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SALEM, OKEGOV, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1011.
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SPE AK'ERc RUSK
SPMNiS
APO
JUJL 1 11
RPRISE
COiXllSSION BILL
Ai THE COUNTY GOURT BONDING ACT
FIRST BADLY DISFIGURED
BUT AVOIDS SOLAR PLEXUS
AND BOTH LIABLE TO PASS
Highways Commissioners Concede Anything So Long as They
Save the Right ot Appoint the $4000 a fear Commissioner
to Boss the Work Jackson, of Portland Journal, Who Is
lo Be a Member of the Commission, Is Backing a Washing
ton Man for the Place.
Kdna Cost Nat $1000 a Day.
New York, Feb. 13. In his
own words, "once more a ma,tri
nionlal remnant, cast on cupld's
bargain counttur," Nat Goodwin,
the actor, is endeavoring to take
philosophically the action of
Referee J. C. Thompson, in de
ciding against him In the di
vorce suit Instituted by Edna
Goodrich, hlB fourth wife.
If Is estimated that Goodwin's
27 months of wedded life with
Miss Goodrkn cost him $800,
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The situation in regard to good
road! legislation today Indicates the
passage of two bills, a, state highway
commission bill and a county court
bonding act. In tSe latter bill, un.
der the leadership of Neuner, of
Douglas county, it will be left op
lulonal with the county court .when
calling a bonding election to submit
to the voters a description of the
highway to be Improved, or to make
(he county bonding Issue general,
without specifying where the highway
shall be built.
The highway commission bill has
bewso hacked up and amended that
there is very little of It left. There
will be three highway commissioners,
aai they are to select a man who will
have charge of the state highways at
J 4000 a year. It is understood that
this pajty Is a Washington man of
the name of Eldnidge, who has al-,
ready been agreed upon and is
backed by Mr. Jackson, of the Port-!
land Journal, who is to be a member,
of the commission. The state high- j
ways commission managers were,
ready to concede everything, in order j
to save the commission and thp right
to appoint tjjeir man at $4000 a year.
Hti will practically nave no power or
authority, as everything Is left to the
county courts, and he w.ill have very
little to do except hold down his Job
with a secretary to do his work.
State Banking Law.
The hous did a. big morning's
work passing a new state banking
act. The vital change In this is that
no new state bank can be established
unt'l the existing banks In any town
or city have deposits of five times .the
aggregate capital stock of the banks
doing business there. The board of
directors must have at Uost two
members who are stockholders, but
not officials, who shall make an exam
ination of the affairs of the bank
Branch banks are prohibited In the
future.
The following is added to section
33:
"It shall be lawful for any bank
receiving deposits In compliance with
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Soap.
P;,rts, Feb. 13. If soap sta
tistics given out today are cor
rect, Russia is the dirties nation
on earth, and England the
cleanliest. America stands
second to England.
Statistics show that each in
dividual in Russia uses only two
pounds of soup iniiiually; In
England, 21 pounds; America,
17 pounds; France, 15 pounds;
Germany, 10 pounds, and Aus
tria, 5 pounds."' '." ' '
BILL GIVES VOTERS SECOND CHOICE
STOR,
IS
SWEEPING
THE COAST
Gale Hits a Mile a Minute on the
Sound, and at Mouth of Co
lumbia 80 Miles an Hour.
Xew Woman In China.
San Francisco, Feb. 13
Chinese predecents of a thou
sand years are shattered here to
day as the result of a demand
by two Chinese "new women"
that the yJlow race rise up,
overthrow the Manchu dynasty
and proclaim a republic, with
woman suffrage attachments.
Mrs. J. J. ling, a graduate of
the Canton normal school, and
Miss 6. Lou, a graduate of the
University of California, sound
ed the tocsin, addressing the
Young China organization here.
WILL GET PAID NEARLY
$20,000 FOIt EACH JAY
THE CHICAGO STORE HAS PURCHASED THE
pit StolS;-
of The Style Craft Store
it is now on sale on the second floor over the millinery department, We- are selling out
the entire stock at 5c, 10c, 15c nd 25c on the dollar, This is a chance of a lifetime to
boy goods at such ridiculous prices; goods worth 25c for 5c, goods worth 50c for 1 0c and
15c, goods worth $1 ,00 for 20c and 25p, $5,00 hats for 98c, $15,00 suits for $2,50
and $3,50, flowers worth $1-00 for 10c and 1,5c, and so along the line with the- entire
stock,. We bought ihe goods cheap enough so we can give you bargains,
Come and See the Crowds
SHIPPING HUGS HARBORS
Kaxtcrii Oregon Is Swept by Bliz
zard Accompanied by Know ami
Low Temporal nres -West of the
Mountains in Washington and .Ore
gon" There Has Been a Fail of
- Mixed Haln Mid Snow Itaromrter
Indicates Storm Is Not Over.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 13. It was an
nounced today that Benjamin D
Greene and John F. Gaynor, who have
completed four-year sentences for de
frauding the government in the Sa,
vannah harbor work, must serve an
additional 30 days each In default of
the payment of a Arte of $575,479.90
imposed when they were convicted.
At the end ofrthat time the men can
go before a United States clerk In At
lanta, take a pauper's oath, and go
free.
NEW SPRING STYLS IN
Ladies'
Suits & Coats
iyi newest cmolmnt in li
v,vuuviio Ml la
dies' suits and coats arriving
daily. We are keeping our
eyes' opened for bargains and
if you come here you can get
them, We have a sharp buyer
in New York'thafis 'sending us
SlJits that you cannot duplicate
elsewhere for the price.
New Spring Styles $15,
:J? $25 values,, for
8-50, $10.50, $12.50
and $14.50
NEW SPRING STYLES IN
Imported
4 H.'
Dress Goods zl
and Silks
We show the greatest line of
imported dress'goods and silks
in this part of the world, and at
m'io.e.s t'at von will find harden.
Heat, -They are now arrvng
daily?- the 'materials and pat
terns 'are very attractive, .
New Spring Dress Goods
yard 25c, 35c, 49c,
65c and up
New. Spring Silks per
yard 25c, 35c, 49c, 25c,
75c and up
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Store
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Portland, Or., Feb. IS. The gen
eral storm warnings issued Sunday
against any vessels going to sea, is
still In force today ,and, although
the gale has subsided somewhat, a
falling barometer Indicates that the
storm la not over, and may again re
sume thu intensity that characterized
it yesterday. A whistling wind, ac
companied by flurries of snow ob
tained In Portland today.
The predictions for today are foV
continued rain and snow, with but
little if any change In temperature.
Not a vessel left the mouth of the
Columbia river yesterday,' and last
night even the sturdy steamer Beav
er, en route for San Francisco, re
mained Inside until the blow sub
sided. It was fxpected that It would
depart this forenoon.
At North Bend, Wash., at the
mouth ot the Columbia, ' the wind
reached 80 miles an hour ,and was
accompanied by a cold rain. The ve.
loclty of the gale varied in the North
west, from 30 miles an hour at
Blaine, nrnr the Canadian line to
26 miles n Portland.
In the Straits of Juan de Fuca the
wind started yesterday noon at a ve
locity of 30 miles an hour, and before
night had attained a speed of a mile
a minute, this rate, continuing until
early today.
No great damage has Wen reported
in the Northwest, and all seagoing
vessels are n shelter.
Eastern Oregon and Washington
are In (he throes of a snow storm,
accompanied by high winds, which
apparently has nctalnld the greatest
velocity at Baker City, Or., where It
has reached almost the proportions
of a blizzard.
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Slitter (ot HIh Money.
London, Feb. 13. Judge Evans to
day awarded the estate of Dr. H. H.
Crippen, hanged for the murder of
his wife. Belle Elmore-Crlppen, to
Mrs. Theresa Hunn, of Brooklyn, N.
Y., a half sister of Mrs. Crippen.
Crippen bequeathed his property
to Ethel Clare Leneve, for love of
whom he killed his wife. Judge
Evans declared the will invalid today
on the ground of public policy.
.
Fear n Iloxer rising.
London. Feb. 13. Tbe foreign of
fice today fears anti-foreign out
breaks which may be a repetitlod of
the Boxer uprising, are Imminent in
China. Europeans are believed to be
la danger.
ASSISTANT
II
SECRETARY
OF STATE
BILL VETOED M THE (JOVEKMHl
WHO OBJECTS TO CREATION OF
AX OFFICE WITH EMEROEJiCY
CLAUSEi-SA-8 IT WOULI CRE
ATE (JOT ERSMEJi'T OF CLERKS.
IT WILL REVOLUTIONIZE
POLITICAL COriDITIONS
AMD BREAK THE MACHINE
Bill Is Made Up of Washington and Idaho Second Choice
Features of the Direct Primary Law Its Object Is to do
Away With Candidates Nominated by a Plurality and Pro
vides That Where Three or More Candidates Are Running
the Voter Must Express His Second Choice.
Governor West this afternoon sent
into the' senate a veto message
against Senate Bill No. 135, creating
the office of assistant secretary of
state. This Is the Bowerman b'Hf,
and the governor states It Is uncon
stitutional, as an amendment ' to the
constitution Is sought to be made to
provide for this office. The bill In the
opinion of the governor seeks to cre
ate a state government by clerks, and
the governor thinks there would 'be
just as much need of giving the same
powers to the chief clerk of the state
treasurer, or any other state official.
It would put the chief clerk of the
secretary on several state boards,
' but does not validate the acta of the
chief clerk, In the past when the sec
retary of state has been absent. The
office of secretary of state is created
(by the constitution,, and only the
purely ministerial acts can be dele
gated Instead of all the functions of
the office as is undertaken in the
bill. State officials could thus be al
lowed to stay away ' from the state
house and delegate all their duties to
a clerk and 'draw the pay the state
allows them. As .this bill creates a
new office, the governor thinks It
should not contain . an emergency
clause.
A new bill Is being prepared for
introduction to overcome the objec
tions In this bill.
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FIVE MINERS KILLED
BY I RE MATURE EXPLOSION
Hazelton, B. C, Feb. 13. Five men
were instantly killed and two others
severely Injured at noon Sunday as
the result of a premature explosion
In the small tunnel of the Grand
Trunk Pacific railroad company mine
near Kitselas, B. C, according to in
formation reaching here today. The
men' were working at the far end of
the tunnel when a box of powder
left sear them out of the tunnel n
thaw out, exploded.'
Speaker Rusk today under suspen
sion of the rules put through his bill
to provide a second choice at prim
ary yelectlons for all offices for which
there are three or more candidates.
It Is made up of the Washington and
Idaho second choice features of the
direct primary laws, and In those
states the second choice has enabled
the people to get out a much better
class of candidates than under the
single choice in Oregon.
This bill If enacted Into law will
do away with having candidates who
are nominated "by a 'plurality, and
who have not behind them an ex
pressed majority of the party they
represent. The bill provides two
squares at the left of each candidate
'where three' or more' are running for
the same; office, and the- voter most
express a first and second choice or
his vote on, that division of the ballot
will not be counted. It also provides
that ha. .cannot vote first or second
choice alone. Here;- are the provl
slnns ol' tiie bill introduced by Speak
er" Rusk. '' ' ....
Rusk Second Choice 'lUII.
A bill- foran act'to require a" ma
jority vote at a primary election to
nominate; to require, voters to ex
press their, first and second choice of
candidates in every case where there
I are more than twice as many candi
dates than there are positions to be
filled In any one office division of the
ballot. To provide for the manner of
'printing the ballots and for canvass
ing first choice and second- choice
votes, and making returns of the
same.
i Section 1. Hereafter at all prim
ary elections a majority ot all votes
cast for nomination In each office
'division shall be necessary for nom
inating a candidate by a political par
ty In such office division,
i Sec. 2. In every case where there
are more than twice as many candi
dates of one political party for nom
ination to a particular office as there
are positions to be filled In such of
fice division of the ticket, each voter
shall be required to- ideslgnat 'On his
ballot for each position to e filled
.by nomination one 'person for 'his first
choice and another person for his seo-
.ond choice of tbe several candidate,) ()
Sec. .3. .Wben printing the ballala
ior a (ifiiimrj eieuntm iqei e iiHkii.oa
left opposite and -Id th; leifc jjf atatt
upon the same lino as, the nmne of
each 'candidate''" In etfch4 '6ffl'ee''"dfvfV
slon two separate blank Pieces en- -closed
by rule work In the form of a
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Get the Best
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