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THE HOOD RIVERA Highest Grade Job Vrinting Ad'Verltjerj Get Hesutts VOLUME 8, NUMBER 49 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1912 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Women Here Timid About Voting? Not a Bit of It TAFT SENDS HIS FINAL MESSAGE President Declares Most Important Consideration at Present Time Is Diplomatic Relations of United States with Other Nations Discusses Foreign Relations, Turkish-Bulgarian Conflict and Troubles in China Makes Suggestions Regarding Changes in Tariff Laws Designed to Aid Commerce. ' Washington, D. C, Dec. 3 (Special to the News) President Taft sent his flnal message to Congress today. In It he declares that one of the para mount Issues before the country to day Is the proper adjustment of our International relations, especially In view of the entanglements now exist ing between' European and Oriental countries, lie reviews the diplomatic history of his administration and lays down some of the guiding principles which he believes should guide the country in the future. He also has some suggestions regarding changes In the tariff laws designed to aid com merce. The message, summed up, is as follows: To the Senate and House of Repre sentatives: The foreign relations of the United States actually ami potentially affect the state of the Unlou to a degree not widely realized and hardly surpassed by any other factor lu the welfare of the whole nation. The position of the United States In the moral, Intellec tual and material relations of the fam ily of nations should be a matter of vital Interest to every patriotic citl sen. The national prosperity and power Impose upon us duties which we cannot shirk If we are to be true to our Ideals. The tremendous growth of the ex port trade of the I'nlted States has already made that trade a very real factor In the Industrial and commer cial prosperity of the country. Wltb the development of our Industries the foreign commerce of the United States must rapidly become a still more essential factor In Its economic welfare. The relations of the United States wltb all foreign powers remain upon a sound basis of peace, harmony and friendship. A greater Insistence upon Justice to American citizens or Inter eats wherever it may have been denied and a stronger emphasis of the need of mutuality In commercial and other re lations have only served to strengthen our friendship with foreign countries by placing those friendships upon a firm foundation of realities as well as aspirations. Reorganization of Stats Dtpartmsnt. At the beginning of the present ad ministration the United States, having fully entered upon Its position as a world power, with the responsibilities thrust upon It by the results of the Spanish-American war and already en gaged In laying the groundwork of a vast foreign trade on which It should one day become more and more dependent, found Itself without the machinery for giving thorough atten tion to and taking effective action upon mass of Intricate business vi tal to American Interests In every coun try In the world. The department of state was an archaic and inadequate machine, lack ing most of the attributes of the for eign ofBce of any great modern power. 'With an appropriation made upon my recommendation by the congress on Aug. S, l'.XMI, the department of state was completely reorganized.. There were created divisions of Latin-American affairs and of far eastern, near pastern and western European affairs. The law offices of the department were greatly strengthened. There were added foreign trade advisers to co-operate with the diplomatic and consular bureaus and the politico-geographical divisions In the Innumerable matters whore commercial diplomacy or con sular 'fork calls for such special knowledge. The same officers, together with the rest of the new organization, are able at all times to give to Ameri can citizens accurate Information as to conditions In foreign countries wltb Which they have business and likewise to co-operate more effectively with the congress and also with the other ex ecutive departments. Msrit System In Consular and Diplo matic Corps. ' Fx pert knowledge and professional training must evidently be the essence of tills reorganization. Without a train ed foreign service there would not be men available for the work In the reor ganized department of state. President Cleveland had taken the first step to ward Introducing the merit system In the foreign service. That had been fol lowed by the application of the merit principle, with excellent results to the entire consular branch. Almost noth ing, however, had been done In this di rection with regard to the diplomatic service. In this age of commercial di plomacy It was evidently of the lir.,t luiportam e to train nil adequate per sonnel In Hint branch of the service. Therefore, on Nov. 'J'!. lisitl. by an executive order I placed Hie diplomatic service up to the grade of secretary of embassy. Inclusive, upon exactly the sinne strict nonpartisan basis of the merit sys'en, rl'lil exuiiilmitioii for ap pointment and promotion only for elll clency, ns hail been maintained with out exception in the consular service. Merit and Nonpartisan Character of Appointments. How faithful to the merit system and how nonpartisan has been the con duct of the diplomatic and consular services In the last four years may be judged from the following: Three am bassadors now serving held their pres ent rank nt the Itegluiilng of my ad ministration. Of the ten ambassadors whom I have appointed five were by promotion from tVe rank of minister. Nine ministers now serving bold their present rank at the Is-ginnlng of the administration. Qt the thirty ministers n-hmn I have appointed, eleven were promoted' troni the lower grades of Us foreign service or from the department of state. Of the nineteen missions in Latin-America, where our relations are close and our interest Is great, fifteen chiefs of mission are service men, three having entered the service during this administration. The thirty-seven secretaries of em bassy or legation who have received their Initial appointments after parsing successfully the required examination Were chosen for ascertained fitness, without regard to political affiliation:!. A dearth of candidates from southern and western states has alone made it Impossible thus far completely to equal ize all the states' representations In the foreign service. In the effort to equalize the representation of the va rious states in the consular service I have made sixteen of the twenty-nine new appointments as consul which have occurred during my administra tion from the southern states. This Is f5 iter cent. Every other consular ap pointment made. Including the promo tion of eleven young men from the con sular assistant and student Interpreter corps, has been by promotion or trans fer, based solely upon efficiency shown lu the service. Larger Provision For Embassies and Legations Recommended. In connection with legislation for the amelioration of the foreign service, 1 wish to invite attention to the advisa bility of placing the salary appropria tions uH)u a better basts. I believe that the best results would be obtained by a moderate scale of salaries, with adequate funds for the' expenses of proper representation, based in each case upon the scale and cost of living at each imst, controlled by a system of accounting and under the general di rection of the department of state. In line with the object which I have sought of placing our foreign service on a basis of permanency, I have at various times advocated provision by congress for the acquisition of govern ment owned buildings for the residence and offices of our diplomatic officers, so as to place them more nearly on an equality with similar officers of other nations aud to do away with, the dis crimination which otherwise must nec essarily be made In some cases lu favor of men having large private fortunes. Diplomacy a Handmaid of Commercial Intercourse and Peace. The diplomacy of the present ad ministration has sought to respond to modern Ideas of commercial Inter course. This policy has been charac terized as substituting dollars for bul lets. It Is one that appeals alike to Idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to the dictates of sound policy and strat egy and to legitimate commercial alms. It Is an effort frankly directed to the Increase of American trade Uon the nxi 1 1 if principle that the gov ernment of the I'nlted States shall ex tend nil proier support to every legiti mate and beneficial American enter prise abroad. How great have been the results of this diplomacy, coupled with the maximum and minimum pro vision of the tariff law, will be seen by some consideration of the wonder ful Increase In the export trade of the I'nlted States Because modern di plomacy Is commercial there has been a disposition In some quarters to at tribute to It none but materialistic alms. How strikingly erroneous Is such an impression may be seen from Ntudy of t lie results by which the diplomacy of the United States can be judged. China. In China the policy of encouraging iiuaiiciui luvesiuiem ro euaoie tnat country to help Itself has had the result of giving new life and practical appli cation to the open door policy. The consistent purpose of the present ad ministration has been to encourage the use of American capital in the develop ment of China by the promotion of those essential reforms to which China Is pledged by treaties with the United Btates and other powers. The hypothecation to foreign banker! fn connection with certain Industrial enterprises, such as the Hukuang rail ways, of the national revenues upon which these reforms depended, led the department of state early In the admin istration to demand for American citi zens participation lu Biich enterprises, lu order that the United States might have equal rights and an equal voice in all questions pertaining to the disposi tion of t lie public revenues concerned. The same policy of promoting inter national accord among the powers hav lu if similar treaty rights as ourselves in the matters of reform, which could not be put into practical effect without the common consent of all, was likewise adopted lu the case of the loan desired by China for the reform of Its cur rency. The principle of International co-opt-ratlon in nintters of common In terest upon which our policy had al ready lieeii based In all of the above In stances has admittedly been a great factor In that concert of-the powers which has been so happily conspicuous during the perilous period of transition through which the great Chinese nation has been passing. Central America Needs Our Help In Debt Adjustment. In Central America the aim has been to help such countries ns Nicaragua and Honduras to help themsel"es. They are the immediate beneficiaries. The national benefit to the I'nlted States Is twofold. First, it Is obvious that the Monroe doctrine is more vital In the neighborhood of the Panama canal and the zone of the Caribbean than any where else. There, too. the mainte nance of that doctrine falls most heav ily upon the I'nlted States. It Is there fore essential that the countries within that sphere shall be removed from the Jeopardy involved by heavy foreign debt and chaotic national finances and from the ever present danger of Inter national complications due to disorder at liome. Hence the United States has been glad to encourage and support Ameri can bankers who were willing to lend a helping hand to the financial re habilitation of such countries because this financial rehabilitation and the protection of their custom houses from being the prey of would be dictators would remove at one stroke the men ace of foreign creditors and the men ace of revolutionary disorder. I wish to call your especial attention to the recent occurrences In Nicaragua, for I lielleve the terrible events re corded there during the revolution of the past slimmer the useless loss of life, the devastation of property, the bombardment of defenseless cities, the killing and wounding of women and children, the torturing of noncombat ants to exact contributions and the suffering of thousands of human be ings might have been averted had the department of state, through approval (Continued on 1'age 3) km. wmMjm, sp Srit j V. mmwmr7L tftv'S f?&zf$ isZfiii 'f(j-. News Snapshots Of the Week sensations, starred. Miss M. Carey Thomns. president of Bryn Mnwr college, hml charge of the college division. at the great suffragette meeting In Phila delphia. Thanksgiving brought woe to America n turkeys. Mere men who had predicted that local women wouldn't leave their household duties to vote took another "think" yesterday and opened their eyes wide when they saw the Hood River gentler sex troop to the polls in crowds that pretty nearly swamped the election board and kept the judges busy tearing off stubs and answering questions all day. It was the proper thiug. There was n't any doubt about that. Just about the time that the morning dishes were washed up and the beds made the fem inine procession started and a line was soon formed. Occasionally a man would presume to squeeze into the line, but he was given to understand that he was merely tolerated and that It was first of all ladies' day. And they didn't hesitate, quibble nor ask foolish questions about how to vote either. They donned an air of com plete assurance along with their mackintoshes and did the trick as neatly and as expeditiously as the most seasoned voter. Nor did they waste time with powder puffs and mirrors like the Oregon City women. They just voted and then walked proudly down Oak street to let their sisters know that they had done their duty. "Everybody's doin' it," was the ELKS ATTEND THE "LODGEJFjORROW" Local Elks who attended the an nual "lodge of sorrow" held at The Dalles Sunday Included the follow ing: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Casther, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Lage, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Smith, Mrs. E. D. Kanaga, Mr. and Mrs L. M. Bentley, H. 1). Wood, Frank Parker, W. Nason, 'Mr. and Mrs. G. A. McCurdy, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Ni chols, J. H. Fredrlcy, and J. Dodson. The services were very impressive and splendidly performed. Attorney E. C. Smith of this city made an elo quent eulogy and Mrs. Charles Hall delighted the audit with her ren dition of "Berceuse" on the violin. St. Nick is now on the way. Handsome New Church to Be Dedicated Sunday The Asbury Methodist Episcopal church will be dedicated Sunday morn ing, December 8, at 10:45 o'clock. Bishop Richard J. Cooke D. D, LU D. will deliver the dedicatory sermon. Rev. Benjamin Young D. D., pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Portland, will preach the evening sermon. We trust that every reader of this announcement will consider it a per sonal invitation to attend the services. William B. Young, Pastor. Several of the other local denomi nations have given up their services next Sunday in order that the congre gations may unite in the dedicatory services. The new church was recently com pleted and has brought forth much favorable comment. It is most attrac tive architecturally, being constructed of brick with a mission effect. Beau tiful stained glass windows add to the beauty of the edifice and the Interior Burton W. (ilbson was put on trial nt (loshen, N. Y.. for the murder of Mrs S.abo at Green wood Ijike last summer. The iorte refused! to accept the conditions of the armistice i s presented by the Bulgarians, and fighting was resumed around Constanti nople. The four gun men who shot down llriinin Rosenthal In New York nt the Instigation of Charles Becker were found guilty of murder In the first degree. Yale and II; rvard met In their annual gridiron match; Flynn and Brlckley, the season's passwora among all the Hood River women yesterday. The city hall showed a marked con trast -with the scenes when men were in sole sway. Not u whiff of tobacco smoke pervaded the polls, cigar stubbs were noticeably absent from the floor. Indeed, a bouquet decorat ed the table and there was a splc and span touch to the tables and booths which suggested the feminine. Even the men noticed it and it looked good to them. Many of them commented on It and the doubtful were complete ly convinced that the new regime has come to Hood River under the best of auspices. Yesterday afternoon the vote prom ised to smash all previous records In Hood River to smithereens. There had been 356 ballots cast and of these 121 were by women. It was anticipat ed that the proportion of women vot ers would materially Increase in the later 'afternoon, as they were then coming to town to shop and, by no means incidentally, to join the pro cession and exercise their suffrage right for the first time. So heavy was the vote that at a late hour last night the board was still busy with the count and the result was not yet determined. NIGUMA COMPANY OPENSJEW STORE The C. Niguma Company opened Monday a new store In the Bell Build ing. They have recently received a large shipment of Japanese goods di rect from that country and with these they have stocked the store. The goods include a great variety of Jap anese wares and the store presents an attractive and inviting appearance, especially to the Christmas trade. The stock includes a large variety of Japanese dishes, vases and the like, curios, kimonas, embroidered goods and many toys which will appeal to the children. The stock was secured, especially in order to cater to the Christmas trade, but if business war rants the company may continue the business in their new quarters. is finished with a view to comfort as well as beauty. The congregation is deserving of great credit for their efforts, which will culminate at the dedicatory ser vices to be held next Sunday. A more complete description of the new build ing will be included in the report of the services next week. Teacher John, what is wrong with the sentence, "The goat went in the garden?" John The words "garden" and "goat" should be transposed. Ex. Lavinski Did you hear that Skinski had been deprifed of the power of speech? Skinski Vot is der trouble? An offecdion of der vocal chords? l.avinski No, he haf der cheuma tism in both of his arms. Hood River leads; others follow. Bids for Construction of New System Ordered Council Advertises Work of Building New Water Works, Including All but Reservoir and liead-works--ApproximateIy $55,000 Will Be Expended and Work Must Be Completed by June 1, 1913 A resolution was passed at the council meeting Monday evening auth orizing City Recorder Howe to call for bids for the construction of the Hood River water system. These bids call for the construction of the entire sys tem with the exception of the reser voir and headworks. An expenditure of about $55,000 will be involved. As the laying of mains in the city has been completed, as well as connection with the old mains, the bids call for what will be the practical completion of the Bystem. The contracts will be let In three divisions, two of which must be com pleted by June 1, 1913, and the other by April 1, 1913. The bids will be opened at the council meeting on De cember 23. At Monday's meeting a deed to the land over which the outfall sewer passes was finally secured from the Hood River Terminal Company after protracted negotiations. It cost $500. The placing of a light at the corner of Ninth and Oak streets was author ized A new city bell tower will be con structed and the bel! donated by the Congregational church will be used as a fire bell. The present bell will be transferred to the Heights to serve a similar purpose. It was decided to repair the Serpen- LITTLE GIRLS ARE LEARNING TO BAKE More Biscuit Baked in Hood River Homes This Week Than Ever Before With but a few remote precincts to be beard from it is safe to say that fresh baking powder biscuit hare been the regular fare in the majority of homes in the city and valley where there is a little lady not over 12 years of age. And this is the explanation: They are practicing for the great bak ing contest that will be held in the Franz store next Saturday, the "th. Mr. Franz has offered to give a per fect little Quick Meal Steel Range to the little lady who can make the best pan of baking powder biscuit. This beautiful little range has attracted the attenion of hundreds since it was placed on display In the store window. It is as perfect as the big ones and is not a toy but one that will do just as fine cooking and baking as its larger relatives. Every little girl is invited to enter the contest, all of the necessary arti cles will be furnished and all she has to do is mix up her biscuit at the store and hand them to one in charge of the big range to be baked. This promises to be the event of the season for the girls and Mr. Franz feels sure that he is going to prove that the little cooks of today can make just as good biscuit as "Grandma" ev er made. All of the older ones are invited to come and see the fun. Girls who have not already registered should do so at once either personally or by telephone so proper arrangements can be made to accommodate all. tine Road instead of making extens ive Improvements at the present time. Very favorable bids were received on $14,480 worth of improvement bonds and they were sold to Terry, Briggs & Slaytou of Toledo, O., for par and accrued Interest. SHOCKLEY-SIMMONS WEDDING IS HELD A pretty home wedding was cele brated at the residence of the bride's parents three miles south of Parkdale Thursday, Edgar W. Shockley being united in marriage to Miss Elsie G. Simmons, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Simmons. Rev. W. L. Van Nuys officiated. About 30 guests were present to witness the ceremony. Promptly at one o'clock: Miss Mary Allen of Parkdale sang "I Love You Truly," In her beautiful contralto voice. Immediately following the bride was conducted to the altar on the arm of her father to the strains of Lohengrin's Wedding March, ren dered by Miss Nell Simmons, sister of the bride: The ceremony was performed under a bower of decorations befitting the occasion. Little Grade Pealer of Hood River, ringbearer, attired In light blue silk and carrying the ring on a cush ion, preceded the bride. The bride wore a pretty gown of marquisette over satin, with trimmings of pearls, and a wreath of orange blossoms in her hair, carrying a shower boquet of carnations and lilies of the valley. Following the ceremony a two course luncheon was served, after which the newly-weds left for their future home In Eugene, Oregon, where they will be at home after December 10. Mr. Ssockley is physical director at the State University at Eugene and is well known in Portland and through out the state. Mrs. Shockley has a host of admiring friends In Portland and the Upper Valley who wish them a pleasant future. DR. WHITE TO TALK ABOUTRURAL LIFE At the close of the Hood River Co unty Institute the teachers of Hood River county organized a Teachers' Congress. Management was placed in ment of the congress was placed in the hands of a committee consisting of J. E. Stubbs C. R. McCoy and Miss Hazel Stanton. This committee has planned for a series of five meetings, during the coming winter. They are not to be confined to teachers nor to the work of the teachers, but are to be of general public interest. The first meeting is to be held at the Cora-, mercial Club rooms next Saturday at 1:30 o'clock. Dr. Calvin S. White is to be the speaker of the day and It ls sincerely hoped that everyone who can will be present. The program will Include the fol lowing numbers: Reading by Miss Maud Howard, chorus by Hood River High School, address by Dr. White, president of the State Board of Health, on "The New View of Rural Life." and a solo by Miss Stanton. ' C. I) THOMPSON, County. School Superintendent.. Gets Carload of Nursery Stock S. W. Heppner received a carload shipment of nursery stock the last of the week for which he expects to liiul a market in this and the sur roundi'ig sections. The shipment In- hides high grade, French crab-rooted trees In all the standard varieties and running from 6 to 8 and 9 feet tall. Mr. Heppticr is making headquarters 111 the Tuft store. CHANGE IN TIMETABLE Until further notice, the Sunday train on the Mt. Hood Railroad will rim on the same schedule as the weekday trains. . "That," said Mr. Ihistin Stax, " a niagntllceut art treasure." "How do you kinjw? By the paint er's signature?" "No. Ity uiy rn signature on (h check J gave lliu deuler." Washing ton Siar.