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Newspaper Page TextTHE 310RMMT UitEtiUttlAX,'- WEDNESDAY, : JAINUARY SO, 1VV7. s CAUSES TERROR Rapid Increase in Number of Deaths and New Cases Reported. . PANIC SEIZES OFFICIALS They Quarrel and Tremble While Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever Kill I ' One Every Ten Minutes Ma - jor's. "Official" Ignorance. : CHICAGO, Jan. 29. (Special.) The epl- demlc of" contagious diseases In Chicago assumed some of the features of a plague today, reports of new cases pouring Into the Health Department office at the rate of one every three minutes. The Health Department corps was hopelessly swamped ' with the tremendous spurt. 472 new cases . being; added to the already long- list of 1 pRtients. Chicago's sick from scarlet ' fever and . diphtheria are now ' salU to V number over 10,19). j r Increase of Death Causes Panjo'. Five deaths were reported today, the . total number -of deaths- from all causes J for three day to noon being- 342. or an avpragB of one death every ten minuter, 'st week, which waa called .the wont - of the epidemic by Health Commissioner AVhalen. the average of death was , one every IS minutes. - . The appalling- Increase In the serious ness of the epidemic was mirrored in the confusion and semi-panic which., seized ' the city hall departments, to which the city looks for a check. The Health De partment was overcrowded with physi- clans, and polioement. reporting- oases, while the Health Commissioner wasen- . gaged In a. three-cornered squabble with the police. Building Commissioner Bart n and members of the City Council. Dunne Is Officially Ignorant. v Aldermen were besieged by cohstitu- . entw. who demanded that official action I te taken toward -the appointment of a. committee of the best phyoiclans In the city to combat the contagious diseases I and help ouifit the panicky feeling which ! developed In all sections. Mayor Dunne f thousrht the appointment of such a com mittee mlRht be a Rood thin nr. but he t?al(J, it hftd not been brought to his "of- i fldar attention that a serious epidemic t- exists and that the Halth Department " waa unable to cone with it. GREAT' 'BUILDING BURNS DALDWIN fcOCONOTlVE WORKS iOSE $1,000,000. Kxpliwiion DeAtrors Bis Paint Shopei ' and railing; Wall InJumFonr -' i i " , Men Battle With Flames.- - PHILADELPHIA. Jan. . 9. Fire which started 'with an explosion In the paint shop destroyed an entire section of the bljr Baldwin Locomotive Works tonlgrht, entailing a loss of $1,000,000. The destroyed, tmtldins waa about 175 feet long by 150 feet deep. Imme diately adjoin Inn: the main office at Broad and Spring Garden streets, and the erecting: shops, smith shops and foundries. These buildings "were threatened, as were other departments alontr Springe Garden street and on J-"f teen tli street. The entire fire de partment was called out. ..jout 1000 men were employed In the btlraed building, which was five . stories hlarh. The fire waa discov ered In the eaat end of the building; a few minutes before 6 o'clock, when the workmen were preparing to leave. Though the flames spread quickly, all were able to aret out Bafely. Shortly after " the fire atarted the upper por tion of the wall on Spring Garden Btreet fell and one fireman and three workmen were caught by falling bricks, but fortunately received only sunlit Injuries. . Tne firemen, with the assistance of the Are patrol from the plant, succeeded in getting the flames under control within an hour after the Are was discovered The' Baldwin Locomotive "Works Is the largest Industrial plant In the Uni ted States and employs 18,000 men In this city and nearly . 10,000 in depart ments at Lewlston and other places. The Are will not greatly hinder work, as the departments destroyed were duplicated In other parts of the riant IRISH BLOOD BOILS OVER Drama Slandering Xatlon Is Howled Down at Dublin Theater. -s DCBUN, Jan. . A play by the Irish dramatist, Synite. "The Play Boy of the Western "World," which was produced at the Abbey Theater last Saturday night, has excited a rising- tide of disapproba tion, which culminated tonight In riotous scenes. The play was howled down and the theater had to be closed by the po lice.' The malcontents, led by the Gaelic League, complain that the play reflects unjustly on the character of the Western Jrtsh peasantry by representing them as shielding a self-accused parricide from Justice. COMBIXE TO BEAT SOCIALISTS All German Parties Except Radicals In Coalition. BERLIN,-. Jan. 29. All the political parties except the Extreme Radicals are combining against the Socialists in the re-ballots which are to take place In the electoral districts where none of the candidates for the Reichstag succeeded In obtaining a majority. The Center party leaders met and decided yesterday not to support any of the Socialists' representatives, and repre sentatives of the Conservative party from all the states of the empire de termined to unite with the other par ties against the Socialists. This morn ing the delegates of the National Lib erals and two Radical groups met with the object of devising a plan of co operation', for the remainder of the in Dutch East Indies. AMSTERDAM, Holland. Jan. 29. A se rious revolt has- broken out in the Prov ince Of Kedirt, Island of Java, Dutch East Indies, according to a dispatch re ceived here today from Batavla. It Is stated that 300 natives have taken up arms, and that many of the Dutch orfl- clals and their adherents have teen killed or wounded. The Governor of the "Province is said to be among the wounded and the Chief of Police 18 reported killed. . The troops have been sent to the scene of the outbreak. Germany Wants Fehml Punished. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 29. Fehml Pasha. Chier. or the Secret Police of the palace, and a confidential servant of the Sultan, has come Into serious con flict with the German Embassy, owing to his action in causing the seizure recently of a ship's cargo destined for Hamburg. The Sultan, tried to pacify the Embassy officials by immediately ordering the release of the cargo, but Germany, in a forcible note to the Porte, now demands the punishment of Fehml Pasha, pointing out that in the step taken he was guilty of an Infrac tion of the penal code, rendering him liable to Hfe Imprisonment. The diplomats here are watching with great interest this struggle be tween the German . Embassy and the Sultan's protege. False Rumor Tolstoi Is Dying. STOCKHOLM, Jan. 29. A dispatch to the Dagblad from St Petersburg say Count Tolstoi, the novelist and social' reformer, is dying. - . . MOSCOW, Jan. 29. A son of Leo Tol stoi said, today regarding the rumored dangerous illness of his father that the famous author had an attack of Influ enza last December, but that he recov ered. . Since then he contracted a bron chial trouble, but this illness Is taking Its normal course and the patient is not in danger. Spain Will Have Election. - MADRID. Jan. 29. Prime Minister Maura, the Conservative leader who assumed office 'a few days ago. has decided to dissolve the Cortes and hold a general election. The prospect, so far as the new government ia con cerned, la not bright unless It adopts the reforms regarding . the octroi duties, the association's law and. mili tary service. All Of these subjects are causes of popular discontent and must be dealt with. Prepare to Receive Baby Prince. LONDON", Jan. 29 The Birmingham Post Bays that an jSngltsh doctor and two English nurses have been engaged to at tend the Queen of Spain during her ac couchement at the end of April. The doc tor engaged has frequently attended mpmber of -the E3nprllri royal family. Dispatches from .Madrid say that the Queen's health is all that could bo de sired. Von Retiring Rests From Overwork . NAPLES, Jan. 23,-The report that Professor von Behring. of Berlin, the dleeoverer of the diphtheria serum, has been placed In an Insane asylum Is de clared by relatives at Capri without foundation. They say the professor 13 anerejy .suffering from overwork and is Drowned by Australian Cyclone. ' , BRI9BANEX Queensland. Aug.. Jan. 29. The government schooner- Pilot waa wrecked during, the recent cyclone of Cooktown. Seven persons, Including Mr. Harprreaves, a member of the Queensland Itesislature, were drownel. ASSERTS STATE RIGHTS California, Senate -Adopts Resolution .'J on 'Japanese Question, .. ,; SACRAMENTO, CaU, Jan. 29. The Sehate today voted down the minority resolution on the Japanese school question and passed "the Senate con current substitute resolution reported by the majority. There was a some- what tame debate for an' liour on the minority resolution, which differs-from the majority In that it Instructs ' the Attorney-General to intervene In" the suit now In the Federal Court and to assert the sovereign rights of the State of California as reserved to it by the constitution of the United States. The majority resolution "strenuously pro tests against the unwarranted inter ference with the constitutional rights of the state" and '"requests the Gover nor and Attorney-General to do all things necessary to protect and save the rights ot the state of. California." The minority report reads'. "Whereas the President of the United States is attempting: to interfere." while the res olution adopted substituted "Federal Government" for the "President." The expected arraignment of the President did not materialize. The majority res olution was adopted without debate. The resolution Is as follows: Whereas-, The Federal Government la at tempting to Interfere with the management and control of the public schools of the State of California by demanding the ad mission of Japanese children to the schools attended by white children In violation of an order of the Board of Education of the City and County of San. Francisco, made in pursuance of the laws of the State of Cal ifornia, notwithstanding that equal oppor tunities for education . enjoyed by other children are open to the children of Japan- se residents In this stats at public ex pense. , Whereas. In our Judgment, such interfer ence is without warrant of law and in vio lation of our constitutional rights aa a sov ereign state. Therefore, be It Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, that we, on behalf of the whole people of the State of California, do most strenuously, protest against this unwarranted Interference with our constitutional rights and w respectfully request the Governor and Attorney-General to do all things nec essary to protect and save the rights of the State of California In this most Important matter and we specially commend the prompt action already taken by the Govern or and Attorney-General to that end. Additions to Japanese Navy. TOKIO. Jan. 29.-Durlng 1907 the fol lowing warships will be launched at Jap anese yards: At Kurt, the battleship Oki, of 15.000 tons; the armored, cruiser Ibukl, 14.600 tons; second class cruiser Megami, 3400 tons: at Yokosuka, the armored cruiser Kyrama, 14.000 tons; at Sasebo and Kobe.- -the cruisers Tone and Obo. SOOO tons each; at Uraga. the torpedo boat destroyer Kirusukl, 380 tons. ICE TRUST TO PAY FINES Responsible for Short Weight Given by Drivers. NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The appellate division has handed down a decision affirming- the verdict of the lower court against the American Ice Company in favor of the city for alleged violations of the ordinance relating to short weights. Some fifty violations were entered against the company, eight of which were posted for trial. There is a penalty of 26 for each case. By the decision the ice company Is held responsible for the acts of Its drivers. Steel Trust Declares Dividend. NEW YfYRK .Tan MTha jlnantA.. t the United States Steel Corporation today u.c. a. MUc.i vci i.y aiviaena oi nail or 1 per cent on the common stock and li per cent quarterly upon the preferred stock. Those dividends are unchanged from "the last previous quarter, FROZEN FOOD IS NOTALWAYS GOOD Dr. Wiley Tells House Com mittee Effects of Cold Storage. TASTE AND SMELL BETRAY Meat Deteriorates After Three Months Oysters Should Not Be Sold Opened in Buckets Gel atin From Stinking Bides. -WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the chemistry bureau of the Department of Agricul ture, testified concerning the deterior ation of foodstuffs In cold storage be fore the House committee on agricul ture, 'whose hearings' on the agricul tural appropriation bill have Just been made public. The cold storage warehouses are at Dr. Wiley's disposal- -in Washington, nd- lie grave the results of experi ments with all sorts of foodstuffs. "Milk begins to deteriorate rlgrht away and so does cream," said Dr. Wiley. 'Eggs also begin to deteriorate Imme diately. Fruit is Improved and some times continues to improve for three months. Meat improves up to about six or eight weeks." he'sald, "but after three months for meat you can see that it, has reached the maximum and then it bejrins to so down. 1 .do not care how hard it Is frozen." Can Always Pick Out Frozen Meat. When as-ked for n. further explana tion of the deterioration of meat froaen In cold storage, Dr. Wiley said: "We find that meats do not tdste as well and they do not smell as well, and every time the Jury can pick that which. nas Decn Kept over inree monins. i ane our quail. We have quail a year old; we have fresh Quail cooked at tne same time. We cook them just" alike and every time the jury can. pick out. tne irozen one biindroiaen." Dr. Wiley stated that most foods im proved when properly kept for a short time, but he said the object of his ex periment is to inform the public, and particularly the cold storage people, tiow long they may successfully keep meat In storage. He said that as yet he has been unable to determine wheth- er drawn or undrawn poultry keeps better. Opened Oysters Always Dead. Tr. WHov w&s asked many qestlon about oysters, and &ld tnat the .oysters opened and shipped in buckets should be prevented from entering interstate commerce, as they are dead. An oyster Is dead an hour after it is opened." said Tr. Wiley, "and is not good. It loses its flavor." iA' resconse to Inquiries from Repre- tentative Haskins as to the advisability or froejslngr oystern to preserve thejn for . snipment. Jr. wuey sam : "Oil,- they ought not to be - frozen. That tulns; thm, and U soon is they thaw they' are dangerous." rte urged that oynteTs be shipped alive and in the 8 tie II. - J-r. Wiley said tne oysters sent OUt in U?. -cans are all right,. ' Filthy Gelatin Factories. ' Gelatin was denounced by Dr. "Wiley, who said of it: "It ic made from tne scrapings from hides. " These Uides that smell to heav en am treated, and trimmed and these trimmings are used to make srelatln." . Dr. Wiley said the gelatin factories are the dirtiest in the world; that ttio hides used are treated with alkali, which. Is rubbed into them for ship ment. He said that this grelatin, is sometimes ma.le in glue factories, and that stuff, that is not fit for glue is made Into gelatin. In reply to a question from Repre sentative Haugen, 1 i". Wiley- Bald: "Gelatin is used in Ice cream and candies and for making capsules that you take your medicine In." He added that there Is no objection to arelatin if properly made, and that there is plen ty of wholesome raw material to make It of. SNAGS AHEAD FOR SUBSIDIES Strong Opposition to Enlarging Hill and Harrlman's Pile. CHICAGO, Jan. 29. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: Although the subsidy bill was reported to the House -by a series of suspicious steps, it has not "had an easy time of it since then, and the prospect now is that If put through at all, it will be only after a serious amendment. J. J. Hill and E. H. Harriman are principally responsible for the repeated black eyes which have been given the bill of late. Watson, of Indiana, the Republican whip of the House, who has undertaken the work of putting; through a Hill-tin- rlman-Spreckels donation, made a can vass of the Republican members of the House, only to find that it would be Im possible to secure a majority for a hard and fast rule which would prevent all amendments to the committee bill. It has been decided, therefore, to let the subsidy measure come up on Its merits and receive such treatment in the way of amendment as may be measured out to it. Unless some further sharp practice is resorted ''to, and It Is hardly likely that Speaker Cannon would consent to such a thing, it is almost certain that the pro posed .subsidies to the H1U and Harri man steamship lines from Seattle and San Francisco to Japan would? be cut out of the measure. There Is a chance that the 300.000 gift to Spreckels for the line he has been running. by way of Hawaii to New Zealand and Australia may be re tained. If the Hill and Harriman paragraphs go through at all. the amount of the subsidy almost certainly will- be reduced. The most probable compromise ts to retain the mail subsidies for the lines to South America, but changing the two lines pro posed to Rio Janlero and Buenos Ayres so that one of them might start from a Gulf port and the other from New York or Its vicinity. Prosperity Swamps Postofflce. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-First Assist ant Postmaster-General Hitchcock has asked Congress for an additional appro priation of $150,000 to cover the salaries of S00 additional clerks untikjuly i. Ap peals for assistance are coming to the department from all parts of the, country, particularly from the Pacific Coast. Post masters report it is impossible to handle the mail, especially of the second-class, owing to Increase in business. '. Record or Russian Famine Grafter. NEW YORK, Jan. 23. Eric Lidval, the central figure in the scandals in Russia, attending the purchase of grain for the . famine sufferers It has devel oped here, was a cutter in a New York furrier's establishment up to four years ago, when lie returned to Russia. He Introduced American sanitary fixtures In Russia and using; American advertis ing methods, Is said to have prospered. Lidval is said to have secured the contract for the grain for the famine sufferers through the assistance of Ourko, the assistant Minister of the Interior, whom he Is said to have met in a gambling house, received an ad vance of MOO. 000 and then disappeared. IN MEMORY OF M'KINLEY Memorial Services In Washington at Bis Favorite Church. WASHINGTON-. Jan. . The anniver sary of the birth of William McKlnley, late President of the United States, was celebrated today at the Metropolitan Episcopal Methodist Church, where Mc Klnley worshiped while serving in Con gress, and later when he was elected to the Presidency. A large and representa tive audience attended. The meeting was held under the auspices of the United States Historical Society. The programme included addresses by Representative John F. Lacey, of Iowa, and J. Warren Keifer and James Ken nedy. Representatives from Ohio. The musical numbers included President Mc Kinley's favorite hymns, "Lead, Kindly Light," "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and "Rock of Ages." Letters were read from President Roosevelt, Vice-President Fairbanks and Postmaster-General Cortelyou.' who ex pressed regret that they could not be present, and paid high tributes to the late President. MANY WEARIXG CARXATIOXS Pretty Custom . In Washington In Honor of Memory of McRinlcy. WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. This Is the 64th anniversary of the birth of William McKlnley. As such anniversary and as "carnation day" it Is being observed gen erally In the Nation's capital. Govern ment officials, members of Congress and private citizens are wearing the Presi dent's fa.vorlte flower In silent memory of a martered public servant and In the in terest of patriotism and good citizenship. President Roosevelt had on his desk a great vase of fine carnations. Members of the Cabinet each wore one of the flowers as they appeared at the Cabinet meeting. Early today Postmaster-General Cortelyou. one of the founders of the "Carnation League of America." present ed .to each or the bureau and division chiefs and to each member of his own executive staff a beautiful carnation to be worn during the day. - School Children Observe Day. CANTON', 0., Jan. 29.-"Carnation nay' was observed in the Public Schools by the recital ot Incidents In the life of McKlnley by the teachers ana pupils, The children ttiig after noon attended a Mp.KTnley human flag concert, wherein 400 grlrlf wore drensed to represent n. human flas;. JVtany floral rememDranceB were sent to the Mc- Klnley PERJURY TO SAVE HIS JOB Admission by Bailey's Witness At- tempt to Prove Forgery. AUSTINYJan. Hi -I P. Gruel Sr.. formerly secretary of the : Waterg- 1,erc Oil Company and at -one time confidential cleric to Henry Clay Fierce, president of that company, tes tified today before the legislative com mittee which is investigating charges against United States Senator Bailey Oruet admitted that in 1897 he made a false affidavit, regarding the connec tion of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, but said he did so to save his position. Voucher books or the company were exhibited to Oruet. Attorneys for Bailey attempted to show that one of the books had been changed as regards trie $ 1 ;" 0 O voucher. It was alleged that there was an erasure and that Bailey's name had been written over it. The witness admitted It looked like an erasure, but had no knowledge con cerning 1 1. McClcllan Gets a Setback, NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Permission to appeal from the decision of the Appellate Oivislon of the Supreme Court, prevent ing the destruction of the ballots cast In the last city election, was denied to Mayor McClellan by the Appellate Divi sion today. The . Appellate XMvislon had previously affirmed the decision of a lower court in refusing to allow the bal lots to be destroyed. The Mayor asked permission to take the case to the Court of Appeals but today's decision prevents this. I-os Angeles BanqueU Bryan. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28. William J. Bryan was the guest of honor at a ban quet given at a local cafe this evening-. Over BOO guests, for the most part prominent members of the local Democracy, were in attendance. Mr. Bryan responded to the toast, "The Na tion." POPE'S LAST CONCESSION Alll Abandon Chiirrties Unless Bish- Are Accepted ROME. Jan. 29. It Is asserted In well informed quarters tonight that the Pope has made his last sacrince in the matter of the conflict with France. The Vatican insists that not only must the parish priests and the Mayors sign the leases, but the bishops and the prefects counter sign them. If the proposal of the bishops is not accepted, the abandonment ot the churches in France is considered likely. Still Hope for Settlement. PARIS, Jon. 30. The consensus of opin ion expressed in clerical newspapers this morning is that Minister of Education Iriand did not Intend to . shut out all hopes of a settlement By the phrase, "the conditions are unacceptable,'" but that he merely desired to voice the idea that there must be concessions by each party to the controversy, and that the terms of the bishops were not acceptable, in that at the outset they had the appear ance of an ultimatum. KILLED BY ELECTRIC CAR Fortland Man Meets Sudden Death on Milwaukee Street. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Jan. 29. (Spe cial.) fix deaths have been caused by the Milwaukee Electric Railway & T!g-ht Company during; the first month of 1907. Fowler Jones, aged 22, a laborer In the Wrest Milwaukee shops at 28 First avenue. Is the latest victim. While .roaHlnK National avenue, be tween Third and Fourth avenues, this morning-, he was struck by an east bound csr. He died on his way to the KmeKPncy Hospital and the body waa sent to tie morgue. His home is In Portland, Or., or Clackamas, Or., accordinj to letters from his sister. OLDS, WOR TMAN Our earanc Only four days more to take advantage of the Clearance BargainDon't delay a momentPut off everything that inter feres Clearance will not wait, and the few days that remain will pass quickly. Every Department represented with a maximum number or b HIS FAMILY MURDERED CENSUS OFFICE CLERK ACCUSED OF AWFVL CRIME, Wire and Two Children Killed Near Midnight in Fashionable Quar- tcr of Washinston. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. At 2 o'clock this -morning the police arrested M. B. Copeloy. sl cleric in th Census Office, on suspicion of having murdered his wife. Amanda Copeley, and his two children, Raymond, . 2 years old, and . Ruth. 3 months ol3. The Copeleys had a quarrel last night before retiring and shortly after mid night Copeley called In a physician, say Ins that his wife had committed suicide. Th physician notified the police, who found that the two children had been killed and were concealed under the bed. covers. - The Copeleys reside at 1921 Rhode Island avenue, one of the most fashionable sec tions or the city. Persons living" in that vicinity reported to the police that they heaTd two pistol shots shortly before midnlfrht. According: to the story Copeley told the police, his wife and children retired at 11 o'clock and within an hour he heard the report of two pistol shots. He de clared that he immediately called a phy clan. He denies that he shot his wife and children. He Is now held at the police station pending: an investigation. PEOPLE RULE IN CHURCH (Continued from First Page.), baptized 10,000 new converts into the faith. They were ever a thrifty, money-saving- people. Finally they won favor at the court of the Netherlands and were given their long desired re ligious liberty by lending money to the Government In a time of crisis. Patriots Even When Persecuted. Patriotism has always been' a strong point with the Baptists. No matter where they have been or how hard the Government bore down on them for their religious beliefs. - they never failed to come to the assistance of that Government when It was In peril. Long; ago, when the Boston colony waa young; one Thomas Gould, of Charles ton, was tried, imprisoned and banished because he would not bring his chil dren for baptism. Later, when the In dian wars came on, this same man raised a company of Baptists and sac rificed his life for the very Govern ment that had persecuted him. Of the many branches of the Baptist faith that found a home In America, there was one which aroused much In terest and comment when It was found ed In the wilds of -Pennsylvania. These people called themselves the Hermits of Euphrata, and established a monas tery with rules as strict as any that ever governed a medieval conx'ent. There was a company of monks and a company of nuns who lived a life of most rigid practice, one of the rather inconvenient features of which was to rise at midnight to pray. These peo ple wore the habits of White Friars and were notid for their ornamental writing and their proficiency In music The Uunkexs or Dunkards. numerous In Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Mary-, land and Virginia, are a branch of the Baptist faith, the name being derived from the German dialect word "tunker," meaning "dipper." These people dress and speak as simply as Quakers and, like the latter, will take no oath nor bear arms. Customs of th Primitives. The Primitive or Hardshell Baptists are a most Interesting: class of people. They do not believe in using: musical Instruments In their services and are also opposed to-, missions. As a result, the membership is almost hereditary, new recruits for the faith being rarely drawn from the outside. The ministers In these churches give their services free, and, on account of being: unpaid volunteers, they are not nearly so well educated as the clergymen of the other branches. In preaching It Is the cus tom to adopt a sing-song voice, ending each sentence with an indrawn breath that becomes "ah" or "er." A text In one of the churches of this creed would sound like this: "And the Lord said 29th Anuuul die. unto Peter-ah. 'feed-ah. my sheep-er- ah. ' This la merely an Interesting pe culiarity that, is not BUKRested a a matter for criticism or ridicule. It Is In the primitive denomination that the practice of f oot-washlner still obtains. This Rervlce oocurn on r- a, yr, and In obnerved with, the great- est solemnity. Tiiere is a church in Southwest Missouri where on the first Sunda y of each Ma- a service ts at tended by mombem. who drive txm 'wag ons from distances greater than 100 miles, On these occasion? the minis ter reads the chapter from tho Bible tellixift; of the Lords Supper ana of the wahlns of the feet of the dis ciples. The men gather on one aide of the room, the women on the other, and separate into couples, each man wash- irtK the foot of some, other ir.r. and each woman that of some other wom an. Inasmuch as each one of these church communities Is empowered to make and enforce Its own laws, some st ran ere rules are encountered. In West Tennesaee there is one place where an applicant for membership must declare three things that he has no debts. that he does not drink, and that he is a Democrat. first Missions to India. The Baptists were the first to Intro duce mission work in India. They made their entrance there aaralnst the wishes of the East India Company, and, for a long time were ridiculed and Ae- rided by men of the stamp of Sidney Smith. In India they led ail other de nominations In educational enterprises. Their Northern mission societies are now enframed in ralslne- $500,000 for the endowment of schools in forelarn fields. The first Baptist missionary from America was Adonlram Judson, who went to Burmah. He was sent out by the Congrrefrationallsts of New Kng land. but. while reading- the Uihle on shipboard, was converted to believe in Immersion. Before reaching his des tination he wrote his resignation to the church that had sent him. The Baptists then adopted him, and he spent many faithful years in their service. Another far Eastern missionary who has won international fame for the 'Baptists i John El dough, who hailed from Indiana. This extraordinary man Is known as the "Apostle to the Telu- grus." When he arrived upon the scene of his labors he found it difficult to seriously impress the natives. but finally in a year of famine he appealed to the local government for funds to be used in public works. ClouKh had been an engineer. and he put his knowledge to grood use by directing the construction of Irrigation canals. This practical Idea of giving the people work not only won them over to his cause, but appealed to the government as welV He Is still alive, and Is the heart and center of a Baptist com munity numbering between 50,000 and 60.000 persons. Among the Institu tions which he controls are a number of preparatory schools and a theolog ical college. s Some Famous Baptists. At the present time there are nearly 5,000,000 members included in the IS branches of the Baptist Church in the United States. The Southern Theolog ical Seminary at Louisville, which be longs to this denomination, has more students than any other theological seminary In the world, not excepting any of those in Rome. The records of the old Klrst Baptist Church in New Tork show that George Washington 1 4 B a3 Saturday Night m ffiir WiiiJillMiMii & KING OSBS bargains. was immersed there, although lie be came a communtennt of the Kplsropal Cliurph. , Oo-vernor TIu?hrs. the n --w 1 - elected executive or js'ew York, ) a son of a Baptist minister and a Rap- tlst himself. President Oh-tcr A. Ar thur -was also the Ron or a Bnptl.t minister. Governor .Tos.-mi V trolls f Missouri, is a stanch FaptiPt. ,Tohn"l, Rockefeller, the richest Amerlran. Is h aovout member of tills rlennmlnatlnn. and has Kivotj SIO.OOO to the Rrcat Bap tist school, the (Jhlraso University. RACE PROBLEM DEBATED Oklahoma convention Divided on Jim Crow Constitutional Cluu.sc. GUTHRIE, okla., Jan. 2?. Qj- far the most interesting sessions of the. con vention .which is framing: a constitu tion for the proposed state of OKla- homa was that of this afternoon, when the "Jim Crow" problem stole into the debate on the committee report forbhl d,"K marriage r.twf fr whites an. blacks and Indian and negro races The question of inserting In the con- Btitutioti a plank providing for sepa rate cars nd waiting rooms In Okla homa, is th moat delicate that con fronts the deleg-ates. The self-styled "conservatives'" head- ed by Murray, Haskell and Haves are opposed to the proposed measure on the grounds that there is danater of Mie President vetoing the constitution. 'Hie opposition contends that 73 per cent of the delegates were elected on a platform specifying; a ".Tim rrov" plank. There Is a disposition on the part ot the majority to await the answer of the President to a memorial asking his opinion on the proposed plank. The measure prohibiting; lnter-mar- riagest was adopted by the committee of the whole late this afternoon. BOOTH WILL TOUR WORLD Aged Salvation General AVill Twice Visit Viiited States. LONDON, Jan. 29. General William Booth, the aa-ed founder and head of the Salvation Army, has mapped out several travel tours for this year. In cluding two visits to the United States. This evenina- the General loft for Ron mark:. Norway and Sweden, where for ' two weeks he will address two or three meetings a day. February 23 he will leave for New Tork. He will spend two weeks there before proceeding: by way of Canada to take the steamer Minnesota on April 1 for Japan. After traveling- through Japan, General Booth will go on to Pekln. He has not decided whether he will return to England by the Siberian Railroad or via the Suez Canal. In any event he will be back In London by July to commence another automobile campaign through the British Isles. At the conclusion of this trip In Oc tober he will again cross the Atlantic for a two-months' tour of the United States. New Postmaster at NorUi Bend. TVASHIXGTOX, Jan. 29.-The President sent to the Senate today the nomination of EL P. Russell, to be Postmaster at Xorth Bend, Or. Dr. Morrow's Anti-Lean MAKES IjSANt PEO PLE FAT, through thn nerv ous system. IT S A PURELY VBGETABIjE compound. contains no oils or fats or any drug that Is injurious or liable to produce a habit. IT'S THE GREATEST TOXIC IN TTTE WORLD. Each bottle contains a month's treatment and costs $1.50 at any first-class drug store. Prepared by the ANTI- LEAN MEDICINE CO.. Ore- g-onian mag., fortland. Or.