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ealing vesaels killing the female seals while
in the water during their annual pilgrimage
to and from the south, or in search of fooa.
As a rule the female seal when killed Is
pregnant, and also has an un weaned pup on
land, so that, for each skin taken by pelaslo
scaling, a a rule, three lives are destroyed
the mother, the unborn offspring, and the
nursing: pup, which Is left to starve to death.
No damagfl whatever la done to the herd by
the carefully regulated killing on land; the
custom of pelagic sealing ia solely responsible
for all of the oreeent evil, and is alike Inde
fensible from the economic standpoint and
from the standpoint of humanity.
Slaughter of Seal.
In 1806 over 16,000 young seals were found
dead from starvation on the Frit) I lot Islands.
In 1S97 It was estimated that aince pelagic
scaling began upward of 400,000 adult female
mala had been killed at sea, and over 300,000
ounr seals had died of starvation as 'the
result. The revolting barbarity of such a
practise, as well m& the wasteful destruction
which it involves, needs no demonstration and
in Its own condemnation. The Bering Sea Tri
bunal, which sat in I'aris in 1803, and which
decided against the claims of the United
ttatrs to exclusive jurisdiction In the waters
ot Bering Sea and to a property right in the
fur scald when outside of the three mile limit,
determined also upon certain regulations which
the Tribunal considered sufficient for the
proper protection and. preservation of the fur
seal in. or habitually resorting to, the Bering
tea. The Tribunal by its regulations estab
lished a close season, from the 1st of May
to the 31st of July, and excluded all killing
in the waters within 60 miles around the
Tribilof Islands. They also provided that the
regulations which they had determined upon,
with a view to the protection t and preservation
of the seals, should be submitted every five
years to new examination, so as to enable
bot h interested Governments to consider
whether, in the light of past experience, there
. was occasion for any modification thereof.
The regulation have proved plainly inad-
0 uate to accomplish the object of protection
and preservation of the fur seals, and for a
long time this Government has been trying in
vain to secure from Great Britain such re
vision and modification of the regulations as
were contemplated and provided for by the
award of the Tribunal of Paris.
Raid by Japanese.
The process of destruction has been accel
erated during recent years by the appearance
of a number of Japanese vessels engaged In
pelagic sealing. As these vessels have not
been bound even by the inadequate limitations
prescribed by the Tribunal of Paris, they have
paid no attention either to the close season or
to the sixty-mile limit Imposed upon the Cana
dians, and have prosecuted their work up to
the very islands themselves. On July 16 and
17, the crews from (several Japanese vessels
made raids upon the island of St. Paul, and
before they were beaten off by the very meager
and insufficiently armed guard, they succeed
ed In killing several hundred seals and carry
ing off the skins of most of them. Nearly all
the seals killed were females and the work
was done with frightful barbarity. Many of
the seals appear to have been skinned alive
and many were found half skined and stilf
alive. The raids were repelled only by the
use of firearms, and five of the raiders were
H I led, two were wounded, and twelve cap
tured. Included the two wounded. Those
captured have since been tried and sentenced
to imprisonment. An attack of this kind had
been wholly unlooked for, but such provision
of vessels, arms, and amunitlon will now be
made that its repitition will not be found
profitable.
Suitable representations regarding the inci
dent have been made to the Government of
Japan, and we are assured that all practica
ble measures will be taken by that country to
prevent any recurrence of the outrage. On
our part, the guard on the island will be
increased, and better equipped and organized,
and a better revenue-cutter patrol service
about the Islands will be established; next
st ason a United States war vessel will also be
sent there.
We have not relaxed our efforts to secure an
agreement with Great Britain for adequate
protection of the seal herd, and negotiations
with Japan for t he same purpose are In
progress.
Revise Sealing Laws.
The laws for the protection of the seals
within the jurisdiction of the United States
need revision and amendment. Only the
islands of St. Paul and St. George are now,
in terms, included in the Government res
ervation, and the other islands are also to
he included. The landing of aliens as well
as citizens upon the Islands, without a per
mit from the Department of Commerce and
3-nbor, for any purpose except in case of
ptreS of weather or for water, should be
prohibited under adequate penalties. The
approach of vessels for the excepted pur
poses should be regulated. The authority of
the Government agents on the islands should j
be enlarged, and the chief agent should have j
the powers of a committing magistrate. The
entrance, of a vessel into the territorial wat
ers surrounding the islands with intent to
take seals should be made a criminal of
fense and cause of forfeiture. Authority for
seizures in such cases should be given and
the presence on any such vessel of seals or
sealsklnH, or the paraphernalia for taking
them, should be made prima facie evidence ;
of such intent. I recommend what legisla
tion is needed to accomplish these ends; and
1 commend to your attention the report of
Mr. Sims, of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, on this subject.
In case we are compelled to abandon the
hope of making arrangements with other
governments to .put an end to the hideous
cruelty now incident to pelagic sealing, it
will be a question for your serious consid
eration how far we should continue to pro
tect and maintain the seal herd on land
with the result of continuing such a prac
tice, and. whether it is not better to end the
practice by exterminating the herd our
selves in the most humane way possible.
Second Hasiie Conference
In my lant message I advised you that the
Kmperor of Russia had taken the initia
tive in bringing about a second peace con
ference at The Hague. Under the guidance
of Russia the arrangement of the prelim
inaries for such a conference has been pro
pressing during the past year. Progress has
necessarily been slow, owing to the great
number of countries to be consulted upon
every question that has arisen. It is a
matter of satisfaction that all of .the Amer
ican republics have now, for the first time,
been invited to join in the proposed con
ference. The close connection between the sub
jects to be taken up by the Red Cross con
ference held at Geneva last Summer, - and
the subjects which naturally would come
before The Hague conference, made it ap
parent that It was desirable to have the
work of the Red Cross conference com
pleted and considered by the different pow
ers befora the meeting at The Hague. The
Red Cross conference ended its labors on the
6th day of July, and the revised and amend
ed convention, which was signed by the
American delegates, will be promptly laid
before the Senate.
By the special and highly appreciated
courtesy of the governments of Russia and
the Netherlands, a proposal to call The
Hague conference together at a time which
would conflict with the conference of the
American Republics at Rio de Janeiro in
August was laid aside. No other date has
yet been suggested. A tentative programme
for the conference has been proposed by the
government of Russia, and the subjects
which it enumerates are undergoing careful
examination and consideration In prepara
tion for the conference.
Should Aim at Honorable Peace.
It must evr be kept in mind that war
is not merely justifiable, but imperative,
upon honorable men, upon an honorable na
tion, where peace can only be obtained by
the sacrifice of conscientious conviction or
of national welfare. Peace is normally a
great good and normally it coincides with
righteousness; but it is righteousness and
not peace which should bind the conscience
of a nation as it should bind the conscience
of an individual; and neither a nation nor
an Individual can surrender conscience to
another's keeping. Neither can a nation,
which is an entity, and which does not die
as Individuals die, refrain from taking
thought for the Interest of. the generations
that are to come, no less than for the In
terest of the geneiation of today; and no
public men have a right, whether from
shortsightedness, from selfish indifference or
from sentimentality, to sacrifice national in
terests which are vital in character. A Just
war is In the Jong run far better for a na
tion's soul than the most prosperous peace
obtained by acquiescence in wrong or in
justice. Moreover, though It Is criminal
for a nation not to prepare for war, so that
it may escape the dreadful consequences
cf betng defeated in war, yet it must al
ways be remembered that -even to be de
feated In war may be far better than not
to have fought at alt. As has been well and
finely said, a beaten nation is not necessar
ily a disgraced nation; but the nation or
man is disgraced if the obligation to defend
right is shirked.
We should as a nation do everything In
our power for the cause of honorable peace.
It Is morally as indefensible for a .nation
to commit a wrong upon another nation,
strong or weak, as for an individual thus
to wrong his fcljows. We should do all in
our power to hasten the day when there
shall be peace among the nations a peace
based upon justice and not upon cowardly
submission to wrong. We can accomplish
a good deal in this direction, but we can
nut accomplish everything, and the penalty
of attempting to do too much would almost
inevitably be to do worse than nothing,
for It must be remembered that fantastic
extremists are not In reality leaders of the
causes which they espouse, but are ordina
rily those who do most to hamper the real
leaders of the cause and to "damage the
cause itself. As vet there Is no likelihood
of establishing any kind -of International
power, of whatever sort, which can effec
tively check wrongdoing, and in these cir
cumstances It would be both a foolish and
an evil thing for a great and free nation to
deprive Itself of the power to protect its
own rights and even in exceptional, cases
to stand up for the rights of others. Noth
ing would more promote iniquity, nothing
would further defer the reign upon earth
of peace and righteousness, than for the
free and enlightened peoples which, though
with much stumbling and many shortcom
ings, nevertheless strive towara justice, ae
liberately to render themselves powerless
while leaving every despotism and barbarism
armed and able to work their wicked win.
The chance for the settlement of disputes
peacefully, by arbitration, now depends
mainly upon the possession by the nations
that mean to do right oi surricieni armeu
strength to make their purpose ertecuve.
Maintain Strength of Navy.
The United States Navy is the surest
guarantor of peace which this country pos
sesses. It Is earnestly to be wished that
we would profit by the teachings of history
In this matter. A strong and wise people
will study its own failures no less than its
triumphs, for there is wisdom to be learned
from the study of both, of the mistake as
well as of the success. For this purpose
nothing could be more Instructive than a
rational study of the war of 1812, as It Is
told, for instance, by Captain Mahan. xnere
was only one way in which that war could
have been avoided. If during the precea
ing 12 years a navy relatively as strong
as that which this country now has had
been built up, and an army proviaea rela
tively as good as that which the country
now has, there never would have been the
slightest necessity of fighting the war; and
if the necessity had arisen the war would
under Buch circumstances have ended wi t ii
our speedy and overwhelming triumph. But
out people during those 12 years refused to
make any preparations whatever, regarding
either the Army or the Navy. They saved
a million or two of dollars by so doing
and in mere money paid a hundredfold for
each million they tnus saved during the
three years of war which followed a war
which brought untold suffering upon our
people, which at one time threatened the
gravest national disaster, and whlca, in
suite of the necessity of waging it, re
sulted merely In what was in effect a drawn
battle, while the balance of defeat ana tn
umph was almost even.
I do not ask that we continue to increase
our Navy. I ask merely that it bo main
tained at Its present strength; and this can
be done only if we replace the obsolete
and outworn ships by new and good ones,
the equals of any afloat In any navy. To
stop building ships for one year means that
for that year the Navy goes back instead
of forward. The old battleship Texas, for
instance, would now be of little service In
a stand-up fight with a powerful adversary.
The old double-turret monitors have- out
worn their usefulness, while it was a waste
of money to build the modern single-turret
monitors. All these ships should be replaced
by others; and this can be done by a well
settled programme of providing for the
building each year of at least one first
class battleship equal In size and speed to
any that any nation is at the same time
building; the armament presumably to con
sist of as large a number as possible of
very heavy guns of one caliber, together
with smaller guns to repel torpedo attack;
while there should be heavy armor, turbine
engines, and in short, every modern device.
Of course, from time to time, cruisers, col
liers, torpedo-boat destroyers or torpedo
boats, will have to be built also. All this,
be it remembered, would not increase our
Navy, but would merely keep it at its pres
ent strength. Equally, of course, the ships
will be absolutely useless if the men aboard
them are not so trained that they can get
the best possible service out of the formida
ble but delicate and complicated mechan
isms intrusted to their care. " The marks
manship of our men has so improved during
the last five years that I deem it wltnin
bounds to say that the Navy Is more than
twice as efficient, ship for ship, as half a
decade ago. The Navy can only attain
proper efficiency if enough officers and men
are provided, and if tnese officers and men
are given the chance (and required to take
advantage of it) to stay continually at sea
and to exercise the fleets singly and above
all in squadron, the exercise to be of every
kind and to Include unceasing practice at
the guns, conducted under conditions that
will test marksmanship In time of war.
Keep Vp Standard of Army and Navy.
In both the Army and Navy there is ur
gent need that -everything possible should
be done to maintain the highest standard
for the personnel, alike as regards the offi
cers and the enlisted men. I do not believe
that in any service there is a finer body of
enlisted men and of junior officers than
we have In both the Army and the Navy, in
cluding the marine corps. AH possible en
couragement to the enlisted men should be
given, in pay and otherwise, and every
thing practicable done to render the service
attractive to men of the right type. They
should be held to the strictest discharge of
their duty, and in them a spirit should
be encouraged which demands not the mere
performance of duty, but the performance
of far more than duty, if it conduces to the
honor and the Interest of the American
Nation; and in return the amplest consider
ation should be theirs.
West Point and Annapolis already turn
out excellent officers. We do not need to
have these schools made more scholastic.
On the contrary, we should never lose sight
of the fact that the aim of each school is
to turn out a man who shall be above every
thing else a fighting man. In the Army in
particular it is not necessary that either the
cavalry or infantry officer should have spe
cial mathematical, ability. Probably In both
schools the best part of the education Is the
high standard of character and of profes
sional morale which it confers.
Promotion by Selection.
But in both services there is urgent need
for the establishment of a principle of se
lection which will eliminate men after a
certain age if they cannot be promoted from
the subordinate ranks, and which will bring
into the higher ranks fewer men. and these
at an earlier age. This principle of selec
tion will be objected to by good men of
mediocre capacity who are fitted to do well
while young in the lower positions, but who
are not fitted to do well when at an ad
vanced age they come into positions of com
mand and of great responsibility. BuJ the
desire of these men to be promoted to posi
tions which they are not competent to fill
should not weigh against the interests of
the Navy and the country. At present our
men, especially in the Navy, are kept far
too long in the junior grades, and then, at
much too advanced an age, are put quickly
through the senior grades, often not at
taining to these senior grades until they
are too old to be of real use in them; and
if they are of real use, being put through
them so quickly that little benefit to the
Navy comes from their having been In them
at all.
The Navy has one great advantage over
the Army in the fact that the officers of
high rank are actually trained in the con
tinual performance of their duties; that is,
in the management of the battleships and
armored cruisers gathered into fleets. This
5 not true of the Army officers, who rarely
have corresponding chances to exercise com
mand over troops under service conditions.
The conduct of the Spanish war showed th
lamentable loss of life, the useless extrava
gance and the inefficiency certain to result,
if during peace the high officials, of the
War and Navy Departments are praised and
rewarded only if they save money at no mat
ter what cost to the efficiency of the serv
ice, and if the higher officers are given no
chance whatever to exercise and practice
command. For years prior to the Spanish
war the Secretaries of War were praised
chiefly if they practiced economy; which
economy, especially in connection with the
quartermaster, commissary and medical de
partments, was directly responsible for most
of the mismanagement that occurred In the
war Itself and parenthetically be It ob
served that the very people who clamored
for the misdirected economy in the first
place were foremost to denounce the mis
management, loss and suffering which were
primarily due to this same misdirected econ
omy and to the lack of preparation it in
volved. There should soon be an increase
in the number of men for our coast defense;
these men should be of the right type and
properly trained; and there should there
fore be an increase of pay for certain skilled
grades, especially in the coast artillery.
Money should be appropriated to permit
troops to be massed in body and exercised
In maneuvers, particularly in marching.
Such exercise during the Summer Just past
has been of incalculable benefit to the Army
and should under no circumstances be dis
continued. If on these practice marches and
in these maneuvers elderly officers prove
unable to bear the strain, they should be
retired at once, for the fact is conclusive
as to their unfitness for war; that Is, for the
only purpose because of which they should
be allowed to stay in the service. It is a
real misfortune to have scores of small
company or regimental posts scattered
throughout the country; the Army should
be gathered in a few brigade or division
posts; and the Generals should be practiced
in handling the merlin masses. ' Neglect to
provide for all of this means to incur the
risk of future disaster and disgrace.
Efficiency Shown In Cuba.
The Teadiness and efficiency of both the
Army and Navy in dealing with the recent
sudden crisis in Cuba illustrate afresh their
value to the Naticn. This readiness and
efficiency would have been very much less
had it not been for the existence of the Gen
eral Staff in the Army and the General i
Board In the Navy; both are, essential to
the proper development and use of our
military forces afloat and ashore. The
troops that were sent to Cuba were handled
flawlessly. It was the swiftest mobilization
and dispatch of troops over sea ever accom
plished by our Government. The expedition
landed completely equipped and ready for
immediate service, several of its organiza
tions hardly remaining in Havana over
night before splitting up into detachments
and going to their several posts. It was a
fine demonstration of the value and effi
ciency of the General Staff. Similarly, it
was owing in large part to the General
Board that the Navy was able at the outset
to meet the Cuban crisis with such instant
efficiency; ship after ship appearing on the
shortest notice at any threatened point,
while the Marine Corps in particular per
formed indispensable service. The Army and
Navy War Colleges are of incalculable value
to the two services, and they co-operate
with constantly increasing efficiency and im
nortance.
The Congress has most wisely provided for
a National board for the promotion of rifle
practice. Excellent results have already
come from this law, but It does not go far
enough. Our regular Army Is so small that
In any great war we should have to trust
mainly to volunteers; and in such event
these volunteers should already know how
to shoot; for if a soldier has the fighting
edge and ability to take care of himself in
the open his efficiency on the line of battle
is almost directly proportionate to excel
lence in marksmanship. We should estab
lish shooting galleries in all the large public
and military schools, should maintain Na
tional target ranges in different parts of
the country and should in every way encour
age the formation of rifle clubs throughout
all parts of the land. The little Republic of
Switzerland offers us an excellent example
in all matters connected with building up
an efficient citizen soldiery.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House, December 3, 1006.
ROOT'S' SPEECH AT CONFERENCE.
Declaration of United States' Policy to
Other Republics.
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Third
Conference of American Republics:
I beg you to believe that I highly appre
ciate and thank you for the honor you do
me.
I bring from my country a special greet
ing to her elder sisters in the civilization of
America.
Unlike as we are in many respects, we are
alike In this, that we are all engaged under
new conditions, and free from the tra
ditional forms and limitations of the Old World
tn working out the eame problem of popular
self-government.
It is a difficult and laborious task for eacn
of us. Not In one generation nor in one cen
tury can the effective control of a superior
sovereign, so long deemed necessary to govern
ment, be rejected and effective self-control by
the governed be perfected in its place. The
first fruits of democracy are many of them
crude and unlovely ; its mistakes are many.
Its partial failures many, its sins not tew.
Capacity for self-government does not come
to man by nature. It Is an art to be learned,
and it Is also an expression of character to
be developed among all the thousands of men
who exercise popular sovereignty.
To reach the goal toward which we are
pressing forward, the governing multitude
must first acquire knowledge that comes from
universal education, wisdom that follows prac
tical experience, personal independence and
self-respect befitting men who acknowledge
no superior, self-control to replace that ex
ternal control which a democracy rejects, re
spect for law, obedience to the lawful expres
sions of the public will, consideration for the
opinions and interests -of others equally en
titled to a voice in the state, loyalty to tnat
abstract conception one's country as inspir
ing as that loyalty to personal sovereigns
which has so illumined the pa pes of history.
subordination of personal interests to the pub
lic good, love of justice ana mercy, or iiDeny
and order. All these we must seek by slow
and patient effort; and of how many short
comings in his own land and among his own
people each one of us is conscious.
People Now Govern World.
Tet no student of our times can fail to
see that not America alone but the whole
civilized world is swinging away from its old
governmental moorings and intrusting the
fate of its civilization to the capacity of the
popular mass to govern. By this pathway
mankind is to travel, whithersoever it leads.
Upon the success of this our great undertaking
the hope of humanity depends.
Nor can we fail to eee that the world makes
substantial progress towards more perfect pop
ular self-government.
I believe it to be true that, viewed against
the background of conditions a century, a
generation, a decade ago, government in my
own country has advanced, in the Intelligent
participation of the great mass of the people,
in the fidelity and honesty with which they
are represented, in respect for law, in obedi
ence to the dictates of a sound morality, ana
in effectiveness and purity of administration.
Nowhere in the world has this progress been
more marked than in . Latin America. Out
of the wrack of Indian fighting and race con
flicts and civil wars, strong and stable gov
ernments have arisen. Peaceful succession In
accord with the people's will has replaced the
forcible seizure of power permitted by the
people's indifference. Loyalty to country, its
peace, its dignity, its honor, has risen above
partlzanship for individual leaders. The rule
of law supersedes the rule of man. Property
is protected and the fruits of enterprise are
secure. Individual liberty is respected. Con
tinuous public policies are followed: national
faith is held sacred. Progress has not been
equal everywhere, but there has been progress
everywhere.-. The movement In the right direc
tion is general. The right tendency is not ex
ceptional; it is continental. The present af
fords just cause for satisfaction; the future is
bright with hope.
No Progress In Isolation.
It is not by national isolation that these
results have been accomplished, or that
this progress can be continued. No nation
can live unto itself alone and continue to
live. Each nation's growth is a part of the
development of the race. There may be
leaaers ana mere may be laggaras. but no
nation can long continue very far in advance
of the genecal progress of mankind, and no
nation that is not doomed to extinction can
remain very far behind. It Is with nations
as it is with Individual men ; intercourse,
association, correction of egotism by the
influence of other's judgment, broadening
of views by experience and thought of
equals, acceptance of the moral standards
of a community the desire for whose good
opinion lends a sanction to the rules . of
right conduct these are the" conditions' of
growth In civilization. A people whose
minds are not open to the lessons of the
world 6 progress, whose spirits are not
stirred by the aspirations and the achieve
ments of humanity struggling the world
over for liberty and Justice, must be left
oenina by civilization In its steady and
beneficent advance.
To promote this mutual interchange and
assistance between the American republics.
engagea tn the -same great task, inspired by
the same purpose, and nrofessinir the same
principles, I understand to be the function
of the American Conference now In ses
sion. There is not one of all our countries
that can not benefit the others; there is
not one than can not receive benefit from
the others; there is not one that will not
gain by the prosperity, the peace, the hap
piness of all.
According to your programme no great
and impressive single thing Is to be done
by you; no political questions are to be dis
cussed; no controversies are to be settled;
no judgment is to be passed upon the con
duct of any state; but many subjects are to
be considered which afford the possibility
of removing barriers to intercourse; of as
certaining for the common benefit what ad
vances have been made bv each nation In
knowledge, in experience, In enterprise. In
the solution of difficult questions of gov
ernment, and in ethical standards: of per
fecting our knowledge of each other; and
of doing away with the misconceptions, the
misunderstandings, and the resultant preju
dices that are such fruitful sources of con
troversy. Intercourse Brings Friendship.
And there are some subjects in the pro
gramme which invite discussion that may
lead the American republics towards an
agreement upon principles, the general prac
tical application or which can, come only in
the future through long and patient effort.
Some advance at least can be made here
towards the complete rule of Justice and
peace among nations in lieu of force and
war.
The association of so many eminent men
from all the republics, leaders of opinion
in their own homes; the friendships that
will arise among you; the habit of temper
ate and kindly discussion of TSb-tters of
common interest; the ascertainment of com
mon sympathies and alms; the dissipation
of misunderstandings; the exhibition to all
tne American peoples of this peaceful and
considerate method of conferring upon in
ternational questions this alone, quite Ir
respective of the resolutions you may adont
and the conventions you may sign, will
mark a substantial advance in the direction
of international good understanding.
These beneficent results the Government
and the people of the United States f
America greatly desire. We wish for no
victories but those or peace: ior no terri
tory except our own ; for no sovereignty
except the sovereignty over ourselves. We
deem the independence and equal rights of
the smallest and weakest member of the
family of nations is entitled to as much re
spect as those of the greatest empire, and
we deem the observance of that respect tho
chief guaranty of the weak against the op
pression of the strong. We neither claim
nor desire any rights, or privileges, or pow
ers that we do not freely concede to every
American republic. We wish to increase our
prosperity, to expand our trade, to grow in
wealth. In wisdom and in spirit, but our
conception of the true way to accomplish
this is not to pull down others and profit
by their ruin, but to help all friends to a
common prosperity . and a common growth,
that we may all become greater and strong
er together. -'"
America at Hague Conference.
Within a few months, for, the first time
the recognized possessors of every foot of
soil upon the American continents can be
and I hope will be represented with the ac
knowledged rights of equal sovereign states
in the great World Congress at The Hague.
This will be the world's formal and final
acceptance of the declaration that no part
of the American continents is to be deemed
subject to colonization. Let us pledge our
selves to aid each other in the full per
formance of the duty to humanity which
that accepted declaration Implies; so that
In time the weakest and most unfortunate
of our republics may come to march with
equal step side by side of the stronger and
more fortunate. - Let us "help each other
to show that for all the races of men the
liberty for which wo have fought and la
bored in the twin sister of j ustlce and
peace. Let us unite in creating and main
taming and making effective an all-American
public opinion, whose power shall in
fluence international conduct and prevent
International wrong, and narrow the causes
of war, and forever preserve our free lands
from the burden of such armaments as are
massed behind the frontiers of Europe, and
bring us ever nearer to the perfection of
ordered liberty. So shall come security
and prosperity, production and trade,
wealth, learning, the arts, and happiness
for us all.
Not in a single conference, nor by a single
effort, can very much be done. You labor
more for the future than for the present,
but if the right impulse be given, If the
right tendency be established, the work you
do here will go on among all the millions
of people in the American continents long
after your final adjournment, long after
your HveSi with incalculable benefit to all
our beloved countries, which may it please
God to continue free and independent and
happy lor ages to come.
PASSED UP TO COUNCIL
Committee Refuses to Take Action
on Saloon Music Ordinance.
Shall Portland saloons be allowed to
conduct concert balls and vaudeville per
formances? This was the question that
occupied the attention of the liquor
license committee of the City Council
at a meeting held yesterday afternoon.
A draft of the proposed ordinance grant
ing saloons such privileges was submitted
to the committee yesterday. The Portland
Musicians' Union is with the saloon men
In the fight for the ordinance.
While most of the members were In
favor of granting the saloons the privi
lege of having music, the proposition to
permit concerts and vaudeville perform
ances did not meet with approval. After
lengthy discussion and careful consid
eration it was decided to submit the or
dinance to the Council without comment
or amendment.
Mrs. Millie R. Trumball, on behalf of
the Associated Charities, appealed to the
Council to prohibit music in all saloons
and cafes. Mrs. Lola Baldwin. Superin
tendent of the Travelers' Aid Society, and
Mrs. Ada Unruh, representing the Wo
man'! Municipal Association, also ad
dressed the committee, requesting that
music of all kinds be kept out of saloons.
Will Hold Annual Election.
Pomona Grange, Patrons of Husbandry,
will hold its quarterly meeting and elec
tion of officers today at Gresham. It con
venes in the Gresham Grange hall today
at 10 o'clock. Besides the election of of
ficers for the ensuing two years, the
proposition to establish a jute mill at
the Salem penitentiary for the making of
grain sacks will be considered, and a
resolution of some sort will be passed.
t i. mtari that there will be a large
attendance of members. Gresham Grange
will entertain the memoera.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL 'REPORT.
PORTLAND, Dec. 4. Maximum tempera-
An Ht. minimum. 29. River reading
at 8 A M., 3.8 feet; change in last 24 hours.
fall 0.2-foot. Total precipitation, o f. ai
to 5 P. M-, trace; total since September 1,
1906, 13.92 Inches; normal, 12.51 Inches; ei
i a.1 inch Total sunshine. December
3, 1900, 7 hours and 11 minutes; possible.
8 hours and 62 minutes. Barometer re
duced to sea-level) at 5 P. M., 30.10 Inches.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
During the last 12 hours a storm of de-
The Perfect Food Beverage
ill oSi I
The kind of Cocoa Beans that we use contain
six times as much food value as beef.
We buy only the highest-priced.
Our Cocoa is nothing but Cocoa and that is why
it is the most delicious of Cocoas.
The WALTER M. LOWNEY CO.,
Boston, Mass.
J.G.MACK&CO.
'A good Rug makes a fine gift. Have
you thought of that? A Rug is always
useful; if good, it is most durable; if
well chosen from a good stock, it is
beautiful.
A good Rug will not go the way of
other Christmas presents, but will re
main for years, a thing of beauty and
service and a constant reminder of. the
giver.
Our stock is large, complete and low
priced. You will take pleasure in see
ing our Rugs, as we shall in showing
them.
Exclusive Carpet House
86-88 THIRD STREET
HOL METSCBAX. President and Mm.
Seventh and Washington
European Plan
elded character has made Its appearance
over British Columbia and southwest storm
warnings were ordered displayed at 5:40 P.
M. at all stations in Washington, and also
at the mouth of the Columbia River, for
increasing southerly winds becoming? high
and later shifting: to southwest. Light rain
has fallen in Western Washington and ex
treme Northwest Oregon,' and rain or snow,
depending: upon elevation, has fallen gener
ally in Southeastern Idaho, Utah and Ne
vada. The changes in temperatures since
yesterday have been small and generally in
the nature of a slight rise.
The indications are for rain or snow in
this district Wednesday.
WEATHER FORECASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland for the 28
hours ending: midnight, November 5:
Portland and vicinity Rain, possibly part
snow; southerly winds.
Western Oregon Rain, possibly part
Lowney'a Chocolate Bonbon
and Chocolate product. .
P Quaker Maid Rye
Awarded Three. Gold Medals m 'ds
"The Whiskey 2k JMWU
with a Reputation" WS. PWyV
j : i- "I
ii jjW 1 K -rI-1 dob, and drug storM. jj
SjgfgjA h f t ' i v RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARD AT II
" fii)tyiS ) yOV " Jr St. Louis World's Fair, M; Paris Pure Food and
tif.lt KrJiU-, l&jH" Industrial Exhibition. 1905; Lewis and Clark u
. i mjM' Exposition, Portland, Oregon, 1906 n
5 S.HIRSCH&CO. Kansas City, Mo. frgS;
Streets. ptitUnd, Oreron.
$1.00, $1.60, $2.00 per Day.
snow; increasing southerly winds, becoming
nigh along the north coast.
Western Washington Rain: Increasing
southerly winds, becoming high and later
shifting to southwest.
eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho Rain
or snow.
Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
Rain or snow and warmer.
EDWARD A. REALS, District Forecaster.
AUCTION 8AI.ES TODAY.
Auction sale, by J. T. Wilson, at salesroom,
203 1st et., at 10 A. M.
J. T. WILSON, Auctioneer.
At 329 Montgomery St., furniture of resi
dence. Sale at 10 o'clock. Baker & Son,
auctioneers.
MEETING NOTICES.
WASHINGTON LODGE, NO. 46
A. F. & A. M. Stated communica
tion this (Wednesday) evening at 8
o"clock, Burkhard building. Work
M. M. degree. Visiting brethren
welcome. By order W. M.
J. H. RICHMOND, Secretary.
SAMARITAN LODGE, NO. 2, I. O. O. F.
Regular meeting this (Wednesday) evening
at 8 o'clock. Initiation. Visitors welcome.
M. OSVOLD, Secretary.
PORTLAND CHAPTER, NO. 3, R.
A. M. Special convocation this
( Wednesday evening. December 5,
at Masonic Temple, 7:30 o'clock. Past
Master and M. ts. M. degrees, vis
itors welcome. A. M. KNAPP, Sec.
TOUNG r-December 4, to the wife of A. W.
Young, a daughter.
DIED.
CLEMENT At the residence at Lents, Or.,
December 4, 1906, Jennie, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Clement, aged 11 years, 8
montlu and 6 days. Notice of funeral will
be given later.
COLBURN At Good Samaritan Hospital.
Tuesday, December 4, Oscar Colburn, aged
i;t years, 4 months and 11 days. Remains
will be shipped to La Center, Wash., by
Ericson Undertaking Co. for interment at
3 P. M. today (Wednesday).
FUNERAL NOTICES.
HUNT Friends and acquaintances are re
spectfully invited to attend the funeral
services of the late Leon D. Hunt, which
will be held at the Portland Crematorium
today (Wednesday) at 10 A. M.
PAWLING At Goldendale, Wash., Decem
ber 2, 1906, Nettie J. Pawling, aged 42
years, 8 months and 117 days. Friends and
acquaintances are respectfully Invited to
attend the funeral services, which will
be held at the Central Baptist Church,
corner 20th and E. Ankeny sts., at 2 P. M.
Thursday, December 6. Interment Green
wood cemetery.
DUNNING, M'ENTEE ft C.I LB A UGH Suc
cessors to Dunninr A Campion, undertaker
and erabalmera ; modern in every detail; 1th
and ine. rnone Main 4u. taay assistant.
ERICSON UNDERTAKING CO., 409 Alder
st. Lady asttlatant. Phone Main 6123.
EDWARD HOLM AN CO.. Funeral Direct
or 220 3d st. Lady assistant. Phone ML 607.
ZELLER-BYRNES CO., tJnaertakers, Em.
batmen, 273 Russell. East 1088. Lady asst.
J. P. 'ITNXEY SON. Fnneral Director.
No. 261 Sd St., cor. Madison. Phone Main S.
F. 8. DCNNTNO, Undertaker, 414 East
Alder. Lady assistant. Phone East 52.
A
AMUSEMENTS.
T 8:15 - HEILIB THEATER
Gabrilowitsch
Prices: Lower floor. $2.00, $1.50: baleonv,
$1.60, $1.00; (rallery. $1.00: .grallery admis
sion, 75c. Doors open 7:30 P. M.
SEATS NOW SELLING.
SShKSe HEILIG THEATER
Fri., Sat. Nights. Dec. 7-8. Special Mat. Sat.
MAX1NE ELLIOTT
In Clyde Fitch's Comedy.
"HER GREAT MATCH."
Evening Prices Lower Floor, except last 3
rows. $2: last 8 rows. $1.50. Balcony, flrst
4 rows. $1.50; next 5 rows. $1: last 5 rows,
75c. Entire Gallery, 50c; Boxes, $10.
Special Matinee Prices 50c to $2.
Seats Now Selling at Theater.
BSKBr Tll63tCr Orego'n"'..,
u iiiuuiui G, u Bsker. Mrr.
Home of the Baker Theater Stock Com pa nr.
Tonight. All Matinee Saturday.
The Beautiful Society Play.
"A SOCIAL HIGHWAYMAN."
Evening prices 25c, 33c, 50c; matinee
15c. 23c.
Next week "The Merchant of Venice."
EMPIRE THEATER
Main 117. Milton W. Seaman, Manager.
One Entire Week Matinee TODAT 2:15 and
Saturday; Every Evening 8:15.
The Great New England Rural Play,
"Quincy Adams Sawyer"
Strong Cast. Regular Empire Prices.
Next Week The Two Johns."
The Grand
Week of Dec. 3.
DICK and ALICE
McAVOY.
"De Pride of
Newspaper Row."
Delevin and Elwood.
Morris and Kramer.
Gaflaney "Brown.
The La Renos.
Master Harold Hoi,
Grandiscope.
THE STAR
"Week of Dec. 3. Phone Main 5496.
THE ALLEN STOCK COMPANY
Presents
"THE SLAVE GIRL,"
Matinets Tuesdays. Thursdays. Saturdays
and Sundays at J::i0 P. M., prices 10 and 2rt
cents; every evening at 8:15 o'clock, prices
10, 20 and 30 cnts.
PANTAGES THEATER
Fourth and Stark.
O'Dell and Hart. Blair and O'Neill.
Thatcher. Prof. Andre.
The Ulcjtraph. Leo White.
European Animal Cirrus A feature
Attraction.
Performances daily at 2:30, 7:30 and
P. M. Admission lo and 20 cents. Take any
seat at weekday matinees for TEN cents.
LYRIC THEATER
WEEK BEGINNING DECEMBER 3.
Frank Harvey's Sensational Melodrama
In Four Acts.
"Wages of Sin"
Bor office open from 10 A. M. to 10 p. M.
Seats can be reserved by phone; Main 4685.
YOU CAN MAKE $200 PER WEEK
By giving performances in theaters,
churches, schoolhouses, societies, etc.,
with a Motion Picture outfit. For par
ticulars, call at
NEWMAN'S MOTrON PICTURE
MACHINE CO.,
145V4 Sixth.
CLASSIFIED AD. RATES
"Booms." "Rooms and Board," "House
keeping; Rooms," "Situations Wanted," 18
words or less, 15 cents; 16 to SO words, 20
cents; 21 to 25 wordsv 25 cents, etc No dis
count for additional Insertions.
UNDER ALL OTHER HEADS, except
"New Today," 30 cents for IB words or lew;
16 to 20 words, 40 cents: 21 to 25 words. SO
cents, etc. ant Insertion. Each additional
Insertion, one-half; no further discount un
der one month.
"NEW TODAT" tenure measure agate).
15 cents per line, flrst insertion; 10 cents
per line for each additional Insertion.
ANSWERS TO ADVERTISEMENTS, ad
dressed care The Oregonian. and left at this
office, should always be inclosed In sealed
envelopes. No stamp la required on such
letters.
The Oregonfan will not be responsible for
errors In advertisements taken through the
telephone.
NEW TODAY.
UNCLE MYERS' LOAN OFFICE. 143 3D
St., near Alder, established 1870; old and
reliable; any amount loaned on watched,
diamonds. Jewelry and sealskins.
ALEX. C. RAE.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT,
407 McKay Building,
Phone Main 6401.
FOR RENT DESIRABLE FRONT ROOM,
Sixth and Washington sts., suitable for
office or ll(tht manufacturing. Inquire 31
34 Washington Building.
ORIENTAL CARVED IVORY, US 6 Til
st. ..Mexican Drawnwork Co.
PORTLAND
la attracting more attention than any city
on the Pacific Coast and Is undergoing a
MIGHTY TRANSFORMATION and in tha
next ten years will likely make more
PROGRESS than It has in its entire past.
The EAST SIDE has the most HOMES,
has the GREATEST population. Is growing
the most RAPIDLY, and the GREATER
PORTLAND MUST and WILL be there.
Holladay 's Addition
Is the geographical center of the city, and
la the most DESIRABLE) residence district,
and much of thle will become BUSINESS
property. Do not overlook these FACTS
when making Investments, and call and la
epect the property, for see Ins; la believing;.
The Oregon Real Estate Company
S8 Third St.. Room ,4. Portland. Oregon.
"BUY BUSINESS PROPERTY"
$32,000
50x50. with 3 story uildinpr. on Yamhill
St. Income $175 per month. Will sell
on easy terms. Call and we will show
you the property.
Reed, Fields 6 Tynan Company
102 Second street. Phone Main 7004.
Park Street
$32,500 pe"rns
income S
Vanduyn & Walton
303 Chamber Commerce
CANTON BA7AAR
Chlnpsft and .Taiwanese, curlo and art (rood.
carved furniture, royal Satsuma. clo!ssonn.
brasses, carved Ivory; fine. Canton linen em
broidery, silk and satin dresHinur (towns;
large stock holiday poods; direct Imported.
90 Sixth ftt., between Stark and Oak.
JAPAN BAZAAR
$5000 stock of Japanese fancy goods. Must
be sold regard less of cost.
66 SIXTH ST.. BET. OAK AND PINE. -