THE 3IOKMXG OREGONIAX, FRIDAY, APRIL --15. 1910.
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AMBASSADOR SEES
EMBARRASS PLOT
Mexicans Would Discredit H.
L. Wilson and Certain Clique
Finds Easy Fault.
PRESS REPORT AROUSES
X'nJtcd States Representative at
Court of Mexico Says Character
of Hostilities Is Slap at Dig
nity of American Nation.
MEXICO CITY, AprH 14. Henry Lane
Wilson, newly arrived American Am
bassador to Mexico, believe a plot to
embarrass him In the discharge of tne
duties of hte office exists in th'is city.
He does not venture to name those
upon whom his suspicions rert, but de
clares that "in due time the exact char
acter of the intrigue, which is one not
only hostile to the embassy ,vbut to the
Interests of the American Government,
as well, will be known'
Press Report Arouses.
Tfla discovery of the allepred intrigue
grew out of the receipt by HI Imparcial,
a leading "Spanish daily here, of a New
York special recounting the publication
In that city of a sensational story under
a Mexico dtydate of offenses which the
Ambassador is alleged to have given the
Mexican people in a recent speech at a
banquet given in his honor by the Ameri
can colony. g t
Mr. "Wilson is said to have "succeeded,
as has no other diplomat before him in
rxrMtlnpr La tin blood of Mexico through a
historical reference to the empire of
Charles V., of Spain, which, he said,
enslaved the bodies and souls of the peo
ple of two hemispheres in the name of
Ood. and attributing to the Aztec and
Toltee blood In large degree the rise
and development of Mexico in' civiliza
tion." Ke Is said to have received thesa
words with great astonishment. The Am-'
baisador'e words were criticised editor
ially by Hi Correo EJspanoI. a, newspaper
of limited circulation among the Spanish
residents here, and this was made the
tasis of the story telegraphed from
Mexico Otty find published in New York.
Bl Imparci a 1 , re gar ded as t he repre,
tentative publication of Mexico, as well
as a number of losser Mexican dallies,
commended the utterances of the new
Ambassador. As for the AmerH-ans pres
ent, the reference passed almost un
noticed. The entire speech, which was
a response to a toast, was warmly ap
plauded. Words Giveii as Compliment.
Of his own words on the occasion, Mr.
Wilson said yesterday:
"My speech was intended as a com
pliment to the1 Mexican people, and I be
lieve was so received, by them. Only a
distorted Imagination of malicious ' m-
-rrtentkm- will be able .to discover any par
pose to offend, or any absence of cour-
teey.
c. "Since I arrived here, the Mexican peo-
!ple and the vast majority of the Amerl-
' tana have been most courteous and. kind,
' but there seems to exist as yet unde
fined b4t none the less active, an in
, trlgue, furthered by high interests
.,- which did. not welcome the coming of the
" present ambassador. In due time the-
xact character of this intrigue, which
i is one not only hostile to the embassy,
Taut to the interests of the American Gov
,4" rfrnment as well, will bo known.'1
POPE CUTS OFF AMERICANS
Archbishops 'Struck From List of
Cnrdlnalate Candidates.
ROME, April 14. It is announced
that the Pope has struck olf from the
list of candidates for the cardinalate
all Americans. including the Arch,
bishops of New York, St. Paul, Chicago
and New Orleans.
The chancellory of the Vatican con
firms this without volunteering an ex
planation. The well-known American prelates
affected by this potion of Pope Pius
are Archbishops John M. Parley ( of
New York: John IrelanI, of St. Paul;
James E. Qnlgley. Chicago; and James
Blenk, of New Orleans, each or all of
whom have several times been spoken
of as candidates to the Pope's advisory
council.
James Gibbons. Archbishop of Bal- i
ttmore. Is the only American Catholic
prelate now a cardinal. -""l
The Rome Trlbuna has on various
occasions referred to the probability of
the creation, of a new American cardi
nal and has named Archbishop Ireland
una Archbishop Parley as the most
likely candidates.
; OUST COUNCIL, DEMANDED
Special TCle-ctkm and Charter Re
vision Asked at Spokane.
SPOKANE, Wash., April 14. (Spe
cial.) Oust the City Council and give
Spokane a commission form of govern
ment. Revise the city charter to provide for
the necessary cb&ng and call an elec
tion as soon as possible.
Such U the object of numerous peti
tions now beinft -circulated ' throughout
the city, and which are expected to be
, signed by enough . qualified voters to
force the City Council to call the special
election asked for in the petition. SO
days hence.
Five hundred copies have been printed
and will be circulated broadcast. The
movement has been started by some of
the members of the charter revision com
mittee, and men prominent in the intla
tlve and referendum movement.
t RAILWAY BILL EXTENDED
All Persons Interested Permitted to
'Present Views.
WASHINGTON. April 14. The Senate
yesterday resumed consideration of the
railroad 1)111, section by section, giving
attention to amendments offered' by
Chairman Elkins, of"- the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The only amendment adopted was one
permitting the inclusion of complainants
in suits before the proposed court of
commerce grow lug; out of orders of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, in
this the opponents won a victory. The
committee's original proposal was to per
mit the . appearance of complainants only
through counsel.
As agrreed upon yesterday, the provis
ion permits all persons Interested to be
come parties to the suit. The more lib
eral provision was conceded by the sup
porters of the bill and. there was no
votina; decision.
In response o a question from Xew-
lands, Cummins saie that he would at
tempt later to have the bill modified to
have the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion continue in its present relationship
of suitor. Newiands strongly advocated
such a course, ylughes criticised the
amendment as not going far enough.
He would have it require the presence
in' court of all who would be affected
by the decree. He argued that an Indi
vidual might be placated and Induced to
withdraw, while an entire community
was interested in the result. Bacon sug
gested a modification of the provision to
meet Hughes' viewer- which was adopted.
Elklns then formally offered his
amendment, striking out the provision
requiring the court of commerce to take
into consideration tiie effect upon pub
lic Interest of any proposed consolida
tion of railroads in passing in advance
upon agreements looking to such con
solidation! Cummins sought to enlarge the scope
of the amendment by striking out the
entire provision authorizing advance
action by the court on such agree
ments. He said he thought "the tail
should go with the hide."
Elkins introduced an amendment
withholding from the Interstate Com
merce Commission the right to estab
lish through routes and 'Joint rates
when a satisfactory and reasonable
route by rail and water exists.
Brlstow opposed the new amendment
on the ground that it would permit
monopoly. He contended that It would
prevent an independent steamship line
from being established where the rail,
roads already had a line. Elkins said
the provision had beery suggested at
the instance of the water carriers.
The amendment was pending when
the Senate adjourned.
CUPID DEPLETES RANKS
ALIi TELEPHONE GIRLS MARRY,
WAIL MANAGERS.
One Company Offers Re-ward to Stop
.Pernicious Custom Among
Its Employes.
OSB HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
To any one who will tell us how to pre
vent our operators from marrying we will
pay one1 hundred dollars rflOO).
CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY.
CHICAGO, March 14. This offer, which
is genuine, shows how little dependence
can toe placed in the Government statis
tics relative to the chances of a telephone
operator to win a husband.
The announcement from Washington
that 93 per cent of the telephone opera
tore in the United Stated are unmarried
caused amused smiles to spread over the
faies of the more than 4000 girls seated
at Chicago switchboards.
Remembering the old adage that you
can prove anything with statistics, and
remaining steadfast in the belief that
Cupid -is their host friend, they went
along answering calls with thesame
sweet voloesthat have won so many of
them husbands that the company they
work for constantly is In despair over
the question of filling their places.
"Of course 92 per cent of the telephone
operators are unmarried.'"' said H. N.
Foster, traffic manager of the company.
'The trouble is that as soon as they get
married they cease to be telephone opera
tors. Let the Bureau of Labor gather
some figures on the number of former
operators who now are married and I'll
venture to say his percentages will be
reversed. '
"Twenty-five per cent of our girls re
married every year. Practically all the
ehanges we make in our force are made
necessary by the inroads of Cupid. It is
the etertial - question with us how to
prevent our girls from nvarrying and If
anybody thinks our offer of a reward
for a preventive scheme is & Joke lef
him come across with a feasible plan and
see how quick he'll get his $100."
The Chicago Telephone Company does
not employ girls under 16 nor over 24
years old, and this is another reason for
so many unmarried operators.
'Considering the ages of our girls." con
tinued Mr. l"oster, "you might say with
Just as muc'h sense that 2 per cent of
school 'girls are unmarried, or that 92
per cent of the children of , the country
are unmarried. A girl can't marry jmtil
she is of marrying age, and the majority
of our girls are under rather than over
the required age. Most of-our girls are
Just out of school and at the time we
take them the Idea, of marriage has not
entered their- minds.
"The average length of service for the
girls with the Chicago Telephone Com
pany is less than three years, and so
you can see about what their chances
for marrying are. Don't deceive your
self in thinking a telephone operator has
no chance of marriage."
Miss Daisy Matthews ' an operator in
the Tarda office of the company, con
fessed the problem of keeoing out of mar
riage, rather than the one of getting into
it, was what bothered most of the Kirls.
"Every day nearly the telephone girls
are pestered with otters of marriage, she
said. "For a. girl to say 'hello' Is enough
to prompt a surprisingly large number
of -men to propose. We simply have to
close our ears to the offers of marriage.1
When 'asked if she could explain the
Government 92 per cent, Miss Matthews
smiled andsaid:
"I don't see why one should wish to be
a telephone girl if one were married."
A I-Jttle Learning, Dangerous.
Woman's Home Companion.
Here are a few history answers col
lected In .New York. State education de
partment in the past year:
Modern conveniences. Incubators 'and
flrelesg telegraphy. ,
The Republican party was formerly
known as the Free Spoil.
The President takes the yoke of office.
The salary of teachers are paid from
the dog tax.
Benjamin Franklin produced eleotricity
py running cats backward.
Lincoln had a woman make him a suit
of homespun from rails which he had
split. They were hickory rails, hence
hickory shirts.
The cause of the revolution was that
the colonlBts wanted room to pasture
their cattle.
The spoils system: The place where
spoiled things and waste are kept. The
board ot health Iras largely taken the
place of this.
The difference betweeen Jackson and
Roosevelt is that Jackson has been dead
a long time and Roosevelt is in Africa.
shooting lions.:
"The Molding of America. '
London Daily Telegraph.
We admit and regret the fact that
England is. far better known to our
trans-Atlantic visitors than Is the
United States to British travelers.
We wish it were possible to extend
by any means among all persons of tol
erable means and leisure on this side
a personal knowledge of the republic
ir tnere is a real danger it lies in this.
that after a few years our experience
or ideas of the United States tend to
tall behind the facts.
For Americans belong to a country
which, if no longer so young as it was.
is still passing swiftly through phass
after phase of transition. Emigration
decade after decade pours in milliona
of alleA men. They are received, ab
sorbed, assimilated. But it Is the great
est mistake in tne world to Imagine
mat in acquiring American charaoterls
tics iney contribute no Influence to
American society. They modify i
sensibly, "but inevitably, to a greater or
less extent, the collective psychology of
tne Lnitea (states as a nation.
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All-wool fabrics, tailored to fit irT latest
correct models, at right prices.
Spring Suits and Overcoats
$20 to $40
We are making a special showing of Boys Knee Pants Suits at $5.
Baseball Suits, Baseball Gloves with each tarment
Complete line
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Cor.
DEMOCRATS THINK
THEIR DAY IS WEAR
Customary Hope of Victory
Marks Banquet at Na
tional Capital.
NEW TARIFF IS ATTACKED
Jefferson Day Banquet Gives Lead
ers Opportunity to Dilate on Sins
y of Republicans and Swell
With High Hope. .
WASHINGTON', April 14. Vigorous
attacks upon the Republican policy of
high protection, condemnation of the
Payne-Aldrlch tariff law. which it was
claimed was one of the principal causes
of high prices, strong: defense of the
principles of Thomas- Jefferson and
loudly-applauded prediction of Demo
cratic victory at the coming Congres
sional elections were made by the
speakers at the banquet here last night
in honor of the birth of Thomas Jef
ferson. With members of both houses of Con
gress among the speakers, and with rep
resentatives oT Democracy from all parts
of the United States present, tne banquet
was an enthusiastic approval of the prin
ciples of Jefferson.
"The certainty of Democratic harmony
and the restoration of government to tle
rule of the Democratic party," were de
clared by Representative Clayton. of
Alabama, the toastmaster, to be due to
the "sins of omission and of commission
by the Republican party." Vicarious1 sac
rifice of certain members of the Repub
lican party, -he said, would not be ac
cepted by the people of the country as a
sufficient aerology for- the faults of the
party. The Democratic party, he main
tained, will remain harmonious.
On motion of Representative Lloyd, of
Missouri, it was voted to send greetings
to the Jefferson day banquet in Indianap
olis. The first speaker of the evening was
.Representative Harrison, of New York.
He declared that for the Democratic
party all signs were harbingers of hope
and that being "United and harmonious,
alert and aggressive." Democracy might
well celebrate the day. . y
While acknowledging "the people to
day like and admire President Taft," Mr.
HarriBon asserted that instead of "de
manding a genuine revision of the tariff
upon the promise " of which he was
elected, he capitulated to the powerful
interests of the old Republican machine.
The President is unfortunate in having !
led a life of political progression along !
tne lines of least jresistance."
Senator Ben F. Shively of Indiana
spoke on Jefferson's political philos
ophy. He attacked Republican party
rule as a confederacy of special priv
ileges, which had turned tlte taxing
power of Government "into private as
sets. Minority Leader Champ Clark of Mis
souri then spoke. Condemning the Re
publican party as the "most extrav
agant the sun ever shone on" and call
ing what he dubbed "the Payne-Ald-rich-Smoot
tariff bill" the worst tariff
bill ever placed upon the statute books.
Mr. Clark declared "it and its predeces
sor, the Dlngley bill, with the trusts
bred by the high tariff, are largely re
sponsible for the high cost of living."
He continued:
If a high tariff does not Increase prices,
why do the tariff barons want a tariff ?
The question answers itself.
The people this Fall are quite likely to
talc It Into their head, to locate the au
thors of the vast extravagance which is
eating up their substance and to punie
them "when found, a Just, and patriotic -performance
which will giv u. a mocratlc
Houh of Representatives in th next Con
Kres and both a Democratic President and
House of Representatives in 1912.
A letter . was read from Chairman
Norman E. Mack of the Democratic Na
tional committee, who said that In a
seven weeks' trip about the country he
had found everywhere "distrust of the
Republican party for failure to keep
, faith with the people by carrying; out
of Youths' Spring
$10 to $20.
Third and Morrison Sts.
its platform pledges and the promises
made to them by the President in his
letter of acceptance."
DEPUTY SHERIFF FIGHTS
Frank Beatty, Assaulted by Stranger,
Returns Klre, Fractures Arm.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Beatty is at St.
Vincent's Hospital suffering from t frac
tureof his right arm sustained when he
struck a stranger who attacked him in a
cigar etore, at Sixteenth end Washing
ton street yesterday.
Beatty la said to have been "set up''
by two shabbily dressed individuals when
he accidentally bcushed against them
while crossing the street in front of the
cigar store. The- trio- exchanged words,
which resulted in both of the strangers
pouncing upon Beatty.-' Notwithstanding
hie handicap, Beatty Is said to have
giren both a severe drubbing after which
he resumed hie way along the street,
stopping for e. cigar. While making the
purchase one of the men, whom he
struck, followed him and without a word
of warning swatted the arm of the law
several times when his back Was turned.
Beatty resented the attack and- when
he landed a stiff jolt on bis antagonist's
chin he fractured his forearm. The
stranger fled before the police could be
notified. Beatty was taken to the hos
pital. Beatty will be incapacitated for
several weeks.
PEP00N CHARGES QUASHED
Two Informations Filed Are Found
to Be Defective. '
COLVILLE, Wash., April 14. (Special.)
Judge E. H. Sullivan, Wednesday morn
ing, quashed the Information in the case
of the State vs. George .Peooon. chareed
with poisohing his wife, and gave Prose
cuior i. t. iirKpatncK until tomorrow
at 3 o'clock to file an amended charge.
J. A. Rochford and John B. Slater, at
torneys for Pepoon, raised th point on
demurrer to .he first information, filed
last week, that it was not alleged that
the woman was dead, nor that she died
from the effect of the administration of
poison. f
The second Information was today
quashed on motion of Pepoon's attorneys
upon jurisdictional grounds.
PACIFIC "U" .WINS DEBATE
Girl of Whit worth College Lose In
Forensic pontes!.
TOCOMA, Wash., April 14. (Special.)
The pacific University debating- team
tonight jvon from the Whitworth Col
lege team, all girls, on the question of
"ahip subsidy."
, The Oregon trio handled the affirma
tive side of the question and won by
two to one.
Canada -will be lrgIy represented In the
international hunting; exhibition to be held
tht year in Vienna.
raw.
The artistic nature of ood
taste demands quality.
Knox Hat s
are sold on reputation and
bought on faith.
' ' Gentle mea'a Has
Buffum & Pendleton
' Ladiei Hats
Olds, Yortman& King
Clothes
Suits at
& Go.
SEASIDE AT WORK
Betterments Tax Capacity of
Local Builders.
ROADS TO BE IMPROVED
County InM-alls Crushers Bridge
Across Necanicum Seems Prob-
able Contract Let Cart-
- wright Fark Home.
SEASIDE, Or., March 14. (Special.)
Seaside is now embarked upon an
area of bulldingv street improvement
and city -betterment generally that
would be of credit 'to a much larger,
city. So busy are the local builders
and contractors that those planning
worn are finding It exceedingly diffi
cult to obtain reasonable bids.
Recently the City Council advertised
for bids for structural alterations to
the City Hall, Including a fireproof
vault in the basement and a- water
office in the front of the building. The
only bids submitted were by local
builders, the lowest being $749. " The
only other bid was $773. The Council
has decided to undertake the wWk
itaelf and will have it done by day's
work, Importing the necessary labor
If it is found Impossible to obtain the
required workmen In Seaside.
The contract was let Friday for
structural alteratlpns and complete re
No Preservatives Used In Canned
Fruits and Vegetables
We want you to know; Mrs. Housewife, that the talk about preserv
atives doesn't refer to canned fruits and vegetables.
! Corn, peas, tomatoes, peaches and all vege
tables and fruits are preserved by sterilization
alone. That means by heat.
This is true of any brand, put up by any
canneK-' For preservatiTes are unnecessary.
To use-them would be useless expense. -
Vegetables and fruits
for canning: are taken
fresh from the gardens
and orchards. They are
usually canned the very
day they are -picked.
They are cooked in
the cleanest of kitch
ens cooked just as
.you cook them your
self. And nothing
whatever is added, save sometimes a savor of
salt for vegetables or sugar for fruits.
They are sterilized by heat, after the cans
are sealed. When you open a product perhaps
months after the canning it is as fresh as the
day it was picked.
Del Monte Best Value of Our 400 Brands of Tomatoes
Selected tomatoes large, vine-ripened and firm
are the Del Monte brand
s We put tip tomatoes nnder 400 different labels;
many for dealers who own their own brands. This
year we put up over a million bushels of tomatoes.
The . cream of that crop can Uo placed on your table
this winter by simply asking your grocer for Del
Monte tomatoes.
A can of Del Monte tomatoes
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modeling of the Moore Hotel. In p'ace
of having a sloping roof, th-3 main body
of the building will have the walls
raised and the addition ?? practically
a complete third floor. This will have
the effect of adding 26 bedrooms and
five bathrooms to the hostelry. The
contract was let for $6000 to T. A.
Davis. of Seaside. Alterations to
Kruse's Hotel at -Gearhart have been
completed.
W. F. Fullam. of Portland, ' has let
the contract for his handsome resi
dence in Cartright Park. Mr. Fullam's
cottage now has the walls in and
construction is ts- be pushed this
Spring. There will be two stories and
an-' adequately-lighted basement. Air.
Fullam's cottage is the first residence
to go up in Cartright Park.
County-' Judge Trenchard announced
Friday that the nrfw county rock
crusher would be located in Cartright
Park. The crusher will proceed at once
to grind up rocks from the beach front
to be used for lmmediated street im
provement. Rock of this quality will
give the Summer resort on the Necani
cum unequaled roads. The first road
to be Improved will be the county road
from the west end ot the bridge to the
beach. Work on this will be begun
in a few days. It has been announced
by the authorities that Bridge street
will be improved fiym the east end of
the bridge to the Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad station.
The station restaurant will be re
built before the Summer traffic and
$2000 spent .on Improvements Shell
Road Pavilion, across the road from
the Moore Hotel, will be lowered aid
will be occupied as the beach store
of the F. Dresser Mercantile Company.
A Builder AVlo Won't Pay Graft.
The Bookkeeper.
One of the greatest builders in the
world is practically unknown in New
York, the city in which his main offices
are located. - Mention his name in Eu
rope, Asia, Canada or Australia, and
even the small boy on fhe street corner
would be able to enumerate the struc
tures that he has built, or is building.
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Canned Fruits and Vegetables
- Packed WherevThey Ripen .
The Day They're Picked
all are clean, all
Is principally solid tables. All grocers can supply you.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT;CANNERS ASSOCIATION
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
The Largest Canners of Fruits and Vegetables in the World
for he Is a man who has literally built
'his way around the World. The only
large city that he has eliminated from
his sphere of activities is New York, and
his explanation shows the character of
the man. "I won't pay graft to any
man." he said, "and I won't build where
I have to play politics to be able to carry
out my contracts."
About 12 years ago Mr. White opened
two stwall ofilccs in New York. Today
his firm occupies three entire floors1n
one of the largest downtown skyscrapers.
Moreover, this New York company J. (1.
White & Co., Inc. is but one of the many
corporations now engaged in carrying out
Mr.'Whlte's enterprises. He has compan
ies in the West, one'in Canada, one in
England, one in the Philippines, and sev
eral In South America, all of which are
under his pejrsonal supervision.
Reasons of English Schoolboys
Kansas City Star. - -'Shoufd
women have votes for Par
liament? Give your reasons for anct
against." This was a question asked
of schoolboys in a. recent examination
in England. One boy replied: "No,
because If they did they would want to
get into Parliament and then they
would pass a lot of silly laws, such as
that a man was not to smoke before
his wife or that wives were to have
Wednesdays and Thursdays off and
then the men would have to stay at
home and mind the children. " A logical
answer to the question, "Why does the
kettle sing?" was furnished by a boy
who wrote: "Because if it did not you
could not tell whe- the kettle was
boiling." Asked to explain the initials
"C. O. D.," one boy replied that they
stood for "Collector of debts," and a
second said, "Cod-liver oil drink." An
other enterprising youth described a
sleeping partner as "A man who goes
to sleep when playing bridge." Asked
how he would mend the puncture in
a bicycle tire, a boy's answer was to
the point: "I would get a box of the
stuff that you do it with and stick it
on."
Modern canning began with the invention of
sterilization.
In the old days most of us for most of
the year had to go without fresh vegetables
and fruits. Now we have them all the time.
Hundreds of millions of cans are put up in
the season of plenty for
the seasons of dearth.
This has had im
mense effect on good
health, for fresh vege
tables form an essen
tial part of our diet.
Don't let mistaken
prejudice rob you of
all this good. Canned
vesetables and fruit
have the same freshness and flavor are just as
free from preservatives as those you cook your
self. This is always irue. Fruits and vegetables
vnaturallyvary. One crop may excel another. One
section may growfiner grades than another. But
pure, all free from preservatives.
tomato meat. We drain off all extra water. - That is
why you will find a can of Del Monte contains two or
three times as much actual tomato meat, as other
brands. '
You will always be sure of the best value in tomatoes
by insisting on Del Monte, for it carries our name and
guarantee.
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