THE MORNING OREG0XIAX, TUESDAY. 3IAY 7, 1907.
YOUNG ARE PREY
TO WHITE PLAGUE
Contagion From House Infec
tion Most Frequent Cause
of the Disease.
VACCINE MAY IMMUNIZE
Tuberculosis Convention Jl;s Much
Ught Shed, on Dread Scourge ol
the White Kace A Great
Congress "cat Year.
WASHINGTON. May 6. Tuberculosis
Infection from bovine and other j:erms
versus infection through human Rerma
was discussed at length today at the
meeting of the National Association for
the Study & Prevention of Tuberculosis,
in third annual session here. Discussing
the. frequency of tuberculosis In early life,
Ir. Charles Dunn, of Boston, said it In-
rreases from month to month and year to
year, but that in the cases in which it
was the cause of death it decreased from
year to year.
In early life tuberculosis did not affect
the, lungs, as It did in the case of adults,
but frequently remained hidden in the
internal glands in children until an acute
tubercular meningitis , or pneumonia
caused death. He declared children have
no power of resistance against these
acute outbreaks, and that small babies
showed no tendency toward the healin
of the lesions.
Sources of Infection.
Coming to the sources of tubercular
infection, he mentioned the various theo
ries that It was congenital, due to dust
or moist sputum, and said, while there
was truth in all of them, the commonest
source was house contagion from tubercu
lar surroundings. In diagnosing latent
forms of the disease, he said that the
X-ray was the most important means of
discovering it.
Finally he spoke on the subject of im
munizing a person against tuberculosis
by means of vaccination. , He reviewed
the progress made in that direction and
said he believed that human beings were
in a pretty good state of natural resist
ance and held out hope of finding a vac
cine to make that resistance absolute.
Infection Not Through Milk.
Dr. Henrv I. K. Shaw, of Albany,
X. Y.. in discussing the question of "the
present status of the transminsibilily of
. ho vine tuberculosis as illustrated by in
fants and young children,' argued that
the usual method of acquiring the dis
ease was through the contagion of man
to man and not through milk and other
foods.
Discussing- the subject, "Are tuber-
culosi3 infants and children in the first
five years of life liable to be sources
nf infection?" Dr. Samuel S. Adams, of
this city, took the ground that chil
dren were subject to tuberculosis 'the
same us adults and, although the op
portunities for infection were not great,
nevertheless ihe children should be
considered sources of infection.
KxhJbit Work of Plague. .
The convention opened with an ad
dresa by Dr. Hermann Biggs, of New
York, its president. Plans for the In
ternational congress on tuberculosis to
he held in Washington next year were
described by Dr.( Lawrence Flick, of
3'hiladclphia. The congress will include
a conference of the international bu
reau for the prevention of consump
tion. The congress wilt be In session
ior three weeks. There is to be an
exhibit in Washington during this time
which will give an objective demon
stration of everything that can be of in
terest in tuberculosis throughout the
world, and a course of lectures by prom
inent workers in the field of tuberculosis
from all countries outside of the United
State. Xh r-lan calls for a fund of
$100,000, to ha subscribed by 20 men, for
defrayal of expenses of the congress and
the award of prizes in the interest of the
crusade against tuberculosis. Dr. Flick
said:
"The exhibit will be a complete bac
teriological picture of what tubercu
losis means to man In Its devastation
throughout the animal kingdom. It
will show the ravages of the disease
upon man, animals, birds and fishes.
The exhibit will show the widespread
operation of tuberculosis in every part
of the world and how it has trammeled
civilization. It will show what the
crusade against it has so far accom
plished and what it may accomplish in
the fxiture. The whole world will par
ticipate in this exhibit so that it will
be a world's fair, so to speak, of ev
erything which can in any way bear
upon the crusade against the great
white plague."
So far the committee has announced
one prixe. namely: A prize of $1000
for the best evidence of efficient work
done by any volunteer organization
since the last congress on tuberculo
sis. Other prizes will be announced
later on.'
The United States Government and
State Governments have been asked to
participate In the Congress. i
GIAXT VICTIM OF MENINGITIS
Young Man of Milan Suffers Great
Agony the Few Days lie Is 111.
SPOKANE, Wash.. May Harvey
llethrum, of Milan, the giant of the In
land Empire, wreched his back while
plowing last week and today the com
plication which ensued caused spinal
meningitis and his death. Bethurum
was six feet-and six inches tall. He was
a well-known sight in this part of the
rou n try. He was 27 years old.
The case of Bethurum was particu
larly pitiful, as he had always been in
the best of health. Mis suffering was
very grest and it took several men- to
rare for him on account of his immense
stature. He could not be made com
fortable in the bed which was always
short for him. and in his great pain he
tossed about and his nervous sstem
wmp so racked that he became delirious.
ASTORIA GRANTS FRANCHISE
McFarlanil and Adair Given Right
to Build Street Railway.
ASTORIA. Or.. May 6. (Special.) The
City Council at this evenings meeting
passed an ordinance granting to K. B.
McFarland and S. D. Adair a 30-year
franchise for a street railway line from
t he corner of Eleventh a nd Commerria
treet leading over the hill to the
Yo u nga Ba y brid ge, the ma d to b a
portion of an imerurban lin between
thU city and Nw Astoria. l"ndr the
terms of the. ordinance the guarantees
are to deposit 11000 to be forfeited in
,-a!N the propose line Is not in opera
t'n within on year.
The Council awarded contracts for the
erection of an engine house nt the cor
ner of Seventeenth and Commercial
streets, the contract price being $11,475.
The street committee was authorized to
purchase a street psrinkler -for not ex
ceeding J430.
Quiet Election in Klamath.
KTjAMATH FADTS. Or., SMay .
(Special.) With a light vote cast in the
city election today, B. St. George Bishop
was elected Mayor, A. I Leavltt. Police
Judge, and J. W. Simens Treasurer, the
Treasurer and Police Judge being re
elected. Anton Castel. Dr. G. W. Mas
ton and J. R. Stilts were elected to the
Council from the three wards, the last
named having no opposition. The -campaign
was quiet and no active canvass
was made by any candidate except the
Mayor-elect.
LAVS BLAME OX WILLAMETTE
Manager Xewberg Track Team Tells
Why His len Left the Field.
NEWBERG, Or., May fi. (Special.)
Respecting the Willamette-New berg
track meet at Salem Saturday, when
Willamette University was credited
with a victory and Pacific College men
walked off the field, Clarence M. Brown,
manager of Pacific College track team,
says:
"As was stated in the report, the Pa
cific College team left the field because
of dissatisfaction, but at this time the
score stood oA-48', in Pacific's favor,
according to the decision of the judges.
The only ground for disagreement of
this score is the result of the 220-yard
dash, each side claiming first and third
places. But this was decided by the
judges, two of whom were Willamette
students and the other a man from
McMinnville College, by dividing points
giving each side 4.. This decision
was agreeable to the managements of
both teams and the meet would have
gone on, had not Willamette refused.
The final score, then, according tc the
judges decisions and agreed upon by
both managers, was 50 to in
Pacific's favor.
'We felt we were justified in leaving;
the field and representatives from other
school? who saw the meet assured ua
we were.'
OUTWITTED BY UNCLE JOE
Saved Favorite Cap From Confisca
tion by a Quaker. Teacher.
Saturday Evening Post.
How Speaker Joseph G. Cannon once
outwitted his schoolmaster and saved
favorite cap from confiscation is a story
of his younger days told by a former
schoolmate, now a professor in a western
Quaker college. It was at a time when
Mr. Cannon s parents lived in a Quaker
settlement in "Western Indiana, where the
district school was governed by a man
thoroughly imbued with the ideas of se
vere simplicity at that time in favor
among the Friends.
Contrary to all precedents and in viola
tion of accepted tenets in matters of dress,
young Mr. Cannon appeared at school one
day wearing a cap which, like the famous
ceat of the first Joseph, was of many
colors. It was so different from those
of the other boys that the master's atten
tion was at once attracted and he prompt
ly confiscated the offending cap, quietly
removing it from its peg.
When school was dismissed, being un
able to find his cap and divining the cause
for Its disappearance, young Cannon, with
equal lack of ceremony, removed from Its
accustomed place the- high' hat of the
teacher, which, although too large, he
placed on the back of his head and a few
moments, later when the teacher glanced
through the window he discovered his pre
cious headpiece bobbing away among the
trees on the head of his errant pupil.
No words ever passed between them
over the incident, but the following morn
ing both the hat and cap were replaced.
CAX'T AFFORD REBUILD WALL
Pope Lets Vatican Garden Go Fam
ous Orange Grove Threatened.
ROME. May 6. A few weeks ago about
100 feet of the wall of the quadrangular
garden next to the Vatican museum fell,
and this morning the Pope was informed
that the whole of the surrounding wall
threatened to fall, which would mean
destruction of the best type of a renais
sance garden existing. The pontiff asked
how much money would be needed to re
store the wall and was informed that It
would cost $26,000. The Pope said that. In
view of the financial condition of the
church, he thought it would not be right
to spend so much ror a restoration, no
matter how valuable the garden.
The wall in the Vatican gardens, which
is especially threatened, is that which
overhangs the Seittella. or Maidens' alley.
Part of it has already fallen and in so
doing destroyed a beautiful orange grove
below. the threatened garden Is sur
rounded by walls about 650 to 1000 feet
long.
ROOSEVELT LOXG-KAXGE SHOT
Presses Button in Washington Which
Fires Gun at Charleston.
WASHINGTON", May 6. President
Roosevelt opened the National Schuetzen
bund at Charleston, S. C, this afternoon
by pressing a toutton at the White House
which electrically pulled the trigger that
fired three shots at a target at Charles
ton. As understood here, the President
made a score of 69 out of 73. The White
House was connected by telephone with
the Schuetzenbund and. with a receiver
at his ear, the President heard each shot
distinctly
Cruiser Taconta Leaves Santiago.
WASHINGTON, May 6. The cruiser
Tacoma has, toy orders of the Navy De
partment, left Santiago, the scene of the
recent collision between the sailors of
that ship and the police, and gone to
Ouantanamo. thus removing the possi
bility of further friction.
Opens Actors' Fair at New York.
WASHINGTON, May 6. At 2 o'clock
this afternoon, the President touched a
button at the White House which opened
the fair for the benefit of the actors at
the Metropolitan Opera-House in New
York.
Government Cable Repaired.
ASTORIA, Or.. May 6. iSpeclal.) The
Government telegraph and firing cables
between Forts Stevens and Columbia,
which were broken some weeks ago by
the steam schooner . Coaster's anchors,
have ecn repaired and are now in working
order.
Will Bridge Xccanleum River.
ASTORIA. Or., May 6. (Special.) Man
ager Cartwright, of the Seaside Hotel
property, has awarded a contract to
Birch & Jaeobsen. of this city, to con
struct a 700-foot bridge across the NecanL
cum River and leading to the county road.
Two Games In Grammar League.
Two games in the schedule of the Gram
mar School league were played yesterday
afternoon, the North Central team win
ning from Mount Tabor by a. score of 8 to
3 and the Couch School defeating Arleta.
1'4 to 0. The North Central-Mount Tabor
game was e'.os until the sixth inning,
bat the contest with Arleta was simply a
wslkover for the Couch boys. Davis,
who pitched for the North Central, put up
a good game and allowed only five hits.
His team made very few errors.
H EARTY GREETINGS
(Continued from First Fage.)
they were not used to it. "It is bad
enough to eat meat." remarked one of
them, "without seeing It killed."
H. H. Young, superintendent of the
plant, took the party in tow and showed
all parts of the establishment to those
who wished to see. It was evident that
the plant is much too small for its busi
ness, and this evidence was corroborated
by Mr. Young's remark: "We feel like a
21-year-old youth dressed In a 10-year-old
suit." He added that he expected the new
plant near Portland, on the Columbia
River, across from Vancouyer, to be fin
ished next year. That plant is being built
by the Swifts, and Mr. Young said con
struction would probably begin this week.
See Rabbi Slaughter Steers.
One of the startling spectacles in the
abattoir at Troutdale was the slaughter
of beef for Jewish consumption.
A Jewish rabbi, arrived with a long
heavy knife, sharpened to keen edge,
slashed the throats of the animals,
while they struggled in terror to get
loose from the ropes that bound their
feet. Then they were stunned by a
blow from a heavy hammer and their
struggles were over.
For the general meat trade, the an
imals are stunned first. Thus before
the knife cuts into their throats their
struggles have ended and their feeling
of pain gone. But meat for orthodox
Jews is not killed by this humane
method, and the spectacle of the
slaughter is horrifying to persons of
tender sensibilities. The animal Is
first secured by one of its hind legs
with a rope and felled. Its fore legs
are then bound together, after which
the rabbi slashes the throat with his
knife. The struggles of the animal
are pitiful to see. One of them beat
Its head against the floor many times
in its frenzy, continuing this even af
ter its throat was cut. The meat thus
killed is branded with a special mark,
so that Jewish dealers and consumers
may know it has been slaughtered in
accordance -with their religious rules.
Bridal Veil Lumber Mill. '
The next stop after Troutdale was
Bridal Veil, where the party inspected
the new planing mill and kilns of the
Bradley Lumber Company. The visi
tors were met at the depot by J. S.
Bradley, manager of that company. E.
H. Thompson, superintendent and Har
vey Brlggs. The lumber mill is four
miles distant and its product, is trans
ported to Bridal Veil In a flume. Mr.
Thompson declared the report that
Bridal Veil Falls has been diverted
from its scenic beauty to a water flume.
as unfounded. Only part of the water
of the falls, he said, is turned into a
flume and the beauty of Bridal Veil
is unspoiled. After a stay of 20
minutes the Portlanders resumed their
journey.
So the train pulled into Cascade
Locks at noon. Citizens of that place
were at the station to receive the
party, headed by J. H. Dunlap, treas
urer of the Wind River Lumber Com
pany, J. F. Hendericks, representa
tive in the Legislature for Wasco
County and H. Clay Levy, manager of
the store of the Wind River Lumber
Company. The visit lasted about ten
minutes, after which the train re
sumed its journey to Hood River.
View Wondrous Apple Orchards.
At Hood River the Portland men
spent nearly three hours. . In this time
the citizens of that city conveyed them
through the apple district on the new
railroad of the Oregon Lumber Com
pany to Dee, 17 miles up the valley,
where a new electric sawmill has just
been started, having an output capacity
of laO.000 feet of lumber every ten
hours. The mill is operated by Japa
nese, and its electric power comes from
the water energy of Hood River. Its
promoters are David Eccles and W. H.
Kccles, the last named of whom was
present to greet the party.
The Hood River men distributed
toothsome apples of the Yellow New
town variety, and showed the orchards
that produced them. Two hundred car-
oads was the crop last year. Crop fail
ures, they said, were unknown. They de
clared that orchards In full bearing
readily yield between J4)0 to $6J0 net
per acre.
This surprised the visitors very much.
though many of them had heard re
ports of such profits. The positive
confirmation from the lips of the Hood
River men impressed the visitors deep-
The many examples cited of large
profits showed the Portland men the
rich forces that have been building up
this community so fast In the last seven
years and making Hood River into a
city now having 2500 people.
1 he Portland party was escorted by
H. F. Davidson, president of the Hood
River Commercial Club, and A. D. Moe,
secretary. Mayor I N. Blowers, and a
number of other citizens. After the
return from Dee a short time was spent
in the city of Hood River, after which
the journey was resumed to The Dalles.
PARTY OF PORTLANDERS OFF
Eighty Business Men Leave on Trip
Through Oregon and Idaho.
About SO business men of Portland left
yesterday morning over the O. R. & N.
Railway for an excursion to Eastern Ore
gon and Idaho, in charge of railroad of
ficials, among whom are John O'Neill,
traveling passenger agent; William Mc
Murray. general passenger agent, and
John M. Scott, his assistant.
The party stopped at Troutdale. Cascade
Locks and Hood River, where the mem
bers were met by committees represent
ing the several towns and were enter
tained and shown the attractions of the
respective localities. The excursionists
will be absent a week. Those in the party
are:
F. W. Ariss. A. H. Averill. B. A. Bam-
ford. E. M. Brannick, Jr.. A. H. Breyman,
G. M. Brown. L. A. Brown. C. D. Brunn,
F. G. BufTum, T. "Burkhart, Ieslie Butler,
H. M. Cake, A. C. Callan. R. D. Carey.
H. G. Carter, L. A. Coddington, Samuel
Connell, Dr. C. W. Cornelius. Jasper
Crane, W. H. Dcdman. Jr., Adolph A.
Dekum, R. M. Dooly. Jr.. Julius Durk
heimer. A. H. Rilers, C. H. Knglish. Dees
Island; J. P. Finley. J. B. Frem, United
States Senator C. W. Fulton. J. K. Gill,
Thomas G. Hailey. H. W. Harris. W. A.
Holt. George W. Hoyt. T. R. Imbrie, F.
W. Isherwood. C. S. Jackson, E. C. John
son. W. C. Lawrence. T. W. B. London.
S. M. Luders. J. H. McClung, George M.
McDowell. William McMurray. C. J. Mc
pherson, F. B. Manchester, Otto Mangold,
Charles L. Mastick. W. H. Moore, Dr. J.
W. Morrow. A. A. Morse, R. K. Patter
son, A. S. Fattullo. It. L. Paget, F. L.
Perkins. N. A. Perry. S. C. Pier. A. H.
Potter, J. P. Rasmussen, Tom Richard
son, J. C. Roberts, John M. Scott. Leslie
Scott, D. H. Smith. Jay Smith. T. N.
Stoppenbach. L. Q. Swetland. L. Therkel
sen, M. G. Thorsen, H. S. Tuthill, C. S.
I'rraa. J. W. Vogan. Thomas C. Watts,
Reuben: W. A. Williams, B. WIckersham,
R.. K. Sewell.
Commissioner West Gets Blanks.
SALEM. Or.. May 6. (Special.) Rail
road Commissioner Oswald West, who
is now in Washington. D. C has ar
ranged with the Interstate Commerce
Commission to supply Oregon with the
blanks needed by its Commission. This
will save the state the cost of printing
ajid aid the Interstate Commission by
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having the state blanks uniform with,
those used by the Government.
STORK MIXES HIS DATES
ROYAL BABE WILL X'OT ARRIVE
TILL EXD OF MAY.
Doctors Blundered in Prediction and
Madrid Laughs at Them Flock
of Bishops Arrives.
MADRID, May 6. It was semi-of ficlally
announced today that the confinement of
Queen Victoria may be expected at the
end of May. . This announcement was sub
sequently contradicted by Dr. Guittierez,
the specialist who is in constant attend
ance at the oalace, who declared that the
royal baby should have arrived before this.
There was much surprised comment at
the discrepancy in these statements, and
careful Inquiry was made, "-with the result
that the official statement Issued at the
beginning of the year, placing the event
the latter part of May, turns out to be
correct. The Incident, has caused both In
dignation and amusement, and it has re
vealed that the court physicians who is
sued a report April 2 saying the child
probably would be born the latter part of
April were in error.
No fewer than 20 bishops have arrived
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We Shall Continue on Special Sale
TAILORED SUITS
Which are remarkably high grade in every respect
The best models of the season are offered,
and they have been regularly
priced at
$9.00
IS A GENUINE OPPORTUNITY FOR MONEY
SAVING, STORE OPENS AT 9:00 A. M.
at Madrid within the last 10 days in order
to be in readiness for the birth of the
heir to the throne of Spain.
Queen Victoria drove out this morning
as usual, but she complained of a chill on
returning and remained in the palace the
rest of the day.
tries to Head off reform
Vewton's Bill Fails to Draw Off
Design Against Lords.
LONDON, May 6. The discussion in
the House of Lords today was devoted
to Lord Newton's bill proposing the
reconstitution of the house on a part
ly elective basis. He seeks to remove
the excessive preponderance of .heredi
tary peers by stipulating qualification
through service to the state or previous
election, and he provides for a certain
number of elected pes and for the
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nomination by the crown of life peers,
these not to exceed 100 in number.
The house as well as the galleries of
the peeresses was thronged, showing
the interest aroused by the Conserva
tive proposal to anticipate government
action and the possibility of the debate
provoking a statement of the intentions
of the government.
This, however, did not come to pass,
the Karl of Crewe, lord president of
the Council, on behalf of the govern
ment, declining to have anything to
do with" Lord Newton's proposal. He
gave no hint of the government's plans,
although his cryptic utterances con
veyed the idea that the government
contemplated a somewhat drastic meas
ure. Veteran of Indian Wars.
ASTORIA. Or.. May 6. (Special.) John
Wilson, a veteran of the Indian and Civil
wars, died at the hospital here last even
ing of dropsy, after a long illness. The
deceased was a native of Sweden, 77 years
of age. He was a member of Cushing
Post. G. A. .R., and the funeral will be
held under the auspices of that organisation.
Boebe Branch House in Astoria.
ASTORIA. Or.. May . (Special.) The
Charles F. Beebe Company, of Portland,
has leased a building in this city and will :
start a branch store here. Frank J. Car- ;
ney, formerly with Fisher Bros. Co., of ;
this city, and president of the State Gro
cers' Association, has been engaged as
manager of the ebe Company's business
both in Portland and Astoria.
In the leper hospital at Constantinople
good results have been obtained by the,
UBe of a bacterium which goes by the)
name of streptotrlx leproldes.