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4 THE .MORNING OREGQXIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, . 1910. CHASE IS ACCUSED OF 'LAYING 001' Stattmrjs Makes Charge and FarreH Starts to Mate Inquiry. PLAYER MAY BE DRIVEN OUT rroldent of Xrw York Tram Says If Cbarge Sustained Cliase MsH Go 11 Stalling. He Will Deal "With Manager Illmwlf. NEW YORK. Srpt. 3. The vapor of a-nsatp that has anrrouDded the quarrel of Mai Chase, captain of tha New York American Leiuroe baseball team, and Ceorge T. Stalling, manaajer. was cleared away Thursday by a statement from Frank J. Farrell. president of the club. Stalllnss In conference with Far rell today In obedience to a telegram tnmmnnlnc him from Cleveland and took the opportunity of mikkic rrtw vhargee. He accused Chase of withholding hla r.t services on the field and of quitting when he waa moat needed. Parrel thourht the charges o grva that ha took the first train for Clev land, where tha club now is. to make complete investigation. Stalllncs wanted to accompany him. but was refused per mission. If tha charges are sustained Farrell snld that there would be no plaoe lor Chase on the New Tor, or. In hi opinion, on any other team. If they fall ne reservea the right to deal with Stal Unas aa he thinks fit. He denied that Chase bad been appointed manager of Tha club. Farrell made the following signed atatement: "In response to my calling him to New York. George T. Stalling appeared in my t-fflce this morning to give his version of the reported trouble in the New York American League club, of which he Is manager. To my surprise, Mr. Stalling made grave accusations against Hal Chase, first baseman of the team and Ita captain. Mr. Stalling chargea that Chase haa not been giving his best serv Ires to the club and that he haa been sruilty. In baseball parlance, of 'laying loan.' "No ball player can afford to have hla reputation and the reputation of his rlut smirched bv such charges and have decided to tr at onee to Cleveland, where the team Is playing, to make a thorough Investigation of Mr. Stalling hara.es and. If I find they are true, shall lay the entire matter before the National Commission and ask that Chase be punished. 1 owe such Investigation to the public and the players. "II Chase Is guilty of diallings' chargea there is no place for him on the New York American team or any other team In mr Judgment. If he Is not guilty, he fVmM be promptly cleared of the charges. "If Mr. fltallings fails to prove hla rhargea against Chase. It la up to me to leal with Stalling aa I see fit. aa Chase Is .too great a ball player to have his reputation blackened by such charges. "There have been recently many mis leading reports about my club and change In Its management. I desire to say now that George T. Stalling la still manager of the team, that while he I here In New Tork the club Is in charge of my secretary. Thomas Iavls and that I have not appointed Hal Chase to man age the team to succeed Stalling." CHAMC PEMES "LAYING DOWN" .Attributes Troublra to Newspapers autl Game Lost at Chicago. CLEVELAND. O.. Sept. 23. Hal Chase. when shown tha Associated Press des patches from New York In regard to the complaints made against him by Man azer Stalling, gave out the following statement: "Thla trouble haa been crowing for some time. The first real break came la letrolt. when our club came M. At that time I was not feeling well. I was troubled with dlzsiness when I tried to run, and asked for leave of absence, which waa granted by Mr. Stalling. I started for New York, and the papers the next morning carried stories to the effect that I had dtaerted the team. "The climax came In the firm gam of the series at Chicago, which our club lost. With Daniels on second and myself at bat. tha signal waa given for the Mt and run. I swung at the ball, tipped a foul, which the catcher caught. Daniels. Having started for third base, waa easily thrown out. That evening one of the tiiMvball reporters told me he had an In terview with Mr. Stalling to the effect that I waa laying down on the team. "Mr. Stalling later verified the state ment and admitted that he was quoted correctly. Of course, such events could not put one in a pleasant frame of mind." PORTLAND MAN INNOCENT V. J. Ralrv's Auto Kills Child at Ripley, X. Y. Jury Ezoneratea. RIPLRY. N. Y.. Sept. 21-Myrtle 'Waterman. years old. was killed by an automobile driven by F. J. Raley, of Portland. O.. who I on a tour with Air. Raley. The child ran In front of the auto mobile from behind a wagon. Raley was exonerated of blame at tha Cor oner' Inquest. F. J. Raley resides at 375 East Twenty-first street North and Is in tha real estate business here. He haa of fices in the Hamilton building;. SAN FRANCISCO INDORSED Jlutto Business Men Want Panama Exposition Held There. Bl'TTE. Mont,. Sept. SS. (Special V The Merchants' Association of Butt decided at their regular meeting to night that San Francisco was the most fitting place for the Panama-Pacific Imposition to be held In 1915. Resolutions favoring San Francisco will be sent to Senators Carter and Dixon and Representative Pray, ex pressing the sentiments of the associa tion and asking their Influence and en deavors towards securing the Govern ment's Indorsement, when It come up In Washington. MAN BIDS GOODBYE; DIES Meatcutter Enters Saloon, Writes to Wife; Then KUls Self. "Well. I guess I'll go aow goodbye. fcoys!" Folios leg this declaration. George Hog- swtt. a meatcutter. Is. placed a revolver to hi head and an Instant later blew oat his brains. In the barroom of a aaloon at Y Grand avenue, - shortly after 'clock Thursday night. Ha died almost Instantly. The body was removed to the morgue. A half boor before he sent the bullet crashing through hla begin Hoggatt write four farewell note to hla relatives. Con eluding thta task after a few mosnents. Hoggatt atasnped tha envelope a ad handing than acroaa the bar to Clyti Woodward, the bartender, said: "Mail this they are Important. What swiH Hogsratt' act la a mys tery, bat frwsa a mm ha scrawled to hi wife, era la Mr artth Ms relatives av Kalamew WaaV. t ta ertdent that hla family affair have bean Inharmonious. The aote. la which ba refer to hla two mall children, read: Iaer girl fiaeaaiag hla wtfst I have been falsa te roa Waljr. v my ewa people bava been tmlsa te zaa ar than anyone else. Kiss Brt and leeae gnodttre fe ma. for thta Is Ike ssat yoa will evar hear from me. No womaa was ever as true to a nta aa you nar eeaa re ma. o eye qeerge. WIFE OF XEW TORK BROKER AT LAST REVEALS IDENTITY. On Arrival In Divorce City, Society Matron Hides Real Xante. Cruelty la Charged. RENO. Nev.. Sept. M Suit for dlvoroe has been fiied - hiere y yextng woman who registered at a fashionable apart- ment-houre last April upon her arrival with a 6-year-old daughter, aa Mrs. H. Crouch, of New York. It develop that this pretty little blonde dlvorcen is Mr. Haael B. Dohme. wife of John G. Dohme. said to be stock broker of Wall street, and niece of the late Mr. Crouch, of Crouch A Fitzgerald, prominent trunk manu facturers, of New York and Chicago. with 17 establishments throughoat the country. Her complaint 1 sealed ta prevent publicity, but It la baaed upon ground of cruelty and non-support. They were married on September 3. 1902. In New Tork City, and separated In 107. after, aa she alleges, ha attempted ta strangle her In bed with pillow, and struck her In the face several time. Then he accused her of Infidelity and addressed vile name to her. until she was com pelled to leave him. He also failed to provide her with dally need. She recently took her child back to the home of her par ent and I now here alone, figuring conspicuously In social event of local limelight, and also at a prominent San Francisco hotel. CLOCK PERPETUAL MOTION Engll.ob Electrician Makes Remark able Discovery. New York Sun. An astonishing claim comes from Burton-on-Trent. England, where F. Bentley say that he has solved the problem of perpetual motion for sta tionary clock. He was awarded a gold medal at Liverpool In 10I for a clock which ha not been wound In ten year and 1 still going. The latest Invention, which eclipses that clock. I actuated by electricity secured directly from the earth, without battery, and Its life de pends on the almost frtctlonlesa work Ing parts. The clock is undoubtedly a marvel of Ingenuity, and the Inventor, who has spent much time In eonslderln methods of applying negative and poe Itiva currents, la an electrician of some note. The clock, which started man month ago. haa never stopped once. and It I the marvel of all who aea It, for. without tha uaual working parts of a spring time-piece, the pendulum awing merrily on without apparent cause, being driven back from aide to aide through electrical agency. tb wlrea going direct Into the earth. Mr. Bentley will not disclose how ba achieve the singular result, and awaiting full patent recognition, but there tha clock Is. and if any attempt I made to stop It Instantly tha pres sura Is released the ticking goes on a before. Mr. Bentley asserts that tha fact of the motive power remaining constant and unohanged should Insure abeoluely correct time. Making every allowance for wear and tear, tha Inventor la con vlnced that it is ao exaggeration to state that the clock will run sixty years with ease, provided that tha few wheel within It do not wear down. PHOTO TAKES LONG FLIGHT Forest Fire Winds Carry Picture 7 Miles Through Air. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Sept. !S.-Spe- ckd.) A freak of the recent forest fires k Clark County 1 shown from tha ft range night of a photograph which waa snatched up by the terrific wind at tha home of Henry Thomas, a mile ana half west of Battleground, buoyed up by the heat and wind and finally deposited at a point seven miles away on the farm of W. H. Haggard. Hera the pnotograpB waa picked up by Gilbert McKinstry and hen turned over to B. C oooanigni, wno recognised It a belonging to Mr, Thomas. The Thomaa home was burned to the ground during the forest fires. At that time Mr. Goodnight was visiting Mr. Thomas and helped him rescue some of his belonging from the burning bouse. It was then noticed that the contents of a box of pictures were carried aloft In a erltable whirlwind. Thla photograph 1 on of a logging scene of which Mr. Thomaa owned the only print. Mr. Taft's Golf Play. . Walter J. Travis' "Golfing With Presi dent Taff in the Century. A year or so ago the President told me that his golf was of such a quality to warrant hi describing It as tumble-puppy." He was altogether too modest. I know personally scores and score of golfer who would al most be tempted to sell their Immor tal souls could hey but put up such a game as he does. One of the most noticeable features of his game Is his entire obliviousness to all outside In fluences when playing a stroke; and even more striking is the Intensity and duration of his gaze when ad dressing the ball. There la virtually no preliminary waggle. A glance In the proper direction, and the stance Is at once taken, the right foot rather back of the left, both omewhat closer together than usual. At the same time the club Is laid back of the ball, and there It remains stationary for aa appreciable time. Then, with a fast up-swlng. going back a little more than half way to the horlsontal, down come the crub -with corre sponding speed, the finish being about equivalent to the back wlng. Laying Eggs on a Sunday. Youngs Magasln. Consistency i a Jewel. One Sunday morning a minister's wife saw her son chasing the hens with a stick. She went to the door to investigate aad heard him say: "I'll teach you to lay eggs In a min ister's family on Sunday morning!" IMPROVEMENT CONGO METHODS Long Agitation Against Atroci ties at Last Begins to Score. RAILROAD BIG BENEFIT According to Report Josf leaned. News of Aetna,! Depredations Has Not Been Recorded for Year, but Belgians Are Crafty. LONDON, Sept. 23. (Special.) From a pamphlet by E. D. Morel, of tha Congo Reform Association, entitled "The Pres ent State of the Congo Question." It ap pears that the long agitation against the Congo atrocities Is at last beginning to core. Reports from the Kasai and Katanga districts, thrown open to trade In ac cordance with the reform scheme of the Belgian government on Jnly 1, Indicate that the era of atrocity has passed. As. may be remembered, this scheme also secured to the natives a rhrht to the products of the soil and freedom to sell them to the Independent traders to whom the country haa been thrown open. in a recent speech at Milan, the Ital ian Consul In the Conga, now on tem porary leave, urged Italian trader to en ter the country. A large number of firms win undoubtedly take steps towards gaining a foothold there. German com merce has also taken not of the op portunities the free half of the Congo now offers for fair trading and a dosen or more trading companies expect to es tablish themselves. Railroad Proves Beneficial. The South African Railroad, which i doe some time this month to reach the heart of the mining area in Katanga, ww ftrmg a big Influx of white immi grants, whose presence will be a peren nial safeguard against the resumption of the old system. But It la perfectly evident that there Is another side to the matter. The standpoint of those who assert that the situation la the Congo Is just as bad aa it ever was Is not wholly a mistaken one. In half of this blighted country the same system of compulsory labor obtains ss before, the same enforced gathering of robber In marshy equatorial forests, the same ruthless oppression by a savage military. It is Illuminating to notice that the half of the territory not opened to free trading Is by far the richest and. as yet, the practically unexplolted part. For no apparent reason, this territory win not be opened, nor the same reforms put Into operation In it as In the Kasai and Katanga country, for a period of mora than two years, in fact. In the case of one especially rich batch of con cessions, those of the notorious Anver- soise. A. B. J. R., and Grand Lacs Ter ritories, and the properties of the So- clete Anonyme Beige, the Belgian gov ernment has refused to "say when" at all. Belgium Holds to Old Idea. it must also be remembered that Bel glum still maintains her barbarous prin ciple of considering practically all the land of the Congo as vacant land and hence the real property of the Colonial Association, This absolute denial of tribal or communlal rights In the land to the natives reveals the hypocrisy of ac cording them the freedom to trade In the products of the land. The British Congo Reform Association volcea an em phatic warning to England that such a double-faced promise may be rescinded without the slightest difficulty, and then the whole matter will ba where It wa at the beginning. News of tha actual depredations or atrocities, the report asserts, have not been heard of for over a year, and trust worthy evidence has guaranteed that a real Improvement has been aecured. But the wily Belgians, who engineer Congo finance, and expect this year to derive from that fertile source about 13.300.000 in taxes about half of Belgium's reve nuestill have the potential means of re-lnstlrntlng the older system. Sir Edward Grey, England's Foreign Minister, Is now awaiting a communica tion on the actual working of the new system since Its Inception two months sgo in the Congo. England has never recognised the annexation by Belgium. on account of the evasion of definite pledges to bring about reforms. Should the present reforms turn out to have a "hitch" In them. It is certain that she will adopt something more than a pas sive attitude. AT THE THEATERS "UOLXa SO.MK." A FewAot Cemedy by Tsari Arm strong and Rex Beach. Presented at the Bungalow Theater. Cast. Lawrene Glass Robert Webb Lawrence i. Walilngfore Speed Allja Lewis Berkley Freane. , . Colver Covlnrton. . Jack Chapln, Jr. . Jeanne chapln . .. Helen Blake True Boardtnan . . Edward Kltroy . .Seymour Jewltt ..Virginia Same ....Alice Condon Mrs. Roberta Keep. Margaret Kugtnt 'Still" Bill Stover Howard Nugent Aurella Maria Carara ....Andre Opl Cloudy ......Burrl Kelson Willie Sidney Payne Ah Sing Ho Buwerd Kllroy Marrldstta Ethel Lorraln "Gabby" Gallagher ...J. N. Leonard Skinner Edward Robert A humorous chronicle of the upris ings and downsltttngs of a certain lot of college girls and boys, some cowboys and a phonograph. Is rapidly set forth In "Going Some," which really did go some at the Bungalow last evening. Since the plot Is fairly well known any lengthy resums of the story would be superfluous. In brief then. J. Wal- lingford Speed, with his valet Larry Glass, arrives at a house party given by Jean Chapln at her brother s ranch The Flying Heart" In New Mexico. Also hidden to partake of Miss Chapln's hospitality are: Helen Blake, Mrs. Roberts Keep, the chaperon of the party. Berkley Fresno, and Culver Covington the Intercollegiate runner of Tale. The situation at the ranch is one of deep gloom. Tha cowboys have Just lost their phonograph with all its herlshed record, which waa a wager on a loot race between one of their boys and the cook of a rival ranch. Covington Is delayed in his arrival. Speed arriving ahead of the other guests, and as a result, due partly to hia desire to appear la an heroic light before Helen, and partly owing to Fresno' jealous plotting, peed, who i Is anything rather than an athlete. Is put up to race the winTter of tha phonograph. Thla Is much to tha delight and liking of the "Flying Heart" boys, who bank all they own on Speed and depend on him to recover the canned music machine for them. Larry tlass, who is tn actuality the trainer of the Yale football team, Is mistaken for Speed's athletic trainer. uey ucgin povuao-operaiions ac unc, relying upon the arrival of Champeen Covington to run the race at the last moment. But Covington doesn't tarn up, at least awe emul tee ota Nt easily fsasy ftradic- ament have cleaned themselves upon the SvbH MareAwoalst. Then Cetiustun comas with . broke bone n his foe. Just how Speed "fixes" the race with the eook, completes a very entertaining story. The atmosphere of the New Mexican arid plains Is well sustained, the cow punchers are accepted stage types of their often-maligned character, snd the feminine folk concerned leave little to be desired. The oast, which is presented by Law rence and Sandusky, numbers In Its per sonnel several local favorites. Robert Webb' Lawrence, familiarly known tn Portland aa Bobby Lawrence, is par ex cellent in the comedy role of Larry Glass, coach, manager, trainer and serve specialist. He and Allvn Lewis, the lafr ter as Speed, were the bright and partic ular pivots about which everything and everybody else revolved. At all times were they natural, delightfully entertain lng and most comical with no trace of buffoonery or banality Sidney Payne, character man. Is with this company, and gives a humorous por tralture of an almost intelligent cow- puncher. A Portland favorite, pretty Alice Condon, is delightful In the role of Helen, which she makes girlish and appealing in its daintiness. Praise, too, goes to Howard Nugent. In the charac ter of "foreman," whose struggles with his mother-tongue would be a revelation to one Daniel Webster. "Going Some" will be repeated this evening and again tomorrow afternoon and evening. Hill IS SEIZED ey cm OWNER SCRATCHED WHEN ANI MAL MARES ATTACK. Pussy, Lying In Wait In Trees on University Campus, Jumps on Modern Headgear. DES MOINES. Ia., Sept, 2S. A large torn oat, hidden in a tree overhead, in watting for birds, attempted to make a meal on the rooster adorning a chantt- cler hat worn ny alls Lucy uvingsron. ywrarasy, wmie iiw werer ui me gear waa passing through Drake Park. in attempting to maae oa wnii iu pnw meal, the cat severely lacerated the face of Mlsa Livingston, necessitating the (Kin or city Burgeon agea, wno tooa several amcnes 10 cioe me kuuuus. Miss Livingston ws on her way home after a trip down to the city. It waa raining hard and in an effort to save time she "cut acroaa," pa sing through Drake Park. All of a sudden her hat was torn from her head and he felt the sharp claws of an animal penetrate the skin of her face. The cat then bounded away with the hat down the pathway. Realizing that tha bird was not the real article, the cat abandoned his prise upon the approach of Its owner. Miss Livingston declares the cat waa hidden In the trees and jumped upon her. Intending to make a meai in ine oiru. .-uis Mi uiimun im . iresnman at uraae university ana uvea at uarden Grove, la. , I lMIT rtininfX 11 rt-r ISII r LlUnl lIUMnd liUI mILU Few Smokers Cnderstand That Color Is No Guide to Strength. Tobacco Leaf. Probably there Is not one smoker In a thousand who Is not surprised and. In fact. Incredulous, when he Is told that the color of a cigar Is absolutely no guide to its strength. Tet such is the case, and a fact well known to cigar manufacturers and Importers. The be lief of smokers that cigars of dark color are strong and those of a lighter shade are milder is. in point of fact. ss fallacious as It Is general. This Is but one of many delusions harbored by consumers of tobacco, and which practl cal cigar men have smiled at and in dulged from time immemorial. But of recent years the inclination oi smokers toward llght-hued cigars has assumed the proportions of a craze, and the producers are finding much difficulty In meeting the demand. The manufacturers and Cuban tobacco rais ers would now gladly correct the error; but, after having carefully classified their products under the style of claros. colorados, maduros, etc.. for decades. they find it next to Impossible to dispel the delusion. A maker of Havana cigars uses but one grade or blend of tobacco In the body or filler of his cigars. Kxactly the same atock I used In his Conchas a In his perfectos; In his claros as in his maduroa. After the cigars are made, however, his "selector" takes them in hand and classifies them ac cording to the relative shades ef the wrappers. This Is done to effect a uni formity In the appearance of each box of cigars, and to enable the dealer to readily Indulge the whims of the self- deluded smoker. Inasmuch as the wrapper constitute not more than one-tenth of the cigar. It will readily be seen that the degree of Its strength or mildness Is very In considerable In effect. In this connec tion, however, It I Interesting to note that tobacco tradesmen versed In the Intricacies of the industry rigidly bar the light-colored wrapper from their own smoking tables, knowing that It generally Indicate that the leaf waa prematurely cut and Improperly cured, and that It Impair the flavor and burn of tha cigar. Cubans who, by the way, are notably partial to mild to bacco, avoid smoking light-colored ci gar just as they avoid eating a green orange or an unripe banana. The prejudice of these natives and of tobacco tradesmen Is a logical one, and serve to throw Into bold relief a pe culiar misconception of facts which Is both amusing and embarrassing to venders of the fragrant weed. Whether cigar smoker will ever awaken to the fact that a dark cigar is, if anything, milder and Invariably sweeter and more aromatic than a light cigar, remain to ba seen. GAYN0R IS GIVEN BLAME Commissioner Says Gotham Condi tions Are Not His Fault. NEW TORK, bent. 13. "I m strictly obeying the orders I have received from my superior officer. Mayor Gaynor. "If the gambling house are open in thla city, if the houses of questionable character are running, tt I because I am obeying the orders from the Mayor. Give me back the plain clothes men, and I will clean the city." Such in substance was emid last night by Commissioner Baker's friends to have been the reply he made to th grand Jury yesterday when confronted with evidence collected by the Commis sioner of Accounts, that the police are dealing laxly with gambling and im morality. REFORM IS POPULAR Only DTit ISil POIICe UppOSe New Penal Methods. PRISON IS LAST RESORT Winston Churchill Has Expert Opin ion on Hit) Side in Erfort to Make Sentences Not Only Curative but Also Educational. LOXDON, Sept. 23. (Special.) Expert opinion as a whole is on the side of Home secretary Winston Church- Ill's prison reforms. The one important exception Is the police, and their objec tions relate only to the revision of the tlcget-of-leave system, which will lessen the police control over ex-convicts. In the old days the police trail stretched from the crime to the criminal, now-a-days the trail Is from the crim inal to the crime. By the modern method, when a crime takes tilnce the ponce M a preliminary look up all those who are known to have been convicted of the particular cases' of offenee. Only after all these have been accounted for do the police go farther afield. In this method the ticket-of-leave system under direct police control played an Important part. For years past different Home Secre taries have endeavored to recognise a difference between "political" and other offenders. The difficulty has been to find an adequate formula for words and Churohill, characteristically enough, seems to have found the words. The one great point to be observed Is that those who In prison seek martyrdom's glory shall not be allowed to leave it without also martyrdom's pains. Suffragists Favor Change. How far this point is met will be seen when the first batch of Suffragists cora- memoniio in ineir peculiar way tne death of the enfranchisement bill. But Mrs. Pankhurst asserts that the Suffragist agitation against the cruelties of the present prison system has led to these improvements in treatment Her daughter, Chrlstabel. regards the new regulations for political prisoners as a step In the right direction; but expresses dissatisfaction that Churchill seems de- termlned to cut political prisoners off rrom all knowledge of political events. I As he is arranging for a large grant for the extension of lectures ami 1ntrc tlon in orisons, nerhans her rriAvanm may D6 lessened presently. But there Is i no doubt that John Galsworthy's play "Justice" had more to do with the In. ceptton of the reforms than the suffra- gettes. especially the abolition of soli tary confinement except for short terms. Police Arc Apprehensive. Under the ticket-of-leave system cx- convicts have to report periodically to the police depots. Official figures show that 7S per cent of long term prisoners get back to Jail sooner or later after release. The police therefore are ap prehensive that for the future the ex 1 convicts will be able to get out of touch I Undiscovered erlma will Increase th I contend, with public criticism rangling i m their minds Just now over a whole batch of undetected murderers still at I liberty tn the realm. Again, as regards Home Secretary I y""11-""1 ji.up.aMua, mere ia ine proo- m.....kin i . i . , , lent of the child traders In the London streets, who are to be abolished. Lon- don's biggest prison Is at Wormwood Scrubbs. Three hundred youngsters were drawn up In the lecture hall there the other day and attested according to the report or the commission that street trading is an avenue of crime. "How many of you sold papers In the streets?" asked the chaplain. Fifty- three held up their hands. Youth Is Wasted. "How many sold other things in the streets?" Sixty more showed In the af firmative. "How many of you have. learned trades?" Not a single lad moved. They gave a shocking demonstration of how England wastes Its youth and swells the unemployed, who every Winter muster in the bread line at Salvation Army soup kitchens and other centers of social aid for the destitute. On such as these the new proposals that only Incorrigible will be sent to prison and that sentences on youths will be curative and educational are expected to be beneficial. As to the proposal for making the payment of fines easier, a similar system has already been success fully worked In Scotland and has saved a very material part of the cost of main tenance, because the time allowance for payment has often resulted In the fine being forthcoming. RICH 'AMERICAN INDIANS Their Possessions Are Valued at $838,000,000. Chicago fteeord-Herald. According to figures which have been made public by the Office of Indian Af fairs, the total value of lands belonging to the Indians Is more than $576,000. 000, and the amount of actual cash held Is more than 162.000. 000. The figures of R .G. Valentine, Com mlssloner of Indian Affairs, who sue ceeded Francis E. Leupp, show that the tribal property of the Indians Is valued New York Ostrich Feather Co., Bt.t-515 B'ltiT, N. Y. Dept. K. ST. LOUIS shoe: shipments. Product of Factories Forty-eight 8t. Louis shoe factories made 430, 979 pairs of shoes during the week ending September 10. The shoe shipments In cases by rail and river were 20,170. Ileported by the St. Louis Shoe and Leatbef Gazette. if T"', Plo Is ! the lil4 I t?Sjf"- y wSle re movM km i " .i-:V '.f eey 5.0 tt esy Mtell ,e. K f H ,TJ& if l wide, fnllr Ion. I :f "t fij I ll colere.witli wlllewr e u 'tjtr reet tenet feet de set lose ttelv a'J'A'J eerl ,lly. Seed ttt II.SQ lo-dev. . ' J er tele li eppertiAltr not to be fAfe4ST Milled. We ofiet ille ee extralarre I eed heedeome S7.S) plene et . I 5,d reer moeey by mall, expri or itoiev After. J Reumle, that y-a, moerewlll be Hlairirct If MM 93-R. L. STEVENS-93 Republican I N i t, v R. L. STEVENS (I'aid Advertisement.) at $251,752,348. of Which amount $189. 7(8,78 1 In timber. The Individual property held by the Indians Is even greater, amount'ng to $309,336,201. Of which- $280,306,151 is in land and $29, 049,460 is in timber, besides this real estate, "Poor Lo" has $56,204,658 in cash In the United States Treasury, and funds n banks amounting to $6,514,371. The popular opinion Is that the In dians are a rapidly disappearing race, and that they will soon become ex tinct. Figures do not hear out this Idea, and th Indian Office statistics show that the birth rate last year was 31.4 to the thousand, while the death rate was only S1.2. The Indian popula tion of the country Is about SOOvOOO, scattered through 2S states, or 187 res ervations, with an aggregate area twice the slse of the State of New York. "Poor Lo's" per capita wealth Is approximately $21J0; that for other Americans is only a little more than $1300. The lands owned by the Indians are rich In natural resources of all kinds. Many of the tribes Own some of the best timber land there is In the United States. The value of the agricultural lands also runs far up In the millions. Much of the land in the Various reser vations Is valuable for oil and gas and cbal deposits. The ranges support about a half million sheep and cattle owned by lessees, bring In a revenue of more than $272,000 to the various tribes, and besides provide feed for more than one and one-half million head of horses, cattle, sheep and goats Absolute perfection Do you suppose the Victor Company ' could pay fortunes to Caruso and other famous singers to make records exclusively for the Victor if the records d-d not reproduce their voices per fectly? Would these world famous singers make such contracts If the Victor records did not do their superb voices perfect justice? The proof of the wonderful perfection of Victor records is in the records themselves. Come and hear therm There's a victor for YOU. 910to$2SO. Terms to suit. Store Open Sherman jpay & Co. Wholesale and Retail Sixth and Morrison Streets, Opposite) Postoffice TALK TO SALEM. . TTTTTrT"Tf', Calls to Salem and from Salem to Portland completed same as local calls in Portland by our new Two Number Service. If you do not know telephone number of party w&nted, call "Information" and ascertain. , Try it and you will be pleased. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Beck Building, Seventh and Oak Streets. Direct Primary Candidate for Sbtnif Before There Wts an Assembly. Having the honor of being the first Sheriff elected in Multnomah County under the direct primary law, I filed my declaration, announcing my candidacy for re-election under that law, before any assembly was held, and, as before, I respectfully submit my candidacy to all the peo pie, and if elected promise to maintain the present stand ard of efficiency end impar tiality in the administration of county affairs. belonging to the Indians themselves. Practically the only asphalt deposits In the United States are on Indian lands. In addition to this wealth in natural resources and in funds, the Indian has appropriated for him about $15,000,000 a year y Congress for education and improvement. 0FT-0FF1CED MAN WITNESS W. V. Anstie, of Aberdeen, Testifies Before Grand Jury. HOQU1AM. Wash., Sept. 43 (Spe cial.) W. W. Anetle, of Aberdeen, who lays claim to the honor of holding more county and municipal office In Chehalls County than any other person, passed the afternoon before the Che halls County grand Jury, giving testi mony On various matters. Ahstle has been Commissioner, Coroner nd Con stable ef the county, betide being Mayor, Chief of Police, Street Commis sioner, patrolman and detective of the City of Aberdeen. The morlng was spent la the exam ination Of the witness and In gathering evidence against the ' Grays Harbor Commercial Company, of Cosmopolls, In connection with th influx of laborers from Sound cites Ob misrepresenta tion. Wealth conditions at Panama centiM te Improve. Tonight Three mlnntei " mvr'25 Cent!