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THE -MORNING OREGONIAN'. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, t9Q0.
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POSIES OF WORLD
TO BE TRIED HERE
Festival Chiefs Plan to Make
Portland Bud Hothouse
of Universe.
EVERY KNOWN ROSE SOUGHT
Celebration Committee to Auk Gov
ernment to Aid Portland in Its
Quest Hoyt to Begin
Plan Soon.
It is planned by the Portland Rose
Festival to undertake the propagation
in this citv of every variety of rose
that grows and thrives under the sun-
By this means President Hoyt hopes
that the Festival idea will be perpetu
ated more than by any form of celebra
tion or expenditure of money that may
be devised. The plan will be set in
motion immediately to secure either
slips" or bushes of every kind of rose
that arrows on the face or the eartn
The I'nited States Department of Agri
culture directly through Secretary Wil
son will be asked to lend the influence
of his department to the development
of this idta. it is also to be furthered
through correspondence with the com
mercial ascents (Consuls and v ice-con
su!s of . the United States Government
wherever they mav be stationed.'
Portland has claimed the credit of
lieine the foremost "city, of roses in
I he world.
"And now let's make this boast good,
declared President Hoyt yesterday.
. Boast to Be Verified.
-The first step in this line was taken
yesterday when Secretary Wilson was
thanked for his promise to send a rep
resentative of the Agricultural Depart
ment here tor "Roue Planting Day,"
February 22. Secretary Wilson had
suggested in reply to the invitation to
be nore.in person that the lar-iamea
Bohemian rose, which is known the
world over for its production of the
"attar of rose" pe-fume, has been ex
perimented with in the United States,
and that it should be sent to Portland
and given a chance in this favoring
climate, ideal soil and other generally
atractive conditions.
In response thereto, request was made
for a number of the "attar" roses which
will come from their native soil and be
delivered here tinder the patronage of the
Agricultural Department for propagation.
Rose Festival officials feel that by turn
. ins these samples over: to some of the
expert reparians of this city results, equal
to those obtained in the old country, may
be obtained in Portland.
Portland to Try Perfume.
Although the rose . has been the queen
of flowers in this city for more than half
a century no attempt has been made to
see what can be dene to produce the ex
quisite perfume known the world over as
the "attar of roses." It is believed, how
ever that condition here are such i! at
Portland may eventually become a i o
ducing center for this wonderfully at
tractive article of tommerce. - -
According to President Hoyt, of the
Festival, Portland has already been able
to show the world that It is the greatest
rose-producing city in the United States,
if not In the world, and his purpose now
Is to ask all the Consuls of the United
States to furnieh reports regarding the
culture of this flower In the countries
and cities where they are stationed and
from them secure bushes for planting and
experimentation here.
"This may seem like a mighty difficult
thing to accomplish." said he last night,
"but Secretary Wilson's letter, received
several days ago, is sufficient evidence of
the fact that Portalnd stands at the head
of 'rose cities' In the country, and that
is why we feel that we have a right to
ask the Government to a.sist us In gath
ering every variety of rose that is grown
the world over so that we may try them
here.
Help of All Sought.
"This is a line of endeavor that so far
as we know has never been undertaken
anj where and we hope to make this
sche.-nt a distinctive Portland Idea."
The co-operation of the leading rosar
ians and nurserymen of Portland will be
asked In furtherance of this plan for mak
ing Portland not only the "rose city" but
also the "rose garden" of the world. Cor
respondence with the Government and
with American Consulates will be under
taken at once with a hoie of securing re
sults if possible for "Rose- Planting day"
next February and If not, in time for
considerable development during the rose
season next Summer.
MAYOR CHAFES AT DELAY
Karly letting of Contract for Gar
bage Crematory Simon's Wish.
Mayor Simon is determined that there
shall be no more delay in regard to
awarding a contract for the garbage
crematory, and when bids are opened
December 20, by the Board of Health,
it is his intention to ask the members
to refer them to a committee, which
will make a quick Investigation and
rpport back, if necessary at a special
session of the Board, at which he de
sires that a contract be let.
"F am very desirous of having the
.-crematory proposition off my hands,"
said-the -Mayor yesterday. . "While we
are getting along well now with the
garbage at the -present crematory, we
need a new one very much, and I
hope that it will be possible for us to
build ' it not later than the first of
next year."
Councilman Lombard .Is visiting
throughout the East, and is sending In
data from various places regarding
crematories, but he is finding that it is
a difficult problem for a layman to
learn much from a casual visit to the
Incinerators. It Is an engineering prob
lem, and it is probable that the Board
of Health will leave the selection of
the new crematory largely to Superin
tendent Napier, of the crematory, and
City Engineer Morris, both of whom
have considerable knowledge of the
subject.
REALTY BOARD IS GROWING
Seventeen New Members Added to
- Portland Association.
At a special meeting of the Portland
Realty Board yesterday afternoon. 17
tirnis were admitted to membership.
These firms are: Keasey. Humason &
Jeffery. Wilson & Pagcler. C. F. Bunker.
W. J. Smith. Murphy & Caswell. C. L.
Bamberger. Weldon Darling. Souther
Albertson Co., Goddard & Wiedrick. J.
Fred Larsen. F. I Purse. Fruhauft i
K -1 Lv Co., D. Parker Bryon & Co., J. '
M. French. M. R. Lewis, V. Vincent
Jones, Smith & Everett. Almost all
these applications resulted directly
from the enthusiastic meeting in con
nection with the board dinner early
In the month. The campaign for new
members will be continued.
A committee was appointed by Presi
dent Fries to take charge of the ar
rangement for the December dinner,
which will be held on the first Friday
evening of the month. At this meet
ing the members o f the board and their
guests will be given a talk on the
work the O. R. & N. Is doing in Oregon.
Resolutions relative to the death of
R. M. Wilbur, a pioneer real estate man,
who was a member of the board, were
adopted. They read in part:
"Be it resolved, that in the death of
R. M. Wilbur we have lost a business
associate whose business integrity was
unquestioned, whose sense of honor
was the highest, whose nicely balanced
judgment in business affairs was ac
knowledged by all with whom he came
In contact, and whose kindness of
heart, affability and innate courtesy
jnade him a pleasant companion, and a
pleasing associate at all times."
The resolutions were signed by H.
P. Palmer, George Dekum. E. J. Daly,
Allan Slausen. J. O. Rountree.
DETEGTIVE HITS JUDGE
JOE DAY SCORES JURIST IX PO
LICE SCANDAL.
Responsibility of Delay Placed on
Shoulders or Captain Moore.
"Welcomes Investigation.
Joe Day. in whose hands the work of
clearing the city of bunco men and like
crooks had been placed and who admit
tedly is the object of Judge Bennett's
attack, retaliates by saying that Judge
Bennett has motives which ought to be
made clear. He throws the responsibility
of the delay upon the shoulders of Cap
tain Moore and accuses A. K. Bentley,
who has been in the City Council for two
terms, of having been behind the activity
of Judge Bennett, insinuating that Bent
ley had a deal with the crooks and that
an endeavor was made to "nx" Day by
the offer of money if he would protect
certain men.
Detective Day began his remarks by
saying that he had never taken a dis
honest dollar in his life.
"With my right hand in the air and
before my God I can truthfully say that."
(jaid he. "There may be something in
this, but I welcome any investigation. I
have no favors to show to any thieves.
I fear not the consequences of an inves
tigation. I will be glad to have It run
down and the real truth made known. I
will tell what I know about it. When
McSherry and Abbott and their gang
were run out of town it was done be
cause they came to me and made me an
offer to protect them. Kid Hazel, who
goes out fishing with Bentley, and Bent
ley you know has his office with Ben
nett, came to me on the 'street and of
fered me J250 per week ir I would let
them work here. I marched that gang
of men down to the police station at the
point of my gun and told the Chief all
that . had transpired. They had defied
me and said that they would work in
spite of me, and that was the climax
to it.
"Now here is the trouble with It. Some
one had approached me in behalf of these
men. and I think I can prove that Mr.
Bentley was to come to me and make
a offer, a proposition for crooked work.
Hazel had approached me on .the street
and told me that a prominent man who
had been In the City Council twice would
see me in their behalf and that they
wanted to operate on condition that they
fixed all' and got their . suckers out of
town. A man afterwards called me on
the phone and told me not to be a fool,
but to listen to his talk. He requested
that McSherry. Kid Hazel, Kid Abbott.
Smithy Watson and Torky work In this
town.
"When I demanded Tils name he said
that he wouldn't tell. In two or three
hours more another man called me on
the phone and wanted to make me a
proposition. He said that there were a
few people in town that wanted to do
some business here. I knew what he was
after and I tried to lead him on, so I
kept asking him questions.
"I wanted to know his name again and
he said that when we got through with
the proposition, if it were agreeably
fixed up he would tell me his name..
There will be a good sum in It every
week for you. Day, he said. When he
said that I said "I am very much obliged
to vou. Mr. Bentley. but there will be
nothing ' and with that he hung up
the phone.
"I don't claim to be infallible. All that
I can say is that the charges directed
against me are wrong. Every crook that
I knew who entered this town has been
taken down to the Chiefs office, as it Is
done in every big city in the country. It
Is quite possible that a bunch of men
unknown to me, whom I have never seen
before, might get Into this city and work
a little before they would be found out,
but that any gang has been at work here
under protection from me Is absurd. No
one man nor no dozen men could protect
a gang like that spoken of. The city
government would have to be corrupt in
order to accomplish a thing like that. I
hope the investigation Is immediate, for
I will tell all I know.
"I am glad that I made the statement
that there was a motive behind the Rich
ardson prosecution before Judge Bennett,
for I may he able to prove it. The first
delay In the work on the Watson case
was caused by Captain Moore. He said
that he had all the evidence and that no
other work was necessary. The case
was never turned over to the detective
department until days afterwards."
EAST ST. JOHN SEEKS CARS
Plans Laid Looking Toward Kenton
Line Extension.
At the meeting of the University
Board of Trade Monday "night at the
office of Slbray & Hart, resolutions
were adopted declaring it the sense
of the meeting that the Kenton elec
tric line should be extended to East
St. John. D. V. Hart. E. B. Tucker
and M. Carter were appointed to Inter
view the officials of the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power Company and urge
the Importance of this branch line.
The meeting also went on record as
opposed to making streets out of the
boulevards on the Peninsula, which are
now In the hands of the county. In
the matter of sewage, it was the opin
ion of the meeting that It was too soon
to start to build a sewer- system on
the northwestern half of the Peninsula,
as the district is not yet sufficiently
settled and the cost would be too heavy
at present.
Councilman Ellis was present and ad
dressed the meeting on improvements
on the Peninsula. He said that he would
act against the expressed wishes
of the people In regard to the boule
vards, if they wanted them to continue
as county roads, although he thought
some portions ought to be taken over
so street crossings could be made. He
also spoke of plans for providing hose
and fire plugs.
WUHD STEALS AWAY
Grandmother Says Father Kid
naped Him at Troutdale.
BOY FLEES AS SHE SLEEPS
Henry Proctor, of Vancouver, Ac
cused by Mrs. Tillison Lad's
Guardian Visits His
School for Clews. .
GRESHAM, Or., Nov. 16. (Special.)
Threats of a criminal prosecution
against Henry Proctor, of Vancouver,
Wash., was made today by Mrs. Tilli
son, of Troutdale, who accuses Proctor
of kidnaping her sob. The boy, it
seems, went away voluntarily last Fri
day night, going home with his father
but Mrs. Tillison, who declares she is
the boy's legal guardian, asserts that
the departure of the boy was unknown
to her and against her will.
Proctor, it is said, told schoolmates
of the lad, of the Terry school, that he
Is the grandson of Mrs. Tillison on his
mother's side, but was not accorded
the treatment due him and was dis
satisfied with his home. Proctor is also
quoted as saying that the youngster
wrote to his father last week with the
result that Proctor went to Troutdale
Friday. Father and son, Mrs. Tillison
says, made a night trip to Vancouver
before she knew her ward had gone.
George is about 1 years old and
has lived with Mrs. Tillison for the
last five years. She says the boy's
mother died when he was two years
old and that he was mistreated by his
stenmother. resulting in his father
giving consent to a legal adoption, and
that she took the boy to rear.
A .talk between father and son at
the schoolhouse Friday resulted in a
meeting late that night after the boy
had gone to bed and had stolen out
of the house, when his grandmother
was asleep. When she found him gone
Saturday morning she gave an alarm
but was Informed by some of the boy's
companions whom he had confided in
that he had fled.
Mrs. Tillison visited the Terry school
yesterday in an effort to secure evi
dence needed to file a complaint against
Proctor, accusing him of kidnaping.
ANENT THAT MISSING LINK.
Mr. Edtson recently stated that there was
no rinuht that In ten years flying machines
r. nnld be used to csrrv malls. They would
Ho at a Apeed of 1 ixt mile. r '
would carry passengers.
Some Doubt Whether Man and the
Ape Had a Common Ancestor.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 16. (To the Ed
ltor.) In The Oregonian of October 12.
an article tells us something about
"The Missing Link" that from time to
time comes to the surface in the maga
zines and newspapers. A few days ago
in Texas, by the reports, the scientists
have unearthed one or more specimens.
.As The Oregonian truly says such
"links" are numerous below us though
undiscovered. The beautiful continu
ity of Nature represented in Its animal
and vegatal forms is a vast vital
chain composed, not only of adjacent
but of connecting links. as well. This
is perhaps more true of the chain above
"ground and around us than of the
broken fossil one below. The writer
continues: "Geological history offers no
warrant for the belief that life was
originally created perfect in a blissful
Eden."
- I am not aware that anybody thinks
it does nor that any sort of history
does. Certainly Bible history does not.
According to Genesis "blissful Fden"
does not appear till sometime arter
creation was finished, and vegetable
and the lower forms of animal life pre
ceded the creation of man by, some
think on the testimony of geological
history, thousands, of years. Be the
time what it may, science cannot take
us back to origins to the first dawn
of life and of creation.' 'All life was
"perfect" in Its own domain, whether
the life of a spore, of a rhizapod or of
a man.
It is a question still open, yet I be
live, whether the present forms of life
are improving in the way of perfection,
physical or moral. "There never wa
any 'fall of man,' but there has been
a continuous rise from low beginnings."
I know this is the echo of the trumpet
of science today, standing upon the
high eminences of Its wonderful ac
complishments. But of what value is
the echo when the original shout is
based, on testimony that would not
stand in court? There may have never
been any "fall of man," as The Ore
gonian says, but can it prove the state
ment is false by the rules of evidence
in earthly courts.
"No person of respectable standing in
the world of science doubts that human
beings and the apes had a common an
cestor.'.' There is such a thing as be
ing cock-sure ai d being mistaken at
the same time, and here is one of the
instances. Wonder if The . Oregonian
writer ever heard of Sir J. W. Dawson?
Did he ever read Dawson's "Modern
Ideas of Evolution," a comparatively
modern book If ho has not I would
advise him to. Sir William was cer
tainly a scientist of no mean repute
an authority on geology, author of
several scientific books and papers. He
did assuredly "doubt that human beings
and apes had a common ancestor."
Also the lato Professor Rudolph Tire-how.
the foremost physiologist of his
day in Europe, and his day was only
two or three decades ago. Also the
celebrated Louis Agassiz, of Harvard.
In 1877 Virchow stood up in a congress
of distinguished scientists at Munich
and declared it was not a proved propo
sition of science, that man had de
scended from apes nor from any other
animal. And Agassiz is well known
to have disavowed the development
hypothesis, at least as to man. And
the lamented Hugh Miller, the famous
Scottish geologist, and A. R. Wallace,
co-promulgator of the doctrine of nat
ural selection with Darwin taught
that the rational and spiritual nature
of man was not derived from his ape
ancestors but were the gifts of the
Almighty. These were all men of "re
spectable standing In the world of
science." I may aso mention Jas. D.
Dana, the famous teacher of geology in
Harvard, and Professor Arnold Guyot.
These, too, were "respectable" scien
tists, much doubting their simian origin.
The Oregonian ought to modify some
of its statements. It is quite likely
the "missing link," one of which would
be but one among thousands, according
to the theory, will never be found. So
better give up trying.
N. J. BOWERS.
ROBBER SUSPECT FIGHTS
Alleged Postoffice Thief Bearing
Stamps Is Caught.
.Robert Plegg, an alleged postoffice
robber, was brought to this city yester
day by Marshal Snodrss. of Cottage
Good
JHEN you pick up the beautiful big De
cember number of THE DELINEATOR
you may like to exercise a woman's pre
rogative of turning to the last page "just to see how
it comes out.
If you do, you will find there a most artistic
appeal to every sweet tooth in America.
Then if you turn backward past the quaint little
Eskimo eating his Christmas-tree candles, past Aunt Betty's
cheery letter, past Sir Launcelot's. Christmas fun for boys,
past Donakins wonderful adventures with his "Wild
West" book, past Mammy Possum, and the Jenny Wren
Club, you will run into the last end of Eugene Woods
magnetically human fact story, "Attending to His Drop"
Among all the interesting, amusing, and necessary things
that fill each months Delineator there is always something
that insists on being read first. This is one of them.
If you start at the front end, after you have enjoyed
the lovely painting by Gardner Soper, run through the pages
where the last word in fashions is illustrated so charmingly
in color. Pause for a moment at page 494; dont over
look its message. Read how a great group of readers can
be of help to the editors, and how simple it is for the same
readers to be of service to others. Now look at the story
of the Pope's gentle life, at the charming tale by the
author of "Wee MacGreegor," guess "What a Home with
Forty Daughters" is about, and fall haphazard on the new
Kipling story there again you are treed, and it may be
hours, perhaps days, before you will ever strike the heart
of the magazine with its four full-page wonder-paintings of
NEW YORK, that took nearly a year in the making, and
that would look so cheerful on the nursery walls.
Tackle it from either end, front or hack, it makes
little difference; it's a fine, big, inspiring,
sumptuous number of THE DELINEATOR,
and you need it
BETTER GET IT NOW
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Grove. Or., and turned over to the Fed
eral authorities. He is held, in the
County Jail awaiting arraignment In
the Federal Court.
, Plegg is believed to be one of a gang
of thieves that entered the postoffice
at Irving, Or., the night of October 28
and after ransacking it carried away a
quantity of stamps. He was captured
at Cottasra Rriv Saturday bv the
Town Marshal, who succeeded In land
ing him behind the-bars after an en
counter. Several sheets of stamps and
other Government paraphernalia were
found on Plegg's person. He carried a
brace of Colt revolvers, a bowie knife
and a large supply of ammunition, but
was unable to put his armament to use.
Plegg admits that he was formerly a
oldier in the United States Army and
served throughout the Philippines and I
Cuban campaigns.
Health Commissioner Ritchie, of Boston,
declares that pneumonia Is now the most
fatal disease in his jurisdiction. According
to the present figures of the board of health,
pneumonia comes first, heart diBcase sec
ond and tuberculosis, which was first in
luuo. third.
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d o e s n't It?
Tastes better.
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it? It's m a d e
from fruit and
grain as pure as old mother nature.
Children brought up to drink this will
be free from all stomach trouble!). All
arrocers.