TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1907.
BANKER HEME
DOWN AID OUT
Eliminated From Financial
Organizations by the New
York Clearing-House.
MOVE TO PREVENT CRISIS
Assistance Will Be Rendered Firms
Which Have Been Voder Sus
picion Mercantile Na
tional Reorganized.
SEW YORK, Oct 2a At a late hour
the Associated Press was assured by the
Clearing House committee that the
Heinze, Morse Thomas interests had
been eliminated from the banking or
ganizations of New York Oity, and in the
light of this fact, the Clearing House As
sociation announced Its readiness to lend
all necessary aid to any of the banks
which- have been under suspicion, tho
Clearing House investigation having es
tablished their solvency. If 1 believed
that this action will prevent any crisis in
New York banking circles.
William H. Havemeyer, one of its di
rectors, was today elected to the presi
dency of the National Bank of North
America, succeeding Alfred H. Curtis, re
signed. It is1 understood that the' Mer
cantile National Bank will undergo a
process of slow liquidation. . .
MJLLIKEX SUCCEEDS HEIXZE
New Officers Selected for the Mer
cantile National Bank.
NEW YORK. Oct. 30.-At a special
meeting of the board of directors of the
Mercantlne National Bank this afternoon
Beth M. Milllken was elected president
of the bank to succeed F. Augustus
Heinze, resigned. At the same time Will
lam Skinner and Gerish II. Milliken were
elected additional vice-presidents, Gorish
Milliken being added to the board of di
rectors. The clearing-house committee met with
the directors of the bank and the two
boards were in session for about four
hours. Later William S. Sherer, manager
of the Ulearing-Houae Association, on
behalf of the association, gave out the fol
lowing statement:
A committee ef the clearing-house -has
examined the several bunks of the mi
ristlnn that have ben under criticism, and
found thorn solvent. . The clearlng-housa
committee has decided to render them such
assistance to meet their deposits as the
committee may think necessary.
Stand Behind the Bank.
Neither the members of the board of
the Mercantile National nor the clearing
house committee would add to these
announcements. The statement of Mr.
Sherer Is, however, taken to mean that
the clearing-house committee is perfectly
satisfied with the reorganization of the
Mercantile National Bank and will see
that the bank Is enabled to meet any
crisis that the widely-published story
about its condition, following the collapse
of the Heinze corner in United Copper,
mav. force it to face.
After the meeting of the Mercantile
National Bank directors. E. R. Thomas,
one of the directors, announced that he
had disposed of all his holdings in the
Hamilton Bank to a syndicate composed
of men interested In the bank. This ac
tion had been expected. Mr. Milliken,
who heads the new list of officers of the
Mercantile National. Is one of the best-,
known of New York's capitalists. Ho
had been for some time a member of the
board of directors of the bank. He 1b a
rich man and a member of the firm of
Deering, Milliken & Co. He is an officer
or director of a score or Northern wool
companies and Southep cotton compa
nies. He is well known In business cir
cles and is said to be the choice of the
clearing-house committee for the posi
tion to which he was elected today.
Will Restore Confidence.
William Skinner, who waa elected vice
president of the bank, is president of
William Skinner Manufacturing Com
pany, and is a director in a large number
of railroad companies. Including the New
York, New Haven & Hartford.
Gerlsh H. Milllken Is a son of Seth
Milliken. " N
While none of those connected with -the
Mercantile National or the clearing-house
would discuss any phase of the matter to
day it is known that it is the belief of
the clearing-house committee that the
election of Mr. Milliken as head of the
bank will relieve the uneasiness In the
financial district and the action was
taken today that It might have -a quiet
ing effect on the market on the opening
of the stock exchange tomorrow.
Charles W. Morse today announced his
resignation from the directorate of every
local bank with which he was connected.
He gave out the following formal state
ment: Owing to my connection with the affairs
of the Mercantile National Bank and tho
aeemlnrly disturbed condition of the publio
mind. I have determined without the slight
est suggestion or solicitation on the part
of any one. that my resignation from th
various boards of directors of the other
banks with which I am associated might
b for the. best Interests of the depositors,
stockholders and others Interested In those
hanl:s. Accordingly. I have this day ten
dered my resignation In all the banks in
which I have been serving as director.
Morse'a Former Connections.
Mr. Morse -was connected with the fol
lowing Institutions: National Bank of
North America, New Amsterdam National
Bank, and Garfield National Bank, in ajl
of which he was vice-president, as well as
director; Mercantile National Bank, Gar
field Safe Deposit Company, Fourteenth
Street Bank, New Amsterdam Safe De
posit Company, New York Mortgage &
Security Company, New York Produce
Exchange Bank, Title Insurance Com
pany of New York, Van Norden's Safe De
posit Company and Van Norden Trust
Company, in all of which he was a
director. ' .
In addition to these financial institu
tions, Mr. Morse is heavily Interested in
the American Ice Company, the American
Ice Securities Company and the Consoli
dated Sleamshlp Company, which latter
company controls the most Important
coastwise steamship lines. Including those
operating between the United States and
Cuba and the West Indies. Mr. Morse
also controls the Peopl'e & Citizen's Line
of Hudson River steamboats.
PLAGUE STRIKES SEATTLE
Chinaman Dies and Precautionary
Measures Are Taken.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Oct. 20. (Special.)
The City Health Board tonight sent a let
ter to Mayor Moore notifying him that a
Chinese died of bubonic plague here
two days ago and urging immediate
precautions to prevent the spread of
the disease. Wan Gee was the plague
victim, dying: Friday In the Chinese
Mission at 626 Washington street.
"his is the first death from plague l
Seattle and the Mayor Is urged immedi
ately to request the Governor to ask th
Burseon General of the Public Health and
Marine Hospital Service to take charge of
prophylactic measures to stamp out the
disease. Coincident with this letter is
the publication of a' notice from the
Board of Health offering rewards for
dead rats and mice under the terms of an
ordinance passed last month.
I
NOT READY FOR ADAMS TRIAL
Thought That It Will Be Impossible
to Begin Before October 28. '
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 20. (Special.)
From present appearances the trial of
Steve Adams, at Rathdrum, will not
commence until October 28. Prosecuting
Attorney. Walter H. Hanson, of Shoshone
County, said he did not think any ac
tion would be taken before that time.
Judge W. W. Woods, at Rathdrum, has
passed the case until October 24, at
which time a special venire will be or
dered, returnable on October 28. Whether
the examination of jurors at hand will
begin on October 24 has not been de
cided, according to Judge' Edwin McBee,
of Rathdrum, who Is one of the leading
attorneys for the defense. There is a
scarcity of jurors In Kootenai County,
owing to division of the county last
Spring. Clarence Darrow will be present
if the trial of Pettlbone is postponed at
Boise.
6ALOOXMAN IS LAW ABIDING
Causes Arrest of Bartender for Sell
ing Liquor on Sunday.
S BATTLE, Wash.. Oct. 20. (Special.)
Allen Tait, a First-avenue saloon propri
etor, who conducts a billiard parlor in.
connection with his saloon, found his bar
tender this morning selling liquor in de
fiance of the Sunday closing order of the
Chief of Police.
Tait went out quietly in hunt for an offi
cer, and returned with a policeman, whom
he Instructed to arrest the bartender,
whose name is Keefe. t.
This Is the first instance the police have
had of a proprietor causing the arrest of
his bartender for violation of the anti
saloon laws.
SPIRITED FIGHT PROMISED
SQUATTERS SETTLE WHILE MEN
STAND IX LINE.
Twelve Men Keep Watch for 40,
Meanwhile Others Try to
Get Prior Claims.
CO BUR D'ALENE, Idaho, Oct. 20.
(Special.) While 12 men are on tha
eighth day of an 18-day vigil before the
door of the United States Land Office.
Incidentally guarding the places of nearly
40 others, squatters are settling upon the
coveted lands and there promises to de
velop later one of the most hotly-contested
series of fights the Coeur d'Alene
Land Office has known. The squatters
claim they will have rights prior to those
who get papers. a week hence.
. One week ago nearly 60 persons, in
cluding more than a doien women, lined
up before the Land Office door to hold a
place for a rush which Is expected to take
place on October 30. Some of these ap
plicants desire timber and stone locations
and others intend to take up homesteads,
but all are after parcels of township 43
north, range 8 east, situated in the
vicinity of Clarkla, Idaho, in the Marble
Creek district.
In this district it was that Fred Tyler
and Earnest Boule were killed, where
Steve Adams and Jack Simpkins roamed
and from whence Adams came out. later
to be accused of being an accomplice in
the murder of ex-Governor Steunenberg,
of Idaho, and to be arrested and tried on
a charge of" murdering Tyler. It Is a
district that has harbored men alleged to
be the tools of tha "inner circle" of the
Western Federation of Miners. The ap
plicants at the "Lrfind Office are good
citizens, however, (and are after, the loca
tions because they are expected to be ex
tremely valuable.
For a day or two the people in line were
most attentive In keeping their places.
Then they reached an agreement. Along
the long corridor which leads to the door
of the Land Office, chairs are stationed,
each numbered, and the landseekers have
agreed to respect each others' position.
Many of them are away for hours at a
time. All but 12 sleep at their homes or
In hfltels, but all keep a keen lookout to
see that the truce is not broken.
TROUBLES 111 THE GRANGE
ALBANY'S LIQtOR ROW MAY
CAUSE SPLIT.
Because Council Offers Reward. for
Local-Option Lawbreakers, Fair
mount Grange May-AVithdraw.
ALBANY, Or., Oct. 2a (Special.) Be
cause the Linn County Council. Patrons
of Husbandry, offered a reward of JG0
for the arrest and conviction of any vio
lator of the local option liquor law, Fair
mount Grange, which is composed of far
mers who reside in Benton County just
across the Willamette RtVer from Al
bany, may withdraw from the-Council,
with which it has heretofore been allied.
At a meeting of Falrmount Grange yes
terday afternoon a resolution was Intro
duced advising such action but although
the discussion is said to have favored the
passage of the resolution It was referred
to a committee and will not be acted
upon until the next meeting.
TJie men favoring ' the resolution took
the ground that the Grange should not
take a stand upon such an Issue, as the
liquor question In such an emphatic man
ner. NONNAST BADLY WANTED
Disposition of Large Estate Depends
t on Finding Missing Man.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20. A close
search Is being "made here for Harry W.
Nonnast, formerly of Chicago, who was
last heard trom in San Francisco two
years ago, when he was about to enter &
hospital. An uncle of Nonnast has since
died, leaving a large estate. The will
provides thaf Nonnast must either be
found or proved dead before the estate
can be distributed. Hence the anxiety
to find him.
No trace ef him has been found in any
of the public records.
Xorthwestern People In New York.
NEW YORK. Oct. 20. (Special.) North
western people registered at New York
hotels today as follows:
From Seattle W." T. Whitney, at the
Breslln; B. E. Rourke. at the Cadillac: R
Nelson and N. Anderson, at the Grand; J.
C. Larkin, at the Brosell.
From Spokane El F. Williams, at the
Bartholdl; P. T. Pecken and Tflfe, at the
St. Denis. '
GREAT BALLOON
HUGE OH TODAY
Contest in Which America,
France England and Ger
many Are Represented.
BENNETT CUP THE TROPHY
Tournament Will Continue Five
Bays, With Special Prize for
the Free - for - All Race 'in
Any Sort of an Airship.
ST. - LOUIS, Mo.. Oct. 20. Arrange
ments have all been completed for the
second International aeronautic contest,
which will begin at 4 o'clock Monday aft
ernoon. Nine balloons have been en
tered, representing America, . Germany,
France and England. The first inter
national contest was held last year at
Paris, at which Lieutenant Frank P.
Lahm, of the United States Cavalry, toy
a flight of 402 miles, won tho James
Gordon Bennett Cup, the trophy of tho
contest.
The cup is an object of art In massive
silver, valued at $2500, and was offered
by James Gordon Bennett to the aero
naut .covering the longest distance In a
single' flight. If the cup is won three
times in succession by an aeronaut, It
then becomes the property of the aero
nautic club of which he Is a member.
The winner of the cup in each interna
tional contest by the terms of the donor
will receive in addition a prie of $2500
In cash, together with one-half of the
entry fees and forfeits. The contestant
finishing' second will receive one-third,
and the contestant finishing third, the
remainder of the entry fees and forfeits.
This second competition for the Bennett
Cup was .organized by the Aero Club of
America, under the rules of the Inter
national Aeronautic Federation, and will
be conducted under the auspices of the
Aero Club of St. lxuls.
Contest Lasts Five Days.
The first five days of the meet will be
devoted to aeronautics. On Monday the
principal feature Of the entire aeronautic
meet will open the programme, when the
fiine balloons will ascend In the inter
national long distance race for the Ben
nett Cup. Tuesday there will be a con
test for aeroplanes or flying machies,
of the heavier than air type, with total
prizes of J2S00. Thursday the Contest of
flying machines for the Scientific Ameri
can Cup will be held. Friday will be
"free for all" day, In which any kind of
arr craft that will get above the ground
may participate in the contest to win
the Lahm Cup, which has Just been won
by Aeronauts McCoy and Chandler, in
their long balloon flight from St. Louis
to West Virginia.
International Race Chief Event.-
Aeronautic Interest centers chiefly on
the international balloon race. Accord
ing to the announcement of the Aero
Club, the first balloon, the Pommern,
will be sent up at 4 P. M, Monday, and
the others will follow at hot less than
five minute Intervals. The balloons en
tered In the race, their pilots and the
companion who will accompany each
pilot, the country represented and the
cubic feet of gas capacity of each balloon
are as follows, given In the order In
which they will start: -
Pommern. Germany. Oscar Erbsloch, A.
Lawrence, 77,000.
United States. America, Major H. B. Her
ey. A. T. Ather. 75.250.
LIsle de France, France, Alfred Leblanc,
E. W. Mix. TT.O00.
Duesseldorf, Germany, Captain Hugo von
Abereron, H Heldmann, 77.OO0.
Lotus II. England, G. Brewer, Lieutenant
Brabazon, 75,250.-
Am erica. America. J. C. -McCoy, Captain
Chandler, 77.000.
Anjou. France, Rene Gasnler. Charles
Levee, 79.500. '
Abercrbn. Germany, Paul Meckel, Herr
Polantz. 50,000.
St. Louis. America. Alan R. Hawley, Aug.
Post, 77,000.
One Contest Free for" All.
All the details of the race are in charge
of a committee appointed by the Aero
Club of America.
Next in Importance in the features of
the programme is the competition -by
aerial vehicles of every kind which are
divided Into classes as follows:
Dirigible or airships, which are lighter
than air, being made so that bag or
envelope containing a gas lighter than
air; machines heavier than air, which are
designed to be lifted from the gTound and
propelled by the pressure of planes or
extensive surfaces of some lighter ma
terial against the air.
All the air crafts have reached St. Louis
and are being assembled on the plot of
ground In Forest Park, whence the ascen
sions will be made.
The ballooning ground proper is about
100 yards wide by 170 yards long and is
enclosed by a fence of wire netting.
Through the center of the inner court
runs a 12-inch gas pipe, 100 yards long,
with alternating offshoots of smaller
pipes by which the cup contenders will be
inflated. The main pipe runs from a
gasometer with a capacity of 4.000,000
cubic feet, one of the largest In the world.
Great Crowd Will See Start.
On three sides of the outer enclosure
and gaily decorated with red, white and
blue bunting, are stands that will seat
20,000 people. On the south side are the
tents In which the airships and flying ma
chines are being assembled to await the
departure of their larger but clumsier
sisters, the delicate skeleton-like frame
work being scattered In profusion among
the big drums of generators which are to
provide the special gas for the dirigible
balloons.
On the fourth side also are the tents of
the two provisional battalions of United
States soldiers from Jefferson Barracks,
placed there at the request of President
Roosevelt, to guard the grounds and as
sist the special detail of police.
Today all the balloons were taken to
the grounds and final arrangements were
completed for the contest.
Keep Track of the Racers.
A meeting of the pilots of the nine
balloons' which will start, tomorrow
was held tonight at the headquarters
of the Aero Club and the final instruc
tions were handed out to the contes
tants. -Pilots are required to be sta
tioned at their balloons with their aide's
not later than 2 P. M.. or. two hours
before the start. ' Passage reports are
to be thrown out from the balloons' at
least every two hours. These reports
are expected to be telegraphed to New.
York and St. Louis, and thus It is
hoped to keep in close touch with each
contestant at every stage of the Jour
ney. Great crowds visited the ballooning
grounds today. A test balloon sent up
at sunset was whirled away on a 25
mlle wind in a direction Just west of
south. This Is the first balloon In
months which has taken this course,
and the aeronauts tonight are predict
ing that Mexico will be the goal If pre
vailing atmospheric conditions con
tinue. The latest -word from the
Weather Bureau, however. Is a predic
tion of -variable winds the most dis
couraging weather a balloonist has to
deal with.
Captain Charles DeF. Chandler and
his aide, J. C. McCoy, who made the
sensational flight last week In Signal
Corps balloon No. 10, reached St. Louis
today and were warmly welcomed. The
Lahm trophy of the Aero Club of
America will be awarded to Captain
Chandler as soon as the official meas
urement of the distance traveled by
No. 10 is received from Washington.
Captain Chandler will hold the cup
until some other balloonist excels his
record of 475 miles. ' The flight in the
international contest will not be con
sidered in connection with the Lahm
competition.
PATTERN AFTER THE BIRDS
Xew Principle Will Be Utilized in
Construction of Airships.
PARIS. Oct. 20. A principle of aerfal
navigation with heavier than air ma
chines has been employed in some recent
experiments and gives promise of large
results. Instead of using plants on the
box kites principle, driven by a vertical
propellor as is the case in the aeroplanes
of Santos Dumont and othek experiment
ers up to this time, rotary horizontal
plants are used. In other words, the
gyroscopic principle Is employed and the
machine is called the gyroplane. The
theory is that by employment of horizon
tal propellers the machine can be easily
lifted and lowered after the fashion of
the old 'hellcoptre" toy, longitudinal mo
tion being obtained by the forces of
gravitation by allowing the machine to
dip and glide on its planes in the same
way that heavy birds soar.
Count de Lambert believes that this Is
the true solution of aerial flight, but the
honor of constructing the first machine
on this principle belongs to Louis Bregua.
He has built a machine in the general
form of a Saint Andrew's cross, each arm
havjng at "its extremity eight revolving
paddles or propellors slightly inclined.
These 82 paddles present a total BUrface
of 25 square meters and are revolved by
a 40-borsepower motor' at the center of
the cross where the pilot sits. The total
weight of the machine is 578 kilograms.
In the preliminary trials" the machine
left the ground instantly when the motor,
was set In motion and was easily sus
tained In the air with 78 revolutions a
minute. When the motor was slowed
down the gyroplane descended gently.
Perfect equilibrium was maintained.
Longitudinal flight has not yet been at
tempted, but the Inventor thinks It will
be easy to make 75 kilometers an hour. '
'ORE GOLD AND SILVER
STATISTICS SHOWING AMOtJNT
PRODUCED IN 10.
Former Director of the Mint Roberts
Issues Statement Showing the
Amount From Each State.
WASHINGTON, Oct, 20. George 10.
Roberts, who retired from the position of
director of the Mint on August 1, 1907,
has completed a compilation of the sta
tistics on production or gold and silver
in the various states and territories of
the United States for the calendar year
1!J0.
Mr. Roberts estimates the production
of gold in the United States during the
calendar year 1908 to have been 34,873.8O0,
as against $88,190,700 for the calendar year
1905, a net gain in 1908 of J6.193.100. The
principal gain was in Alaska, - which
amounted to $6,439,600. Nevada's gain In
gold was $3,919,500; Oregon's, $75,200; Ten
nessee's, $22,300; Arizona's, $55,800,-' and
Virginia's, $D300.
The greatest loss of gold in any State
was in Colorado, where there was a
decrease of $2,766,700. The next largest
loss was in Montana, ' $367,300. California
lost $364,200; . Washington, $267,000; Idaho,
$300,000, and Wyoming. $18,000. The total
number of fine ounces of gold produced
was 4,665.330.
The total production of silver In the
United States during the calendar year
1906 is given as 56,517,900 fine ounces,
of the commercial value of $38,256,400,
as against 56,101,600 fine ounces, of the
commercial value of $34,221,976 In 1905.
The net gain In the production of sliver
during the calendar year In Arizona
was 363,500 ounces; California, 435,500;
Idaho, 710,000, and Utah, 1,188,200.' The
loss In the production of silver during
the calendar year in Montana was
914,400 ounces, and in Colorado 495,400
ounces. The average price of silver
for the calendar year 1906 was $0,617
per ounce, as against $0.67531 for the
calendar year 1905.
The approximate- distribution maje
by Mr. Roberts o; the production by the
states and territories of gold and silver
for 1906 Is as follows:
Gold Silver
... ' Value. Fine Ounces.
Alaska $21,866. ion 2f8 SCO
Arizona 2.747.100 - 2,6M.20O
California 18.832.000 l.Bl'.SOo
Coloradp 22.9.'U.4fK) 12.447. 4fK
Maho 1.035.71) 8.838,200
Montana 4.B22.0O0 12.6fl0,3(i0
Nevada ; 8.27S,Bo .2"7.eo0
New Mexico 26. srm 4.13 eno
Oregon 1.320,In i)o.7K
Vtah 6,130,800 11,508,000
Washington 103, noo 42 100
Wyoming IS.7W.700 1,100
DEFIES COURTS
DECLARES RIGHT OF SPEECH
CANNOT BE RESTRAINED.
Addresses Chicago Federation of
Labor Regarding Injunction
Asked by Manufacturers.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20. (Special.) De,
fiance of the Federal Courts to restrain
him from exercising his right of free
speech was uttered today by Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor. The labor leader
attended the meeting of the Chicago
Federation of Labor In the afternoon.
He told the delegates of the injunction
which the National Association of Man
ufacturers had asked for to restrain
himself and other labor officials from
publishing- a list of manufacturers who
are considered unfair to organized
labor.
"NO matter what the outcome of the
injunction may be. If I have my health
and strength I shall continue to exer
cise my right of free speech," said Mr.
Gompers. "It may be well for the
newspapers and masazir.es to take no
tice of this injunction, for If It Issues
in the original form of the petition. It
means that the right of free speech
and free press is abolished in this coun
try. "We must continue our efforts to
defeat for public office the man who is
not fair to. labor, whether he is a can
didate for President, a member of the
Cabinet or an aspirant for Justice of
the Peace we have adopted that policy
and we shall continue our efforts,"
The students at Danish universities have
taken to spending their vacation as farm
laborers during; the harvesting season,, with
such satisfactory results from various
points of view that tha Norwegian tud'
lntend to do likewise.
Wednesday morning Begins
A Great Dress Goods Sale
The nobbiest fabrics for Fall wear. Thousands and thousands of yards go in this
sale. Smart suitings in check, stripe, plaids and mixtures, that are so extreme
ly popular. Lighter weight goods in dark or light colors for afternoon or even
ing wear. An assortment complete from every standpoint, in weights, styles
and colorings, and we will be busy today and tomorrow marking and arranging
these goods. The sale begins Wednesday morning promptly at 8 o'clock. See
our windows and wait for the sale. . -
N -WATCH FOR THE SALE AND PREPARE TO SAVE
Boas and Silk Scarfs t?
Women fond of pretty things that go so far toward helping out a perfect toilette are delighted
with the assortment they find here. We have direct importations of extremely rich silk scarfs
or head throws. These are in silk chiffon or silk crepe, some edged with ostrich. Fluffy boas
or marabou and coque; feathers in white, black and colors. Besides, we have fans, gloves and
every accessory to correct dress, in the latest ideas and modestly priced.
We Sell Comfort Shoes
Women's Bunion Shoes
(like illustration) are made
of soft kid material, in lace
style, with a depression
under the ball of the foot.
This shoe also has a special
fullness across the ball of
the foot, makiner it nruclr SEE
easier than the , ordinaryFr
shoe, for enlarged joints.
Those troubled with corns
and calloused places under
the foot should try these
The pair
$4.00
Pattern Hats Half Former Prices
A Sweeping, Stupendous Sacrifice, Right at the Threshold of the Millinery Season.
Hats worth (f 1 f ff
.$37.50, sp'l. . .$ . (
Hats worth f F f ff
$100.00, sp'l.ipDU.UU
SALOONS ARRAIGNED BY ORE
GON CITY "PASTOR.
Fires Opening Gun in Campaign for
Enactment of Stringent
Excise Law;
OREGON CITY. Or.. Oct.. 20. (Special.)
The opening sun of the campaign for
the enactment of the proposed excise law
wss fired tonight In the-' Methodist Epis
copal Church, of this city, when Rev. K.
C. Blackwell delivered a powerful ser
mon against the liquor interests, taking
for his subject, "The Canby Tragedy;
or. Two Dollars for a Life." The church
was crowded with an interested throng:,
and among the face In the auditorium
there were seen several men who have
always been friendly to the saloon ele
ment. Mr. Blackwell struck straight from the
shoulder and wasted no timer in prelimi
nary remarks, except to tell of his boy
hood days in a liquor drinking commu
nity, where there was beer or whisky in
every home. This was an education, ha
said, that has given him a strong feeling
against the liquor business generally.
"From these things." he continued. "I
have learned that drink makes a man
lose money, time, position and self-respect.
It spoils his morals, his manners
and his business, and it debauches his
mind, destroys his body and damns his
soul.
"Thws are many excuses for this awful
habit and the business that ministers to
It. and the plea is made that the liquor
business helps a town in that It employs
many people, that the licenses furnish
revenue to run the toWn, and that many
people will not trade where there; are no
saloons.
"Ask the people who make this plea
who pays the license. Does the saloon
keeper? No. It 18 the public On the
other hand, what of the loss of earning
power and the Immense loss of trade to
legitimate business?
"Last Sunday's tragedy - at Canby,
where Charlie Klnzel, a 15-year-old boy,
met . a swift and terrible death after a
night of debauchery, shows the finished
fruit lawlessness and death. Think of
the possibilities for that boy If the sa
loon had not crossed his path. Do not
forget that what happened there may
occur here at any time. Dozens of boys
roam the streets of Oregon City at night.
The parental responsibility Is fully equal
to the responsibility fit the saloons, and
the fathers and the mothers of 'these
wayward boys must share the blame, and '
they cannot evade it."
Mr. Blackwell made a strong plea for
the passage of the excise measure that
comes befor the people at the December
election. He said the removal of the blinds .
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and screens from the fronts of the sa
loons would diminish drinking in the city
by doing away with lounging places, and
by giving men who do not want to drink
an opportunity to refuse on account of
the publicity. The sermon entire was the
most severe arraignment of the saloon
people that has ever been heard In Oregon
City, and many who heard it say that it
Will doubtless have Its effect.
ARRESTED AT SEATTLE
Hosia A. Bull,' Wanted at Valdez for
Grand Larceny, Caught in Hotel.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 20. (Special)
TTpon instructions from the Victoria chief
of police, Seattle detectives tonight ar
rested Hosia A. Bull, of Valdez Island.
B. C. Bull waa arrested at the iRalnler
Grand Hotel, where he was with his wife
and a friend. They are said to be on
their way to San Francisco and thence to
Australia.
Meager telegraphic explanations state
Bull is wanted for grand larceny, about
13000 being involved. Business cards show
that Bull is postmaster-at Valdez Island;
proprietor of the Heriot Hotel, owner of
a general store, a dealer in mining sup
plies; a timber and mining broker and
agent for tug and launch lines.
Oregon People in Chicago.
CHICAGt), Oct. 20. (Special.) Ore
gon people registered at Chicago hotels
today as follows:
Auditorium Annex Mrs. S. M. Mears,
L. H. Northrup, Portland.
Stratford M. Watson and wife, Port
land. Great Northern Frank Griffith, A.
Roderick Grant, Mrs. R. Grant, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben I. Cohen. Portland.
Morrison W. B. Jackson, Portland.
Delay in Checking Proxies.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20. There was no meet
ing today of the committee which is
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Grover's Comfort Shoes,
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Always made of the best of
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checking up th proxies of the stockhold
ers in the contest between E. H. Harrl
man and Stuyvesant Fish for control of
the Illinois Central Railroad. The meet
ing of the committee was called off by
L. V. Fritch, assistant to President Har
ahan, who represents Mr. Harrlman in
the Joint body. It is said that it will re
quire the utmost dispatch for the com
mittee to finish its labors in time to re
port to the stockholders' meeting on
Tuesday morning.
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