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TiTE MOR.MXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1907. 11 LINCOLN STEFFENS SPEAKS ON GRAFT Reformer Guest of Honor at Dinner Given by Local Newspapermen. NO PHANTOM CHASING TELLS ABOUT HIS WORK Ray Power of Press Was Waning, bnt Now Is Growing Candi dacy of Fairbanks for the Presidency. Newspaper nipn of. Portland Rave ' a complimentary , dinner to - J. . Lincoln StPlTenst, the well-known ."n-agaalne writer, last night at the Commercial Club. Mr. Stiffens made a short and highly In teresting talk to the Portland scribes. He spoke on the work of cleansing the various cities of graft. and said that never before has the power of the press been so great and wholesome as at present. The table was fet in the form of a giant horseshoe in the Commercial Club dining-rooms and was decorated with hyacinths, tulips, carnations and Oregon prape. Two huge American flags hung over the tables. The dUmer was char acterized by good-fellowship, and the few friends the newspaper man had invited to the spread enjoyed the occasion to the full. Speeches were limited to the guest of honor and Mayor Lane, who spoke briefly of his pleasant association with the newspaper reporters of the city. John H. Stevenson, of the Evening Tele gram', presided as toastmaster. With him ft the head of t he table sat Judge Gil bert, of the Federal Court, Lincoln J Stiffens and Mayor I-one. Mayor Lane said the country needs tYie work of such men as Mr. Steffens. Me sa id this city is not ridden with graft today, and for that reason Portland wel comes rather than fear Mr. Steffens. In the course of his remarks Mr. Steffens said he is not often spoken of in such friendly terms by Mayors. Many city executives, he found, did not welcome him when he arrived. Effect of Publicity on Graft. "I approve of this dinner tonight." .he said, "because I think so highly of the Piislness of reporters. A great deal of good has been done in this country dur ing lte past ten years and most of it by the press. We have had our Roose velts. our Folks, our Heneys who are raking this muck, while all we are doing la reporting it. We report it more than we upd to. We find it is no use to put men In prison, no use to take .revenge nn individuals, but when we have told the story of graft we have taught the !eople something. We are teaching peo ple things inch by inch, and society in this way is making progress. So 1 think hffihly of reporting. Just as much con science and just as much art can be put into it as the finest fiction. "When I was a city editor I used to tell reporters, in a-ssigning them to a Ftory say the murder of a woman by her husband: 'This man loved this woman once. Tell it so the reader will understand, not only that a murder' has been ttnne. but also that a tragedy has been enacted. ' 1 f a reporter takes the pains to understand tlus story, he -has the picture of a human life, and if one tells of a human life, he has a novel, has he not? -"When I want to get the truth of a story I have to go to the men In my profession. I found In going from city to city that the same business Interests that made Councils and Mayors represent not the general public but special in terests had bought the newspapers as well. We thought if we would get into the magazines, owned by business men or editors, we would have an organiza tion there that would tell all the truth. That is why journalism crept Into tlie magazines. We saw if we did that suc tcssfully we would make the newspapers represent their readers, too. Effect of Kooscvelfs Personality. "The trouble with Mr. Roosevelt." said the speaker, in response to a question, "is that he is the most representative man in -this country. I was at police head quarters in New York as a reporter when Mr. Roosevelt came in as Police Commis sioner. He planned to strip the police department of the then common habit of taking bribes for the privilege of breaking the law. By actually making the police force- believe there was such a tiling a an honest man, he secured the enforcement of all laws. He used to ask me to come up into his -room and listen to the leadmg citizens . and business men j rotes t against the enforcement of the laws. "We often talk of bosses, but bosses could not do what they are doing unless they are backed up by the leading citi zens. The men who opposed Folk and 3afollette were the leading citizens in their communities. Roosevelt Is slow and delibera te in thought, but once started, when he has made tip his mind, he is quick and decided in action." In answer to a quesiion of the probnble ranriidacy of Fairbanks for the Presi dency. Mr. Sieffcni said: "Fairbanks lias Iwcn made by those interests the Presi dent is lighting. Nothing, I think, could be more fortunate than to have those in terests which are planning the nomina tion of Mr. Fairbanks succeed. All we ant in the next campaign is the plain Ii-mjc whether the special interests rule this rountry or the plain people. "I think the power of the. press was, until letely, declining, but that it is now Increasing. I think we are not working for ourselves but for the public's inter ests. A man who docs that is the hap piest man on earth. There is a self-re-speet anrt r satisfaction in the work that Marriman hRS not got and that Gould has not got." In response to questions, Mr. Steffens said he had written more about good men than bad men and he is. withal, an on timFt. lie- also said that while all the New Kngland States are badly involved In graft, Connecticut is the worst. These Wore Prtent. Those present last night were: Lincoln J. Steffens, Mayor Lane, Judge Gilbert. Mksms. Hates, llazcn, Morrison, Strand-biM-c. Harrison. Dyment. Wilson. Steven son. Rinprr. Kelly, Carroll. Bristol. Neu hKu.en. - McGinn. Morden. MeGarry, Prase. McDonald. Ciark. Iockley. Jones, Cole. Leltcr. Levinson, Cuddy, Hodges. Riythe. White, 5recne. Howe. Cochran. Thomas. Pctrain, Chapman. Webster. Heed. Fuller, Souls. Jackson, Hemphill, 1-ake, Kclty. Stratton. Williams. Richard son, Trowbridge. Travis. Ptitnam. Wat son. Keet. Goldstein. Hagood, Hyskell. Wallin, Gittings. Sayre, Steffa, Hofmann. AVirtz. Tyler. Hume. Judge Cameron. Wnger, Chapman. Mc Arthur. Fitzgerald, Haney, Raird. Reals. Middaugh. Mc Kcitna. Nash, McMurray. Scott, Jackson, Manning. CO-OPERATIVE PIA1T0 - BUYING PLAN OF EILERS PIANO HOUSE IS PRACTICAL , IN THE EXTREME Malicr AVlns Liverpool Cnp. UVKUPCMJU March 21. Danny Malier. tho American jockey, wou the Liverpool It Means an Immense ' Saving to Piano Buyers, No Matter How High the Grade of Instrument Purchased. Another Advantage Is the Excep tionally Easy Payment Arrangement for Those Who Cannot Pay All Cash, People are always quick to recognize and-eager to-take advantage of what ever secures to them an unusual value for the amount they invest. The club plan in operation now at Kilrs Piano House, through which individual pur chasers may secure the very best pianos made at practically wholesale prices, "has touched prospective buyers on a practical spot, and converted many who thought they really could not afford- the kind of piano they wanted. The clubs have therefore been filling rapidly and pianos have been sold in toe city and outside in astonishiiigty large numbers. AH of our own big drays and a number of storage companies' big delivery wagons have been kept busv hauling pianos from our store to the homes of pur chasers, and also delivering them to railway stations and to steamboat landings, for the piano club news has spread all over the country and appli cations -come pouring in with every mail from people who wish o become members. The plan is so practical, the saving so apparent, the deal so fa Ir, and the principle so simple, that it is easily comprehended- and quickly taken advantage of. The demand Is not only for thfi medium-priced Instruments. Many of the very highest grades, fancy carved cases, are largely sought. On these pianos there is a saving of from $150 to $175. On cheaper Instruments the saving is proportionately great. Payments Are Moderate. As little as $7.53 down and $1.25 a week secures a fine brand new instru ment, if preferred thse payments may be made by the month instead of b.v the week, while rash payments obvi ate any additional interest. The principle upon which the clubs are formed is the same tnat applies to wholesale deals, clubs of a certain number of purchasers standing in the same. relation to thn dealer that a deal er purchasing large numbers of pianos irom me mciory would. The nianos in these clubs were nur chased befo-e the advance in whole sale or cost prices and freight rates, which ennbles us to make these prices so tremendouslv low that thev could not possibly be duplicated under other conditions. rrnev are all high-grade, standard, reliable, first-class instru ments, such as Kilers Piano House al ways handles. Kven the world-famous Chiekering. Hazlton. Kimball, etc are included in this great sale and can be purchased on the same easy terms ana at a greatly reaucea price. The Time Is Short. t Those eontemnlatinir taklnsr advan tage of the unparalleled inducements now offered b.v this system of senilis;, will do well to make arrangements at once. ,very uay a number of new members join the clubs and the mo ment the last club is completed the sale will cease. Come in today and investigate. Kilers Piano House, "The House of Highest yuaiity, 3o3 Wash inerton street. Spring Cnp here -today 'on Bridge, of canny. The Spring cup is a handicap of lono sovereigns for 3-year-olds and upwards at a mile and three furlongs. The re sult In detail was: Tord Derby's Bridge ot C anny (Maher) won: G. Walmsley s "Wild Aster second, H. Scott's Cadwal third. Sixteen horses started. WHERE PATRIOTS " JOYED - (Continued From First Page.) membered as the one to which President Jackson transferred his allegiance when the New York Avenue Church refused to recognize the eligibility of the dashing Peggy O'Xeil Baton for membership in its dignified list. President Jackson had dis rupted his . Cabinet on account of this pretty daughter of an inn-kecper. but found he could not manage the church. Presidents Polk. Pierce and Buchanan also attended the First Church at times, while Lincoln was a member of the New York Avenue Church. Sir Thomas Dale. High Marshal of Vir ginia, had always been eager for an op portunity to found a colony of his own and, when that opportunity came in 1611, he took 350 German, colonists up the James River and built Henricopolis, later abbreviated to Henrico. Across the river he had his own plantation, Bermuda Hundred. To this settlement came Poca hontas as a prisoner in 1612. Here she was instructed and baptized by the Rev. Alexander Whitaker and here she was afterwards married to John Rolfe. For over a century the annals of old Henrico parish and its churches, are fragmentary. It is known, though, that the salary of the preachers was fixed by law at 1500 pounds of tobacco and lt barrels of corn a year. -and that, when one of these par sons had to sue for his salary, the case became famous as "the parson's cause." The young lawyer who sprang Into fame in its prosecution was Patrick Henry. Deserted Colonial Church. The - Henrico Church was on what is now the Dutch Gap Canal. At Bermuda Hundred was a small chapel known as the Ferry Chapel. In 1736 a new church was planned to take its place and. because the tithes were small and the tobacco crop not always a success, the rector, the Rev. George Robertson, offered to serve without pay until the debt was lifted, trusting to the stony soil of the church glebe for a living. This brick building, now Ivy-crowned and venerable, is the fa mous "Old Elanford Church." which the women of the South are now seeking to restore. It has been deserted since 1802. the Petersburg churches having drawn the congregation away. Among the fa mous men who served this church as rector was James Blair, founder and first president of William and Marv College. The "Old Church," at Quincy, Mass., is known as "the Church of Statesmen." It was built of stone cut from John Adams quarries, and both he and John Quincy Ada mi? are buried there. At the "Old Slip cuiuch," Hingham, Mass.vone Mat thew Hawke anticipated present report ing methods a hundred years by taking down the sermons In shorthand. Those who offered and were tried by- church authorities were sent to stand in the public places with scarlet letters, initials of their crimes, .tied conspicuously about the neck. The present pulpit of the Firm Church of Hingham is the one placed there in 1756. There was no organ until 1&67 and the first instrument was char acterized by a scandalized member as only a "Godls& box of whistles." St. John's, at Ashwood, Maury County. Tenn., is built of brick given by Bishop Polk, of Louisiana, and his three broth ers. It was finished in 1S42 and is Gothic In style. Bishops Otey and Quintard, of Tennessee, are buried there, as are also three Confederate Generals who. passing that way one day, expressed a wish that they might He there in the quiet church yard. These men were Patrick R. Clo burne. Otho F. Strahl and States Rights Gist, and the fortunes of war gave them their wish. Legends of St. John", Portsmouth. There' are said to be more legends "clus tered about old St. John's, Portsmouth, New -Hamnshire. than about any other , church in America. The communion ser- THIS IS THE WONDERFUL LAMBERT-SNYDER Health Vibrator Aids Nature, restores circulation, c'ves a glow of health to the weak or feeble. - Price $2.50 Always Sold oa Approval Make Artistic Pictures There are times' when everyone needs tile soothing, quiet. Ing, helpful effect of our fa-nous, "Woodlark" Home Medical Apparatus te with a full set of electrodes, footolstes, cords, all nhoganv box. handsomely finished. 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Burning Outfits, each one tested S1.50 vice was the gift of Queen Caroline: the bell was taken from a cathedral in Louis burg by the brave Pepperell and. when the old chapel was burned, the m$tal was recast by the successors of Paul Revere and hung in the present edifice, which dates from 1S06. All the "W'entworths are buried here "and it was only a decade or eo ago that the old custom of ringing: the curfew and sentineling the town after 10 o'clock was abandoned.. It was here that Mr. Rousselet courted the beauti ful Catherine Moffatt. One glorious Spring morning, when all the rest of the congregation was rigidly observant of the decorum of the day, he marked in his Bible the fifth verse of the second epistle of John and she blushingly re turned the book with the sixteenth verse of the first chapter of Ruth modestly in dicated. AVhere Patrick Henry Spoke. St. John's, Richmond, Virginia, was or dered built in 1737 in "a plain manner after the model of Curie's Church.". An extra tax was laid on the colonists and it was known by vai-ious names until 1R28. when the present title was chosen. When it was enlarged, the body of the church was kept almost as it was before. Care was taken to preserve the pew where Patrick Henry stood as a delegate to the convention of 1772 and made his famous speech in which are the memor able words that immortalized Virginia's patriotism. "But as for me, give me lib erty or give nie death." The old baptismal font from Curie's Church is here, having been discovered in a nearby cellar, where it had been In use for some time as a hominy mortar. It was placed in the hands of a stone cutter and made presentable again for its holy use. In the churchyard lie many of the men and women who made the state famous. Colonei Robert Gamble, of His Majesty's Army of 1775, sleeps there. Governor John Page's tomb is near the door and other names that seem like the roUcall of history are Poindexter, Wed dell, Southall, Allison. Spencer, Winches ter, Southey and Armstrong. Tomorrow "Yankee Business Ingenuity." be taken to prevent the placing of the "Peoples Ticket" and the "Independent Ticket" on the official ballot. Just what will be done to get them on the official ballot, in view of the failure to comply with the provisions of the code, is not known as yet, but it is safe to say that the backers of the two tickets, now ap parently out in the cold, will not remain idle and that something will be doing in St. Johns within the next few days. The Republican ticket that has been safely and legally filed is the one headed by 15. K. Couch. The other tickets are headed by S. C. Norton, "Peoples" can didate, and O. R. Downs, "Independent." PRESENTS A MUSTY BILL ARCHITECT D. I.. AVI IXI.V MS ASKS CITY TO PAY $500. FAIL TO FOLLOW CODE Two Tickets at St. Johns 'ot Legal ly Filed. The time for legally filing tickets with the Recorder for the approaching munic ipal election at St. Johns expired yester day. An Inspection of the records yester day afternoon, just before the Recorder's office closed.- disclosed the somewhat startling fact that only one ticket had been legally filed, it being the "Regular Republican Ticket." This was the first ticket nominated and filed with the Re corder, with the affidavits attached as reoulred by the Oreson code. The other two tickets, the "Peoples" and the "In dependent," lack the affidavits the code requires. Whether these omissions were oversights or due to ismorance of the law is not known, but the fact remains that tlie code was not complied with, hence the tickets have not been legally filed. On the Downs, or Independent ticket, some of the candidates did not sign an acceptance. It is understood that legal ateps will Claims Fee for Drawing Plans for a Fire Station That "Was Xever Built. Three years ago the Fire Commission ers ordered D. L. Williams, an architect, to draw plans for a station house, in tended to be built near the corner of Third and Glisan streets, yesterday aft ernoon the board received a bill of $500 from Mr. Williams for his work, though the station house was never built, owing to the lack of funds. Just why the arch itect had delayed presentation of his bill for so Ions the members could not under stand, and the matter was referred to the City Attorney. Mr. Williams also presented a bill of $200 for preparing plans for the engine bouse at F"ulton. Chief Holden was pres ent and said that he himself had drawn the plans, and none of the members could recall that Mr. Williams had been employed to do the work. This bill also waa referred to the City Attorney. The board awarded the Union Oil Com pany a contract to furnish- the fireboat with fuel for the ensuing year at $1 'a barrel. About 2000 barrels of fuel oil will be consumed. The Standard Oil Company submitted a bid of l a barrel for oil. but did not specify that it wouid be furnished at that price for a year ns required in the advertisement for bids. The contract was therefore awarded to the Union Oil Company. Velguth & Tierce were awarded the contract to erect a new engine house at Grand avenue and Multnomah street for 720. The Council, in its annual appro priation, had allowed $6000 for the build ing, but I the members of the committee deemed the bid reasonable, and in its re port asks that the. council make an ap propriation of J1200 to cover the deficiency. Bids were also received for the engine house on Portland Height, hut the low- est one was $10,500. The Council had al lowed but JtfOOO for the building and re advertisement for bids was authorized. For that tired feeling or when you are weary and worn out, take Hood's Sfersa- parilla. BETOURCnVN LANDLORD jfjllsf PARK "J Go to the luxurious retailers of the city and get their prices and then come to the factory store of Reed-French you will not have to be a mathematician to figure out how they came to be millionaires. Reed-French Bijou Piano MEETS WITH FAVOR . Four of the Little Beauties Sold Yesterday Five Dollars a Month. The Price Is $190 Mr. J. L. Connor, of Mississippi avemie, buys a Bijou piano on the rep resentation that he can have his money back in sixty days if not as rep resented. Miss Clarice Leonard, on Marguerite street, Montavilla, buys a Bijou piano because her sister bought one last Fall, and the piano is acting ex actly as we said it would. t Fred Ford, of Anabel Station, says he has never seen a piano so good for the money. Mr. Ford is a musician in one of the theaters here. 'Mrs. Conant says she didn't know a thing in the world about pianos and couldn't tell the differences if we'd point them out to her. But sho did know enough about business, that if a firm offered to give her her money back in sixty days if not as represented,' she was willing1 to try the instrument. If Mrs. Conant doesn't like the piano her monejr is ready for her. . "We would like for you to see these beautiful little instruments they are our loyal-little advertisers they neither disappoint buyer nor seller, See them today a Bijou for $190. REED-FRENCH PIANO MFG. CO. Piano Makers Selling Directly to the People. Sixth and Burnside. G. W. Kennedy, Wareroom Manager.