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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1910)
1 J THE SUXDAY OREGOXlAy, POETLAST), JANTJAEY 2, 1910. DEFICIT STIRS HITCHCOCK 'Revisioa of Rates on More Business-Like Basis De clared Imperative. ZONE SYSTEM SUGGESTED Magazines Have Longest Haul in Proportion to Revenue Pro duced Business Grow ing Enormously. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. The deficit of the last year in the postal revenues of the United States amounts to $17,441,719, end this fact has caused Postmaster-General Hitchcock to take particular notice ' of the necessity for some sort of reform iln the business methods governing the department. In his forthcoming annual report, which has not yet been made ! public, he will call attention to the fig ures and will suggest that a sweeping Investigation be made. The tremendous Increase In the qtiantity of second-class mail matter and the rapid extension of rural free delivery routes are held chiefly responsible for the showing made. So long as the annual deficit amounted 'to only a few millions and did not in crease in proportion- to the increase in the service given, the postal deficit, so long a feature of annual reports, lias not caused much more than passing com ment. But when in the last few years It leaped to upward of $10,000,000 and finally in 1909 exceeded 17,000,000,xordinary business prudence suggested that the causes definitely be located. The inves tigations made have established that the second-class mall matter and the rural free delivery system were the great sources of loss. Two Hems Responsible. "In these two items alone," Mr. Hitch cock obscrvrs, "the postal service now" suffers an annual loss of more than the entire 'National deficit of the last fiscal year." Simultaneously with the growing deficit in postal service a panic occurred. The department's drafts on the Treasury were heaviest when public funds were lowest. At the same time, Mr. Hitchcock does not believe In economy enforced at coat of efficiency. He declares there is to be . no imnairment of tho eoi-u-lo Therefore, only such measures of econ omy will be adopted as can be made a part of a consistent programme having for its chief object the improvement of personnel, form of organization, and business methods of the postal estab lishment. , The Postmaster-General gives figures Ito show the losses upon various classes 'of the service. On second-class mail matter the loss was $64,000,000; on thlrd rlass. $1,000,000; on free official mail, $5, 2"iO,00O; on Congressional franked matter, jro0.000; and on rural free delivery, $28, Oii0,(HX). Looking at the largest figures first, Mr. Hitchcock naturally has espied the loss on second-class matter, and his Analysis indicates that the magazines are paying least of any for the service they exact. Mr. Hitchcock says magazines--and other periodical publications, exclusive of dally newspapers, comprise about 60 per cent of the second class mall. Magazines alone form about 20 per cent. Magazines Carried Far. Avhile the averngo haul of the maga zines proper Is mora than 1000 miles," he continues, "and that of other classes of periodicals, not Including dally news papers, ranges from 530 miles to more than 1100 miles, the haul of the daily newspapers, which comprise about 40 per cent of the second-class mail, averages less than 300 miles. "The cost of transportation by rail and by other means forms slightly more than a third of the total expense of handling second-class mall. Magazines proper, be cause or their long average haul, show a cost of more than 5 cents a pound for transportation, while in the case of the daily newspapers the transportation cost Is less than 2 cents a pound." It is these conditions which give rise to the question of' how far the length of haul should be regarded In fixing the rates of postage for second-class matter. No matter what solution shall be reached, the Postmaster-General fays, some substantial advance in the postage rate on this, class of mail should he made in tremendous losses the Government rev- enues now are sutrerinir from thi source. Rural Service Important. - - 'The rural delivery service was de veloped in 12 years from an experiment, requiring an appropriation of $40,000 . to one of the largest branches of the postal establishment, with an annual expenditure exceeding $35,000,000. The postage on matter mailed on rural routes is estimated nt about $7,000 000. "The importance of this service to a large number of people is fully appre ciated. It brings the farms and vil lages into closer communication with commercial and educational centers It encourages the Improvement of country roads. ity making rural life more at tractive, it stimulates agriculture. No doubt it partly is responsible for the increase in farm values. "Owing to the marvelously raoid irrowth of this service, however it is but natural that defects have devel oped The cost of rural delivery proba bly is much greater than it should be ,,w, atl appropriate time for con sidering carefully the conditions under which it is operated, for perfecting the existing organization and for intro ducing such economies as are consist ent with a proper conduct of the serv ice. The magnitude of the business is Rhown by these figures, showing busi ness transacted in 1909: Xumher or po'lottlNe. 60.144: numtx-r r,f rur.I mtw number of iran"wrTItlon M.s.M J; annual travel over tranriBr!. r,.ut . M-.MSi.i2i: number or emIoS 3-S .: r!e,- or mall hamiK-d. 1 4 OWOO v l-mase stamp,, sold, s 712 .POT "i ilb HB.ti.-y order... Issued. 491.uT4.S44 ' total ei SZa&X- "1-0vl-l,i- toul receipts. $2S - The Postmaster-General also is mak ing inquiries to determine what reforms r,an .wl !n,,roduc?d o prevent loss on the third-class mails. He desires each executive department to pay the ex pense of Its official mail and suggests that Congress consider the advisability of abolishing the franking privilege lie also has taken action to ascertain the cost to the railroads of handling the malls with a view to the reduction of their compensation. MONEY READYFOR RANSOM Alma Kellnor's Vncle Reported to Re on Trail. LOUISVILLK. Jan. 1. In spite of repeated denials by the Kellner family. POSTAL who this morning ejected reporters 'from their home, it is believed that a definite trace of the child. Alma, who disappeared December- 8, has . been found. . It is learned that Frederick Fehr, the millionaire .brewer, who went o Chicago Thursday night, drew $5000 from a bank after the close of busi ness that day and immediately on re ceipt of a telegram from Cincinnati. NO HANSOM YET DEMANDED Fehr- Says Mystery Is No Nearer Solution. WASHINGTON, Jan. l.The report that a definite clew as to the where abouts of Alma Kellner, who disap peared from her home in Louisville, December 8, has been obtained and was being investigated in this city by Frank Fehr, a relative of the family, was denied today by Mr. Fehr at th residence of his sister. "There is absolutely nothing new in the sitaution' said Mr. Fehr. "We are apparently no nearer a solution of the mystery today than we were at the time of the girl's disappearance. All talk of a ransom of $5000 having" been proposed is mere nonsense.-" - Case Like Whitla Boy's. CLEVELAND. Jan. 1. The report that a letter was sent to the family of the missing Alma Kellner by Cleve land persons demanding a ransom of $5000 is' regarded by the local police as being nothing more nor less than a trick, patterned after the methods of the kidnapers of Billy Whitla, to ob tain money. The method suggested in the Louisville matter Is identical with the Whitla case. DAUGHTERS TO RESCUE CONSERVATION WORK UNDER TAKEN IN EARNEST. As Result of Suggestions From Vari ous Governors Daughters of American Revolution Act. WASHINGTON, Jan. WThe conserva tion . committee of the Daughters of the American Revolution appeals to every member of its organization and to all patriotic women to begin the new year with a determination to use all honorable means to support the conservation measures being carried out all over the country. That is the keynote of what might be called a resume of the first few months' work of the conservation committee of the organization, which is composed of members from every state and territory In the Union. Conservation of all America's- resources is the concensus of the sentiment of the Governors of 16 states and territories wno were asKect to answer the question, "What is the especial need of conserva tion In your state?" and "How many women help?" The replies of the Governors outline a definite and comprehensive plan of ac tion, which would seem capable of pro ducing results. The conservation com mittee realizes that the support of any measure to be effective must be intelli gent, and to this end a conservation bul letin will be started and sent out every two- or three weeks to the public and private schools of the country in the hope that the fundamentals of conservation may find root there. It will be the prin cipal aim to get the bulletin into the hands of peoplowho do not see the daily papers, and in' that way teach the prin ciple of conservation where it could not be taught otherwise. The conservation committee of the D. A. R. was last April at the Continental Congress made a Na tional committee. The renlles of the Rnvamnn tnii.B,A perhaps some difference of application, but the principle of conservation is there. In Connecticut, the particular interest leans to the prevention of pollution of streams and preservation of forests. Gov ernor Gilchrist, of Florida, emphasized the protection of song and plume birds. Protection of the forests is the thing needed in Idaho, said Governor Brady, and the women of that state have mani fested a great interest in the work. Governor Carroll, of Iowa, thought the efforts of the women towards conserva tion might well be turned to the estab lishing of better anclal .-. , ri r i . l. rural districts and to a promotion of the general welfare of the agricultural sec tions of the state. Kentucky, as a whole, is not engaged In conservation work, .wrote Governor Willson, but she is the largest contribu tor to public schools In the United States. Governor Fornald. of Maine, indorsed the educational feature of the work. Governor Warner, of Michigan, said: "If he had done nothing else to win the gratitude of his country, the fame of Roosevelt would be secure because of the impetus he gave the cause of con servation." DEADLY PHTHISIS GAINS REPORT OF CONDITIONS AMONG INDIANS IS BAD. Commissioner Wants Congress to Make Appropriation for Natives to Work in Arizona. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Tuberculasis stands at the head of -the diseases which afflict the Indian. This is the statement made in the annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. That it is on the Increase is further stated, but methods are being employed by which it Is hoped to eliminate the disease as far as possible. Three hun dred and three Government schools were conducted during the last fiscal year, a net increase of 22. In conclusion the report says: There is no authority for leasing for mining purposes the lands of the reser vations that have been established by Executive order. t There are several such reservations, rich in minerals, and one particularly in Arizona containing deposits of tufa stone, which it is hoped that Congress, by special appropriation, "Will allow the natives to use. "In order to handle successfully many problems of sanitation and those aris ing from epidemics and diseases to which Indians are susceptible, an ap propriation of a sufficient sum for the establishment of a medical corps should be enacted. ( "There is a great need for a deter mined and systematic effort to teach the Indians the Industries best suited to their localities and to their abilities. An industrial corps similar in its ad ministrative feature to the medical corps should be established for the edu cation of males and females, whose daty it should be to educate the Indians in such industries that they might be come self-respecting and self-supporting." . To .top runaway horses, a Michigan man Has patented a brake, consisting of a pointed rod. to be hung under a vehicle and attached to the reins In such a manner that unusual pressure upon them will force the rod Into tn road. s THOUSANDS GREET TAFT AT CAPITAL President's Wife" Aids in Re ceiving Distinguished Visi tors, and Then Retires. OVER 5000 AT RECEPTION Blue Room at White House Scene of Brilliant' Gathering of Diplo mats, Officers and Citizens to Wish Executive Well. WASHINGTON, Jan. L President and Mra. Tart held their first New Tear's levee at the White House today. Although Mrs. Taft has not to! r gained her full strength, and seemed rather frail in a crown of whir oiiir she carried out her orle-lnal intention nf remaining in. the receiving line until the memmers or tne siolnet, the Justices of the Supreme Court, etc., had paid their respects. At the end of 20 minutes Mrs. Taft retired. The Vice-President and the Cabinet re mained In the receiving party until the last of the general public had passed. For two hours and 60 minutes President Taft held hla position at the entrance to me judiiuus tsiue Koom, ana anook hands with over 5000 persons. The line of per sons began to form at. 10:30 A. M. Taft Gives Warm Greetings. . . President Taft's personal friends- among tne Army ami Navy officials got hearty words of greeting. Occasionally a citizen addressed the President and the latter listened attentively. The average time of passing was about 40 persons to the minute. The President declared he felt no fatigue. Standing in ona position s? long, Jioty. ever, made him declare that -he felt as though he would almost have to learn to walk over again. Several tourists were relieved of their cameras at the en trance to the Blue Room. The new Chi nese Minister and staff attracted the usual amount of attention. His four young sons attracted the greatest atten tlon. In Oriental robes. with white and pink ribbons in their hair, they added jncturesqueness to the scene. "Uncle Joe" Arrives Late. i Speaker Cannon was half an hour Hate and bad to go through the line long after members of Congress. Representa tive Murdock, one of the insurgent lead era, got a most cordial reception from the President. So did Gifford Pinchot. It was reported that Mr. Pinchot and Sec retary Ballinger shook hands, but this proved incorrect Four trumpeters of the marine band sounded four flourishes as the President and Mrs. Taft came to their places the Blue Room at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Taft was most gracious in her greetings as Jong as she remained in line. "The delegation of Army officers was beaded by General Nelson A. Miles, and General Bell, Chief of Staff. Admiral Leutze, In command of the Washington Navy-yard, led the naval contingent Admiral Dewey did not; attend. - Italian Heads Diplomats. The diplomatic line was headed by Baron Meyer des Planches, the Italian Ambassador, dean of the corps. The introductions were , made by Colonel Spencer - Cosby, of the army, Major Domo of the White House, assisted by Captain Butt, Lieutenant-Commander Palmer and others. As usual, the public was in evi dence early. It being the President's first New Year's reception, there was great pressure for the honor of wish ing him the compliments of the season. The "citizen" contingent was made up largely of Washington people. The time for their reception had been fixed at 1 o'clock, but three hours earlier the crowds began to gather, and by 11 o'clock the line stretched for blocks, extending beyond the State, War and Navy department buildings and down Seventeenth street. TROLLEYS CRASH;5 HURT Motormen Stick toPost in Vain as Cars Meet in Fog. GR HEX FI ELD, Ind., Jan. 1. Five per sons were seriously injured, two probably fatally, in a head-on collision between two cars on the Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern line at Philadelphia, four miles west of here, late today. The dangerously injured are: Claude Rotrand, motorman, cbeBt crushed, and Charles Byers, of Greenfield, Ind., crushed and cut. The cars were the Newcastle Limited, eastbound, and the Dayton Limited, westbound. They met at a siding as the westbound -car was preparing to enter a switch. The Dayton Limited was running at full speed when it crashed'' into the eastbound -ar. Both cars were tele scoped for 10 or 12 feet. Both motormen stuck to their posts In vain attempts to stop their cars. There was such a heavy fog that the motormen could see only a few feet. WOMAN CRUELLY KILLED Murder Is. Third of Series Within Few Miles of One Spot. CINCINNATI, Jan. L With her throat cut and her mouth gagged, the body of Miss Anna Lloyd. 36 years old, . secretary of the Wiborgh-Hanna Lumber Com pany, was found in a lonely part of the city today. She had been assaulted. In the last three years the bodies of three young women, frightfully mutilated and abused, have been found within a few miles of the spot where Miss Lloyd's body was discovered. No clew has ever been found. The snow in the neighborhood showed that a violent struggle must have taken place, for it was trampled and stained with blood for many yards. Kfoodls Sarsaparilla is the world's greatest blood purifier and strength-giver. It builds'you up. Accept no substitute, but insist on hav ing Hood's, and get it today! Of Men's and BbysVClothes Here's an opportunity to use common sense and save dollars. Prices on our superb stock of high-grade Suits and Overcoats now reduced way below regular values. Useless to look elsewhere, no better bargains ejaiem wowenjiMisjocn Grant Phegley, Manager RICH MAN FATALLY HURT F. H.J JERMYN RUN DOWN BY CAR IN NEW YEAR REVEL. San " Francisco Hospitals Crowded "With Injured Merrymakers. Stranger Kills Himself. BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1. When out early this morning with friends, cele brating the coming of the New. Tear, P. H. Jermyn, member of a rich familv of Scran ton. Pa, owner of coal miiies near Old Forgre, Pa., and Interested in banks and large industrial enterprises In Pennsylvania, was run down by a streetcar, receiving- Injuries that prob ably will prove fatal. Jermyn s party tried to cross Mia street between two cars. The others Underwear Wool, silk and wool and Balbriggan, in button and sweater necks. Regulars and Stouts. Regular. $10 2-pieee $7.50 2-piece $6.00 2-pieee $5.00 2-pieee $4.00 2-piece $3.50 2-piece $3.00 2-piece $2.50 2-piece $2.00 2-pieee $1.50 2-piece Now. 57.50 $5.50 $4.75 $3.75 $3.00 $2.50 $2.50 $1.75 S1.50 $1.00 f - and union and union and union and union and union and union and union and union and union anctunion Latest $2.00, -now' ...$1.35 Underwear I 85c Garment Values to $2 a garment. lines. 329 Washington MEN'S FINE SUITS We have a complete assortment of this season's newest fabrics and color effects jji single and double-breasted models including a complete line of black worsteds and blue serges at the following low prices: $15 Suits now $11 .75 $20 Suits now $ 1 4.35 $25 Suits now $18.75 $30 Suits now $22.50 $35 and $40 Suits now $25.00 Our complete stock of fine Overcoats at $15 to $40 reduced to same special prices quoted above on suits All this season's popular weaves and patterns. . BOYS' SUITS 4 to 16 YEARS The materials re plain Serge, fancy Cassimeres, Thibets, Cheviots and Tweeds, all exceptionally tailored. $ 5.00 Suits reduced to , $3.75 $ 6.50 Suits reduced to . . . . $4.50 $ 7.50 Suits reduced to. ....... .$5.00 $ 8.00. Suits reduced to.. $5.75 $10.00 Suits reduced to $7.00 Outfitters to Men and Boys had narrow escapes, and the million aire was hurled several feet and was unconscious when found. His skull was fractured and he was Injured In ternally. Jermyn was abbut 50 years bid. He and his friends left Scranton six weeks ago on a prolonged trip to the Coast, and had been staying. at the Fairmount Hotel. He yfkA a daughter studying musio In Berlirfc The emergency hospitals are over crowded today with patients who were injured in the revelry last night and this morning. One hotel-keeper, mak ing the rounds of the rooms to wish his patrons a happy New Year, stopped before an open door from which no response had come. Entering the room, he found its occupant seated in a chair, dead, with a bullet wound in his head. All evidence of Identity had been de stroyed. t. Oni applicant at the hospital was a young man named Charles Orr, who insisted that -he, had shot himself through the heart. The surgeons found that the bullet had gone only through his clothing and that he was unin- jurea GRET SALE OF HIGH-GRADE MEN'S FO Shirts Manhattan, Cluett and Earl & Wilson fancy; soft and stiff bosoms. v. Regular. ' Now. $5.00 Shirts. ...... $3.75 $3.50 Shirts. .... . $2.55 $3.00 Shirts . . $1.95 $2.50 Shirts .. . $1.75 $2.00 Shirts $1.35 $1.50 Shirts..' '. $1.10 Also Flannel and Neglige, with and without collar at-greatly reduced prices. NECKWEAR shades and weaves from Fifth $1.50, now ..95 EXTRA SPECIALS Silk Umbrellas Broken Half Street ClSLFSLiniCS Co. ino Seventh" and Stark Streets GAS BUST HURLS 22 EXPLOSION UNDER MONTREAI. DEPOT HURTS MANY. Men and Women Thrown 30 Feet in Air,! One Will Die Broken Legs Principal Injury. MONTREAL, Jan. 1. Twenty-two persons were injured by an explosion which wrecked the train -platform at Place Vigor station, In tha east end of the city last night. Most of the in juries consist of broken legs. Mrs. Charles Brunau. of Montreal, cannot live. The explosion was caused by the igniting of an accumulation of gas un der the long wooden platform parallel ing the- station. i The midnie-ht train nr .-. uic uouian Pacific for Quebec was standing on the Night Shirts and Pajamas made large and comfort able. The kind that puts you to sleep. Regular. Now, $15.00 Silk $10.50i $10.00 Silk $7.50' $7.50 Silk . $5.50 $6.00 Flannel $4.50 $5.00 Soisette ,. ... . .$3.50 $4.00 Soisette $2.75 $3.50 Soisette $2.50 $3.00 Flannel $2.00 $2.00 Linen . '..$1.50 $1.50 Flannel $1.00 $1.00 Cotton ..75 4 avenue and foreign fashion $1.00, now M...5 KNISHINGS Price 6 Pair for $1.00 Sale I Vk m : Iff r",Nw tracks adjoining the platform -and an unusually large number of holiday travelers were bidding good-by to friends when suddenly a score of them were hurled into the air as if shot from a giant catapult. Some went straight up 20 or 30 feet. Others "were thrown over the. top of the train, and one man with Doth .legs broken was found on the roof of one of the coaches. RUSSIAN EDITOR IS JAILED Article on Army Conditions Causes Tvvo Months' Imprisonment. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 1. Professor Maxim Kovalevesky, a member' of the Council)) of the Empire for the Univer sities and a world-famous sociologist, was today sentenced to two months' im prisonment for an article on army condi tions published six months ago in the now defunct newspaper" Strana, of which he was editor. . Hats Broken lines of $5.CO$4.00 $3.00 soft and stiff Hats. $2.10 A Hat for every Head. Fancy Vests vRegular. Now. $10.00 Vests .$6.50 $ 6.00 Vests .....$3.50. $ 5.00 Vests $3.00 Dress Vests reduced. center 50c. now f - .-.-.-,...,..35 Half Hose Values to 5V & Imperial Hotel Building