TTIE MOItNIXG OREGONIA1N, TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 9, 1906.
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rORTLAXI, TCESDAT, OCTOBER 8, 1906.
TIIE SERVICE 18 WANTED.
Our people Jo not begrudge Mr. Har
rlman's stockholders the fine dividends
he has recently been paying- them; nor
-were they filled with envy at the theat
rical effects In Wall street when the
great dividends were declared. Our
people like to see prosperity. The good
fortunes of others do not dlatreee
them.
And yet their satisfaction would have
been greater, and It mould be deeper
today, if, along with those 6plendld
dividends) to the stockholders, which
set Wall street on Its head for a week,
the announcement had come that more
cars had been provided and better fa
cilities established, for relief of the con
gestion of Western business.
The supply of coal has run out at
Portland, and there are no cara Same
as to wood. People are getting into a
fever about their Winter's fuel. That
fever may keep them warm for a while,
but they fear the chill. There are great
orders for lumber, but small equipment
to haul It away. Doubtless there will
be care, at last; but meantime working
forces are likely, to disintegrate and
trade connections lost. The demands
of the traffic, all over the. Pa
cific States, have outrun the supply of
cars and of motive power. It has been
said that the extraordinary require
ments could not have been foreseen.
There is some truth here, doubtless;
yet It Is a good while since the de
mands grew urgent, and there is no
prospect that they will soon be met.
So consequently, while our people do
not begrudge Mr. Harrlman's stock
holders their fine dividends, or their
high proepects of continued prosperity,
yet they do desire and will continue to
Insist that equipment shall bo supplied,
with all reasonable speed, to meet the
demands of the traffic of the country.
Nothing can keep down an inquiry in
the Legislature of Oregon next Janu
ary on these subjects, or drastic legis
lation, except fair and certain assur
ance of relief from these repressive and
oppressive conditions.
CIIFRCH AND STATE IN FRANCE.
Much has been reported through our
news columns, during a year or more,
about the differences between the
French government and the Roman
Catholic Church in France. Connection
between church and state Is so foreign
to the idea of our own country that
there Is some difficulty here In com
prehending tho nature of the differ
ences in France, to which the news re
ports so often refer. This, however. Is
clear: The present government of
France has resolved on complete sep
aration of church and state, and .Is
pledged to enforcement of laws enacted
to that end.
The Revolution had completely over
thrown the church In France. Napo
leon, who had a genius for using
everything to strengthen and support
his own power, re-established the
church through the celebrated "Con
cordat," which has been . the basla of
the agreement between church and
state in France till the present time.
It was a means used by Napoleon for
centralization and confirmation of
the power he had acquired. Napoleon
did not deal with church or with relig
ion as a believer. He merely acted on
the principle stated by Gibbon, that
"to the believer every religion Is
equally true, to the philosopher every
rellgion Is equally false, and to the
statesman every religion Is equally use
ful." After the fall of Napoleon his
Concordat was allowed to stand; and
the church therefore till now has main
tained a connection with the state, and
has drawn large support for it. No
government in France till now has felt
strong enough to attempt to break the
connection. To the New Tork Times
we are indebted for a statement that
presents with sufficient clearness the
present situation and the leading
points of difference.
It is not merely that state support Is
to be withdrawn from the church. The
change to the voluntary system will
undoubtedly lay serious burdens upon
the supporters of the church; but "the
gravamen of the complaint Is that the
state Is interfering with the very con
stitution of the church," by virtual sup
pression of Its hierarchical principle.
Thus, as the Times says:
The point of difference Is that the eonMitu
tlon of the church recognizes only the priest
hood as the custodian of tho temporalities as
well as of the spiritualities of ths church. On
the other hand, the French law recornlzes
only the laity, and requires that the Incor
porators of an "association for worship" ehall
be laymen.
Evidently the purpose Is to abridge
the Influence or cut oft the power of the
hierarchy. The French bishops state
the case, and their objections to the
law, thus:
The law declares that it reoognlies, for the
exercise of divine worship, only associations
of citizens, formed and governed at their
pleasure under rules of their own choice, and
always modifiable at their will. If the ne
cessary principle of the Catholic hierarchy
seems to be Implicitly contained in one of
the articles, it Is Indicated only In vague and
obscure terms, while It Is distinctly denied in
another article, which In case of conflict leaves
the final decision to the Council of State,
that la to the civH power. That Is to give a
lalo constitution to the church. This Plus X
condemned, and necessarily had to condemn.
It is evident that one of the purposes
of the government is to bring church
property wholly under control of the
state this being deemed necessary to a
complete and final separation, as also
to full control by the state of the edu
cational system of the country. It goes
further than we have ever done in the
United States; since our laws distinctly
allow trustees to hold property for the
churches; and these trustees are very
commonly selected from the clergy. The
purpose of France Is, however, to cut
"Ultramontanism" out entirely.
FORTY-FOOT HARBOR FOR NEW YORK.
New York harbor will have 35 foot
depth next year on completion of the
Ambrose Channel, but It Is foreseen
that yet more water will be required.
and already an agitation has started
for 40 feet. That is the ultimate depth
which Government engineers have had
in project for the mouth of the Co
lumbia River.
New York City Is looking to the Na
tional Government for money to make
the new improvement, the same as is
the Columbia River. It looks to Con
gress for the required money, and does
not expect to tax itself for the Im
provement. Parsimony of the National
Government In river and harbor appro
priations Is stirring the great metrop
olis to demand, that Congress loosen
the purse-strings. This demand Is the
most hopeful sign j-et seen that pres
sure will be brought on Congress suc
cessfully for a more liberal policy of
river and harbor improvement.
The depth required by the steamship
Celtic, for a full load, when under way,
Is 39 or 40 feet, and that will be re
quired by the new Cunard steamships
Lusltanla and Mauretanla. While New
York will have 40 feet at high tide on
completion of the Ambrose Channel,
next year, shipping Interests are de
manding that they have that depth at
all tides, In order to avoid delays.
The Celtic, fully laden, draws 36 feet.
and when In motion a foot or two more,
so that In order to let her In and out of
New York harbor to her full depth, 39
or 40 feet Is required. The average 44-
foot tide will yield this depth on com
pletion of the 35-foot channel, but ship
ping interests demand that a vessel be
not compelled to waste time some
times half a day In waiting for tide.
The Celtic has been unable to load to
her 36-foot draft and her earning power
has been reduced accordingly. The two
new Cunard steamers are designed to
draw 37 to 37 feet. As a vessel draws
a foot or two more water under way
than at dock, owing to the sag of her
6tern, It will be seen that these two
vessels will need 40 feet when they
shall begin their voyages to New York,
perhaps a year and a half hence. By
that time the 35-foot Ambrose Channel
will have been finished. Then the need
of deepening It another five feet will
enforce Itself.
The New York Tribune, urging the
organization of a movement on Con
gress, says:
If proper representations of the situation
should be made to Congress next Winter,
that body might be persuaded to deal more
liberally with New York than It has dealt
In the Jpast. There would be perfect pro
priety in a, concerted demand by the Cham
ber of Commerce and the steamship compa
nies for such treatment as this city needs
and deserves. The movement cannot be
organized too soon, for the next session,
which Is to be a short one, will begin only
two months hence. In support of a plea for
generous appropriations many powerful ar
guments can be adduced. As the Trlbuife
pointed out yesterday, the United States
Government has been comparatively par
simonious In Its expenditure for improve
ments of this class for the last century and
a quarter. France has spent $1,200,000,000.
Holland 1,600,000.000 and America only
J400.000.000. Besides, New York has a spe
cial claim to consideration. For years more
than CO per cent of the revenue from cus
toms in this country has been collected at
this port. The Government can well afford
to be generous, or at least Just, to the city
In which so large a share of its Income Is
secured.
New York(cannot possibly feel the
effects of the Government's parsimony
more than the Columbia River does.
The mouth of the Columbia River needs
$2,500,000 before improvement can be
made, and the Celllo Canal needs $500,
000 to continue work. With powerful
influences like those of New York pull
ing for larger river and harbor appro
priations, there is some hope for other
harbors - throughout the country, in
cluding one of the most Important the
Columbia River.
CAPTAIN AMUNDSEN.
Captain Amundsen adds mightily to
the glory and little to the tragedy of
Arctic exploration. He has at last
taken a ship through the famous
Northwest Passage, which was sought,
and sought in vain, from the time of
the first voyagers across the Atlantic
until almost the other day. Captain
Amundsen has come back safe and
sound; no poet need write of him as
Tennyson did of Sir John Franklin
"Not here, the white North has hie
bones."
His voyage proceeded under happy
auspices. But one man died during the
long sojourn so far beyond the possi
bility "of human habitation. Indeed It
is the verdict of later explorers that
the dreadful tragedies of early polar
voyages were due partly to Ignorance
of the conditions, partly to foolhardy
adventures, and partly to bad execu
tive work. With warm quarters, exer
cise and plenty of amusement men
thrive throughout the polar Winters.
Lack of amusement has often proved
more fatal than cold and scurvy.
Naturally, Captain Amundsen's
achievement has purely scientllc value.
The hope of establishing a route of
commerce through the Northwest Pas
sage has long since been abandoned.
Captain Amundsen reports among the
Insuperable difficulties the shallowness
of the water. It is known, in fact, to
scientific men that the North Polar re
gions are rising somewhat slowly, and
these waters are likely to become shal
lower as time passes.
It Is predicted by some writers that
the elevation of the Arctic land will
bring about another glacial epoch much
sooner than the return of that world
destroying catastrophe Is commonly
expected. Of course the scientific fruits
of this remarkable voyage must await
the slow process of expert computation
and Interpretation. When fully ex
ploited they are not likely to be very
startling; but the value of scientific
work is by no means in proportion to
lta sensational nature. Should Captain
Amundsen's observations throw new
light on the Important and obscure
subject of the earth's magnetism, that
ofitself will suffice to write his name
among the Immortals.
COUNCILS UNMINDFUL OF FRANCHISE
GRAFTS.
What has become of municipal own
ership in Chicago? Eighteen months
ago Mayor Dunne was elected on that
issue, but as yet there's "nothing do
ing." The street-car companies of
Chicago keep fast hold of the streets,
kill and maim people Just the same,
and rake in the nickels just as greed
ily as ever without paying the city a
percentage of their gains. The cause
seems neglected by all the Interests
that once boosted It.
The City Council does nothing even
to devise some method to force the
companies to disgorge part of their
earnings for the benefit of the public.
Says the Chicago Journal:
"Was there ever a more complete and over
whelming reversal of public opinion on' any
subject? Two years ago this Fall the atmos
phere was overcharged with municipal owner
ship ideas, and when Mayor Dunne was elected
eighteen months ago he was so confident of
the triumph of the project that he promised to
obtain possession of the traction system within
sixty days of his Inauguration.
The traction question In Chicago has
been used by politicians for a decade
as a means of boosting themselves Into
office. It has progressed no further
than In the beginning, and Is Just as
full of possibilities for office-seekers as
at first, even more so. It frequently
happens that a City Council neglects
franchise matters as long as possible.
Here In Portland we have a Council
that fights shy of the Fourth-street
forfeiture and the gas franchise abuse.
So, while, casting censure at the Chi
cago Council, the Portlander does not
need to go so far from home to keep
himself busy.
Municipal ownership In American cit
ies as yet Is but a hazy dream of the
future. Its practicability under our
system is far from being proved; in
fact, weight of evidence thus far is on
the other side. There are strong rea
sons for believing that the dream may
not be realized In this country. While
public ownership of railroads Is an en
tirely separate question from munici
pal ownership of public utilities, and
must be supported by an entirely dif
ferent though similar line of argument,
the overwhelming sentiment of the
country against it bodes ill for munici
pal ownership, and undoubtedly has
contributed to suspension of the latter
Idea.
But there are franchise abuses In
Chicago, In plenty. The streets of that
city are used by public-service corpo
rations for private grab and greed at
the expense of the public. Portland's
streets are used in the same way,
though In lesser degree. The City
Councils of both cities do nothing to
abate the evils.
JAPAX.
Mr. Miller's remarks upon Japan, as
reported In The Oregonian, evince an
understanding of that country and its
extraordinary population which must
be the result of diligent observation
and careful thought. Mr. Miller brought
to his duties as Consul in the Orient
wide reading upon questions of politics
and political economy, a keen Intelli
gence and a varied experience of hu
man alTalrs. All this makes him a sin
gularly valuable, public servant at a
time when the break-up of old customs
opens a new period of history In East
ern Asia, and when the relations of
friendship or enmity which we now es
tablish with those fermenting popula
tions will affect our own welfare for
generations, if not forever. It Is agree
able, therefore, to read that Mr. Miller
speaks of the Japanese, not with the
voice of petty Jealousy and flamboyant
belligerency, but with a philosophical
comprehension. The Mikado's subjects
are peculiar among modern nations for
a combination of three traits not
usually thought to be compatible. They
are at once among the most artistic,
the most logical and the most practical
of mankind.
American and German captains do
not compose odes .and quatrains on the
night before battle, 'as did the Japanese
In their trenches before Port Arthur;
but, while they can thus give us les
sons In the lightsome welcoming of
danger, no one can teach them anything
of the art of dying. In his death, as In
his life, the Japanese seems to be gov
erned by pure reason. The theories
that we adopt half-heartedly, with
many reservations, he accepts frankly
to the last clause. We teach In schools
the beauty of patriotism and our poets
sing how grand It Is to die for one's
country; but our theory of what a man
owes to hie native land falls far short
of the Japanese citizen's. With him
patriotism Is not alone the inspiration
of great moments; it is an hourly mo
tive, a continual guide to conduct.
What the love of success, the desire for
power and wealth, the hunger for fame,
do for us, for him devotion to his coun
try does. He educates himself, as Mr.
Miller truly says, for his country; lives
for it, works for It, dies for it. With
a zeal profoundly Christian, though he
gives It another name, the Japanese
seeks greatness through service. He
has carried the logic of patriotism to
the ultimate, and so has he that of pro
duction, transportation and marketing.
Combination in production eliminates
waste. The man who argues against
trust methods of production argues for
thrlftleesness, prodigality and chaos.
He endeavors to impose perpetually
upon the shoulders of mankind a bur
den heavier than the. wise gods have
made it by eternal law. This the Jap
anese see, piercing to the heart of
things, as Archimedes saw his sphere
in the circumscribing cylinder; there
fore they have discarded Individualism
In production and adopted the method
of the trust. But, Instead of conferring
the savings made by the trust method
upon a few Jy special privileges and
partial laws, they appropriate them to
the nation. Thus their perfect logic
leads them toward perfect Justice.
Meanwhile, In our competition with
Japan, we stand much in the position
of an individual competing with a trust.
Managed as they are, our trusts are
powerful Instruments of plunder; they
are potent In the war for markets
against peoples more Individualistic
than ourselves; but they do not
strengthen the nation as a whole; they
weaken each other by internal Indus
trial war; and they prepare the way for
class struggles by heaping the wine
press of history with the grapes of
wrong.
Marvelous is the fortune of Japan.
The only nation that might stay her
continental otrider, toward empire is
paralyzed by revolutionary struggles
against a government whose existence
la a monstrous anachronism. The na
tions which must meet her on the
world-wide field of Industrial war have
tied their own hands with vain eco
nomic theories belonging to a dead
time, while the youngest of the na
tions, and the oldest, the Alpha and
Omega of the world, smiling at super
stitions, regardless of fetiches, looking
at facta with their application and
nothing else, marches like Athene In
golden panoply to easy victory.
There is no nation so practical as the
Japanese. What Is best to be done,
that thing they do. Their constitution
i not Invoked to Inhibit the general
welfare and stay up the privileges of a
plutocracy. Dead governmental the
ories of a bygone age are dead to them,
and they modify their political philoso
phy to suit the future. Though they
worship their ancestors, they care less
than any other people for time-worn
opinions. The things that we believe
theoretically, they put in practice. The
hygienic rules which look so lovely to
Europeans on paper the Japanese
transform Into military edicts. All our
knowledge of science becomes In their
hands an instrument of production, a
means of conquering markets. Instead
of wrangling with their transportation
companies, dealing with them as if
they were half-Independent sovereign
ties, the Japanese make them part of
the governmental machinery. They are
afraid of nothing.
Such is the nation that America and
Europe must compete with In the death
struggle for markets. It Is like old
men swathed in mantles and quaking
at shadows going forth to battle with
an armed knight glorious in youth, free
of limb and lightsome of heart. Who
can doubt the Issue unless the senile
warriors find, as Japan did, the foun
tain of youth and renew their might at
its waters?
A fourteen-year-old mother would be
an object of pity under any circum
stances and In any surroundings. It Is
not surprising, therefore, that the child
mother of the Colorado mining camp,
as detailed in a recent dispatch from
Denver, was an object of intense inter
est to the rude miners, and that her
babe's cry awakened in their hearts a
great pity Joined with the protective
feeling that is the test of true manhood.
The father, who, as the story goes, ac
companied the deserted child-wife and
the pitiful child-mother, may perhaps
be acquitted of his sin of omission
against the girl upon the score of ig
norance. It Is possible that he did the
best he could by the light he bad, but
utterly failed in a father's first duty
the protection of hie young daughter
"failed and saddened, knowing It." In
the absence of evidence to the contrary,
it may be well to include him in the
pity that this tale of the mountains in
cites. "A National Apple Day." The very
suggestion Is fragrant with memories
of far-away years! The Baldwins and
the Roxbury Russets, the Winesaps
a'nd Spitzenbergs, the Bellflowers and
Pippins, the Seek-No-Farthers and the
Jonathans! Attics and cellars, redolent
In January with the spicy odors of
September and bright with the stored
sunshine of June and July, appear un
bidden at the sound of these names.
By all means let us have a National
apple day. It will do us good to Join
the past to the present by the subtle
fragrance that exhales from the old ap
ple orchard Joined to that of the new.
Why should Piatt resign? He has
not been indicted, tried nor convicted,
nor has he taken an appeal to the
higher courts. Those Eastern people
who talk about his resigning should
come West and learn the proper order
of procedure for Congressmen who- get
into trouble. To resign is all right in
its time, but It is the last thing to do.
The New York campaign is in the
early stages of the you're-another pe
riod. "Rats," "cockroaches" and "Cro
ton bugs" are not pleasant epithets;
but they are better than some others
within the picturesque vocabulary of
Mr. Brisbane, per Mr. Hearst. We can
have no hope that Mr. Hughes' whis
kers will escape.
"A hard Winter is coming," Bays Jim
Tompkins, from the heights of Mount
Hood, basing his prophecy on the big
supply of acorns this Fall. Anybody
who has to pay the high prices of coal
and wood In Portland knows that It is
going to be a very hard Winter.
Springfield, the Lane County sawmill
town, was put on a main line last
Thursday, the Willamette bridge being
so far along that a freight train went
south from there. There will be no
more running back to Albany with the
product of the mills of Eastern Lane.
Tlere were Just six reformed and
simplified words in the President's re
cent Harrlsburg speech. It merely hap
pened so, no doubt. But the President
made It clear that he practices what he
preaches by using the word "thru" a
great many times. Ugh!
Baker County will have a State Sen
ator of its own in the next Oregon ap
portionment. Instead of one joint with
Harney and Malheur. Baker is one of
the faet-srowlng counties of the state
and Is entitled to this recognition.
Mr. Hearst refers to several Impor
tant and genteel Democrats as "Croton
bugs," "cockroaches" and "scurrying
rats." Doesn't Mr. Hearst care any
thing for the New York lodging-house
vote?
Chinese exclusion is enforced to the
limit by members of the Gould family,
who have "frozen put" Mrs. Howard
Gould. Her sister is the wife of a hard
working Chinese.
One Valley town apparently has no
complaint to make of railroad service.
McMlnnvllle has four paeeenger trains
a day each way, which is very good
for old Yamhill.
An Ice plant at Heppner has been
forced to close by scarcity of fuel. Yet
there Is plenty of coal veins In the hills
up there-only needing development.
Cuban Intervention -was, after all, a
dry affair. General Funston hasn't
even had to swim a river.
Naturalljv- Maybelle Gllman Is tired
of the unspeakable Corey. Everybody
else la. tired of him.
Wedged Under Car, Doctor Is Cool.
' NEW YORK, Oct. 8. Dr. J. Lewis
Amfter, while out driving Sunday, was
run down by a trolley car and seriously
hurt. While wedged under the car wait
ing for the wrecking crew, the- physi
cian, though probably fatally hurt and
suffering intense pain, described his In
juries to the ambulance surgeon and then
asked for morphine to relieve his sufferings.
MOSES AND THE PENTATEUCH.
The Catholic Attltnde Toward Higher
Criticism.
MT. ANGEL Ore., Oct. 8. (To the
Editor.) In regard to a recent editorial
utterance of The Oregonian, headed "The
Word," I wish to offer a few explana
tions. In one place 1b stated: "The
Pentateuch is admitted by even the high
est Catholic authorities, to be edited from
earliest literary works which are now
lost."
Now, in order that the correct attitude
of the Catholics towards the higher criti
cisms relative to the Pentateuch may not
be mistaken, I ask that you print the fol
lowing document Issued by the Biblical
Commission and sealed with the Pope's
approval, as it is translated by the Lon
don Dally Chronicle's Roman correspond
ent. L. A. F.
The document referred to:
First Despite the arguments formulated by
modern criticism against the Mosaic authen
ticity of the Pentateuch, greater regard must
be had for the witness of the Old and New
Testaments, the constant persuasion of the
Jewish people, and the uninterrupted tradition
tne cnttroa, equally with the internal proofs
derivable from the sacred books themselves.
It muet be maintained that these books have
Moses for their author, and have not been
composed of element for the most part later
than his time.
Second It does not follow, however, that
Moses wrote the Pentateuch entirely with his
cwn hand, or dictated It all to copyists. It
may be admitted that when he had conceived
his work under divine inspiration, he conflded
Its redaction to one or more secretaries. It
must, nevertheless, be affirmed that they have
truly rendered his thought, neither adding nor
omitting anything contrary to hla intention;
and that they have published their labors only
after having obtained the Inspired author's
approbation of the work which bears his name.
Third It Is likewise admlssable that Moaea
In composing the Pentateuch availed himself
of earlier sources, written documents or oral
traditions, wherepf, under divine Inspiration,
he made use conformably to the end he pro
posed attaining; so that be borrowed sometimes
the words, and at other times the sense only,
abridging or amplifying according to circum
stances. Fourth It may further be admitted that the
books of Moses In tho long course of cen
turies which have elapsed since their compo
sition have undergone some modifications: as
for Instance, certain additions, written by Bomb
inspired author after the death of Moses;
certain glosses and explications Interpolated
Into the text; certain words and forms of dis
course translated from an older Into a more
modem style; and, lastly, certain faulty read
ings attributable to the unskillfulness o'f copy
ists. It belongs to the province of criticism
to employ the rules of Its art in the research
and discernment of these modifications.
TOLERATION IN THEOLOGY.
Spiritualist Puts In a Plea for Witch
of Eodor.
PORTLAND, Oct. 8. (To the Editor.)
Under the heading. In last Sunday's Ore
gonian, of "Spiritism of the Devil" ap
peared part of a sermon delivered by
Elder G. A. Snyder, of the Seventh Day
Adventlst Church. He sayg that Jesus
and his apostles were opposed by mani
festations similar to those found in
modern spiritualism and he then refers to
Paul's charge to Elymas, the sorceress.
I am of the opinion that Paul was Just
the same kind religiously speaking of a
human being as is Mr. Snyder, hence his
denunciation of those who did not follow
him. Paul, of course, did not want any
rivals in giving manifestations, so he
proceeded to class all others a3 doing
their work with the assistance of the
devil. Upon one occasion, the disciples of
Jesus came to him and said that a few
who did not belong to his coterie ofjfol
lowers were doing wonderful works, and
Jesus advised his disciples to let them
alone.
It would seem that a great many of the
would-be followers of Jesus have not
Inherited his broad. Catholic spirit of
toleration. Jesus, without doubt, be
lieved that If Moses and Elijah could
manifest to Peter, James and John in
company with himself, that other spirits
of so-called dead people could do like
wise. Who knows anything to the con
trary, when I say that God's laws are
unchangeable, the same yesterday, today
and forever?
Mr. Snyder then quotes John the Rev
elator and also refers to the laws found
In the Old Testament, against the proc
tlce of Medlumshlp, Dent. 18:10-12. In
view of the fact that these laws were
enforced against one of the most promin
ent personages of the Bible, I am going
to lecture--next Sunday evening before
the First Society of Spiritualists, Arling
ton Bldg., on the subject: "The Woman
(commonly called the witch) of Endor as
a Medium and an Ideal Character." As
Mr. Snyder was supposed to have taken
Bible ground In an effort to prove his
argument, I also will take the Bible and
present the other side of the question as
there are always two sides to every pro
postion or problem. A.
FUNSTON THEN AND NOW.
Early Days) When He Wai Penniless
and Sick In Cuba.
PORTLAND, Oct. 8. (To the Editor.)
In reading the account of the life of
General Funston in last Sunday's Ore
gonian I am reminded of a story I once
heard General Fltzhugh -Lee tell about
Funston.
General Lee said when he was Governor-General
of Cuba that owing to the
treachery of the Spaniards and Ignorance
of the Cubans he felt that his life was in
constant peril. The only protection he had
consisted of a sentinel, an orderly, a big
revolver and a sharp lookout. One day
the orderly reported that the sentinel had
a man In charge that wanted to see him.
The General asked about the appearance
of the man and the orderly said he was
a pretty hard-looking case, but that he
spoke the English language. Lee told
the orderly to admit the stranger, and
when the latter cams in he saluted the
General and asked for a pass to New
York. The General asked him where he
was from and the visitor said he had
been out helping- the Cubans and had
got a little worsted. "Have you ever
lived in New York?" was asked, and the
answer was, "No: I have lived in Kan
sas." The visitor added that his name
was Fred Funston.
After a few more Interrogatories Gen
eral Lee told the orderly to show Funston
the bathroom and barber shop and to
provide him with a suit of Government
clothes and report back to him. After
ward General Lee give Funston a pass
to New York, which. I presume, was the
time Funston was sliced up and sewed
together. L. M. STEGNER.
PLOT TO DESTROY NOME.
Fire Is Started, but Checked In Time,
and Arrests Are to Follow.
TA CO MA, Wash., Oct. 8. A report
reached this city today to the effect that
a plot was discovered to destroy the City
of Nome by fire September 24. One Are
was started, but timely efforts prevented
its spread. It is understood that import
ant arrests are to be made.
Andrews' Widow Gets Estate.
OAKLAND, Cal., Oct. 8. The estate of
Milton Franklin Andrews, who murdered
his female companion and killed himself
as he was about to be arrested for attack
ing William Ellis in Berkeley, was
awarded today to Andrews' widow, Jen
nie J. Andrews, of Holyoke, Mass., by
Judge Harris. The estate consists of per
sonal property valued at $416.
Manifest of Schooner Seqnola.
ASTORIA Or Ont ft fQnoolal TV.
manifest of the schooner Sequoia, which (
sailed from this port last evening, was
filed at the Custom-House today. The
vessel carries a cargo of 450,000 feet of
lumber, loaded at- Vancouver for San
Francisco.
MAKE ALL TARIFFS UNIFORM
Railroads Required to Eliminate
Mystery From Their Rates.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. A hearing was
given today by the Interstate Commerce
Commission to representatives of rail
roads on the subject of preparation for
filing tariffs with the commission. It is a
subject of much importance to the rail
roads, although It is practically entirely
technical, and about 100 of the traffic
officials of the Important lines of the
country attended the hearing.
Tentatively the commission -had decided
to issue an order specifying the require
ments on the subject. Some of the.se
requirements are that Joint tariffs shall
be filed by the .initial line; that the
schedules of each Initial line shall be
printed as an Independent document: par
ticipating lines may file with the commis
sion a general authority for any Initial
line to file on their behalf all tariffs;
class rates shall be filed in a tariff by
themselves: In the compilation of tariffs
uniform order shall be observed and ter
minal charges, which must be paid by
all shippers at destination and which are.
therefore, really a part of the cost of
transportation, must be specified In the
tariff of the initial line. The commission
Invited suggestions In writing and ap
pointed today for an oral hearing on the
subject.
The carriers today appointed a com
mittee to present their ideas to the com
mission and this committee occupied the
greater part of the afternoon in doing so.
It was evident from the statements sub
mitted that the carriers are experiencing
difficulty In preparing their tariffs,
especially In arranging for the uniformity
which is desired. They Indicated, how
ever, their desire to do the best they
could.
The commission has informed the car
riers that after a sufficient time has been
allowed for revision of the tariffs, "no
schedule will be filed by the commission
which is not constructed in conformity
with the requirements of the statute and
the rules prescribed by the commission
and which does not so state the rates
contained that they can be understood by
a person of ordinary Intelligence."
TOO MANY ABSENTEE CAPTAINS
McCaskey Says Custom Provokes
Desertions.
WASHINGTON, Oct. S. Strong com
plaint against the absence from their
commands of company officers is made
by Brigadier-General S. McCaskey, com
manding the Department of Texas, in his
annual report. He says the situation in
that respect is getting worse, and he be
lieves that, if mare officers of the grade
of Captain were present with their com
panies, contentment among enlisted men
would exist and fewer desertions ' would
occur.
He also recommends a 20 per cent in
crease in the pay of officers and enlisted
men and a corresponding increase in the
allowance for quarters. The abandon
ment of the present system of division
commands in favor of the old system of
departmental commands would result In
an Improvement in administration, in the
opinion of General McCaskey.
Because 284 per cent of the total num
ber of desertions In the department was
la the first year of enlistment, the mili
tary secretary. Major Finley, recommends
the first enlistment be made for one year
only; the second for two years and all
succeeding enlistments for three years.
ACQUIT COMLY AND PRESSEY
Oourt-Martlal Finds No - One to
Blame for Collision.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. ActlngSecre
tary Newberry, of the Navy Department,
today approved the findings of acquittal
in the court-martial in- the case of Cap
tain Samuel P. Comly, who was recently
tried on charges growing out of the col
lision between the Alabama and Illinois
off Brenton's Reef, Rhode Island, on July
21. Captain Comly was in command of
the Alabama. Lieutenant Alfred W. Pres
soy, officer of the deck of the Alabama, Is
understood also to have been acquitted.
Prepares to Withdraw Coal Land.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. Secretary
Hitchcock today laid before the President
a memorandum containing data to be
used by him in his forthcoming proclama
tion witudrawing from public entry all
land supposed to contain coal. This will
bo done to prevent such land from falling
Into the hands of speculators. Meantime
an Investigation is under way by the
Geological Survey to determine the real
character of the land to be withdrawn,
and such as are found not to contain coal
deposits will be promptly restored to pub
lic entry. Mr. Hitchcock said the with
drawals will cover land In a number of
Western States.
Hard on Veal Shippers.
CHK.-vJO. Oct. 8. Commission men In
this city today prepared a petition to the
Government that the time for the use of
a new quality of paper on shipments of
veal be extended from October 1 to No
vember IB. the date by which the stock
yards packers are to change the labels
on packing-house products. The express
companies are refusing to pick up ship
ments not wrapped In the legally speci
fied paper and the loss to the Chicago
market alone Is estimated at thousands
of dollars every day.
Federal Supreme Court Meets.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. After a month's
vacation the Supreme Court of the United
States convened today for the term of
1906-07. In accordance with custom an
adjournment was taken to permit the
members to call on the President, which
they did, in a body. The hearing of mo
tions and the transaction of other business
was postponed until tomorrow.
Cruiser Squadron at Port Said.
PORT SAID, Egypt, Oct. 8. The United
States armored cruiser squadron, consist
ing of the Colorado, Maryland, West Vir
ginia and Pennsylvania, commanded by
Rear-Admiral Erownson, arrived here to
day. WHEN WILL THE
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NO DANGER OF CEMENT TRUST
Abundance of Raw 3Iatorlal Check
Upon Monopoly.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8. A bulletin is
sued by the Geological Survey on the
"concentration of cement" Interests de
clares that, "setting aside as impracti
cable the question of trusts nnd combina
tions based on monopoly of raw mate
rials, it can be said that there Is notable
a certain concentration of interests in
the cement industries, and that this will
probably become marked year by year.
The 88 plants in existence in 1905 were
operated by 78 companies, and several of
these nominally independent companies
are closely connected by ownership." The
bulletin continues:
The nature of the cement industry ren
ders it improbable that any combination
or noncompetitive arrangement can be
carried, to such a point as to result In a
monopoly of the industry and permanent
ly hiuh prices. Good raw materials are
so widely distributed in the United States
that there is hardly a county which could
not produce Portland cement if prices
were forced high enough. The only lim
itation now oh the erection of cement
plants Is the fact that the great cost
makes the ventures prohibitive for indi
viduals or for the small firms.
Schwab Confers With Roosevelt.
. ASHINGTOX, Oct. 8. Charles M.
Schwab, of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany, was one of President Roosevelt's
callers today. Ills call was brief, and,
Mr. Scnwab said, related to personal mat
tors of which he was not at liberty to
speak.
MORPHINE ENDS DEBAUCH.
Henry Carney Tops Off Beer and'
Whisky With Deadly Drug.
PENDLETON, Or., Oct. 8. (Special.)
Coroner Folsom was called to Umatilla
this morning to investigate the cause of
death of Henry Carney, who was found
dead in a room of the hotel at that place.
It was ascertained that the death had
been the result of an overdose of mor
phine taken by himself. IVur:ng Sunday
afternoon Carney and three or four com
panions are said to have disposed of -10
cans of beer and some whisky. When
this began to take effect. Carney, who
was also addicted to morphine, started to
taking tho drug.
The dead man is about 40 years of age,
and has a sister living in Portland, whose
husband fa a dentist. Her name is not
known, however, and tho Chief of Police
has been asked to help locate her. He
was a single man and his other relatives
are supposed to reside in Nebraska, he
having come out recently to work on the
North-Bank Railroad.
May Be Needed on Valdez Run.
SEATTLE. Oct. 8. (Special.) The
steamships Saratoga and Northwestern,
which. It was expected, would be avail
able for charter on a Portland-San Fran
cisco run this Winter, will probably be
required in the Seattle-Valdez run. The
Northwestern Steamship Company has
lost the steamer rOegon, the Sant Clara
and Excelsior have been withdrawn, tho
latter because of Injuries and the Santa
Ana had to be beached at Clallam Bay
to save her. The Santa nAa has been
pumped out, raised and towed to Seattle,
but she will be tied up here indefinitely,
undergoing repairs.
The Santa Clara, now on the way south.
Is to be thoroughly overhauled at once.
When the other boats of the fleet are put
into shape again the Saratoga and North
western may be released. The Pennsyl
vania will be on the Valdez run tempora
rily. Few Cars for Shingle Shipments.
SEATTLE, Oct. 8. (Special.) But S5
per cent of the cars needed for shingle
shipments and about 45 per cent of the
cars required for lumber are being sup
piled by the railroads to mills of this
state. Mills along the Northern Pacific,
are feeling the car stringency worse than
the others, for SO per cent of the mills
are reached by that road.
It will be an absolute Impossibility for
the mills to take care of more than half
the Fall lumber and shingle business of
the Middle West, the car shortage being
responsible. There will have to be stored
an overproduction of shingles, and the
shingle mills of the state will probably
close for three months, beginning Decem
ber 22 to prevent a demorallaztlon of the
market in the Spring.
Joint Salmon. Fishery Regulations.
VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 8. An Ottawa
dispatch sa;s recommendations for
amendments to the fishery regulations
have been made by the Joint fishery com
mission of British Columbia and Wash
ington, e Americans asked that fish
ing be prohibited in the Fraser River
above New Westminster, but the Cana
dian Commission did not agree to this.
The American commissioners will recom
mend to the Washington Legislature a
series of resolutions with the object of
protecting certain salmon schools where
they cross Puget Sound or ascend tho
Fraser River. They will also ask the
Legislature not only to impose a line, but
also Imprisonment and confiscation of
gear, for violations of regulations.
Dr. Horsfall Scores His FellowB.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 8. (Special. )
Dr. Frank L Horsfall. chairman of the
Christian Endeavor reception committee
for the convention of 1907. has created a
sensation in church circles by a denun
ciation of the lack of charity he declares
he has found. He severely arraigned the
Christian Endeavor committeemen and
sharply criticised the church for its back
wardness. Today churchmen declared
they resented his attack, but Dr. Horefall
insists that his deductions are correct and
that he has proven them in a number of
cities.
Shoulder-Blade Broken at Football.
PENDLETON. Or., Oct. 8. Orvlll
Reeves, a member of the High School
football team, had hla shoulder-blade
broken in a football game with Whitman
College at Walla Walla Saturday. He will
not be able to play again this year. He
had the same shoulder broken in the last
game of the season last year.
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