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THE MORNING OREGOXIAy, TnURSPAY. OCTOBER 19. 1911.
WEST STANDS BY
PURCHASING
Declares Bids for Supplies
Have Been Obtained by
Regular Advertising.
BOARD A BENEFIT, HE SAYS
Close br Saying Board Will Con
tinue to Do Business at Old Stand.
CorTTKpondent Excepts to
Some of the Statement.
GoTTBor West denies that he has
conceded th 6tat Purchasing Board
to be a failure. M denies th chars
that supplies have been purchased
without harlnr been advertised tor
recrularly. H declares the 8tate Pur
rhaslnic Board has been of benefit to
the atate. He charaes that . personal
disllka for Purchasing; Aaent Fraaer
on th part of The. Orearontan's Balem
correspondent Inspired the story of
yesterday which The Oresonian pub
lished. This latter charge. The Oresjonlan's
Satora correspondent denies. He re
peats the charse that bids for state
scpplles have not been regularly ad
vertised for.
Oovernor West says:
-The article attacking the Stat Pur
chaslna; Board which appeared In this
morning's OreRonlan la so unfair and
misleading; and In many reopecta so ab
solutely without foundation of truth
that It is ridiculous. I wish to say
that as far as the State Purchasing
Board Is concernrd It has not proved
a failure but. on th. other hand, is
accomplishing much and In the end
will be able to save considerable mon
ey.. The Board has never had up the
matter of removing Chwk Fraser and
filling his place with another.
The board at present, notwithstand
ing the statements made by the Salem
correspondent of The- Orea-onlan. is
buylnc. as far aa practicable, all sup
piles In bulk and after blda are duly
advertised for. as provided by law. If
the Salem correspondent had turned to
the files of The Orenonlan he would
have found that bids were advertised
for through the columns of his paper.
The bids were opened publicly on the
date set out In the notices and the
supplies were purchased from the low
est bidders.
Imnt BMf Areste4. Is stateaaewt.
"The contracts awarded to Falem
merchants were awarded because they
were lowest bidders and the records
will show that them contracts so
awarded to Salm merchants were only
a drop In th bucket as compared with
those awarded to merchants outside of
Salem. To bear out this statement a
complete list of the contracts made
will be given out to the press as soon
as It can be tabulated. It will speak
for Itself.
"I want to say rlcht here that the
talk during the last campaign about
the enormons saving that could be
made by buying toe supplies In bulk
was largely tommyrot. I find that in
the past where th officials have
played fair th state purchased Its sup
plies at very reasonable prices.
-The creation of the State Iurchas
lng Board has been a bonefit to the
stat becaus of two things: It In a
way has simplified the manner of pur
chasing supplies and has relieved the
many different stat boards of a lot of
detail work which otherwise would be
thrown upon them, but It served Its
bt purpose when it headed off the
creation of th commissary department
and its endloes red tap and an army
of clerks and officials.
X Deaeteaer, Oerrrssr.
The Salem correspondent of The Orea-onlan
aays that the Board Is facing;
a deBclency. This is absolutely un
true. There will be no deficiency, un
less It be due to causes over which th
Board has no control.
We are- la touch with the situation
and know that the different superin
tendents ar following the interactions
of the Board and are keeping well
within their appropriations. This, ow
ing to th lack of appropriations, has
been a difficult matter for some of
them, but they will succeed.
This morning's article was prompted
by th personal dlsllk which the Sa
lem correspondent of The Oregonlan
has for the Slate Purchasing Agent.
He haa told me he was after Fraser
scalp and was going to get It. II is
using the columns of his paper to do It.
.Notwithstanding the newspaper
story, the State Purchasing Board will
continue to do business at the old
stand, and will use Its best efforts to
ward purchaalng supplies at th low
est possible neure. at the same t!m
giving each and every bidder a square
deal.
Csimssaaest Makes Reply.
In reply to the Governor's charges D.
H. CpJohn. correspondent at Salem for
The Oregonlan. makes the following
statement:
Secretary Olcott was the authority
for the statement to me thst the e-oard
did not advertise for bids, and he
stated as much In West's presence this
afternoon. Governor West now knows
that there was no personal animus on
my part and he also now knows the
authority for the other statements
which he haa repudiated.
-It Is a fact that the board never
advertised proposals, but sent th pro
posals through the mall. They did
have published a small advertisement
saying bids would be received, but
Secretary Olcott positively explained
to me that the board sent out the
proposals without advertising. I asked
him how the board discriminated and
how they sent them out to certain
firms without sending them out to all
of them, and he stated he supposed
they did so by sending them to such
firms as they thought would want to
bid on the supplies.
"This came directly from him as a
member of the State Purchasing
Board. However. Ksy was out of town
and Governor West was not to be
found. I spent considerable time with
Secretary olcott on this very point,
and we looked into various laws as to
the boards authority to award con
tracts without advertising, and be re
iterated that the board had not ad
vertised, as they thought it meant
saving of money.
Other things that Governor West
has to say In his statement speak for
themselves, and I have nothing to say
regarding them. But he has declared
something that is untrue In stating
that this article was Inspired by per
sonal animus. I was assigned to get
the facts on this matter and write a
story, and I did so.
-Tie story concerning the Stat
Purchasing Board which appeared on
the first page of The Oregonlan yes
terday was not Initiated by the SaJeni
correspondent of this paper. He was
aaalgned to gather th facts and write
them Into a story, after report had
come to Th Oregonlan that the State
ParchaalnaT Board was not proving a
ooeesa and that Its business was not
belnr conducted strictly according to
th declared purpose of th act. This
sets at naught th Governor's charg
that personal dislike for the State Pur
chasing. Agent on the part of The Ore
gonlan's Salem correspondence Inspired-
the story.
STORM RAGING ON COAST
Maxatlan Suffers, but Guayma This
Tint Escapes.
TUCSON'. Aria. Oct. It. Another
terrific storm has swept the wist
roast of Meiico. One schooner Is re
ported ashore at Maxatlan and the
"Frisco- wharf has been severely damaged-
. .
The Southern Pacific Railroad of
Mexico lost all wires at midnight. Up
to that time the gale had been blow
ing IX hours.
Several washouts are reported on
CTEOXK WOMAX I TATB
I Bl.CK CHILDHOOD DIES '
AT HOSPITAL.
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Mrs. Clara A. Prvtaee.
Mrs. Clara A .Province, wife of
J. p. Province, of Cleon. Or., who
for eight years was In th hotel
business, died at th Good Samar
itan Hospital at o-clock yes
terday morning after having un
dergone an operation. She was
born In Iowa. January 25. 1871.
When -she was a small girl her
parent moved to Washington,
and after a few years to Mitch
ell. Or. She lived In Oregon 0
years. Five months ago she and
bar husband moved to Cleone.
Mrs. Province was the daugh
ter of M a d 1 a o n and Sarah E.
Swift. Her mother now lives at
Bandon. She is survived by her
husband, her son. Irving, and the
following brother and sisters:
Ward Swift, of Dayvtlle, Or.; J.
D. Swift, of Klamath Falls; Mrs.
little Keeler. of Klamath Falls;
Mr. Mattl Basmussen. of Han
don, and Charles Swift, of Bandon.
the Southern 'Pacific line south of Mac
allan. The atorm extended as far
south aa Topic.
The reports received here confirm
the first ststement of damage to the
Frisco-Pacific Guaymaa wss not af
fected by this storm.
NAVAL FORCES NOT ALLIED
Commanders Acting on Instructions
Frtm Own Nations Only.
WASHINGTON. Oct. IS. There Is no
Joint International force acting as a
unit In China, In th view of the State
Department. Each Of the naval com
manders Is supposed to be acting under
Instruction from his own government
and although It la contemplated fiat
they ahould support one another If
foreign Interests are endangered by th
military operations, it is said positive
ly that so far, there la no "allied
force." and consequently the question
of seniority of naval commanders and
right to direct the international opera
tions has not been brought to an Issue.
Although the revolutionary disturb
ances first occurred In Sse-rhuen Prov
ince, there haa been no considerable
development of unrest, and the Ameri
can Consul at Chungking reports com
parative quiet at Cheng-tu, the capital
and a storm center in the early stages
of the Insurrection. He reports that
nowhere In the province la th revolu
tionary movement anti-foreign and that
Americans generally are safe, although
communication with the extreme east
ern section of Sze-chuen la Interrupted.
IXREIG.YERS ARB SECT -RE
Chinese) Telegrams Interdicted, bat
Those to Europeans Go.
SANTA BARBARA. Cal.. Oct. 1.
The Chinese colony of Santa Barbara
gave out today a cable message re
celnved from Shanghair. under date of
October 16, showing that ther is no
disposition whatever on th part of
the revolutionists in China to Injur
foreigners.
The message said that the revolu
tionists had forbidden the transmis
sion of all messages addressed to Chi
nese In the provinces of Klang 81. Hu
nan. Hu Pen and Ssechuen. but that
telegrams addressed to foreigners were
not being Interfered with.
IMPERIAL FX A Q ROOTED DOWS
Hinchat' Emblem CnporraJar Dur
ing Celebration of Confucius Day.
HONGKONG, Oct. II. Th anniver
sary of th birth of Confuclous was
celebrated as a general holiday today.
Th Imperial flag wu not seen.
It was raised over a few shops in the
morning, but the crowds yelled "down
with th Manchus" until th flags
were lowered.
TURKS BENT ON MASSACRE
Fears Felt for Safety of European
Residents of Salofrikl.
ROME, eia Frontier. Oct. II. A
massacre of all European I planned
by th radical element among the
Turkish residents of Salonikl. Europ
ean Turkey, according to refugees
from that rlace.
All the cistern ships of the Italian
navy have been ordered made ready
for the transportation of drinking
water to points along the Tripolltan
Coast occupied by Italians. If such a
course proves necessary aa a result of
the appearance of cholera among th
soldiers.
CHICAGO. Oct. II. (Special.) Ore
gon people registered at Chicago ho
tels today as follows:
From Klamath Falls At the Great
Northern, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Hellman.
CHURCH GAIN GREAT
Oregon Congregationalists' In
crease 10 Per Cent.
3 EDIFICES BUILT HERE
ProgreM of Creed In State Is Shown
by Reports Read- Before Annual
Conference Three Ses
sion Held Today.
Congregational churches of Oregon
mad an average Increase . of 10 per
cent In membership and spent about
1100,000 In building churches and in
other Improvements In the past year,
according to the report read by Rev.
Daniel Staver before the annual Con
gregational conference yesterday in the
Sunnyslde Church at East Thirty-third
and Eaat Taylor streets.
Reports were received from SI
churches In the state, and It .was shown
that each bad made a substantial gain.
Several have paid off their debts and
only a few are without pastors. In
Portland three churches were built
Sunnyslde. Waverly-Rlchmond and At
kinson Memorial which represent an
expenditure of more than 160,000. A
big modern church Is planned for
Riverside, at Hood River.
In some instances the increase in
church membership was shown to be
more than 10 per cent, especially in
Sunday school attendance and In the
Christian Endeavor Societies. Th re
ports Intimate that the young people's
organisation Is stronger than ever be
fore In Oregon.
State' Progress Greatest.
Rv. W. H. Meyer, retiring modera
tor, declared In hla annual address
that Congregationalism Is making more
progress now In Oregon and through
out the country than ever before, and
that Its strength Is due to Its stand for
Christian education and for the better
ment of the young people. He also
spoke of conditions In Portland, where
several new churches bad been com
pleted and dedicated since the last con
ference was held, and announced that
the Hood River Congregational Church
will soon have a fine edifice.
Rev. W. C. Kantner, D.D- pastor of
the University Church, was elected
moderator for the ensuing year; Rev.
O. C Stlllwell, of Salem, assistant mod
erator: Rev. H. O. Adams, of Gaston,
secretary; Rev. J. U Jones, of Clacka
mas, assistant secretary, and Rev.
Daniel Staver, of Gales Creek, registrar
and treasurer. Rev. Herbert G. Crocker,
Rev. V. P. Welch and Rev, O. A. Still
man were appointed a special commit
tee on resolutions. It was announced
that xtev. W. A. 8chwlmley, who was
on the programme. Is 111, and the sec
retary was Instructed to send a tele
gram expressing th regrets of the
conference
Evaagellssa I Topic.
"Th Permanent Value of Evangel
Ism" was th subject presented by Rev.
V. P. Welch, of Sheridan. Remarks
were made on this subject by Rev.
O. A Paddock. J. L Jones, Rev. E. 8.
Bollinger, Rev. D. T. Thomas and Rev.
J. J. Staub. Rev. Mr. Staub said that
unless he knew the evangelist well he
would prefer to be his own evangelist,
rather than have his church disturbed
by,aensatlonal methods.
After th social hour at noon R. R.
Perkins, of the Portland Toung Men's
Christian Association, spoke on "The
Men and Religion Movement," which
was Indorsed by the conference. In the
evening "The Church and Social Prob
lems" was considered.
Th conference will hold three ses
sions today, morning, afternoon and
evening. The Women's Home Mission
Union and the Oregon Branch Women's
Board of Missions of Pacific will have
charge of the afternoon meeting. In
the evening "The Christian College"
will be the subject of an address by
Rev. W. M. Proctor, and a concert will
be given by the Pacific University,
0REG0TEAM BATTERED
COLLEGE MEX SLAUGHTERED
BY HIGH SCHOOL SQUAD.
Game With Pullman May Be Trag
edy, as Captain and Three Are
rnflt to Play by Injuries.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Or., Oct. 1$. (Special.) Just as the
Oregon varsity football team was about
to round Into seasonable form for Its
early schedule It experienced the worst
serlss of misfortunes last night It has
had thus far.
A laughable scrimmage affair with
Eugene High School was turned into
a funeral dirge when several of the
first squad men were dispatched to th
hospital corps. Bill Main, Oregon's de
pendable captain and right half back,
suffered two broken ribs and a badly
wrenched side that may keep him out
of the game until after the critical con
test with Pullman a week from Friday.
Main's painful Injury Is In the lower
ribs Just over the stomach, which makes
apparatus protection against - attack
difficult. Even should his fractures
mend before the Pullman contest hla
absence from scrimmage work will
make a serious void In th team play
routln during th interim.
Ben Chandler, one of the prominent
candidates for the vaoant end post, sus
tained a knee dislocation that will keep
him out of the fray for a week, and
Bob Farlss, a promising guard, is tem
porarily out of the mix with a cracked
rib.
To further th spell of gloom, La
tourette, quarter back, has been on the
hospital shelf since Saturday with a
badly wrenched side, but he hopes to
be In a suit before the game with Dud
ley Clark's Vancouver Militia team,!
Friday.
Unless the varsity Improves the mis
erable form that it displayed in the
farcical match with the midget high
school lads yesterday, th gam with
Pullman might as well be pulled oft by
long distance correspondence. But the
wise ones say that this will put th
ginger into the men later on.
In the coming tilt with the Army
men It Is probable that a large squad
of players will b used and that th
real first team lineup will not be an
nounced until next Tuesday evening.
Th plan is to leav her Wednesday
morning and work In a practice on
Multnomah Field that afternoon. Ros
eo Fawcett. sporting editor of The
Oreifonlan. has been agreed upon as one
of the officials In the gam at Pullman.
Th prospective game with Pacific
University has been definitely arranged
to take place November 11.
Cricketers to Have Smoker.
Th annual smoker and concert of
the Portland Cricket Club will be held
tonight at th clubhouse to celebrate
the end of th cricket season. Th
musical numbers Include song by
James Dunn, Fred Vowles and George
TurnbulL Preparations are being made
for th club's annual banquet, which
will be given In atout two weeks.
Kedniond to Have Race Meet.'
REDMOND, Or., Oct.-lS. (Special.)
A race meet will be held here October
20, 21 and 28. Thirty horses are here
now and nine more are coming from
Prlnevtllc where they ran at the fair.
The horses here now are from the Ore
gon circuit and have been racing at
Salem. Eugene. La Grande and Pendle
ton. From here the horses will go to
Coeirr d'Alene for the meet there.
Purses amounting to more than $600
are offered for this meet. The meet
will be held under the auspices of the
tv ' with o mmmlttM COmDOSed Of
Mayor Jones, James Dougherty and
J. t , Hoscn in cnarge.
Lincoln High Paper Issued.
The first !sue this term of the Car
dinal, the Lincoln High School student
publication, is off the press. It was
distributed to subscribers yesterday.
The entire editorial staff is new this
term. Howard McKay, -the school car
toonist, is one of the contributors. A
question corner has been started for
the benefit of Inquirers about school
happenings. Under the title. "Unchar
tered." the faculty has inserted several
anonymus compositions. Tlfe censorship
of the first Issue by the faculty seems
to have been less severe than of pre
vious issues. Signed editorials are
made a feature, aa Is the joke column.
"Circles" is the title of an Interesting
story.
UNION FIGHTS CHINESE
nOQCIAM CITY OFFICIALS TAKE
HAND IX DIFFICULTY.
Effort to Run Mongolian Foundry
men Out of Business Leads
Chinese Consul to Act.
HOQUIAM. Wash., Oct. 18. (Special.)
Hoqulam is in the midst of a fight
against the Chinese taken up by the
Central Labor Council of the Garys
Harbor district, which has Involved
the city -Itself through the activity of
the officials, and threatens to have
serious and far-reaching effecta. Th
fight had its origin In a campaign by
the. Labor Council to turn patronage
from two Chinese laundries.
Some weeks ago the labor body
urged through articles In the local
papers, that steam laundries be pat
ronized solely. About the same time
Mayor Harry Ferguson ordered the ar
rest of two Chinese laundrymen, Lee
Foo and Chicago Jim, on the ground
that they were conducting laundries
without permits and that their estab
lishments were Insanitary. The Chinese
engaged counsel to look after their in
terests, v
About two weeks ago the Chinese
Consul at Seattle learned of the trouble
and telegraphed the Mayor, Chief of
Police and Prosecuting Attorney of the
County to look out for the interests of
the Chinese, invoking' the treaty be
tween this country and China. The
trials of the two Celestial laundrymen
have been called for hearing and post
poned five times, the hearing now be
ing set for next Friday afternoon.
City officials. It is said, have so In
volved themselves that serious com
plications are likely. Attorneys for
the Chinese declare they can prove a
conspiracy to drive the Chinese out
of the city, if any attempt is made to
carry the case through the courts.
Some of Mayor Ferguson's opponents
are intfmatlng that he is making a
"grandstand" play to the union vote,
declaring that he made many promises
before the election to secur this vote.
STUDENTS HAVE "RALLY"
Pacific Fnlversity Classes Vent En
thusiasm In Competition.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest
Grove, Or, Oct. 18. (Special.) Pacific
University observed "Rally day" today.
Marsh Hall was the scene of class
mixes and various stunts of rivalry
from 1 o'clock last night until early
this moming. Class banners and colors
floated from every pinnacle and the
building fairly shook this morning with
enthusiastic class competition.
The various phases of student activi
ties were represented by Sumner Bry-,
ant, '12, athletics: Hoi man B. Ferrln.
'13. forcnslcs; Miss Maude Bunday,
Young Women's Christian Association;
Archie Markee, '13, Young Men's Christian-
Association. The announcement
was made that the students bad pledged
$300 toward the pipe organ fund since
yesterday.
AUTO DRIVER MOT BLAMED
Frank Russo Absolved by Jury In
vestigating Boy's Death.
Freeing from blama Frank Russo,
driver of an auto truck which ran
down and killed Benny Schnltser, aged
6 years, of 234 Arthur street, a cor
oner's Jury last night returned a ver
dict of "unavoidable accident." Russo,
who was charged with manslaughter
and arrested immediately after the ac
cident by Patrolman Price, was re
leased. Beifny Schnitzer was playing; with a
crowd of small companion at First
and Arthur streets Tuesday noon when
a five-ton truck, which belongs to
Russo and was driven by him .In the
service of the C. J. Cook Contracting
Company, knocked down and ran over
him, killing him at once.
Few, if any, medicines, have met with
the uniform success that has attended
the use of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. The remark
able cures of colic and diarrhoea which
it has effected In almost every neigh
borhood have given it a wide reputa
tion. For sale by all druggists.
L i i lim in in rtm.ii in" s ii iasj
is the force that keeps
the nerves well poised
and controls firm, strong
muscles.
Men and women who
do the world's work can
avoid Brain-fag and
guard their health by feed
ing brain and body with
Scott's Emulsion
sim oweMra
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TOBACCO PLAN ASSAILED
IX DEPENDENTS LOSE CONTEN
TION IN COURT.
Competition. Cannot Intervene In
Scheme of Reorganization for
American Combine.
NEW YORK, Oct. 18? There will be
no Intervention by the so-called inde
pendents in the American Tobacco
Company's proposed plan of reorgan
ization. The United States Circuit
Court handed down a decision so stat
ing today, after the filing of a peti
tion by counsel for three associations,
giving grounds of opposition. The in
dependents, however, will have an op
portunity to present their objections
at public hearing on October 30.
The petition of the Independents was
filed In the name of the National Cigar
Leaf Tobacco Association, the Cigar
Manufacturers' Association of America
and the Independent Tobacco Sales Or
ganization of America. Opposition was
based on the following allegations:
That the peitloners were vitally in
terested in the dissolution of the to
bacco trust.
That the plan Is fundamentally de
fective In that it fails to conform ta
the decree of the Supreme Court.
That adoption of the plan would not
restore free competitive conditions in
the tobacco Industry or remove the
dominance of the so-called tobacco
combination.
G. B. HANSARD IS PARDONED
Governor Frees Eugene Man Who
Violated Prohibition Law,
SALEM. Or., Oct 18. (Special.)
Pardon for G. B. Hansard, of Eugene,
was grainted by Governor West today.
He was Indicted five times for viola
tion of the local option laws an con
victed on two of the chargres. He was
fined an aggregate of $850 and sen
tenced to SO days in Jail. '
The Governor at first refused a pnr
don, but upon statements of Juda
Harris, the District Attorney ad sev
eral physicians, who found that tlia
man Is suffering from an Incurable dis
ease, the Governor agTeed to pardon
him as far as the jail sentence Is con
cerned, allowing the fine to stand. .
Revenue Cutters to Bo Armed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. All United
States revenue cutters are to be
equipped with six-pounder rapld-flro
guns. Four of the pieces will be.
mounted on eaoh ship, and the blue
jackets will be instructed, according to
the Navy rules.
Governor Pothler Renominated.
PROVIDENCE. R. I., Oct. 18. The
Republican stare convention here today
renominated Abram J. Pothier for Gov
ernor. :
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BIG SAVINGS IN PRICE OF
WOOLEN G00
SALE WILL RUN ALL THIS MONTH
Out prices on Men's Underwear. Cut prices on Colored Blankets.
Cut prices on Men's Hosiery. Cut- prices on White Blankets
Cut prices on Sweater Coats. Cut prices on Carded Wool.
Hnt nririca on Woolen Shirts. Cut prices on Indian Hobes.
All Blankets, seconds, half price.
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