin Normal Dills. Two bills by Representative Apple gate providing for the deficiency at EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY BILL IS DEFEATED Stilom, Or., Feb. 13. The senate today defeated the cm- ployors' liability bill by a vote of 11 ayes to 17 nnyB, two ah- sent. Senator Ulnghnm, of 4 Lane-, made a strong argu- lnent against the bill, saying P he is a laboring man and the defeat of the employers' 11a- blliiy bill will be a victory tor the employe. Senator K. J. Miller, of Linn and Lane, ulso opposed the bill. ' MAY BE ABOLISHED CALICO AT 5c Good dark coined Calico: navy, red, (fray ami fancy colors ; while they IhM. 'ht yird . . . 5c BINDERS GIVE THE BEST WEAR Ivl H " of Ihese Justlv popular and reliable mae Kferfk " ,rom ,he Atlantic to the Pacific as the best r iBr t0 fifing . . . . . , r CI 1 lit .i.(K) t".vr, wuica is rrora, me pair wc - E ROTHES ru7i cJ"le8 tc arty boys Mrs. Jane Hopkins m.j . 0 "1 kind tor durability; all ages, manv colors: tne SWEATERS FOR THE BOYS Have von thought how cute the Utile chap would look In a Swente' Coat? We have them in red, navy, gray and cream for all ages of hoys; a $1.60 garment for t'-25 A WINDOW FULL OF HITS FOR $1.25 EACH $2.00 .$2.50 and $3.00 Hats In black" tan mode and br f) good styles; the yare all at one price lake your choice wa.il.a.. hi R SPRING u after a (rood hat. f 'Gordon: then nav 3.0 Hampton Brds. 558-564 Willamette St. WHERE CASH BEATS CREDIT 0 SPRING UNDERWEAR Is all in and ready for yon. Single garments or Union Suits; garment, 25c to $1 Mock trials at the high Bchool may be abolished, as the divorce suit the oilier day is considered Inimical to a proper regard for the mar riage relation by members of the University faculty, who have asked Principal George Hug to consider the doing away with the custom. Other trials than the di vorce stilt are said to be looked upon as of educative benefit and no objections are likely to be mado to them. Denjamln Huntington, a high school teacher, explain ed that the woman In the di vorce case was only a big boy dressed In skirts, and no girls were actually allowed to participate. the Drain Normal school for 11107--8, passed the house Inst night. The bills carry appropriations aggregat' ing $90X2.25. Kliigliiim ltill Pusses. Senntor Itlngliam's bill npproprla tlrrp; $10,000 for l'!m better enforce--lierit of the lirws and for the protec tk n of the forests of the Btnte, passed the Benate this morning with 10 af firmative votes. Senator Bingham T"de a strong talk for favorable con sideration of the measure, which he said was of vital Importance to one of the principal Industries of the state. Sennte bill 79. Increasing the sal ary of the recorder of Waslilngiou county, was passed over the govern or's veto, 20 to 8. Tax Icvy for fiovcrnincnt IIoihIh. Sennte bill 47, 240 Ijy Wood, pro viding for raising $300,000 by halt a mill levy, to build roads, was passed. The senate adjourned nt 1:40 to 2 o'clock and will work until late this afternoon. DEXTER LUMBER CO.'S HOLDINGS SOLD TO MINNESOTA MEN Deal Includes 42,000,000 Feet of Timber and Sawmill Property KING AND QUEEN AT HOME AGAIN Yesterday K. .1. Frnsler completed negotiations for Ihe sale of the entire Dexter Lumber Company's holdings to Alexander While und Henry West, recently from Minnesota. ' The sale includes 42,000,000 mil lion feet of standing timber, the com I pauy.'s sawmill nt Dexter und all their 1 teams, donkey engines, logging fix tures and real property. The purchasers took possession of ; the property at once, und it is their j intention to at once develop their I valuable milling plant to Us fullest I capacity. I The consideration for the properly Is private. BIG BOND ISSUE London, Feb. 13. The king and queen arrived in 'London to-Jay Irom Berlin. I OF ERIE ROAD IH IX !! SNOW IS WKITHKH FOKI'X'.VsT Oregon Italn or snow to night and Sunday; cooler to night In northern and eastern portions. Variable winds, mostly westerly. Washington Rain or snow In west, snow in eastern r tloD Uinight and Sunday; Northerly winds. Idaho Snow !lght and Sunday; colder toulgbt Albany, Fefi, 13. The public ser ! vice commission hits authorized, the i Krle railroad company to issue $30, ! OIKi.Oilil par value collateral trust r percent gold bunds, maturing In tlilr I ty years. A large portion of the sum S will be used to redeem bonds prev I iously issued. PRESIDENT RETURNS FROM KENTUCKY CARVER'SAIOAD O COMING TMONROE fe) MoiOe, Feb. 12. 1 909. llpnroe shipped Its first carload oi fjfuuee dlnwtly fronfjs own depot yester day. The riii contained four and feed from t'he Monroe Mills, and was coiirlgued !" t'oiv.iliis nicruhants. Washington, Feb. 13. The presi dent und ti'irtv returned to Washlriif- ! ton todav from the dedication of Ihe ' memorial building ul Lincoln farm. Kentucky. Joseph N. Teal Pictures Awful Economic Waste in Oregon ; ACKERMAN SAYS TEACHERS NEED HIGHER WAGES Captain Dodd Presents Gavel Made From Pear Tree Lincoln Planted Conservation of national and state resources and education In the public and higher schools were the topics of discussion today for the Common wealth day exercises at the University ot Oregon. This morning the sub ject of state resources and their con servation was the first dealt with, by Joseph N. Teal of Portland. Mr. Toal told of the urgent need tor conservation of salmon, of game, of water power, of forests, of land, and of public service. He satirized the salmon Interests with their "grab" policy, of taking all they can In the shortest possible time. He said that In every ol'her line of nub He showed how cold-bloodedly legis latures glvo away rights of measured value to tho millions ot people ot the future. Mr. Judson took similar views la reference to tho nntlonnl field of con servation. Tho Importance of rivers and waterways and of forests and lumber to the nntlon as a whole was definitely presented, and the vast reach of the conservation policies were described. The speaker told of the oppor ttinlty to Impress the youth ot the statu and the nntlon with the i"v porance of things ot general benefit, iuuI seemed to believe that the present generation was neglectful of common Interests, an.', that the hope of the state and tho nation rOMtu wlt'i youth, who are now in the public schools. , Ix'gi.sliilorH At Two O'clock. The legislators did not arrive until afur two o'clock this afternoon, mi Governor Cliumberlaln was not at the meeting thlB morning. However, pauv other prominent neople were present, and the audience of three hundred people t'his morning were deeply Interested. Comparatively few legislators fcom Salem were present tills morning, and very few others canio In tills after noon. Governor Chamberlain vwas ulso iinnble to lie present, us was Jay Boworm'in. president of the sennte. TKOl'lll.F. WITH TKI,IO;li.rH WIHIvS Portland, Feb. 13. To Ed liors Wires In the East In trouble. ASSOCIATED PRESS. ' ItQaurant men of Portland who; were refused licenses by the city J council to sell Iquor with meals In; tbeir places of business cannot he proueeirted by the lty )for viola-1 tion of the ordinance prescribing that to sell liquor In a restaurant the tffc.prletor must first have a restau-i rrrnt license, according to a ruling .f Presiding Judge Oantenbeln in the circuit court-yesterday. and a number of others from Port land, who were on Ihe program. Frederick N. Judson, of the St. Louis bar, who was to Bpenk on "Na tional Conservation," did not arrive. The Lincoln Guvel Captain J. C. Dodd, of Springfield, this niornlnlg presenlej to the Uni versity a gavel made from the wood of a pear tree planted by Abraham Lincoln. He told many reminiscences of his own boyhood in which Lincoln figured as the boy's hero. The home of the Dodds In Illinois seems to have been one of Ihe regular stopping places of Lincoln on his trip over the prairies as a lawyer and as a legisla tor or candidate. The Dodd children had ihe unique pleasure of listening lo his inimitable stories, his reflec tions upon books he hud read or li.iolis he wlHlied he had read earlier in IiIb life. It was this recollection of these visits and of his later knowl edge of Lincoln to the time of his martyrdom, which inspired tho t.u:i t.ln-r remarks of Captain Dodd In presenting the gavel to the I'nl-verslty. President P. L. Campbell. In re ceiving It from Cuptuln Dodd, ex- prcssed In fitting terms the gratitude of Hie officers, funnily and students of the Cnjverslly, and alluded lo the -value of symbols in bringing home to Mie young the full significance of Ki'eat lives and great Ideals. Oregon School Problems J. H. AckermaS, state superinten dent of schools, discussed the prob lems oi tne common school in the first address I Ills afternoon. "The teachers of this state." he said, are q Inadequately puld. Why, I noticed n the bill for the creation of Nes- milh county the salaries of the offi cers. 1 he sheriff, the county clerk, the county Judge other officers were provided w" salaries In the neighborhood of $1000 or (lAl U Ii. nnd the county school suuenn- lendent was lo bo provided Willi only $400 a year. "The other great prob'Qi In this j (Continued on Page Twelve.