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THE OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MARCH "25, 11)05. REMOVE TO CITY Land Office Must Trans fer to Portland. ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT Oregon City Not Central Enough for Public. UNAVAILING PROTEST MADE Present Officials Will Be Retained if They Are Willing to Move No Room In the Federal Building; OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. -Washington, March 24. The Land Office at Oregon City -will be removed to Portland July 1 by order of the President. Thla move Is made because Portland Is more centrally situated. The transfer to Portland Is believed to be In the interest of the public Portland is a railroad center. Is more readily ac cessible to all parts of the land district than Oregon City, and Is the natural lo cation for- the Land Office. Nearly a year ago Land Commissioner Richards suggested this removal, but before action was taken Senator Mitchell filed a vigor ous protest, stating bat there was no local demand for the change and insist ing that removal of the office from Ore gon City -would injure business in that town. On the atrength of that protest The matter was held up. Commissioner Rich ards, after further Investigation, Is satis fied there is ample Justification for mak ing the change and believes the Interests and comfort of the public are paramount to any claim Oregon City may have on the office. Accordingly he transmitted his recommendation to Secretary Hitch cock. It was approved and Is now put Into effect by order of the President. It is the intention of the department to Tetaln the present Register and Re ceiver, If they are willing to remove to Portland, and also to retain all clerks and employes of the office under the same condition. It is nbt yet determined where the Land Office will locate at Portland. It Is de sirable to install It in the Federal build ing if possible, but the present occupants declare there Is not room in that building for another office; 'in fact, they insist they are already crowded for space. If it shall be found impracticable to move Into the Federal building, quarters will be rented. The Government has been paying what It considers exorbitant rent for its Land Office accommodation at Oregon City. It lw"belleved as reasonable, if not better, terms can be had in Portland. The transfer will take effect July 1. as the lease of the office at Oregon City ex pires o.n that date. A. "W. Lafferty, of St. Louis, ex prosecuting attorney, has been appointed special agent of the Interior Department and is ordered to Oregon City. He Is a personal appointment of Mr. Hitchcock. order to Mr. White Involves making a place for him. so Ambassador Meyer will have to proceed xorthwltt to his nev post at St. Petersburg, in. turn displacing Mr, McCormlck, who goes to Paris. - 'GET-BICH-aUICX" MAN CAUGHT Postal Officials Hot on Trail of the Philadelphia Swindlers. PHILADELPHIA, March 24. Stanley Francis alias Arthur S. Foster, a pro moter of many companies, was arrest-, ed by United State postal inspectors to day on the charge of using the mails for fraudulent purposes and after a hearing before the United States Com missioner he was held in 5100,000 bail for further hearing. Francis was unable to furnish ball and was committed to JaiL The postal authorities charge that Francl3 is one of the leading figures in the Storey Cotton Company and the Provident Investment Company, which are alleged by the postal Inspectors to be fraudulent "get-rlch-qulcK" con cerns. Both'corapanles have gone into the hands of receivers, and most of the men who were actively identified with them have disappeared. The postal authorities have also caused a warrant to be Issued for the arrest of "W. H. Latimer, missing man ager of the defunct Provident Invest ment Company. He is charged with using the mails for fraudulent purposes BROKER CHARGED WITH THEFT Client Causes Magoun's Arrest for Not Returning Securities. NEW YORK, March 24. Francis P. Ma goun, of the banking and brokerage firm of Magoun Bros. & Co., which failed a few days ago, was held in $10,000 ball for examination today on the charge of grand larceny. Magoun came from Cincinnati yesterday to testify in a suit in tho Su preme Court, and was arrested immedi ately after leaving the stand. R. L. SL Hall, a broker, who acted as agent for his wife in stock transactions with Magoun Bros. & Co., said that Magoun was in town and placed Information in the hands of the District Attorney on which a war rant for arrest was issued. Magoun is charged with the larceny of $20,000 worth of various stock belonging to Mrs. Clara W. Hall. It Is alleged that between November 29, 1902, and March 23. 1903. Mr. Hall, for his wife, deposited with Magoun Bros. & Co. various stocks, and. despite repeated demands, they were not returnee, nor was any accounting ren dered for them. Magoun was paroled In the custody of his counsel. NO ROOM IN FEDERAL BUILDING Land Office Will Have to Rent Quar ters In Private Building. Unless some of the present offices can be Induced to dispense with two or three rooms, the Land Office cannot find ac commodation within the Federal build ing. The Interior Department requested some months ago that provision be made for the removal to this building, and it was thought that the United States Engi neers on the third floor could spare the necessary rooms. It was shown that this could not be done, however. In all probability, therefore, rooms will be rented elsewhere. Four rooms are oc cupied In Oregon City now. Those In the office are: Register Algernon S. Dresser. Receiver G. W. Bibee. Mrs. Matilda Mil ler. Miss Mlna Kelly and Miss .tithel Graves. Special Agent Lafferty has been on duty In Oregon City for several days. Oregon City Entered Protest. OREGON CITY. Or., March 24. Spe cial.) Following the rumor a few weeks ago that the Oregon City Land Office would be removed to Portland, the citi zens of this city forwarded a vigorous protest to the Department at "Washington and addressed telegrams to the members of the Oregon delegation in Congress urg ing them to use their every endeavor to dereat the plan. Petitions covering the subject were unanimously rigned by the residents of Oregon City and subsequent ly forwarded to the same officers. HURRIES DIPLOMATIC CHANGE Government Anxious to Get Ambas sadors Settled In New Places. ST. PETERSBURG, March 24.-4:50 P. M.) Mr. McCormlck. the retiring Amer ican Ambassador to Russia, has received urgent instructions from Washington to proceed to Paris at the earliest possible moment, whether the desire of the State Department to have Mr. McCormlck as sume his duties in Paris at once is due to the prospect of an early opening of peace negotiations there, to the Vene zuelan complications, or to the wish of Ambassador Porter to retire sooner than expected, is not known here. In order that there may be no hitch here at such an important time. Ambassador Meyer, Mr. McCormlck's successor, will probably come to St. Petersburg immediately. WASHINGTON. March 24. Inquiry here develops the fact that the orders to Am bassador McCormlck to proceed imme diately to Paris arc to be explained, not on the ground of any diplomatic emer gency at the French capital, but solely because of the President's desire to have Henry White, former secretary of the embassy in London and Just appointed Ambassador to Italy, take up his post at Rome at .the earliest possible moment. Tho projected International Agricultuml Congress, in which tho Italian govern ment has succeeded In interesting Presi dent Roosevelt; the attitude of Italy to ward Santo Domingo: the probabilities of peace negotiations in the near future, in volving combined action by the European powers, and several other diplomatic mat ters of importance, all now and therefore preferably to be dealt with by the Incom ing Ambassador rather than one about to be transferred, are some of the reasons assigned for sending Mr. "White at once to Rome, although he had fully expected to enjoy a vacation In this country. This HOTEL THiHk CAUGHT AT LAST Man of Many Names Wh Has Robbed Guests In Many Cities. NEW YORK, March 24. While attempt ing to break into the room of a patron of the Hotel Netherland tonight. J. T. Land ing, alias Howard Berry, alias half a dozen other names, was captured by a house detective. The prisoner, who 'occupied a room in the hotel, was Identified as the man who had robbed patrons of half a dozen hotels within the past three months and who has been eoucht by the police of the prin cipal cities of the country. He is said to have confessed to obtaining 35,000 worth of Jewels In hotels, and was locked up at police headquarters. There Is no police record of the prisoner. who has never before been arrested. In appearance, dress and language he Is of good birth. He posed as the son of a wealthy Chicago man. BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC HEWS. Madame Kirby Lunn. a grand opera singer in "Parsifal," is seriously 111 at St. Paul. Joslah Cohen, of Pittsburg, was yes terday elected chief Justice of the court of appeals of the constitutional grand lodge of the B'nal B-'rlth. The Chlcafeo Bureau of Identification has adopted the thumb-print method of identifying criminals as an adjunct to the Bertlllon measurement system. Canadian shipbuilders have asked the government for a bounty of $6 per ton for ten years on Canadian-built ships to pro tect the industry against urittsn com petition. Mary Smith, a 13-year-old schoolgirl, nt Chicago, stole a visitor s purse, contain injr STL bought a hat and bouquet and ticket to a theater gallery, where she was arrested. A court-martial on Second Lieutenant F. A. Gardiner, U. S. N., on charges of Intoxication and conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline began at Annapolis, Md., yesterday. Dr. Ami, of the Canadian Geological Survey, is of the opinion that diamond wealth is hidden in that part of Canada between the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay. and advises surveyors to look out for them. The splendid mansion built by Governor Tilden In Twentieth street. New Yortt. overlooking Gramercy Park. Is soon to become the home of the National Arts Club. Negotiations with the Tilden heirs have just been concluded. The Chicago Federation of Musicians proposes to fix a minimum number of musicians for the orchestra of each place of amusement In proportion to seating ca pacity, complaint being made that man agers continually reauce tnc size ox or chestras. Dr. John A- Scott, professor of Greek in Northwestern University, defends burn Ing the midnight oil. saying that the great scholars of today studyat night and that it Is the best time. He says tho Persians studied In the early morning for lack of illuminating facilities. Pvepresentative! of all the New York hospitals in conference have agreed to endeavor to raise a common endowment fund, as all have annual deficits. As a means to this end. they will start a cam palgn of education on the good work f the hospitals to th public, individual rami ues ana science. Suit -for separation has been brought by Mrs. Allan F. Black, wife of Harry S. Black, head of the United States Realty & Construction Company and the Fuller Construction Company. Mrs. Black is the daughter of the late Georgo A. Fuller, founder of the company, who developed the methods of construction in the mod ern steel skyscraper. A school of music, endowed by James Loeb. the banker, is being organized in New York, with Frank Damrosch as director, and he will engage teachers '.n Burooe. Mr. Loeb has given jcw.wo. pay log 5 per cent, another donor gave $4000 a year for ten years, and a guarantee fund of $25,000 a year for three years Is to be raised. Fire Destroys Small Fortune In Ice CHICAGO. March 24. Nearly 350,000 tons of Ico and two buildings, cacn MxiX leet. have been lost by Are at One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street and Lake Calu met. The big storage houses! held the Winter's cut on the lake. Before the first Are company arrived tho buildings, valued at $$6,000, were destroyed, and most of the contents, Talued at 460,000, had slid back into the lake, from which it was taken during the winter. The buildings wero the property of Swift & Co. The origin of the fire is unknown. Defense Continued in Mining Suit. COUNCIL BLUFFS, la.. March 24. The defense in the Portland mining suit today continued its reading of tke testimony favorable to Burns. F. SL Kurle. a min ing engineer, declared Doyle and John Haman signed a paper as disinterested parties to establish title to the. Tidal Wave claim, and that both said they had no Interest In it. FLANKS IN DANGER Russians Fear Turning Move ments of Enemy. . HLD LINE ,NEAR SIPINGHA! Retreat Has Been Suspended, but Japanese Continue Implacable Advance and Abandonment of Harbin May Come. ST. PETERSBURG. March 25. (S:40 A. M.) The Russian rearguard Is now occupying a line of fairly strong nat ural positions 34 miles south of Gun- shu Pass, the center being the railroad village of Slpinghal and the flanks cov ering the roads on either side, which. apparently. It Is the Intention to defend long enough to force the Japanese to show their hand. . Tho Russians may, however, have been outflanked, and have no Intention of making a serious stand, especially as all the correspondents .continue to report rumors of wide turning opera tions on both flanks. Indicating a pr,ob- Lble basis in tact. ho correspondents believe a resump tion of hostilities on a grand scale Is Improbable Inside of three months. TAKE REST FROM RETREAT Japane ese Advance on Flanks 'and At tack Rearguard at Kalyuan. GUNSHU PASS. March 24.-(Noon.) The Russian retreat has now reached the village of Slpinghal. 74 miles. north of Tie Pass, where it has temporarily halted. The army has been witnouc rest for nonths, and It Is natural that fatigue should be evident. The Japanese are reported to be aa- vanclng on the Slpinghal positions along the railway and on both flanks. A brisk action occurred on the'even lng of March 18 at Kalyuan. the Rus sian rearguard beating off two heavy attacks, which' lasted until .midnight. After blowing up railway bridges north of Kalyuan at Ave places, the Russian retirement was continued on March 19, SO and 21. with only light rifle fire. The Mukden branch of the, Russo- Chlnese Bank -removed all its money except $150,000. MUST HOLD LINE OR LOSE ALL Russian General' Bewails Predica ment Due to Unpreparedness. SPECIAL, CABLE. ST. PETERSBURG. March 24. Gen eral Linlevltch's exact position Is un known. The swiftness of Oyama's pur suit of the Husslan forces stnggers St. Petersburg. If the Russians are not able to hold their lines in the vicinity of Kuanchenzl. Kirin and the Sungarl River until reinforcements reach them from Harbin, then all Is lost. One of -the great "Russian war authorities, who is a staff General, said: - "Since the very beginning of the war the Russian army has suffered from the want of a proper base and communica tlons. If Kuanchenzl and Kirln are not united by rail, and If the Sungarl River Is not supplied with ferry boats, a stand will be Impossible and General Linievitch will be in danger of suffer ing another defeat such as that of Mukden. It will be Impossible for him to make a stand and he must retreat north. The Vladivostok line will then be cut and the fate of Port Arthur awaits that fortress. "In order to avoid irretrievable dis aster, the nation must utraln every nerve. Unfortunately, victorious Japan Is united, while defeated Russia Is torn In pieces by strikes, murders and con spiracles, which paralyze her defense. Russia . thoughtlessly crept Into Man churia and now her army the ai?ny of Peter the Great and of Suvaroff Is de feated, and tne flag that waved in tri umph over the proudest capitals of Europe Is trodden under foot. The sol diers of the Czar are dead, wounded or prisoners. TSITSPAR NEW LINE OF DEFENSE Russians May Withdraw, While Jap anese Set Trap for Them. ST. PETERSBURG. March 24 (4:52 P. M.). The news from the front continues to Indicate preparations for a withdrawal of the main portion of the Russian army beyond Harbin, so as to place It out of danger of having Its communications wun Russia severed. If It Is found lmpractica ble to attempt to hold the line at the Sun garl bridge- Tsitspar. 300 miles west of Harbin. Is mentioned by several .corre spondents In a fashion to suggest that It would b the new point of concentra tion, though others speak of the Amur River. A llcht flvinir column of Japanese cav airy Is reported to be moving hastily across the country toward Tsitspar, while a heavier column Is going northeast In the direction of Vladivostok. One cor- respondent intimates that tho Japanese may adopt the tactics of relieving the direct pressure on General Linievitch in th& hope of inducing him to concentrate as far as possible below Harbin, which would givo Field Marshal Oyaroa the ad vantage of preparing his next blow with out greatly lengthening his line of com municatlons. LlnVevltch'a decision to be prepared to place his main army beyond the reach of a decisive stroke while awaiting rein forcements may have been taken In order to avoid just such a trap. WILL SOON DESERT HARBIN Women and Children Leave Japa nese Try to Provoke Battle. GUNSHU PASS. March 24. The women and children are reported to bo leaving Harbin, and the business houses are clos ing. The stationary hospitals are being moved back, and the entire railroad east and south of Tsitspar is being prepared for the next stage of the war. The con vtctlon exists that General Kurokl is now moving toward the northeast for tho In vestment of Vladivostok and changing his base for that purpose to Gensata. 'Whllo the Man churl an railway is em ployed to supply the main army in its advance on Harbin, the Japanese seem still partial to the plan of keeping close. to their sea bases, and Instead of follow ing the Russians, some of the military experts are of the opinion that the Jap anese may relieve the pressure upon General Linievitch, and thus Induce him to concentrate In the region between Santoupu and Tie Pass for another bat tie- Throughout the campaign all the prog nistlcations of experts regarding the plans of the Japanese "failed, the aspira tions of tne Japanese consistently fatten ing upon the victories achieved. The rank and file of the Russian army show pe culiar adaptability to conform with tho new conditions. Loss of Merchant Ship in War WASHINGTON, March 24. 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The papers are supporting the cam paign for peace and are beginning to print quite openly the history of the In trigues In the Far East for the protec tion of private Interests, devoting special attention to M. . BezobraofTs connection with the Yalu timber concession. The publications include a secret memoran dum of General Kuropatkln, pointing out that war would be inevitable If Russian Interests wero extended to Corea. The necessity for Increased taxation to meet the expenses of. the war Is recog nized and the Minister of Finance has some projects to council of the Empire, including taxes on beef, matches, etc, and a graduated tax on the salaries of Government officials, beginning with 1 per cent on salaries of over $300, which alto gether will realize about $11,000,000. There is also a proposition for a general Income tax. which undoubtedly will prove the most popular form of raising money, as It would bear heaviest on those able to ray. HOPES TO INVOLVE OTHERS Russia's Scheme to Get Help In Ptac ing Curb on Japan. SPECIAL CABLE. COPENHAGEN1, March 25. One of the best-known Swedish correspond ents. In a dispatch telegraphed here laf. lasf nleht from St. Petersburg. states that he has been assured upon the authority ot a memoer 01 me tius-d-Th AftnUtrv that Russia hODes to find a way out of her difficulties by involv ing other powers in tne complications that are sure to arise out of the disre gard of the "zone of war" by both of the belligerents in Manchuria. In doing so, Russia believes that she cannot fare worse than she. would if she consented to tho peace terms that Japan would propose, and would be in a position to bcnetlt by any curb, that might be placed upon the Mikado by the world powers. Third Squadron at Port Said. PORT SAID, March 21. Admiral Nebo gatofTs division ot the Russian second Pacific squadron, consisting of a battle ship, four cruises and four transports, arrived hero today. Tho vessels are not coaling and are only taking moderate supplies on board. The transports are heavily laden with stores. The division. -tv. is M tn ha bound for JIhutll French Somallland, and Vladivostok. wlU probably proceed today. DANGER IN WOODEN SIDEWALKS Porous Street and Building Materials -Foster Tuberculosis. PORTLAND. March 21. (To the Editor.) Apropos of an article on consumption. in writer, being a sanitary engineer of experience and ability ot 35 years' practice, in connection with the DrofeMion of architecture, has this to m ucjxa tm r cj parr83 I SiST ur 'S-bs Denver, Colo. to provide eome plan to etop tho pjasu of coniumptloa,' The primary cauw there of eonaurnptloo m, aa it is nere, wooaen aldewancs- and wooden roadwaye. In all communities where wood 1? used for sidewalks and roadways consumption has a trusty friend. New Orleans got rid or IU very infectious yellow fever by totally eraal catlnr wood for all purposes In the streets. Denver did the same, and other cities where wood is used and a damp climate ezliU are the cities that have hasty consumption In its most fatal and alarming form. Irrigation where wood Is laid produces th rame. Hera is a micro-organism akin to the Daphne pulex. and the cyclopa quadrlcornis in shape, that is expectorated on porous materials like wooden sidewalks, wooden street paving- materials. porous brick and porous stone, and therein produces its like of untold millions of spores In a Awinklins; of a second. These by at xnospheric currents In various ways are In haled, or taken Into the mucous membranes and burrow the soft tissues, their acidity destroying the sold membranous coverings; soon hemorrhages; soon death. Again, am-monla-secretlsg animals are not exempt. Canines spread the diseaso by their emis sions on corners of buildings, or other ob jects that they side upon. Take a piece ot brick from a foundation .that canines have frequvstsf, uwe 3sa. aobtfor orrubms and their numerous family cousins are abun dant In their destructive powers'. To totally eradicate the disease Is a seem ing- Impossibility. To eliminate Its ravages is atiite possible in a marked degree. First prohibit all wood in public places, such as wooden sidewalks, wooden street paving, or otherwise; brick piers, "concrete or stone" is better, for all foundations. No wood whatever should be allowed at the grade line. The late Colonel "Waring and the writ er frequently were called upon to pass upon unhealthy places in the East and South, and In Quite all cases decaying wood was at the foundation; so much so that up-to-date cities will not allow wood below the floor joists for any purpose whatever, where the same comes in contact with aqueousnfess. Bilge water In the old wooden ships was a great cause of tuberculosis, and when I laid down the Italian frigate Re De Italia and ier consort at "William H. "Webb's ship yard In New York, the Italian Admiralty In sisted on space for the hull being filled with rock salt. . It Is a "timely alarm" that The Oregonian has sounded, and I trust the proper authori ties will take up this matter of wooden sidewalks and roadways, and all porous building materials being taken up. and con crete, asphalt, bituminous rock, oiled roads. or vome other material of equal non- absorbent qualities being twd, that has an alkali in its makeup that will kill the micro organisms, instantly the sunshine warms the same. Our lumber interests can well afford to look for a better market than the street sidowalk or wooden pavement. The demand for Oregon lumber Is too great to be used in so unsanitary producing conditions. It has also bees noted that where many tracks of railroads are in parallel, the ties have proved a constant source of sickness; so much so that the contiguous population has vacated the railroad tracks near to homes, and moved farther away, and recov ered from their physical aliments. Porous building materials must be taken up and burned, where the sputa and ex pectorations of the sick or well can by any means produce contamination or diseases "Cleanliness is next to godliness," and the vile expectorations on the sidewalks and in pubtic places should be at once stopped. The rockplle is the place for the expecto rator who so little cares for his fellows as to spew the vilcness of his throat or head where the public may be brought In con tact, either by sight or by taste or by smell, or any other way. "WILLIAM "WORDSWORTH GOODRICH. A Human Toxophile. Medical Press. At present there Is In Glasgow one Captain Vetrlo, who styles himself the "poison-proof man." giving exhibitions in one of the places of entertainment of his ability to swallow lethal doses of cer tain poisons, such as strychnine, phos- punity. "With these we are told he varfe3 his menu by eating glass and flower pots. Before he made his first public appear ance a number Of medical men responded, to his invitation to meethlm In the Wind sor Hotel where- he swallowed half a grain pf strychnine in their presence, and also, we are told, partook in quick; succession of considerable doses of parl3 green, blue indigo, verdigris and so on, without evil effects. This demonstration, we are further told, concluded by Cap tain Vetrio's eating a considerable por tion of a stick of phosphorus. He incites medical men to bring their own poison. A letter appeared in the Glasgow Herald pointing out the responsibility resting with any medical man, from a medico legal standpoint, who should, In the event of this man's death, have supplied him with the poison. Close of Festivities at Havana. HAVANAi March 24. The celebration of the visit of American warships in Ha vana ended today with an American con cert on the sea front and a carnival ball at the Cuban Athenaeum. The. torpedo-boat destroyer MacDonough arrived In advance of Rear-Admiral Barker's fleet, which will appear In front Of Ha vana tomorrow, and. being joined by the visiting squadron, will proceed to Pensa-cola. fBss"fsaBwjsTCKrBB fr- Pure Blood, A.'. ls Certain I&YbVTa& . !x Hood's Sarsaparilla ,rIt enrea ""those "eraptiona, boils and x pimples which appear in the Spring; 1 cores scrofula gores, salt rheam or, -ecsems. and relieves the itching and burning; adapts itself equally well to, &ndxalso corea dyspepsia And all stom ach troubles j corea rheumatism and catarrh; cores nervous troubles, de bility and that tired feeling. This is not merely modern theory, but it is solid, up-to-date fact. Proved by thousands of cores 1066 testimonials inthe paefc 2 years. It is .America's Greatest Spring Medicine Get oly- Ho64's I