Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, December 01, 1908, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextRURAL ROUTES TO BE MORE USEFUL De Graw Recommends Limited Parcels Post for Farmers. GOOD ROADS EXTENDED l"ostoffl-e Department fsea Influ ence for Improvements and Gets Them Would Abolish Dead Letter lottery Sale. tVASmXOTON. Nov. SO. Touching the heart of the agricultural communities In every state of the Union, the annual report of fourth Assistant Postmastcr r.eneral x: V. De Graw. made public to night, announce Increased usefulness of the rural free delivery service and the unprecedented hrlnRing of the work of the bureau up to date, and recommends rural delivery of packages of 11 pounds maximum at a special postage, and the uniforming of rural carlrers. The pack age provision sugeested requfres legisla tion, and Is designed to be effective be tween the distributing postofflce and the patrons of any rural route emanating from such postofflce. Uniform for Kural Carriers. The rural carriers In the service, of which llr. De Graw Is the head, dally pass 3.900.000 homes, and he recommends pnn more the adoption of a uniform. Their hlKh standard of eclency is attest ed by the fact that only 165 carlrers out of a total number of 39.143 were dis missed for cause during the past year. Rural delivery is no win operation In 94.1.087 miles of road, over which carriers arc required to travel dally. Of these roads, 35.000 miles are macadam, the re mainder being earth, sand or gravel. Since the service was first established STo.6C2.ltJ2 has been expended on roads traversed by rural carriers. Road offi cials and patrons are notified whenever repairs are necesasry on rural routes. More work has ben done on such publlo highways and more expenditures made In their Improvement during the past -venr than In any previous year In the history of rural delivery, and the official reports received clearly Indicate that In terest In road improvement Is being gen eralyl manifested throughout the coun ' trr. The estimate of appropriations neces sary for this service for the next fiscal year Is J36.246.000, an increase of $673,000 over the current appropriation. During the past year 1672 new routes were established. 17 routes dwlscontln ued prior thereto were re-established, and 140 routes discontinued, leaving net Increase In number 1549. During the year 195S postofflces were discontinued and the patrons rendered service by rural carriers. Dispose of Dead Letters. Tho report recomends legislation which will permit the adoption of an Improved method of disposing of undeliverable ar ticles of mail by sale, so as to eliminate as far as practicable the objectionable lottery features Involved In carrying out the existing law on the subject. In the dead k-tter office during the year there were received 13.145.172 pieces of mall and there were returned to senders 7.2'i;.6si4 letters and parcels, or almost 2.0"'i.000 more than In the previous year. The report recommends Increasing the number of positions in the higher grades of clerkships, with corresponding de crease in lower grades. CORVALLIS TEAM COMING O. A. C. TO MEET MriTXOMAH VKXT SATL'KOAY. I"irt IWtttle Between These Two Elevens in Three Years Club Squad I Training. Football fans are preparing with a great deal of eagerness for the big gridiron- battle scheduled for Multno mah Field Saturday, when the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic Club eleven will try conclusions with the Oregon Agricultural College team for the first time in three years. The clubmen are getting Into ex cellent physical condition for this game, for the recent defeat at the hands of the University of Oregon has stimulated them to renewed efforts to regain the laurels lost on Thanksgiv ing day. Multnomah sustained Its first defeat of the season on that day, and it is the intention of the clubmen to make good that reversal by winning all the remaining games to be played. The club practices, held each evening, are being attended by all the members of trie squad, and the manner In which each man enters into the spirit of the workouts indicates that when the team faces O. A. C Saturday, a most determined stand will be taken by the winged "M players. Captain Stott has thoroughly recovered from the bruises sustained Thursday, and Is now play ing tlio game with the vim that usually marks his work, and which caused him to shine so brilliantly tip to the time he was Injured In the re cent game. Reports from Corvallls Indicate that the "Aggies" are preparing harder for the game with Multnomah than was noticeable in their preparation for any of the previous struggles. The O. A. C. lads are determined to score over Multnomah, and when they line up on the local gridiron Saturday they will come prepared to put up one of the best games of their career. This means that Saturday's contest will be one of the hardest fought struggles ever wit nessed on the Multnoman gridiron. KUSSIA OXCE GAVE COXSEXT Secret Treaty Approved Austria's Annexation of Bosnia. ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 30. An an onymous article which recently appeared in the Pester Lioyd, a Budapest news paper, asserting tjiat Russia during the 7us thrice gave consent, to Alistnan an nexation of Bosnia, has attracted a great deal of attention here. Russian newspa pers In their comment endeavor to mini mize the chief revelations, and the facts now brought to light on the Russian side show that the agreement was conditional. By a secret treaty entered Into at RpischstuU. Bohemia. Russia agreed to allow Austria to occupy only a part of Bosnia, a strip south of the Drlna being assigned to Servia, and Hersegovlna to Montenegro. The cession of this strip connecting Servia and Montenegro was the solution of the Balkan problem, ad vocated by M. Iswolskl. the Russian For eign Minister at London, and It Is now one of the chief Servian contentions. The Reischstadt .treaty was to be effective only if the Russian plans, which involved numerous conditions . In the state, were accepted, but the agreement collapsed when the conditions wore not fullilled. Attention likewisn Is drawn to the promise given by the Austrian Minister, Andrassv. to the Russian Ambassador in February, 1S76. that Bosnia and Herzego vina, if annexed, should be joined to Cro atia and Slavonla, not to other territories in the empire, thus creating a triple mon archy Servo-Austro-Hungarian. Instead of a dual monarchy. This promise, it is as serted has been violated in the statute of annexation which is now being discussed lu the Austro-Hungarian Legislatures. IKRDIXAXO WANTS HARMONY Speaks at Audience of Deputation of National Assembly. SOFIA. Bulgaria, Nov. 30. Emperor tvrillnaiid rranted an audience last even ing to a deputation from the National As sembly. President Slawelkoff read the reply of that body to His Majesty's speech from tho throne. The Emperor responded In patriotic vein. He pleaded for harmony between the Nation and the crown and said he was proud after long centuries, to re store the broken chain of the Bulgarian Cxars. He placed his dependence, he said, upon the stalwart national quali ties and the marvelous steadiness and perseverance displayed by the Bulgarian people In times of distress. After the meeting there was a banquet, at which the healths of Emperor Ferdi nand and Crown Prince Boris were drunk. Prince Cyril, the second son of the Em peror, a boy of 13, also was present at the dinner and conversed with the deputies in an animated manner. Bragieff Bakaloft, a member of the Populist party, which Is anti-monarchical, declined to attend the function at the palace. In spite of rumors that he has suffered a breakdown, the health of Emperor Fer dinand is excellent. CANDIDATES VISIT. COLFAX Meigs and Mayden Bid for Whit man County's Support. COLFAX. Wash., Nov. 30. (Special.) L. O. Meigs, of North Yakima, and J. Vt". Slayden. of Steilacoom, rival candi dates for 8peaker of the House In the next Washington Legislature, visited Col fax today In an effort to get the Whitman County representatives in line. It Is gen erally understood that S. J. Bcone, Oscar Young and H. S. McClure, the three Re publican Representatives, favor Meigs. Both candidates expressed themselves as well pleased with the support promised them over the state. SHARE IN CHEROKEE LAND Supreme Court Admits 1500 Per son Hitchcock Had Barred. WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. By a decis ion of the Supreme Court of the United States today declaring arbitrary and unauthorized by law the action of Sec retary Hitchcock in removing from the Cherokee Indian rolls on March 14, 1907 the names of John E. Goldsby, et al., 1500 persons will now share in the division of land of that tribe In Okla homa. It Is estimated that at least a million dollars' worth of property Is involved. The case was brought by three per sons in the Supreme Court of the Dis tritc of Columbia as a test of the Sec retary's Jurisdiction in ten matter. LETS PORTLAND Ifl MEXICANS CRY FREEZE-OUT A ecu so Schwab and Others of Gob bling Rich Silver Mine. NEW TORK. Nov. 30. That papers In a suit Involving the ownership of a Mexican sliver and lead mine. In which Charles M. Schwab and other financiers are interested, have been served upon Mr. Schwab, was made known today, the complainants, who are in Mexico City, alleging they are unjustly de prived of a considerable amount of stock In this mine, said to have been worth several millions. The plaintiffs allege that they owned a majority of the stock at that time and that they had options on practically all the min ority stock. Counsel for Mr. Sufiwab Baid today that neither Mr. Schwab nor any of those interested with him were dis turbed by the suit, but that Mr. Schwab's answer would be filed in due time. WILL FIGHT WELCH FIRST Battling: Xcison Too Busy, However, Till After January. LOS ANGELES, Ca!., Nov. 30. Battling Nelson has made a favorable reply to the offer of Freddie Welsh for a 45-round contest for the lightweight championship and a J5000 side bet. but declined the offer for the present. His reply, which Baron Long, of the Jeffries Athletic. Club re ceived yesterday, is as follows: "Thanks for consideration. Busy writ ing book, building 20 houses, etc. Time taken to latter part of January. Welsh more eligible than McFarland. Consider Welsh later. Regards to all." This is taken here to mean that Nelson considers Welsh as having a better claim upon him for- a championship battle than Packey McFarland has at this time, and the promise to take him on later has caused Long to begin to lay plans for a February meet between this pair. WILL, ISSCE AMXESTY EDICT Will Approve Programme of Reform for New Regime. PEKIN, Nov. 8V An edict of amnes ty is to be Issued by the crown next Wednesday. It approves the pro gramme of reform already announced but does not otherwise define the poli cy of the new regime. The matter of amnesty Is treated In 20 separate articles. Conventional re wards, etc., for long years of service are promised, but amnesty for the ien original crimes is denied. To this list is added an 11th crime, namely, the harboring of rebels. The Insertion of this clause evidently is a result of political conditions. Reform ers previously banished from the Em pire will not benefit by the new de cree. Shattuck-Stephens Game Today. Instead of the Irvington and Stephens Schools playing. It has been decided to have Shattuck and Stephens meet this afternoon on Multnomah Field. In the event of Shattuck winning. Irvington will then rlay Shattuck for the lightweight championship of the Grammar School League. Should Stephens win. it is doubt ful if it would again play Irvington, as the two teams have met three times, each game ending in a tie. The game today will be at 3:30. Official Action by Northwest ern League, Dec. 10. LUCAS BACK FROM EAST BILLIARDS AND POOL The, Waldorf, 7th and Washington. Declares Teams Must Put l"p Bet ter Grade of Ball If League Ex pects to Make Good Be fore Portland's Fans. SPOKANE, Wash., Nor. 3i. (Spe cial.) "At a special meeting to be called for December 10 at Seattle, Port land will be admitted officially into the Northwestern League. This final notice will be the consummation of the agreement made last Summer between the Pacific Coast League and the Northwestern League directors and ratified at the meeting of the Na tional Association in Chicago Novem ber 10," said W. It- Lucas, president of the Northwestern League, who has just returned from the East. "Tho acquisition of Portland means that the Northwestern League teams must play better ball and have better umpires in 1909 than last season to compete with the Coast League there. The Portland people are going to be critical, even though they are friendly. They like the idea of playing in a league with the cities their natural rivals, but they cannot stand a grade of baseball inferior to that of the Coast League. But every team in the Northwest ern League, the Vancouver champions alone excepted, promises to be much stronger than last year." When President Lucas was asked if It was true that he intended to move to Portland he was non-committal, saying he might continue to live in Spokane. FRENCHMEN FIRST TO MAKE SUCCESSFUL AEROPLANE. DRESSERS A SPLENDID SHOW ING OF THE MEDIUM GRADE PIECES IN THE GOLDEN OAK A line of designs that compares favorably with many of the higher grade pieces well built - up bases with stylish fronts display ing also better stocK than is usually found in bedroom pieces of this grade. Large mirrors of heavy French bevel plate, in the most popular shapes. The dresser illustrated above is one of kthe styles shown in our line. -The stocK is of quarter-sawed golden oaK and is hand polished. Has large roomy drawers with fancy fronts, and the trimmings are extra heavy. This bedroom piece is priced at $29.00. TULL b GHBl COMPLETE HOUSEFURNISHERS formers everywhere by their overwhelm ing proof that honest appeals to the peo ple are as certain of favorable response as when Seward, in his Gettysburg speech of 1S63, declared, in the heat of the greatest of civil wars, that this Gov ernment of ours would be indestructible. Prizes Amounting to $20,000 to Be Awarded In, Flying Race Next Spring. PARIS, Nov. 28. (Special.) Now that flying is in a fair way of becom ing an accomplished fact, the question Is being discussed who invented the aeroplant, which undoubtedly is to be come the ship of the air, superseding the clumsy dirigible balloons much more rapidly than the steamships superseded the sailing vessels. There are at present two -schools of aviation the American school, repre sented by the Brothers Wright, and the French school, represented by the Brothers Voisin. The Inventor of the aeroplane is Octave Chanute, who was generally thought to be of American nationality. But one of the papers today points out that Chanute is a Frenchman, born In Paris on February 18. 1832. When he was quite young Octave Chanute left France for the United States, and there devoted himself to the study of aero dynamics, ultimately constructing a fljlng machine. In this contrivance the legs of the aviator served as a motor. All that was wanted was a means of obtaining mechanical flight. The Brothers Wright in America and the Brothers Voisin in France have sup plied this means in che motor. It is claimed, however, that the essential principle of the two schools of flying belongs to Chanute. Apropos to flying the event of the French Winter season will be ah in ternational flying race from Monaco to Cap Martin and back across six miles of open sea for prizes amount ing to $20,000. This race will be run under the auspices of the Prince of Monaco between the dates of January 24 and March 24, 1909. and is expected to attract great crowds from all parts of the world. INDEPENDENCE IN VOTING Conspicuous Examples of Free Choice Ty the Electorate. New York Evening Post. That the election of 1908 establishes a high-water mark of independent think ing and voting is, all In all, its most gratifying feature. If the returns mean anything, it is that the old cry of "the party, right or wrong," has about lost its potency. There is evidence of tills on every side. Who has not heard within his own acquaintance of lifelong Dem ocrats voting tor the Republicans for the lirst time, or vice versa? The old fear of splitting a ticket has certainly gone forever witness the extraordinary va riety of, ballots which have delayed the count in Ohio. With it has disappeared finally ths attempt to stigmatize the man who deliberately bolt" his party's nomi nees. The respectability of Independence is now well established. . . The choice In Cincinnati of Henry T. Hunt, a Democrat, and a graduate of "Yale, less than 30 years of age, as Prose cuting Attorney in the face of the oppo sition of Boss Cox, showed that there, too, the political rascals could not carry off a minor office by howling for the National ticket. That Prosecuting At torney bids fair to make Boss Cox wrtgsle if he lives up to his promise. In Delaware, too, the virtues of a minor candidate were recognized in the hurly burly of a Presidential campaign by the choice of a Democrat, Andrew G. Gray, son of Judge Gray, as Attorney-General, in the face of a Republican majority of 2600. In New Hampshire, Taft received 20,000 majority, but Quinby. the machine can didate for Governor, only 6000.- In Mich igan, Taft ran 127,500 votes ahead of the Republican candidate for Governor, and in Illinois captured 176,000 more votes than Bryan, while Governor Deneen had but 20.000 more votes than Adlat B. Stevenson. In Missouri, the . situation was reversed. Hadloy, a Republican be ing elected Governor by 17,J0O, while Taft went in by only 4200. Here in New York, aside from the triumph of Hughes, the election to Congress of Senator Foelker, and the defeat for re-election by 800 votes of Senator Wemple, who opposed the race-track bills, are splen did illustrations of the new political con ditions our bosses find it so hard to un derstand. Wemple was beaten by 800 votes in a district that went 4000 for Hughes, which ought to convince him that he misrepresented his constituency last Spring. Over In New Jersey inde pendent voting resulted In the deplorable defeat of Everett Colby; but even that Is a proof of the changing oondltlon. Surely, these election results assert anew the vigor of our citizenship anj the essential wisdom of our electors. They should give fresh inspiration to re- BRAZIL'S RISING POWER Is She Aiming at leadership ol Ijatin-Amcrican Nations? New York Sun. We have pointed out that In 1902 Brazil had an annual surplus of nearly $40,000,000. Obviously she was even then Qualified from a financial view point to bein the construction of a considerable navy. Senhor RIbeiro tells us, however, that it is unneces sary to touch that surplus; because, assuming that there are 6.000,000 tax payers, the Rio de Janeiro government could provide Itself with $45,000,000 by levying an average annual tax of $1.50 for five years. The sum would suftlce to construct several first-class battleships, besides the auxiliary ves sels needed to constitute an efficent navy. We learn from Senhor RIbeiro the programme of naval construction which is in progress of execution at the present time. It comprehends the three Dreadnaughts, each of 19,000 tons, which are building at a cost of $9. 000,000, apiece, three express cruisers of 8500 tons each, at a cost of $1,350, 000 apiece; 18 destroyers of 600 tons, costing $325,000 each, and one mine layer of 3000 tons, which will cost $750,000, together with a few subma rines and small torpedo craft. The total tonnage will be 80.000, and the aggregate oost $39,500,000. The Inference to be drawn from these figures Is that Brazil is aiming at the seventh place among the naval powers, thus taking precedence of Russia and Austria-Hungary. Of those Brazilians who have opposed the programme on the score of the burden which it will Impose upon the country; Senhor RI beiro asks what there is to complain of if a few millions of its inhabitants are called upon to contribute the trifling sum of $7.50 In the course of five years. The reply would seem more conclusive If one could leave out the view of the simultaneous expenditure which is to be made by Brazil upon her army. Some years ago the total" strength cf Brazil's active or peace army was less than 25,000, and her aggregate war strength was only 100.000. At that time Argentina's peace strength fell short of $10,000, but its war strength was about 73,000. It follows that the two countries would then have entered into conflict upon a nearly equal foot ing. That will soon cease to be tho case. The Brazilian War Minister will have nearly half a million men on a war footing and Senhof Ribeiro thinks that she ought to have 1,000.000 trained and prepared for warlike operations. It. is bard to resist the conclusion that Brazil's naval and military arma ments have for their ultimate object the attainment of leadership and con trol In Latin America. BABY'S ADVENT A MENACE Largo Families Bane of the Poor, Declares Charity Report. New York Times. The annual report of the' Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor shows clearly the extent of the distress in this city within the last 12 months. "Since the beginning of last Winter," says the report, "a long line of men, fathers of families, numbering at times as many as 920, have appealed to us for work. There has been a pathetic simi larity in the language of their appeal. "This is the first time I have had to ask for help,' a man would say, 'and I wouldn't do it now, except for my wife and children.' Almost without exception our visitor had found that the story was true." Here is a transcript from tfie associa tion's records for recent months, which could be repeated with unimportant vari ations many times: "Woman called accompanied by two neighbors and presented a card from Dr. G. M. ; said that her husband had been out of work for four months; that they owe this month's rent and $15 to the gro cer; have sold almost every article of furniture they, had; had only 6 cents' worth of.' potatoes yesterday. Youngest child very weak; mother has not suffi cient nourishment; other children in need of clothing. Asked immediate aid for food and rent. "Caroline Rest nurse called. Found wo man and four children, the eldest 9 years old. and the youngest 2 months old, all suffering from the lack of food. Mother unable to feed baby from lack of food. Housekeeper . states the family is re spectable, honest and deserving." Mrs. Ingram, superintendent of the re lief department, gives many such stories, some even more pathetic, in her report. Antique Rugs Made by "Washing. Chicago Tribune. The United States buys annually many thousand dollars' worth of what are known to the profession as washed rugs. Brightly colored Oriental rugs sometimes are washed with a solution of chloride of lime, a treatment which partly bleaches the colors .and imparts a soft appearance to the rug. ; ' j . ' v i ' DR. W. A. WISE We can supply you with bridges without plates that will be perfectly firm, look as well as the natural teeth and chew your food perfectly. THE DB. WISE SYSTEM, perfected during 21 years' active practice in Portland, guarantee you unrivaled re sults in ail branches of the dental pro fession. Plates that flt perfectly and that won't come loose, absolutely painless extrac tions, scientific porcelain and Inlby work, all performed by specialists if standing In the profession. Your work done in a day If desired. WISE DENTAL CO., INC. Dr. W. A. Wise, Mgr., 21 years In Portland.- Second floor, Falling bldg.. Third and Washington streets. Office hours. 8 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sundays. 9 to 1 P. M. Painless extracting, ISOc; plates, $3 up. Phones A and Main 2020. This chemical treatment Is a process of washing which produces the effect of age and a peculiar sheen to the surface, which Is pointed out by the unscrupu lous dealer as a proof of superior qual ity. The fact is that the process of washing as described invariably weak ens, and In some instances destroys, the materials of the rug. The progressive effect of the chem icals on the materials in the rug Is this: The chlorine gas contained in the chloride of lime attracts oxygen and moisture from the air by which muri atic acid is formed. This eats away the vitala of the rug. Sooner or later the wool and cotton in the rug become brittle, and thus weaken the warp and deteriorate the wool. When this deterioration is complete the pile of the rug may be swept away by the ordinary process of sweeping. COUG MADE EASY NO DIRT OR FIRE ELECTRIC COOKING UTENSILS OE ALL KINDS When not in use, all expense avoided by simply turning off the. switch COFFEE PERCOLATORS TOASTERS, CHAFING DISHES, OVENS AND MANY OTHER DEVICES SEE EXHIBIT AND DEMONSTRATION At Seventh and Alder Streets Store Daily PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT AND MAIN 6688 bum PORTLAND, OR. PHONES A 6 13 1 AUTO TOURIST .ought to Lave tho 'right kind of auto trunks, those that are fitted for tho car and that are appropriate in size and Kluipo. We have these iti stocky or can make them to order. "Ve are making a spe cialty ol: this business, and would like to have the pleas-' ure of a call of inspection. The PORTUmiD TRUNK HFB. CO. 54 Third St., Cor. Pine 1 07 Sixth St., near Stark and the warp, -which Is the foundation of the rug, becomes bo weak that holes appear hero and there, and soon the rutj is worthless. THE SURPASSING EXCELLENCE OF . HUNTER WHISKEY COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT IT IS GUARANTEED UNDER THE PURE FOOD LAW AS AN ABSOLUTELY PURE RYE WHISKEY HAS MADE IT FAMOUS AND THE PEOPLE'S FIRST CHOICE. CAREFULLY DISTILLED. ITS SUPERB QUALITIES WELL RIPENED, IT BECOMES THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF THE AMERICAN GENTLEMAN'S WHISKEY A STANDARD WHICH IS ALWAYS MAINTAINED . Sold at 1I first-class cafes and by Jobbers. WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md.