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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER V, 1W)0. 3 STORER FURIOUS WITH ROOSEVELT Accuses Him of Repudiating Actions and Making Mrs. Storer Scapegoat. IRELAND FOR CARDINAL Discharged Ambassador 'Writes to Roosevelt aud Cabinet, Saying President Showed Deep Perfidy. , CHICAGO. Dec. 8. The Chicago Trib une, in ita Washington dispatches, today says that an extraordinary letter has been addressed by Bellamy Storer to President Roosevelt and the members o his Cabi net in regard to his dismissal from the post of Ambassador of the United States to Austro-Hungary." Mr. Storer was dismissed because of his wife's supposed interference in affairs of the Roman Catholic Church and her al leged misuse of letters from the Presi dent. It was also charged that Mrs. Storer had meddled with French politics by taking part in anti-Republican intrigue to promote the marriage of Victor Bona parte with a member of the Orleans family. Both of these charges Mr. Storer denies. and, on the other hand, declares that the President's interest in the selection of Archbishop Ireland as a cardinal was not due to Storer or to Storer'a wife, but to the President alone. The text of Mr. Storer'a letter was printed and transmit ted not only to the President, but also to members of the foreign relations commit tee of the Senate. President Backed Ireland. Mr. Storer says that his removal in so summary a manner suddenly dismissed him from an office which he had been given reason to believe he had filled to the satisfaction both of his own Gov ernment and of that to which he was ac credited, and, being accompanied by no public explanation, it exposed him to sus picions and injurious conjectures such as must naturally arise when a man in pub lic office is abruptly dismissed by his Government with what is obviously in tended to be discredit. The correspondence shows the family relations of' the President and the Storers from the time Mr. Roosevelt "was Gov ernor of New York Just after the Spanish American War. Some of the Roosevelt letters to Storer were addressed. "My Dear Bellajny," and to his . wife, "My Dear Maria," and Mrs. Storer addressed the President as "Dear Theodore." Mr. Storer asserts that Roosevelt him self, while Governor of New Tork. urged the Storers to use their Influence with the Vatican for Ireland's promotion, be lieving the prelate's well-known patriot ism would aid in solving the problems connected with the Catholic Church in the Philippines. The later letters of Mr. Roosevelt as President, are published, ev idently to show the President's alleged in consistency. One letter of the President to Mrs. Stor. er. dated December 11, 1905, after the ef forts of the Storers in behalf of Arch bishop Ireland began to attract attention, contains the following passages: Koosevelt's Kebuke to Mrs. Storer. "Your direct 'or implied complaint of and reflections upon my own personal conduct give me no concern, but I am very gravely concerned at the mischievous effect your letters must have in misrepresenting the 1 ositlon of the United States Government and by the far-reaching governmental scandal your indiscretion may at any time cause. "Your letters not only convey a totally wrong Impression of my attitude, but they are such as you have no business what ever to write in view of the position of your husband in the diplomatic service. "The letter of Cardinal Merry del Val to you of November 23 is a rebuke to you, expressing plainly his belief that you have been unwarrantably officious in matters with which you properly have no concern. It should of Itself be enough to show you how exceedingly unwise, and improper ycur action in writing to him was. "I am indignant that the wife of an Am bassador in the United " States service should have written such a letter, should have given the impression undoubtedly conveyed in that letter, and should have incurred such a rebuke. "You don't seem to realize that it is out of the question for me knowingly to permit the wife of one of our diplo mats to engage in ecclesiastic intrigues to influence the Vatican." After referring to the report that Mrs. Storer was known in Europe as the American Ambassadress to Rome, Mr. Roosevelt closes thus: "I must ask you to give me this posi tive promise in writing If Bellamy is to continue in the service, and if you even unintentionally violate It, I shall have to ask far Bellamy's resignation, for I can no longer afford to have the chance of scandal being brought on the entire American diplomatic service and on the Government itself by such indiscreet and ill-advised action as yours has been." Makes Storer Indignant. "I cannot trust myself to express fully the feeling of indignation with which I read the letter to Mrs. Storer," says Mr. Storer. "Though I was in the public service, I felt and still feel that I had lost none of the rights which a man has to Judge of the propriety of letters addressed to his wife, and to resent an Improper communi cation. "I did not then know what I have since learned, that the letter was not even writ ten for my wife's eyes or mine alone, but had been shown to others before it was sent, and thus used to make a case against a lady, a trusting friend, who could not be heard in her own defense. "My wife was deliberately accused of having quoted Isolated .sentences from the President's letters to convince other per sons that he was doing exactly what, as he asserts, he had explicitly stated In writing that he would not do. . Calls letter an Outrage. "This charge of shameful conduct was based on no evidence which could even have misled the writer into a hasty judg ment, but was in answer to a letter winch, whether approved or not, at least furnished no such evidence either in Itself or in its inclosures. "The tone of long suffering and out raged patience, the careful omission of all mention of anything that the writer had himself done and authorized to be done in the matters complained of. the quotations from the letters written at the time of my errand to the Pope, with out any of the facts and circumstances related above which would give those let ter thir true character "or show that tl-.ey were an angry complaint because what he had directed to be done had be come known these things with the abusive personal characterization of my wife and the assumed indignation with which it had been In fact permitted and encouraged where not expressly directed, seemed to me to put the letter outside the limit of anything Justifiable even in a stranger. What a sense of outraged friendship it aroused in us lean perhaps be understood by any one who has read even the small part of the private corre spondence given above." In concluding his letter, which is dated at Cincinnati, November 9, 1906, the for mer Ambassador says: "I write this letter without the knowl edge of Archbishop Ireland." IMPORTANT POINTS OMITTED Those -Who Have Seen tetters Say Facts Don't Justify Storer. WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. No direct statement bearing on the issues raised in the correspondence between the President and former Ambassador and Mrs. Storer was obtainable at the White House today, and it is not certain that the President will discuss the matter at any time in the future. It is said by persons familiar with the correspondence that there are im portant omissions from several of the President's letters as published and inaccuracies in a number of them, and that the deductions reached in various instances are not justified by the facts that would be disclosed by a study of all the letters In the case. SAYS HE HAS NOTHING TO ADD Bellamy Storer Regrets His letter Was Made Public. CINCINNATI, Dec. 8. When Bellamy Storer was shown the "dispatches from Chicago detailing the substance of his communication to President Roosevelt, he sard: "I have not one word to add to the dispatch. I merely wish to state that my letter was gtven to the press with out my knowledge or consent, and against my inclination. I may say that all the copies of the letters sent out were clearly market 'private.' and if the letter was given to the press from the White House my hands are clean in the matter." BANKS ARE PUMPED DRY NEW YORK FALLS FAR BELOW REQUIRED RESERVE. Largest Deficit Since 1893, Due to Crop Movement, Dividends and Mines Little Effect on Stocks. NEW YORK. Dec. 8.-The heaviest defl cit below legal requirements in the legal reserve of the associated banks of this city in 13 years was disclosed by today's bank statement. The deficit amounts to $6,702,175, as against a surplus of $1,449,300 one week ago. While it is not unusual for the bank statement to show that the banks hold less than the law requires them to keep in reserve, it is quite un usual for the deficit to be so large. The largest previous deficit was on August 12. 1893, when the reserves were $16,500,000 short of the legal requirement. That Wall street is hopeful that some action will be taken by the Secretary of the Treasury to relieve the money market was Indicated by the movement of the stock market after the publication of the bank statement Instead of a slump in stocks there was only a slight drop, which was checked in a few minutes. The scarcity of money is attributed to several causes. : There has been a steady drain to the West on account of " crop movement, heavy dividends have been de clared this month, and unsually -heavy speculation in mining stocks has helped to pump the banks dry. , STANFORD JWEN POISONED Gas Accumulates in Defective Lab oratory, Sending Several to Bed. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8. (Special.) One student at Stanford University brought seriously near the point of death, several confined to their beds and the remainder of 'the class ill from the effects of gas poisoning, as a result of a defective laboratory in the, chemis try department, resulted today in the closing of the course for the remainder of the semester. H. Dennis, sophomore registering in the geology and mining department from Tacoma, Wash., was the unfortunate student to suffer the worst effects of the deadly hydrogen sulphide gas. , The students in their test work was obliged to use a great quantity of poisonous hydrogen-sulphide gas. For merly -this was a simple operation, as the room was particularly designed to provide against an accumulation of the poisonous vapors. Since the resump tion of college, however, all genera tion of gas has been carried on in the open. As a consequence the escaping gas has been allowed to circulate in the room. The students who are registered in the course state that the fumes have been sickening frem the first but lately reached a climax. The matter was not brought to the attention of the faculty at once, but conditions rapidly became worse until all became Hi. Dewey Wants Younger Men. WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. "We want younger men to command the ships of the Navy," said Admiral Dewey, after an In terview with the President today, "and the only way to accomplish It is to retire officers early." The result Is sought to be attained by the enactment of the naval personnel bill, which the Admiral discussed with the President. BUYTHEM At Le Palais Royal. Hosiery, under wear, belts, purses, handkerchiefs, etc., all marked very low. 375 Washing ton st. 66 77 9 Humphrey's Seventy Seven Cures Grip and cold To break up a Cold, to knock out the Grip, perspiration should be in duced. The use of "Seventy-seven" with some form of gentle exercise, will bring the beads' of sweat to the brow and drive out the Cold. "77" is for Grip, Colds, Influenza, Catarrah, Pains and soreness in the Head and Chest, Hoarseness, Sore Throat and prevention of 'Pneumonia. At Druggists, 25 cents, or mailed. Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Co., Cor. William and John Street!, New. York. PROBE HILL ROADS "Empire Builder" Is Next Can didate for the Griddle. INQUIRY WILL BE BROAD No Specific Complaints - Made, btft Investigation Is to Be Instituted by Interstate Commission on General Principles. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. An Investi gation of the operations and manage ment of the railroads controlled by James J. Hill and associates. Including the Northern Pacific, Great NorfEern and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy is In contemplation by the Interstate Com merce Commission. .Aiter certain pre liminaries have been arranged and counsel for the Commission selected, formal announcement of. the proposed inquiry will be made. As in the case ot the proposed in vestigation of the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads of the Harri nan system, the inquiry is not .the outgrowth of any specific complaints of violations of the interstate commerce law, but is to be undertaken by virtue of the general inquisitorial powers con ferred upon the Commission by Con gress.. " - The inquiry will be broad and com prehensive, with a view to ascertaining the exact condition of affairs regarding the railroad's compliance with the in terstate commerce act. A member of the Commission, in speaking of th proposed inquiry, sadi;- "Although there has been outward compliance with the decree of the Su preme Conrt in dissolving the Northerr Securities Company, yet there has been no difference in the rates given upon the united system." CANNOT AGREE OX FISHERIES Serious Difference With Britain on Newfoundland Dispute. LiONDON,' Dec. 8. The correspondence between the State Department at Wash ington and the Foreign Office, detailing the circumstances leading to the estab lishment of the fisheries modus Vivendi, was published here today. While the tone is conciliatory, ' it ' shows that a wide chasm remains to be bridged. The dis patches commenced in October, 1905, with letters from Secretary Root to Ambassa dor Durand, asking for an early interview on the subject of the fisheries, and ex plaining at length the United States views of her treaty, rights and urging that Great Britain take steps to secure the re peal of the Newfoundland laws conflict ing therewith, foreign Secretary Grey February 2 last, through Ambassador Reid, dealt at length with Mr. Root's ob servations, and said he regretted that he was unable to assent thereto without im portant qualifications. - Mr. Reid notified Secretary Grey July 20 that Mr. Root disagreed with him, and proposed terms which were not ac ceptable to Foreign Secretary Grey. The modus Vivendi was then arranged, leaving the main question unsettled. VERMONT MAKES FINE RECORD New Battleship Completes All Tests Cnder Most Trying Conditions. BOSTON, Dec. 8. The battleship Ver mont, from the yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding & Engine Company, of Quincy, successfully completed all her Government trials at sea this afternoon, including a four-hour run at full power, a 24-hour endurance test and the usual turning and backing maneuvers. Her entire- forward deck from stem to bridge was encased in ice as the result of a 36-hour trip in a northwest gale and zero temperature. Tonight Rear-Admiral Hemphill noti fied the Secretary of the Navy that the behavior of the ship had been excellent. In the four-hour fulNpower run yester day the Vermont averaged 18.33 knots an hour. In the 24-hour test the average speed was 18.43 knots an hour and the horsepower 14.500. The requirements called for an average of 18 knots at full power and 13.200 horse power at two-thirds speed. The trials were held 'under the most severe condi tions yet undergone by a Government vessel and the requirements were all completed within four days, which is the shortest period in which a battleship has been put through her paces. NEGROES WANT TO ENLIST. Discharged Colored Troops Apply for .4 Readmission Into Army. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. President Roosevelt has been asked by the mili tary authorities for instructions regard ing the cases of discharged members of the Twenty-fifth Infantry who apply for enlistment on the basis that their previ ous service has been "honest and faith ful." So far three of these soldiers have made such formal application. These are Sergeant Mingo Sanders, df 26 years' service; Private Elmer Brown, of 16 years' service, and Private Thomas Jef ferson, of 13 years' service. As a basis for executive action the application of Sergeant Sanders was sent to the President, and further action in the matter will depend on his instruc tions. About 50 of tlie discharged soldiers are here, most of them having arrived with in the last day or two. It is understood their course will depend to a great ex tent upon the President's treatment of Sergeant Sanders. HOLD-UP MANJS CORNERED Flees When Burglar Alarm Sounds. Man Killed, by Wild Bullet. w GREAT BEND, Kan.:, Dec. 8. After a daring attempt here at 9 o'clock this morning to rob the J- V. Brihkman Company Bank singlehanded, a man who gave his name as George A. Lewis, of Kansas City, was surrounded and surrendered. Bud Westfall, a driver for the Wells-Fargo Express Company, was killed by a shot tired bp one of the pursuers. e L,ewls wal.kcd into the bank a few minutes after it opened this morning and, aiming a revolver at A. E. Taylor, the Cashier, ordered th latter to throw up his hands. In an instant a clerk dodged Into the vault and set off the burglar alarm. Lewis fled immediately and darted up an alley. A crowd of men and. boys was soon close behind him in pursuit and, seeing himself being hemmed in, the robber darted up the stairs in the Wells-Fargo building, two blocks from the bank. On the second floor he locked himself in a room for an hour, and defied arrest. Several shots were fired into the room in an attempt to dislodge the robber. One bullet struck and instantly killed Westfall. who was In the express office on the street floor. Finally, after, parleying for an hour with his pursuers. . Lewis surrendered and was taken to the County Jail. Of ficers believe that the name ot Lewis is fictitious. The man said that he came here from Chicago three days ago to do the job. The robber is 20 years of age. weighs 160 pounds and is six feet tall. He has light hair and blue eyes, and is well dressed. He admitted that he had not given his correct name. He said he had made con tributions to Eastern magazines and pa pers, but his matter had been rejected and he had become despondent. He cried as he told his story. TEACHERS FORM A UNION Are Determined to Have Rights in - San Francisco. ' SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. . (Special.) The teachers have formed a union. A permanent organization, known as the San Francisco Teachers' Federation, was perfected this morning, when 40 men and women who are dissatisfied with the manner in which they have been treated by the Board of- Education assembled in Plymouth congregational Church, on Post street near Webster, and took final steps to safeguard their positions and their salaries. The expedient adopted for this end is nothing more or less than the formation of a teachers' -union, with- a regular constitution, based on that of a similar body in Chicago, which la af filiated with the American Federation of Labor. Ever since the Board of Education took $150,000 from the salary fund to build and repair schools destroyed or damaged by the fire and earthquake, the teachers who suffered in salaries have been endeavor ing to recover this money. Their efforts culminated in the meeting this morning, over which Dr. Margaret Mahoney pre sided. A report was read by Madison Babcock, on the result of the committee's labors in gathering facts about the or ganization of teachers in New York and Chicago. This report included a letter from Miss Coggin, a Chicago teacher, who described in detail the success of the Chicago federation. Miss Coggin's letter on the organization of the Chicago federation shows that the teachers of that city were forced to form a union in 1897, after a vigorous attempt was made to break down the teachers pension fund. The object of the organi zation' was to protect, this fund and to secure rights that had been denied them. The first results came sooner than were expected, when a new salary schedule was adopted, giving teachers of seven years' experience an increase of $75 a year. In 1902 the Chicago organization became affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and has been doing energetic work in the teachers' cause for the last six years. In concluding their report this commit tee submitted the proposed draft of a constitution, which was unanimously adopted by the meeting. After specifying the name of the organization, the consti tution declares the purpose of the federa tion in the following words:., First The advancement and protection of teachers rights. Second The welfare of the pupils and the schools. Third No political action shall be taken except for the purposes hereinbefore specified. After the adoption of the constitution, a committee of three, opnsisting of Robert Mann, Madison Babcock and Mrs. Marian Miel, was appointed to nominate officers. In the report which followed after a' few moments' delay the following permanent organization was recommended:. President, Dr. Margaret Mahoney: sec retary, Madison Babcock: corresponding secretary, Mrs. Marian Miel; executive committee. C. W. Moores, Mi3s Charlotte Prevost, Miss Maria Roberts, Robert J. Mann. Miss Rosalie Harby. Miss Sarah Miller,' Miss Ida Cievan and Miss Eva Nesfield. .-. COMPLAINT MUST BE MADE Interstate Commission Has No Direct Power to Order Cars. SEATTLE, Dec. 8.-Martin Knapp, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, has wired the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Association as follows: - 'Press report as -stated your telegram What Sulphur Does For the Human Body in Health and Disease. COSTS NOTHING TO TRY The mention of sulphur will recall to many of us the early days when our mothers and grandmothers gave us our daily dose of sulphur and molasses every spring and fall. It was the universal spring and fall "blood purifier," tonic and cure-all, and, mind you, this old-fahioned rem edy was not without merit. The idea was good, but the remedy was crude and unpalatable, and a large quantity had to be taken to get any effect. - Nowadays we get all the beneficial effects of sulphur in a palatable, con centrated form, so that a single grain is far more effective than a table spoonful of the crude sulphur. In recent years research and experi ment have proven that the best sul phur for medicinal, use Is that obtained from Calcium (Calcium Sulphide) and sold in drug stores under the name of Stuart's Calcium Wafers. They are small chocolate coated pellets and con tain the active medicinal principle of sulphur in a highly concentrated, ef fective form. Few people are aware of the value of this form of sulphur in restoring and maintaining bodily vigor and health; sulphur acts directly on the liver and excretory organs and purifies and enriches the blood by the prompt elimination of waste material. Our grandmothers knew this when they dosed us with sulphur and mo lasses every spring and fall,, but the crudity and Impurity of ordinary flow ers of sulphur were often worse than the disease, and cannot compare with the modern concentrated preparations of sulphur, of which Stuart's Calcium Wafers, is undoubtedly the best and most widely used. , They are the natural antidote for liver and kidney troubles and cure con stipation and purify the blood in a way that often surprises patient and physician alike. Dr. R. M. Wilkins, while experiment ing with sulphur remedies, soon found that the sulphur from Calcium was superior to any other form. He says: "For liver, kidney and blood troubles, especially when resulting from consti pation or malaria. I have been sur prised at the results obtained from Stuart's Calcium Wafers. In patients suffering from boils and pimples and even deep-seated carbuncles, I have repeatedly seen them dry up and dis appear in four or five days, leaving the skin clear and smooth. Although Stuart's Calcium Wafers is a proprie tary article and sold by druggists and for that reason tabooed by many physi cians, yet I know of nothing so safe and reliable for constipation, liver and kidney troubles and especially in all forms of skin diseases as this remedy. At any rate people who are tired of pills, cathartics and so-called blood purifiers" will find in Stuart's Calcium Wafers, a far safer, more palatable and effective preparation. , Send your name and address today for a free trial package and see for yourself. F. A. Stuart Co., 57 Stuart Bldg., Marshall, Mich.. fRiifflMMlM! oiinminminiioiiiiijiiiiHiiiiiiiaip.iiiicitiJt m t m f a m Mm m X. SM M I CHRISTMAS Just to tempt you to do your Holiday shopping here we've .selected a lot of use ful articles and put prices on them that offer great inducements to economical pur chasers. These are bright new designs wish we could show them all here; there's a store full of opportunities. Here are a few examples of pricing. Let us show you the others. Remember that under our dignified credit system you do not have to pay all cash a little now and a dollar or two a week will do. STORE OPEN EVENINGS Beginning Monday evening this store will be open every evening until Christmas I '11 IjBb Bookcase is in genuine ma hogany, one drawer, leaded glass doors. - Christmas Special $19.50 This Chiffonier is made in white maple and mahogany finish, 'oval French bevel mirror, swell top and top drawers. Christmas Special $16 Music Cabinets in every woJ and finish. This one, a Herzog patent, is in quar tered oak and genuine ma hogany, hand-polished. Christmas Special ....$21 substantially correct; commission has no direct power to compel interstate carriers to furnish cars and can make no order except after hearing the carriers in an swer to a complaint." . The lumbermen and "shippers will now file complaint - and produce evidence to support their cause. Will Visit Aberdeen. Manager Tom Richardson, of the Portland Commercial Club, leaves today for Aberdeen, - Wash., where he is to attend a large meeting of the business interests on Gray's Har bor. Yesterday Mr. Richardson spent a UGGEST A nice gift for the home is a set of Dining Chairs. This one is a box seat, the best construction and will last a lifetime. Christmas Special .$3.00 A comfortable Rocker of the fa mous Taylor line, made in quarter-sawed oak or mahogany fin ish, spring seat, upholstered in genuine leather. Christmas Special , The Couch for comfort; only best oil-tempered steel springs used in its construction and all steel bot tom, upholstered in rich verona or chase leather. Verona $15.00 Chase Leather $21.00 busy day answering the largest lot of Inquiries he has received for some time. The morning mail brought the manager of the Commercial Club 62 letters in quiring as to business chances in Port land and Oregon, indicating that the exploitation work carried on by the local commercial bodies is bearing fruit. Coal Is Seized at Billings. BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 8. A Miner spe cial from Billings states that a squad of citizens this afternoon forcibly seized a carload of coal and distributed it in one ton lots. In a body the squad then pro ceeded to the offices of tht c-jal company 913.50 IONS 0 ' ;H We have an endless variety of Ladies' Desks and Writing Ta bles. The one shown in cut is made in quarter-sawed oak, in golden and weathered and in genuine mahogany. Christmas Special $11.00 This Center Table is made of quarter-sawed oak, finished gold en, 24x24-inch top, shaped leg and hand-polished. Christmas Special $4.75 Mission Furniture has come to stay. This Bocker is finished weathered and upholstered in chase Spanish leather, and there is no better value to be found. Christmas Special $9.75 and compelled the agent to receipt for the payment of the fuel. An alarming shortage of coal exist here, and unless relief is soon forthcom ing, other cars of coal reaching this city are in danger of Confiscation. LATESTSTYLES In black voile dress skirts just re ceived at Le Palais Royal. 373 Wash ington street. A book's a bargain no matter what the price. All prices at J.,K. Gill s, Third and Alder.