THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1903.
BRIGHT PAGE If!
WORLD'S HISTORY
President Roosevelt Thus Des
ignates America's Policy
Toward Philippines.
TAFT MAKES HIS REPORT
McKlnley's Wish Has Been Followed
in Preparing Filipinos for Pop
. ular Self-Government Time
for Home Role Not Ripe.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. Nine years
after the battle of Manila Bay, Sec
retary Taft records the results of the
American occupation of the archipel
ago and forecasts the future of the
Filipinos In an exhaustive report
transmitted to Congress by the Presi
dent, with a letter written by the
Chief Executive, commending in the
highest terms the Secretary's conclu
sions. The President declares that ruin
would have followed the adoption of
any other policy toward the Philip
pines than that outlined by William
McKinley and carried forward through
these nine years, and asserts trlumph-
antly that there is no brighter page in
history than that dealing with the re
lations between the strong and the
weak in these islands. He adds that
the Filipinos "have yet a long way to
travel before 'they will e fit for com
plete self-government."
The report says:
Prepare for Home Rule.
Shortly stated, the National 'policy la to
govern the Philippine lalancs for the beneBt
and welfare and uplifting of the people of
the Inlands and gradually to extend to them,
as ther shall show themselves fit to exer
cise it, a greater and greater measure of
popular self-government. One of the corol
laries to this proposition Is that the United
States tn Its government of the islands will
use every' effort to Increase the capacity of
the Filipinos to exercise political power,
both by general education of the densely
Ignorant masses and by actual practice,. In
partial solf-government, of those whose po
litical capacity is such that practice can
benefit It without too great Injury to the
efficiency of government. What should be
emphasised in the statement of our National
jollcy Is that we wish to prepare the Fili
pinos for popular self-government. This Is
plain from Mr. McKinley s letter of ln
itructlons and all of his utterances. It was
sot at all within bis purpose or that of
he Congress which made his letter part
f the law of the land that we were merely
:o await the organization ef a Philippine
jligarchy or aristocracy competent to ad
minister government and then turn the
inlands over to it. On the contrary, it is
plain, from all of Mr. McKlnley's utterances
and your own. In Interpretation of our Na
tional purpose, that we are the trustees and
guardians of the whole Filipino people, and
peculiarly of the Ignorant masses, and that
our trust Is not discharged until those
masses are given- education sufficient to
know their civil rights and maintain them
against a more powerful class and safely
. to exercise the political franchise. This is
Important. In view of the claim, to which I
shall hereafter refer, made by certain Fili
pino advocates of immediate Independence
under the auspices of the Boston antl
iinperialists, that a satisfactory Independent
Philippine government could be established
under a governing class of 10 per cent and
a serving and obedient class of 90 per oent.
Independence When Prepared.
Another logical deduction from the main
proposition Is that when the Filipino people
as a whole show themselves reasonably fit
to conduct a popular self-government, main
taining law and order and offering equal
protection of the laws and civil rights to
rich and poor, and- desire complete Inde
pendence of the United States, they shall
ba given It. The standard set, of course. Is
not that of perfection or such a govern
mental capacity as that of an Anglo-Saxon
people, but it certainly ought to be one of
such popular political capacity that complete
Independence in its exercise will result In
progress rather than retrogression to chaos
or tyranny. It should be noted, too, that
the tribunal to decide whether the proper
political capacity exists to Justify inde
pendence Is Congress and not the Philippine
electorate. Aspiration for Independence
may well be one of the elements In the
make-up of a people to show their capacity
for it. but there are other qualifications quite
as Indispensable. The Judgment of a people
as to their own political capacity Is not an
unerring guide.
The national Philippine policy contem
plates1 a gradual extension of popular con
trol, 1. e., by steps. This was the -plan
Indicated In Mr. McKlnley's Instructions. This
was the method indicated in your recom
mendation that a popular assembly be made
part of the Legislature. This was evidently
the view of Congress In adopting your rec
ommendation, tor the title of the act Is
"For the temporary government of the
Philippine Islands." and Is significant of a
purpose or policy that the government then
being established was not In permanent
form, but that changes In it from time to
time would be necessary."
Encourage Sugar Industry.
There are two features of the report
of Secretary Taft, on his observations
while recently In the Philippines,
which are of unusual interest to the
Paclllc Coast, and two recommenda
tions which are very Important to that
part of the United States, especially
to the larger ports. In concluding
his report, the Secretary makes these
recommendations:
Tbat legislation bs adopted by Congress
admitting the products of the Philippine
Islands to the markets of the united
States, with such reasonable limitations as
may remove fear of interference with the
tobacco and sugar interests In the United
states. The the coastwise laws of the
rnlted States be made permanently Inap
plicable to the trade between the ports of
the Islands snd the ports oh the United
Slates.
. In discussing the desirability of re
ducing the tariff on Philippine sugar
and tobacco, tho Secretary says:
There is a rood deal of land available
for sugar In the Philippines, but there is
very little of It as good as that in Cuba,
and the smount of cspltal Involved la de
veloping It la so great that I think the pos
sibility of the extension of the sugar pro
duction is quite remote. The moment It
expands, the price of labor, which has al
ready Increased 50 to 75 per cent, will have
another Increase. All that can really be
expected Is that the sugar industry and
this is also true of the tobaeco Industry
shall be restored to their former prosperity
In the earlier Sranish times when the high
est export of sugar reached Z65.O0O tons to
all the world.
The tobacco industry needs a careful culti
vation which, under present conditions, it Is
very difficult' to secure. The carelessness
with which the plant is grown snd the de
tective character of the leaves Is such as
to 4nake the 'manufacturers of cigars and
tobaeco tn Manila despair of using the phU
Ipplne product without the addition of the
wrappers either from Sumatra or the United
States.
All that a friend of the Philippines can
hope for is tbat the sugar and tobacco
Industries shall regain their former reason
ably prosperous condition. The development
of the islands must be In another direction.
The question of labor and capital both
must always seriously hamper the growth
of sugar production. Nor would I regard
It as a beneficial result for the Philippine
Islanda to have the fields of those islands
turned exclusively to the growth of sugar.
The social conditions that this would bring
about would not promise well for the polit
ical and Industrial development of the peo
ple, because the cane-sugar Industry makes
a society in which there are wealthy land
owners holding very large estates with most
valuable and expensive plants and a large pop
ulation of unskilled labor, with no small farm
ing or middle class tending to build up a
conservative, self-respecting community from
bottom to top. But, while I have this view In
respect to the matter. I am still strongly of
the opinion that Justice requires that the Unit
ed States should open her sugar and tobacco
markets to the Philippines. I am very con
fident that such a oounse would not Injure,
by way of competition, either the sugar or
the tobacco Industries of the United States,
but that it would merely substitute Philippine
sugar and tobacco for a comparatively small
part of the sugar and tobacco that now comes
In after paying duty. Their free admlaslun
Into this country would not affect the prloes
of sugar and tobacco tn the United States as
long as any substantial amount of those com
modities must be imported with the full duty
paid In order to supply the markets of the
United States.
Will Not Injure Industry.
Eo confident am I that the development,
which the sugar and tobacco Interests of the
United States fear in the Philippines from
sn admission of those products free to the
United States, will not ensue to the Injury
of those interests' that I would not object to
a limitation on the amount of sugar and to
bacco In Its various forms, manufactured- and
unmanufactured, which may be admitted to
the United States from the Philippines, the
limitation being such a reasonable amount as
would admittedly not affect the price of
either commodity In the United States or lead
to a great exploitation of the sugar and to
bacco Interests in the Islands. The free ad
mission of sugar and tobacco up to the smount
of the proposed limitation, for the purpose
of restoring the former prosperity In these
two products to the Islands, is very Important.
There are two or three province notably
Occidental Negros and ths Island of Hollo, the
prosperity of which is bound up in good mar
kets for sugar, and this s true also of some
parts of Laruna. Cavlte. Bulacan and Pam
panga. where sugar was raised In the old
days with success and profit. In respect to
tobaeco. the need Is not so pressing because
the territory In which marketable tobacco
culture prevails Is by no mean so great.
Still It 'does affect three provinces, Cagayan.
Isabels, and La Union.
Taking up ths proposed extension of
ths, coastwise laws to the Philippines,
and restricting the trade between .this
country and the Islands to purely
American vesselB. the Secretary says:
I think this a very short-sighted policy.
Today the trade between the United States
and the Islands, export and import. Is about
17 per cent of the total. The proportion of
the total export trade from the Philippines
to the United States Is growing and Is cer
tain to grow more rapidly in the future,
especially if proper legislation Is adopted In
respect to sugar and tobacco. Now a coast
wise trading law will exclude altogether the
use of foreign bottoms between the ports
of the United States and the ports of the
Philippine Islands, and will confine that
commerce to United states vessels. There
Is very grave doubt whether there are
enough United States vessels to carry on
this trade as It Is, and even If there were
they could not carry on the trade without
a" very great Increase in freight rates over
what they now are. The minute that these
rates are advanced, while the rates to other
countries remain the same, the trade be
tween the islands and the United States will
cease to be. There will be no trade for the
vessels of the United States to carry, no
one will have been benefited in the United
States, and the onjy person who will reap
advantage is the foreign exporter, to whom
the Philippine business house will naturally
turn for exchange of products. The only
method possible by which the United States
vessels can be given the Philippine trade is
by voting a reasonablo subsidy for United
States vessels engaged in that trade. Any
other prohibitive or exclusive provision of
law will bs merely cutting off the nose to
spite the face of the Interest whloh attempts
It. I feel certain that when the queslon
of applying the coastwise trading laws to
the business between the United States and
the islands is fully Investigated, even those
representing the shipping Interests that
need and ought to have much encourage
ment will conclude that the coastwise trad
ing laws applied to the American Philippine
trade would merely destroy the trade with
out benefiting the shipping Interests.
In the criticisms upon the Government's
Philippine policy to be found in the col
umns of the newspapers that favor Immedi
ate separation. It has been frequently said
that the coastwise trading laws of the
United States apply as between Islands of
ths Fhlllpplnese. The truth Is that the re
strictions upon shipping between ports In the
Philippine Islands are what the Legislature
of the islands Imposes, and Congress has
made no provision of limitation In respect
to them. The coastwise regulations in force
within the archipelago are as liberal as
possible.
CASES COME TO TRIAL
FirVt ot Pennsylvania Capitol Graft
Suits to Be Heard.
HARRI3BURG, Pa., Jan. 26. The first
of the 37 criminal suits against ex-state
officers, contractors and others connect
ed with the building and furnishing of
the new Capitol of Pennsylvania, will be
brought to trial in the Iauphln County
Court tomorrow before Jundge Kunkel.
The defendants in the suits listed for
trial are Joseph Huston and Contractor
John Sanderson, Philadelphia; ex-Auditor-General
Wlljlam P. Snyder, Spring
City; ex-State Treasurer 'William L. Mat
thews, of Media, and James M. Schu
macher, Johnstown, ex-Superintendent of
Public Grounds and Buildings.
The defendants are charged with con
spiracy to cheat and defraud the stats
out of $136,000 by falsifying the weight
and measurements of certain furnish
ings supplied by Sanderson under his
"per foot" and "per pound" contract
with the Board of Grounds and Build
ings. The prosecution has selected five
cases against these defendants to be
trk-d first.
The prosecution will be conducted by
Attorney-General Todd, who will be as
sisted by James Scarlett, chief counsel
for the legislative committee which in
vestigated the charges of fraud; Assist
ant Deputy Attorney-General Cunning
ham. State Senator John E. Fox, of Har
risburg, and District Attorney Weiss.
The defense will be directed by leading
members of the Philauelphla bar, includ
ing A. S. L. Shield. Samuel M. Clements,
Jr., ex-District Attorneys Graham, Bell
and Rothermel and Charles H. Bergner
and Lyman D. Gilbert, of Harrlsburg,
and W. H. Hensel, of Lancaster.
Committed to the Asylum.
ALBANY, Or., Jan. 26. (Special.)
Mary Keniston, a Halsey girl who
drank carbolic acid with suicidal in
tent in Portland a few weeks ago, was
committed to the State Insane Asylum
from Linn County yesterday. She
imagines she is constantly being pur
sued and while working as a domestic
tn Portland she conceived the idea that
the Portland police were shadowing
her. so she decided to kill herself.
Heney's Lecture.
Francis J. Honey will speak on "Graft
Versus Good Government" at the First
Congregational Church Tuesday night at
8 o'clock.
GLEAN UP TOWN
TO GREET FLEEt
San Francisco Is Making Big
Preparations for Lavish
Entertainment.
WAR ON RATS GOING ON
Determined Extermination of Ro
dents Art Institute Honored by
Paris Scholarship Stanford
University Loaning Money.
BY P. A. SINSHEIMBR.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 28. CSpecial.)
San Francisco will make extraordinary
preparations during the next three
months to "tidy up" before the arrival
of the fleet. "Work on the downtown
streets will be pressed In order that the
gateway of the city may take on the ap
pearance of freshness rather than dilapi
dation. While the supervisors are busily
engaged on this problem, the special
committee, of which James D. Phelan is
chairman, intrusted with arrangements
for the entertainment of the visitors, has
already organized and mapped out its
plans in a general way: The first dona
tion to the f nnd of 100,000 which is to be
raised was made by a local Chinese
merchant, who accompanied his check
for 100 with a note expressing appreci
ation of the protection afforded by the
Stars and Stripes.
A unique feature of the celebration
will be a floral parade, the first San
Francisco has undertaken. The parade
will be under the auspices of the Native
Sons and Native Daughters. It will re
semble in general scheme the pageants
made famous by Los Angeles and Pasa
dena. San Francisco has lost the rural
atmosphere which the cities in' the
southern part of the state have re
tained, .and a floral parade will entail
an amount of preparation that has
seldom been attempted here before.
Special attention Is being paid the en
tertainment of the enlisted men. A club
house is to be erected where the blue
Jackets can make their headquarters
while on shore. A large pavilion will be
provided for drills,, concerts, and ex
hibitions. -
The military and navai parades will
make a spectacular display, but will en
tail little difficulty in the way of
preparation. The naval officers at the
port are co-operating with the general
committee and nothing is being planned
that will any way conflict with the
strict rules of the fleet.
The fleet will divide upon reaching San
Francisco and will occupy different por
tions of the harbor. One squadron will
anchor off Sausalito on the north shore,
another will take up its place Just south
of the Ferry building, a third detach
ment will rest off Hunter's Point in the
southern part of the bay, and a fourth
section of the fleet will be sent to the
Oakland front. This at least is the ar-
rangement which has been laid before
the harbor commissioners in ' order to
enable the board to arrange landing
floats.
Reports by the plague experts show
that the disease has been almost en
tirely eliminated from the city, but the
'battle against the rats is to be pressed
with new vigor. There have been no
new cases for more than two weeks.
Only two cases are now under treatment.
Despite these encouraging ' features, the
force of men in the employ of the health
board is to be increased and the dis
tribution of' poison to be continued on a
larger scale. '
All this is to be done as a precaution
ary measure. The theory held by Dr.
Rupert Blue, the Federal expert In
charge of the situation, is that the con
tagion is carried from the rat to the
human being by the flea. In the Winter
months the fleas vanish, to rearjpear
with the Spring and Summer. An ex
amination of the rodents last September
showed that one-half of one per cent
were infected. The examination at the
present time shows that one one-half
per cent are Infected. Dr. Blue believes
that vigorous measures should be
adopted at the present time In order to
exterminate the rats before Spring
comes. Already. 600.000 rodents have been
killed, a force of 360 men having been
maintained for this purpose. The work
is being carried on at a monthly cost of
145.000.
In order to Impress upon the house
holders of the city the necessity of con
tinued action, a mass meeting has been
called for next Tuesday at which the
Federal, state and city physicians as
sociated In the work will urge the adop
tion of the most complete sanitary meas
ure In every home In the' city.
Stanford University and the University
of California have opened with a larger
attendance than ever before in their his
tory. At Stanford are 1700 students and
8000 at the State UnU-ersity. An Innova
tion at Berkeley consists of a series of
lectures on current history. The first
lecture of the course was delivered by
Professor Bernard Moses, formerly a
member of the Philippine Commission, on
"The Philippine Assembly." All topics
of National and International significance
will be touched on by the lecturers.
The young women at the State Uni
versity have defeated decisively the at
tempt of the men students to dis
franchise them. In fact 92 of the young
men voted with the co-eds, while only
two co-eds were disloyal to their sex.
The sum of $1,000,000 has been loaned
by the trustees of Stanford University on
buildings in San Francisco. These loans
have been put out at 7 per cent. Sev
eral more millions will be similarly in
vested by the trustees. The money al
ready placed has gone to the Alaska
Commercial Company and to the Boyd
estate. The Alaska company is erecting
an artistic 11-story building on California'
and Sansome streets. The Boyd estate
is soon to erect a large structure.
NEW YORK BANK FAILS
- (Continued From'ptrst Page.)
have shrunk still, further, and today
amount to about 2,500.000.
The bank, which had been known as
the biggest of the Morse string of
financial Institutions, underwent a re
organization in October. Alfred H.
Curtis was succeeded by W. F. Have
meyer as president, the former becom
ing vice-president. In place of C. W.
Morse, who retired from the Institution.
On January 14 there was a further re
organization. Mr. Curtis being dropped
from the vice-presidency and from the
board of directors.
MONEY POURS INTO RESERVES
Clearing-Honse Certificates Being
Rapidly Redeemed.
NEW YORK, Jart. 26. The feature
of the financial situation last week waa
the continued rush of funds back into
the reserve deposit of the banks. This
was perceptible In the foreign money
centers as well as here, and was effec
tive In forcing down the official dis
count rates of the Bank of England,
the Bank of France and the Imperial
Bank of Germany, and the open mar
ket rates In all markets.
The remaining issue of New York
clearing-house loan certificates has
been going into rapid retirement. The
rapid easing of the money market has
not been affected by the notice of
withdrawal of 10.000,000 of Govern
ment deposits from the New York
banks, partly because of the large cur
rent deficit in the Government reve
nues, hut also by reason of the accu
mulation of funds being more rapid
than the demand to take them up. The
Inferences are plain that the heavy
imports of 100,000,000 of foreign gold
and the rapid Issue of over 30,000,000
National bank notes which followed
the runs on the banks last Fall, to say
nothing of the various emergency Is
sues of clearing-house certificates are
now proving redundant tn the coun
try's circulation.
Advices from the Iron and steel trade
show a condition of practical paralysis
to have ensued upon the financial cri
sis, although some moderate resump
tion Is reported to have occurred since.
The report to be published on Tuesday
of this week of the earnings of the
United States Steel Corporation for the
quarter ending December SI, Is awaited
nevertheless with, some solicitation.
Notwithstanding ths actual existence
of conditions indicating this heavy
contraction of prosperous activities,
there is not lacking evidence of hope
In early improvement. The increasing
abundance of money resources is
looked to as an effective help to this
revival. The doubtful element on the
side of the money situation Is sug
gested by the disposition of large cor
porations to finance their requirements
with short-time obligations, on which
also the interest rats is kept high,
notwithstanding the material reduction
of. rates on ordinary loans.
TO W OVER FOR TIME
TEMPORARY TRTJCE SIGNED BY
LEADERS OP SOCIETIES.
Orders From Embassy Threaten
Drastic Measures if Fight
ing Is Not Stopped.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28. (Special.)
Leaders of the fighting tongs which
have been terrorising Chinatown for the
last two weeks must settle their differ
ences quickly or be punished by the
Chinese government. Such was the edict
received today by the local Consul-General-
from the Chinese Embassy at Wash
ington. The Cossul-General has' notified the
leaders of the warring tongs, the Hop
Sings and the Bing Kungs. The ulti
matum from Washington is to the effect
that unless peace is made, the leaders
of the tongs will be handed over to the
police or driven from ths country, and
If this falls, punishment will be meted
out to their families and relatives in
China.
At a conference held this afternoon be
tween representatives of the two tongs
and the Chinese Six Companies a
partial truce affecting the entire Pacific
Coast was brought about, to go Into
effect at noon today and to last until
February 16, after the Chinese holidays.
There is serious doubt In the minds of
the Six Companies' powers as to whether
the tong leaders will live up to an agree
ment which has been broken several
times lately.
The Six Company men are angry and
threaten to turn over all of the tong
leaders to the police anyhow unless they
consent to make peace within the next
few days. ' Business has suffered In the
Chinese quarter since the recent war was
declared and the merchants have taken
it upon themselves to settle the strike.
The Hop Sing tongmen demand Im
munity from the Blng Kungs before
they will agree to peace. They are en
deavoring to make their enemies sign
a -document granting immunity to all
the men now under arrest on suspicion
of having killed Bing Kung men. They
also demand that several grievances now
existing between the two tongs be de
cided in their favor. Vhe Bing Kung
leaders have refused to entertain any
such proposition.
Fong Poy, the Blng Kung man shot
in this city last night toy one of the high
binders, died today. During the last
three weeks there have been five cases
of murder and attempted murder by
highbinders in California cities, all due
to the present outbreak.
DOES RECKLESS SHOOTING
Ed Zlmmer Fires at Cat and Breaks
Drug Store Window.
Ed Zlmmer, who lives near Sixth and
Harrison streets, has violent antipathy
to cats, as he himself admits, and as a
result of his effort to stop a feline con
cert with a double-barreled shotgun, he
is facing a charge of discharging fire
arms within the city limits.. About 9
o'clock last night a neighbor's cat com
menced a serenade near the Zlmmer
home, and Zlmmer decided that a
charge of buckehot would be a sover
eign remedy. He promptly sallied forth
and, as he thought, killed the sere
nades Several of the shot Intended tor
the cat glanced from the cement pave
ment and went through a drugstore
window near by, frightening a young
woman who was using the telephone
into hysterics. Detective Sergeant Baty,
who answered a call sent into head
quarters by the angry druggist and Pa
trolman Murphy, who was summoned
by the frightened young lady, arrived
on the scene simultaneously, and im
mediately proceeded to Impress upon
Mr. Zlmmer the folly of his act.
Zlmmer gave bail for his appearance
in Police Court this morning.
ITALIAN KING INTERESTED
Talks With Baron Takahlra About
Japan and America.
ROMB, Jan. 26. King Victor Emman
uel today again received Baron Taka
hlra. the Japanese Ambassador, who
leaves here February 1 for the United
States. The King displayed great inter
est in the Japanese-American relations
and the Ambassador went quite fully
into the questions that have arisen be
tween the two governments, particularly
with regard to emigration of the Jap
anese to America. Takahlra explained
that Japan did not wish to send emi
grants to that country and for years
had refused passports. Japanese emi
grants, however, managed eventually to
reach the United States through Ha
waii, the authorities of which country
have frequently requested that laborers
be sent there to work on the plantations.
Now Japan even refuses passports for
Hawaii, but the emigrants may still en
ter the United States through Mexico
and Canada. He declared that the only
way to stop them from so doing was for
Congress to promulgate a law whereby
not only the Japanese, but all emigrants,
could be debarred from entering the
United States if the Government ob
jected to them.
Special
Prices
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Depart- fU
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Specials on
A chance for housewives to lay in a goodly supply of the best
grades of bedding to be had, at prices- decidedly lesa than regular.
Ready-made Sheets and Pillow Cases, Sheeting by the yard and
one of the best-known Muslins on the market included in this
special sale. Fruit of the Loom Muslin, full yard wide.
housekeeper knows what this brand is.
10, 000 Yards on Sale 5pe
cial Price Monday, Yard
HEMSTITCHED SHEETS $1.10
Best quality Hemstitched Sheets, in three sizes,
priced as follows:
Sixe 81x99 inches, regularly worth to f 1 1 f
$125 each, today pllU ,
Size 90x99 inches, regularly worth $1.40 d J 7fl
each, today's price p ItKJ
Size 90x108 ins., regularly worth $L50 f O)
each, today's-price rp I. ,JJ
ALL SHEETINGS AT SPECIAL PEICES
An extraordinary announcement, for it means that
for today our entire stock of bleached or unbleached
sheetings are on 6ale at Clearance prices.
PROVIDES FOR HIS BURIAL
JAPANESE OOOKT THEN CUTS HIS
THROAT AXD DIES.
51. Suniada, of Seattle, Gives $100
to Preacher to "Send
Him Home."
SEATTLE. -Wash., Jan. 28. (Special.)
After making- arrangements for the
shipping: of his body to his native land.
M. Sumada, a Japanese cook, cut his
throat at his room, 414 Main street, at
9:30 o'clock this morning. He died a
short time later. Friends of the dead
man say he had been mentally unbal
anced for several days. A few minutes
after he breathed his last, a friend, who
had heard of his mental condition but
did not know of the tragedy, called at
the hotel to see him and to ascertain
If It would be necessary to hare film
placed In a hospital.
Saturday afternoon Sumada crave
Rev. Fukum&tsu Okazakl, of the Japa
nese Baptist Church, $100, saying that
he wished that sum to be used to send
him back to Japan. He did not say
that be was about to kill himself, and
at the time the minister believed Su
mada wished to return home alive.
DEMOCRATS ARE UNDECIDED
Clackamas May Have No Convention
to Elect Delegates.
OREGON CITT, Or.. Jan. 26. (Special.)
Members of the Clackamas County
Democracy have not yet decided whether
they will call a convention to elect dele
gates to the state convention, or whether
they will vest appointive power in the
hands of the county, central committee.
The matter was discussed yesterday at a
meeting of the county central body, but
no decision was reached and an adjourn
ment was taken until Saturday, February
8. t 10 o'clock.
Members of the committee are about
evenly divided as to which method to
pursue. The biennial banquet of the
party wilf be held In this city about the
last of February, and it is possible' that
the delegates to the state convention will
be chosen at that time.
MARION FRUITGROWERS ELECT
Meetings of Instruction of Various
Phases to Be Held.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 26. -Special.) The
Marion County Horticultural Society held
Its annual meeting yesterday and elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: President, L. M. Gilbert; first vice
president, J. R. Shepard: second vice
president, A. M. Lafollette; third vice
president, D. W. Matthews; secretary,
E. C. Armstrong. A number of Interest
ing addresses were delivered by local
fruitgrowers, among them J. R. Shep
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A sale in out Suit Department of such unusual propor
tions, such exceptional values, that no smart or care
ful dresser in Portland can afford to miss it. Suits, of
high class, late models and real distinctiveness.- They
come in fancy or strictly tailored styles, in which are
cleverly combined beauty, richness and unquestioned
utility: Values from $40.00 to
$135.00 each. Today only.
Our entire stock of Evening Gowns that range in price
from $75.00 and up are on special sale today. "Various
styles, materials and trimmings, but every one is
exquisitely lovely and sure to please some taste.
Choice of all these better Gowns w r jg w-
for today only at ".
ard. A. M. Lafollette, L. T. Reynolds
and Mr. Armstrong.
The principal address of the meeting
was by Fruit Inspector G. R. Castner,
of Wasco County. He said that apple,
pear and cherry trees should be planted
not less than 30 feet apart and he thought
it quite likely that the experience of the
next 10 or 16 years will show that 40 feet
is none too much.
Fruit Inspector Armstrong Is planning
a series of meetings of fruitgrowers at
which Illustrated talks on practical prob
lems of fruitgrowing will be given. He
Intends to discuss grafting and will bring
to the meeting branches of trees and
demonstrate before the audience Just how
the grafting is done. Other phases of
the care of fruit trees, such as heading
and pruning, will be taken up In the
same manner. , Growers are deeply in
terested in the plan of instructive meet
ings and a large attendance is assured.
The meetings will be held Saturday
afternoons.
M. O. Lownsdale will address the fruit
growers on Tuesday afternoon, January
28, instead of Wednesday, as heretofore
announced. His scheme for the reno
vation - ot old orchards by cutting the
trees off near the ground and grafting
new stock upon the shoots that come up
has aroused widespread interest, for it is
believed that this will go farther than
anything else to. get rid of the old. neg
lected and diseased orchards. ,
INFXiTJENCES BOY TO STEAL
Hillsboro Man Escapes With Money
Stolen for Him by Lad.
HILLSBORO, Or.. Jan. 26. (Special.)
Sheriff Connell is after Charles Doughty,
aged 28 years, charged with robbery. The
complaining witness Is Bruce Donelson,
a 13-year-old lad, who now occupies a
cell In the County Jail, as one of the
principals In the affair.' Toung Donelson,
who resides with his grandparents, yes
terday morning entered the hired girl's
room and robbed her of over $30 and a
gold watch.
The boy was taken into custody shortly
after, and says that Doughty Influenced
him to rob the domestic, and that after
the commission of the felony he gave
Doughty the J30 and the watch. Doughty
at once started eastward, and it Is
thought that he intends going to San
Francisco for enlistment in the regular
army. He Is an ex-soldier and served in
the Philippines. His parents reside in
East Hillsboro. Doughty wears a stubby
mustache, but no beard. When last seen
he wore a pair of blue army pants, a
black overcoat, and a black felt hat. He
Is about 6 feet 9 inches in height, and has
blue eyes. ,
MAY OWN ITS WATER PLANT
Grants Pass Contemplating Buying
Rogue River Company. ..
GRANTS PASS, Or., Jan. 26. (Spe
cial.) A mass meeting of citizens, pre
sided over by Mayor Smith, was held at
the Courthouse for purpose of learn
ing the sentiments of the taxpayers re
garding the purchase of the Rogue
River Water'Company's plant. City
Attorney C H. Clements made the
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opening speech, presenting the propo
sitions as outlined by the company In
its offer to sell to the city. At the
close of the meeting a popular vote was
taken, In which the public expressed
a desire that the Council proceed and
investigate the figure submitted and
to probe into the company's earnings.
The water company's offer is $110,100
In 20-year bonds, bearing 5 per cent in
terest as a negotiating price, and they
state that the gross income is (18,600.
Deducted from this is an annual outlay
for running expenses of $4260.
Hawley Coming to Register.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 26. (Special.) News
has -been received here that Congressman
W. C. Hawley will return to Oregon about
February 12 for the purpose of register
ing, as required by the registration law.
He will be here only two or threo days
and will return at once to Washinirton.
Sleep
Sleep is nature's re
building period, when the
energy used by the brain,
muscles and organs is re
newed. If you lose sleep,
your system is robbed of
the strength sleep should
give. Continued loss of
sleep multiplies this loss
until you become a phys
ical wreck. Dr. Miles'
Nervine quiets the irri
tated nerves and brings
refreshing, invigorating
sleep. Nervine contains
no opiates, and therefor
leaves no bad after-effects.
"For over two years I suffered un
told agonies; my friends thought I'
was going crazy. I could not sleep
nor rest at all. I tried different doo
tors. but failed to find relief. My
head would ache all the time; I was
like one drunk; could not concentrate
my mind, and was so restless and
worried that sleep was out of the
question. After taking one bottle of
Dr. Miles' Nervine I felt wonderfully .
changed. I am now on my third bot
tle and am gaining all the time. I
can lie down and sleep like a child,
and am able to do my work.
MRS. MAT SCOTT, English, In A.
Your druggist sells Dr. Mills' Nerv
ine, and we authorize him to return
prloe of first bottle (only) If It falls
to benefit you.
Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart, Ind