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t&fflntratt, VOL. XLV. JSO. 13,832. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. m FIGHT H jHostile Fleets Are Fast Approaching. BOm ARE NEAR SINGAPORE Fast Steamers Watch Every Avenue Eastward. PROBABLE SCENE OF BATTLE Greatest Naval Battle of the Age Ex pected Within Two Weeks " Japanese Have" Floating Repair Shops. " SINGAPORE, Strait Settlement, April 8. The British steamer Tara re ports having: nlsrhtcd 47 Russian ships 130 miles north of Singapore. LOADO.V, April 8. A dispatch from Singapore to n news agency sayit that the BrlfWh steamer Tara reports hav . ingr passed 47 Russian vessels ojt One Fathom Battles,, in the Straits ot Ma lacca, at noon on Friday, steaming south ward. (A dispatch from Durban, Natal, March 29, said that the British steamexj Dart, from Rangoon, reported tnat she passed, on March 19, 30 -warships and 34 colliers (probably the Russian fleet), steaming: eastward, 250 miles "northeast of the Island of- Madagascar. JThe fleet reported by the Tara Is prob ably the same as the one sighted by the Dart) SPECIAL CABLE. SINGAPORE. April 8. The belief Is general here that a desperate engage ment for the control of the seas is im minent off here between the Japanese de fensive fleet, under the command of-Ad-mlral Togo, and the Russian fleet com 'inanded by Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky. The "two fleets Are rapidly approaching each other and naval experts here be lieve that a battle which -will decide whither or not Japan is to retain su vjironiacy Dn the oceah-saswell as on land 'will be fought -within a. fortnight. The captain of a coasting steamer which has- put into Penang reports having passed- a fleet of 27 armorclads 70 miles to the southeast. The fleet was flying no colors, and, when he altered his course tp Inspect the warships, a destroyer sailed up and admonished him to turn back. The warning was promptly heeded. Keen Lookout for Russians. Several Chinese junks that have ar rived here bring the news that the con verted fast merchantmen, formerly -In the Tokohama-Beattle and Yokohama-San Francisco trade are patrolling every ave nue through which the Russian fleet might pass in their rush toward Vladi vostok and the bulk of Admiral Togo's fclg fleet is kept in position where it can he"hurled against the Russians so soon as sighted. Accompanying the main body of the fleet are the- two floating furnaces that were built at Sasebo and which are de signed to Repair all damage that may result to the fleet in its cruising opera tions. On these ships are mounted huge floating cranes, with which disabled guns can be lifted and which are expected to prove of great service, should the Jap anese suffer at the hands of the Rus- 8lanS' Will Fight in China Sea. It is the general opinion that the battle will take place in the China Sea and there Is a diversity of opinion as to the out come. "While it Is admitted that the Jap anese fleet has the advantage of seas oned men and experienced commanders, It is also sura that the Russian Admiral will enjoy the advantage of weight of metal, and that he has improved the markmanfhlp of his gunners in the long voyage across is also sure. The battle is sure to be one of the most desperately - contested In the history of naval warfare and the element of luck may play a large part in its outcome. TOGO'S FLEET IS NEAR PENANG Japanese Near Russians and Watch ing Every Outlet. LONDON. April 8. A dispatch from Singapore -to the Dally Express says that the captain of a coasting steamer reports -thavlng sighted 27 warships 70 miles south west of Penang. A Batavia, Java, diipatch to the same paper says that Chinese junks report that Japanese warships are policing all the straits available to Rojestvensky In an at tempt to reach the China seas. The Dally Express takes the view that the fleet reported In Its Singapore dis patch was Admiral Togo's. Nothing defi nite has been heard since March 16 from Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky's ships, which were recently in French waters off Madagascar. GUARD MUKDEN FROM PLAGUE Japanese Clean Up Dirt Left by Their Adversaries. GENERAL OKU'S HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD. April 7, via Fusan The Japanese are making every effort to prevent the appearance of disease during the coming warm weather. Thousands of soldiers and Chinese are engaged in cleaning Mukden and the vicinity of the battlefields. The Russians left the city in a very unsanitary condition and this will re sult probably in much sickness during the Summer unless the sanitary meaa- ures of the -Japanese arc successful. Strict orders have been issued regard ing the maintenance of purity of the drinking water, and other preventive measures will be taken. BANDITS HELP THE. JAPANESE Russian Commander Reports Battle With Them In Progress. ST. PETERSBURG, April 7. Chief of Staff Karkovitch. in a. dispatch to the General Staff, dated today, says: "Yesterday our sharpshooters forced the Japanese cavalry to retire from Er daheze and Tsulushu. "'One of our detachments on arriving in the morning of April 4 at Tsintsatun en gaged the enemy, who had 6000 Chinese bandits with them. I have not received a report of theTesults of the battle." SOLDIERS KILLED IN WRECK Worn-Out Train Crews Go to Sleep at Their Posts. HARBIN, April 7. By a collision of military trains wos't of Harbin, eight soldiers were killed and 26 men wounded. The accident was due to the fact that the locomotive crew, who were worn out with excessive hours of continuous work, fell asleep and ran past signals. Allotment of Japanese Bonds. NEW YORK, April 7. Notices of the Japanese bond allotment were sent out tonight. It is understood that small sub scribers will get nearly all their sub scriptions, while those applying for about $50,000 of the bonds will get 50 per cent and the big subscribers from 10 to IB per cent, excepting the life, insurance companies, which will secure the full amounts of their "subscriptions. The bankers will take pains to weed out the speculative bidders, of whom there were great numbers, their subscriptions being apportioned among the other bidders. Indemnity the Stumbling-Block. ST. PETERSBURG, April 7. The Jap anese insist -nee upon an indemnity rather than indisposition to conclude peace at this time, later Information indicates, wrecked the recent attempt to bring the warring powers to negotiations. Another effort on different lines to bring Russia and Japan together is believed to be un der way, the movers now being French and ' English financial interests, with heavy connections in the two countries. Course of Russian Retreat. TOKIO. April 7. (3 P. M.) The main force of the Russians, which was recently defeated In the neighborhood of Chln chiatun, has deviated toward Shumlen cheng, and a part of it has retreated along the Fenghua road. On the evening of April 5 no Russians were to be seen south of Hsinlitun, eight miles .north of Cblnchiatun. A small force of Russians Is occupying' Tallslyo, 26 miles east of Welyuanpaomen. Mud Prevents Fighting. GUNSHU PASS. April 7. Important operations are thought to be out of the question for spme time to come, rain, snow and thaw having spoiled . all the roads and created, impassable mud. t Last Squadron Leaves Jibuti!. JIBUTI!, April 7. Vice-Admiral "Nebog&toff's division of "the- Russian second Pacific squadron sailed this morning. WILL MITCHELL DO' THE SALEE? Burton Intends to Resign, and May Find an Imitator. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, April 7. When word came from Kansas today . that Senator Burton In tended to resign his seat In the Senate and not attempt to serve out the two f remaining years of his term, considera ble curiosity was manifested in official circles In Washington to know whether Senator Mitchell would" follow Burton's example. It was pointed out that the cases of the two Senators are very similar. Burton was accused of and admitted accepting money for using his influence as a Sen ator to promote the Interests of a busi ness concern before one of the Govern ment departments in Washington, in vio lation of law. Mitchell is accused of the same offense and the showing of docu ments. Including his own letters, is as strong as to be equivalent to an admis sion that he, too, accepted money for such service. The only difference In the two cases Is that Burton was once con victed, but the Supreme Court ordered a retrial, so today he stands alongside Sen ator Mitchell, technically innocent, until again convicted. Burton realizes that he will not again be permitted to take his seat in the Sen ate, which now feels the same towards Mitchell as 11 does towards Burton. When Mitchell made his famous speech, the Senate, or many members of . it, was willing to receive him back: since that time there have been sensational devel opments and a consequent change of sen timent, and today Mitchell Is regarded by the Senate in exactly the same light as Burton of Kansas. There Is much curios ity to know If Mitchell will follow Bur ton's example. Burton Refuses to Talk. ST. LOUIS, April 7. United States Sen ator Burton, of Kansas arrived today, but declined to discuss the purpose of his visit or the report that he had come to see District Attorney Dyer relative to his re-trial, which comes up In the May term of the United States District Court. The United States Supreme Court set aside the decision and remanded the case of Burton, in which he was found guilty df having received fees from the RIalto Grain & Security Company,- of St. Louis, for work with the Postoffice Department in behalf of the company. GUARD WOMAN'S GOOD NAME Methodist Bishop Warns Pastors Against Afternoon Calls. V NEWARK, N. J.. April 7. Young men today were cautioned by Bishop Joseph E. Berry, of Buffalo, at the Newark con ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to talk sparingly of women and to make their pastoral calls In the even ing, when the wife was surrounded by her husband and children. The bishop declared that the afternoon call on the women of the younger genera tion, when the women were likely to be alone, should be frowned on. He declared that the confidence placed in ministers ad mitted them to-the homes of the "best fam ilies in the land, and that anyone who vio lated this confidence or betrayed it in any way waB not a minister, but a -scoundrel.. GOSPEL OF 1R Expounded by; Roose velt to Texans, TRAIN THE CHILDREN Future Crop.of Citizens Most Important LESSONS FROM THE ALAMO President Spends a Day Among His. Roiugh Rider Comrades at San Antonio Now He's . Off Hunting. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 7. With San Antonio richly decorated with patri otic emblems, flags of all sizes and like nesses of the President, and the streets filled with cheering throngs of people, Theodore Roosevelt today could not mis take the hearty welcome accorded him. Enormous crowds of people greeted him along the route of the procession from- Fort Sara Houston to Alamo Plaza, where an address of welcome was made and a response delivered. The people felt that they liad as their guest not only the President of the United States, hut a man toward whom the people of San Antonio felt especially friendly on account of the fact that It was here that the Rbugh Rider - regiment was organized. The President was delighted with the reception. He was kept busy bowing right end left, acknowledging the out bursts of enthusiasm. It is seven years since President Roosevelt left S&n An tonio with his Rough Riders. "No human being dreamod that after tbat I would return as President of the United States," he said In a short ad dress at the railway station. One Continuous Ovation. Today was a busy one for the Presi dent. The day began with a reception at the train. . This formality was soon over and the "President and party proceeded to the parade grounds of the post, where the troopa In -Fort .Sam Houston were re viewed. ThlsMnferesftrig ceremony over, the start was made for the cltjk From the moment the procession of troops, car riages, police and Rough Riders swept out of the gates of the post into Gray son street until the President entered the gates of the fair grounds to go Into camp with the Rough Riders, he was the re cipient of hearty greetings. A spectacular scene occurred at Travis Park, where 000 school children cheered .the President and sang "America," while a band played the National air. In Alamo Plaza, within the shadow of the old Alamo, which, the President said, had seven years ago filled him with a determination to do nothing to rehect on the heroes who died there, he was greeted lira manner which touched him. His arrival was the signal for a burst of cheering which lasted until after he had taken his seat on the stand and which was renewed when he rose to respond to the address of welcome. The President's speech was frequently punctuated by applause. He was pleased that San Antonio agreed with him In his ideas on race suicide. He noted with satisfaction the attention Texans were paying to education. The law of the worthy life, the effort in a cause worth striving for, was his theme. His recep tion throughout Texas touched him, he said. The speech covered much the same ground as his former addresses. The President said: Train the Crop of Citizen. You must train your children up so that In Addition" to having what counts for material prosperity in & state you may have the things that tell most for greatnnss, ' tho things that make fcr the soul of the state. Here in San Antonio, what Is the building yWre proudest ol? A vok'e The Alamo. Exactly, the Alamo. But it Is not exactly up to date. Other buildings are larger. You are proud of it because It commemorates for ever the spirit o those who made Hs fame immortal. So in the stato Itself. Important though It Is to provide for the Industrial welfare of the commonwealth, the thing that In moet Important ki to take care of the really most vital crop, -the crap of citizens. The thing which the state most needs to care for Is the welfare, not merly material, but moral and Intellectual as well, of the children .who are going to make up the state 15. 20 or 25 years hence, and that is- why I am so glad to see the care which you people of Texas arc taking In the training of the gen- L cratlon that is now coming up. The thing that Is rather distressing to me to see Is that sometimes the men and. women who have done well in life show a curious In ability to train their own children In the way that has resulted successfully to them. I think that all of us know people who, be- causft they have -worked hard and triumphed. feel that somehow or other they will spare their children. They -will foolishly .spare their children the acquisition of the very quali ties which have made the parents Jriumph. .Too often you sec the man, and I am rorry to say. the woman, who says. "I have had to work hard; my sons and daughters- shall have an easy time." He is bringing ruin upon the' children who says It. Of course, you want to give yodr children all the love possible, but it Is not right to mistake folly for affection. When you spare the child that which alone will enable It to conquer In after life, you are not doing it a blessing; you are doing the greatest wrong In your power. Bring up the boy and girl alike with the understanding that life is not gen crally easy; that there will be plenty of rough times, and that what they have to show Is not a spirit that avoids difficulties ' and flinches frcm them, but a spirit which ever- cornea them. Tribute to the Mother.. There is only one of my fellow-citizen; to whom I will touch my bat quicker than tu the soldier and that Is the mother, because I think she has a little harder time of It. The mother who has brought up as they should be brought up a family of young children la entitled -to xuca- respect as so. ether person.. in the community is entlJIed to. When the end of her life come there has been any amount of hardships, the sitting up by beds of sick children, the taking care of. them: and a mother Is not allowed toknow tho differ ence between night and day as far as the end ing of tho day's task is concerned; but after all, when It is done, she can look back with a prouder sense of gratification than any one cite can have If she has done her duty for her children: and her husband shall rlso up and call her blessed. The worthy life of the Nation, for the Individual, for the men and for the women. Is the life of .effort for the things worth striving for. and. our whole aim should be not to teach thoxe who are to come after us to shirk .difficulties and 'to strive to have an easy time In life, but that they are to strive to do their duty, whether that duty Is bard or not. and to feel that no approval Is so greatas the approval- of doln? their duty. ' Need of a Good .Navy. We all believe In the Monroe Doctrine. I have a little difficulty In getting some of my friends to accept ray interpretation of. It. but ' they will In time, because that interpretation has come to stay. We arc-' building the Pan ama Canal. While thafiwllt be a benefit to all the country. It will be of moat benefit to the Gulf States. We have tutle in, con nection with the great position we have taken. We cannot shirk these duties. We can do them well or do them 111, but do them -we must. That Is .one reason why I want to see a good Navy, and we have a good Navy. I am olnjj- to simile that I used a cdnpfe of nights ago In Dallas. In the old days In Texas T understand that there used to be a proverb that, while you would not generally want a gun at all. If you did want It you wanted It quick and you wanted It awfully had. That Is Just the way I feel about the Navy.. I feel that, if we have It. the chances are that we will not need It, but that if we do not have It we might have need for It awfully bad. After leaving, the plaza, the President's progress was again hindered by wildly cheering crowds that lined the street un til he got far away out on his way to the fair grounds. After the party entered the fair grounds the Rough Riders pressed around the President and the secret serv ice men moved away. This informal re ception lasted for half an hour, the Presi dent greeting and chatting with each of tbe men who had served with him. The route back to the city was along Roosevelt avenue and past the arsenal, grounds. A large crowd In vehicles of various kinds followed the party and the throngs grew more' dense as the caval cade drew near the hotel. A banquet was given the President In the Mengor Hotel this evening by tho Business Men's Club. At its conclusion the club gave him a handsome pair of silver spurs with gold buttons and orna ments. The .President bade farewell to the RoughRIders in the parlors of the hotel. His train left for Fort Worth at 11 o'clock tonight. INDIANS SPOIL THE HUNTING Will HolrJ Powwow With President in White River Country. HAYDEN, Colo., April 7. Indians In the White River country, where Presi dent Roosevelt. will hunt, are reported to he sullen and ugly because of the vain efforts of the Game Wardens to drive them back to the Uintah reserva tion. This news was brought by; T. M. Winsrove-and son. trappers, who have spent the-entire WJngr. In. the White River region, .' . The Apaches,, the Wingroves say,' are" slaughtering deer ruthlessly and pay no attention to the perfunctory warn ings of the -Game Wardens, who have no means of enforcing- their commands. President Roosevelt, if he maJtes an extended stay, it Is said, will hardly fail to encounter some of the bands of angry Indians. They have heard the "great white father" is coming, and some of the redskins have announced their intention to hold a powwow with with him. Oklahoma Is Making Ready. LAWTON, Okla., April 7. All arrange ments for the reception of President Roosevelt at Frederick have been made and many persons have already started for that point from all the directions of the territory. Geronlmo, now a prisoner of war on the Fort Sill military reserva tion, left today for Frederick to plead with the President to grant him freedom. CHICAGO MEN COMING WEST Business Excursion Will Visit Coast and Study Country. CHICAGO, April 7. With the purpose of cementing more closely the business relations of Chicago with the merchants In the territory .tributary to the city, a. delegation from the Chicago Commercial Club will leave next Wednesday night on a special car for a three weeks' tour through the West and Northwest. Leaving on the Burlington, the delega tion will proceed to St. Paul, go West to the Pacific Coast on the Northern Pa cific with a few side trips and return by the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company's line, the Oregon Short Line and the Unlcn Pacific, visiting Wyoming and Nebraska. HBRKB S'4BhBebSbsbb9bsssb " Photo by Aune. DR. STEPHEN S. WISE, WHO SPORE AT TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL LAST NIGHT ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. f LOTUS EATIN Dr. Wise's Definition of Christian Science, TERMS IT SOOTHING SYRUP Rabbi Declares It a Moral An aesthesia. RELIGION OF . CHLOROFORM 'Asserts That it- Owes Its Spread to the Selfish Dssire of Man to Banish Disease and Death Horror. x "Christian Science is a religion of chloroform, a mental and moral anaes thesia, a soothing syrup, wonderfully efficacious for all the physical, mental and moral ills of the race. Christian Science erects lotus-eating Into a reli gion and calls it science," said Dr. Stephen S. Wise In preaching on that general topic at . the Temple Beth Is rael, last night. The temple,was crowd ed, and standing-room was at a pre mium. Several clergymen .were pres ent. "1 may not win back to reasonable ness those who have become the disci ples of Christian Science, but It may not be Impossible to delay and detain some who are still on the threshold," Dr. Wise went on to say. "The handful of Jews who call themselves Chris tian Scientists will' in time return to the fold of reason, but for the present I can hardly regret that they have been won over, not to say misled, away from the reasonable, ethical truths of Israel to the obscure mediaevallsm of Chris tian Science. The latter purports to be a return to the Bible, to the first prin ciples of Judaism and Christianity. It is asserted that Christian Science is all in the Bible, and that It Is all taken and developed from out of tho Bible. So much the worse for the Bible, If that be true, whloh I gainsay. Show ma personal warrant for Christian Scl- ence and' Instead' of iy falling on my knees on the operation, I must say that whatever In the. Bible bolsters up the teachings , of Christian Science, super stition must be abandoned. Cause of Its Growth. "The marvelously rapid, extensive growth and spread of Christian Science are due to several causes, including Its protest against materialism, and next its mysticism spelling the word mistycism,' and, lastly, man's natural longing for health. Christian Science is primarily not a-system of morals or religion, but a system of healing. It .purports to heal the sick. Mrs. Eddy poses as a healer, as an apostle of eternal youth. Gild and gloss it as you will. Christian Science belongs to man's selfishness, and it panders to his aver sion to disease and his horror of death. Parmenides, Pythagoras, Anaxagoras, the Gnostics and Spinoza have all been lauded, although they remain unmoved and unchanged ln'the under-done, half baked Pantheism which Mrs. Eddy calls Christian Science. Mrs. Eddy de clares that no human pen or tongue taught her certain things, and In' her book claims are made with respect to Immediate revelation,, and there Is a denial of the Intellectual dependence of thinkers and seers of all ages. Even Jesus made no such claim. He ' con fessed that he built on the law and the prophets. Makes a Comparison. "Christian Science purports to banish fear. Have you ever seen a panic stricken little boy, fleeing from an an gry dog and with an attempt at a smile on his Hps, cry: 'Doggie. I am not afraid'? Chrlstlon Science is a device of the little boy who whistles loudly and cries in the .dark in order to keep up his courage. All the denial of sin, disease and death is made by those who stand in the utmost help lessness, In terror of death, and must needs allay their fear by repeating 10, 000 times, 'There Is no pain, no disease, no death.' Christian Science Is the very foundation of devotion to health fulness and longevity. Christian Science spells bondage. Instead of seeking to make life longer, let us make It richer, deeper and fuller. The smiling face of Christian Science Is the mask of terror, the disguise of despair. It is a monumental branch of the world's error, a conviction of the moral and mental Impolents of the race. It implies: 'We are helpless to cope with pain, error, sin, disease.' It stamps failure on the brow of the race and takes refuge in planning the overthrow of evil, sin and death by denying their existence, a stupendously, staggeringly iroutlonal conviction of human failure. Christian Science is pessimism wreath ed in a smile of its sickly pretense. It is a systemizatlon and organization of hypochondria into religion. It is Ponce de Leonism, the fountain of perpetual youth, a revival of the old medieval search after elixir vitae. Allied to Exorcism. "Christian Science, it Is stated. Is allied to the practice of exorcism of the demotis of disease, and In its acts of exorcism does not use the words devil or demon. It does not use a stick to beat the old devil In the old fashion, but It talks at him in certainly an affable way: 'We are not afraid of you; you are only an unreality a naughty, naughty unreality.' 'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Call evil by any other name you will It is here, anT"a fact in the universe. Such life as we know and have is the result of battle between good and evil. The up ward trend of the race had been im possible if since time began life had not battled with the hostile, evil environment. Christian Science takes the heroism and fortitude out of life. George Eliol said: 'The greatest thing In the world is to do without chloroform. Christian Science is the religion of chloroform. Give mo the attitude of Browning In his 'Prosplee. willing and eager to breast life's storms and perils and agonies. " No, let me taste the whole of it, fare well, my peer. The heroes of old.' Apotheosis of Anaesthesia. "Instead of denying the pain, sin, dis ease and death, let us buckle on our intel lectual and moral armor and fight the evil within and without. When I say that (Concluded on Fifth Page.)- CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER Tho Weather. TODAT'S Partly cloudy and occasionally threatening. "Westerly . winds. TKKTHKD AT" S-r-Mailm urn tetaperaiuM. wJ leg-.; minimum,' Precipitation; trace. Tho War In the Tar East. Russian and Japanese fleets sighted near Singapore and great naval battle a near. Page 1. Japanese statesman asserts Japan's right to Indemnity. Page 2. Bad roads prevent fighting In Manchuria. Page 1. Russia. Great master of music dismissed for revolu tionary sympathy. Page R. Czar fears to view his guards lest terrorists attack him. Page Socialist parade carries banners calling Czar an assassin. Page 3. Foreign. KalserV policy in Morocco diseouragl by other powers. Page 3. Delcasfe says France will carry out her plans. Page 5. Hundreds of soldiers killed by earthquake in India. Page S. Military plot again Ft Freneh -Republic. Page 5. Kaiser and King Edward Travel. Page 9. National. Congress neglects to provide relief for atarv- lcg Alaska, natives. Page 7. Chairman Shonts tells policy of new Panama Canal Commission. Page 3. Government ready to build Dalles-Celllo Canal. Page 3. President Roosevelt speaks at San Antonio. Page 1. American marines snt to Santo Domingo. Page 5. Politics. iiayor Dunne, of Chicago, speaks In New Tork on municipal ownership. Page 1. Assistant Secretary Loomls speaks en United States as a world power. Page 2. Domestic. Grand jury gets damaging evidence against Beef Trust and will soon indict. Pag S. Two Mormons seek injunction aga!n3t Smith's use of tithing fund. Page 4. Teamsters" strike begins in Chicago. Page 4. Ex-Portland man In Nebraska commits sui cide. Page 4. Pacific Coast. "San Francisco murder victim Is Identified, but mystery Is unsolved. Page 0. Iany new criminal laws will seon go into effect in Oregon. Page 8. University of Oregon adopts elective course ot studlea. Page C. Sport. Manager McCredle's hit wins game from Seals by score of 3 to . Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Recent gains in volume of buslnesa are fully maintained. Page 15. High wheat prices not maintained .at Chi cago. Page 15. San Francisco butter market 'demoralized. Page 15. High prlees Induce heavy selling of sleeks. Page 15. Steamer Jessie Harkins begins service on Co lumbia Monday. Page 7. Portland and Vicinity. Dr. Stephen S. "Wise declares that Christian Science is a mental and moral anaesthesia. Page J. Toung Men's Democratic Club wants te bar out candidates to try their paces. Page 14. Result of the evangelistic crusade Is many conversions. Page 11. Grand Jury's work la done and Federal in dictments will bo returned today. Page 16. Arc lights said to be out because ot laak of power at plant. Page 14. , Three- prisoners escape from the rockplle. Page 11. Liquor men are trying to make Hood River a "wet"" town. Page 11. Policemen added to patrol all portions of the city. Page 12. Employes or city will get no extra pay. Page 10. Paint the town is the slogan of the Civic Improvement Board. Page 10. Elks "organize for State of Oregon. Page 11. Fight for the Hotel Scott control ge(s Into Court. Page 10. . All the" ats are struggling to win prizes '.for display. Page Id- ' ' HER NEW PL Chicago's New Mayor Talks to New York. OWNING HER GAR LINES End of Exploitation of Public Property. NO UNTRIED THEORY, HE SAYS Mayor Dunne Predicts Municipal Ownership Will- Extend Till Gov ernment Owns All Railroads and Telegraph Lines. NEW YORK. April T.-Fresh from his triumph In the recent municipal election, Edward E. Dunne, Mayor-elect of Chi cago, tonight addreesed a large meeting In the Cooper Union under the auspices of the Municipal Ownership League of New York. City. He told how he expected ta carry out his pledges made in his recent campaign In Chicago to attain municipal ownership, of the benefits, as- he conceived them, of city control of public utilities, and closed with congratulations to the movement In New York. His speech waa enthusiastically received. Recent agita tlon in New York for municipal ownership added Interest to Judge Dunne's utter ances. When Judge Dunne appeared, ea corted by Representative Hearst, the au dience rose a? one man and cheered. Mr. Hearst opened the meeting in a brief ad dress and Introduced James- Graham Phelps Stokes, vice-president of the league, who presided. Judge Dunne said In part: Men of the Ea3t: "We bring you tidings of great Joy from the men of the West. The exploitation of public property by private capital, with its attendant dread, extortion and corruption, has bad its day la American cities, but that day Is about to end. Next Monday Cbleago starts upon her mission of dislodging private capital from the control of our tret-car system. She has succeeded In the operation ot her water works system, In paying some $38,000,000 foe Us equipment; has lent $5,COO.00d from that department to the ewer system; Is today giving tho cheapest water of prebably any clCy In America, and has a cash surplus ot nearly $1,000,000. S'je has so managed her electric light plant that che has reduced the coat of arc lamps from $125 to about $54 for arc lamps per annum She Is operating both departments as well as her police, fire and educational department, without scandal, graft, or corruption, besides cheapening the utilities furnished to the pub lic. She will have the same record of suc cess In relation to her street-car system. 'The Case for Public Ownership. The citizens of Chicago have been educated up to the fact that a municipality can op erate any of the public utilities with much greater satisfaction to the people than can the same utilities be operated by private cap italists. They have learned wherever a cl y in any portion of the civilized world has taken over the operation ot its water works, gas plant, electric light plant or street rail way system that In every case, when ra!r tried, the eoet of this utility to the publ bas been reduced, the wages of the men who operate them Increased, the day reduced anJ more efficient service rendered. The only two serious objections raised dur ing the recent struggle in Chicago asalrust public ownership of the public utilities are First That is would tend to build up a great political maehlne. None of the friends of municipal ownership In Chicago or e!.? where advocates the ownership and operation of any utility by municipalities unless in connection therewith there Is a civil service law under which all applicants for position. Irrespective of politics, will be treated ex actly alike and under which Just and reason able tests will be applied to public servants to ascertain their fitness to perform the work entailed upon them. We have such a law in the City of Chicago, under which for v eral years past it has been almost impos sible for any man to place a friend uron the police, fire or water department. The only other serious objection urged in Chicago was that the municipality had m money. There is no force whatever In the objection. The operation of theie utilities, either by public or private persons. Is a valu able privilege. We propw to raise all the money necessary to purchase an up-to-date street-car system upon certificates which are special or limited promises to pay out of the income collected from the system. Successful in Other Land. The- operation ot public utilities by munici palities Is no untried theory. Wherever a municipality has taken over a public utility. ai to this utility, corruption and bribery cease. There is no motive for the corruption of an Alderman In case of a utility operated by the public. If good results have been secured In the cities of Europe and Australia, why carmot they be secured In the cities ot New York 3i Chleago. and the other cities of America? The men or parties who charge, the citizens of Chicago or of New York with being so Ineffi cient, incapable or dishonest as to be unable to own and operate their own utilities, frame an indictment against the citizens of these communities which our people will answer ar the polls with a verdict of "Not guilty." The movement In fayor of municipal owner ship ot all public utilities has taken deep root among the Intelligent peoplo of this country. It Is no passing sentiment. It Is here to stay. Municipal ownership and operation of tho utilities and governmental ownership of railways, telegraphs and express transpor tation is a practical question upon which the "people muet pass within at very short time, and the politicians and parties who ignore this sentiment must be prepared for a short-lived career before the people. Chicago Confident of Result. We In Chicago have no fears as to the re sults of municipal ownership. We aro confi dent that the wilt of the people can be car ried Into effect, and that too, without thf Im position of a single dollar's worth of taxes: and wo say to you men of New York that you can, by the exercise of the same determi nation, bring about municipal ownership in your city of any public utility that jrou may desire furnished by the people of your city without an Increase of taxation upon your citizens. I congratulate the Municipal Ownership As sociation of New York and the men who now surround me upon this stage and In this audience upon being pioneers In thl3 move ment In the City of New York, and I hop Concluded on Third Page.)