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V,: THE MORNING OREGONIAN, . MONDAY, FEBRUART 1, 1909. FLEET OFF GIBRALTAR ANCHORS OPIUM CONGRESS BEGINS ITS IRK Foreign Gunboats Dip Flags in Salutes, and Bands Play National Airs. SPERRY RECEIVES CALLERS Vice-Admiral Goodrich Sets Aside Formalities and Visits Amcri can Commander, Hi? Junior In Bank Call Keturncd. GIBRALTAR, Jan. 31. The first dl vision of the United States Atlantic fleet, composed of the Connecticut, Vermont, Kansas and Minnesota, under command of Rear Admiral Sperry. ar rived here this morning from Ville Tranche. From the moment the glls tenfng white hulls of the American ships were mere specks on the blue water of the Mediterranean every point of vantage on the Rock of Gibraltar was occupied by the population. Two British battleships, the Albe marie and the Alblonk. and the four ships of the second squadron cruis ers. Just returned from South American waters: the Russian battleships Tsare vitch and the Slava. and the protected cruisers Bogatyr, and Oleg; the French gunboat Cassine and the Dutch gunboat Heimarial, lying inside the breakwater with sides manned, flags dipping and bands playing, greeted the Americans as each in turn entered and was berthed. The American battleships responded with music, the band on the Connecticut play ing the national anthem of each country. As they passed, the J ankles aboard the Russian warships uncovered and stood with bared heads while the American bands rendered, "God Save the Cxar." Vice-Admiral Visits Sperry. Vlcc-Admiral James E. C. Goodrich, the commander of all the Naval estab lishments at Gibraltar, although Rear Admiral Sperry's senior In rank, did not wait for the latter's visit, but immedi ately boarded the Connecticut to extend his greetings, at the same time insist ing that the ships of the divisions due here tomorrow would also anchor In the basin Instead of the Algeciras side as previously arranged. The senior officers of the warships followed suit and later in the day Rear-Admiral Sperry returned the calls, going first to Admiralty House to repay Vice-Admiral Goodrich's cour tesy. At sundown the Georgia and Ne braska, under command of Rear Ad miral Wainwright. arrived from Tan gier. Five colliers and the Yankton " are already here, and the coaling of the first division will be begun tomor row. Besides entertainment for the men. to be given by the military gov ernor for the different crews, such as athletics, dinners and parties ashore and afloat for the officers,' the func tions will Include a dinner to be given by the military governor. General Sir Frederick Forester-Walker, which will be followed by a ball at the assembly rooms, arranged by Richard L. Sprague, the American Consul. There also will be a big gymnastic tournament. In which the American of ficers are expected to participate . as competitors. Reception Plans Completed. The arrangement for the reception to the fleet on Jts return to Hampton Roads has been completed. It prac tically reverses .the programme carried out when the fleet sailed. President Roosevelt. on board the May flower, anchored between the Horse shoe and Lynnhaven Bay. will review the fleet as It passes In at noon on February 22. Rear Admiral Sperry, the other commanders and executive officers, will then go aboard the May flower to recelvo the Presidents greetings, after which the President In turn will visit the flagship of each division and meet the assembled offi cers and six representative sallormeh selected from the division. I The Yankton will leave here for Hampton Roads tomorrow. The former Sultan of Morocco, Ahdel Aziz, passed the night on board the Georgia. Jt was tho first time he was ever aboard a warship, and his child ish delight was amusing. The working of the guns was explained to him through Interpreters. Third Presbyterian Church, has received a tentative call to the pastorate of the Second Presbyterian Church of Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago. The invitation to take up pastoral work in the. Windy City came to Rev. Mr. Montgomery last Fri day afternoon. In a letter whlh asked him If lie would accept a unanimous call to the pulpit of the second churc.iwere such extended to him. The letter Informed him that the call would be forthcoming should ho signify his willingness to ac cept. Rev. Mr. Montgomery called a meeting of his board of elders last night, and was In session with them, at the Third church, until a late hour.' He laid before them ye proposition he received from the Chi cago church, and together they talked the matter over. The pastor had not mnde up his mind last night whether or not to make the change, but will probably know in a few days. Tho call came to Rev. Mr. Montgomery unsolicited by him. Dr. William Hiram Foulkes, of the First Presbyterian Church, said last night that while the Second church in Chicago is not a large one at present. It has good prospects, be ing In an excellent neighborhood. It has no pastor at present. "Kut." continued Dr. Foulkes, "my Presbyterian friends, and myself, heartily hope that Rev. Mr. Montgomery will de cide to decline the invitation, and to re main with us In the work on the Pacific Coast. . Upon conditions In the West, he is one of the best Informed men In the ministry. If he goes, we shall deeply regret the loss of his helpful and agres sive spirit In the work of Presbyterlanism In the Far West" Ways and Means tof Control ling Entire Traffic of Drug Will Be Discussed. BISHOP BRENT CHAIRMAN KAISER FINDS DEFENSE BOOK ENTITLED "WILLIAM THE SrCO.VD" TO BE ISSUED. Emperor's Authorship of "Kruger Telegram" Exonerated and Events of Boer War Told. BERLIN. Jan. 31. The Fuersten Cor respondenz. which is read by the Em peror. Crown Prince, Chancellor von Buelow and other high personages, an nounces the coming publication of a book entitled. "William the Second." which la a strong defense of the Emperor, and exonorates him from the authorship of the famous "Kruger telegram." The author of the book. Adolph Stein, explains that the telegram did not orig inate with the Emperor, but that It was a well-considered answer by the foreign office to an Inquiry from the Transvaal and was In fact a roundabout way of re fusing German Intervention In the South African War. TKe writer says the Emperor objected to the telegram, but allowed himself to be overruled by his officials and for 12 years remained silent and bore the blame while working incessantly to preventhe worst results of his adviser's. blunder. VETERAN OF INDIAN WARS Salmon W. Crowdcr Passes Away at His Albany Home. ALBANY. Or.. Jan. 31. (Special) Sal mon W. Crowdcr, Oregon pioneer of 1853, and an honored veteran of the early Indian wav. died at six o'clock this morning at his home In this city at the ago ft 78 years. He had been 111 the past month. The funeral will be held Mon day afternoon from the First Christian Churcn. Mr. Crowdcr was born near Lewisburg, O.. April 13, .", and spent his boyhood in his native state. In 1S53 he crossed the plains to Oregon and secured 160 acres ten miles south of Albany. He enlisted In Company H. First Oregon Volunteer In fantry In lSjo. and served with honor in the Yakima Indian War of ls.Vi-56, partici pating in the battle of Walla Walla. After tho war he returned to his Linn County farm, but soon removed to Lane English Adopted as Official Lan guage of Sessions Amendment Offered Giving China 10 Years to Abolish Traffic. SHANGHAI. Feb. L The International Opium Conference arranged by the Unit ed States, opened here this morning short ly before noon. Tuan Fang, viceroy of Nanking; Provincial Treasurer Jul Ch Eng. and the Taotai of Shanghai, Tsl, were present as the special commissioners of the Chinese government. Viceroy Tuan Fang In an address, amended the recommendation of Mr. Leech, the British secretary, suggesting the control of opium by granting China a monopoly In the sale of the national and Imported drug. The viceroy said China, probably would need ten years for the abolition of the traffic; ho thought five years would not be sufficient. English Official Language. Bishop C. H. Brent, of the American delegation, was- elected pcrmanet chair man. One English and one French sec- retary was appointed. English was adopted as the official language of the conference. The International Opium Congress was called to convene at Shanghai Jan uary 14, 1909, -and was postponed on account of the death of the Empress Dowager and Emperor of China. China, Japan, Great Britain, the United States, France, Germany and Holland were originally invited to participate, and in December an Invitation was extended to Turkey. Turkey's participation widens the scope of the conference and makes It general, for as first designed it would have been confined to the consideration of opium in East Asia. Control Whole Traffic. China Issued an- edict In 1906 abol- lshlng opium In 10 years and compell lng Individuals to rid themselves of the habit In six months. The Impossible demands of this edict resulted in many other edicts. After Inviting the international con ference to meet at Shanghai, the United States, in October, 1907, brought a law Into force to reduce opium con sumption gradually In the Philippines, and on March 1, 1908, active suppres sion in the Philippines was begun. The object of the present conference is to determine ways and means to control the whole opium and morphia traffic. LEAVE IS Hl'BRIED AXD SECRET New Hampshire Steams Out With Destination t'nknown. NEW YORK. Jam 31. The battleship New Hampshire, which has been at the Brooklyn Navy-yard preparing for the cruise with the squadron that is to wel come the battleship fleet on Its return from its trip around the world, steamed out to sea today. The destination of the New Hampshire, or the reason for the apparent hurry orders was not made public here. BAIL FOR C. W. MORSE IViends Arranging for Hclease of Convicted Banker. NEW YORK. Jan. 31. Announcement was made tonight that friends of C. W. Morse, the convicted hanker, are prepar ing a petition to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, asking that Morse be admitted to bail pending his appeal from Judge Gough's sentence of 15 years in prison for violation of. the National bank ing laws. Seth "M. Mllllken. once president of the Mercantile National Bank, and James Talcott. commission merchant and capi talist, are heading the movement. Others helping Include Charles M. 'Schwab, Ed ward J. Berwlnd, ami Ex-Governor M. T. Cobb of Maine. ' T !. CONDITIONS ARE BAD IX PEKIX Regent and Manchus Are in Hlgh Handed Control at Palace. LONDON, Feb. 1. A dispatch to the Times from Pekln declares that since the death of the Dowager Empress it has be come Increasingly evident that the gov ernment is in the nands of the Regent and the Manchus and that the palace Is becoming a hotbed of party factions. This, the dispatch says. Is reflected In wholesale impeachment by censors, whose accusations seem to be leveled in discriminately against any person whom they oiioose to attack. T a i i Salmon W. Crowder. County, where he lived four years. Since that time' he has lived continuously in Linn County, on different farms in the vi cinity in Albany, and for the past few years lias lived in this city. Mr. Crowder Is survived by a wife and six children: Mrs. Emma Parrish, of Albany: Henry Crowder, of Los "An geles; Charles W. Crowder, of Portland; S. Austin Crowder, of Albany; Mrs. J. F. Simpson, of Portland; and George Crowder, of Portland. DOCTOR PASSES BAD NIGHT Cathlamet Physician Rallied Dur ing Sunday and Improves. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 31. (Special.l Tr. Fred Peacock, the Cathlamet phy sician who was shot a few days ago by Mrs. Longtaine, suffered a relapse dur ing last night, but today rallied again and this evening his condition is en couraging. The coming two days are expected to be the critical period. CHICAGO WANTS PASTOR Call Extended to Rev. A. J. Mont gomery I"rom Oak Park. Rev. A. J. Moutgoniery, pastor of the Enthusiastic Over Temperance. SHERWOOD, Or.. Jan. 31. (Special.) As a result of the temperance lec tures of Francis McHenry, a lodge of Good Templars has been organized here with 26 members. The ofticers are as follows: Past chief templar, J. C. Smock; chief templar. H. L. Kocker; vice-templar. Mrs. R. B. Morback; sec retary. Nettie Fitch; assistant secre tary. Mrs. D. Rehwalt; financial sec retary. Mrs. E. G. Ilagey: treasurer. Cora B. Archer;- marshal, W. F. Reh walt: assistant. Roy I. Smock; lodge deputy, J. E. Morback; guard, George Murdork: sentinel. Sirs. M. E. Smock. Mr. McHenry stirred up much enthusi asm over the movement while here. OLIN TO BE STATISTICIAN Cheyenne Man to Tabulate Dry Farming Results. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 31. Professor W. H. Olin, former Agronomist of the Colorado State Agricultural College, and one of the most experienced agricultur ists of the West, has been appointed statistician of the Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress. Professor Olin arrived in this city to day and will at once begin to tabulate the work of the last two congresses' and to classify 2500 answers that have been received from dry farmers from different parts of the United States and foreign lands. The Information in these letters will be put in such form that practical results of agricultural experiments of thousands of farmers may be laid before the next Congress in abbreviated form. Titanla Has Hard Passage. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31 The Nor wegian steamer Titanla, coal laden from Nanaimo, arrived today after an extreme ly rough- passage down the coast, during which four lifeboats were crushed like eggshells by the heavy seas that came aboard off Cape Flattery- The vessel was swept from steam to stern repeated ly and her cargo shifted, giving her a slight list. Some damage was done to deck fittings by the seas. DIDN'T KNOW Coffee Was the Cause. particularly of are formed by Ex-Offlclal Accused of Treason. ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 31. M. Lop uklne. former director of the police in the Ministry of the Interior, has been arrested on a Charge of high treason in connection withe the revelations re cently made at Paris, when Azef, the head of the fighting organization of the Russian Socialist Revolutionary party, was convicted of being the Paris agent of the secret police. Captain and Crew Drown. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 31. Carrying down the captain and a crew of three men. the schooner Ramsey sank In Lake Pontchartraln during a storm yesterday near Little Woods, La. o- factory iost. 4Jo.ertbrs. tsj tuUrft, Many daily habits, eating and drinking, following our elders. In this way ill-health is often fast ened upon children. A Ga. lady says: "I had been allowed to drink coffee ever since I can remember, but even as a child I had a weak stomach which frequently refused to retain food. "The taste of coffee was In my mouth all the time and was. as I found out later, tho cause of the stomach rebel ling against food. "I now see that It was only from fol lowing the example of my eldjrs that I formed and continued- the miserable hab'it of drinking coffee. My digestion remained poor, nerves unstrung, fre quent headache, and yet I did not sus pect the true cause. "Another trouble was a bad. muddy complexion for which I spent time and money for creams, massaging, etc.. without any results. "After I was married I was asked to try Postuni and. would you believe It, I, an old coffee toper, took to Postum from the very first. We made it right according to directions on the pack age, and It had a inos--t delicate flavor and I at once quit coffee, with the hap piest results. "I now have a perfectly clear, smooth skin, fine digestion and haven't had a headache In over two years. " "There's a reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle ! Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Wcll- vllle." In pkgs. Ever read the nbove letterf A ucnr one appears from lime to ttnie. They are Krnnin. true, and tjiV hnumu The Magnificent Development of Portland Most Strikingly Illustrated in the Development of Portland's Greatest Music Store SOME INTERESTING CLIPPINGS Of Particular Significance Upon the Morning of the Eleventh Birthday of Eilers Piano House The initial announce ment of what has now grown to be America's largest and foremost piano concern. From The Oregonian, Jan. 8, 1899 This announces the inception of the first important busi ness block, preceding the long list of magnificent busi ness buildings that followed in the later years. From The Oregonian, October 8, 1899 A summing up of our progress, 15. months later, upon entering the new building. From Tho Oregonian, May 13, 1900 ANOTHER FOR PORTLAND NEW BUSINESS BLOCK A GLANCE BACKWARDS ' A WHOLESALE AXD RETAIL HOTJSE ox a large: scale. Chlekerinjra, of Boston, Webers of New York, and Kimballn of Chicago to Be Represented Here. , Preparations have been under way for some time for the establishment of another first-class music store at Port land, to be known as the Eilers Music House, which will be the Northwestern wholesale end retail headquarters for the pianos manufactured by the three greatest and foremost American piano manufacturers, the Chlckerlngs of Bos ton, the Weber of New York, and the Kimball of Chicago. Mr. Henry Eilers, of the new firm, who Is a former Oregonian, and well known here, has been prominently con nected with various Eastern piano manufactories for many years, and dur ing the past seven years has been one of the general wholesale traveling agents for the now famous Kimball factories of Chicago, the largest in the world. Mr. Eilers is well known In ' the trade from Massachusetts to Cali fornia, and has visited every city of prominence in the United States. He is a close observer and a careful student V of trade conditions, and firmly believes in the commercial future and impor tance of the- Pacific Northwest, and of Portland as its metropolis, and does not know of a city in the United States , that presents the opportunities for in dustrious and experienced men of means that are offered right here In Portland today. There Is not a city anywhere where ' it Is so hard to find a vacant store in desirable retail quarters than it Is in Portland, and he predicts that a num ber of strictly modern structures will have to be erected In Portland In the very near future. Ever since Sertem ber agents for Mr. Eilers have been vainly trying to secure a suitable build ing, and in order to commence business without further delay, they have re- cently rented the store, 107 First street. Immediately south of Ladd & Tllton's bank, which will be supplemented with warehouse facilities near the freight depots. A force of carpenters and dec. orators is now at work getting the store in proper shape. In addition to representing the Chlck ering, Kimball and Weher pianos, this house will also carry a line of medium priced New York and Chicago makes, together with the well-known and justly celebrated Kimball reed and pipe organs. Mr. Eilers spent two days in the city last week, and left Tuesday night for the East by way of the Sound. He expects to return to Portland about the , middle of the month, at about which time the store will be opened, due an nouncement of which will be made In these columns. To Be Devoted Entirely to Musical Merchandising. Before the close of the year Portland will boast of an entire quarter-block devoted exclusively to music. Arrangements were completed yesterday be tween Eilers Piano House and the Brooke Estate for the erection of a strictly modern business block at the corner of "Washington and Park streets, which, when completed, will be one of the largest structures exclusively occupied by any music inter ests. Eilers Piano House will, of course, occupy the main portion of the building, a fitting home for the beautiful Chickering, Weber, Kimball, and other pianos and organs for which they are the Western general representatives. "For many months," said Mr. Eilers yesterday, "we have had to handle an ever-increasing business with inadequate wareroom facilities, and we have finally taken the old, ,time worn advice of Horace Greeley, 'Go West, young man,' and shall shift our scene of action eight blocks farther west. When our new building is completed, we shall occupy one of the largest retail salesrooms in the city, with,ample facilities to handle our ever increasing wholesale trade, unsurpassed shipping fa cilities, and no danger from high water." 'fa VS' -iv, J. . - . ; V - r r ii i '' PAM010U5E fiM W From the very inception of this enterprise it has been our earnest aim to deserve considera ' tion and patronage by furnishing buyers not only the best in musical instruments, b.ut to supply all that is best at the lowest possible prices. The growth of the Eilers business during this decade is without parallel in the music in dustry. From our one small store the organization has grown to nearly fifty, and today the recog nized leading piano store in practically every" "Western city is the Eilers establishment. From selling a few hundred pianos in a year, the business has developed until now the sales are numbered by thousands and thousands. . The New York "Musical Courier" vouches for the statement that more than one-half the pianos .distributed upon the Pacific Coast are now sold through the Eilers music houses. No industry grows to such large proportions without good reason. The foundation must be strong or the superstructure will be perilous. The basis of a lasting business must be the public confidence. The ever-increasing patronage of the Eilers piano stores would have been impossible without the confidence of the people. .From the day our first store was opened until the present time it has been our constant aim to make every patron a satisfied customer. Tens of thousands of men and women foremost in the bnsiness and professional and social life of Oregon, who have since those early days favored us with their patronage, have proven a mighty power in the upbuilding of this business, and to them each and all we acknowledge our deep indebtedness for our success. We feel the weight of responsibility which goes hand in hand with the maintenance of the record in future, and take this occasion to announce that nothing which experience and facil ity and an honest desire to please, coupled with energetic and alert management, can suggest, will be left undone to make the record in future far greater and better than the past Chickering Dealers Genuine Pianola Pianos RinaEST. BUSIEST AND BEST The Oldest Dealers Continuously in Business in Oregon pianorcliabilitcr A UTTI.B FIANO TALK. A LITTLES HISTORY, AXD SOME BOUQUETS. We ere going Into the finest building ever erected for the piano and organ business in the West. We have not only the finest and best-lighted Btore, but a building specially erected for our purpose, and exactly adapted to every requirement of a rapidly-growing wholesale and retail piano and organ business. Xow, a look backward may not be amiss. What a struggle It seemed at first for the "little store on the edge of Chinatown" (as they called It then), to gain recognition. Never an enter prise was started In the United States that encountered the downright oppo sition that was accorded this one. Very slowly at first, then at a quicker pace, it pushed its way to the front. Store became too small. It overflowed into a warehouse; that became too small. It rented still another .warehouse, and then, a third place for storage had to be rented. "Old-timers" who recalled the Coast booms looked with amazement on thi gigantic progress, and said: "Phe nomenal!" Oh, pshaw! Nothing "phe nomenal" about it. Do men gather "figs from thistles 7" or "reap where they have .not sown?" Like Topsy, the Eilers Piano House "growed," simply because it couldn't help It. It preached and practiced "the most for the money." It never believed In "paint ing the lilies" do high prices and fancy names give more intrinsic value? Business was done on business prin ciples "one price to all alike." No horse-jockeying about it, no charging an uninitiated and confiding purchaser an outlandish price for a second-grade article, that his shrewder neighbor could obtain for a right price or less than half the money. The one great powerful and all-pervading element of the enormous suc cess of the Eilers Piano House will live In the future as that in the past in sterling and unquestioned merit of the pianos for which it controls the agency the Chickering, of Boston, the most costly American piano, made by the oldest-established manufacturers In America, and the Weber, which Is by far the finest and most artistic of all fine pianos made In New York, and then the now, world-famous Kimball, made by the Kimball Company, of Chi cago, the most up-to-date and progres sive American piano manufacturers, who employ tho largest cash capital and have the finest and most extensive plant, and the most superb facilities for manufacturing high-grade pianos, organs and pipe organs. And owing to many special advantages It pos sesses, Eilers Piano House is enabled to handle and supply such as these world-renowned pianos for less money than any one else is able to do. THE ADVANTAGES OF BUYING OF EILERS PIANO HOUSE We will sell nothing that wo know Is not right. When we sell to you It Is with the knowledge and the belief that if we satisfy you, you will influence 'your friends to deal with us. We have utilized every modern econ omy In order that we might give better value and better satisfaction to our patrons. Buying and shipping In tre mondous quantities, factory inspection of pianos by our expert representa tives, a binding guarantee with every piano sold, a corps of expert tuners and regulators all these have contributed toward making the big following we now have and making our business what it now. Is. As the piano purchasr-r knows ths advantages in buying from the Eilers stores, so the manufacturer realizes the advantage in selling through tho Eilers stores. No three piano stoics in any large city, combined, can offer the piano purchaser more variety and merit in piano manufacture than we do. From America's oldest and supremo the grand old Chickering to the genuine Pianola Piano the newest creation there is scarcely a name, well and favorably known in tho piano trade, 'that does pot find representa tion in the Eilers 'stores. The Weber,1 the favorite of the most appreciative musicians; the world-renowned Kim ball; the rich-toned and durable Lester;, that aristocrat of pianos, the Hazel ton; the genuine old Decker; the old reliable Schumann; the artistic Ilohart M. Cable; the Marshall & Wendell; the Story & Clark all these, and m.my others, are significant guarantees of piano excellence. To buy a piano of the Eilers stores means to have the service of piano experts in making the selection for you it means a guarantee which in sures you against disappointment In any way, and best of all, it means that you are enabled to secure a high-grade piano for the money that would other wise be paid for an Inferior instrument. 4
