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THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1908. 5 FUEL DEALERS TO FORM BIG TRUST Combine Being Organized in Portland to Control Coal . and Wood Business. DECLARE SUCCESS CERTAIN Owners or Existing Companies to Sell for Stock in Xew Concern. Merger May Be Completed Before End of This Month. That a big combine of Portland fuel dealers Is la process of Incubation and Vlll be hatched not later than June 1. Is the statement f men who are in close touch with the fuel trade, and conse quently refuse to permit their names to be used. If the proposed merger, of fuel companies goes . through, the people of ,the city, it is said, will be confronted by a trust worthy of the name. The proposed trust, if it is accom plished, will take over all of the Port land fuel companies, giving the owners of the different plants stock in the merged concern. A general manager of the trust will have charge of the distribution of fuel and the purchase of supplies. Directors will fix the prices for all grades of fuel, and will decide on general questions of policy. "The wood companies are getting to gether," said a man who is Interested in one prominent concern. "The move ment is on foot and promises to be a success. Unless there are some unex pected obstacles, it is believed the or ganization will be completed before June 1. We may not succeed in get ting together before Kail, but It seems certain everything will go smoothly and the organization will be completed within the next two weeks. "The corporation will control prac tically all the fuel in the city. The largest concerns are Interested and are in harmony with the movement. L am not at all certain that the organization will raise prices. The cost of fuel, like everything else, depends on supply and flemand; but the concern that will probably be organized could regulate prices to suit Itself. "With the control of all the slab wood turned out by the Portland mills and of all the coal brought into the city, besides having the cordwood sup ply well in hand, there is no reason why the fuel combine could not dictate prices. "One thing is certain, and that , is wood will never be cheaper during the year than it is right now. The dealers are selling wet slab at i3 a load, de livered. This same wood sells for 4.58 in the Winter. The best thing the people of Portland can do is to lay In a good supply of wood now, before prices advance, as they are certain to do. Buyers can Just as well let this wood dry for Winter use as the dealers, and wtien Winter comes, and the roads are hud and the supply short, ' thrifty householders will not be compelled to pay fa try prices for wood, as the more short-sfchted will. In July and Au gust, when everyone is putting in wood, th price will go up naturally, because of the hV-avy demand." The Portland fuel Company, the con cern in which, State Treasurer Steel is the leading spirit, is what is considered an Independent company. But the other dealers figure that with the embarrass ment that has'come to Steel's company through the failure of the Title Guar antee & Trust Company and his own threatened prosecution, the Portland Fuel Company will be sold out and then the fuel barons can harmonize It with the other companies of the city. This concern has been handling cordwood exclusively, but with the slabwood from the city mills practically under the control of the prominent fuel dealers already, it Is said to be a simple matter to supply an allied company with that type of fuel. The fuel companies are piling much of their green slabwood at present. DROPS STANFORD EDITORS FACTITY KESEXTS UUIPOOX IXtt OF ITS MEMBER. 11. F, Bruniiig and M. J. Hclmic, of the (juad, Expelled From College. SAX FRANCISCO, May 13,-(Speeial.)-Harry F. Pruning, editor in chief, and M. J. Helmlc, the "Josh" editor of The Quad, the Stanford University annual, were dropped from the university today because of the severity of their strictures on the college faculty, especially upon Professor A. B. Clark, head of the com mittee on student affairs. Clark was lampooned In verse and cartoon and to day he promulgated the order dismissing the two students. C. H. Raymond, one of the students dropped earlier in the week, has secured the services of an attorney and will sue for reinstatement. He was dropped, he says, without a hearing, charged with having written questionable letters. He says he never wrote the letters' and that his signature was forged. Although this is commencement week at Stanford, there is no sign of the usual festivities. The students are leaving as rapidly as possible. Commencement will be a wry formal affair. This state of affairs has been brought about by the wholesale dismissals during the term. MARRY AT RIPE OLD AGE Kev. John t.lcn, of Portland, and Mrs. Virginia Clarkson Wed. SAN FRANCISCO. May 13. (Special.) The books of the marriage license clerk in the County Clerk's office in San Jose say that the Rev. John Glen, of Portland, Or., who was married 'there today to Mrs. Virginia Clarkson, of this city, had nearly reached man's allotted years, be ing 69. His bride is 60 years old, accord ing to the documents on tile. Dr. Glen was formerly pastor of the Free Methodist Church in Son Jose and Mrs. Clarkson was one of the most faith ful parishioners. The wedding was cele brated tonight in the presence of about a hundred friends. The couple took a late train for Portland, where they will live, the groom having a pastorate there. Mexicans to See Convention. ., CHICAGO, Majr 13. President Manuel Calera, of the lower house of the Mexican Congress has written to the Republican National committee ta say that he and some of his associates wished to learn how Presidential nominations were made in the United States, and asked if he could have tickets. This request was granted at once and the tickets sent to President Calera. TORNADOES IN SOUTH ers Injured during a tornado which badly damaged the town of Bellinger, La., late today. - SWEEPS TWO IOWA COUNTIES One Woman Killed In the Village of Northboro. DES MOINES, la.. May 13. A tor neda swept Into Southwestern Iowa from Missouri last evening, destroying many farm homes in Fremont and Page Counties and killing Mrs. Will Finley, of the village of Northboro, in Fremont County. FIFTEEN ARE DEAD IX NEBRASKA Fifty Persons Injured and Property l,M asoo.ooo. OMAHA. Nefc., May 13. Reports which came In slowly today from the tornado stricken district south of this city, add three victims to the list or dead, making a total of 15, and place the monetary dam age at half a million dollars. The casual ty list continues to grow as communica tion is partially restored with the five towns which suffered most from the storm, and the list of the injured, some of whom are fatally hurt, will reach at least 50. Two railroad laborers employed In a sand pit near Louisville were found dead this morning, and Ed Miller, who was injured near Papilllon, died of his injuries. At least three other persons are believed to have received fatal injuries. Five Italian railroad laborers were injured on the line of the Burlington railroad be tween Council Bluffs and Pacific Junction. , Nearly every one of five towns in the path of the storm Bellevue, Papilllon, Richfield, Meadows and Louisville were badly wrecked, and the village of. Fort Crook, and the post at that point suffered heavy damages. There are battalions oT the Sixteenth Regiment stationed at the fort and the men were today put to work clearing up the debris and putting the barracks in shape. Many of the large barracks buildings were partially un roofed, and a dozen or more large chim neys were blown down and scattered over the fort grounds. Nearly all the trees were blown down. At Bellevue College classes resumed their work today, using such buildings as were not wholly wrecked. The damage at that point will probably reach 1150,000. Three of the largo college buildings and part of the big dormitory were partially wrecked and the lighting plant was de stroyed. Telephone and telegraph wires and trolley lines were put entirely out of commission. The storm apparAtly fol lowed iboth sides of the Missouri Valley southward from a point Just below Omaha, and towns and farmhouses in its path were scattered over a stretch of country 20 miles wide. Railroads on both sides of the river have experienced washouts which have made it necessary to send large construction gangs to the scene today. Direct news reached Omaha this after noon by automlbile from Louisville, the town which was so badly wrecked by a tornado last night. ILouisville Is 25 miles from Omaha. The tornado cut a clean swath through the town, taking every house on the east side of the main street and doing no damage whatever on the west side of the street. In the town only one death resulted Wayne Hesler, a boy, being killed by a flying timber. Three are fatally injured and ten others badly hurt. The Missouri Pacific bridge over the Platte 'River at Louisville, which was moved three feet, but remained on the piers, was moved so nicely that it is now being used by the trains and will be left in Its present position, the approaches to the structure being changed to conform to the requirements.' The marvel of the town Is the fact that the death list is so small. A number of buildings were blown down, literally, about the ears of their occupants with out touching (hem. A number of families are destitute, but the smallest remnants of their homes being left intact. An official relief com mittee has been formed and supplies have been furnished. UNITE AGAINST ONE FOE Roosevelt Says War on Tuberculosis Makes for Peace. WASHINGTON, May 13. President Roosevelt has accepted the presidency of the International Congress on Tubercu losis, which will be 'held in this city in the Autumn. The President's letter of acceptance was received today by Dr. Lawrence F. Lock, of Philadelphia, chairman of the committee or arrange ments. The President says: "The International Congreen on Tuber culosis is in the Interest of universal peace. By Joining in such a warfare against a common foe, the peoples of the world are brought closer together and made to realize better the brotherhood of man; for a united interest against a common foe fosters unicersal friendship." CAMPAIGN' DAY&IX CLACKAMAS Programme of Meetings Arranged for Republican Candidates. OREGON CITY, Or.,' May 13. (Spe cial.) Chairman Stipp and Secretary Clark, of the Republican County Central Committee, have arranged meetings for the candidates for county offices In the final week of the campaign as follows: Canby, Monday, May 25;. Sandy, Tues day. May 26; Milwaukie, Wednesday, May 27; Damascus. Thursday, May 28; Beaver Creek, Friday. ' May 29. It is likely that the campaign will wind up with a huge rally at Oregon City on Sat urday evening. May 30. It . was an nounced today that Governor Chamber lain will make two speeches in Clacka mas County, talking at Canby Friday afternoon, May 22, and at Oregon City the same evening. Claude S. Howard secretary of the Clackamas County Socialist organization, will go to Jackson County next Saturday and will spend the final two weeks of the campaign there' making speeches in the interest of his party. M.' V. Thomas and Elijah oCalman. candidates for the Legislature on the Socialist ticket, will make speeches at Schubel next Saturday night, at Mulino Monday night and Macksburg Tuesday night. Speak for Large Army and Nary. NEW YORK. May 13. The Founders and Patriots of America held a banquet tonight at the Hotel Manhattan. The speakers, included Major-General Fred erick D. Grant and Rear-Admiral Casper F. Goodrich. General Grant emphasized the need of large military provisions. Rear-Admlral oGodrich followed General Grant with a plea for the Navy, CUBES IN FLEET Several Battleships Will Be Reassigned to Divisions. NEW MEN IN CHARGE Admiral Sperry Plans to Place Ves sels of Same Class Together as Far as Possible to Assure Homeogenity. SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. Extensive changes In the formation of the Atlantic fleet will be made Friday. May 15. when Rear-Admiral Thomas hauls down his flag as Commander-in-Chief and is suc ceeded by Rear-Admiral Sperry. Several of the ships will be shifted to different divisions and Captain Richard Wain wrlght and Captain Seaton Schroeder will assume command of divisions. Cap tain Wainwright will be succeeded in command of the Louisiana by Captain Kossuth Niles and Captain Schroeder will be succeeded on the Virginia by Captain Alexander Sharp. The Minnesota will take the place of the Louisiana in the first division, the latter becoming Rear-Admiral Emory's flagship in the third division. The Geor gia will continue as flagship of the sec ond division, with ' Captain Wainwright in command of the division. The Ne braska will -take the place of the Vir ginia in the second division, the latter Joining the -third. The Wisconsin will be Captain Schroeder's flags I p. heading the fourth division. The Connecticut will remain the flagship of the fleet. Results of Changes. When the contemplated changes are effected the different divisions will.be made up as follows: First division Connecticut (flagship, Kansas, Minnesota and Vermont. Second division Georgia (flagship), Nebraska, Nev Jersey and Rhode Island. Third division Louisiana (flagship), Virginia, Ohio and Missouri. Fourth division Wisconsin (flagship), Illinois, Kearsarge and Kentucky. Rear-Admiral Emory will be tactically In command of the second squadron, al though the squadron command has been eliminated as far as administrative pur poses are concerned. Captains Wain wright and Schroeder, who will assume command of divisions, will not receive the rank of Rear-Admiral until July 19. Transfer Flags Tomorrow. The actual transfer ' of flags will be made at 10:30 Friday morning and will be accompanied by the customary cere monies. On the same day. an hour or two before Admiral Sperry hoists his flag, the Pacific squadron of armored cruisers, commanded by Rear-Admiral Dayton, will get under way and go to sea, en route to Santa Barbara. This will remove any cause for complications that might arise from the ranking of Ad miral Sperry by Admiral Dayton. The Pacific fleet will leave San Francisco for Puget Sound at 10 o'clock next Monday morning. The reason for the changed formation of the fleet is to assure homogenity by divisions. Under the new arrangement the ships of the first division will be of one class, as will those of the second di vision. The only ships with inturning screws, the Virginia and Louisiana, will thus be in the same division. The ves sels of the remlaning two divisions will be as near of the same class as it is pos sible to place them by divisions. Attend Bohemian "Jinks." Practically every off-duty officer from the combined fleets attended tonight the annual Spring "Jinks" of the Bohemian Club, which is famed for Its clever enter tainments. It was one of the few func tions that the officers have attended vol untarily, their presence at teas, parties, balls, etc., being -the result of official de tail. The privileges of the club have been extended to all the. officers, and It really was as members of the noted organiza tion that they attended tonight the "jinks'" that depicted the days of '49. The scenes and Incidents of the even ing were intended to recall California's golden age of romance-and life. The setting of the "jinks" was a huge tent just where the Leavenworth trail hits the old Post highway, fitted out as the Red Dog Music Hall. There, by song, and speech nd dance and play, the hours were passed by the young Cali fornians after the fashion of their Ar gonaut forebears. Play Bret Harte Characters. The two men of Sandy Bar were the "Luck of Roaring Camp." while "Ten nessee and His Chum." and Truthful James. "John Oakhurst. Ah Sin and sev eral like them acted as floor committee. Sandy Stewart ran the band, while Joa quin Miller. Coyote Putnam, Frenchy Mathteu, Old Sleuth Lyon, Courtyard Ford. Sunset Norris, St. Paul Canfleld, Allsbi Did. Sundown Field and many others dealt faro, tended bar and vari ously assisted In the ceremonies. The "Jinks" portrayed California's true Bohemia of long ago and its surviving Bpirlt of today. . The day was replete with entertain ments for .officers and men. the San Francisco reception committee and the various social organizations of the city being well-nigh relentless in their deter mination to make the visit of the fleet one long to be remembered. FUXSTOX PAYS HIS RESPECTS Iakes Official Call on Admirals of the Fleet. I I SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. Brigadier General Frederick Funstont commanding . ? . . i if " if- fix1" - ; ' 1 1 met MHammm z i n 7 Admiral Charles S. Sperry, Who I Will Command the Flret on T the Rest of Its Voyage. the Department of California, today paid his official call upon Rear-Admiral Thomas, commanding the Atlantic fleet and Rear-Admirals Emory and Sperry. He was met at the landing by the Admiral's barge and taken to the Con necticut. Here he was accorded the usual honors of his rank, full guard and band, with six side boys and a salute of 11 guns upon leaving the 'ship. Admiral Thomas received the General In his cabin where they remained to gether for a short time. The General was then .conveyed to the Georgia to pay his respects to Admiral Emory. The Admiral, however, was not on board and General Funston went to the Alabama, where he was received by Admiral Sperry. The calls will be returned by the Admirals tomorrow. ' f t FLOOD TAKES 10,000 LIVES Tidal Bore In Yangtze River Sawmps Boat-Dwellers. . VICTORIA, B. C, May 13. News of one of the greatest disasters 'China has ever known, a sudden tidal bore In the Yangtse Kiang valley, which involved the loss of nearly 10,000 lives at Hankow, was brought by the steamer Titan, which ar rived last night. A bore 26 feet in height flooded without warning down the river, overwhelming thousands of junks, sampans and small boats and wrecking some large river steamers. Some 3000 Chinese, sleeping In sampan's and small craft and matsheds and huts by the riverside at Hankow, were envel oped by the great wave, which swept away broken junks, splintered sampans and a homogeneous mass of debris, with swarms of drowned Chinese mixed with the wreckage. The scenes for many days after the dis aster were horrible, the riverside being strewn with dead and debris of wrecked craft for many miles. The tidal wave referred to in the above dispatch has previously been re ported by cable but the cable advices did not show that the flood was by any means as disastrous as does the dis patch from Seattle. PRESERVE STATE RIGHTS Fairbanks, and Cannon' Speak at Banquet of oGvernors. WASHINGTON. May 13. Twenty seven Governors and 150 business men of Washington heard the Vice-President of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Scretary of the Treasury, the minority leader in the House and other speakers discuss questions Involved in the subject being consideerd at the conference of Gov ernors at the White House this week, at a dinner tonight, at which they were the guests of the Washington Board of Trade. Vice-President Fairbanks made a plea for the conservation of the institutions of the Nation. . ' - . "Let the Governors arise; and say Tfiat nobody shall take away their powers and center them in the Federal Government," he said. "Let. us keep the National and state governments each supreme and un challenged in their respective spheres." Speaker Cannon spoke in a similar vein with regard to the individuality of state and National governments. He urged that the conservation of the natural re sources of the country was a problem for the township, the county and the Etate to solve individually. TAFT HAS NORTH DAKOTA Convention Will Instruct Eight Dele gates for Him Today. MINOT, N. D.. May 13. Eight delegates instructed to vote first, last and all the time for Taft at the Chicago convention will be selected at the North Dakota Republican State IConvention. which will be held here tomorrow. The contest will be over the election of a National Com mitteeman and control of the convention as between the stalwart- and insurgent factions. Both sides claim control, but it is generally considered that the stalwart, or McKenzie, faction has a working ma jority of delegates. Conference on Charities. RICHMOND. Va, May 13. Final ses sions of three of the sections of the Na tional Conference of Charities and Correc tions were held today. In the division of state supervision' an extended discussion was held on the problem presented by the migration of dependents and defec tives from one state to another. Papers were read by H. H. Shirer, secretary of the Ohio State Board of Charities, and George S. Wilson, secretary of the Board of Charities of the District of Columbia. Few Aortnwest people licmaln. ' SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. May 13. (Special.) The fleet visitors from the Northwest have now practically re turned home, comparatively few coming to The Oregonlan information bureau today. Those who are here are well provided for, but come mostly to get copies of The Oregonlan. New visitors registering today are: C. C. White, Ada O'Rell, R. V. Cooper, Port- Myrtle Campbell, . land. Portland. R. L. Morrison. Thodore Lortng. Gen- M. P. Morrison, nosee Idaho Kerby. OiKaTSHiMEmi Wyoming Will Be for Bryan. CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 13. As the lines are now drawn,' an anti-land leasing plank will be Incorporated In the plat form wtch is to be adopted by the Dem ocratic state convention which will meet In Cheyenne tomorrow. The Democrats propose to take advantage of the silence of the Republican platform on the leasing question and will make of it a leading Issue in the state campaign if present plans are carried out. The convention will send to the Na tional convention In Denver a delegation Instructed for William J. Bryan. May Combine Alaska Coal Claims. WASHINGTON. May 13. The Senate committee on public lands today or dered favorably a bill permitting hold ens of coal land in Alaska to consoli date their holdings and to Incorporate as one corporation to work the prop erty, providing the consolidations be limited to 3560 acres, or four sections each. Takes Two Convicts Xorth. SAN JOSE, Cal., May 13. Deputy Warden Smith of the State Penitentiary at Walla Walla today started back with John Roche and John Pearson, two escapes from that Institution, the former of whom recently robbed Wagner's drug store in this city of $90 while working as a clerk. Roche is a two-termer. Chief Engineer or Navy Dead. WASHINGTON. May 13. Rear-Admi-ral Charles Whiteside Rae. engineer-in-chief of the Navy, and chief of the Bu reau of Steam Navigation of the Navy Department, died at his home here to night.. C. E. Cleveland, a prominent Gresham farmer, is registered at the Hotel Lenox. John Wortman, of McMlnnville, is at the Hotel Lenox. Spring styles Hanan shoes at Rosenthal's WILL WAIT A YEAR Fulton Rate Bill Withdrawn by Agreement. ELKIMS ARRANGES TERMS Northwestern Senators Unite In Ex torting Promise of Consideration. Might Be Lost by Action at This Session. I OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, May 13. After a conference with the Senators from Washington, Idaho, California and Montana. Senator Fulton today withdrew his freight rate amend ment o the . Elkins commodity clause bill, after securing from Senator Elkins a promise that his bill will be reported to the Senate during the first month next session. It was the consensus of opinion among the supporters of the Fulton amendment that it would probably be voted down, Inasmuch as It was not germane to the Elkins bill, or if adopted, would be cut off by the House, and rather than have the proposition get a black eye they deemed it expedient to let it go over, especially as its consideration is now positively assured at the next session. The amendment provides that an In crease in freight rates made by the rail roads shall not go into effect pending a hearing by the Interstate Commerce Commission on a protest of shippers against the increase. After Elkins had spoken In favor of, his resolution suspending the commodity clause, Heyburn, favoring his amendment requiring railroads to charge no more for a short haul than for a long haul over the same line, regardless of competitive water transportation, declared that, even if this provision should not be added to the bill under consideration, he. would continue to offer, it as an amendment- to the other measures whenever an opportunity should be offered. A motion to lay Heyburn's amendment on the table was adopted by a vote of 30 to 23. Foraker discussed at length the general principle of the commodity clause, say ing he was in favor of limiting carriers to transportation, but disapproved the commodity clause -of the rate law today, as he did when it was passed. A dash of politics was introduced into the debate by Bailey, who declared that the rate bill was a Democratic measure. He advocated strengthening the Interstate Commerce Commission in Its power to fix rates on the railroads. He declared that it was remarkable that Congress 4n this legislation was proposing to allow the prohibition against railroads transporting their products to stand and at the same time provide that the enforcement of the penalty against such a course shall be postponed for 20 months. The resolution was still under considera tion when the Senate adjourned. INJURED THROUGH X-RAYS DAMAGES OF $25,000 ASKED FOH Bl'RXED FOOT. Woman Alleges Doctor Exposed Limb 17 Times to X-Itay and Injury for Life Is Kesult. OLYMPIA, Wash.. May 13. (Special.) The first X-ray damage suit In the his tory of that tribunal was argued before the Supreme Court today and taken un der advisement. In this, G. J. Souers and wife are suing Dr. Paul Smitz. of Aberdeen, for $26.0tH) damages. The plaintiffs charge that last Janu ary Mrs. Souers went to' the doctor for treatment for a small growth on her left ankle. She says that the doctor ex posed the injury to X-rays 17 times and that the foot has been so burned as to render her a permanent cripple. In the lower court the judge held that because the woman left Dr. Smitz before he was through with his treatment and went to another physician, she could not recover.- and judgment was rendered for the defendant. , . Five -other appeals were presented to the court today, they being from Lewis I FROM COLLIER'S WEEKLY April 25th, 1908. About Curing Ourselves With nature's own wanted pabulum that is always present within ' our selves In health but, when diseased, is absent. The most singular part of the whole process is that these bodies are not mere accidental parts of the food, or products of its- digestion, but definite chemical substances, which can be isolated from the blood of one animal and injected Into the body of another, and will promptly cause a flow of digestive Juice. They do not, like a toxin or living poison, set up any antitoxin reaction on the part of the body, and a dose that will pro duce a given effect one day will pro duce an almost Identical effect on the next, although, if given for a consid erable length of time a trifling in crease in the dosage Is necessary. They have the same curious special or selective effect upon some particular organ, or system of the body, as, for Instance, morphine has upon the cen tral nervous system, digitalis upon the heart, and Epsom salts upon the in testines. This opens a wide and hope ful vista of possibilities that, by con tinued and patient studies, we may yet be able to isolate from our foods and from the body tissues themselves these special substances. Nature's own cura tives, with which may be harmlessly and effectively roused to action such bodily organs or functions as may be sluggish or overwhelmed. This is in harmony with the strong tendency among progressive physicians to util ize more and more in the treatment of disease . foods and substances and extracts derived from the glands and other organs of the body itself. We may be found to carry within us the best remedies tor our own diseases. The above article is what the Van Vleck Gland Extract Co. has been con tending for fifteen years since they originated the process for the recovery of these active principles from the Glands and Nerve Centers of young healthy sheep, which they prepare in their laboratory at Kansas City, Mo., and distribute from the Portland Of fice. 705 Dekum Bldg. Mail orders solicited. For further particulars and scientific facts call up or write und we will mail you our Blue Book, illus trated, which will explain tne method of treatment. Examination and con sultation absolutely free. 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WASHINGTON. May 13. By not agree ing to the amendments placed thereon by the Senate, the House today necessitated the sending of the postoffice appropria tion bill to conference. In employments requiring quickness and dexterity of th hands, women are Jar more valuable than mn. Sizes and Widths Marked In Plain English. If You Don't Care What You Eat- m m not if you