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THE MORNING OREGOJTIAy. SATURDAY. DECTDrBKK 21, 1912. CHILE PREPARING FOR BUSINESS Shipping Interests of West Coast of South America Expect Canal Trade. EUROPEAN LINES PLANNED Xrw Vessels of Largo Tonnage Being Built Valparaiso Begins Port Improvements Which Will Coft' 1S, 000,000. WASHINGTON'. Dec 2. (Special. Shipping- Interests of the west coast of South America are studying now they mar best handle the Increased traffic when tne Panama Canal la opened, according: to reports today to the Bureau of foreign and Domestic Commerce. The manairer of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company has sent a com munication to the president or cnue outlining what his company proposes to do on the opening of the canal, which covers four different lines be tween Valparaiso and Liverpool, Liver pool to Valparaiso via the Straits of Magellan, returning- via Panama; uv rroool to Valparaiso via New York and Panama and New York; Liverpool to Valparaiso via New York and Pan ama, and thence by tne fc traits oi .Ma gellan to England: and a line from Liverpool to Valparaiso and other Chilean ports to return by the same route. Chi lea a Flair Embraced. This company proposes to put its best steamers under the Chilean flag for the Panama-New York service if the Chilean government so desires. The Compania Sud Americana de Vapores (Chilean) is reported to have made Chile a proposition that It will put on a line of SOOO-ton steamers be tween Valparaiso and European ports via Panama and New York on a guar antee of S per cent on the Investment. This la now under discussion by the Chilean Congress, with seemingly fair prospects of passing. The Compania Peruant de Vapores y IXque del Callao has Inaugurated a Valparaiso to Panama service. The first steamer - was scheduled to sail from Valparaiso, today direct to the Isthmus In 12 days. This company has a fleet of seven new'15-knot passenger and freight steamers of 4000 tons each. Valparaiso to Improve Port. The Merchants Line, which plys be tween New York and the West Coast, via the Straits of Magellan, is con structing several large new steamers for its freight and passenger line be tween Valparaiso and New York via Panama that Is to be - Inaugurated shortly after the canal opens. The Kosmos line Is adding new steamers of 10.000 tons to Its service between Hamburg and the Pacific ports of South America and the United States via the Straits of Magellan. Valparaiso is destined to become an Important shipping center, say the re ports, and this the Chilean government seems to appreciate fully, for work Is soon to be begun on port Improvements there, to cost about $13,000,000. PENSIONERS PAY PENSION Swedes Plan to Compel Preparation for Old Age. STOCKHOLM, DecT 21. (Special.) Sweden Is to have a contributory sys tem of old-age pensions, the future pen sioners paying two-fifths, the state two-fifths and the local authorities one tifth of the total cost. The pension Is to become due at the age of 67 In any case, or earlier In the event of dis ablement by illness or otherwise; the rate of payment Is to vary according to earnings, and additional voluntary pay ments may be made to secure an event, ual Increase of benefit. The state con tribution and that of the locality are to profit only the poorer pensioners, the payments out of them being reduced by SO per cent of any private Income possessed by the pensioner, so that their value soon becomes a negative quantity. Contribution to be compulsory on all persons whose annual Income Is under 6000 kronen, or about $1(50, and It Is es timated that even when the system is in full working some 600.000 Inhabitants out of more than 6,500,000 will be re ceiving pensions paid for by their own Insurance money, while 260.000 will get the additional allowance paid by the state. This Is an outline of the scheme de vised by a commission appointed to ex amine the subject in 1907. It remains for the Ministry and the Rlgsdag to carry It out "BUG" KILLS BLOOD POISON Dr. Fortlnean Seems to Have Dis covered Specif ic Cure.' PARIS. Dec 21. (Special.) Dr. For tineau. of Nantes, seems to have dis covered a speciflc cure for blood poi soning by inoculating with a microbe of another sort which destroys the "charbon" bacillus. The microbe, called 'pyocynic bacillus," Is Itself normally extremely virulent. But by a series of cultures only the necessary quantities are retained in the serum (which UT. Korttneau calls "pyocyanine"). which quickly kills the blood poison bacilli. The first experiments were made on animals, and every one treated in time recovered, while those untreated died. Trials were then made in human cases recognized by other doctors as blood poisoned, and generally in the course of two days the initial pustule and oedema disappeared. Dr. Fortineau him self considers that further experiments are necessary, but details published by him appear sufficiently conclusive to allow of the belief that science has !een enriched by a notable discovery toward fighting a disease so fatal to those engaged In leather Industries. not""bV prosecuted" ' unTeTle"!ty"or- dtnance. The dairy inspection will continue the same as at present, out me icnu.. ments will be considerably different. If a dairyman refuses to allow a city - i hi. Atwa and lUB)CClUr Ul l llii HO . - premises, the man who sells his milk can be prohibited from aeuverms within the city until the inspection b - ' i I , In this WftV 1 i lie cnjr i i' 1 in 1 1. ... ... is expected the difficulty experienced In getting to examine dairies will be eliminated. .. - K,.,.ni in force Dro i ne oruiii"-o ' vldes for the prosecution of dairymen outside the city for sending in impure milk. The law nas men uom i - i.t. intnntatu and state laws GUUlUl . and the prosecutions have fallen down upon several occasions. In addition to making these changes the ordinance gives the city milk in spectors the right to confiscate impure milk and destroy it at ou" " ROCHESTER WOMAN. AGED 85. TRAVELS ACROSS COX TlXEST TO ALBANY. jc J - -J. ft 9 A. . MILK ORDINANCE DRAFTED Proposed MeaMtre to Hold Dealers nnd Xot Dairymen Responsible. A proposed milk ordinance shoulder ing all the responsibility for impure milk on dealers and discontinuing at tempts to hold dairymen outside the city . responsible has been drafted by Deputy City Attorney Sullivan. - The measure, which will go before the City Council next week. Is expected to solve all the milk difficulties now confront ing the city milk inspection depart ment. The measure provides that each dealer must present the city with a list of the persons from whom the milk is purchased. If the milk is found to be impure or adulterated the dealer and not the dairyman will be held re sponsible, owing to the fact that the dairyman Is outside the city and can- I lllll llllHfl .""n"..&?,Z. j Mrs. Hannah Miller. ALBANY. Or., Dec. 20. (Spe cial.) Traveling across the con tinent at the age of 85 years, car ing for herself all of the way and traveling entirely alone on part of the trip, is the unusual feat accomplished by Mrs. Hannah Miller, of Rochester, N. Y., who arrived here this week for a visit with her son, A. C. Miller, of Albany. Despite her age Mrs. Miller stood the trip as well as anyone and was able, to take long walks as soon as she arrived. A woman from Rochester traveled with Mrs. Miller from their home city to Sacramento and Mrs. Miller made the journey northward from the California capital to Albany alone. Mrs. Miller Is remarkably hale and hearty for a woman who has lived four score years and five. This is her first visit to the Pacific Coast and she is delighted with the country. placing It In storage for 30 days, as Is required at present. This feature is aimed to save the city the cost of stor ing milk. The powers of the milk in spectors to enter steamers, trains ana cars are extended so that they prac tically have police power. L PtBLIC MCDCTED OP $10,000,- 000, IS ACCUSATION. Sterling: Debenture Company Offi cials Declared to Have Made Million a Tear. NEW YORK. Dec 20. On a Federal Indictment charging fraudulent use of the mails in promoting stock for a mill where linen was supposed to be made in a day, six men were arrested today in a raid conducted by postoffice inspectors at the offices of the Ster ling Debenture Company here. The authorities estimate that the yearly Income of the promoters In this and other ventures has been more than 1 1.000,000 and that nearly $10,000,000 of the public's money has been paid over to them since they began doing business. Investors in many parts of the coun try are named in the indictment as complaining witnesses and the alleged unlawful conspiracy specified extended over a period of 19 months, ending De cember 31, 1909. Government authori ties here have been investigating com plaints against the defendants for six years, they say. The men arrested are: Frank W. Shumaker, ex-president of the Sterling Debenture Company, and Harry H. Piatt, Samuel E. Flndlay, Edwin A. Barron. Wilbur M. Stone and Sidney Rosenbaum. They were held in bail aggregating $32,500. Three other men are named in the indictment One of them has been arrested in Chicago. The others are believed to be in Brook field. Mass. According to the indictment Inves tors were induced to send money to the Sterling Debenture Company for the purchase of stock in the Oxford Linen Mills, a Maine corporation, un der the alleged fraudulent representa tion that the Oxford mills owned ex clusively patent and secret processes that would manufacture linen from Amorican-grown flax at one-third the cost of .foreign linen and In quicker time. Accordinr to the postal authorities, the Oxford Linen Vlls are not con nected with, the Sterling. Debenture Company, having broken away from that concern. ARBITRATE CANAL QUESTION IS PLEA Society for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes Would Avoid War. NATION'S DUTY IS CITED Idea That It "Would Be Impossible to Have Unbiased Decision Is Scouted Public Opinion Would Support Finding, Is Belief. WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. That the TTnlted States should submit to arbi tration the Panama Canal controversy was the declaration made tonight by Everett P. Wheeler, of New York, at .t. ; - aB.,inn hero nf the Ameri can Society for the Judicial Settlement of International Disputes. "It Is Inconceivable," he nsserted i.n .ft., th. TinitA StRten has set tied by arbitration far morO important controversies between useii anu ui Britain than any that can possibly i n-iih ..faranm in the Panama Canal, It should refuse to refer to an impartial tribunal Jormeu in pursu ance of a treaty which the United c.a. I t.iilf nrnnnNMl this DUT6 Ques tion of law as to what the Hay-Paunce- fote treaty means." Fair Rating Thongk Possible. n,t.. .nA.ir. .(.mi t fv. I th Idea that it would be impossible to procure un biased and impartial srimnum. More than usual interest attached to L.. mtin. rt the society, be cause of the important international questions now at stake, oom i nuuic and abroad, among them the Balkan, Panama and Mexican situations. World-wide publlo opinion would support the Judgment of a wise and v. i int.MiaMnnai fnnrt In the ma jority of cases which might be brought to it for settlement, declared John E. Davis, of Madison, Wis. "There is nothing formidable or lm- ( i, l tha ImoHrdtn mind." he 1QI3, V.O l-n ..... - . added, "in the conception of a world wide rule or law. we nave enuuuuou law in our National allairs. xi is one V. o- nin a rf nil r faith. !L3 WCll aS one of the guarantees of our future. that we seek conscientiously i wuin. . 1 ,tltl,ol anA enonnmic VUl UUt DUIIUI, -' " " developments through legal means and with respect for law. Plea Made for Law. 'r,i - Arn.,iitiirii Vi sthown that where there is a' will to let law gov ern, there will be found a way to de velop and maintain rules and procedure by which the gravest differences may be settled satisfactorily." Thomas Willing .uaicn, oi rnnauei phla, expressed the opinion that many improvements might De maoe in me m-latino- rnsiA of international law and much could be achieved through con- tructlve legislation oy iuture jjeatc congresses. "The gradual development of Inter national arbitration," he said, "has ed- ,.,.,... 1 o Iqvo-a nat-t nf hnmAnltv to ulq iiu . . o .an11A that -arav fa a rnatlv. as well as a brutal way of settling differences between nations. The maintenance oi ih. Tino nf thA world owes much to day to the practice of the last half century of settling many disputes be tween nations by international juoiciai courts, so that It is only reasonable . .imns. that miirh m nr A m a V be gained In the future through the same means." the iJd'st'amp had been placed on Ihe pa cel. DUt x naa a. penny i.u excess over 10 ounces. xtfi.. u'olo-hlna. tho ntin-pl mvself. sent it to be weighed at the Cllftonvllle postoffice. They said the charge was not correct, as the parcel was under 10 ounces. Then I had it weighed at the r . - rrn "itq! Tinat nff tf flnrl WaS told there that the parcel weighed over 10 ounces. "Our scales are periodically inspected and stamped by a -government official, and we are fined if they are out of or der, whether the error is for us or a o-a Inct " - A reporter made up a brown paper parcel and started on a testing tour .hA r.ntMl T .nn fin noatnf flees. The parcel as weighed on the delicate scales of Messrs. W. and T. Avery, was half a dram under 10 ounces, and ac n the Postoffice Guide the cor- ,.) unfit!) 1 rharee was 24d. At the 1 1 1 at,,.t nofttnfflee it weighed 1 1U1 1 VI --- - - - ia c,n1 thA ma, fl.qintaTit over i u u 1 1 1. a.u . said that the charge would be three pence. T., thA ehnrl InurnAV between that place and Charing Cross the parcel WOMtSJT HAVE MICH TO DO WITH NOMINATION OF ARLINGTON MAYOR. APPEAL IS MADE TO WOMEN Antl-AIcoholism League In France Seeks to Secure Their Aid. PARIS, Deo. 21. (Special.) An earn est appeal has been addressed by the French "League Against Alcoholism" to the-women of France to petition the Chambers to limit the number of places licensed for the sale of intoxicants, and so to impose some check on the liquor traffic. At present there Is one such house for every 82 persons, on the average; how they can all survive would be un intelligible, were It not that many of them are also general shops. A law somewhat reducing their number has passed the Senate, but was indefinitely adjourned by the Chamber last Febru ary by 360 votes to 156, though the Academy of Medicine emphatically de clared itself in favor of limitations nine years ago. But, according to the league, there are some 400,000 tied houses, in debt to a great distillery trust. Whether the women, who bear the chief burden of the resultant drunken ness, will produce any4 effect by their petitions may be doubted; more may be expected from the new commission on depopulation and from the abolition of single member constituencies. in which the publican influence is great- The City council of Chicago has recently .oa an nnllnBDrt tQ n TP V fill t daUl&KB by MOOSE MAKING NEW PLANS Publicity Headquarters to' Be Es tablished at Washington.' NEW YORK, DecT20. With the an Mn..AAmant that it hnd hAen decided to establish publicity headquarters at Washington, and with the appointment of various committees to forward the work of organization, the executive I . , .i .ha PinD-r.aKlVR nnrlV flfi- journed a two days' session late today to meet again January iu, t. a Btatamnnt toniirht the commit tee announced the personnel of the legislative committee, with Dean Wil n..m rt t.awIb nf the ITnivemitv of Pennsylvania, as chairman. Chairmen of other committees, the personnel oi which will be decided upon later, were n.mi u a follows? Finance. K t O II H. Hooker, of New York; publicity, Wil liam Allen vvnite, oi Kansas; uiBauiau. tion, Walter Brown, of Ohio. Establishment of a Progressive serv ice branch was authorized, with Miss Frances A. Keller in charge as director. cmKnuaH -m-ithfn this Progressive serv ice will be the following bureaus: Education, In charge of Samuel mc Cune Lindsay, of Columbia University; n..! inifnotHnl 1 i i h r i c e in rhnrcra OUVlAt Oil" I1IUWHM j - of Jane Addams; conservation, in charge of Ginord pincnot; popular gov- Anmnt t. ..hAWA tf fZafiWA I. T? C1C IIT"! 1 of New Jersey; cost of living and cor poration control, In charge of Charles S. Bird, of Massachusetts. The members of the legislative com mittee besides Dean Lewis, chairman, are: Dean W. Kirchway, of Columbia Uni versity; Professor Charles E. Merriam, of Chicago; Herbert Knox Smith, of Connecticut; Gitford Pinchot, of Wash ington; Dr. Walter Weyl, of New York; Miss Jane Addams, Chicago; James R. Garfield, of Ohio; Henry F. Cochems, of Wisconsin;" Francis J. Heney, of Cali fornia. The committee. It was said, hoped to obtain the co-operation and advice o Dr. Charles R. McCarty, director of the legislative reference bureau of the Uni versity of Wisconsin, who, at the re quest of the Progressive National com mittee at its recent Chicago meeting, outlined a general scheme for a legis lative reference bureau for the Pro gressive party. Permanent headquarters will be maintained In New York, with branch headquarters at Washington. The pub licity bureau at Washington is to be opened at once with O. K. Davis In charge. PUBLIC IS FLIM-FLAMMED This Time It Is Enslish Postoffice Attaches Who Are Blamed. LONDON, Dec " 21. (Special.) The postoffices are accused of working a flim-flam game on the British public. Judging from a private test made by an Express representative, the postof fice officials are serving out short weight with a sweeping disregard for all the laws of elementary Justice. If a struggling grocer were caught at the game which the Postmaster General is presumably practicing on thousands of counters, he would be mulcted In a fine that would push him headlong into the bankruptcy court. The attention of the Express was called to the matter by J. A. Simpson, of 8 Northdown road, Cliftonville, Mar gate, who wrote as follows: "I have today had a parcel sent . to me from Abingdon-on-Thames weigh ing very slightly under 10 ounces. A iisiBllillll m ii.'.-..-:.. S. &)CAJZL..Jl3m. . JjUvfcv t.ir , it C. C. Clark. ARLINGTON, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.) Thirty women had much to do with the nomination of 42. C. Clark here this week for Mayor and it Is probable they will be able to put their can didate into office on January 7. Mr. Clark is popular among the people of Arlington and they are certain he - will make a good Mayor. must have suffered another change, for tne assistant at tne counter ineio " no hesitation In passing It at 2d. At thA strand noRtofflce. after a search for the two-ounce weight, a woman assistant declared the parcel to be a tnreepenny one. it w.o unco pence In Fleet street, and threepence at Ludgate circus, and the Express repre i.tiintivp desnalrinar that it would ever come down to Its 2d form, brought the parcel DacK. ZIEGFELDS J0 REMARRY Anna Held's Husband Promises to Be Good. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. (Special.) Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., announced at the Moulin Rouge tonight that he and Anna Held, after a separation of 18 months, had decided to make up. He told the assembled reporters he had decided to be good and Anna had promised to take him at his word and come home and begin all over again. Mr. Ziegfeld then said that a cable from Anna Held, who at present Is In Biarritz, in the south of France, had been received by him today to the el fect that if he wanted a reconciliation she was willing to give him another chance. The cable was in response to an urgent message sent to her by Zieg feld earlier in the week asking wnat her intentions were regarding a final decree of divorce, which she has been seeking in New York courts and which will be granted this month. Mr. Ziegfeld said: "According to present plans, we shall permit the di vorce proceedings to continue and Miss Held will secure a final decree In this city on December 26. Then we are go ing to remarry and begin all over again and are going to begin right, too" , It is probable that Anna Held will leave France at once and arrive in New York about the first of next year. She wants Mr. Ziegfeld to go to Paris an daccompany her back to this coun try, but his business plans will pre vent him from leaving New York at this time, he said tonight v Gaby Writes of Dove. LONDON. Dec 21. (Special.) Mile. Gaby Deslys has written an article en titled ' "Thoughts and Some Letters." which gives an exposition of her par ticular views on love. It will appear In a monthly magazine soon. . Free Books For The Kiddies! Bring Them To Sec Santa Claus! Gill's Ideal Gift Store Open Evenings Until Xmas. The Very Gift For You To Give Can Be Found At The J. K. Gill Co., Third And Alder Streets WESTLENDSTO EAST Oregon Cash Draws Interest in Eastern Banks. SILOS AID CROP PROFITS Railroad Commissioner Miller Op timistic Following Tour of Study Through the United States and Canadian Country. cATB-.vr Or.. Dec. 20. (Special.) -The West is no longer a borrower. I know there are minions oi oonaia i ti. . - nnr.A-o- Iti Kastern banks V CBICJH J - drawing 2 per cent interest. On my recent trip to tne r-asi ticular care to examine into tne u i-i -j in.mtrlul onnditlon of thi DilUUIal ul jhuum.. A nnn the West Is capabh of caring for Itself financially without the aid of Eastern capital, Frank J. Miller, Railroad Commisslon- -v. ,.jt.ntiv 'returned from a month's trip investigating public util ity conditions in the East and Middle West. -T vnnnr nf ortA small bank in this state in a city of not more than 6000 population that has 3uu,uuu o.epus.icu in Eastern banns, at per The rrnnn in the Middle West have been enormous this last year, x-nceo are fair and the conditions are most tiii. in New York Citv -alone $325,000,000 is being expended In the construction or suDways ana ouuu men are employed daily on this work. In . v, vrtyiiA WAt thA farmers are bring ing about a condition that I would like to see duplicated here, jverywnere aa h,,nHnir silos and Instead of .wtnntno- ttinti. ppntn cron are feedinK it to their stock and by so doing realiz ing 60 per cent above tne maraet price by feeding their stock themselves. Manufacturers Are Depressed. - ir..(:arhiiq.ttR was. the onlv bad snot that I found on the trip. And The Ideal Christmas Gift The New IMPROVED TONE SHUTTER Construction GRAFONOLA FAVORITE The One Unexcelled Instrument With 12 Double Faced Disc Rec ords, including the Sextette from "Lu cia" and Quartette from "Rigoletto," making twenty -four selections for x Cf CH? iO V Or $7.00 Down JpOy' VaSil $5.00 Per Month , No Interest No Extras COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO. 372 WASHINGTON STREET 12c that is an industrial and manufactur ing depression. The operatives are in bad condition. The wages are low, there are many foreigners and chance for advancement, among them, is ex ceedingly poor. "While away I visited the Canadian Railway Commission, at Ottawa, and find that their system of railroad reg ulation is excellent. There is no ap peal from the findings of fact by the Commission. The only appeal is to the Supreme Court on a question of law or of Jurisdiction. The Commission administers over all public utilities, both on land and water. They can compel a railroad to purchase equip ment! a railroad cannot build a mile of line without the permission of the Commission, but the Commission can compel a railroad to construct a line when that line is needed. Sllet Land Action Promised. "Of interest to Oregon was a visit I had with Fred Dennett, Commissioner of the General Land Office. I called his attention to the conditions In the Silets Indian Reservation and the hardships which are being worked on the settlers. Mr. Dennett stated that the Land Office is cleaning up the claims on the Silets as rapidly as possible. He asserted that the Govern ment knows there has been fraud In connection with some of the claims and that the Land Office Intends to issue no blanket oTdor granting patents to all of the claimants. Each individ ual case will have to rest on its own merits and as fast aa special exam iners can carry on their work and give a clear showing on a claim a patent will Issue. I called the attention of Mr. Dennett to the names of numerous claimants with whom I am personally familiar and suggested that their cases be examined aa rapidly as possible, be cause I am satisfied their claims are Just and should be allowed. He stated these would' be advanced and exam ined as rapidly as possible. "When Representative Hawley knew I Intended to go to Washington he called my attention to the 811ets con ditions and asked that I take the mat ter up with Secretary Fisher and the Commissioner. . "He stated that he had frequently urged action on these claims and de sired that someone in the position of a person who cannot be accused of de siring to aid his constituency in a fight for re-election and a person en tirely disinterested take up the ques tion with them, which I did." Aviation and Coal Price. Kansas City Star. Griggs Talk about aviation: look at the price of ooal. Briggs Yes, and you'll notice that the coal man, like the aviator, is trying to avoid a drop. The Don't Overlook 99 Everybody wants a "Princess," But only a few can have one Not a real live Princess, but a high-grade, fully guaranteed, full weight ELECTRIC FLAT IRON Selling for the ridiculously low price of $3.25 each. "We are able to do this only by special arrangement with the manufacturer; and it applies only to our present stock, which is limited. You will make a serious mistake if you do not look at our MANICURE SETS before deciding about your gifts. We are positively closing them out. They are strictly the high est grade. All prices, from . $4.65 to $20.80 We have a complete assortment of Sewing Sets Scissors Sets Carving Sets Etc., Etc., Etc., which we wish to move quickly, and are offering at special prices. We have no doubt but that your inspection of those goods will result in a purchase. A SURE WAY to give your friends just what they want Have us to issue you our Merchandise Certificates Be Sure to See Living Demonstration in Our Window, the Great Grip lint Sheller. -i' Preer Cutlery & Tool Co. 74 Sixth Street (and 311 Oak Street) "Look for the Sign of the Plane" t electrolysis.