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t THE MORNING- OREGON! AN.' THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1908. JAPANESE MOUNT HI Party of Orientals Found Prac ticing at Santa Mon ica Bay. LONELY SPOT ON COAST Foreigners Also Reported to Have Drawn Maps of the Cliffs Near " Which- Portion of Dattleshi'p Fleet Will Anchor. SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb. 12. On n unfrequented bluff, which marks the northern limit of Santa Monica Bay. a party of seven Japanese, with a small cannon In their possession, have been Tor several days past engaged in ex periments that have aroused the sus picions jot the settlers In the home stead district, and the news of their operations, reaching here tonight, has created some little excitement, partic ularly as It is known that the portion Of the American battleship fleet will remain several days in the waters en closed by Point Duma, where the party f Japanese made its headquarters. Mexican Surprises Party. Jack U. Henry, a capitalist of Santa Monica,, returned, tonight from his ranch In the Mallbu country, and brought with him the first . authentic news concerning the intruders. From a Mexican, who came upon the seven foreigners . unexpectedly, Mr. Henry declares that he learned of their hav ing been engaged in making maps of the cliffs . along the crescent-shaped bay. Their evident anxiety to escape ob servation, he said, drew upon them tho careful observation of several of tho settlers, whp found them on one occa sion in possession of a small pivot gun, which, mounted on a cliff 185 feet above the water, was being fired, first In one direction and then in another. Test Range of Cannon. The Japanese, unaware that they were being watched, seemed interested In determining the- range of the little piece of artillery, which threw mis siles over a mile from the shore. The gun was operated with smokeless pow der. There is not even a theory as to the purpose of the party, but the presence of witnesses evidently discouraged their experiments, and four of them, all described as well-dressed and of Intelligent- appearance, left on a car for Los Angeles tonight. The remain ing three are presumed to he guarding the pivot gun at Point Duma. WANT 8-HOUR LAW KILLED County Commissioners in . Session Recommend Many Things. 1 TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 12. (Special.) The Washington State Association of County Commissioners today recom mended that the next Legislature re peal the eight-hour law as it applies to county work, pass a tire law, allow over 150 to be spent yearly on roads and bridges, make the automobile law stricter, put county officers on a .salary and ac tual expense basis, compel a quarantined patient to pay all expenses of the quaran tine If he la iinancially able to do so, hove the county engineer examine yearly all bridges and certify to the load they can carry, allow a county tax to be lev ied for the purpose of county advertising and aRklng Congress to, relieve some of tho forest reserve and aid it to Skamania County. On reconsideration, Olympia was chosen for tio next meeting, the third Monday In January, 1909. At first North Yakima had been chosen, but the choice was changed to the capital because the com missioners could bring more weight to bear there than from North Yakima to ward gettiug certain laws passed. The temporary officers were made permanent for the next year. They are Commissioner W. H. Dickson, of Pierce, president; J. G. Kemper, of Whatcom, vice-president; O. V. Breslin, of Skamania, secretary and treasurer; R. E. McFarlund, assist ant. A membership fee of $1 per year was decided upon and paid in by all present. CONTENT TO BE A TOILER Uryan Will Only Hold Office if the People Want Him. BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 12.-W. J. Bryan arrived at 1 o'clock this after noon, and from that time until midnight he was a busy man in this city. He was accompanied by National Commit teeman Norman B. Mack, who met Mr. Hryan at Niagara Falls on his arrival from Toronto. During the afternoon Mr. Bryan addressed a woman's organiza tion at the Twentieth Century Club, spoke to a gathering of clergymen at the "V. M. C. A., mot and conferred with Democratic leaders and attended a re ception and luncheon given by the Dem ocratic general committee, of Erie County. Tonight he spoke at a mass meeting at Convention Hall, and he also delivered addresses before members of the Saturn and Buffalo Clubs, the Knights of Col umbus ' and the Modern Woodmen of America. The meeting was open to the public, and tho auditorium was filled. On the platform with Mr. Bryan were Mayor Tom Johnson, of Cleveland, and many men prominent in the ranks of tho Dem ocratic party In Buffalo and ' Western New York. Mr. Bryan said In part: I shall be .content, if. when my day . a-ro numbered, it can be truthfully said of me that I wbh a toller, laboring a best 1 could. I have nothing; to ask 'of the American people except to be permitted to spend the rest of my life repaying; the debt of irratUuda that I own them. If I vver hold office. It must not be because 1 want it. but because they want me to serve. CONFERENCE TO END FIGHT Kan Francisco Engineers Will Meet Shipowners. . SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12. A'commit tee from the Marine Engineers' Union will .meet a committee from the Shipown ers' Association tomorrow for the third -time to confer on differences In the new get of rules announced by the Shipown ers' Association a few weeks ago, and it Li thought that the conference will re sult In an amicable settlement. The first engineers' committee effected a compromise, but it was rejected by the union and another committee appointed The second committee met with a com mittee from the Shipowners' Association last week, but a difference of opinion ION 01 BLUFF among the union men prevented anything definite being done at this meeting. The union men were Instructed definitely as to their powers at a meeting of the union last Tuesday night. The .result of tomorrow's conference will be reported back to the Engineers' Union for final action next Tuesday night. Suffragettes Choose Martyrdom. LONDON, Feb. 12. Nearly ' 60 women suffragists who yesterday made a raid on the House of Commons were arraigned in Police Court today and sentenced to pay a fine or undergo one month's imprison ment. All but two of the women pre ferred to go to Jail rather than pay the fine. Companies. Increase Forces. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12. The Republic Iron & Steel Company in East St. ' Louis put 900 men to work yesterday and today announcement was made by the National Enameling & Stamping Company that 400 extra men will be given employment in the tin mills of the company at Granite City next Monday. Illinois Miners on Strike. DUQUOIN. 111., Feb. 12. One thousand miners employed by the Crerar Cling Coal Company, of Chicago, went on strike here today. The trouble originated over the price of powder, which the operators have been selling to the miners. HUNT FDR MODERN CRUSOE FLEET WILL SEARCH FOR STRANDED MAN. Connecticut Citizen Believed to Be on Island of Santa Cruz, Off West Coast. WASHINGTON.. Feb. 12. A man by the name of Jeffs, and whose home Is said to have been in Connecticut, is be- lieyed to be stranded on one of the Gala pagos or Tortose Islands, situated off the west coast of South America. A prominent, person from Connecticut, in terested In Jeff's case, has written to the department, asking that one of the ves sels of Admiral Evans' fleet stop at the islands on its way from Callao, Peru, to Magdalena Bay, and make a -search for him. According to the information at hand, Jeffs Is thought to be on the Island of Santa Cruz, which also bears the name of Indefatigable, Dut definite data about him are lacking. Requests made hereto fore that an American war vessel search for the man bad to be refused because there were no ships In that part of the world. This time, however, one will stop, and orders with that end In ' view will be" given to Admiral Evans before he leaves Callao. Either a supply ship or the re pair vessel accompanying the battleships will conduct the search. There Is a lighthouse on one of the islands, which are said to be now nearly unpeopled. KILLED BY POISONED (?ANDY Dose Meant for Girl Taken by Baby Sister.' KANSAS CITY, Feb. 12. Ruth Mil ler, the 4-year-old (daughter of Charles Miller, of Kansas City, Kan., today died from the effects of eating candy from a , box of cheap bonbons sent through the mall to Ella Miller, an old er sister. ' The following inscription was on the candy box: "Sweets to Ella Miller. From girls of the S. and S." The candy Is believed to have con tained strychnine and Ruth Miller died In agony ten minutes after eat ing some of It. Four other children of the family were affected, but suf fered only temporary distress. Ella Miller, who is 14 years old, worked for the Sehwarzschild & Sulz berger Packing Company until a month ago. She docs not believe she has any enemies at the packing house. FRIENDS DIFFER ON BRYAN (Continued From First Pace.) "weakness and utter inefficiency of our boasted gold standard financial' system." The whole situation was, he said, that the Republican leaders did not believe It to be possible for the Re publican party to have revision of the tariff at this time, although pub lic opinion, supplemented by Repub lican dissatisfaction, "has forced a re luctant consent to hammer into the next Republican platform a promise to revise after the election." Man's Right to Buy Cheap. If, tie inquired, the President was truly sincere in the vigor and zeal for the right expressed In his recent mes sage for the protection of the indi vidual rights of the citizen against the rapacity of the trusts, why did he not recommend to his party that a guarantee be given every American citizen the right to buy at home the products of American manufacturers as' cheap as these products are sold In foreign countries. He credited the President with being an "expert in the game of politics," and said that his command of lan guage left him without a rival among the noted public men of the country. Tho country, ho continued, needed a reformer, but there must be no hys teria In such work. It should be de liberate ands not sensational. : Cure for All' Predatory Classes. In conclusion, Richardson said ho believed that the "predatory wealthy," "predatory poverty," "swollen for tunes'" and the "criminal rich," to gether with the trusts, were evil forces abroad In the , land and they ought to be controlled and would be '"when the true and imperishable Democratic principle of equal rights to all and special favors to none Is handed out as a square deal to all alike." The Indian appropriation bill was passed after having been amended In many Important particulars. The ap propriation, however, carried by the bill Is practically as recommended by the committee and amounts to $8,100, 000. Ban on Mississippi Bucket-Shops. JACKSON. Miss., Feb. 12. What is known as the Boddie anti-bucket-shop bill passed the Senate today by a practically unanimous vote. It had previously passed the House and now only awaits the signature of the Gov ernor to become a law. Genoa Joao Franco, the deposed Premier and Dictator of Portugal, remains In- se clusion at his hotel. In conversation Wednesday he reiterated his desire to with draw from political life forever. COAST CITIES LEAD Chicago's Death Rate Boast Not Substantiated. FIGURES FAVOR THE WEST Portland Has Rate of 828 Based on Population of 2 25,000 Sound Cities Withhold Bases of Estimates. CHICAGO. Feb. 12. With the excep tion of Milwaukee, Chicago was said by Dr. Drake, statistician of the health de partment, to be the healthiest city of America. Chicago's death rate was for 1907 given at 15.25 per thousand popula tion, based on the Federal estimated popu lation of 2,107.630. 'I have taken the deaths as reported by each city and figured them against the population as given by the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor," said Dr. Drake, "and Milwaukee Is the only city that excels Chicago's record SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 12. Regarding the statement contending that Milwaukee is the healthiest city In the United States, City Health Officer Dr. I. A. Parry states that Seattle's death rate Is eight per 1000, or nearly one-half of that attributed to the Eastern city, Dr. Parry said that the Seattle figures were baaed on actual returns and that if other cities followed the same care In preparing their reports that Seattle did, he had no doubt but that their death rates might be higher. TACOMA, Feb. 12. Dr. A. De Y. Green, City Health Officer of Tacoma, in the last annual report, shows the death rate of Tacoma as eight to the 1000 inhabitants, which Is .23 under Portland's low rate. Chicago's boast that It is the second healthiest city In the country Is not borne out by the facts. The statistician of that city has figured a death rate of 15.25 per 1000 Inhabitants, placing the City of Milwaukee, Wis., as the healthier In comparison. If the Chicago doctor had extended his research he would have dis covered that the City of Portland had last year a death rate of only 8.28 per 1000 Inhabitants, figured on a population of 225.000, about one-half the percentage Chicago thinks worthy of self-congratula tion. . Mayor Lane said last night that a per centage of 8.28 for a city the size of Portland Is remarkably low, and the fact that the previous year was but slightly nigner than the year lust closed proves this city to be exceptionally healthy. ine dispatches printed above omit an Important point, in that the source of Information is not given in basing popula tion, in order to arrive at a fair com parison, the cities .concerned should fur nish census reports of like date and of reliable compilation. Swelling a report of population would make a favorable showing on the percentages. The cities of the Pacific Northwest, however, have much to be satisfied with In the actual facts, for In comparison with Eastern Cities the death rate is so small as to fur nish an object lesson much to the ad vantage of the Coast. GERMANY READY TO SIGN Agrees to Hague Treaty Peace In Baltic and Xorth Seas. BERLIN. Feb. 12. Speaking before tho budget commutes of the Reichstag to day, Dr. Kriese, permanent German member or the Arbitration Court, said that Germany soon would sign the agree ment' reached at The Hague last Sum mer. He said the German delegates had opposed the court of compulsory arbitra tion for the whole world because they be lieved such a court would endanger the general Idea of arbitration. Replying to an Inquiry regarding tho character of the International negotia tions respecting the Baltic and the North Seas, Herr von Schoen, the Foreign Sec retary, denied the correctness of the as retary, denied that the purpose was to make the Baltic a closed sea, while the negotiations 'regarding the' North Sea were intended only to guarantee the pres ervation of the status quo, each country to give a solemn pledge that It will make no attempt to change the existing situa tion. p ' FIVE KILLEDjJY EXPLOSION Also Causes Disastrous Fire in a Starch Factory. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Feb. 12. Five persons are believed to have been killed by the explosion of a mixer In the starch factory of C. S. Tanner late this after noon. Three, other persons were injured. Their condition Is not serious. The building was badly wrecked by the explosion and fire following completed the work of destruction. The property loss will not exceed 100,000. ..New Tork Democrats Dine. NEW YORK, Feb. 12. Three Demo cratic nominees for the Governorship of New York In past campaigns spoke to night at the Lincoln birthday celebration held at the National Democratic Club. The three speakers were ex-Judge D. Cady Herrlck. John- B. Stanchfleld and ex-Justice Augustiis Van Wyck. Over 200 members f the club and their guests attended. Judge Herrlck, the gust of honor, was the principal speaker. Oddfellows' Hall Association. The stockholders of the Oddfellows' Hall Association . held their annual meeting last Tuesday night, when the following directors were elected: W. L. Lightner, Charles Hegele, Dr. Byron E. Miller, James Bell, H. M. Beckwith, J. F. Hand and W. P. Lewis. The di rectors selected the following officers: President, W. L. Lightner; vice-president, H. M. Beckwith; secretary, A. N. Gambell; treasurer, Charles Hegele. Plenty of Gasoline in Alaska. NOME. Alaska, Feb. 12. Upon request of the. Nev York Times, the Nugget, of this city, has made an Investigation of the supply of gasoline In Alaska along the route the New York-Paris automobile racers will take. The paper finds that there is plenty of the liquid fuel to sup ply the six machines for the entire trip through the North. Caches of gasoline have been made all along the trails the machines will take. Ingalls Speaks to Bankers. DETRIOT, Mich., Feb. 12. Melville E. Ingalls, of Cincinnati, president of the Merchants National Bank of that city and chairman of the board of the Big Four Railway, made the address of the even ing at the semi-annual banquet today at the hotel Cadillac of the Bankers Club of Detroit. VALENTINES The finest selection and largest assortment we have ever shown. Fancy or comic styles. Card Valentines, each 1 to 2o Hand-painted and silk-trimmed, each 10 to 5.00 Valentine Postcards, 2 for 5$ to 20 each; fancy drop styles each 5 to 75 Paper Comic Valentines, the dozen ...5 and 10J J$ jiff vl i r Covered Clothes Hampers Mde in 1 style ahlfi. KervirerihlA nnrl solute necessity in every household, special for .Thursday 25c Table Mats, 6 in the", set Japanese Pot Scrubs, spe cial at 3 for 15c ..5c 35c 35c 35c Fine Whisk Brooms, the " 50c grade for Feather Dusters, the 50c grade for. 50c Shoe Sets, 3 brushes, for Women 's Coats Worthto$48.50 $1 A Housekeepers3 Day special that will be of interest to any woman with a Winter m " coat need yet to be supplied. These are long, loose styles in plain colors, invisible plaids or mixtures. Chiefly dark colors, but a few in the lighter shades. Neatly and attractively trimmed with buttons and self-straps or velvet of a harmonizing shade. Many have the popular kimono sleeves. The values are to $48.50 each, but the Thursday price is just Today Ends $3.19 This has been a busy time in the section because of big values. ,We have gathered in one huge lot thousands of pairs of women's stylish, serviceable Shoes, and marked them all at a price surprisingly low for three days' selling. Today ends the sale. Included are all sorts of leathers; button or lace styles; shoes with light weight or heavy extension soles; every height heel from the low school heel for misses' shoes to the high Cuban effects. Shoes that supply every footwear want. Shoes that give sterling service and values from $3.50 to $5 pair. ' Your choice at remarkably small sum of. WOMEN'S LOW SHOES About 1000 pairs of fine oxfords in $3.50 and $4.00 grades, to .be sold at once to make room for Spring numbers. In this lot, too, your choice TI I W OOl tDOdfJ Gibson's Soap Polish, in cans holding 1 lb. each, regularly 10c, 7 n special BATTLE WITH LYNCHERS Georgia Murderer Makes Desperate Fight and Wounds Ten. . CHICAGO, Feb. 12. A dispatch to the Tribune from Valdosta, Ga., gays: Attacked by a mob of lynchers, just across tho Florida line yesterday. Jack Long, a white man, fought his assail ants desperately, wounding; ten and forc ing the others to kill him. Long was accused of killing James Sapp, a wealthy citizen. A son of Sapp had killed a brother of Long and es caped. Long was arrested and fifty men visited the prison and took the prisoner out to hang him. A spectator says Long fought the mob to a standstill In prison, but was knocked down with a club as he ran out of the door. Then another fight ensued. In which the combined strength of the men was required to subdue the prisoner. A start to a place 400 yards distant was made, but Long fought every Inch of House furnishings floor The Third Floor offers unusual savings for Housekeepers' Duy. Bargains so good that not to buy is real extravagance. These are headline specials Make them your savings Dur able, serviceable and an ab- Regular $2.50 values; Whisk Broom Holders, '12c values, Thursday 8c $1.50 Te.a Kettles, size 8, nickel plated, on sale tf 1 t Thursday at pilJ 30c Sauce Pans, of granite iron ' 25c Improved covered grade, sixe 10x15, for Roasters, 45c 35c 8.95 $18.95 $3.19 $3.19 xuiir cuoice 3 days The famous soaP for washing woolens without shrinking. It is also an rC excellent soap for toilet and bath use. A Housekeepers' Day A Jockey Club -ToQet Soap, large cakes, worth 5c, today, doa. 35, O or, each..... JC Whisk Brooms, fine quality, 'S.Af.. the way, the path being marked with splotches of blood, and he was beaten to death before he finally was hanged. Four of the members of the mob were wound ed so badly that they may die. Move to Disband Militia. JACKSOX, Miss., Feb. IX Because of' the lynching of the negro Qi Pigott at Brook haven Monday last, the Mississippi Legislature will be called upon to decide whether or not to disband the state militia In times of peace. Senator Harper of Gre anada offered a resolution to this effect today, specifying that this step Is taken in view of the Brookhaven lynching. Will Admitted to Probate. k The will of "William C. Tuttle was ad mitted to probate In the County Court yesterday. The estate, consisting principally of a drugstore. Is said to be worth about $4350. The heirs named In the petition to the court are Lois Belle Davis Tuttle, the widow; Ruth Tuttle and May Tuttle, the two daughters. Coat and Hat Racks fulness. Ine 2oc racks are special 88c Tea Kettles, of gran ite irons 65c 50c 50c ..8c 15c 25c Gas Mantles, special at 3 for , 60o Knives and Forks, the set, special at.... Teaspoons, worth 25c the set, for Tablespoons, worth 50c , the set, for. Warm Comforts Worth $3.75 Each DOWNALINE-FILLED COMFORTS Covered with silkoline, in dainty colors; $3.75 values, !0 Off special at pOsfiliO WHITE WOOL BLANKETS, with pink, blue or red borders, priced as follows: $3.75 grades, sale price $2.85 $4.50 grades, sale price $3.50 $5.00 values, special at". $3.98 $6.00 values, special at S4.45 $7.00 grades, selling for $5.15 $13.50 values, special at $9.00 COUCH COVERS HEAVY TAPESTRY COUCH COVERS, fringed all around, Oriental- colorings and designs : $8.00 values, special at $5.25 $3.75 grades, sale price.... '. $2.65 $2.00 Covers, sellhij for $1.29 SANITARY GRAY WOOL BLANKETS, good size and good weight, with fancy pink and blue CO fC borders, regularly $3.25 pair; sale price. 0 Large-size, soft, warm, down-filled Com- fl7 ff forts, reg. $.0.00 each; special today P JU Shoe Sale WOMEN'S FRENCH HEEL SHOES-Every pair we have in this style in the $3.50 grades. They are mostly narrow widths and small sizes, patent or kid leathers', and among them values as high- as $5,00. 01 any pair in the lot for QJ QO . : p a. s j of extra large 27c .19c Borax, the well-known 20 Mule Team brand, -lb. packages, A special at, ea BUYS ISLAND IN SWEDEN Universal Brotherhood Will Found Foreign Branch. SAN DIEGO. Cal.,. Feb. 12. Mrs. Katherine Tlnglcy, nead of the Theosoph leal Society and Universal Brotherhood, with headquarters at Point Loma. re ceived a cablegram this afternoon an nouncing the confirmation of her pur chase of Vesingso Island, In Sweden, where she la to establish a brand) of the Universal Brotherhood, similar to the M a k e-s old wire scrsens as good as new melt the rust; wiU not nil the mesh. Dries in. jtjui:lyonxrrnJ lr ' VALENTINES Prepare for the Valentine party. Get now the many novelties so im portant to the success of the af fair they are all here. Red hearts and many other designs for tally cards ; Place Cards in novel styles ; Paper Ice Cases; Paper Doilies; Paper Napkins; Lunch Sets and Playing Cards. Made of iard wood- HaTe six Pins- Qf good appearance and general use Thursday at the low price of,. J g Improved covered grade, size llxlb, . for.. Roasters, 50o 39c Dover Egg Beaters, worth Q 10c each, for OC Universal Food Choppers, QC reg. $1.25 gTade for ZJOC Universal Food Choppers, tho resr- ular $1.50 grade 1.15 for. Choice Linens R Valu are es Housekeepers' Day in the Linen Department means big savings on some of the most necessary arti cles in the home. Hemstitched sheets of best make Size 214x234 yds., $1.25 values; special at $1.10 Size 21x2 yds., $1.40 varies; special at $1.20 Size 2x3 yds., $1.50 vals.$1.30 Plain hemmed round thread Sheets, the best for wear. Size 134x212 yds., special, ea.70 Size 2x2i2 yds., for, each...80 Size 24x2 2 yds., for, each..90 Pattern Table Cloths, slightly soiled. Size 2x3 yds., $4.50 vals...$3.50 Size 2x3 yds., $5.25 vals...$4.50 Squares and Scarfs, of Richard son's linen; hemstitched and em broidered. Regardless of former price, your choice now at just..- nau Spring Goods Hundreds of pieces displayed on special counters. French costume linens, taffeta checks and plaids, Scotch zephyrs and all the newest materials in white goods. $7 9C institution which ie now so prosperous here. A Skin of Beamy is a Joy Forever Tt. t FEUI COURAUD'S ORIENTAL CREAJI 08 MAGICAL BEAUTIFIES Removes Tn. PI m plea. Freckle Moth Putehe, JrUah, and Skill Diseaora, 53 (S2 8 SrVl mna every oiecuiA on betuty. Dd dv fles detection. II bu stood tii tet of i7 yenra, and Is so harmless w taste it tobeiurU 1a properly marl. Accept no conntei felt of attEjlar Dane. Dr. L. A. Sayre said to lady of tbfl h But ton (a patient) c "A you ladies will dm them. kin nrnarailons.M F ir sala by all druensu and Fancy. 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