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PORTLAND, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1JB0X
ASSESSMENT OF FRANCHISES.
A right or privilege granted by au
thority of law to operate what Is known
as a "public utility" as use of a street
for a railway, for water or gas mains,
or for telephone lines Is called a-fran-t
hise. Such franchises are often very
aluable. One has been sold In Port
land for the prodigious sum of four
millions of dollars. It was a city prop
erty, that had cost those who possessed
and sold It nothing.
There are other franchises in the cits,
perhaps, not so valuable, but still of
great and growing value. The Supreme
Court of the United States, affirming
the judgment of the Supreme Court of
New York, has held, In a series of de
cisions, that such franchises arc a tax
able property.
We are not to forget that this is the
law of the land. It never will be re
versed. States and municipalities will
apply it, more and more. Portland
should have the vast sum for which one
of its franchipes has been sold, and the
property right of this and all the oth
ers, and where the city has parted with
a franchise for any period, the city
should Impose a reasonable tax upon it,
as a property.
For, as the Supreme Court of the
United States has declared, "a fran
chise, though Intangible, Is none the
less property, and oftentimes property
of great value. Indeed, growing out of
the conditions of modern -business, a
large proportion of valuable property Is
found to be In intangible things like'
franchises." For Illustration of this
truth, let us ask where and what par
cel of tangible property in Portland
that would sell for anything like $4,000,
000? The law of New York, interpreted by
the Supreme Court of that state, from
whose decisions the possessors of the
franchises appealed, was carried
through chiefly by the efforts of Theo
dore Roosevelt, while Governor of the
state. The main contention of the ap
pellants was that when their privileges
were granted, certain conditions were
exacted, all of which had been compiled
with, 1n many cases at large cost; hence
the franchises were in the nature of
contracts and could be subjected to no
further taxation.
By the decisions of the courts, both
of New York and of. the United States,
the arguments of this contention were
blown wholly away. Though in each
contract there was a grant of privi
leges, the grant was specifically of priv
ileges in respect to the construction,
operation and maintenance of the
w orks to be operated. .There was no
exemption of the property of the fran
chises frcm taxation.
Here we "have precisely the case pre
sented in Portland. In all dealings as
to franchises, these principles are to be
kept steadily in mind. Here is a great
aggregate property in this city, subject
to reasonable taxation. The holders of
franchises in the City of New York,
after the decisions of the Supreme
Court were announced, had to pay in
the enormous sum of $24,000,000 back
taxes, which they had been disputing
for years. There are no back taxes
here, on similar account, because we
have not been assessing the franchises.
But we think such assessment will be
neglected no longer.
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CHRYSANTHEMUM 'CULTURE.
The chrysanthemum show was a de
lightful feature of Autnmn festivals a
few years ago, not only In the large
cities of the 'East, but In our own city
and in the larger towns of the "Willam
ette "Valley. Owing, perhaps, to the
perfection to which ihls flower has been
brought by florists, few chrysanthe
mums are grown in dooryards by ama
teurs now, and the chrysanthemum
show has been abandoned, except as It
Is given In the florists' windows and in
conservatories.
This is to be regretted. No flower
is more easily cultivated on the
sunny side or the house than is this Na
tional flower of Japan. It needs some
special care In the way of fertilizing,
disbudding, etc. but this involves
neither difficulty nor labor, and the
brave blooms of almost every tint and
color amply repay the time spent in
bringing them out. The annual chrys
anthemum fair Is still held in some- of
the Valley towns in November, and a
more pleasing display of growth and
color than is furnished thereby can
hardly be imagined. A real flower is
better than some In worsted or silk on
canvas or linen, and the work of raising
the real flower Is.much moreconducive
to health than is that of producing one
in embroidery. For these reasons, It
may be hoped that the Interest in grow
ing chrysanthemums, so general a
dozen years ago, will be revived.
REGULATION OF STATE OR PRIVATE
BANKS.
The news article from Denver, pub
lished yesterday, on "high finance" op
erations carried on in Colorado through
state banks Is worth attention
throughout Oregon; since in Oregon, as
In Colorado, there are no laws to met
the abuses to which the people are ex
posed through private banking schemes.
Every state should provide preventives
against these possible schemes of
swindling, and remedies as far as prac
ticable. Supervision of National banks, by au
thority of the United States, is so thor
ough that, except In great crises, like
that of 18S3. there is little liability of
failure among them, and at all times
little liability to loot and pillage their
creditors. Most of the states have ex
cellent laws for enforcement of the ac
countability of private banks to state
authority; but some have notOregon
and Colorado among them.
A favorite method of "high finance,"
unrestrained by law and by supervision
under the law, is to use the funds of
depositors In banks In which the people
have been led to have confidence, to
start other banks for purposes of gen
eral speculation or exploitation. This
was practiced recently in Colorado, and
may be practiced in any state where
there is no supervision under authority.
of law. The story of the manner in
which the leading savings bank of Den
ver was wrecked, with loss to the de
positors of $2,000,000, is dramatic. The
wreck of the Portland Savings Bank
some years ago was probably less dis
honest, but quite as disastrous.
Oregon should enact a law requiring
close supervision and regulation of all
banks or other concerns in the state
that invite and receive deposits. It
should be done before other disasters
add emphasis to lessons already re
ceived. OrEN RIVER TO VANCOUVER.
An event of more than ordinary im
portance, not only for Vancouver, but
for Portland as well. Is the opening of
a twenty-foot river channel to the
neighbor city on the Columbia River.
Completion of this work warranted all
of the fine things said by Mayor Craw
ford and the speakers who were present
at the banquet given Wednesday night
in honor of the event. The particular
Interest which Portland has in this lat
est addition to deep-water ports on the
Columbia River lies In the fact that
Vancouver Is the first Washington port
on the river to make the discovery that
the wonderful stream is not exclusively
an Oregon avenue of commerce. So
long as the commerce of Vancouver
was hampered or prevented by the
shallow, unnavlgable channel between
that city and the mouth of the Willam
ette, the people quite naturally took
only a mild degree of Interest In condi
tions below the mouth of the Willam
ette. A thirty-foot channel between Port
land and the sea, and a forty-foot chan
nel over the bar, lost some of their ad
vantages In the eyes of the Vanoouver
ites so long as thirteen-foot barges
were sticking on the bar between that
city and the deep water belovf the
mouth of the Willamette. But now
Vancouver, with a twenty-foot channel.
Is eligible to good company, and the
Increased depth of water has made Its
Interests In a good channel to the sea
identical with those of Portland. Van
couver 'will be satisfied with Its twenty
foot channel no more than Portland
was satisfied with a channel of the
same depth.
Portland now has twenty-six feet of
water to Astoria, and In a few years
will have thirty feet. This city has
spent over $1,000,000, In addition to what
has been contributed by the Govern
ment, for the twenty-six-foot channel,
a"hd Vancouver and the State of Wash
ington will come In for he free use of
that channel. Having come out as a
seaport, Vancouver, the county seat
and largest city of one of the most pro
gressive counties In the State of Wash
ington, no longer will be ignored by
the statesmen who, In the past, have
been only lukewarm In the support of
any river and harbor improvement that
was distant from Puget Sound.
Too much credit cannot be given Rep
resentative Jones and Senator Ankeny
for the active Interest they have shown
In this matter. Both men are suffi
ciently broadmlnded to appreciate the
scope of country that is affected by
river improvement, and both have al
ways responded to any call made, on
them for assistance by Portland. But,
as was truthfully stated by Represent
ative Jones, the efforts of a Congres
sional delegation are of only moderate
avail, unless they are backed up by the
demands arid the, assistance of the com
munity seeking aid. This, assistance
was forthcoming 1i a marked degree
from the Vancouver Commercial Club,
which has been untiring In Its efforts
to create a public sentiment favorable
to the enterprise.
Portland congratulates Vancouver on
its new highway to the sea. and will do
all possible to aid In still further deep
ening that channel. Now that a Wash
ington seaport is on the Columbia
River,, a little more consideration will
We expected from the Washington
statesmen who in the past have failed
to appreciate the commercial possibili
ties of the great waterway which trav
erses a large part of the Evergreen
State. ,
FARMERS' INSTITUTES IN CLACKAMAS.
The Oregon City Board of Trade has
arranged for a series of farmers' Insti
tutes in various parts of Clackamas
County for next week. Men wise In the
lore of agriculture, horticulture and
dairying will address the meetJngs, to
the end that the farmer folk may ..add
to their 'ow.n store of knowledge the
facts that are attested by .work at Gov
ernment experiment, stations and
through scientific tilling of soils and
crops.
The eagerness of Intelligent men of
every vocation to become expert in
their callings is shared by those who
win their livelihood from the soil. Since
the day when the spade supplemented
the sharpened stick and the plow fol
lowed the spade. In preparing the soil
for the reception of seed, the vocation
of farming has been a growing one.
In no other domain of human effort has
there been wider or more substantial
improvement than In that of farming.
This is true not only in the diversity
and excellence of agricultural products,
but in the Improved Implements and
methods of agriculture. The time when
the farmer, sickle In hand, went out to
harvest his wheat, and laier, through
""the dull thunder of alternate flails,"
separated the grain from the chaff, lives
only In song- or story. The memory o
the present generation knows it not,
Yet this method of harvesting and
threshing Is nor so old.. and It may be
recalled as a stepping-stone to the cra
dle, the reaper, the header and -the
"combined" harvester, each in Its turn
displacing the other, as the progressive
farmer saw the advantages that each
presented In saving time and labor. In
deed, the Implements of modern agri
culture arc not less Ingenious and won
derful, in their way, than are those of
the manufactures and the arts.
This Is merely to say that American
farmers are abreast of the times ready
to, help themselves In accordance with
the development of the age in which
they live. This spirit is attested by the
numbers who attend the farmers Insti
tutes. Whether the address is given by
a county fruit Inspector, well versed In
the care of trees. Including pruning and
spraying; by a teacher in the Agricul
tural College on "Scientific Farming"
or by an expert In "Dairying as an
Art," there are many eager listeners
ready to make intelligent application
of the knowledge presented.
The social feature of many of these
farmers' institutes, patterned after the
methods, of the Grange, arc scarcely
.less valuable than those that are spe
cifically Instructive. While intelligent
Industry is the chief factor in success
ful farming, neighborhood harmony and
neighborly Interest are Its ready auxil
iaries.
The farmers institutes are valuable
for the promotion of these necessary
elements of success and happiness in
rural life. And further, when the busi
ness, manufacturing and commercial
Interests of the chief clt5 of a county
combine to get In touch with Its farm
ing interests, personal fellowship,
which is the surety of good citizenship,
follows.
THE FEDERATION MOVEMENT.
The conference looking toward fed
eration of the evangelical churches be
gan Its sessions In Carnegie Hall, New
York, November 15. The members of
the conference number 600, representing
twenty-four denominations and 15,000,
000 communicants. This Is about half
the entire number of communicants In
the country, including the 10.000,000
Catholics and the Unitarians, who have
not been Invited or do not .wish to take
part In the conference. The Unitarians
would have been glad to participate,
but they were excluded. What the pre
text was the world has probably for
gotten. Theological distinctions of the
homolousian and homoousian sort are
not very carefully remembered In these
days.
What the airp Is, Dr. Cady. the chair
man, statod clearly enough. It is to
unite the churches not in form, but In
service and spirit, as he put IL Each
denomination Is to retain Its own creed
and order of worship; but In such mat
ters as Sunday observance, attitude
toward heretics, the higher criticism,
temperance and the like, an effort will
be made to secure united action. There
is to be a "united effort for righteous
ness in which the church of God will
put forth its mighty strength."
An effort for righteousness Is going on
in the country now, but the churches
have little to do with IL In some cases
they have opposed It, as. for example.
In the matter of accepting Rockefeller's
money for missions. The effort shows
itself in many forms and strikes In
many places. In New York it Is Insur
ance investigation and exposures In
high finance. In Philadelphia it Is puri
fication of the city government. In
Ohio it is a revolt against the autocracy
of a boss. In Wisconsin It is the sub
jection of the corporations to the civil
law. It is going on everywhere, and
always In some new guise.
Ministers are helping on this effort
for righteousness as individuals, more
effectively than some other men, but
less effectively than many. Not many
of the -leaders are clergymen, but some
are. This is as it should be. A minis
ter is entitled to his oplnlpns on men
and affairs, and has the right to express
them with all the weight his eloquence,
ability and character can impart, but
a church as an organized body has no
such right-
For a single church to take a band in
secular affairs to promote righteousness
or for any other purpose would be re
grettable; for all the churches to unite
with such an object would be a Na
tional calamity. Were the churches to
form a federation to control secular
affairs, they could exercise great power,
but all history shows that they would
exercise It neither wisely nor for de
sirable ends. Righteousness from the
ecclesiastical point of view means Sab
batarianism, church-going, belief In an
inspired Bible, and so on. and when the
churches have been able to enforce this
sort of "righteousness" through the
control of secular power, they have al
ways done It cruelly and recklessly.
The student of history scents danger
to intellectual and civil liberty in any
movement among churches to unite for
secular purposes. For spiritual pur
poses they have no need to unite, since
the Lord pays as -much attention to the
prayer of one man as to that of a mil
lion. THE ASTORIA FALSTAFFS.
The State Board of Pilot Commission
ers, or. to be accurate, the Pilots Board
of Pilot Commissioners, still has Its
hammer out for the Columbia River. A
long-winded report regarding its al
leged soundings on the bar, while ad
mitting that twenty-seven-foot ships
could be taken out In safety at times.
mentions a number which bumped In
crossing out. These Inconsequential
groundings are made to appear as very
serious matters, and the report con
cludes with the following letter from
the master of the Fennia:
On being taken out to sea. from Columbia
River this 2d day of November, 1O03. my ves
sel, the four-masted bark Fennia when abreast
of the bar busy struck tho bottom moder
ately with her forefoot only once Karl Hall
man. The object in making mention of this
Insignificant matter was, of course, to
create the Impression that the bar was
as shoal as the Pilot Commission Is en
deavoring to make people believe It is.
If It was Intended for a formal state
ment of 'accidents to vessels In charge
of licensed pilots, why did not this offi
cial report contain some mention of the
grounding of the steamship Oceano In
fifteen feet of water? That Job cost
thousands of dollars, and, so far as
known, no official action has been taken
by the board to place the blame on
anyone.
In selecting the Fennia to bolster up
Its misleading statements regarding the
depth of water on the -bar, the commis
sion has been unfortunate. That craft.
drawing twenty-three feet of water,
crossed the bar on the date given three
hours and twenty-nine minutes before
high water. Athlgh water on that date
there would have been at least four feet
more water on the bar. The fact that
a pilot would start to take out a twenty-three-foot
ship more than three
hours before high water is pretty con
clusive evidence that the channel Is safe
for twenty-seven-foot ships, whenever
it Is safe for "the Astoria limit" of
twenty-four feet.
Falstaff was attacked by "four men
in buckram" when he first told the
story, but the number grew. The
pilots found but twenty-one feet on the
bar when they began the discussion,
but have found an Increasing depth
since. Let the good work go on, but
give the "hammers" a rest.
Where one railroad , reaches a town
and another railroad that doesn't reach
it intersects the first road -near that
town, and wants to force traffic there
by taking the profits of the long haul
and leaving to the railroad that reaches
the town only the short or stub end of
the haul, cutting it out completely of
Its own long haul and making the first
road merely a feeder to the other In
such cases we doubt whether the
courts of final appeal will uphold as
just the rules which the Railroad Com
mission of the State of' Washington has
proclaimed. But we shall see.
That time-honored diversion of
"snooting up a town" will lose some of
Its attractiveness and power to thrill
unless the cost Is increased. From Pe
EH, Wash., comes a report that William
Mason, a bad man from West Virginia,
shot up the town and was arrested and
fined $7 and costs for the diversion. Not
only is the size of the fine entirely out
of keeping with the traditions which go
with the diversion, but submission to
arrest and fine is also contrary to es
tablished precedent for shooting up
towns. It is probable that Mr. Mason
Is a bogus bad man.
Mrs. William Rockefeller, has killed
a deer, and an account of the deed has
reached the newspapers. This Is cer
tainly a welcome Item. The usual grist
of news which pertains to the house of
Rockefeller Is so redolent of the otior of
oil-tain ted money or coldblooded hypoc
risy that It is refreshing to learn a
Rockefeller occasionally does something
which warrants something besides sar
casm or abuse. Mrs. William should
continue hunting and afford spme vari
ety to the Rockefeller news, with which
we are so familiar.
The President replied very cautiously
to the Massachusetts delegation of boot
and shoe tariff revisionists, headed by
Governor Douglas. He Is wisely dis
posed to fight one battle at a time.
Should he undertake" tariff revision and
rate regulation simultaneously, the ene
mies of both would unite against him
and nothing would be accomplished for
cither. One thing at a time. Is a good
motto. Divide and conquer Is another
good one.
No wonder stanch Democrats Ilk
Patrick Powers. Joe Mallcy, General
Klllfeather and John Montag. who have
led the Democrats in Portland these
unnumbered years, should be disgusted
when Patrick Bruin came Into the city
a stranger and two or three months af
terward was made captain of detec
tives. These men have had their "say"
in Democratic elections In the past, and
may do the same thing In the future.
Two cases of smallpox are reported
at Eugene. It Is necessary for the
health authorities to act promptly
where a contagious disease appears In a
college town. In order to avoid a panic
and a possible epidemic This, the pub
lic is assured, the authorities at Eugene
have done, and no trouble is anticipated
In confining the malady to the cases
already reported.
Willamette University yduths won
the first football victory of Oregon col
legians over the Multnomah clubmen
last week. It Is now up to the Univer
sity of Oregon boys to equal or surpass
that achievement on Thanksgiving day.
But the clubmen always play best at
turkey time.
Chicago contributed $41,000 to the
cause of the Jews, and feels commend
able prjde In its generosity. Portland,
with less than one-tenth the population
of Chicago, has contributed more than
$12,000. The West seems to be main
taining its reputation for liberality.
After all, the local Democrats are not
quarreling over the spoils. They have
little spoils to quarrel over, for Repub
licans retain most of them, especially
under Sheriff Word. The enemies of
Mr. Word seem only to be hunting for
good things to squabble over.
Evangeline Booth says It is getting
more and more difficult for a working
man to raise a family decently. This
is surprising. It was supposed the
abundant supply of fiction from the
Carnegie libraries had remedied all
troubles of that sort.
A properly regulated railroad on
Front street would perhaps not be a
bad thing. But, good or bad, let there
be no talk of giving away the fran
chise. It is time such shiftless, sense
less management of the city's business
ended forever.
Oregon has laws to control physicians,
dentists, plumbers, barbers, lawyers
and other persons, but none to control
bankers. Why not? Who shpuld be
more accountable to the people than the
custodians of their treasure?
Wood burn should not grant anv rail
road a franchise upon its principal resi
dence street, Should this be don. It
will be a matter for everlasting regret
to the citizens. There are plenty of
other routes for the railroad.
With Senator Fulton tugging for
Judge McBrlde and Attorney-General
Moody for Bean, Is there a chance for
somebody outside the fight to follow
the old fable and snatch the bone for
himself?
Mr. Hughes xan call spirits from the
vasty deep. He has finished with the
living, and now wants to make the
dead talk. Chauncey Depew was the
first ghost on the stand. Others may
follow.
And now. we are told, there are some
men who have actually worked over
time while In the employ of the city.
Proof of this extraordinary claim Is
awaited with some curiosity.
The city that gives away franchises
robs posterity. They are. worth money,
and once given away. It takes money,
a whole lot of money, to get them back.
SILHOUETTES
"Putty; Strong" Is now Buing for a di
vorce from May Yohe. A fool and his
Jezebel are soon parted. Likewise the way
of the transgressor is hard.
The accounts of the Business Men's ex
cursion agree lhat at one stop In the pil
grimage the ladles of the local smart set
presented a bottle of wine to each member
of the visiting party with the request
that each gentleman take his bottle home
to his wife and If he had no wife, to his
sweetheart. The accounts further agree
that some of our embassadors took two
bottles each. Here's to their wives and
sweethearts may they never meet.
.
With all due respect to Mr. Jones, crop
expert, it will be safer to wait until May
wheat goes to a dollar before buying out
the harvest. Jessie Dear.
Chauncey Depcw may live long enough
to realize that there Is no fool like an old
fool.
Local Democrats seem to realize that
the saddest Word of tongue or pen Is the
Sheriff.
Portland's laundrymon are becoming so
Independent that they sing a new "Song
of the Shirt" to their patrons who com
plain of the work they do. It Is set to
the music of "Take Your Clothes and
Go."
I can't enlist In the fight against adul
terated Jellies. Any grown man who eats
Jelly deserves whatever he gets.
President Earllng. of the Milwaukee. Is
acting like the smart boy who knows1
something he won't tell.
One Who Sings With Faith.
She Is the woman who sings a song
Working always the whole day long.
Sometimes a hymn and sometimes a gay.
Semi-humorous sort of lay.
Sometimes she feels that things are
wrong;
But never a note of complaint Is heard:
Never she utters a single word
That might be a protest against the world:
As she washes and scrubs and scours and
rubs.
She Is singing ever through weary days
A cheerily hopeful song of praise.
Her treasures are few and her Joys are
rare.
Her sorrows many and hard to bear.
But she hides them deep and goes along
Patiently singing a homely song.
She believes In a future and knows that
there -
She will find the solace for her care.
Where the sun always shines and the
flowers bloom.
And she hopes the reward may come to
her soon.
Mcanwhilo she tolls and continues her
song.
Of a homo far away whore there is no
gloom. 1
In the blessed Islos where the good be
long. Now she Is the one for whom Heaven Is
made,
The woman who sings and Is not afraid
Of the tasks that come and the Word she
obeys.
To be heavy laden In toilsome ways.
So she suffers and works and seeks small
' reward.
.The harmonious one amid life's discord.
Though .philosophers say there Is naught
beyond;
That faiths such as hers, no matter how
fond.
Like prayers to an Idol begin and end.
In nothing save hopes that the worship
pers send:
Yet I'll always believe that the souls
which long,
Will an answer find to th.3 woman's song.
A Problem Solved.
"WANTED Housekeeper far widower; oni
with auburn hair preferred.
Here at lost Is a vindication for th
much-maligned red-headed woman. An
avenue has opened for her which not all
the Jokcsmlths In the land can obstruct
with white horses and such like ribald
impedimenta. The above "want" ap
peared In yesterday's paper. It Is bona
fide. Proclaimed In the faith which
widowers have In the auburn-haired sis
ters of the housekeeping sex. Could
higher Indorsement be asked? The fact
that the seeker gives the world to under
stand he la a widower Is In itself a guar
antee that he la a man of experience.
There can be no higher appeal than tho
judgment of a widower. He mlcht have
printed It' "a connoisseur wants, etc." An
intelligent. puDiic wouia nave understood
Just as well. The applicant does not In
form us as to whether his bereavement
la of the sod or grass variety, but It is
small difference. In either case he es
tablishes himself as an authority. He
wants a housekeeper. Not a meandering
female who will keep the telephone or the
pavements hot or one who will hold con
tinuous levees for lntlnerant policemen
on the back stoop. Rather, he desires a
woman who will keep the houso In order
and warm the precincts of his domicile
with the glow that radiates from a halo
of red hair. And he means red. although
he Is too much of a gentleman to say
so and temporizes with "auburn." a
nondescript word at best.
No maid or matron of the peroxide
habit need apply. No tresses which com
promise between golden and lavender will
look good to our hero. Not even an
apologetic crushed strawberry Dink will
suffice. AH these hues are the slim man-
nual of frivolity. They lend themselves
too readily to the fear of dust sweDt
under beds and potatoes boiled in the
footbath.
This housekeeper must wear upon her
brow the dominant color-scheme of the
world. It must be .red. Not to differ
entiate too closely. It may possibly In
cline toward the hue of the lowly carrot,
suggesting domesticity, or the brick, elo
quent of. red-haired possibilities. It may
be politely defined In department-store
nomenclature as cense, but neither the
Inky blackness of the raven's wing, or
the pristine glint of gold, neither the
staid uncertainty of gray, nor the ro
mantic fol-de-rol Which associates Itself
with locks of brown will find response In
the yearning soul of this widower who
wants a housekeeper. Being a widower,
he knows, and knowing, he wants what
he wants. The problem of "lady help" Is
about to be solved. A way Is opened for
unemployed red-headed women. Vive la
wldowejr. Vive la "aubum'-halred house
keeper.
ARTHUR A. GREENE.
"Hurrah for Teddy."
.Tcpeka Journal.
Very likely If one; could hear 'what
tho wild waves are saying now along
the Gulf and South Atlantic seaboards.
It would fe: "Hurrah for Teddy!"
JOIN IN FRATERNAL BOND.
Purpose of Church Conference Ap
peal on Behalf of Jews.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. The report of
the executive committee before the, Inter-Church
Conference On Federation
In Carnegie Hall was the first business
taken up by that body today. It was
In part as follows:
"The committee desires to emphasize
the fact that the source of tho move
ments toward federation, which have
resulted In the assembling of this con
ference, is to be found in the growing
fraternal feeling between the different
Christian churches of the cduntry and
In the widespread desire for concerted
action In Christian work, with a view
to the spiritual welfare of the Nation
and the world. There can be no ques
tion that the churches represented here
arc In substantial unity upon the fun
damental doctrines of he Christian re
ligion, and also upon the general prin
ciples of administrative policy as to
the work of the Kingdom of Christ,
both at home and abroad. The com
mittee cherishes the hope that what
ever is done by the conference will re
sult in bringing the churches yet
nearer in tics of fraternity and make
yet more clear their unity In and loy
alty to the great head of the church
universal."
Rev. William Hayes Ward, of New
York, chairman of the committee on
comity, federation and unity of the
National Council of Congregational
Churches, and Rev. E. R. Sanford. sec
retary of tho executive committee and
general secretary of the National Fed
eration of Churches and Christian
Workers, then addressed the conven
tion.
Rev. W. H. Roberts of Philadelphia
was elected chairman. A secretary
was appointed for each church repre
sented. Rev. William B. Nobb of Los
Angeles being chosen for the Presby
terian Church in the United States.
Rev. E. B. Sanford, of New York, gen
eral secretary of the National Fcdcr
ation of Churches and .Christian Work
ers, was continued as corresponding
secretary.
Rev. "Washington Gladden presented
a paper imploring the Russians as
Christians to cease the massacre of
the Jews. The appeal reads as follows:
The Interchurch Federation of the United
States of America, representing 1S.00O.0OO
communicants In the . free Frotestant
churches o America, sends greetings to the
Christian, rulers and the Christian ministers
and the Christian people of Russia, beseech
ing them In the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ to do what they can without delay to
put an end to the dreadful cruelties which
are now being Inflicted on the Jewish peo
ple In many parts of the Russian empire.
That those who bear the nama of Jesus
Christ should practice such cruelties or toler
ate them brings pain to the heart and shame
to the face of every true Christian in all
the world. And what grief it must cause to
the blessed Christ himself, who pronounced
his blessing on the merciful, who bade us
love our enemies and bless them that curse
us. and who gave us the parable of the Good
Samaritan, who succeretl and befriended a
suffering Jew.
We speak not a the representatives of
any military or political party. We speak
not as Americans to Russians, but as Chris
tian men to Christian men. and we Implore
you. brethren, by the memories of Christ,
that you will act at once with one accord
and rlie up and speak the word which shall
restrain thes atrocities and heat the re
proach which they are bringing on the
Christian name.
This appeal was reported to a com
mittee for action.
Dr. Henry VanDyke, of Princeton
University, del'vered an address today
on the "Ideal Society." declaring that a
federation of churches without a social
aim would be traitorous to humanity
and an infidelity to God.
'But when the ldoals come." he con
tinued, "there will be no more churchos,
there will bo no law courts, police or
armies. It Is a long way off."
The conference adjourned until to
morrow. ..Md
ODELD AVILTj HOLD TIIE FORT
Declares He Will Remain Chairman
in Spite or Piatt.
NEW YORK. Nov. IS. "I am going to
remain the chairman of the Republican
State Committee," declared ex-Governor
Odell tonight, when shown the dispatch
from Washington In which Senator De
pcw was quoted.
Senator Piatt returned to this city to
day, but again declined to be Interviewed.
It was said, however, that he had sent
out a number of letters to local Republi
can leaders, saying he would like to meet
them at his office as early as convenient.
Ballot Reform In New York.
NEW YORK. Nov. 15. At a conference
yesterday between representatives of or
ganizations Interested In ballot reform, a
resolution was adopted declaring that
ballot reform In New York should pro
ceed on the lines of the Australian bal
lot, as In use In Massachusetts. As the
representative of the Corrupt Practices
Association, D Cady Herrlck asked the
support of tho conferees for a bill which
his organization Intends to present to the
Legislature and which he said would be
so drawn as to do away with election cor
ruption. The conference decided unani
mously to help secure the passage of
the bill.
Boston Nominees for Mayor.
BOSTON. Nov. 15. At the joint pri
maries held today throughout the city
ex-Congressman John F. Fitzgerald won
the Democratic nomination for Mayor
over City Clerk Edward J. Donovan, by
a plurality of 3315 votes. Louis A. Froth
Ingham received the Republican nomina
tion over Judge Dewey by 150 plurality.
The total vote was 73.034, the largest
ever cast in the primaries In this city.
Coroner's Evidence Proves Case.
MOUNT VERNON. Ohio, Nov. lS.-It Is
possible that no witnesses will -be called
bofore tho grand Jury to testify in the
Stuart J. Plerson case, the Kenyon Col
lege student who was killed In Gambler.
Prosecutor Stlllwell stated this evening
that the testimony brought out at the
Coroner's Inquest, which consists of about
500 typewritten pages, will be presented
to the grand Jury, and that this evidence
will be sufficient to show that Plerson
was tied to the tracks.
P.owder Explosion Kills Two.
PEORL. III.. Nov. 16. In an explosion
today at the Buckeye Powder Works at
Edwards Station. 14 miles "northwest of
Peoria, two men met Instant death and
several other employes were Injured, two
of them seriously.
The dead: Addison Long, aged 2S; Will
iam Hasler. aged 43.
The seriously Injured: Fred Fogelman,
Ellis Henderson.
Financial loss. $10,000.
Great Destruction of Cotton.
ATLANTA, -Ga.. Nov. 16. A disastrous
fire at Columbus. Ga.. started In the cot
ton compress of Inman & Co. Eighteen
thousand bale3 of cotton are stored there.
and 3500 bales are" now burning. The loss
already exceeds $1CO,.000, covered by Insur
ance. Crawford and Howard In Boston.
BOSTON. Nov. 16. Lewis Crawford and
William. Howard, charged with complicity
In the alleged Illegal operation performed
on Susanna Geary, the dress-suit .case
victim, were' brought here tonight from
New York and ; placed In Jail.
"Troops Hurry to Santiago.
HAVANA. Nov. 15. An additional com
pany of troops has been ordered to San
tiago, owing to the prevalence of minor
disorders there and to a rumor that more
serious trouble Is Impending.
CURZON DEFENDS HIS ACTION
Insists Military Should Be Subordi
nate to Civil Rulers.
BOMBAY. Nov. 16. At a banquet given
in his honor here tonight Lord Curzon. the
retiring Viceroy of India, made a frank
avowal of the reasons for his resigna
tion. He resigned, he said, on no person il
grounds, but In defense of two great prin
ciplesfirst, that there should be an In
destructible subordination of the military
to the civil authority, and second, the
necessity of paying becoming regard to
Indian authority In determining the needs
of India.
Lord Curzon contended that in sacrifir
Ing himself In defense of thee principles
he had the great preponderance of Indian
opinion behind hlra. He said he did not
believe that the administrative wisdom
of his countrymen would ever tolerate
such a blunder.
CASTRO REFUSES TO PAY MORE
Withholds From France Second In
stallment on Plumlcy Award.
PARIS. Nov. 16. The Foreign Office
Is advised that President Castro yes
terday refused to pay the second In
stallment of the Plumley arbitration
award. The arbitration- covered dam
ages sustained by French citizens in
Venezuela during tho revolutionary
periods prior to 1003. Judge Frank
Plumley. of Northlleld. Vt., was presi
dent of the arbitration committee,
which met at Northfield last year. The
Judgment was In favor of France,
which was awarded about $650,000. and
President Castro paid the first Install
ment of the award three months ago.
The second payment was duo yester
day, but was not paid.
Apparently the Venezuelan Presi
dent's failure to pay the Installment
was on the ground that diplomatic re
lations between France and Venezuela
are Interrupted.
Tho officials here decline to admit
that this Justified President Castro In
not paying the Installment. The Inci
dent Is considered to be a further prov
ocation. French Dockyard Strike Broken.
PARIS. Nov. 16. The strike of arsenal
employes has practically been broken
up as a result of the Minister of
Marine's circular giving the men the op
tion of going back to work or having
their names struck , from the rolls. At
Toulon work has been resumed In
branches of the dockyard and work has
been resumed at tho Rochefort Arsenal.
At Brest and L'Orlent also the strikers
resumed work.
Leopold's Heir at Death's Door.
BRUSSELLS. Nov. 17. Philippe. rOUnt
of Flanders, brother of King Leopold and
heir to the Belgian throne, Ls dangerous
ly 111. So grievous Is his condition that
tho last sacraments of the church have
been administered to him. King Leopold
and the members of tho royal family
spent the night In the sick chamber, the
death of the Count being expected at any
moment.
Plan International Parliament.
PARIS. Nov. 16. Representatives of the
parliaments of the principal nations will
asaemblo here November IS to consider
the American appeal for a permanent In
ternational parliament and a general arbi
tration treaty, as presented at the Brus
sels parllamentry congress by Congress
man Richard Bartholdt. of Missouri, who
represented the United States at the con
gross. Alfonso at Austrian Court.
TENNA, Nov. 16. Emperor Francis
Joseph-gave a banquet In the" royal cas
tle of Schoenbrunn tonight In honor ot
King Alfonso. Tho guests Included
Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria. The ban
quet was followed by a performance In
tho theater ot the castle. At 10:30 o'clock
King Alfonso started for Munich.
Admiral of Allied Fleet.
VIENNA. Nov. 16. Admiral Rltter von
Jedina will command the combined fleet
of the powers which is to make a demon
stration against Turkey In the event of
the- latter'? continued refusal to accept
the powers' ultimatum on the subject of
tho Macedonian reforms.
Greek King Is Edward's Guest.
LONDON, Nov. 16. King George, ot
Greece, and Princess Nicholas, of Greece,
dined with King Edward and Queen Alex
andra at Windsor Castle this evening.
Subsequently the royal party attended a
theatrical performance in the Waterloo
chamber of the castle.
Mikado Will Worship at Ise.
TOKIO. Nov. 17.-(11:30 A. M.) Tho
Emperor will worship todj- in the Inner
most court of the Temple of Ise. Tho
occasion Is a rare one and. owing to Its
Importance, a universal holiday has been
proclaimed. Even the convicts In thr
penitentiaries have been given a rest.
More Plots Rumored In Cuba.
HAVANA, Nov. 16. Rumors of anti
government plots have been renewed and
the names of more or less prominent rad
lcali are being connected with them. The
officials of the government display nc
apprehension, but minor precautionary
measures have been taken.
Klnff Edward Sprains His Ankle.
LONDON, Nov. 16. King Edward,
while shooting In Windsor Forest to
day, tripped and fell, spraining his
anklo. The King was driven to the
castle, but the shooting was continued.
King Gives to Unemployed Fund.
IONDON. Nov. 16. King Edward has
given $10,500 and the Prince of Wales
JS2G0 to the fund for the aid of the unem
ployed, which was started by Queen Alex
andra. The fund now amounts to nearly
5140.000.
Now It's an English Bride.
MADRID. NOV. 15. The Herald makes
the positive statement that King Alfon
so's return to Madrid will be followed
Immediately with the announcement of
his betrothal to an English princess.
Shubert Theater at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 16. A new first
class theater, plans for which have Jnst
been submitted to the city officials here,
to be constructed by the Heuck Opera
House Company, is to become part of the
Shubert-Belasco-Flske Theatrical Syndi
cate circuit, according to announcement
made here today by Lee Shubert. head
of the syndicate.
Australia's State Journalist.
Australia has a "state journalist." A
Sydney newspaper man, John Plummer.
has been engaged at a salary of $2000 a
year to write articles in the British
American and Continental papers in de
fense of the commonwealth. Its legisla
tion, and Its administration.
Colonel Powell May Recover.
LA CROSSE, Wis.. Nov. 16. Tho -family
of the famous scout, Colonel D. Frank
Powell (White Beaver), was notified to
day froni Cody, Wyo., where Powell's
death has been expected hourly, that hl3
condition Is Improving, and that his re
covery Is now expected.