THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, MAT 13, 1U08.
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TARGET TROPHY
Wrests Championship of Navy
From Battleship
Illinois.
FOR WORK AT MAGDALENA
Cruiser of Pacific Squadron Defeats
All Kound-the-World Ships.
Seven Battleships AVin
Stars of Merit.
SLOW DOWN OFF OREGON rOKTS.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU.
Wanhlnrton, May 14. The battlrshlp
fleet will not engnjc in any particu
lar maneuvers, either at the mouth
of the Columbia or off'Taquina Bay.
The Department- Informs Senator
Fulton that on Its trip to Tuget
Sound the fleet will slow down at
these two'pernta,- hus affording a
better opportunity to see the ships.
If there has been any change in this
programme. It - ha been -arranged by
the commanding officer of the fleet.
WA9HTXGTOX, May 14. The armored
cruiser Maryland was the trophy-winner
In the recent target practice at Magda
lena Bay. Announcement of this was
made at the Navy Department today.
The trophy is now in possession of the
Illinois, and directions have been sent
to the commander-in-chief of the At
lantic fleet directing him to transfer it to
the Maryland.
The result announced includes com
putation of the final merit of the ves
sels of the battleship class which en
gaged In the target practice, that is to
say. all vessjcJs . JisvIdr turret guns.
Those vessels havincr 85 per cent or
more of the sccre of the trophy winner
are called star- ships,- and are as fol
lows in the order of merit:
Illinois. Kentucky. Virginia, Louisi
ana. AlabamaConnecticut and Tennes
see. ...
The standing of the remainder of the
vessels Is aa follows:
Vermont, Minnesota. Pennsylvania.
TVest Virginia, lthode Island, Washing
ton. Kearsarge, New Jersey, Georgia,
Kansas. Missouri, Maine and Ohio.
The results of the competition in the
cruiser. gunboat and torpedo-boat
classes have not been computed.
JOY OX BOARD THE MARYLAND
Battleship's Men Disappointed They
Can't Show Trophy Abroad.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14. The an
nouncement that the armored cruiser
Maryland, of the Pacific fleet, had been
awarded the target practice trophy for
first-class ships brought great joy to
the sallor on board that vessel, who
I impatiently had been awaiting the of
.ficlal confirmation of their belief that
ithey had fairly won the trophy In order
that a long-planned and elaborate cele
'bration might be held. The cruisers of
the Pacific fleet preceded the battle
ships at practice in Magdalena Bay,
.and after the wonderful record made
by the Maryland it was freely predicted
all along the Coast that none of the
! heavier ships from the East would be
able to match her scores and speed.
When the practice of the battleships
had ended, however, it was rumored
that the Illinois had a good chance to
equal the Marylands' record under the
percentage allowances prescribed in
the trophy awards. Jt was also stated
; that the Alabama was very close to the
Illinois, although no announcements
were allowed to be made by the officers
of the Atlantic fleet.
The Illinois has flown the 'trophy
; pennant of red ever since the practice
, of a year ago. when she won It with
; ease. Both the Illinois and the Ala
bama are equipped with 13-inch guns
In their main battery, as against the
12-inch guns of the modern battleships
,of the Connecticut class. Many ord
inance officers declare the 13-Inch rifle
to be infinitely superior to the smaller
caliber. The largest guns on the Mary
land are 8-lneh. ,
It is something of a disappointment
to the men of the Atlantic fleet that no
vessel among the 16 on tour of the
world will be able to show the trophy
pennant in foreign ports, but they all
acknowledge the splendid record at
tained by the Maryland as setting a
'new standard in target practice work.
OREGOXIAX BUREAU IS CLOSED
Accomplished Much for Accommoda
tion of Visitors Krom Xorthwcst.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 14. (Special.)
The Oregonian Information Bureau,
which was established by The Oregonian
in the interest of its readers who vis
ited San Francisco during the celebra
tion of the coming of the fleet, having
accomplished its task, was closed today.
During the two weeks of Its existence
It secured rooms for over 600 Oregon,
Washington and Idaho people, at a time
when it would have been extremely dif
ficult for visitors to secure accommoda
tions for themselves1. More than half of
these were met on Incoming trains and
at the Ferry building, while 269 reftls
tered at the 'booth maintained by The
Oregonian in the California building, on
I'nion Square.
During Its short but lively existence
the bureau was a headquarters for Pa
cific Northwest people, who daily vis
ited the booth to leave messages for
friends and to learn who had come down
from the North. What they appreciated
most, however, was to obtain The Ore
gonian each day. Last week was the
chief activity, many Northwest people
returning Friday and Saturday. Those
who remained have been leaving by the
trainload each day. until now there Is
only the normal number of Pacific North
west people here.
GOVERNORS - TO ORGANIZE
(Continued From First Fase.t
borders of a state should be left to it.
This was the feeling of Idaho regard
ing her forests.
Governor Norrls, of Montana, said that
his state had 21.000.000 acres of forest re
serve and was not complaining, "but we
want no more of them. Mr. Secretary,
he added, turning to Secretary Garticld.
Garfield Makes .Reply.
A general reply to these criticisms was
made by Secretary Garfield, who followed.
State line mean much, he admitted, but
elate lines liad been passed over by the
MARYLAND
If
men and women of the country. By the
same process, trade and commerce had
wiped out state lines.
"But," he added, "that does not for one
moment mean that these great political
sovereigns are losing any oi their -rights,
or that the powers of the Federal Gov
ernment shall infringe upon political. In
dustrial or personal rights; but it does
mean that in the progress of our coun
try those powers which are latent must
be developed."
James J. Hill, of the Great Northern
Railroad, in a speech on "The Natural
Wealth of the Land and Its Conserva
tion," took a rather gloomy view of
the outlook for the United States, assert
ing that only concerted action by the
states could avert the threatened ex
haustion of their natural resources and
the bankruptcy and ruin of the Nation.
Professor T. C. Chamberlin. president
of the American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, read a paper on
"Soil Wastage" and R. ,A. Long, of
Kansas City, mado a striking plea for the
lumbermen in an address on "Forest
Conservation." A general discussion of
these topics followed.
Proceedings of Afternoon.
At the afternoon -session "Land Re
sources" was the theme of discussion.
Addresses were made by former Gover
nor of California, George C. Pardee,
on "Resources Related to Irrigation."
and by the president of the American
National Livestock Association, A. H.
Jastro, of Bakersftcld, Cal.. on "Graz
ing and Stockraislng." The general
discussion of these subjects was opened
by former United States Senator Jos
eph M. Carey, of Cheyenne, Wyo. Gif
ford Pinchot, chief of the bureau of
forestry, will give a reception tonight
to meet the governors and the mem
bers of the Inland AVaterways Com
mission. The scene previous to calling the
conference together by President
Roosevelt was one of animated discus
sion. Notwithstanding the intense heat
in the east room, every available scat
was occupied. President Roosevelt,
upon calling the delegates to order, an
nounced that Governor Deneen, of Illi
nois, would preside at the afternoon
session. The President then announced
James J. Hill, chairman of the board
of directors of the Great Northern
Railroad, as the first speaker of the
morning- session. He was given an
ovation.
Mr. Hill talked for nearly an hour, and
at the conclusion of his address was
warmly congratulated "by the members
of the convention, including William J.
Bryan, who shook hands with him.
Mr. Hill likened the present assembly
to a meeting of the board of directors
of a great corporation w-ith 87,000.000
stockholders. For the first time there
was made a formal National protest
under the seal of the highest author
ity against economic waste. Mr. Hill
emphasized the need for preservation
of soil fertility, inasmuch as 36 per
cent of the Nation's population is en
gaged in agriculture and all the rest
depend upon the farmers. He esti
mated that in 1925 the population of
the United States would be 130.000.000,
and by the end of the century 200,
000,000. "Where are they to go. how are they
to be enabled to earn a living wage,
how are they to be fed?" he asked. The
Nation will soon cease to export
wheat and the mineral resources by
that time will be greatly reduced. The
soil must be the support of the people
at no distant date, and within fifty
years, if the abuse of the land is not
checked, the outlook will be dark.
Threatens Nation's Lire.
The very existence of the Govern
ment, he declared, was threatened by
the coming of the day when there is
no longer free access to the land, or
when the land will no longer support
the people. Continuing, he said:
If we fail to consider what we possess
of wealth available for the uses of mankind
and to what extent we are wasting National
patrimony that can never be restored, we
might be likened to the directors of a com
pany who never examine a balance sheet.
The resources of the sea furnish less than
u per cent of the food supply, and that is
U. The forests of this country are fast
disappearing. The mineral wealth stored
In the earth can be used only once. When
fuel and iron become scarce and high-priced,
civilization, as far as we can now- foresee,
will suffer as man would suffer by the grad
ual withdrawal of the air he breathes.
Soil Final llesource.
The exhaustion of our coal supply is not
in the Indefinite future. The most favorable
view of the situation forces the conclusion
that iron and coal will not he available for
common use upon anything like present
torms before the end of this century and
our individual, social and political life must
be readjusted to meet the strains Imposed
by new conditions. Now we turn to the only
remaining sources of man upon this earth,
which Is the soil itself.
Mr. Hill went on to show that in
1906 the total unappropriated public
lands in the United States consisted of
792.000.000 acres. Of this area the di
visions of Alaska, Arizona. California,
Colorado. Idaho. Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico and Wyoming contained 197,
700,000 acres of surveyed and 509,000.
000 acres of unsurveyed land. Little
of Alaska was fitted, he said, for gen
eral agriculture.
How Long Will It Last?
"We have," said he, "subtracting
these totals. 50.000,000 acres of sur
veyed and 36,500,000 acres of unsur
veyed lands as our actual remaining
stock, and 21.000,000 acres were dis
posed of in 1907. How long will the
remainder laet?"
Mr. Hill declared that millions of
acres in the South, In places to the
extent of one-tenth of the entire ar
able area, have been so injured that no
industry and no care, can restore them.
He said that the agricultural land had
been abused in two principal ways,
firet by single cropping and second by
neglecting fertilization. The two rem
edies are rotation of crops and the use
of fertilizers.
The conference was greatly shocked
when they learned of the illness of
H. A. Jastro. of California, who was to
have been the second speaker at the
afternoon session on "Grazing and
Stockraislng." He was taken suddenly
111 at the White House and had to be
removed to one of the local hotels. His
address was read by W. C. Barnes, of
New Mexico.
Later it was learned that Mr. Jas
tro'o illness was not of a serious na
ture, he having been affected by the
extreme heat of yesterday and today.
THIRTY KILLED BY STORM
Path of Tornado in LouLslania 50
Miles AVide.
SHREVEPORT, La., May 14. Thirty
dead and 200 Injured Is a conservative es
timate of the fatalities caused by the tor
nado which swept through Northern Lou
isiana yesterday evening, destroying three
small towns and leaving wrecked houses
and ruined crops in a path a mile wide
and 50 miles long.
The dead at Gilliam, which had about
200 inhabitants, number 13, while at Rol
inger the known dead list is six. These
two towns are about 15 miles apart, and
nothing has been learned of the work of
tho storm in the country between.
At Klmore, a small town near Gilliam,
several houses were destroyed, and it is
not known how many people perished.
Several of the dead were brought to
Shreveport on the relief train from Gill
iam this morning, and the hospitals and
sanitariums are crowded with Injured,
several of whom will die.
Only two houses were left standing at
Gilliam.
Flint Irflnnd. from which tle recent
eclipse of tho sun was observed. Is a mcra
dot en tiie 1'aciac 400 miles north of T&hHl.
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THROUGH
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PAND SPUR
Vreeland Currency Bill Passes
House, Rule Dividing
Insurgents.
ONLY ONE ALTERNATIVE
Democrats Allowed to Vote for
Williams Bill, but Many Refuse.'
Senate Will Substitute Aldricli
Bill Conference to Decide.
WASHINGTON. May 14. The Vreeland
currency bill, agreed upon by tho Repub
lican' caucus, was today put through the
House under a special rule by a vote of
184 to 145. Fifteen so-called insurgents of
the majority party voted with the Demo
crats, who went on record solidly against
the measure.
The closing moments of the debate were
replete with excitement and Republican
enthusiasm caused by the refusal of the
great majority of the Democrats to go on
record for tho Williams bill, which had
been offered by Kahn of California, as a.
substitute for the Vreeland bill, in accord
ance with a well-laid plan of the majority
leaders to ascertain where the Democrats
stood on the proposition, which, it was al
leged, was supported by Mr. Bryan.
" Democrats Cause Hilarity.
Ninety-three Democrats voted "pres
ent." which aroused the Republicans to a
high state of hilarity at the expense of
tiie minority. Only a handful of Demo
crats had the temerity to vote "aye" or
"no." The action of Kahn was due to the
refusal of Williams to present his bill as
a substitute, which under tho rule he was
specifically authorized to do.
When the House opened Vreeland of
fered a resolution to suspend the rules
and proceed to the consideration of the
bill, debate to conclude at 6 o'clock.
When the reading of the resolution had
been concluded. Prince, of the Republican
"insurgents," made a point of order that
the resolution was not privileged, but
Speaker Cannon sharply informed him
that it made no difference whether it was
or not; that the motion was to suspend
the rules, and he overruled the point.
Will Settte. in Conference.
As soon as the 'bill reaches the Senate
Aldrich will call a meeting of the commit
tee on finance to consider it. It is ex
pected the committee will vote unani
mously to amend the House measure by
striking out all after the enacting clause
and inserting the provisions of the bill
which was passed by the Senate.
It is not doubted that the Senate will
approve the action of the committee. The
effect of this course would be to send both
the Vreeland and Aldrich bills to confer
ence. SUXDRY CIVIL BILL PASSED
Senate Appropriates $120,000,000.
Suppress Alaska Liquor Traffic.
Washington, May 14. The great
sundry civil appropriation bill, carrying a
total of about $120,000,000, was passed by
the Senate' today. An amendment by
Gallinger, appropriating $6000 to enable
the government of Alaska to suppress
the liquor traffic among the natives was
adopted.
This is the last of the large supply bills,
and Its passage places the Senate square
ly alongside the House in the considera
tion of the appropriation bills and of the
entire 14 leaves only the general deficiency
and the Military Academy bills to be con
sidered by either House.
A portion of the session was devoted to
consideration of the bill suspending the
penalty feature of the commodity clause
of the railroad rate bill, but a vote was
not taken.
SAYS PROFITS ME SMALL
PAPER MANUFACTURER. GIVES
HIS SIDE OP COXTROVERSY.
Xorris Offers Evidence That Labor
Costs as Much in Canada as
in the United States.
WASHINGTON. May 14. George C.
Sherman, treasurer of the St. Regis and
Taggart's Paper Mills, - and president of
the Brownsville Paper Company, was the
first maker of paper to be examined
by the select committee of the House
investigating the wood pulp and paper
question. Mr. Sherman stated that in
recent years the price of pulp wood has
increased about $7.50 a cord. Tho net
profits of the St. Regis Company for
March, of this year, he said, was J6.75,
or about $7 per ton for paper. This
month, he said, his company operated
but four days a week owing to lack of
orders.
John Norrls, representative of the
American Newspaper Publishers' Asso
ciation, was on the stand part of the
day and presented documents to show
that the price of skilled labor in the
Canadian mills was as high as that paid
in American mills.
Mr. Norris placed In evidence a tele
gram from George Calhoun, Jr., general
manager of the Laurentide paper mill, of
Canada, and a letter from Cal Rlordan,
general manager of the Riordan paper
mills, of Ontario, showing that the la
bor per ton of production is as high in
Canadian mills as in the United States
mills and in some instances higher, ac
cording to Mr. Riordan.
Mr. Norris submitted a copy of a let
ter which was yesterday sent out by the
American Newspaper Publishers' Asso
ciation to 18,000 publications, in addition
to 1300 newspapers, urging a full and
prompt reply by newspapers to the
printed questions forwarded them by the
committee. The telegrams were sent on
Tuesday and the letters yesterday, "for
the purpose," said Mr. Norris, "of urging
newspaper publishers, whether connected
with our organization or not. to co-operate
in order that a full and sufficient
inquiry might be possible and to dis
abuse their minds of any thought that
there should be antagonism to a thorough
investigation. "
BATTLESHIPS
Off Seaside.
Sargent can accommodate guests at
the Seaside House. May 20. Come and
see the fleet. Go through to Holliday
Station.
Ha nan ahoes fit the feet. Rosentli&l'a
The Beaver Hat
Without a rival in quality at
$3
Without a superior in style at
any price.
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PORTLANftORE?
HAUNTED BY BLACK PAST
A. A. rtOBERTSOX KILLS HIM
SELF AT SALT LAKE.
Unable to Live Down Disgrace ltc
sultlng From Embezzlement as
Bank Clerk.
SALT LAKE. May 14. Alexander A.
Robertson, former teller of Wells
Fargo & Co.'s bank, blew out his brains
this morning while seated at his desk
in his real estate and investment office
on South Main street. Robertson was
convicted of embezzlement in 1902
while acting- as teller of the bank, and
served a term in the penitentiary. He
left a letter for a lifelong friend, say
ing his enemies and business rivals
had used his prison record against him
and he was unable to bear up under
the taunts any longer.
He was 42 years of age and unmar
ried. HERRIN MACHINE RULES
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today, elected four delegates-at-large
and four alternates to the National
Convention at Chicago, Instructed the
delegation to vote for the nomination
of William H. Taft for President,
adopted a platform indorsing the pol
icy of President Roosevelt and selected
a new stat- central committee. George
A. Knight. Judge Henry A. Melvin. M.
H. De Young- and Jacob H. Neff were
elected as delegates-at-large, with T.
W. Kelly, E. A. Case, Charles E. Clinch
and Charles S. Wheeler as alternates.
The convention adjourned after mid
night. In the contest between the regular
Republican organization and the Lincoln-Roosevelt
League, the regulars
had no difficulty in securing the con
trol of ' the convention and electing
George A. Knight chairman over ex
Mayor W. R. Davis, of Oakland, the
candidate of the reform faction, by a
vote of 331 to 275 after a sharp fight
on the floor. The Lincoln-Roosevelt
League people, however, succeeded In
defeating General Harrison Grey Otis,
one of the four regular candidates for
delegate-at-large, by the close margin
of one vote and elected ex-LIeutenant-Governor
Neff.
The only other victory of the reform
ers was the election of their delegates
and alternates in the Fourth Congres
sional District. .
Six of the eight Congressional dis
tricts delegations held their conven
tions during the recess of the state
convention, elected delegates and in
structed them for Mr. Taft. The Third
and Sixth Districts have already held
their conventions and also instructed
for Taft. This means the entire Cali
fornia delegation of 20 delegates will
vote as a unit for the Secretary of
War for President at Chicago.
Contesting delegations from Siskiyou,
San Diego and Sacramento counties were
thrown out by the committee on creden
tials and the regulars seated.
The convention was called to order by
General George Stone, chairman of the
state central committee, who announced
that the committee, although authorized
and empowered by the Santa Cruz con
vention to appoint the temporary chair
man, last night decided to withhold
action and leave the selection to the con
vention. He called for nominations.
Mr. Knight and Mr. Davis were then
nominated. Both names were greeted
with cheers and much enthusiasm.
An enthusiastic open caucus was held
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The greatest enthusiasm was aroused
as the Amador and Yolo County delega
tions, conceded to the "regular" ranks,
walked Into the hall and announced their
allegiance to the reformers. Placer
County came over earlier In the day,
which meant a total gain of 17 delegates
for the Lincoln-Roosevelt league.
Metzger. teweler. optician. 348 Wash.
Shall we abolish the
f 100,000 traveling sales
men in this country?
Not to mention the pro
moters, insurance agents,
bond salesmen and book
agents.
There's the case of Sir
Henry Bessemer, inventor
of the steel converter, in his
day a crackerjack salesman;
then there's the case of the
man who, in ten years, built
up a big business without a
salesman, and who, at last
but that's another
story.
You'll find it under the
title of Human Nature in
Selling Goods, in this
week's issue of THE SAT
URDAY Evening Post.
The author, James H.
Collins (one of the few
business diagnosticians who
has something to say and
knows how to say it), ex
plains what has taken the
place of the salesmanship
that was based on ignorance
and depended largely upon
the glad hand and the fleet
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