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l'HE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1910. f OMEN IMPERILED PLACE WHERE ROOSEVELT WILL LECTURE IN PARIS, AND PALACE WHERE PRESIDENT HONORED HIM WITH DINNER. SEIOEL PROPOSES TO ABOLISH SLUMS Royal Society Cottons Royal Society Cottons IS wu m mi n ass 3 4 HUNAN U P R I S 1 J J G Foreigners Fleeing From Capi tal in Fear of Lives, and Outlook Is Dark. MASSACRE IS NOW FEARED Fleeing. Missionaries Reach River Ports In Rags and. Gunboat Af ford Protection Blazing Junks Are Set Adrift. CHICAGO, April 22. (Special.) Six Chlcagoans. three of them women, are believed to be imperiled, perhaps slain In Hunan province, China, where a reign of terror prevails. From the capital of the province wo- men and children are fleeing for their lives and several villages have been re duced to ashes by native mobs. Every where there Is carnage and the future holds out dark prospects. Missionaries fear that at any moment they will be slaughtered right and left. It is by this awful situation that three men and three women who lived most of their lives in Chicago and are now engaged In aotlve missionary work are supposed to be endangered. A child of one couple 1b also in Jeopardy. Friends and relatives In Chicago are anxiously awaiting a specific cable message from them, but. It falls to come. Nothing has been heard from any of the six for al most two months. The Chlcagoans are the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. C Newton Dubs. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Dunlap. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Suhr and child. All are In the service of the United Evangelical Church, whose China mis sion has it headquarters in Changsha. Another post is at Hankow, both cities being in the heart of the province which is reported as the seat of a native up rising which has never been equalled In horror. 8 STUDEVTS ARB Bt'RXED Mobs Set Fire to Technical School. Gunboats Are Refuge. HANKOW, April 22. The situation tn Hunan Province Is reported as criti cal. Women and children are fleeing for their lives from Changsha, the capi tal. A number of villages near the city have been burned by native mobs. The oountry Is placarded -with, threats to kUl all foreigners. This news was brought by mission ary refugees, -who arrived here today from Changsha and 'nearby stations. Many of them had traveled 30- miles on foot and reached the Tangtse Klang River In rags. Their houses had been burned and they lost all of their per sonal effects. The missionaries stated that gunboats In the river have their guns trained upon Changsha and nearby points and have afforded a refuge for many of the foreigners. Three thousand Chi nese imperial soldiers are occupying the strategic points of the capital, and de tachments are being hurried to the outlying districts, where rioting Is re ported. Many Chinese have been killed. In one instance a technical school was set on fire and SO students were burned to dath, their escape being prevented. When vessels approached Changsha to rescue the Imperiled ones the Chi nese mob saturated Junks with kero sene oil from looted stations of the standard Oil Company and, setting them iflre, allowed them to float downstream In an attempt to destroy the oncoming steamers. The Viceroy of Hunan Province and the Governor of Changsha assert they have the situation in hand and that order Is practically restored, but the Missionaries say they fear further out rages. The telegraph wires to the west ward of the disturbed districts have Deen cut. Many missionaries Ameri can, French and Norwegian remain at outlying posts. The British Consul at Changsha, who has arrived here, said today: "If one foreigner had been killed a nassacre probably would have followed. The British Consulate was burned be cause it employed laborers from an other province in the construction of new buildings." The monetary loss to foreign in terests is believed not to have been great. BRITISH ADVISED TO LEAVE London l'orlegn orflce Hears Re ports of Fresh. Disturbances. LONDONv April 22. A cable message received at the Foreign Office today from Sir J. M. Jordan. British Minister at Pekin. reports a recrudescence of troubles in Hunan Province but no offi cial particulars are contained In the mes sage. Tl Tang Lung Tang and Nlng Slang are mentioned as places involved in the rioting of natives and the Minister ad vises all British subjects to leave Changsha. KIKTHEB TROUBLE EXPECTED Minister Calhoun Asks That Fleet Be Held In. Readiness. . . . . WASHINGTON, April 52. Further serious trouble In Hunan Province Is an ticipated by the United States diplomatic officers now in China Minister Calhoun, at Pekln, has re quested Rear-Admiral Hubbard. commander-in-chief of the Asiatic fleet, now at Amoy, to have his fleet ready to give assistance should it be necessary. INSANE MAN SEEKS DEATH Prisoner In Vancouver Jail Ties Blanket Around Xecbr and Leaps. VANCOUVER,. Wash.-April 22. (Spe cial.) After mounting the top bunk, the third one from the tloor of the County Jail. Thomas Gustavius tied a blanket around his neck, made the other end fast to the bunk, and jumped Into space, this morning -early. Other prisoners, hearing the noise, rushed to the assist ance of the struggling man and cut him down. Sheriff Sapplngton a few moments later took the blanket from Gustavius. Gustavius was adjudged insane and or dered committed to the State Hospital at Stellacoom. He is the man found in a state of coma on the big steel bridge across the Columbia River about six weeks ago. Two weeks ago, when forced to take a bath and shave, Gustavius grabbed the razor and drove his fellow prisoners Into their cages, who fled for their lives. For three days Gustavius has nMjUiff epofcep. Hoc eatenj , , 7 i m n T ft rTJTT! lis en ill : 1 x r, fr rt, 55 V IKS - MSW V 'W-1 to u IB 5 HI m lh i$M'J JT J - - JjlM'Vi 4 . , "K2-r - i -i i i PRESIDENT IS HOST French Executive Gives Dinner to Roosevelt. RECEPTION IS TENDERED Colonel Begins Buy In Paris AVlth Visit to Tomb of Napoleon, "Where He Gazes Silently on Many Reminders of Victories. (Continued from Page 3.) civilization. Even today I have learned much, and one thing In particular, which will appear in my lecture to morrow. "I raise my glass in honor of the president of the republic and Mme. Fallleres, whose grateful gufests we are tonight." Tomb of Xapoleon Visited. A reception followed tonight, at which mauny other guests were pres ent. A number of prominent persons were presented to Colonel Roosevelt. After paying a tribute to Mark Twain, Mr. Roosevelt today began with a visit to the tomb of Napoleon. Pass ing first into the chapel, where were seen the tattered battle flags captured in th Napoleonic campaigns, Mr. Roosevelt kept up a running fire of comment with General Dalstein. Lieutenant-Governor of Paris, concerniLg incidents of the various battles, but when the rotunda was reached, from which he looked down upon the red marble tomb of the. conqueror, sur rounded with the flags of Austerlitz, Friedland, the Pyramids, Jena, Marengo and Moscow, the ex-President grew strangely silent. I Historical Relics Viewed. A few moments later the party de scended to the crypt through which they entered the tomb, over the door of which Mr. Roosevelt read the words of Napoleon, written at St. Helena, in which the great general expressed the desire that his ashes rest on the banks of the Seine, amide the people he loved. Here In a niche was shown Napoleo -'s celebrated sword and black hat, con tained In a glass case, and the un marked stone slabs which the English general placed over the grave at St. Helena, but upon which he refused to permit Napoleon's name to be -chiseled. MANN POINDEXJER'S RIVAL Announces Candidacy for Congress a9 Progressive and Insurgent. SPOKANE, Wash, April 22. (Special.) "In my campaign as a candidate on the Republican tloket to -succeed Miles Poin dexter In Congress, I donot hesitate to say that I will violate many of the 'rules' and probably ignore the ethics which in the past have been prescribed for candi dates for office, and thereby call down the wrath of many a, professional poli tician upon my head. "But in spite of the displeasure I might Incur from that direction, I will continue to be a Republican a progressive Repub licanthrough and through, and if suc cessful at the polls will exert all my en ergy to prove to the people that I am entitled to be calle da progressive Re publican." . . Thus does Judge 9. A.' Mann outline his position In his campaign for the Re publican nomination for .Congress. He scores Speaker Cannon, Senator Aid rich and Senator Burrows, and in general announces he is a simon-pure "insur gent." FLEET PUT IN NORTH SEA Germany Makes Important Move 4n Navy Development. BERLIN. April 22. (Special.) A step of the greatest importance in. the naval de velopment of Germany was taken ten days ago, when, for the first time, a fjilly-com.mlseloned battleship fleet was permanently stationed in the North Sea. Hitherto, although the commissioned fleet under the Double Eagle has nomi nally been divided between the Baltic, and the (North Sea, Kiel has. to &u ln. tents and purposes, been the headquar ters of both the squadrons into which the High Sea -Fleet is divided. Now this state of things has been altered. Vice-Admiral Pohl, commander, under Admiral von Holtzendorff, of the First Squadron, has taken his ships to Wllhelmshaven, upon which port they will henceforward be permanently based. The British will not have forgotten the eclat which waa raised when, in 1907, a British fleet was for the firet time in recent years based on the Nore. This move on Germany's part is no less im portant than that, and is part of a great scheme of national naval preparation more far-reachfng than anything yet at tempted by Great Britain on the shores of the- North Sea. Wilhelmshaven today is In the proud position of being the most fully equipped dockyard for dreadnoughts In the world. Nearly 10,000 men are employed, and there are three docks that can take dreadnoughts and three suitable for other shipa, in addition to three floating docks for torpedo craft. In the whole of the Brltlsh naval dockyards ' there are only four docks that can accommodate dreadnoughts.' FIRST WOMAN FOR HIM Court Convicts Man Who Charged Himself With Seeking Wife. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 22. If the sentence imposed upon him by Judge Ralph S. Latshaw of the Criminal Ciurt is carried out, Fred M. Miller, an attor ney, will have to wed the first woman who will consent to become his wife. Miller filed an application in the court in which he represented himself as a "lonely single man inspired with the lofty ambition to take unto himself a wife," and solicited the aid of the court to this end. "Here is a man who desires to prefer against himself in the Criminal Court a charge of wanting to get married," said Judge Latshaw when Miller's application was read. "Kile the application. Mr. Clerk, enter a plea of guilty after his name and sentence him to be married to the first woman who will consent to(be come his. wife." Miller specified that his wife must be well bred, modest and willing to aspire to reach the "highest plane in life and tho most lofty limit in thought." PREACHER PUNCHES BULLY Drayman Swathed in Bandages Af ter Meeting With Minister. WHITE LAKE, S. D., April 22. On more than one occasion a White Lake clergyman has asserted that there are times when a physical encounter should not be avoided. ' The clergyman and a drayman recently disagreed about a business matter, and the drayman sought to Intimidate the clergyman by producing a club with which he threatened to annihilate the minister. The minister promptly knocked the drayman out with the business end' of a hammer, which was the only weapon at hand at the time. As long as the minister had to protect himself by resorting to physical force he evidently decided' to make a good Job of It, for the. drayman has. since had - to have his head swathed in bandages. For a time he Intended having the -clergyman, who Is an elderly man, arrested, but de cided that the wise course for himself was to let the matter drop. . THIEF ROBS DEAD MAN Suspicious ' Character Confesses to Taking Shoes From Corpse. GILROY, Cal., April 22. Max Kubic Is under arrest, accused of having stolen a dead man's shoes. He has confessed that he took the shoes, but refuses to say how four watches, seven razors and a quantity of other Jewelry of more or less value came into his possession. Kubic found E. J. Gunderson, of Pleasanton lying in a stock car and stole his shoes. He was arrested at Sargent, where the car was standing, as a suspicious character, and when sounded admitted that he had robbed Gunderson, whom he thought was sleeping. He had two other pairs of shoes strung on a piece of rope over his shoulder. Gunderson was found by a Jury to have died from natural causes while en route from Pleasanton with a car load of horses which had been pur chased there. Chehalis Agent Appointed. CUE HA LIS. Wash.. April 22. (Spe cial.) The Oregon & Washington has lo cated a passenger and freight agent at Chehalis to look after its business in Southwest Washington, but more partic ularly in Chehalis and Centralla, where there is so much shipping done. W. Carruthers, of Seattle, is the agent chosen and he and his wife will make their borne here. Milwaukee Socialist ' Mayor Would Tear Down Old Tenement Houses. EXPERT AID IS SOUGHT Chicago Health Commissioner Asked to Suggest Competent Official. Party Believes It Can Poll 100,000 Votes in Wisconsin. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. April 22. (Spe cial.) This was -a busy day for the So cialists. Mayor Seidell came out strongly for abolition of the slums, and de clared that he would support any move ment for carrying out of plans of the Central Council of Philanthropies for the tearing down of tuberculosis-infested tenements and houses, and a general purification of the city, morally and physically.- Mayor Seidel declared that he would not issue permits for Saturday night dances In places In which dancehalls are connected with saloons, and that he would try to arrange for free Saturday dances ' with municipally provided music In schoolhouses. Mr. Seidel announced that tomorrow he would pay a visit to Chicago and confer with Dr. Evans. Health Commissioner of that city, to secure advice on the en gaging of a good man for (Health Com missioner. Outside of this programme (or the carrying out of platform pledges, Victor Berger announced that the central com mittee was so progressing in its work of organizing the state that there would be 100,000 votes polled by that ticket this coming Fall. Mayor Seidel said he would inspect a number of institutions, hospitals, places of charity -and other buildings Involved in the jurisdiction of the Health Com missioner, when in Chicago. He will also continue inquiring for a Commissioner of Public Works qualified to fill the new $6000 position as chief of the Board, when the one-man plan goes into effect. The Mayor said he Is looking around for other experts. GIRLS TRAP PROFESSORS Taft's Speech to Be Slemorired as Penance for Fly Paper 'rick. LIBERTY, Mo, April 22. Fly paper and President Taft's inaugural speech are closely linked in the minds of the students at Liberty Ladies' College. The President's speech is to be mem orized. The fly paper is to be for gotten. The girls planned a barnyard sere nade Friday night. Promptly at mid night 75 feminine voices shattered the stillness of the witching hour with im itations of barnyard fowls. Simultaneous with the outburst vari ous members of the faculty leaped from their beds and started for the scene of the disturbance. They were in a hurry and did not stop to hunt slip pers. Down the dimly lighted hall they raced to catch the rioters in the act. The rioters, expecting- Just such a rush, had laid a liberal coating of fly paper on the floor. While the teachers were floundering about the girls finished the serenade and retired. Yesterday they were furnished with copies of President Taft's inaugural speech and Informed that all privileges would be suspended until the address had been memorized. JUDGE SWINGS ON ABUSER When Spectator Berates Jurist He Quits Bench to Fight. CHICAGO, April 22. When Martin Solkl, a spectator at a criminal trial in Judge Kaske's court in Hammond, Ind., persisted in abusing the Court yester day Judge Kaske left the bench and landed ' a stiff right-hand swing on Solkl's Jaw, drawing blood. "I wouldn't take the trouble of fining him; that would do no good," was the Judge's comment, after administer ing his unusual punishment for con tempt of court. The Demon Of The Air is the germ of LaGrippe, that, breathed in, brings suffering to thousands. Its after effects are weakness, nervous ness, lack of appetite, energy and ambi tion, with disordered liver and kidneys. The greatest need then is Electric Bit ters, the splendid tonic, blood purifier and regulator of Stomach, Liver and Kidneys. Thousands have proved that they wonderfully strengthen the nerves, build up the system and restore health and good spirits after an attack of Grip. If suffering, try them. Only 50c Perfect satisfaction guaranteed by all druggists. Purify Your Blood The cause of pimples, bolls and other .eruptions, as well as of that tired feel ing and poor appetite, -which are so common In the Spring, is Impure and Impoverished blood. i The best way to purify and enrich the blood Is to take Hood's Sarpa-, rllla. This statement is confirmed by the larg-eet volume of voluntary testi mony in the -world more than 40,000 testimonials received in two years. Any preparation said to be "Just as rood" is inferior, costs lees to make, and yields tho dealer a larger profit. Accept no substitute, but insist on having Hood's Sarsaparilla Get tt tn uvu&l liquid form or chocolated (taWot jCJdlod rLb. ' KK torn SU ' I USE ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE The antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes. If you have tired, aching feet, try Allen's Foot-Ease. It rests the ffcet and makes new or tlsht shoes easy. Cures aching, swollen, hot. sweating feet. Re lievos coi-n and buntons of all Daln and gives rest and comfort. Always use it to Break In New shoes. Try it today. Sold everywhere, 25 rts Ion't accept any sub stitute. For FREE trial package, address Allen S. Olmsted. Le Roy. N. Y. C f A M P Is not recommended for J " everything: but. if you DflOT have kidney, liver or f-1 bladder trouble it will be found Just the remedy you need. At druggists In fifty cent and dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful new discovery by mall free, also pamphlet telling all about it. Address, Dr. Kilmer & Co.,Blnghamton, X. T. Splendid, Sparkling Specials for Girls Girls' Middy Blouses 98c Our Regular $1.25 Blouse One thousand nobby Blouses, made in the regulation Middy cut, Gallatea sailor col .lar and cuffs. Trimmed with rows of white braid ; has side pocket. Material is extra qual ity Indian Head, insuring severest wear. Misses' Middy Blouses $1.39 Our Regular $1.95 Blouse Made of extra heavy battleship duck, with navy blue sailor collar, trimmed with rows of white braid. Cuffs of navy blue, braid trimmed. Side pocket trimmed in navy blue. These waists are practically ironclad. They will never wear out. An unusual value. Kiddies Wash Dresses at 89c Here's as pretty an assortment of attractive Children's Dresses as we have ever offered at this price. Gingham, Chambray and Per cale, made in Buster, belted, guimpe and French styles. Inlow and high neck, long and short sleeves and light and dark color ings. New Rompers and Play Around Overalls for Kids Wash Kiddies New Coats at $3.98 New Spring styles in Children's colored cloth Box Coats. In sizes from 2 to 6 years. Made in black and white check, plain colored broadcloth and light fancy mix tures. Trimmed with, velvet, braid, buttons and cloth strap pings. Pretty New Infants ' and Children 's Novelty Hats to $3.50 wash Dresses From 2 to 1 4 Years--$1 II l 1; .9 We describe three popular styles J J ' ML-! y l '-in children's and misses' dresses. iM- j-J-fi 11- I SyT Jl We have over fifty different styles U' pgf G o - " cp &x: 'n every material and in every ju- llJj j $t f Chambray Dress $3.50 Blue and tan, made in a new one-piece style, with Dutch neck, short sleeves and full plaited skirt. The waist, sleeves and belt are trimmed with plaid gingham and one row of Swiss embroidery. Duck Dresses at $2. 75 Imported duck in light blue, tan and white, also of fancy checked percale in blue and pink checks. Made with Dutch neck and . elbow sleeves and trimmed with Hamburg embroidery and feather stitching. Sailor Suits $2.95 Extra quality linen finish ed duck, in white or light blue. This dress is made with large sailor collar, trimmed with three rows of strapping, fancy embroider ed emblems on sleeves and dickey. ii Royal Society Art Packets and Cottons I Unprecedented Bargains 158 HATS GO OUT AT $1.95 Values Easily Up to $4.50 A hitherto unknown price to our store. A price that, while foreign to our regular trade, is made possible by this reduction. We have selected these 158 Hats from the various popular-priced tables, and made into one lot. We could get more for them, but they must go out quickly. We need the room. Hence this sale. In blocked straw shapes, prettily trimmed in flowers and ribbons. $4.95, $5.95 and $6.75 Hats at $3.45 Many small and medium Tailored Hats in black and colors, together with a very choice assort ment of trimmed styles; materials are first class, making this sale one of exceptional value. $7.50, $8.75 and $10 Hats at $4.95 For this price we have taken about 75 sample hats. No two alike. These hats were sent, us for a stock order and should have reached us two weeks ago. We have decided to close them all out, so bunched them together at one price. Saturday you may get your ' choice of these 75 hats at ....$4.95 In both tailored and trimmed styles; no other store in Portland can offer you the equal at anywhere near this price. Here Are Fine Flowers On Sale 25c Values from 50c to $1.25 Bunch A big stock like ours is bound to accumulate a great many odds and ends in flowers, for in stance we find ourselves with three bunches of violets, a dozen geraniums, eight' bunches of roses and so on throughout the entire flower garden. In all we have some 500 bunches, they take up space that is needed for our more complete assort ment, so we have marked them irrespective of their former selling prices for a big Saturday Sale at 25c a bunch. Many sold for 50c, others for 75c, $1, $1.25. POMPONS That other stores ask from . $1.95 to $2. 75 for at SPECIAL-98c The most popular millinery trimming of the year. The large full pompons in the new red, champagne, black and new blues. These pompons are v.ery effective and extremely stylish on sailors and other girlish shapes. YEDDA BRAID $i;50 Piece of 12 yards 39c In black only, no more than six pieces to one customer Longcloth at $ 1 .08 Longcloth, 36 inches wide. 12 yards to a piece. Absolutely free from starch. Ready for the needle. Special $1.08 piece. A