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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1905)
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He fc executive head of a commonwealth wfaaoG population exceeds 3,000,006 peo ple, almost nine times that of Oregon by Xht last census: and whose two grmt aad flourishing cities, St. Louis and Kanme City, contain together not fax from 1.0M.WK) inhabitants, probably lloejfclt the population of the entire State of Oregon today. By his mere PMlttoa -to the world, therefore. Gov ernor, Fk Is a splendid and command., tog Agere: for it is true that high rank, whether appertaining lo a man ay what we call the accident of birth w bestowed upon him by popular favor, arwy excites the interest and admir ation of the common people. And we give our applause with equal readiness to the favorite of fortune and to the hero who has achieved distinction through exulted merit. Governor Folk would, therefore, be interesting for his great o8ke apart from his personal qualities; hot he belongs to a group of men, pmm of them Republicans like Roose velt and La Follette,- some Democrats Mfce Folk and Jerome, who are greater thoa "any office by virtue of high abil ity, inflexible integrity and transcen dent courage. Mo like Roosevelt, La Follette and Folk have conferred new meaning and dtgatty upon the office of Governor. Before their time it was too often a sort of stable where toroken-down party war horses could luxuriate upon the proceeds of graft; or, perhaps, a grotto, retired and shady, where the bosses, railroad rings and street-car magnates kept some imbecile creature to go through the form of approving statutes which they had forced degenerate leg ictatures to enact. Thanks to Sir. Folk aad men like him that all this is changed, or changing. In the common weal the of Wisconsin, Minnesota. Illi nois aad Missouri, to name only a few where the new spirit is active, the Governor is the predominant character la politics and olvlc life. Degenerate executives in state and eh' are one of the undesirable prod ucts, of party disloyalty making a base use of party loyalty. The disloyalty exists among certain comparatively sataH groups of men banded together to aocotnpltsh selfish ends of their own. For example, to control the market for "baking powder, or to protect the lfeuor business, or to obtain franchises or gambling privileges. These men, having strong common Interests, are very often closely organized and are able to throw enough votes one way or the other to decide elections In many cases. They hold the balance of power In politics and they use their power for their own advantage, caring nothing for either party, and giving success to the one they can use most completely: Parties are thus diverted from the pursuits of their wholesome and legitimate purposes to become the instruments of the railroads, the gam blers, or whatever private interest happens to wish to use, them. They look for success through the favor of these highly organized, utterly selflsh factions, rather than from promoting the public weal: and the party loyalty of the masses is such that they will often steadfastly follow leaders who neglect and betray them. Thus "the disloyalty of small factions holding the 'balance of power, and the loyalty of the masses of the voters, sometimes work together to ruin and degrade our politics. It is the small and determined factions, ready to work for either party as interest dictates, which decide the fate of candidates, and " nobody "knows this better than candidates themselves. Realising- the power of factional groups,' whether honest or dishonest, and realizing at the same time how easy it is for party leaders under the control of such groups to blindfold, cajoled and mislead the party masses is it any wonder that men aspiring to official careers should be eagerto serve rather than offend thehi? Success is easy and certain in proportion as their servility is abject. Nevertheless any public offlclal -who determines to administer his office, as his oath requires, in the interest of the people must bring upon himself the enmity of some or all of these selflsh factions. For their very breath of life Is class legislation, unjust laws and unequal enforcement or non-enforce ment of just laws. The average official l therefore sacrifices his conscience, his manhood, his oath of office and the public welfare; he serves iniquitous factions, or becomes a servant of their servants, the party bosses. "Safe quiet and infamous," be crawls on his belly to success and what he calls honor. It is because a maxim among experienced politicians, and they teach It as the ripe fruitage of their wisdom to the young. "Have nothing to do with reform." For reform means danger. Imagine then the courage of a man like Folk who, after taking office as the gift of time-serving, treacherous law-desplslng and apparently all-power ful bosses turns, upon them and declares relentless war against the bosses and their masters. Who in deep and reso lute earnest sets out to serve the pub lic and equally enforce all the laws? Such a man needs not courage alone, but an absolutely flawless record. If he '-has ever committed a sin that sin will ruin him. Given such a man as utter confidence in the abiding recti tude of the people and that power of speech which can make them hear and understand. Given such a man as Folk with perfect courage and high intention. If he can make the people hear and understand him he Is safe. He may then stir up the hornets' nests of faction as much as he pleases; they may sting, but they can not ruin him. He may defy the bosses and prosecute the thieves. He may exile the lobby from its hunting-ground and rout the gamblers from the racetracks. He may admonish grafting legislators and veto their dearest "strikes." He Is aboVe conventions, he transcends parties. The man of the people, the true patriot, friend, regenerator and savior of his state, the record of his deeds Is his worthiest praise. . HIGH TIME TO INVESTIGATE. The investigation of life insurance affairs by the committee of the New York Legislature is proving unexpect edly fruitful. It promises also to be thorough. Taking what the committee has learned, together with the facta alreadj- known about the Equitable, there can be no doubt that the finan cial managementof these great financial concerns ha followed ways that are dark. If they have not also played tricks that are vain with the. policy holders money, then the witnesses be fore the Armstrong committee use pe culiar language. It seems certain that they have sold bonds and bought them back la a day or two to avoid reporting them to the superintendent of Insurance. Officers of the companies have bought securities at a low price and sold them to their own. companies at an advance. Their bookkeeping has been Juggled with in a manner most suspicious. Loans have been negotiated for employes. Upon the whole, it was high time to Inves tigate. Let the good work proceed. "DEGRADING" WASHINGTON WHEAT. The Washington State Grain Commis sion, in its refusal to raise the grade of No, 1 wJseat above 8 pounds per bushel, wllll give the Evergreen state some un enviable advertising, and will confer no benefits whatever upon the farmers in whose interests the commission claims to be acting in thus fixing the low standard. Sixty-pound wheat is quite common throughout the state this year, and there are some yields that are running as high as 66 pounds per bushel. It is the opinion of the best posted men in the trade that there is a sufficient amount of this heavy wheat easily to bring the standard for the greater part of the crop up to &0 pounds per bushel, the weight which will be demanded for No. 1 wheat In the Liver pool market. And yet Washington sends out notice to the world that 68 pound wheat is the best she can show for a No. 1 grade, and will make an effort to have the trade accept it as No. L The grain committee of the Portland Chamber of Commerce has for years established the standard on which not only Oregon wheat, but Washington wheat as well, has been sold .in the world's markets. This committee has endeavored at all times to make the standard as high as possible In order that the foreigners can understand that ve have high-grade wheat for which they are expected to "pay more than for low-grade stock. The Portland committee has not yet fixed the stand ard of the 1905 crop for the three states, but, when it is fixed, it Is hardly probable that it will permit that portion of the Washington wheat crop, which reaches market by the way of Portland, to be "degraded" by a SS pound standard. The Washington Grain Commission explains its refusal to make the standard of the good crop of 1905 any higher than that of the poorer crops of some former years by stating that "the change would mean that all wheat falling below the 59 pound test would have to be classed as No. 2, and It would work a hardship on the producer, although the exporter might be a small gainer by such a change." Undoubtedly the grower who has had his crop pinched down to 58-pound wheat by the hot weather is suffering a "hardship" compared with the lot of his neighbor who produced a crop of 60-pound wheat Perhaps In some cases It was not the hot weather, but careless farming methods which pro duced the poor crop. If so, why pen alize the good farmer by dragging his 60-pound wheat down to a 58-pound standard? Every farmer in the State of Washington will suffer a "hardship" If the fine crop of high-grade wheat this year is sent out to the world on the low standard of 5S pounds to the busheL As for the exporter, nothing could be farther from the truth than the belief that the Increased gain should accrue to him by maintaining a high standard instead of a iow one. The exporters will, this year, handle approximately 20,000,000 bushels of wheat, and no grade which the Wash ington Grain Commission can establish will have the slightest effect in fixing its value, either at home or abroad. The man who grows 60-pound wheat wllj be paid a better price than the man whose crop runs but 58 pounds. No ruling of the commission can make No. 1 wheat out of 58-pound stock, when the bulk of the crop in the state will average better than 59 pounds. The Interests of the farmer and the exporter axe mutual on this point, for the latter is, after all, only a middle man and his price to the farmer is governed exclusively by the price which the foreign buyer ip willing to pay him. A confession that the S2.000.000 bushel wheat crop of Washington would not grade better than 58 pounds for No, 1 stock would create a most unfavor able Impression in Liverpool and prices would suffer accordingly. The Wash lngton Grain Commission, in the estab lishment of a 5S-pound standard, has "degraded" the wheat crop of the state. CANADIAN LUMBER TARIFF. Almost simultaneously with the news that the Canadian lumbermen are - to make a hard fight to secure the enact ment of tariff legislation that will shut out American lumber comes the report of a heavy reduction in lumber freights from American ports to the Canadian Northwest. The lumbermen who are to appear before the Canadian Tariff Com mission at Vancouver, this month, con tend that it is difficult for them to secure a fair share of the lumber busi ness so long as they are forced to meet the competition of the American mills. That such competition will, from this time forth, be more keen than ever, Is quite apparent by the size of the cut that has been made in rates, which has been reduced from 56 cents to 40 cents per 100 pounds. The Canadian Pacific has. In the past, fought the enaotment of lumber- tariff legislation and will probably fight and defeat it this time. It Is to the Interest of that road and of Canada that the thousands of new settlers swarming in should secure lumber at the lowest possible price, re gardless of the Interests of the manu facturers. In standing with the settlers to secure cheap lumber, the railroad is probably pursuing the policy which In the end will be the best for Its own Interests. The situation contains con siderable food for thought on the part of the worshipers of the American pro tective tariff system. It is fun to hunt the tiger but, when the tiger hunts you, the sport assumes a differ ent phase. It is quite pleasant and profitable for the American lumber manufactur ers to make a dumping-ground of Can ada for the surplus stocks which can not easily be worked off on the Ameri can markeL It would probably be equally pleasant and profitable for the Canadian to ship some of his lumber over the line into the United States. Unfortunately for him, and incidentally for the Am e dean lumber consumer, the tariff barrier prevents him from en Joying the same privileges on this side of the line that the Canadian govern ment extends to his American compet itor who sells lumber in Canadian ter ritory. But there will be a change some day, if the American Government clings too long to that policy of take-all-and-give-nothing, and the Canadian tiger will do a little hunting on Its own acoount in the American pre serves. " If the American tariff which excludes Canadian lumber from this country is a just and equitable measure, a Cana dian tariff, built on similar lines for the purpose of excluding American lumber from Canada, would be equally fair and Just. The present jug-handled tariff system, however. Is not conducive to the growth of the square-deal senti ment, nor will it ever be, so long as Its workings are all to the end that a few are favored at the expense of many. 0 T.W "HOXORS" NEEDED. Roosevelt, honest, plain-spoken man that he is. must be seriously embar rassed by the hysterical nlbblsh of fool friends and admirers who want to do something to signalize what he has achieved as a peacemaker. He has the perception to know that within a. month he has risen from the National to the world's central figure, but he needs and desires no grotesque "honors." "Let there be erected in the rotunda of the peace temple at The Hague," shrieks one, "a marble statue of the great peacemaker, of heroic size." An other suggests that the President be solemnly christened "Theodoras Pacifi cator Maxlmus," In the high Roman fashion. A Chicago zealot wants the powers to appoint Mr. Roosevelt "Su preme Arbitrator and Peace Plenipo tentiary of the World," with an annual salary of 5500,000. Another patriot goes further and declares that this Nation should be hereafter known as the United States of the World, with Theo dore Roosevelt as permanent ruler paramount, having Jurisdiction over Czars, Emperors, Kings and all other Princes and potentates. "Is not his work as a peacemaker its own reward?" asks the Washington Post. Was he not paid in advance for his great deed when he was placed in the Presidential chair by the greatest vote ever cast? The Oregonlan thinks his present title is sufficient- Let his name alone carry with It the honors that attach to it. Civilization knows what George Washington and Abra ham Lincoln stand for. Theodore Roosevelt, without trimmings, is ample designation for the present generation, and will, we trust, prove adequate for all posterity. BIGAMY AND DIVORCE. The statistician who recently declared that bigamy was more prevalent than divorce was scouted as one whose knowledge of the question that he pre sented, was one-sided. It is evident to observant persons in any community, however, that this man delving into his subject, had brought to light facts than cannot be disputed. Desertion of a wife is the first step toward bigamy, and at least three-fifths of all the di vorces sought by wives are based upon desertion. And. this is not all. Very many deserted wives do not seek, in the courts, release from 'bonds that bind, but do not support or protect them, but scrimp along, eke out a scanty subsistence for themselves and children, and hope on , through slow years of drudgery and disappointment for the return of the recreant husband. He meanwhile has married, and per haps deserted another woman and her Children. 1 This is a fact in community life well known to all observant persons, yet the outcry Is raised not against bigamy. not agafnst soulless irresponsibility and selfishness that precedes it, but against divorce as the monster evil of the social and domestic world. Rather should divorce be lauded as the de serted wife's release from a bond that holds no one but herself, and from the wearing anxiety of watching for one who will never return. Let the good bishops and clergy confine themselves to the discussion" of freewill, fore knowledge, the scripture mode of bap tism and other speculative creeds and tenets of what they term "revealed re ligion" and leave the practical questions of life to the Jurisdiction of the courts or the adjudication of circumstances. A deserted wife or husband should be given a divorce lor the asking, pri marily because she or he is entitled to be rid of a marital clog of all clogs the hardest to carry through life. The woman who attemtps to pull the do mestic load up the hill of life with, one end of the marital yoke down, and impeding at every step her progress. is entitled to be released from the burden if she asks lc If she struggles along in silence, resolved to bear the burden to the end, she may be com miserated, but she can scarcely be lauded as an example for other wo men. The Prinevllle papers appear to Te somewhat disturbed over The Oregon lan's account of the burning of the barn of Wllford Craln, a witness in the WiUIamson-BIggs-Gesner case. The Journal says the story was "an effort to poison the public mind." The Re view says It was. the "dirtiest slam ever accredited to the. citizens of this (Crook) county," and it wasn't "Wllford Craln's barn." The Journal says, how ever, It was "Wllford Craln's barn and haystacks." It seems to be agreed that It was somebody's barn. -Wllford Craln is perfectly satisfied that it was his and his haystacks. If the Prinevllle papers will point out any error in The Ore gonlan story. It will be glad to make correction. But there was no error. The barn and hay were burned three days before the trial, ' and the wit nesses were greatly alarmed. They lived on the range and they had learned a thing or two. Pathetic In the extreme Is the fate of the brave little Japs who were hurried Into eternity by the loss of the battle ship Mlkasa. Sunday. When this mag nificent fighting machine was leaving a trail of destruction behind, her a few months ago. she was taking chances which at any moment might end her career, as well as that of her officers and crew. The destruction of the ship and loss of those on board at such a time would not have oc casioned surprise and with the nation and people keyed up to a high pitch they would have calmly accepted the tragedy as one of the fortunes of war. Now all Is changed, and the Island empire Is plunged in grief more poig nant than any that was wrung from her people during the entire period when the splendid Mlkasa was dash ing through "shot and shell and fire or hell, while the war was on. The Supreme Court of Washington settles a very disagreeable controversy between the City of Port Townsend and the state by the simple finding that "water" bonds are not "munlclnal" bonds. Port Townsend had a water works system that didn't pay and a Lieutenant-Governor that did pay- that is to say, that had a very friendly Interest In the prosperity of his home town, so large a loan was negotiated on behalf of the water concern through the State Land Commission from the school fund. Governor Mead and other state officers Interfered. They regard ed it as a njob. The Auditor refused to Issue a warranL The Supreme Court upholds him. Port Townsend must now fall back on other resources to finance Its waterworks. It Is comforting to be assured by advices from Olympia that it has such other resources. Hezeklah Butterworia. whose death was announced a few days ago, 'be longed to a school of writers who pro moted, particularly among young read ers, wholesome Interest In wholesome things. He was during the period of his greatest mental activity a close stu dent of American, history, and came to be considered an authority on all his torical matters pertaining to the earlier period of New England. His long con nection with, the Youth's Companion as editor made him widely known to the youth of the land. He safeguarded that excellent publication from falling into sensationalism or frivolity. His presentation of historical incidents, while always accurate, was such as to arrest the attention of youth and in spire them with true appreciation of genuine patriotism as well as a fine sense of Justice. Pat Crowe has been seen again at Lincoln, Neb., where he talked with a newspaper man. Not long since he maae a nocturnal visit to a newsoaner office In Qmaha. The police have evi dently never looked In the right place tor Crowe; or perhaps Crowe has been careful to confine his visits to Dlaces where he knows he would find no po lice. Another great financial coup at Salem. "A Salem newspaper," says the Capi tal Journal, "has recently sold J 500 worth of preferred stock to a Tjrnm- inent Oregon politician." There Is a very good market for such preferred siock in tire office of the Collector of Customs. A nephew Of PhllliD D. Armour in under arrest in San Francisco, charged witn stealing bicycles. If this particu lar Armour could not resist the tempta tion to steal something that ran on wneeis, he should have lived up to the family name and stolen a railroad train. Forty automobile accidents were re ported during August around New York and vicinity. Nine persons were killed outright and several were more or less seriously Injured. Not so many accl- aents have happened In Portland. But then Portland Is young yet. Th Northern "Par-in. -.. ap pears to want, to hulld down the north bank of the Columbia. The Harrlman system objects. It Is always the Har rlman system to object. That is what the Harrlman system has come to The trouble In the Caucasus Is known as a "holy war." The Tartars don't like the religion of the Armenians and are murdering them. By these gentle methods they advance the sacred cause of Islamlsm. Charlie Shields has achieved an un usual distinction, even for a baseball pitcher. He has been knocked out of the box for the remainder of the sea son. . It is a little tough on Seattle to have anyone from Alaska disappear from there before they had a chance to Include him in the census. Baron Komura Is threatened with violence when he returns home. The man xt peace has a rocky row. to ho n militant Japan, 0REG0NJ3Z0NE. Governor Folk's Staff. In their dandy regimentals They are marching up .the pike. 'Tis a military marvel "Why. you never saw the- like! There are seven truly Colonels (Or It may be eight or nine). And of Generals resplendent There are five or six In line. They will make a hit with ladles When they go to hit the Trail, For these warriors are doughty. Though they aren't clothed In malL I Nay their uniforms are proper (Does it Jar you? Does It Jolt? For you know the tailor cut 'em . AU From One Big Bolt!) Advice to1 thq Worm. Think you the world Is grinding you Beneath Its :cruel heel? Is harsh misfortune binding you With horrid hoops of steel? Well, don't be ground and don't be bound; Just squirm The worm Can turn around! Tho fact that Pat Crowe's latest call was made upon the associate editor of Mr. Bryan's Commoner, right In the Com moner sanctum. Is sufficiently alarming to lift this reappearance of the Great Un caught out of the commonplace. We are informed that Mr. Crowe spent half an hour la conversation with Mr. Metcalfe, the associate editor. Is It possible that the distinguished one might almost say Illustrious kidnaper Is planning to ab duct Mr. Bryan In the Interest of some other candidate for the Presidency? If hopplcWng time in Oregon didn't come quite so late in the Fall, tho Eastern college students would find It more to their liking than the "wheat harvest jobs In Kansas. What hearty college man wouldn't like to camp out for three weeks, picking hops In the daytime, drinking the brewed essence of hops between times, and attending hops with the pretty girls In the elaborate dance-halls which some of our Oregon hopgrowera provide for their hired hands? Why, it's nearly as fine and dandy as being the only man at the seashore. After you pick your hops, about 300 pounds thereof, you pick your partner for the hops, (about 124 pounds will do) and It's hands all around and tiptoe fine, swing your partners and bal ance alL Utopia? Where did Sir Thomas Moore locate- It? Oh, yes Oregon, In hop picking time. Beechey. the Boy Aeronaut, who cuts figure Ss around the twin towers of tho Government building at the Fair in the Baldwin airship, needs a press agent. Roy Knabenshue, who does about half as well as Beechey in the airship line, has the advantage of being a son of the editor of the Toledo Blade and was brought up in a printing office. Knabenshuo also has the advantage of making his flights In the rural hamlet of New York, where such things are new. t Tho Boy From Brownsville. (Governor Joseph. W. Folk, of Missouri, -was bora aad ralied in BroarosvlIIe. Tenn.) "The boy from Brownsville." did you say? Oh! Brownsville, Tennessee: I understand you mean Joe Folk? WelL he's the boy for me! I guess he got his raising In the good old- fashioned way. And learned a set- of principles that's guaranteed to stay. Leastwise It looks so, seeing how this boy from Brownsville's got A reputation as a man that's Johnny-on the-spot. Came from a country village yes; I s'pose a crossroads jay Sort of a burg; you know down South some places grow that way; Not quite eo hlfalutin-Uke as Boston, or New York. But Just a kind of strlngtown where a pair of highways fork? B Well, maybe so; but what of that? The boy from Brownsville came From that secluded hamlet to a fair and honest fame. The boy from Brownsville got there, right according to the book. And didn't use a method that's peculiar to a crook; Ho just stood pat with honor, and he played his hand so neat The sharpers (to their sorrow) found he wasn't to be beat. Down thcro in Brownsville. Tennessee, I guess he got the sand That gave him grit and stamina to play his winning hand. You watch thl3 boy from Brownsville! now. It's surely worth your time. Just squint your eyes on Joey Folk, and see him cling and climb. Go higher? Well, why not? Don't we the people recognize It's men that stand for principle who ought to win the prize? Folk stands for just that thing and fights for It and you'll agree He'll never shame those Folks down there at Brownsville, Tennessee. ROBERTUS LOVE. MRS. ROBIN'S BLUNDER. Two happy-hearted lovers Were chatting- side by side; One was brave Robin Redbreast, The other was his bride. But gentle Mistress Robin Waa fllled with sudden fear: She heard some people whisper, "A thousand cats are here!" Bhe listened, faint and breathless. Then wild her terror grew; So. to the lofty hill-top. With throbbing heart she flew. Her husband quickly followed And laughed with all his might. He knew what silly blunder Had. caused Dame Robin' fright. Eaid he. These cats aro welcome, "With all their black tails curled. They wouldn't hurt you. sweetheart. Or scare you for the world. It's Just their meow that's dreadful. Their claws you need not fear: The cats and kittens round us Are Just the Hoo Hooa. dear." MART M'NABB. TJp-to-Dato Definitions. San Francisco Call. A critic One who tells how to do things that he could not do. A reprehensible sinner One who has been caught at it. A falsifier One of us. A glass house The one you and I are trying to hide. Labor The sort of play we don't de sire to engage In. Play The sort of labor we fall to rec ognize as such. Virtue A fragmentary garment that we wear only In spots. vice The remainder of the garment. An admittedly wise man One who is dead. A simpleton The other fellow. CRAZY ABOUT COAL Crank Arrested. In Trying to See the President. OYSTER BAY. Sept. 12. Isaac Scha mus. a Russian Jew. 20 years old, was arrested here late this afternoon and. after an examination by the Justice of the Peace, was sent to Mineola, L. I., to be examined a to his sanity. The arrest Was made by a secret service officer, one of the personal guards of the President. Schamus, who resides in New York City, arrived here at 12:20 P. M. from New York, arid soon afterward had an Interview with Mr. Barnes, assistant sec retary to the President. He desired to see the President and talk with him about the price of coaL He said be was the general coal agent of Greater New York. There was imminent danger, in his opinion, of a general strike among the miners In the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, and the strike would result In great hardships for the people of the country. He wanted ten minutes with the President to have him appoint a com mittee of three men, which would regu late the output of coal so as to provide the poor with fuel at reasonable prices, even in the event of a strike. Mr. Barnes recognized at once that Schamus was the man who recently bad written a letter and sent two telegrams to the President on the subject of the price of coal, and he Informed him that It would not be possible to arrange an Interview for him at the moment. Later In the afternoon the secret service agent found Schamus in his room at a hotel and placed him under arrest. He made no objection to accompanying the secret service detective man to the office of Justice Franklin. The Justice questioned him at length in the presence of a throng of people, which had assembled out of curiosity. Scha mus answered all questions intelligently and rationally until coal was mentioned. Then ho began to deliver an address on the question of the alleged oppression of the people by the coal magnates. He re viewed his plan to have the President In terfere in behalf of the people and de clared that, had not President Roosevelt settled the coal strike three years ago, more blood would have been shed than the world ever saw. In the course of his remarks he turned to a bystander who had asked him a question about anarchy, and declared the time would come when the people would have liberty without the restraint of law. as laws would be unnecessary. He pointed to President Roosevelt as an example of what a man could accomplish, and said every man could do as the President had done. When Schamus was searched at Mine ola, a permit to carry a revolver, signed by Captain Lantry of the New York Po lice force, and Commissioner of Police McAdoo, was found on him. The permit was issued yesterday. No pistol was dis covered, however, and Schamu"3 said he had not carried one. Father Tells About Boy. NEW YORK, Sept. 12. Isaac Schamus, who was arrested at Oyster Bay today after attempting to see the President. Is the son of Samuel Schamus, a well-to-do butchor living In East Fifty-second street. who tonight wag notified of the young man's arrest. The father said tonight: Isaac told me the other day that he was going to see the President about the prlc of coal for the poor, but he did ivet say when he was going. H has been talking about eeelng the President tor a long time, He is a good boy and loves the peer. He studies hard all the time. He was graduated from the grammar school and went to work for Joseph Gordon & Co., coal merchants in Forty-second street. He was bookkeeper and then col lector and agent. It was as collector for the firm that he applied for a revolver permit. for he carried a large amount of money at times. DODGE DUTY ON OLIVE OIL Importers Call It Machine Oil and Ship Through Banks. NEW YORK. Sept. 12. An investigation Is being made here under the direction of the Treasury Department of alleged fraud ulent importations of olive oil. During the past week numerous cases. are stated to have been found of importers alleged to be engaged In receiving an inferior grade of edible olive oil under the guise of machine oil. In some cases several hundred barrels of this ollvo oil was brought over at a time. These Import era aro said either to sell the oil to re tailers, who mix It with cottonseed oil and sell It as olive oil, or themselves so mix and sell It. To disguise the ollvo oil the dishon est Importers are stated to have had It shipped in rough, dirty barrels, and took no pains to rid it of ltslmpurities or ran cid qualities until it had passed the cus toms officials. As the pure olive oil Is carefully filtered and put Into nicely paint ed barrels, surrounded with straw, the deception had passed muster many times under hasty examination. Under the present rigid scrutiny of an official from Washington, the oil was found to be edi ble oil, and with proper treatment good enough for ordinary consumption. As ma chine oil It come3 In without payment of duty, but as edible olive oil a duty of 40 cents a gallon can be imposed. "Such an evasion of the customs laws is punishable with the seizure of the mer chandise involved, besides fines not ex ceeding tax in each case and Imprison ment of not more than two years. Cases are said to have been discovered where the oil was consigned to a bank, without the name of the real consignee appearing. This will add somewhat to the difficulties of the Government author! ties In ferreting out the violators of the customs laws. They can, however, make the auditors of the banks In question re sponsible for such violations until they give up the names of the perpetrators of the frauds. WORKING ON TRADE TREATY Germany Not Rebuffed, by Roosevelt and. Hopeful of Reciprocity. COLOGNE. Prussia, Sept. 12. The Co logne Gazette, in an inspired dispatch from Berlin, corrects a report cabled to one of the Berlin newspapers from New York asserting that President Roosevelt had written to Baron Speck von Stern berg, the German Ambassador at Wash ington, Informing him that the conces sions offered to the United States by Ger many were insufficient to induce the United States Government to make a commercial traaty with Germany, because the United States would be giving up more than It would receive. The paper denies that any such letter has been writ ten, or that Germany has already made such specific offers to the Government at Washington. The German authorities, the dispatch goes on to say, are working assiduously upon the preliminary preparations for treaty negotiations. Data regarding tho wishes of interested parties ore being col lected, and commissioners from several of tho imperial Prussian ministries will soon begin work on this matter. The au thorities will then decide definitely as to what position they will take In the forthcoming negotiations. In conclusion the dispatch says: "In view of the extraordinary impor tance which German-American trade re lations have for the business of the na tions living on friendly footing with each other, one may reckon with confidence upon success in the making of a treaty which will form the basis of amicable trade relations between Germany and the United States for many years." "Will Stick to Business Hereafter. OYSTER BAY, Sept. 12. President Roosevelt passed the day .quietly at' hl3 home at Sagamore Hill. No visitors were received. He authorized the statement to day that from now on until he returns to Washington, on September SO, he will receive no callers except those who may come on urgent official Business. SENDING A1DT0 TALLULAH. New Orleans Finds Neighbors Mora Distressed by Yellow Fever. ' YEIXOVT PETER AT NEW ORXiEANS NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 12. Report on yellow fever to a P. iL: New cases. -13 " Total cases to date. .............2,370 " ', Deaths 3 i Total deaths 31D o ' New foci 12 " Cases under treatment. 314 ,', Cases discharged 1,707 4 NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 12. The local yellow fever situation presented the usual favorable aspect today. A- Conditions -In the country, while un doubtedly showing signs of Improvement In some sections, are not altogether en couraging. The point of most serious In fection now is, of course, Tallulah, owing to the demoralization of the community, but extra efforts are being made to re store confidence there and at Lake Provi dence. Both of these towns are in North Louisiana, and the effect of the infection Is to tie up the VIcksburg, Shreveport & Pacific and the Memphis, Helena & Lou isiana Railroads. Mayor Behrman received today a letter of sympathy from a committee of citizens of the Isle of Pines. The committee ten dered the use of the island to all citizens of the city who might wish to flee from the plague. Between two and three thousand Ital ians are anxious to leave now for tho sugar fields. It Is said, however, that they will be unable to go unless provision is made by the planters to advance them sufficient money to go through the deten tion camp. The only name on the list of new cases that is of special note Is that of H. S Douglass, a United States civil engineer, who is stationed at the mouth of the river supervising certain work In progress there. He was stricken In a house in tha city, and taken to the emergency hos pital. Stray Case in Michigan. MENOMDfEE, Mich., Sept. 12. Health officials announced today that John Howe of Marinette, who Is ill at his home after a sojourn In the South. Is suffering from yellow fever. One New Case at Natchez. NATCHEZ. Miss., Sept. 12. (Special.) Only one new case of fever was reported today, making the total since Infection 21. Only four cases are now under treatment. There have been no deaths. GREAT NEED OF DREDGER To Keep Mouths of Columbia Tribu taries Open. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 12. (Special.) "There must be a dredger on the Colum bia River, kept there by the War De partment for the purposo of removing bars and other obstructions to navigation In the streams emptying into the Colum bia." Thb was the emphatic declaration of United States Senator Levi Ankeny to day. He has Just completed a tour of most of Southwestern Washington, and Is enthusiastic over the river and harbor work of the Columbia River basin. Con tinuing, he said: "They have a makeshift dredger at work on the Columbia opposite the Wil lamette. This Is not sufficient. In fact, the scoop at work there Is not adapted to river work. I propose In Congress to make a fight to keep a dredger perma nently engaged In keeping open naviga tion of the smaller streams, which should pour an Immense trade Into the Columbia River territory. "Take the Cowlitz River, or example. I do not believe that any one who bos not been there would believe 000 settlers live above Toledo. Yet I have seen tho results of the school census, which con firm these figures. "That country Is dependent entirely upon the Cowlitz for communication, 'xuey have no railroads. At present, a river steamer drawing eight Inches- of water makes as many trips as possible, transferring her shipments of farm prod uce, I understand, to Columbia River boats. If wo had a dredger on the Colum bia a few bars could be removed, which would open the Cowlitz to larger and more steamers, all of which would have a profitable trade. "All along tho Columbia. In both states, similar conditions prevail, and it Is ex tremely Important for the development of the Columbia .River basin that the engi neering department be equipped for doing this important river work, which would cost but a small amount annually. "Senator Piles and I were Impressed by the necessity for dredging the Wlllapa River, so as to allow the Raymond mills to ship In vessels big enough to make a trans-Pacific voyage. There Is a good lumber trade In the Orient for Wlllapa harbor and Wlllapa River mills it they could handle It." Cattle Quarantine Is Raised. WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. It has been determined by the Agricultural Depart ment that tho contagious and communica ble disease known as scabies exists to a slight extent only. If at all. In practically all of the cattle country, and Secretary Wilson today gave notice that the quar antine established In the following area will bo removed: The States of Washington and Oregon; all of Kansas east of the western boun dary lines of the Counties of Smith, Os borne, Russell, Barton, Stafford. Pratt and Barber; all of Colorado west of the summit of the Medicine Bow range of mountains in Laramie County, the west line of Boulder. Gilpin, Jefferson, Teller, Custer, Huerfano and Las Animas Coun ties, and also that part of Colorado west of the ninth guide meridian west In Fre mont County; the Counties of Big Horn, Fremont, Sweetwater and Uintah In Wyoming; all that part of Texas east of the 100th meridian longitude west of Greenwich and north of the 29th parallel of north latitude, tho Counties of San Juan, Rio Arlba. Taos, McKInney. Barn allllo, Santa Fe. Valencia, Socorro, Lin coln, Grant, Sierra, Luna, Donnona and Otero In New Mexico, and all of Okla homa except the Counties of Woodward and Beaver. Change of Legation Guard. -PFTK-rN" Sent. 12. Captain Harry Lee, nf tha TTnltpd States Marine Corps, with three officers and 100 marines, has ar rived here, displacing Captain Brewster's f the Ninth Infantry, formln the American Legation guard. The de parture of Captain Jbrewster ana tne guard 'Is greatly regretted. The rela tinn. nf the sruard and the Chinese au thorities have uniformly been pleasant during their sojourn here. Colombian Laborers for Canal. COLON. Sept. 12. The Harrison Lins steamer Musician arrived here today tow ing the French bark General Archlnard, six days out from Cartagena for Colon. The Musician has on board 200 contract laborers from Colombia, who will disem bark tomorrow. Colombian ports have been closed to Isthmian ports, owing ta reported existence of bubonic plague Will Reintroduce Same Bill. MILWAUKEE, Sept. 12. The E3ch- Townsend railroad bill will be Introduced at the next session of Congress practi cally in the same form that It passed tho House last seslon. This was determined on at a conference between Representa tives Townsend. of Michigan, and Bach, Jof La Crosse, Wis., who fathered the bllL