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THE MORNIXG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1906. CITY'S SIX-BIT LIST NOT READY Executive Board Committee Reports Insufficient Data Available for Report. HARD TO PICK THE GOATS City's Business Will Be Given to In surance Companies That Treat San Francisco Clients Fairly. Patrolmen Are Penalized. No immediate action will be taken by the city toward placing the official taboo upon the "six-bits" insurance companies. It was reported to the Executive Board yesterday by the special committee, con sisting of D. A. Pattullo. Max Fleiscn ner and C. A. Cogswell, that no reliable information is obtainable whereby the sheep among the insurance companies can be segregated from the goats, so all ef forts to discriminate against the com panies who are not paying their San Francisco losses in full were postponed until detailed and reliable data is at hand. It is the desire of both Mayor Lane and the Executive Board to give none of the city's insurance business to compa nies who are not doing Justice to their clients in San Francisco, but as they believe that it is yet too early to be cer tain of drawing the line between the good and bad companies correctly, they will not attempt to separate them at all. For the present, the only consideration will be to see that the various policies on municipal property are placed with com panies whose solvency is unquestioned. Following is the report of the committee on insurance: Situation Is Complicated. "We have endeavored to ascertain the policy of the various companies In set tling San Francisco losses, but And that at this time it Is impossible to get satis factory information on this point. Our investigations show conclusively that a great deal of uncertainty exists regard ing the situation, and that many com panies classified as 75-cent companies are adjusting their losses equitably, while other companies that have stated they will pay their losses in full may not be able to do so. "We are satisfied It would be a mistake to follow any classification of companies already published In placing the city's in surance, and we recommend that, until more accurate information is obtainable regarding the basis on which various com panies are settling San Francisco losses, no city policies shall be canceled unless the Insurance company is In financial dif ficulties. The important point now is to make sure that the companies carrying the city's business are solvent. The ques tion of discriminating against companies that lg not ndjust San Francisco losses equitably should be a matter of consid eration when the basis on which settle ments are made by the various companies is a matter of record, and not of hearsay, as seems to be largely the case now." Patrolmen Are Punished. Several patrolmen were penalized by the board upon recommendation of the Police Commission. Slg Myers was found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and was dismissed from the service. O. Nelson and Ben Peterson were fined ten days' pay. and Frank Hart was fined half his pay for the month of July. Com plaints against Frank Hart and Samuel Young were tiled without action. In the matter of Patrolman Kienlen. to whom the board had agreed to restore a fine of one month's salary. Auditor Pevlln reported that the money had been turned into the fireman and police benefit fund and could not he withdrawn. C. R. Hell yer. a plain-clothes man. was appointed detective to succeed J. F. Kerrigan, re signed. The MeCusker subway and East Side belt line franchises were returned to the Council without change in the valuation which had previously been placed upon them. The Council at Its last meeting amended the portion of the subway fran chise which required a fill on East Stark street in the belief that the Executive Board would Increase the cash valuation. The latter, however, held that It had not taken the fill Into consideration in valuing the franchise in the first place. School Girls to Hold Flower Show. Permission was given the public school girls of the city to hold a flower show in the City Hall. July 27 and 2S. under the auspices of the Mothers' Congress. It Is said that 500 girls will take part in the exhibit. The following bids on street improve ment were opened: Burnslde street Warren Construction Company, J2S.101. Twenty-fifth street Warren Construc tion Company, !t.K9S. East Main street J. R. O'Neill. $2255; Joplin & Mecks, t22Sl. East Eighth street Joplin & Meeks. J503; George Bowers. WS8. Nlcolai street Star Sand Company, I6SS2: Francy & Co., $6993; Harry Haward, J7296. FOR JOINT STATEHOOD. President's Influence May Bring Arizona Into Line. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 17. The joint statehood bill enacted at the late session of Congress contemplated the admission of only one state. It being assumed by those who voted for the bill that Arizona, under the privilege therein extended, would reject the offer to come Into the Union Joined with New Mexico. Since the enactment of that law, however. President Roose velt has come out publicly in favor of the Joint admission of the two great ter ritories, and his strength may be suffi cient to bring about this result. At the present time a majority of the voters of Arizona are stoutly opposed to Joint admission with New Mexico, and if the President kept his hands off there is no question that Arizona would vote down the Jointure proposition by a good-sized majority, although New Mexico would vole in favor of Joint statehood, as she has been willing for a long while to ac cept statehood under any terms. Now that the President has taken a hand and la using his influence to have the two territories Join hands, there Ls a prospect that sentiment In Arizona may undergo a change. Th President is immensely popular in Arizona, as he is all over the West, and the very fact that he has publicly urged the people of Arizona to accept Joint statehood, as offered by the omnibus bill, may have the effect of changing a good many votes. The fact that the President believes Joint statehood is best under the circumstances, will be enough, in the minds of many men, to change tbelr per sonal views and accept his judgment. Whether the President'! Influence is great anough to bring about this result will not be known until the election this Fall. But, whatever the outcome, the count in Arizona will undoubtedly show many more supporters of joint statehood than would have been in evidence had the President taken no hand. Furthermore, it is believed the Presi dent will take a hand in this contest fur ther along, before the question is pot to a vote, for he ls deeply interested in having Arizona and New Mexico ad mitted as a single state and will do everything in his power to fcrlng about this result. IT PAYS TO BE SENATORS Olflce Gives Opening for Lucrative Business as Lobbyist. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 18. The question ls often asked in Washington, "Does it pay to become a United States Senator?" This does not refer to the honor and influ ence that go with the office, but purely to the financial end of the game. Many men who are or have been members of that body do not hesitate to reply that a Senator's salary does not begin to pay his expenses. And there is no doubt whatever that" the average Senator spends more than the J7500 allowed him by the Government each year, and spends It legitimately. But there is another way of looking at It, as evidenced by a re cent incident. Matthew C. Butler, former Senator from South Carolina, will receive a fee CONTRACT FOR DRAIN-COOS BAY LINE WILL SOON BE LET cxescu DEL j J iKC4UA J f i ROUTE OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINE WHICH IS SAID TO BE PRO JECTED SOUTH TO EUREKA. Word ls expected In Portland any day of the letting of the contract for th construction of the first 40 miles of the Drain-Coos Bay branch of the South ern Pacific. This road ls said to be the first link in the new coast route that will follow the ocean shore from Coos Bay to Eureka, cutting out the heavy haul over the Slstelyous, the route of the present main California line. The map shows where this road as projected will run. Everything Is ready to commence work on the Coos Bay line, which is to be built In the most modern and substantial way, with heavy steel and light grades and curvatures. This strongly irfdicates that the road will be the main line, as the expensive construction points to this use. of $76,000 for pressing' an Indian claim against the United States, the appropria tion having been made at the last ses sion of Congress. Butler retired from the Senate in 1899 and since then has boon practicing law and lobbying in Washington. The fact that he was an ex-Senator gave him a great advantage over other lobbyists and is largely re sponsible for his securing this big fat fee from the Indians. Had he not been an ex-Senator, the claim he pressed would probably not have been paid by Congress, and Butler would have been out $75,000. Of course, in the seven years he has been out of the Senate, Butler has been making money aside from this particular case. His $76,000 fee would seem to Indicate that a temporary Job in the Senate does pay. If a man intends to turn lobbyist when, he leaves the Sen ate. Then take the similar case of ex-Senator Marlon Butler, of North Carolina Only a year or so ago he got busy over the claim of the Colville Indians, which was paid at the recent session, and now Butler ls lighting in the Court of Claims for a fee of $15,000 for his share of the lobbying. This is easy money for ex Senators. Evidently it paid the two But lers to come to the Senate. Mtlllonnlre With Dual Personality. Paris Dispatch. An extraordinary case of double per sonality is Just recorded. There re cently died in a splendid mansion of the Avenue de l'Alma ti M. Charles Rubens He was supposed to be an American, was known in society, was a member of several clubs, and passed away in his SOth year, leaving an estate which is said to be worth from li. 000, 000 to 20.000,000 francs. The death was duly reported and registered at the Ameri can Consulate, and the Justice of Peace of the Eighth Arrondissement placed seals on the property in the house of the deceased. After this formality was finished, heirs arrived and declared that the deceased was not an American born, but an Alsatian from Mulhausen, really named Charles Voog. The heirs, who are numerous, declare that M. Voog left Alsace in 1S6S, went to Amer ica, was naturallxed there, and, having made a large fortune, returned to Eu rope, settling in Paris. This strange case is now under Judicial investiga tion and the estate ls in chancery. It seems that the deceased left a will In which a large portion of his property was bequeathed to one niece. Other bequests were for a few relatives and for charitable institutions. CANNON ALARMS FAIRBANKS MEN Boom Has Strong Support Among Indiana Leaders as in Illinois. ELEMENTS OF WEAKNESS Oldest Presidential Candidate and Opposed by Labor Unionists. Fairbanks Rustles for Votes, Especially in South. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. July 20. Preparations for launch ing the Cannon Presidential boom are well under way, and In the near future the friends of the Speaker expect to make their formal bow to the public and enter their bid for popular support of their can didate. In some quarters the Cannon boom is seriously regarded, but nowhere more than in Illinois and Indiana. Illi nois is interested because Cannon is now her favorite son the most conspicuous man Illinois has in public life. Indiana is interested because Cannon has a strangle-hold on many of the Indiana Republican leaders, who would support Fairbanks if Cannon was not in the run ning. Cannon possesses many attributes that tend to make him a strong candidate before the people. He is one of the oldest men in public life today, and his entire time has been given to his party. During his years as chairman of the appropria tions committee of the House, and later as Speaker, he has rendered the party most valuable service, and in the minds of some is entitled to further recognition at the hands of the Republican party. During his past public career he has proven himself a man of sound judgment. of careful deliberation and possessed of that firmness that Is demanded of every man in the Presidential chair. Objections to Cannon. On the other hand, Cannon is an old man; he passed the three score and ten mark last Spring, and will be 72 when the next Republican Convention assembles. This country has never had a President of such advanced years, and there is a marked prejudice against Cannon on ac count of his age. But that is not all. Of late Cannon, as Speaker, has thrown obstacles in the way of legislation that has been demanded by the labor unions of the country, and by his own personal efforts has defeated these various bills. This has tended to make him unpopular among this great class of voters, and In a campaign in which Bryan headed the Democratic? ticket. Cannon would get a very small la bor vote. Inasmuch as Bryan's nomina tion now seems assured, it would be very risky for the Republicans to nominate Cannon to oppose him. This is one of the principal weaknesses in the Cannon boom, and the one most apt to defeat him before the next convention. Inroads in Fairbanks' State. But in spite of the attitude of labor towards Cannon, the friends of Vice President Fairbanks are very much alarmed over the prospect, fearing that, if Cannon is in the running, he may be able to get the Indiana delegation at the convention. Two very powerful and very conspicuous Republicans in Indiana owe their National prominence to Cannon, and because of this fact would probably be in duty bound to support the Cannon boom rather than the boom- of Fairbanks of their own state. Senator Hemenway was virtually made by Cannon. A com paratively unknown member of the House at the time Cannon was made Speaker, Herr.enway was taken in hand by the new Speaker, was made chairman of the com mittee on appropriations, and at once took rank among the inner circle of House managers. By reason of this prom inence, Hemenway was elected Senator when Fairbanks became Vice-President. The other Indianan indebted to Cannon is Representative Watson, the Republi can whip in the House. He. too, was brought from insignificance into prom inence solely by the hand of Cannon, and he, like Hemenway, would be obliged to support Cannon at the next convention. With these two prominent local leaders against him, Fairbanks would have dif ficulty in controlling the Indiana dele gation; hence his uneasiness. Fairbanks Is Rustling. Fairbanks, by the way, is keeping in very close touch with the political situa tion in all parts of the country. He has been working quietly to get the support of delegates from the South and expects to go into the next convention with the backing of a majority of the Southern States. As he travels about the country he feels the popular pulse, and whenever he finds a state that has no candidate in the field, enters into negotiations with the local leaders in that state in the hope of getting their support. He is today the most active of all the Republican candi dates, In fact, is the only one who is actually rustling around to get votes this early in advance. WHAT USEFUL PURPOSE DOES PHARMACY BOARD FILL? Dr. E. Everest, of Cornelius, Asserts Druggists Are Regulated, While Other Merchants Are Not. CORNELIUS. Or., July 20. (To the Ed itor.) The following Is the copy of an open letter addressed to Kittle W. Har bord. secretary State Board of Pharmacy, Salem, Or.: Dear Madame Tour letter dated July 5, addresaed to Mrs. , a registered assistant pharmacist, notifying her that it was illegal for her to sell drugs, etc., in the absence of a registered pharmacist, and that she must appear at the next regular meeting of the Board of Pharmacy for the examination as a registered pharmacist, has been handed to me, and I am surprteed that anyone should file such a complaint with you, and I am till more surprised at the present interpre tation of the state pharmacy law, and it Is for the purpose of bringing this matter to the public attention and especially to the mem bers of our next Legislature that I write this open letter to you. While I do not positively know who filed the complaint, I have good reasons to sus pect that thfy came from a junk dealer, who ls ignorant on every subject except the value of old junk, yet who under the pres ent interpretation of the law is selling all kinds of drugs and medicines without a fear of prosecution or molestation. That the general merchant and department stores are selling drugs and medicines in open violation of the intent of the present phar macy law goes without saying, and Is cer tainly a menace to the health of the general public. While thinking people will go to the qualified pharmacist for their medicines, the great mass of mankind do not stop to think, but buy where it ls the most conven ient or the cheapest and run the risk of getting strychnine dosed out to them for quinine, or white vitriol for epsom salts, for there is not one general merchant in a hun dred who can tell the difference in these and thousands of other drugs and medicines, yet these junk dealers have the advantage of registered pharmacists, as the law does not reach them. Only the man who Is qualified and has pacsed the examination comes with in the meaning of the present pharmacy law as interpreted, and pray tell me what le the use of spending thousands of dollars in educating one's self, and fees to support a pharmacy board, when the law in . no way protects him or the Dublic. I have made diligent Inquiry and so far have not found a single prosecution for sell ing drugs by the general merchant or junk dealer, while those who are registered are required to keep a record of poisons, etc., and must not sell opium and kindred drugs and medicines except on a doctor's prescrip tion, yet It is a fact that the general mer chant, especially the country merchant, sells all these medicines openly and the law does not reach him. The pharmacist had better take In hi drug sign and put up the -Bign, "General Junk Shop," then he can sell medi cines Ealore and none can molest. I have complained about this seeming in consistency of the present interpretation of the law, but have never received any satis faction, and I cannot understand that the law as interpreted is of any value or pro tection to the sick and the Board of Phar macy seems to me to be a useless appendage and altogether a useless expense to the reg istered pharmacist and his assistant. In accord with your notice a registered assistant cannot sell or put up drugs and medicines except In the presence of a regis tered pharmacist, and if such is the inter pretation of the law, please tell me of what value an asasistant is to the drug store; to wash bottles, I suppose ; then we can hire a Chinaman to do that, and how is the phar macist to go to lunch or to the bank to bor roV money to pay his bills long past due? Why not send -some of these notices to the junk man who is selling drugs without even a registered assistant's license? I have asked the Board of Pharmacy the following questions, but so far have received no an swers, and I will ask them over again and hope that some one will relieve my inquiring mind: Can anyone sell medicines and poisons, in any quantity, if the package is labeled by some jobbing house or registered pharmacist? Must a registered pharmacist see his as sistant put up all medicines and drugs? Of what value is the present pharmacy law and Pharmacy Board? The drug business has been my life voca tion, and I am not writing out of idle curi osity. I believe the public should be pro tected In their medicines as well as their butter and beer, and that none but compe tent persons should be allowed to sell tne same, and while I am nearing the top of the ladder of years I hope to live long enough to see a law enacted that can be enforced that will protect the unfortunate sick from the grasp of the ignorant and unscrupulous chaser after the almighty dollar. Tours for the obedience and enforcement of laws, DR. EMERT EVEREST. The above is a letter sent to The Ore- gonian for publication. It Is a duplicate of one addressed to the secretary of the State Board of Pharmacy. John M. Laue, of the drug firm Laue- Davis Company. Is a member of the State Board of Pharmacy, and when seen yes terday afternoon had this to say in regard to Dr. Everest's letter: "The assistant to whom the doctor re fers is ms wife. The doctor conducts a drugstore at Cornelius in connection with his practice, and he is often away from the store, leaving the whole business m his wife's hands. Mrs. Everest's standing as a pharmacist is just this: She has taken what we call the junior examina tion and is thereby entitled to act as a druggist, but only under the supervision of some senior druggist. She is not at all entitled to operate a store of her own or to sell drugs without supervision or for any great length of time. Dr. Everest is awav much, or the time; for Instance. he was In this city today, and his wife is left to run tne ousmess nerseit, wnich is pontrarv to law. "Mrs. Everest could easily enough pass the senior examination and become en titled to set up a business of her own if she wished, but sne prerers not to do tnis, Dr. Everest and his wife are disgruntled and the arguments used in the letter are very iar-ietenea, maeeo." MEDICINE See that the above trade-mark, the "Old Chemist," is on each bottle of DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY as it is sold in bottles only, never in bulk. Also note that the seal over the cork is unbroken. Demand the genuine Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, the best invig orating stimulant and tonic, which makes the old young and keeps the young strong. It has been tested thousands of times during the past fifty years by the leading chemists and doctors throughout the world and always found absolutely pure and free from fusel oil. Accept no cheap imitation or substitute. They are dangerous. Also guard against refilled bottles. Duffy's by all druggists and grocers, or direct, at $1.00 a bottle. sent free. Duffy Malt Whiskey Company, Rochester, TUFT IS RECEPTIVE Ready to Accept Nomination for President. IS ROOSEVELT'S CHOICE Would Distance All Competitors If Roosevelt Were to Stay Out ol It uce Fairbanks and Shaw Boom Themselves. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 20. If William H. Taft, 1 Secretary of War, is a candidate for ; the Presidential nomination, he must I be classed at this time as purely a receptive candidate. He is not launch- , ine his own boom and not traveling 1 around the country exploiting himself j at Government expense. There was not , the slightest utterance in his recent North Carolina speech to indicate that ; Taft is seeking the nomination or is j even giving encouragement to those i men who stand responsible for his boom In Its infant stages. His talk, if anything, would probably injure his boom, for he lit into" the present re publican leaders in the South in a manner that would not win their ap proval. While Taft has not launched a boom, he is, for all that, a Presidential pos sibility to be reckoned with in 1908. If Roosevelt Is not compelled to accept another nomination, Taft is as likely a candidate as any the party can of fer, and in some quarters It is be lieved that Taft is Roosevelt's choice for 1908. Of his ability there is no question. In that line he ranks second to none, unless it be Secretary Root, one of the keenest men of the age, but where Root has an advantage in point of ability, perhaps (and it ls only a slight advantage at that), Taft has a far greater .advantage in being on friendly terms with the party leaders from one end of the country to the other, and In addition is a man of wide personal popularity. Root is cold, and has few friends, though many admir ers. Fairbanks and Shaw Rustle. There are two other Republican Presidential possibilities, however, not as modest as Taft. Vice - President Fairbanks and Secretary Shaw are openly pushing their respective booms in season and out. Fairbanks is con tinually keeping himself before the public, something that was almost un known among Vice-Presidents of the past. He speaks whenever the oppor tunity affords; he attends every public function to which he is invited and in other ways keeps himself before the people. He is constantly advertising. The same is true of Shaw. He makes more speeches than any other member of the Cabinet, and In most of his speeches can be detected a little ad vertisement for Shaw. Of course, this ls all right for Fairbanks and all right for Shaw. Bryan believed in the same kind of advertising, and he wound up with a hard bump. In an open, free-for-all race among Root, Taft, Fairbanks and Shaw, the big, genial Secretary of War would distance all his competitors today, not withstanding he has never announced himself as a candidate for the Presi dency. Taft is th.e kind of man who would take with the people. In point of ability he is head and shoulders above Fairbanks and Shaw, and he could overcome the Root handicap on that score without anv difficulty. Not one of these men could run with FOR ALL Roosevelt, however, if he should be forced into the field again in 1908. Roosevelt says he does not want an other nomination, and he is no doubt sincere; but there is a growing be lief that he may be compelled to run again, in spite of his personal desires, and It is a good bet that he will be compelled to run if Bryan should be nominated by the Democrats prior to the holding of the Republican conven tion, or if it is a sure thing in advance that Bryan is to be the Democratic nominee. Passing of the Great Editor. Atlantic. The immensely large capital now re quired for the conduct of a daily news paper in a great city has had important SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE Fiction Number (AUG UST) A COMPLETE Edith Wharton A NEW REBECCA STORY BY Kate Douglas Wiggin "WHAT REALLY HAPPENED" AT THE CLUB, BY Arthur Cosslett Smith OTHER CONTRIBUTORS Henry van Dyke Thomas Nelson Page F. Hopkinson Smith Richard Watson Gilder. Oliver Herford E. S. Martin Louise Betts Edwards Royal Cortissoz Churchill Williams W. T. Hornaday Julian Street John M. Phillips Meredith Nicholson ILLUSTRATIONS BY Alonxo Kimball George Wright (in color) F. C Yohn W. Balfour-Ker Henry McCarter Ivanowski THE FARMER'S SEASONS Ymxxr Painting in colon by . A. B. FROST 15 CIKTI A. NUMBER CHARLES SORIBNER'S SOUS, MEW YORK MANKIND Pure Malt Whiskey is sold Illustrated medical booklet N. Y. consequences. It has made the news paper more of an institution, less of a personal organ. Men no longer designate journals by the owner's or editor's name. It used to be Bryant's paper, or Greeley's paper, or Raymond's, or Bennett's. Now it ls simply Times, Herald, Tribune, and so on. No single personality can stamp itself upon the whole organism. It ls too vast. It is a great piece of property, to be administered with skill; it is a care fully planned organization which best produces the effect when the personalities of those who work for it are swallowed up. The individual withers, but the newspaper is more and more. Journalism becomes impersonal. There are no more "great editors," but there is a finer esprit de corps, better "team play," an institution more and more firmly estab lished and able to justify itself. NOVELETTE BY Author of 'Tb Hons of Mirth S3.00 A TUB