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MEDFORD, OR EGO X, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4. H)0!i.
No. 273.
PRESS BOOSTING GRATER LAKE PROJECT
THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
ANSWERS HOME COMPANY
MKDFOKD, Or., Feb. 4. Regarding
the article in the Mod ford Mail of Feb
ruary 4, inspired by Promoter E. A.
Marsh of the "Home Telephone t'n.
or the 4 ' Citizens Telephone Co.,' ' 1
dou't know which, as ho uses but li
u allien, I beg to eall I ho attention of
the public to Home of the erroneous
slitteiucuts therein. These statements
must have been made rather through
ignorance of t ho true conditions than
for the diroet purpose of misleading the
public.
In the first piaee, the no-called Home
company cannot be called a system, as
the 1000 little companies are scattered
nil ovur the country and in most cases
wore promoted by agents of the Inde
pendent telephone apparatus manufac
turers, and when they had sold them
equipment and these constructive com
panies had built Hi" plant, they were
left to work out their own snlavation
as the promoter had got his profit and
gone and had no more interest in the
umipiiny ho had promoted and with the
"Torn, money which he had taken from
local people, who believed him when he
promised them 30 and 40 per cent on
the investment. This money was drawn
from the local banks, and the majority
of it was sent out of the city to pny for
equipinont and the promotion commis
sion, and the city naturally lost the
heuefit of this money, and it did not
go back to the cities' people in divi
dends or ' ' payrolls. ' '
Regarding Mr. Marsh's claim to long
distance connection to Reselling, now,
as n matter of fact, their line ends at
Corvaltis and Albany, and runs north
to 1'ortlnnd. They d not connect with
Rosebnrg at all. Ifuw about this. Mr.
Marsh f
Regarding their long distance line on
the south, they have none north of
Muntu Marin, Cal, -o'2 miles or so from
Han Francisco. What about this, Mr.
Marsh!
The Hood River Situation.
Regarding tho Hood River situation,
I would say that, 1 handled that propo
sition from the start, and 1 naturally
know the true facts of the ease, which
are as follows: A Mr. Brownell, who
claimed to he a representative of the
Home company, appeared in Hood Riv
er' the latter part of Hid" and showed
a few of t tie investors that if they
would put up $40.0m) and organize a
Home Telephone company at Hood Riv
er thoy could form a close corporation,
and it would net them 4n per per year,
and the Northwestern Long Distauce
Telephone company at Portland would
build a Home telephone line to Hood
River and connect with them. They
took this bait and the company was
formed, and Mr. Brfiwnell was made su
perintendent of construction and re
ceived a salarv of 100 per month and
n bonus of lf nor cent on every dollar
thev spent in the building of the plant
The first issue of stock to amount of
$40,000 was used up and the plant was
uncompleted; then more stock was is
sued, and Mnnager Brownell peddled i
this to the widows and orphans and ;
people went so far as to mortgage their
property to buy this 40 per stock and
to this date dividend ; never have been
paid, and the Northwestern T. D. com
pany never built the line to them, as
they had promised to. and furthermore,
when the Hood River Home Telephone
company opened th -i- ixehange in May
of 1008 Manager llnevnell was put out
of tho company by the direction of the
company. He left town with several
thousand dollars that he had plundered
from this company in commissions.. At
this time the representative men -.of
Hood River came to the Pacific. Tele-
phone and Telegraph company and saiM
thev had to have long distance service,
j, id' as their people had got their mon
ey into this Home company, they were
nf bovine- our plant, as if two
onmn'tnie were to operate it
would
work a hardship and loss of money
to
tho Hood River people. Our company
Agreed to sell our plant to them, as
thev did not want to work a hardship
or money loss on the Hood River people,
pud the Home company of Hood River
tp contracted to connect with the 1 a
cific States Telephone & Telegraph
eiiinuanv for a term of years. President
I' T. Smith of the Hood River Home
company in conservation with me a few
davs ago sain:
fr. Ttrownell never told us any
thine but lies, and when we took him
rt reir-mlini! hu erroneous state
nmwnell said. Mf 1 had told
vou the truth von pcf.pl'4 would have
had cold feet ami quit.
Affairs In Seattle.
Rfirurdine our company being given
two vears to close our business
sti- Wah.. this is a deliberate mis
iBtPment and T would like to have Mr.
Marsh prove this. They claim to have
spent 125,000 this last year; our com
pany spent 300,000 in betterments
alone, not counting salaries.
Regarding the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph company's inability to equip
Medford with nn up-to-date plant, I
would say that anvone who attacks tho
financial integrity of a competitor is
sure to be credited with unworthy mo
tives. Nevertheless, if what we know
about the United States Independent
Telephone proposition had been told,
hundreds of innocent investors would
.have been saved from loss, and legiti
mate inrorosts would liavo escaped ille
gitimate attacks. It seems time that
this misrepresentation and direct mis
statements of tho Independent Tele
phone promotion should be met frank
ly and boldly. In connection with this,
1 would like to ask Mr. Marsh whv
operation on his " Homo comitunv "
plant at Spokane, Wash., was held up
a year ago, and why the builder's lion
has never boon removed and work com
pleted 1 And the people of Spokane giv
en this "splendid Home service' ho
tells of. The Spoknno people don't seem
to be over anxious to have it.
As to the Boll company's having 2,
.100,000 subscribers as claimed by Mr.
Mr rah, I would quote from tho annual
report of the American Telegraph &
Telephone company that at January 1,
1000, they reported over 4.000,00(1 nub
scribors.
That H a trim an Quotation.
Regarding Mr. Marsh's quotation of
Mr. Harrimau, according to Oregon
newspapers, Mr. Harrimau is long on
promises, and it would seem that Mr.
Marsh is similarly afflicted. The pay
roll proposition that Mr. Marsh lays so
much stress on seems a little high to be
in nccordanco with sound business prin
ciples, unless they are going to arrange
to give someone a fancy job with a
fancy salary, which the proposod stock
holders and subscribers will have to
stand for. According to our records,
our company is spending an average of
$N(MI per month at Medford, and in ad
dition to this, the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph company are going to re
build and equip Medford with a mod
ern, up-to-date central energy plant,
with new telephones. Thin work will be
done- by the Pacific c mpany with real
money, and the Pacific company will
not ask the citizens of Medford to dig
up the money to pay for this Work,
as they are not promoters and have
nothing to sell, but telephone service.
Mr. Marsh speaks of the great bat
ties fought by the Hell interests and
Independents in Ohio and Indiana where
the Bell company died game. It might
be well to quoto a few true facts re
garding this matter.
, November, lftti Hamilton Trust Co.
of .Nohlesville, Ind., were appointed re
ceiver of the Union & Cornell Tel. t'o.s
of Cornell on'application of the direc
tors of the Lnion company.
December, 190". Telephone company
of Ohio discontinued dividend on com
mon stock. '
January, I00S Citizens Telephone
ompauy of Ratavin. Clermont county.
Ohio, went into the hands of a reeeiv-
It is alleged that the i-nmpnny is
21,noo in debt and that its business
is being run at a net loss.
The above are just a few of the com
panics that have gone to the wall after
being promoted by so called tnoepemi
nt promoters, and after being milked
hv them thev have been allowed to
die. and Mr. "Promoter 1ms got his
and gone to new fields.
Mr. Marsh quotes the Hell company
.f New England states as having ab
orbed all of the New Kngland states.
and tlint is a fact, but he don t say
LfTlyiliing about the Northeastern Tele-
Lone conipanv that organ iae.i ni i on-
laiui. Me., a few years ago, ami 'in
stock to the widow and orphan and
then let the contract to build and
equipped trunk lines Portland to p.nn
gor, Me, and installed an nntomiitie ei
chance at Bangor and Portland Me
Thus, as the promoters had got their
nmfit. ther let the company go into
the hands of a receiver in Septombei
ioor this after spending about 1,"0,
000 the stockholders were left to hold
tin find further, that the New
Vnrrlnnd' Telephone 4 Telegraph con
Unit eomi.nnv) bought their
rL.rtv and other independent cnn
panics 'in Maine the latter part of Km
for Jn.U". f i
Tl.i- would not s i to be very profit
able to the investor in independent tele
phone security, t knnw these fa. ts,
because 1 was there during this cam
paign. (From the Portland Oregnnian t
' ' NewConsolidatioii Rumor L Au
peles Hears Sunset end Home Companies
. .. .. t k i- vl. 0 The
I May Unite,
Herald tomorrow will say: Officials of
tho Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com
pany are now in thus city for the pur
pose of discussing affairs of tho com
pany, and that tho question of the con
solidation of the Sunset and Homo Tel
ephone companies is one of tho prin
cipal topics of discussion."
Mr. Marsh speaks of the successful
Hume company in southern California,
but, according to the Oregouian of Feb
ruary 3, 1009, it would seem that the
Pacific Telephone &. Telograph com
pany was about to take Hie Los Angeles
Homo company. Now, if this was as
profitable an investment and gave the
public tho "perfect service" that Mr.
Marsh speaks of wo should think the
stockholders and subscribers would want
o continue the duel svstem.
W. K. MERRILL.
TREASON IN CZAR'S
POLICE DEPARTMENT
HT. PETERSBURG Feb. 4. M. Lop-
ukino, former director of tho police in
the ministry of tho interior, has been
arretted ou a charge of high treason in
connection with the revelations recent
ly made at Paris, when Azof, tho head
of tho fighting organization of the Rus
sian socialist revolutionary party, was
convicted of being the Paris agent of
the secret police.
The ehargo is that ho tarnished to
Cuirtzcft, the leading Russian socialist
in Paris, the information ou which Azof
was denounced.
Sokoloff, the official lawyer of the
social revolutionist:;, and 17 others wore
rrested. The ease promises to throw
light upon a most interest nig chapter
concerning the relations between the
police and the terror''! era nidations.
THANKS POLICE FOR.
DRAWING A CROWD
MAN FRANCISCO, Cnl., Feb. 4.
In comparison with the press the
police are nugcis," shouted Emma Oold
man in Dreamland rink I night to
more than itnui persons v. h i had paid
admission to hear the queen of the an
archists, speak. "I foel that 1 owo the
police an apologv, for if they had Dot
arrested me I would not have had this
larire audience. ' '
Miss Goldman spoke for three hours
on the subject of "Why T Am an An
irehist, and among other things said
that the uood in the world, tho prog
ress in art and letters and science, had
been accomplished in spite of law and
gov rninent and not because of it.
FAMOUS OLD SHERMAN
HOUSE IS TO BE RAZED
CHICAGO, Feb. 4. It. is definitely
announced that the Sherman house will
be torn down and work on a 2,000,
0(10 structure started within a week
after next New Year's day.
With tho destruction of the time
honored hon 1 will pass memories of
men and w.miou. famous in many wnlks
ef life, who have foregathered and lin
gered wilhiir its walls during
visits to Chicilgo.
their
WILL DUPLICATE IN AIR
ROBERT FULTON'S FEAT
NEW VORK.Tcb. 4. To make the
100th anniversary of Robert Fulton's
ascent of the Hudson river in ine nrsr
steamboat a notable one, the "World
offers n prize of 10,000 to the person
who makes the journey from New York
to Albany in an airship or flying ma
chine, mechanically propelled, thus du
plicating in the air Fulton's famous
stei'mhoat trip of n century ago.
"KRUGER TELEGRAM" NOT
WRITTEN BY KAISER
RERUN. Feb. 4. The Fur-den cor
respondent announces the coining pub
lication of a book entitled "William
the Second," which i n strong defense
of the emperor and exonerates him from
the authorship of the famous "Kruger
telegram. '
The author of the book, Adolph StPin,
explain that the telegram did not orig
inatn with the emperor, but that it was
a well considered answer by the for
eitn office to an inquiry from the
Transvnal and wa in fact n roundabout
way of refusing German intervention
in the South African war.
The writer says the emperor object
etl to the telegram, but allowed him
self t' ht overruled hv his officials
and f"r 12 years remained silent and
boro the blame while working inces
santly to prevent the worst results of
bis advisers' blunder.
UHNDB OFlCOMMITTFE EXPECTED TO
OKLAHOMA
STAND BY
HASKELL
Resolution Introduced De
nouncing Verdict Return
Against Governor-Says
It was Conspiracy Be
tween Hearst and Teddy
GUTHRIE, Okln., Feb. 4. A rose
lution wuh proposed, and it is said that
it will pass, in the Oklahoma legisla
ture today denouncing the indictment
returned yesterday by the federal grand
lury against Governor Haskell in the
land fraud eases.
Tho resolutions t forth the indict
meat as the result of a conspiracy
hatched by Roosevelt and Hearst to
defeme Haskell. Action on the reso
lution was deferred until tomorrow.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS
OLD AND STILL YOUNG
HEALUSBIJRG, Feb. 4. Children
and grandchildren and groat grandchil
dren of Mrs. Electa Kennedy came to
get her from all over the world to fit
tingly celebrate her 100th birthday.
Among them were Mrs. Carey Meyer,
who camo all tho way from Russia; Ani
ta Abbot of the Gran (quia company
of New York, Mrs. J Jr. Edwards and
Mrs. Frank Crawford of Oakland,
James Kennedy of Oregon, Mi's. Zed'
Marcy, Miss Maude Kennedy, and El
bert, Edwin and Charles Kennedy of
San Francisco. Mrs. Maggie Margary is
on her way from Juneau, Alaska, but
was delayed by tho storm and pool
transportation facilities.
Mrs. Kennedy is the last of the No
hies of Vermont. At the present time
she is spry and gay and still delights
in doing her own housework.
DESERTS FROM ARMY
TO GET HOME COOKINO
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4. Earl Slovens,
arrested for hnving deserted from the
Seventeenth infantry at t he Presidio,
San Francisco, explniim that the magnet
which drew him away from duty was
his wife and home cooking.
"Wait a minutes." said Stevens, as
detectives eajop- for I he fc.Vi reward
started to hurry him off to headquar
tors. "You know, my wife is cooking
some pancakes at the house and 1
started out to get some syrup for them.
But for those pancakes you would not
hflvo captured ine. Please let mo enjoy
them, and then I will give up willing
ly. '
The detectives good-tint tired) v escort
ed Stevens to his house, where he was
allowed one more good meal of pan
cakes before being locked up.
MYSTERIOUS STEAMER IN
ATLANTIC GRAVEYARD
NORFOLK, Vn., Feb. 4. Hidden be
neoth the turbulent waves that roll
over Diamond shoals, 14 miles off Cape
Hatterns, N. ('.. the secret of tho iden
tity of the mysterious steamer which
went down there early yesterday, prob
ably with all hands on board, remains
untold.
No clue tot corroborate the testimony
of those few Aboard the Diamond shoals
lightship who witnessed helpless let aid
this latest tragedy of the well named
"graveyard of th .Atlantic." was oh
tained.
BILL IK BEGINS TERM IN
JOLIET PENITENTIARY
CHICAGO, Feb. 4. Herman Billik
after two vears' imprisonment in the
county jail, during which period he
has five times been respited from death
on the gallows, was taken to the Joliet
penitentiary today to begin a term of
life imprisonment fir tho murder of
Marv Yzral.
Notice to Knlghtfl Templar.
The Black Cross will be conferred
Fridav evening, following a basin'-ris
session of the Shrine. The Black Cross
will oUo tie conferred on Monday, Feb
marv S, and Friday. February 12.
Itv order of the
EM. COMMANDER.
E. A. HHERWIN, Recorder.
REPORT ON NEXT MONDAY
DANCE
BYJIREHEN
Will Also Celebrate Fourth
of July if Aid of Business
Men Can be Obtained
The fire company is planning a grand
ball to be given on March 4 in the An
glo opera house, the proceeds of which
will be used to purchase uniforms for
members of the company. Hazclrigg's
orchasera has been retained for that
evening and a splendid time is prom
ised. The affair is in tho hands of
a committee composed of Messrs. Big
ham, I.indley and Ling.
The boys are also planning a monster
celebration of tho Fourth of July if tho
business men of tho city signify a will
ingncsH to lend their aid. Ashland
gave a monster celebration last year,
which is planned this year for this city.
MEASURE TO REGULATE
SHIPMENT OF LIQUOR
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Represontn
I ive Iwingley of Kentucky will intio
diice Monday the interstate liquor ship
ineiit bill prepared by the ant i-Saloon
league of America lo obviate tho objec
tion of unconstitutionality urged against
the l.ittlefleld bill.
The objection to the Lit (loflcld hill
was thai it made interstate shipments
of liquor subject to state laws imme
iliatelv upon crossing the houndnry line,
which was declared by its opponents to
be an attempted delegation of congres
sional power and therefore uncouslitu
tioiial.
The new measure provides for direct
xereiso of congressional power by it
self prohibiting the shipment or trans
pi.rtntion of liquor !o any state, terri-
oiy or district of the United Males,
:r part of the same, where such ship
ment could not legally tio made witnin
the same. It is designed to protect
1h prohibition staler, and dry tern
torv wit hiu local opium maun.
ARTISTS AROUSED OVER
LINHOLN STATUE SITE
XF.W VOBK, Kill. 4. Tho Notional
Si'iilptnrc hikmHv linn taki'ii n Imml in
tlin 1'mitniverny ovi-r llic nilo of tin
I, in... jIm slalui' iu Wasliiinj'.oii, l. (.'.
iti'HolntioiiH liavo lii'i'ii ailnptoil, a copy
uf which will lie riirwanioil to llic con.
KN'XHiiiiml eomiiiitti'O having in phargc
tho nest inl of noli'dinp; a alto an hiir
Iji'Sli'il by tho park i'ciinminnioii of Wash
iagtnn.
Thii arlinii wan taken, an explained
by Hecrelnry J. Si'oM. Hartley of the
siioietv. in order to cheek the plan of
placing the statue in front of the rail
road atation.
With tho park commiflnioii, the no-
ciety helieveH that a more dignified lo
cation should lie chosen, mieh na a upot
near tho iiieiuorial bridge over
the I'o
tomac.
MINISTERS PREVENT
PRODUCTION OF PLAY
I'HKN'TOX, X. J.. 1'Vli. 4. Paul Pot-
ter a
oniedy. "The (lirl From Rec
tor h, wan pi.nln i lor lao arm nine
cnunlrv ut a matinee yeaterday
afternoon and scheduled for a perfor
mance tonight, but the Trenton police
vented the evening performance lift
i!."i iniuistefs, representing the Tren
ton .Ministerial union, had complained
llial the play was nn:l immoral. The
iiiinisiers said thev would cooperate
with clergviiien in New York to pre-
nt the production of the play in Unit
V. Violet
llnle. the lending women,
ionized when told she could not
the theater.
vt.h
n'er
SHERIFFS OF OREGON
MEET NEXT IN ROSEBURO
ItOKKIiritG. fir.. Keli t The Ore
Pun Association of Cointv Sheriffs wi
hold its next annual meeting in Itose
burg. In accepting an invitation from
lo riff II. Fenton of Douglas county;
M. It. .lomeroy, sheriff of cbitsop roiin
ty, and president of the association,
writes thai he has decided lo call the
mil mieting in tliis city. Sheriff Pom
"iv savs he hn not vet fixed the exact
t, for the meeting, but IIkiI
will
bo held some timo in Augnwt.
COL. HFER SAYS
MEDFORD CAN HAVE
ALL SPACE IN PAPER
i
Highway Urged on Account of Its Ben- j
eflt to Enure State-Portland nd
Salem Paper Doing Groat Work for !
the Projeot. '
DELEGATION MEETS
TO UNITE STRENGTH
STATU HOVBE, Sul..m, Or.,
1'Vb. 4. A joint mooting of tho
southern Oregon member of
both houu's nun held ut 1
n'clork today to got tho united
Hlrougtli back of tho 100,000 ap
propriation for tho Orutcr lako
auto road.
SAUCM, Or., Feb. 4.-(Hpclul.)
Tho proapeeta for .1 favorable report
fiom the wnyn mid nuiins committee of
Ihe legislature to that body on the
appropriation for tho eonatriietion of
ihe ( niter lake road in aouthorn Oregon
in now accepted in legislative circles nn
an assured fact. The committeo will
in all probility make its report on next
Monday. The delegation from Mod
ford turned tho trick. Thoy deacendecl
upon this city mid there ivas no one
could say Ihoin "nay." Tho comment
abcuil the capitol today is that it ia
remarkable that such a roprosontutivc
body of men could be gotten together
fur such n purpose.
State From Oo-Operates.
The pri'ss ia co-operating aplendidly
in tin' matter of boosting tho matter.
Ilolh of the Salem papers have publish
lishi'd a picture of the hike and have
i'iimi,!,,.,! ,i,-scriuions or it. inn l ap
ilol "urnal today advocates tho appro
priation editorially. Colonel K, Hofer
of that paper says that all of tho space
of his paper is at the disposal of Med-'
ford ia the matter. Tho Portland Jour
nal today publishes a cut of tho lake
on the first page. Moth the Telegram
and Ihe .lournnl contain splendid re
ports of tho meeting in 8alem.
Tho Mootig Wodnesdsr.
Strong arguments on behalf of the
rater lake road bill were presented on
Wednesday to the joint eommittoo of
Hie legislature. Those speaking were
W. W. Cotton, W. I). Fenton, (!. H.
Iicksini, Henry McGinn and Will O.
Steele of Portland, W. M. Colvig and
V. I. Vawter of Medford; Jl. F. Mulkey
of Ashland and It. (I. Smith of Grants
Pass. All urged Hie passage of the
appropriation as a benefit to the en
tiro state.
In the evening the delegatioa were
the guests of the Halem board of trade
at a banquet.
Sanguine as to tho successful aeeom
pliiihment of their mission and with
tales to tell of tho good timn they had
while away, a large number of the dele
gation to Salem in the interests of tho
Crater lake road appropriation returned
to Medford on the morning truin, tired
with the long trip and strenuous day in
the capital city, but pleased with the
result of the endeavors on behalf of
the road bill. A number of tho delo
gat ion went on to Portland and may
not return for some days, thus taking
advantage nf their .Kl-day tickets in or
der to attend to business matters in
Portland.
"There seems not o bit of doubt,
said H. C. flnrnett upon his return,
"but that the legislature will givo us
tlie appropriation that we wont after.
The ways and means committee aro cer
tain to mako a favorable report upon
the matter, and it looked ns if there
I would be a large majority in favor of
Ihe passage of tho appropriation in
both houses. It also looks an if the
matter would receive early action. I
believe that our mission wns not mode
in vain."
All of the other returning delegates
speak of the nintter along the same line
as Mr. Gnrnett. Thev tell of how the
ii little blue ribbon wiMi the words "Cra
ter Lake upon them were pinned upon
the members of tin' senate and house
anil upon many of the citizens of Sa
leio. In fact, Wednesdav was "Crater
Lake" ilnv at the capital
, The delegates bring back word of
I how Governor Chamberlain is working
I hard for Ihe appropriation, ns are many
influential men from Portland. All of
, this augurs well for tho passage of the
bill.
OPINION OF
MEDFORDITE
KCilUeiU 01 01010 AQ"
vances Views on Niw
Telephone System
j While thii telcphono question is under
I discussion the people of Medford might
siop una consider what they now have,
and what thoy can liavo if thoy want
t. .lust tuke a look at tho telephone
polos acattered over this town. They
aro all sites and heights in nil stages
of decay and leaning nt all angles. Just
tako a look at tho network of baline
wire they nro loaded down with. Think
of tho old, out of date germ nnd disease
infested telephones in your homes nud
offices, and then think of othor commu
nities nil over tho Unitod States that
nro getting quick, satisfactory and ef-
roctivo sorvico, nnd at no greater cost
to them than you nre paying for prac
tically no servico nt all.
On tho other hand, the people of
Medford haTe a chance to get n new,
up-to-dnte telephone system put in with
absolutely now equipment of all kinds.
Now poles net in tho alleys, the wlren
ecbled, tho latest thing in the way of
phones in their homes, nnd when the
bell rings, you know its YOU.
Then, another thing, it moans th.
expenditure nf 410,000 to .(!, 000 in this
community in the wr.y of material of
different kinds labor, building, etc.
And those things all help along.
Don't let nnyhody be fooled with
this chatter nbout a "dual system."
You don't havo to havo but ono sys
tem, but thnt should be a good one.
Tho telephono users of Medford hare
been living on promises for years. Now
givo someone else a chnnce.
A MEDFOR1MTK.
MUST OIVE HOME LIFE
TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The opinion
was voiced nt today a session of the
conference on dependent children that
child-earing institutions should ho con
ducted on tho cottage plan. Tho su
periority of this over other plans 1111
pointed out by Dr. R. R. Reedor, super
intendent of the Orphan Asylum society
of New York city; Gnlen A. Merrill,
superintendent of the Minnesota State
public schoola; Adokpli Lcwisobn, pres
ident of tho Hebrew Sheltering Onard
ian society, New York city, and others.
United States Cnaimissioner of Bduca-.
tion F.lmnr H. lirown and William II.
Htreeter, superintendent of tho North
f'nrolina Children's Homo society, ad
vocated suiervision by state education
al authorities over th-3 educational work
of orphan usylums and similnr institu
tions. A report submitted to President
Roosevelt at a subscription dinner giv
en by tho conference at the New Wil
lard tonight requested the president to
send n message to congress urging the
estuhlishmcnt of a federal children's
bureau, ono of whoso objects shall be
to disseminato nccurato information re
gnrding child-caring work and the needs,
of tho children. The report embodies
the conclusions of a two days' deliber
ation by tho most prominent charily
workers and others, nnd deals with .
every phsso of the problem nf caring
for the dependent child.
LABOR LEADERS INVITED
TO "OOUNCni OP LABOR"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Daniel J.
Keefe, commissioner general of immi
gration, baa sent invitations to more
than a score of prominent leaders ask-
in gthem lo participate in tho proposed
"council of Inhor" to be held February
10 at tho department of commerce and
labor to discuss questions vital to the
wage earners of tho country.
The conference will consider the mis
leading Inhor information that causes
much of the immigration; the heads of
all important labor organizations will
participate.
Among those invited, besides Samuel
Gnmpers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, is AIndrew Fnru
scth of Snn Frnncisco, president of the
seamen's international union.
An ancient Russian cannon has been
brought out from St. Michael, Alnskn,
for exhibition at the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition in 1009.