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4 THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1910. VATICAN REPLIES TO METHODISTS Mission in Rome Denounced as Bitterly Anti-Papal and Proselytizing. FAIRBANKS GIVEN PRAISE Papal Organ Gives Him Credit for Tolerance and Defends His Ac thin in Speaking to Methodists on Plea of Ignorance. ROME, Feb. 13. The Weekly Review, Rome, the organ of English-speaking Catholics, today publishes a long edi torial on Charles W. Fairbanks, as Vice President of the United States, which is . believed to have been Inspired by the Vatican. The editorial says: "Mr. Fairbanks' Protestantism is broad and logical and allows him to put his stalwart shoulder to the wheel to help on every good cause. Though a strong party man in politics, his devotion to party does not make nim desire the disappearance of all parties but his own, and he has the same theory with re gard to religion. Ho is a Methodist, but he has no wish that Methodism should be the only religion in America. "Mr. Fairbanks is a type of millions of good Americans, friendly to the Cath olic church and believing that it makes little difference what a' man's religion is, provided he does his best to live up to it." After reviewing the incident between Mr. Fairbanks and the Vatican, the re view emphasizes the tolerance of the ' Vatican and points out that a man may pass his whole life working in the Vati- can archives and galleries without even being questioned as to whether he is a Turk or an atheist. He may even be a diplomatic representative to the Vati can without being a Catholic. "Rut even the all-embracing liberality of the Vatican," continues the Review, "cannot include the Methodist organiza tion here, which entered Rome through the breach made September 20, 1870, with Oaribaldl's red shirts. Many animosities have resulted, but they have mads no change in the spirit of the system of the Methodists. Their organization does not minister to the wants of visiting Methodists here, but is directed towards perverting the faith of the people. "Not only that, but the Methodists have always been bitterly and avowedly anti-papal, eagerly welcoming every op portunity to discharge their venom against Catholicism. Statistics compiled by themselves show that the cost of mak ing a single Roman a Methodist aver ages seven thousand francs (J1400). In the last forty years they have spent JI2.000,OW) in this unholy work of prose lyting Catholics, especially Catholic chil dren. "Mr. Fairbanks did not know these facts or he would not have given his promise to speak in the Methodist church 24 hoiirs before the time tixed for his audience with the Pope. Otherwise he would have understood how incompatible was his public appearance in this hot bed of anti-Catholic proselytism and anti-papal bitterness with an audience with the Pope." AUTO STRIKES LABORER Albert Alquist Knocked Vnconscious Xcar Bridge. Albert Alquist, laborer, was struck by an automobile driven by K. D. Suiter, a demonstrator for the Western Automobile Company, near the south end of the tirand avenue bridge at 7:30 Saturday evening. He was rendered unconscious. Ho was hurried to St. Vincent's Hospital in a Red Cross auto-ambulance. His con dition is not wrious. It is said the collision was unavoid able. At tile moment of the accident Suiter was "coasting" across the bridge at a low rate of speed. In the car were seated his wife and two relatives. Al quist stepped from the curb and as he observed the approach of the car, halted his steps momentarily. When he endeav ored to cross in the path of the vehicle he was hit. Patrolman J. J. Murphy took the auto party to headquarters. After learning the facts in the case Chief of Police Cox released them pending tile outcome of Alqulst's injuries. EAST SWEPT BY STORM Snow and llisli Winds Reported in Many States. NEW YORK, Feb. 13. Heavy snow and high winds were reported today throughout New Kngland, Kastern and Southeastern states. In many places the storm amounted to a raging- bliz zard. Considerable trouble has been experienced by rail and trolley lines and by telephone and telegraph service. The snowfall in New York was four inches and in Philadelphia the same. Two fishing vessels were blown ashore at Sandy Hook, and their crews were saved with difficulty. In Boston there was a heavy storm of .snow and wind, one of the results being an unusually high tide. Several wrecks of sailing vessels are reported. Pittsburg suf fered worst with 17 inches of snow, the storm lasting- 15 hours. From Atlanta it Is reported that all attempts to get into communication wth points on the Florida peninsula proved fruitless, owing to a severe . wind storm. A small village north of Lakeland is reported wrecked. At Nashville. Tcnn.. the snowfall reached 10 inches and the storm is geqeral throughout that state. MRS. FORD HAS RESPITE Second Trial W'jll Await Decision of Supreme Court. CINCINNATI. Feb. 13. Mrs. Jean nette Stewart Ford will not be tried a second time on the indictment charg ing her with blackmailing. Charles L. Warrlner. defaulting local treasurer of the Big Four Railway, until the Ohio Supreme Court passes, upon the point raised In the first trial concerning- the use by the defense of the transcript of testimony given by Warriner before the grand Jury. BRITISH STEAMER ASHORE Dangerous Magellan Straits Passage Scene of Disaster. SANTIAGO. Chile. Feb. 13 The Pa clfio Navigation Company's steamer Lima is ashore on one of the islands in the Huamblin passage of the straits of Magellan, and probably will be a total loss. The chief pilot and 50 pas sengers were drowned. AXCl'D, Chile, Feb. 13. The British steamer Strathurst has arrived here with 18S men and women and 17 of 'the crew of the steamer Lima, which is on the rocks in West Huamblin pas sake. Straits of Magellan, where the steamer went aground in a storm re cently. The steamer officials report having left 88 persons aboard the Lima, their rescue being impossible. There is no drinking water, the tanks having- burst. The stranded steamer Lima is a British vessel owned in Liverpool and plying be tween that port and ports of South America. She was last reported as sail ing from . Bahia Blanca, Argentina, on January 2G, and was on her way to Chil ean and Peruvian ports. The Lima is 401 feet long, registering 3115 tons, and was 'built in Glasgow in lf07. The place where the steamer was wrecked probably is Humblane Passage, located between the south shore of San Pedro Island and Chile. ' It is a narrow passage full of dangers and difficult of navigation. Humblane rocks, two in num ber, and 65 feet high, mark the entrance to the passage. VAri DERVEER HAS PUNCH SEATTLE PROSECUTOR THROWS OUT VISITOR BODILY. In Renewal of College Wrestling . Vim, S. B. Parller Is Soundly Trounced. SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 13. (Special.) In an exciting fight in the corridor of the Melhorn building Saturday Prosecut ing Attorney George F. Vanderveer ejected S. B. Parlier from his office after giving him e. thorough beating. He there by settled out of court a long-contested case that has given himself and office no end of trouble. "You can't insult me in my office," shouted Mr. Vanderveer as he kicked Parlier out of the door. "I don't like you anyway. Get out of here." yelled the Prosecuting Attorney, his face purple with anger. "Y'ou can't put me out," answered Par lier. as the two men clinched. The Prosecuting Attorney was not slow in using the science of fighting and wrestling he had acquired when he was the champion intercollegiate wrestler of the Coast and when he was an athlete in Stanford University and the Columbia Law School. The two men whirled through the swinging doors fighting like demons and. clinching, fell to the floor. Here, with a well-timed toe-hold and a half-nelson on his adversary, Mr. Vanderveer soon gained the upper band. The crotch-hold, the bar'.ock and a few of the other well known knockdown and drag-out fight holds soon had Parlier helpless. "Ill go," cried Parlier, but Vander veer's anger increased and the pommel ling continued. The noise brought dep uties and detectives from their rooms into the hall and they saw their chief pulling himself away from Parlier, who, not waiting for the elevator, ran' down the stairway. Parlier had loaned his roommate, D. C. Hudson, a suit of clothes to wear to a. dance. Hudson was accused of pawning the suit after the dance and Parlier had him arrested. The case dragged along through the courts for a long time until Parlier, growing tired of the delay went to Vanderveer to remonstrate with him. In the argument that followed he ac cused Mr. Vanderveer of conducting the case in an irregular manner, whereupon Vanderveer proceeded to throw him out of the office and added a good beating for good measure. ROBBER RAIDS RANCH BUT LONE HIGHWAYMAN ONLY GETS $4.80 IX CASH. Family Near "Vancouver Scared by HoKI-Vp Man, Who Shoots, but Only Horse Is Hit. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) Word came to the Sheriff's of fice at noon today that a lone highway man, on horseback, about 6 o'clock last night, rode to the ranch of an Italian named Bejone, on the western limits of the city, held up one of the hired men and took from him $t.S0, held up the man's wife, who told him she had no money, fired five shots at the sec ond hired man, who ran a-way, then went to the stables and shot one of Bejone's 1 600-pound horses in the hip, and rode off north. He was traced as far as Woodland. When he first entered the house, the robber asked if he could buy some vegetables and then he wanted a $5 bill changed. After that he suddenly drew his revolver and demanded money. After the robber went towards the barn. Mrs. Bejone took her child and ran into the woods nearby and remained there till the highwayman had left. The robber was smooth-shaven, well dressed and light complexioned. He wore a blue suit, stilt hat and light overcoat. He was about five feet and a half tall and weighed less than 150 pounds. TRIBUTES PAID TO LINCOUI'SMEMORY Speakers at Brilliant Banquet Unite in Praising Great American Statesman. NEARLY 200 ARE PRESENT SH1PWRECKLUCKY ESCAPE Many Lives Saved on Pacific Coast by Loss of tle Kentucky. Hartford Courant. It has been somewhat interesting: and quite suggestive to note the amount of hurrah there has been over the rescue of ihe people on the ramshackle Kentucky through the timely use of the wireless service. Once again this has proved its incalculable value to the interests of navigation. But so far nobody seems to have given a thought to the many more people who have saved their lives through the sinking of the Kentucky before she reached the Pacific coast Instead of afterward. The vessel had changed her name so many times that the story of those titles casts discredit upon her. She leaked so badly on herfirst setting out that she had to make port for -repairs. The first wireless operator quit: he had had enough. His folks at home are reported by telegraph to have had a vision, but we imagine he saw things himself, the went on and nearly turned turtle in a second storm, and finally shook to pieces and went down. Think of sending a ship thac cannot even reach -Matteras to go around the con tinent and begin business as a coaster out of Puget Sound. If she had hap pened to encounter smooth water, she might have reached her destination and then she would not have sunk until she met a storm over there, presum ably loaded down with passengers. The Nebraska is a demonstration that our Pacific shipbuilders can construct as fine vessels as can be built anywhere. If so. why should our worn-out East ern hulks he sent over there, and, in deed, why should Pacific coast people permit them? Occasion Is Annual "Dinner of Union Republican Club, but Promi nent Democrats Are Also ' in Attendance. Memory of Abraham Lincoln the man, the lawyer, the patriot was hon ored at the annual dinner of the Union Republican Club at the Portland Com mercial Club Saturday night. While Re publicans predominated, the gathering was not a partisan affair, many lead ing Democrats being Included among the guests. Nearly 200 prominent cit izens from all parts of the state at tended the banquet, which was not concluded until after midnight. Letters or telegrams were read from a number of prominent men of . the Nation, to whom invitations to the dinner had been sent, in which the recipients regretted their inability to attend. Among them were responses from President Taft. Postmaster-Gen eral Hitchcock, Representatives Ellis and rtawley and Judge George H. Will iams. A bulletin of President Taffs Lincoln day address, delivered at a banquet in New York City, was also read during the evening and was greeted with enthusisatic applause. Ex-Senator Pulton Speaks. Principal among the. after-dinner speakers was C. W. Fulton, ex-United States Senator, whose response to the toast, ."The President of the United States," was particularly eloquent and masterful. Mr. Fulton in introduction said that no other President of th United States was ever confronted by so many personal disadvantages as those with which Lincoln contended. Washington was fortified by long ex perience in public life for the office of Chief Executive and had as a fur ther asset the absolute confidence and unswerving fidelity of all of he peo ple. When Lincoln was first elected. nowever, he was without much ex perlence in public life or affairs and was known to the public only as a western lawyer. To many In the pub lic mind he was overshadowed by Chase and Seward, men who were af terwards given places in his Cabinet. Mr. Fulton, enumerated as some of the distinguished characteristics of i-lncoln, his patient courage, confidence and disposition to trust in the final and deliberate judgment of the cor mon people, an accurate knowledge of men, a sound and most unerring cor mon sense. The martyred President was eulogized as not onlv 'the ereatest man this country has ever produced but ine greatest man the world has known His life and character, which had made nis name sublime, said the sneaker. would enlighten and ennoble posterity inrougnout the ages. The life of Lin coin, concluded Mr. Fulton In a brilliant peroration, was in itself the real and enduring monument to his memory and would "stand out on the shores of life as beacon lights to guide the American people onward and upward to a higher civilization." S. C. Pier, president of the club under whose auspices the banquet was held, presided as toastmaster. In addition to Mr. Fulton, the other speakers were: A. C. Marsters, of Roseburg, who re sponded to the toast, "Lincoln, the Statesman"; T. J. "Cleeton, of this city, "Lincoln, the Man"; Judge R. R. Butler, of Condon, "Lincoln, the Orator"; Judge C. H. Carey, of this city, ."Lincoln, the Lawyer," and General Owen Summers, of this city, "Lincoln, the Soldier's Friend." Letter From Judge 'Williams. Prevented from attending the ban quet. Judge George H. Williams, the only surviving member of President Grant's Cabinet, yesterday addressed a letter to W. H. Galvani, secretary of the Union Republican Club, which was read during the dinner. , The letter follows: , I am not now In a condition to at tend banquets, but If I were to make an exception it certainly would be for a banquet to commemorate the birth of Abraham Lincoln. "Some men are born great; some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Mr. Lincoln was one of those who was born great. In one of his let ters he describes his early life as fol lows: "My father moved to Spencer County, Indiana, when I was eight years old. It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals in the woods. There I grew up. When I came of age I did not know much. Still, I could read, write and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all. I have not been to school since. The little I now have unon this store of education I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity. I was raised to farm work, which I continued till I was 22." Reared under these circumstances, Mr. Lincoln must have had more than ordinary natural ability to reach the unparalleled etninenee he attained in the political and literary world. He had as much inborn genius for states manship as Shakespeare had for poetry, Mozart for music or Michael Angelo for painting. Mr. Lincoln was not only born great, but he achieved greatness. His opportunities were great and his achievements correspond ingly great. No man was ever con fronted with greater difficulties than those Mr. Lincoln encountered when he became President of the United States. He entered upon the duties of that of fice with treason in front and treach ery behind. With my personal knowl edge of men and things as thev were in our great Civil War. I have never been able to overcome my surprise at the success of the Union cause, and there is no greater evidence in all history of the interposition of Divine Providence to save a nation than is found in the result of the war to save the American Union. It looks as though the nomination of Mr. Lincoln for President at the Chi cago convention was the work of an unseen hand. The majority of that convention was favorable to another candidate, notwithstanding which Mr. Lincoln was nominated. His election under the circumstances was almost a miracle. And what is most wonderful of all was his adaptability to the neces sities of the terrible ordeal through which he was destined to pass. If Mr. Lincoln's life was not so real it would be the romance of history with a tragic ending. We honor the memory of Lincoln, not because it does him any good, but be cause it is helpful to us. We grow w-iser and better when we contemplate an exalted character. His example ought to be a living teacher of private and puhlic virtues to all Americans. Our Democratic friends celebrate the birthdays of Jefferson and -Jackson, w-hich is entirely proper, but thev do not celebrate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. He was a Republican, and, if I may be allowed the expression, he was the Republican of Republicans. He was always opposed to the Democratic party. He was a Whig when the Whig party was in existence, and an ardent supporter of Henry Clay. If he was not the founder, he was the builder of the Republican party. His speeches in his debate With nnnirlae i srll"fid the anti-slavery men of the country with new-oorr zeal and drew them together mii a strong ana successful partv or ganization. "One blast unon his bugle horn was worth a thousand men." Mr. Lincoln was not only a Repub lican, but he was a thorough - going Jarty man. I am not stating now what have heard or what I believe, but what .. I know from my personal ac quaintance With Mr. Lincoln both Aj a .private citizen of Illinois and as Presi- uent 01 tne united States. A man in Massachusetts wrote Mr. Lincoln ask ing him whether he was for or against a fusion of Republicans with other Political parties in the canvass of 1S60. lis answer was: "As to the matter of fusion, I am for it If It can be had upon Republican grounds, and I am not for it upon any other terms. I am against lowering the Republican standard a hair's breadth." Writing to a friend In Illinois before he was nominated for President, he said: "In it you will find a brief argu ment in favor of conventions and, al though I wrote it myself, I will say to you that it is conclusive upon the point and cannot reasonably be answered. The right way for you to do is to hold your meetings and appoint delegates and if there be any who will not take part, let it be so the matter will work so well this time that even thiy" who now oppose it will come in next time." The hue and cry now raised against party organization would have found cold comfort with Mr. Lincoln. I have noticed that one or more Granges in this state have adoDted resolutions that they will not vote for any canaiaaie inaorsea oy a jxepuoucan assembly, which is as much as to say that they will vote for a candidate, no matter who or what he is. before thev will vote for a candidate, no matter how good he may be, whose candidacy is approved by three or four hun dred representative Republicans in an assembly. I cannot suppose that any considerable number of Republicans en tertain such views. To adoDt them generally would reduce our politics irom an orderly system to a mere scramDie between Individuals lor of fico in which the most blatant dema gogue or the man with the most money would be the most likely to succeed. i-.ee tne uepuDiicans get togetner, or ganize, put forward good men for of fice and show as far as they can by a state election that we uphold the administration of our excellent Presi dent, William H. Taft. BEXSOX EULOGIZES LIXGOLX Republicans at Baker City Hear Governor Back Assembly Plan. BAKER CITY, Or., Feb.. 13. Special.) Hearty rounds of applause at the Lin coln banquet tonight greeted the message stating that the Republican Central Com mittee had called a state assembly. The meeting adopted a resolution favoring the assembly, a strong party platform, and harmony of action. Bruce Dennis, of. the Baker City Herald, acted as toast master. Henry McKinney, representative from Baker county, delivered the address of welcome, which was responded to by by Colonel F. S. Ivanhoe, of La Grande. The most important speech of the evening was delivered by Governor Be'nson, who spoke upon the immortal .Lincoln, in whose honor the gathering was held. C. A. Johns talked upon the primary law, favoring its principle, but not its work ings. Jay Bowerman, president of the Senate, drew much applause in . his ad dress on representative government in Oregon, predicting the return of the Re publican party to control. Senator Hart, of Baker- City, talked upon "the end of it all," indicating the end of Demo cratic power. . J. L, Rand delivered a happy address upon political conditions and appealed to Republicans to work harmoniously. SIX SPRAYINGS NEEDED COUVALLIS MAX GIVES PRO GRAMME OF ORCHARDISTS. Nursery Stock Not Inspected Should Be Refused, Apple Culture Club Is Told. Professor John C. Bridwell, head of the department of entomology at the Oregon Agricultural College, speaking Saturday night before the Apple Culture Club in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium on the subject of "The Insect Pests of Young Orchards," dwelt on the dif ferent pests which infect the orchards of the Willamette Valley and outlined means for their extermination. The peculiarities and habits of the following pests were described: San Jose scale, woolly aphis, apple and wheat aphis, brown apple aphis, apple tree borers, grasshoppers and climb ing cut worms. In telling of the proper sprays to be used in the battle against fruit tree pests, he said: "The summer strength ' lime spray should be diluted 24 times and the Winter strength 12 times. Lead ar senate should be used in the propor tion of two pounds to every 50 gallons of material. "A regular routine of six sprays is almost necessary to prevent the rav ages of pests in the Willamette Val ley. The first spray for the scab should be applied when the petals begin to show color; the second spray for cod ling moth and scab after the petals have fallen, the third spray of lime sulphur for scab alone two weeks af ter the second spray, the fourth spray of lead arsenate about July 1 for the codling moth, the fifth spray on Aug ust 1 for codling moth; the fifth spray should be used in Winter strength, af ter the fruit is picked. "The apple tree borers found in healthy trees are round-headed. Flat headed borers are found only in- un healthy trees. The best way to pre vent the work of the borer Is to wrap newspapers around the trunks of the trees. "In order to keep the San Jose scale from spreading, all young stock sold should bear a certificate of Inspection, and all stock not inspected should be rejected and not planted." Professor Bridwell invited the mem bers of the club to make use of the experiment station at the Oregon Agri cultural College and to ask for any Information wanted on horticultural or entomological subjects. After the address Mrs. Harry John ston, of the Trinity choir, sang "Just a Song at Twilight" and "I Love but Thee.'' WEDDING IS HIGH IN. AIR Couple Married on Tower of Linn County Courthouse. v ALBANY, Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.) A wedding 100 feet above the ground was performed here this afternoon, when Roy E. Wood and Ella Carow, both of Lebanon, were married at the top of the tower of the Linn County Courthouse. County Judge Duncan performed the ceremony. FAMOUS SANITARIUM GOES Battle Creek Institution Will Move to Escape Taxes. BATTLE CREEK, Mich.. Feb. 13. (Special.) The Battle Creek Sani tarium, famous the world over, is lost to Battle Creek. Judge Parkinson this morning handed down a decision of un conditional ouster for non-payment of taxes. Dr. Kellogg recently announced that in case the court decided against him Itaat'Ji stall JLPeoat Postmaster-General Hitchcock reports that the Post-Office Department loses $64,000,000 a year in the business of carrying second-class mail (magazines and periodicals). There is not a deficit of $17,000,000, as the department alleges, but actually a surplus of more than $10,000,000, when the specific loss on free rural 'delivery is taken into consideration, and the de partment's figures of $64,000,000 loss on second-class matter are wrong by more than $60,000,000. THE MVM, for February 12 th devotes its editorial page to this subject, showing the injustice of the recommendation to raise the rate on all magazines and periodicals but not on daily papers or the country weeklies. gS" One fact: In the year ended June 30th, 1908, the weight of second-class matter compared to 1907 creased 18, 000,000 pounds. The postal expenditures increased $18,000,000. There is some thing in it besides second-class matter. Look for a dozen more facts in this week's (date of February 12th) number of The Saturday Evening Post. Paid circulation this week is copies The Gurtis Publishing Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania he would close the institution and es-. tablish a new one in the East. Plans for two such Institutions have been practically completed. Both will be in New Jersey, one a1 Lakewood and the other at Atlantic City. In New Jersey such places are not .taxed. The legal fight to establish the status of the sanitarium as a charitable insti tution and exempt it from taxation has been In progress for 10 years. Conservers Invite Taft.' CHICAGO, Feb. 13. With the coming of President Taft to Chicago on March 17 the cause of National conservation is expected to oe advanced. At a meeting of delegates or the allied clubs of Chicago at the Union League Club Friday, ar rangements were made to form a Chicago Conservation Association and Alfred L. Baker was selected as president of the permanent organization. President Taft will bs urged by a large delegation composed of the presidents and vice-presidents of 16 of the most promi nent clubs in the city to deliver an ad dress on conservation. This delegation will leave for Washington bearing, a spe cial invitation to deliver the address at a mass meeting to be held under the aus pices of the newly-formed conservation association. ENDS INDIGESTION, HEARTBURN, GAS AND HEADACHE FROM BAD STOMACH Your Out-of-Order Stomach Feels Pine Five Minutes After Tak ing a Little Diapepsin. There would not be a case of indi gestion here if readers who are subject to Stomach trouble knew the tremen dous anti-ferment and digestive virtue contained in Diapepsin. This harmless preparation will digest a heavy meal without tue slightest fuss or discom fort, and relieve the sourest, acid stomach in five minutes, besides over coming all foul. Nauseous' odors from the breath Ask your pharmacist to show you the formula plainly printed on each 50 cent case of Pape's Liapepsin, then you will readily understand why this promptly cures Indigestion and removes such symptoms as Heartburn, a feel ing like a lump of lead in tlie stomach. Belching of Gas and Eructations of un digested food, water brash. Nausea, Headache, Biliousness and many other bad symptoms: and. besides, you- will not need laxatives to keep your stom ach, liver and intestines clean and fresh. If your Stomach Is sour and full of gas or your food doesn't digest and your meals don't seem to fit, why not get a 50-cent case from your druggist and make life worth living? Absolute relief from Stomach misery and per fect digestion of anything you eat Is sure to follow five minutes after, and, besides, one case is sufficient tor cure a whole family of such trouble. Surely, a harmless, inexpensive prep aration like ' Liapepsln, which will al ways, either at daytime or during night, relieve your stomach misery and digest your meals, is about as handy and valuable a thing a- you could havs in the house.