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Tim MORNTXO OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 191S. letter to W. R. Hearst, of San Fran In the interests of his company, and expects to return later In the season for a few weeks' fishing at Fclican Bay. plscussing the attitude of the rail roads towards the opening of the canal. Mr. Thompson said that aoma surprise had been expressed that his company had been strongly In favor of the project from Its Inception. "Viewed selfishly. It will be the best thing that ever happened to the rail roads." he said. "The reason is that the opening of the Canal will mean greatly Increased freight traffic from the coal-mlnlng regions, aa well as re sult In bringing many more people Into the country. "When the canal Is opened the mines In this country win furnish fuel for practically all the shipping In the world. That I because coal can be sold at Panama for nearly IS a ton less than It can be aold at Sue. It can be delivered on the Isthmus at from $4. 50 Cisco, recommending Homer for a posln tlon on the Examiner. In due time the Journey was taken with the famous carpet bag and the extra money sewed up in his shirt, a precaution mother Insisted upon. After a few weeks of worry, drawing the things not in his line, he drew the race horse from memory, a picture much desired by the paper, and from that his rise wa rapid. The Chronicle engaged him at a higher salary, where he stayed only a short time, returning to the Examiner. He went from there to the Chicago Inter-Ocean during the World's Fair, after which he returned to Hearst in San Francisco, remaining there until sent to New York about the year 1895. The love that is patient, that can watch and watt and relieve was the love of father for Homer, and during those years of trial the foundation waa laid for that beautiful love and trust Delicious Cake IS OUSTED BY WEST FARCE, SAYS U'REN t -V is Easily Made when you use Rumford. It makes cake more delicious, more digestible, lighter, of finer texture and flavor. V The cake retains its fresh condition longer than 'when any other baking powder is used. Governor Discharges Dr. R. D. Byrd, as Last Man in Po litical Shakcup. System Provides Temporary Jobs and Petty Graft, Is Declared. PURPOSE OF LAW FAILS OTHERS DUE IN FEW DAYS PRISON PHYSIGiAN PETITION PEDDLING "r- i I APRS . - .:' Superintendent I Given Mammary Dismissal When lie Jll to Rev eljrn Honor ConTlet May IX nookkeritnr for Intltutlon. SAL. CM. Or.. May S. (Special, t Not nlv lid i'"rnor Wet nf tnltely rharr Superintendent James tnlay from the h-art of tt State Penitentiary, hut he once more ewunr the political t by dl haraMn Pr. R. D. Byrd a tenlte-ntlary phjratolan. cuttlnit off an other $100 a month ipn at the In stitution. Thl latest Innovation in promised to followed up hv others whlrh mux be announce.! within the, next few lav. The Governor, In announcing: today that he had lven his final discharge to Superintendent Jum and revoked the leave of absence without pay until tle flrat of the. year, atated tliat the super intendent had placed a counter-proposition before him: that th auperln tendent would be willing to irv without pay until the first of the year If the other employee would do the same thins. DUMtUraetloa Wu Appareat. Thl counter proposition wa not ac ceptable to the Governor, who stated that the majority of the amployea are men with famlllea and earned what monev they received from tha Hate, The Governor haa boen more or les drssatlsfled with the superintendent for some time, and this Is taken as a method of s;racully dlschariclna; him. When the Irav of absence was given lest week a discharge n evpected In a short time If the superintendent did not reelan. Warden furtls has been given th title of assistant superin tendent aa well as of warden, and will serve for the warden' salary. In dl.HcharKtna- Lr. Byrd the Gov ernor discharged another close per sonal and political friend. Pr. Hyrd la from Salem, and a member of a prom inent pioneer family here, and has for years been a close personal friend of the Governor and his family. rkyslrlaa'a Office oes for limn. L'nder an arrangement made with tha State Board asylum physicians will ba used when needed at the prison, and in case of an extreme emerpency Pr. Byrd will be called In and paid for the advice of his aervlce. but the oftlce will be practically abolished and the salary cut off from the list. With the discharge of the superin tendent he will ba requested to leave his home, whfch Is tha property of the state and Is located opposite the Penl- teotlary. The house will ba closed, the Governor states, until such time as It can be rented, and the rent from the house will revert to the state. Thi plan will be continued until the first of tha year." stated the Gov ernor. "Acting Superintendent and Warden Curtis will remain In that dual rapacity, and If at that time the plan is found to be successful, recommenda tion will be made to the Legislature that the office be abolished entirely." Bookkeeper May . Just what may be the other changes planned is not known, but there la con siderable talk that Tom Wilson, book keeper and son-in-law of Superintend ent James, may be the next man on tne Hat. It is probable. In that event, one of the convicta, possibly W. Cooper Morris, will be ueed in tha place of Wilson aa bookkeeper, without pay. The list of discharges at the Peni tentiary for the paat week now include Superintendent James. Prison Thystclan Byrd. Parole Officer Bauer, the matron. Mr. Curtta. tha aupervislng engineer, tha head farmer, as well as cutting off the pay of two chaplains. MARSHFIELD STARTS PLANT Kecord Contract I Awarded for Electric Tower l'rojecl. MARSHFIELD. Or, May . (Spe cial.! The contract let by the C. A. Smith Lumber A Jlaniifaeturlng Com pany for the new electric power plant here Is the largest of the. kind ever awarded in this part of the state. The cost of the plant will be more, than 1100.000. C. C. Moore & Company of San Fran cisco have the contract, and the ma chinery Is to be furnished by thai Gen eral Electric Company. The. plart will he at tho Smith mill and wlli furnish power for logging, running machinery in the sawmill and the paper pulp mill to be built to con sume the) e-t. It will have 3300 horsepower and be fitted with en gines arranged In two units so thst when a breakdown occurs tha power will not be cut off. It is the Intention of the Smith com pany to adopt the plan of logging by electricity, and. while, much of the work of handling lumber In the yards and loaalng vessels la now done by electricity, tha same power will sup plant steam In many ways about the mill. It will require six or seven month to build. TWO FACE DEATH IN WATER Klamath Fall Men Have Narrow loaje on Link Klver. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. May . Special Dr. L. W. Chilton and Arthur Lyle. both prominent In Klam ath Falls, narrowly escaped death In Link Klver when their boat waa carried down a awlft rapid. The boat was cap sized and the men thrown into the awiftest part of the current. They are both strong swimmers and managed to save tnemaelvea. but their antira out fit and large string of fine trout were lost. AMERICA TO COAL WORLD Kail road Man Sajs Panama Canal Will Increase Traffic. KLAMATH FALLS, Or. Msy C (Spe cial.) Coal mines In the In I ted Stales will furnish fuel for practically the entire world s shipping when the Pana ma Canal la completed, according to Koy G. Thompson, of San Francisco, traveling passenger agent for the Penn sylvania, line. Mr. Thompson It tier DEATH CLAIM BERKI.FV, OB, WOMAX ATM I'EAKS. A Ml . Mary Jane Page Fawlrr. .Mr. Mary Jane Tage Fowler, aged 4. died May S at the home, of her son, George IL Fowler, at Berkley, Or, after an lllncsa of only four days. Mr. Fowler was born at Bos ton. Max. September 11. ISIS, the year of Queen Victoria's . birth. In 141 she was married to Henry Fowler, who died April S. 187. Three children were born to them two son and a daughter one. son died In In fancy, and the daughter In early womanhood, leaving the son. with whom she made her home, the only urvlvlng member ot her Immediate family. Other urvlv Ing relatives are. a alster In Ku gene and two brothers living in the Cast. Her long life, was character ised by a spirit of devotion to her home church and friends. A little Sunday school was or ganized at Berkley a few week ago. and on April II Mrs, Fowler wandered away from home and made her way to this service, the last she was ever privileged to attend. to IS a ton. whereas at Sue the aver age price I between 17 and 110." He said the progress of the West could be gauged pretty accurately by the amount of tourist travel over the transcontinental lines. He declared that the Pacific Coast Is In better condition this year than ever before, as tourist business records were broken on all railroads this Spring. GOLD THIEF IS PAROLED SEATTLK ASSAYKTt LEAVES M'NEIL'S ISLAND. Serves. of 10 Years for Sobstl. ttttlnj: Sand for Miner' DtiM, Mealing: $200,000. SEATTLE. Wash.. May . George Fdward Adama. who. while cashier of the Seattle assay office. substituted black sand for gold duet presented at the assay office by Alaska and Yukon miners. wa paroled today, after serv ing even years of a 1 0-year service In McNeil' Uland Penitentiary. Of the $2"0.000 abstracted by Adama. les than $100,000 waa claimed by the min ers. Adams is reputed to be wealthy. Adams devised the scheme of taking mall qunntitles of gold dust from miners' shipments and making up the deficit In weight with Band. He prac ticed the deceit for several years and quietly Inveated the proceeds In real estate, a fine home and personal prop erty. He carefully marketed the gold at a San Francisco smelter and other re mote places, under an alias. Finally. I- S. Kerfoot was sent from the Treasury Pepartment to work In the lal assay office and. with the aid of Government detectives, Adama wa caught removing hie small scales from the assay office. He finally confessed. After Adams had been sent to prison, his wife obtained a divorce and a change of name. She also obtained possession f such real estate a re mained In hi name. President Taft granted the parole on the recommendation of United State Judge Cornelius H. Hanford. who sen tenced Adams, and many other In fluential cltlsena of Seattle. Adam had 15 months yet to serve. COMPENSATION ACT HIT Medical Society, at Tacoma, Protests Flrt-Ald Clause Exclusion. TACOMA. May t. Governor Hay, members of the State Industrial Com mission and representatives of the State Medical Society met In Masonic Temple today to dli-cuss tha flrst-ald features of the worklngmen's compen sation act. stricken out upon the pas sage of the bill. Poctor and ethers criticise tha pres ent measure aa deficient. In not pro viding for first aid, and It Is urged that employers should be authorised to pro. vide It. As It is now. the doctor have no assurance of being paid for their services. Governor Hay spoke on the history of Industrial Insurance in the state. C. A. Pratt. John II. Wallace and Hamilton Higday. all members, took part In the discussion. The board of trustees of the society will take up the aubject at another meeting. Italn Injures Prone Crop. El'GE.VE. Or.. May 6. (Special.) Continued showers of the past 10 day have done some damage to the prune crop In Lane County, according to tha reports of fruit men. but the cherrU have not suffered at all. Extant of the damage to the prune crop cannot be ascertained until after a few day ef clear, weather. Pajment of Tax l'nder tiro Earn ings Law of 1D00 Also Vrged by Oregon City Man Standard OH Settles Old Bill. SALEM. Or.. May . (Special.) W. 8, CRen. of Oregon City, who was here today, admitted that the system of "pe tition peddling" In connection with candidates who desire to see their namea placed on the ballot at the pri mary election has proved a failure, that It has opened up an opportunity for petty graft on the part of petition "peddler" and that he would advocate a move lo see It done away with. "My idea, however, would be to allow the candidate to merely file his declara tion of Intention to become a candi date for office accompanied by a nom inal fee. as has been suggested, and give him the alternative of circulating a petition, if he to desires. I believe that the alternative should be given to him. System Mlaaes Iatrotloa. "The system of circulating petitions for candidates has developed Into some thing altogether different than that for which it was Intended." he continued. "The original plan In mind In circulat ing petltlona was that those who de sired to see a certain candidate placed on the ballot should sign bis petition, but would ign none of the other rep resenting candidates for the same of fice. "As the system has developed It has proved to be extremely farctal. It has provided temporary Jobs for men who have circulated the petitions and ha given them a pretty graft. It ha simply degenerated into a system whereby a man buys his way to secure a place on the ballot. By eliminating the petitions, or giving the alternative to the candidate of placing his name on the ballot by petition if he desires, tho candidate would reach the same end by filing his declaration accompanied by nominal fee." Mr. U'Ken waa largely Instrumental In securing the passage of the law which provided for the system of cir culating petitions for candidates in the manner now In vogue. fitaadard Oil Pays Tax. Among other things which Mr. U'Ren advocated today, was bringing presure against corporations to force a pay ment of taxe under the gross earnings law of 1S06. and th continuance of such payments. E. S. Plllsbury. representing the Standard Oil Company, paid to the Attorney-General and State Treasurer to day a check for over 113,000 represent ing the gross earnings tax of the Standard Oil Company for l0 and 107 and interest since April 2. 1910. Thl la a payment In connection with Judg ment in the gross earnings tax case, which was decided under a stipulation to await the outcome In the case of the Pacific States Telephone & Tele graph Company, which waa decided by the United States Supreme Court xThe office of the Attorney-General may take an appeal In the Well-Fargo caj.es to determine if the ruling of the lower court la correct. The lower Court In this case held that the gros earning tax of 1906 was repealed by the act of 1907. A point alio Involved 1 whether. If the law of 190 was not re pealed by the law of 1907, It was re pealed by the law of 1909 creating the State Tax Commission. DAVENPORT'S RISE TOLO SISTER OF FAMOUS ARTIST GIVES SOME EARLT HISTORV. Father Financed Homer's. Start and Came to Assistance When Cash Va Needed. SILVERTON, Or., May 4. (To th Editor.) Because of the erroneous ac count published of the early life of my brother, th late Homer Calvin Davenport, and the expressions of re gret from those conversant with the facts, I feel Inclined to review that part of hi life which seem the least understood. Beginning with no particular date, but taking Homer as a lad. his love tor game eocks. dogs and horse and th sports associated therewith, were th first influences that lured the boy from home, so father provided thes things at a time when the lur of the outside world was tha strongest, and the U-acr place In Sllverton. which was our home, also was th home of dog, gam cock. Chines "Chicken, pheasants, pigeons, a Hutchln gooe. a thoroughbred brood mare. Indian ponies, bull calves In fact, everything Homer' fancy would dictate and father could buy. . During these years we owned a farm a mile below town and it was expected, aa a matter of couree. that Homer would help with th farm work. Thl wa o out of harmony with hi tem perament that, as much a he loved our father, he could not tlek to any . . I. Inn- .nonrh to be of relD. pact . . Consequently h waa upported in ap parent Idlene at an n - boy were of lomi Importance In the farrtly acheme of thing or were earn ing something In a small way on th outside. This wa not conducive to hi elf-respect and he ran away many time, determined to return no more until his pocket bulged with money. But he always came back, a he loved to say. "With the bad butter and eggs. Homer mustered sufficient courage to try The Oregonlan for a position, and the stove tory fit in here. He found, however, a little later on. a place on a mall publication in Port land, where he was permitted to draw a bl" fancy dictated, doing hi work direct on tar plates. He was work ing on this paper when he went to New Orleans to sketch the Dempsey Fltlmmon tight. He had a pass to and from, but hi father ptherwlse financed th venture. , At thl period a visitor arrived a cousin ef our father and the president of a ratlroad. He wa to us a great personage, as Indeed he la C. V . Smith, of Pasadena. Cal. Homer s draw ings were a revelation to him. He was Impressed. Some drawings accom panied bv a letter war sent to hi brother the late William Henry Smith, of New Tork, then president of tha Associated Pre, who la turn sent. r-i t SHBRtDAJr BETAI5I POPIXAR SCHOOL 8tTERITISDlt.1T, Professor A. Dawklaa. SHERIDAN, Or, May . (Spe cial.) Professor A. Dawklns. who has been made superintend ent of the Sheridan public school for . the fifth time. Is a graduate of Illinois Weeleyan University, and hold a master ef arts degree, besides having life papers in Illinois. Nevada and Oregon. Before coming to Sheri dan he was principal of schools at Cripple Creek. Colo., and pro fessor of mathematics at the Ash land Normal. The local High School ha shown a marked growth since bin coming here. and repect which characterised their relations to the end. ADDA DAVENPORT-MARTIN. CLAY BANK S1IDES; 2 DEAD 800 Fret of Railroad at Renton, Wash., Also Covered. SEATTLE. Wash., May . Two men whose riames are Boisseau and Berry were killed this afternoon under a mass of liquid clay: and 800 feet of the Columbia & Puget Sound Railway tracks at Renton, 11 mile southeast of here, were covered tc a depth of sev eral feet when an immense clay bank weakened by seepage from a leaking water main gave way. Berry's body wa uncovered thl afternoon and too men are working to recover Boisseau. Railroad traffic will be tied up until late tomorrow. Transcontinental train of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway which use the Puget Sound line between Seattle and Maple Valley are running over the Northern Pacific track between Seattle and Eastern, 90 miles east of the blockade. Boisseau and B?rry both were past 70 years old and were employed by the town of Renton. They were prospect ing for the water line which runs under the clay bank and a settling basin used at the brick -plant of the Denny Renton Clay & Coal Company, to hold sluiced clay. It Is believed that the leakage from the water main converted this clay and the wall of the settling basin Into liquid clay which suddenly gave way and rushed upon tho men and the track below. BRIDGE WORK IS STARTED Expert Make Soundings for Pacific Highway Span. VANCOUVER, Wash., May . (Spe cial.) Preliminary work of making Bloom of Youth Now Easily Attained (From Popular Science) Tou no longer need to "doctor" that sallow, freckled, blackheaded. rough, blotchy, pimply or over-red skin. You can remove it. instead easily, pain lessly. Inexpensively. By a new scien tific process, which anyone can use without assistance, the dead and near dead surface akin, with all Its Imper fections, is gently, gradually absorbed and a radiantly youthful and beauti ful complexion comes forth! Go to your druggist, get an ounce of pure mercotlsed wax: at night apply enough of this to completely cover the face; don't rub It In. Next morning remove the wax with warm water. The result after a few day is astonishing. Tou wonder why this secret wasn't discov ered long ago. Let the wrinkled, pouchy - cheeked, double-chinned folks also take hope. Put an ounce of powdered aaxolite Into a half pint witch hazel, bathe the face In the. solution and say! there's noth ing that will so effectually. o prompt ly, smooth out th hateful line and draw in the ags and bags. You'll find this lotion, as well as mercollsed wax, works equally well on neck and hands. Adv. Helping a Woman JCMtteraliy mean helping aa entire family. Her back "aches ao h can hardly draf around. ., Her tiarvta ax on edge and ah i nearly wild.' Headacha and Sleeplea. nexa unfi"hef for tha car of her family. Rheumatic Tain and Lumbago rack her body. But, let ber take Foley Kidney Pills and al) these ailments will disappear. She will soon recover her strength and healthy activity for Foley Kidney Pill are healing, curative, strengthening snd tonic. a -medicine for all Kidney, Bladder sod I Urinary Disease that ajway cure,, For aal py all druggist. 'C:X M s; v , -j e nrui Mivir I IV A tup RAKING POWDER 1M Bl of Ike mol.-Cr.Je j i-.'ii i:tst. '' i soundings, borings and surveys for the proposed $2,000,000 Pacific Highway bridge across the Columbia River be gan today. R. M. Harps, assistant to Ralph Modjeski, and other engineers made the Initial trip aboard the barge Tom cat, commanded by Captain J. J. Win ters. The launch Lafreda. owned by E. S. Blesecker, Is also being used in the work. A fund of $5000 has been raised by the residents of Vancouver and Port land to pay for the preliminary work, the report of which will be ent to Mr. Modjeski. ELDERLY FOLKS! CALOMEL, SALTS AND CATHARTICS AREN'T FOR YOU Harmless, Gentle "Syrup of Figs" Is Best to Cleanse Your Stomach, Liver and 30 Feet of Bowels of Sour Bile, Decaying Food, Gases and Clogged-up Waste. You old people. Syrup of Figs is particularly for you. You who don't exercise as much aa you need to; who like the easy chair. You, whose steps are slow and whose muscles are less elastic. You must realise that your liver and ten yards of bowels have also become less active. Don't regard Syrup of Figs as physic It stimulates the liver and bowels just as exercise, would do if you took enough of It. It Is not harsh like salts or cathartics. The help which Syrup of Figs gives to a torpid liver and weak, sluggish bowels Is harmless, nat. ural and gentle. When eyee grow dim, you help them. Do the same with your liver and bowels when age makes them less active. There is nothing more Impor tant. Costive, clogged-up bowels mean that decaying, fermenting food is clogged there and the pores or ducts In VISIT OUR PLANT See for yourself vhere your meat comes from and how it is handled. Let us explain to you more fully the importance of Government in-, spection of the meat. It is a vital problem in the health of your family that they get only good meat, and when you buy meat that is not inspected, that which does not bear the stamp of the Government's approval, you don't know whether it is fresh and healthful or not. You are running a risk that is unnecessary yes, positively dangerous. It is your duty to know what meat you are eating. Our plant is always open to the public. Uniformed guides are on duty for your convenience, to show you the en tire plant, to answer all your questions. INSIST upon your dealer Government btamf on an iuc Uncle cam guarantee ui guw, meats. UNION MEAT COMPANY FIOMXB PACKERS OF THE FACIXIv Prodncera of the famous "Columbia Brand" Products Have Your Ticket To the East At Special Rates When you plan your Eastern tour at the attractive excursion fares to East ern cities, you will probably desire to visit a number of these in one direction or the other. If you will see that your ticket reads " Burlington " you will have such a choice of Burlington through, routes to the East as to include more of the important cities in the Mississippi Valley than you can reach yia. any other one railroad. NOTE WHERE BURLINGTON TRAINS RUN: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Chicago Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Louis Billings-Denver-Omaha Billings-Kansas City-St. Louis Denver-Omaha-Chicago Denver-St. Joseph-St. Louis i a . WHOLESOME B.MngPoeitt-No Alm VVtu'i i ,t?artri ra iaM'ir it--mini 1 In ffi The borings vlll be done with cas ings, enclosed in pipes, lowered to the bottom of the river. The gravel, Foil and other material can In this way be brought .up and analyzed. TVolgnst to Meet Gross. NEW YORK. May 6. Ad Wolgast, the, champion lightweight, accepted to day, by telegraph, an offer of a $12,500 guarantee to meet Leach Cross In a ten-round bout at Madison-Square Gar den on May 29, according- to the pro moters. these thirty feet of bowels suck this decaying waste and poisons Into the blood. You will never get feeling right until this is corrected but do it gently. Don't have a bowel washday; don't use a bowel Irritant. For your sake, please use only gentle, effective Syrup of Figs. Then you are not drug ging yourself, for Syrup of Figs is composed of only luscious figs, senna and aromatic which can not injure. A teaspoonful tonight will gently, but thoroughly, move on and out of your system by morning all the sour bile, poisonous fermenting food and clogged-up waste matter without gripe, nausea or weakness. But get the genuine. Ask your drug gist for the full name, "Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna." Refuse, with contempt, any other Fig Syrup unless it bears the name prepared by the California Fig Syrup Company. Read the label. 138 I Q D ahowing yon thU 1 jnu uou niwipvu Read "Burlington" Denver -Kansas City. St. Louis Kansas City-St. Louis Kansas City-Chicago Kansas City-Omaha Omaha-Peoria-Chicago Omaha-St. Louis It requires an extensive combination of railroads east of the mountains to provlde-the train service that the Burl ington maintain between these cities. A. C. SUELDOX, Oeneral Aseat, C. et Q. R. R 100 8d at., Portland, Or. 5 vs:,J Hie Beer of Quality ATN order f or Pabst"Blue Ribbon" Beer carries with it the distinction of quality and good taste. Served with your lunch or dinner, Blue Ribbon lends zest and refreshment most satisfying. Every bottle is worthy of your table. Bottled only at the brewery in crystal clear bottles, showing at a glance that it is clean and pure.) Phone for a case for your home today. AaV Arata Brothers 69-71 Sixth St. Phones Main 48a, Home 1481 jijlip bst Slue ft