TTTE MOTCNTXG OKEGO.VIAN, WEDXESDAT, DECEMBER 27, 1911. 12 cm 10 AD COUNTY 1 DESTITUTE Work on Roads Given Those in Need and Council Is Asked for $10,000. HOBOS MUST LABOR OR GO of work and ask the people tn the country and corporations owning un cleared land to give some of these peo pie work." Mayor Rushlight explained that Councilman Baker bad started a can rasa of the companies owning uncleared land and a favorable report waa ex pected. Aim Tkerla Fair Speaks. X. N. Flelschner. of tho Associated Charities, said there were over 100 ap plicants for food and shelter at the Charities headquarters Saturday. "The list of unemployed Is growing at the rate of from 2a to 60 names per day. We cannot handle the situation and have appealed to the city to help us. We want to avoid attracting- any more men to the city, but something; must be done to car for those that are here now." Agnes Thecla Fair. representing needy AIMna families, spoke on the ne cessity of furnishing work to men with families, whose dependents, she said, were starving. -FM'MIWlUlfl I C UNI I ; til iillllll V1LLL liILL IN YEAR HAVE ROAD Carl R. Gray Promises Oregon Electric Extension, but Route Is Unknown. REPORT TO HILL IS MADE Officials Devote) Day to Froblcrrt of Furnishing Employment Fam ilies of Laborers to Get Cash, Workers to Be ClTen Food. The City Council will be asked at today's meeting to appropriate Jio.ooo for th relief of the city's unemployed. This amount, combined with the ex penditure of a llk sum by the county, will relieve, to a great extent, the destitution which Is said to exlut in tome parts of the city and will help th city to get rid of several thousand people classed as hobos, who are re maining In the city only because they haven't the money to roaka possible a trip over the mountains to Eastern clrlMt and statea The problem of how to relieve) the present labor situation occupied the entire time of the ways and mesns committee) of the Council yesterday. City and Caaaty Ce-eswrate. A Joint meeting of the committee. Mayor Rushlight and the County Com missioners was held In the morning, at which the need of the city and county giving relief waa considered and the amounts of available) money decided upon. The ways and means committee passed tlve afternoon arrang ing for the handling of the. problem and properly expending the. money. The city appropriation will be made undr the clause. In the charter pro viding for paupers. The City Coun cil Is not limited in th amount It may appropriate. fr charity and as the re lief of the destitute unemployed Is considered a necessary act of charity, the appropriation wllj be legal. The Intention of the ways and means committee la to build a road to Mount Tabor Park by day labor. John E. Schroeder. clerk of the) free employ ment bureau, has been designated as the proper official to present the names of the unemployed to Park Superin tendent. Mlsche. who will put the mem to work. Every man will bo Investi gated before being given work, to as certain whether or not he La actually In need. The men will not be given permanent work, but will be limited to two or three days work a week. The wage scale probably will be II a day. Families Get Moaey. The County Court has agreed to fur nish work to 60 men of families by next Monday. Temporary camps at Rocky Point and other parts of the count1 are planned, at which the men will be given free board and room. In addition they will be paid 1 a day. The money will be given to their fam ilies and In no rase to the men them selves. Judge Cleeton explained yesterday that the county's share of the expense for the unemployed will be fully mit In this way. He says 60 men will cost the county J 100 a day and that sum will soon run the amount up even with the ctv's appropriation. It may be pos sible for the county to employ more than SO men. In no case will men with out families be eared for. The ways md means committee of the Council hopes to drive many men out of the city by mesne of the appro priation. The method was explained b- Councilman I-aly. who has passed more than a week Investigating the labor conditions. Haaarrde Jerk te Leave. "There are hundred of men who are wanting to lave Portland, but they ran t get money to buy food to last them over the long stretch of country to the East." said he." "If we give them a few days' work they will be gone; the freight trains will be crowded with them. 1 have made an Investi gation and believe there are no fewer than noo Idle men In the city who are willing and anxious to work." Reports from the railway companies Indicate that much trouble Is being ex perienced with trampa and hobos. It t. said the train crewa have to fight the hobos off the cara every time a freight train leavea the city. The tracks are said to be lined with men .who are walking to the east. TbNUidi Xtt Work rtalaa. The problem of caring for the unem ployed wss considered In all Its phases at the Joint meeting of the city and (unty officials held in the morning. Mayor Rushlight presided. "There are thousamls of men out of work." said the Mayor, "and for the protection of the community It Is necessary that atepa be taken to furfHsh work. There are two distinct problems to be solved: The first and foremost Is that of sup plying work to men of families who are actually in need. The second is to take cars of the army of hobos and the rougher element which swarms the streets at night and fills the Jails. At the present, time many logging ramps are shut down for the Winter, there is but little street and sewer work, and conditions are bad all around for the worklngman. The city is willing to bear Ita part of the responsibility, and I think the county should do Its share. The city's problem may be met In va rious waja. the principal of which Is the aupplylog of pick and shovel work on the pecpoaed read to ML Tabor Park. To do this work by day labor would cost more than to build the road by machinery, aa has been planned, but the city roust do something to protect the laborers, and this seems to be a good opportunity. Work can also be furnished In parks and other city prop erty, making pathways, roads and cleaning out weeds." . Charity Xot Keevaaary. The Mayor declared ha was not In favor of making the move one of char ity. He aald he favored paying the men a reasonable wage and requiring them to work. Judge Cleeton. of the County Court, declared the county road fund Is low and that It would hardly be possible to expend much money. He estimated that the county could take care of 60 men who have families to support. They will be put to work on the Hood River road and in other parts of the county at reasonable wages. "Perhaps the county can take care of more then SO." said Judge Cleeton. "In this list we shall wast only men with families. For homeless, unmarried men the county might be able to supply work to many of them in exchange for their meals and a place to sleep.' It Is mv opinion." said Commissioner l.lsjl.tner. "that there are many peuple In the country who would be willing and anxious to give men reasonable wages and their board man room to grub land. Good labor cooid be secured at reasonable rates. I think we should advertise as widely as possible the fact that tiier ere many laboring- men out 100 ARE FED EVERT XIGHT Tvro-StoTT Building Fitted Vp for Dr. Yoakum Movement. The Dr. Yoakum movement In Port land has resulted In the fitting up of a two-story store building at Ninth avenue, on the Mount Scott carllne. aa a home for destitute men. It Is Known as the Pis sah Home. Between 60 and 100 are now being fed. clothed and lodged there free of cost to them. No money la accepted In payment for food or lodging, but those In charge accept such money as a "donation." J. K. Mohjer, of Los Angeles, an assistant of lr. Yoakum. Is temporarily In charge of the home. He will conduct meetings each night this week and Sunday afternoon at the church at East Seventh and East Ankeny streets. Charlea V. Koulk is tn general charge of Plsgah work In Portland. CLARK ATTACKS WILDE ATTORNEY SAYS TRIAL EX. PLAINS HOWERMA.N BRIEF. Special Counsel for Thomas C. Dev lin Declares Promoter Demand ed Appointment. A. E. Clark, special counsel for Tbomas C. Devlin, receiver of the Ore gon Trust at Eavlngs Bank, yesterday declared that the attack on Devlin, by Jay Bowerman In a brief for L. O. Ralston, was Inspired by the exigen cies of the approaching criminal trial of Louis J. Wilde, for whom Bower man Is associate counsel. In his statement, Mr. Clark charges that Wilde, who, he says, was re sponsible for the receivership of the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank, not only took an active part in effecting the reorganization of the old bank and the absorption of Its assets by the German -American Bank. but also asked for the appointment of Devlin as receiver. Mr. Clark makes the fur ther charge tnat Wilde was the owner of the Herman-American Bank and that he formed and approved the plan of reorganization by wrlch the affairs of the suspended bank were taken over by the reorganized German-American institution. "Additional stock owned at one time by Devlin In the German-American Hank, came to him In tills way. I am Informed." said Mr. Clark. Some time after the reorganization, it became necessary for those carrj-lng the Omaha Telephone Company to raise money with which to meet Interest payments on the bonds of the com pany, to prevent a default occurring and thus having a foreclosure started against the company. At this time an effort was plainly being made to keep the Omaha company out of the hands of a receiver. "It seems that Wilde and his asso ciates had a considerable block of stock In the German-American Bank, obtained through the medlunvof claims against the old Oregon Trust oV Sav ings Hank. In some way Wilde and his associates were able to Induce Dev lin, Reed and others to advance money on worthless German-American Bank stock and to enable Wilde and his as sociates to pay the accrued Interest on the Omaha bonds It is needless to say that the stock was never redeemed by Wilde and his associates, and It prob ably was never Intended to be. This stock never was worth anything and this loan scheme was a clever way of getting some benefit out of it and at the same time getting rid of the stock. "Subsequently the Omaha Telephone Company went Into the hands of a re- ! celver. where It Is yet. Indeed. It Is safe to say that the Omaha company was always Insolvent, for Its bonded Indebtedness was always double the amount of Its property. It Is probable now that the receiver's certificates Is sued since the court took hold of thst property will absorb the entire prop erty, leading the bondholders nothing but an unpleasant experience to re member. "This Is of Interest to a great many people In this community, where many of the bonds are held. Possibly we may ger something to distribute among these bondholders from the pending litigation." JENNING HOME ENTERED President Reiterates Declaration That Sprint; Will See Terminal Dispute) Settled lAne Burns Considered. to Mother and Children Find Man House Late at Night. in When Mrs. Charles Jennlng, with her children, returned to her home. 31 Wasco street, at 10:39 o'clock last night, she saw a man In the house and Immediately returned to the street, where she gave an alarm. Dr. ban ford Whiting, who was pasalng In an automobile, notified Mr. Jennlng. vice president of the Henry Jennlng & Sons Furniture Company, at Second and Morrison streets. Mr. Jennlng went to the police sta tion in an automobile and took Patrol men Burrl and Kvana to his home, but the man had escaped. No loss mas re ported. , Plans for next year's work. Includ ing the extension of the Oregon Elec trio to McMLnnvllle. Improvements on the line between Salem and Eugene, now being completed, disposition of the Portland terminal situation and ar ranging for the ultimate extension of the United Railways to Tillamook har bor, are receiving the attention of Carl R. Gray, president of the North Bank Road and the Hill lines In Oregon, now that ho has made his report for the closing year to James J. Hill at St. Paul. Mr. Gray declared yesterday that the conference Increased. the optimism of all participants In the Oregon situ ation, but added that definite plans for extensions and Improvements further than those already outlined did not develop. "We are sure to put the Oregon Electric into McMlnnvIlle before the end of the oomlng year," he said, "but 1 don t know which route we shall fol low. We have made two. or three die tlnct surveys, but have not adopted any one of them. It won't ha long until we determine Just which route to use, then we'll proceed with our work. W later te See Terminal Settled. "I also have In mind some Improve ments In the valley that I hope to work out within the year. We want to be the best position possible to handle our valley business. I expect to give the lino there much attention and to provide all the facilities possible for the development of that section." Mr. Gray reiterated the statement mad soon after coming to Portland that the local terminal situation will be disposed of Anally and definitely before the end of the present Winter. u hether we arrange for a new union depot or whether we build an Independent station of our own will be decided before the advent of Spring." he declared. "It is one question that I want to solve as soon as I can." Business Improvement Awaited. The situation on Tillamook harbor ha not developed anything encourag lng to the Immednata extension of the Ualted Railways to that port, but Mr. Gray, as well as Mr. Hill, Is eager to push the line from Banks, its pres ent teynlnus, through the Coast range id ins ucnan as auun as cuuuiuuui warrant. "We are waiting either for an im provement In the lumber market or sufficient work on Tillamook harbor to make shipping facilities there ade quate to our needs. Either one or both of those developments will cause us to build. There would be no use In our extension of the railroad through mountainous country at a heavy ex pense without some visible means of return. It is readily appreciated. I be lieve, that timber Is about the 'only business that we can expect to get for long time after our line Is built, un- ess the shipping facilities are greatly mproved." Satlstled with the completion of the Oregon Trunk to Bend, the Hill Inter ests are willing to await the result of that undertaking, said Mr. Gray. They want to see how rapidly the country tributary to the Oregon Trunk develops. The assurance Is held out that the growth of the central portion of the state will not find the railroad unwilling to do its portion toward aid ing the development. While Hill en gineers have surveyed the route be tween Bend and Butte Falls, giving an entrance over the Pacific & East ern into Medforrt. no plans for the im mediate construction of that road liave been made. A linn to Burns and an outlet throuKh Eastern Oregon also hare been considered In connection with future activity, but definite steps In those directions are lacking. SCARLET FEVER ALARMS AXtOVVEIt OFFICIALS TAKE STEPS TO STOP SPREAD. TELEPHONE THIEVES HELD Tiro Confess to Robbing; Toll Boxes In Public Buildings. Because of a verbal quarrel over the division of loot taken from several telephone toll boxes In this city Archie Tavlor. 19 years old. and Frank Davis. years old. were arrested lsst night 1 In a saloon at cuuu wiu oucua'ua streets by Detectives Swennes, Taft and Epps. the former of whom over heard the argument. Tho two men confessed to having robbed telephone toll boxes tn the public library. In the Southern Pacific station, tho O.-W. R. r X. station and In the State Capitol, at Salem. The men had more than 300 nickels in their possession when arreated. They aald they came from Seattle. Better Pianos for Kent at Sherman, Clay blxltis ft Co, Morrison at ee Sitnatlon Serious, Says Member of State Board of Health Schools Mar Remain Closed. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. J6. (Spe cial.) "The condition of Vancouver relative to scarlet fever Is serious, though not alarming." said Dr. Eugene Kelley, a member of the State Board of Health, of Seattle who arrived to day for a consultation with the local authorities, and to make a personal examination of the situation. He found that the death rate had been about per cent of the number who had the disease. Dr. Kelley called two meetings of the physicians, meeting Dr. R. G. Black. County and City Health Officer this morning, .while Dr. C C. McCown, deputy, acted in his place this after noon, when a meeting was held in Dr. J. if. P. Chalmers' office. Dr. Kelley,- after Investigation, sug gested that enough sanitary Inspec tors be appointed thoroughly to can vass the city and report any case of Illness or any person who. had been 111 who might have had scarlet fever, to the local Board of Heaalth; that the quarantine be made more strict, and if a person, without permission of the health officer, entered a house In which Jliera is scarlet fever, to compel hln to remain there. Dr. McCoVn suggested, and this was concurred In. that when school is re opened, that doctors examine each and every cirrtd before entering school, and keep out all suspicious cases. It has been suggested, and this Is an open question to be decided later, to keep the schools closed one week longer, or until January 9. Instead of January I. Prof. C. W. Shumway. City Super intendent, and M. R. Smith and W. J. Kinney, of the School Board, decided today that If conditions warrant it on January i. the schools will be closed until January . "Sing Out the Old Sing in the New" It Takes One of Those Latest Grafonolas, of Course Another large shipment is expected today. See the samples we now show and place your order. You'll have all of the great artists of opera and theater in your own home before New Year's, and they'll perform for you whenever you want them to. The Wonderful New Talking Ma chine at .$59 Achieves Eesults Hitherto s Impossible, Except in $150 and $200 Machines Sale Price, $59, Includes Large Num ber of Fine Records and Other Inducements That Has Resulted in the Greatest Sale of Talking Machines Portland Has Seen. For $59 This Beautiful Machine, wjth 24 latest and best selections included $7 cash and $4 a month. We are positive that this great val ue can never again be secured 'Make your selections right away Pay later. This new Talking. Machine of latest hornless type produces in every way the results obtained heretofore only in instruments that cost $150 or $200. Six hundred of these machines, al lotted to Portland, will be sold be fore' the New Year. Order yours now. In an undertaking of this magni tude many additional advantages aside' from the extraordinary low price can be offered to each buyer. Most superb records, among them selections like the famous Rigoletto Quartet, and also the Lucia Sextet, for which two records alone many talking-machine devotees have had to pay $13, will be included with each machine sold. Or buyer's own selection of records will be supplied. . This wonderful new talking ma chine may 'be purchased on terms of $7 cash and $4 a month until $59 all told has been paid. No extras. The machine and the records will be sent on three days' free trial to any home in the city or state. So confident afe we that the instrument will please even the most critical that we agree to refund all money paid by any purchaser who may not in every way be satisfied with the instrument. An unconditional guarantee as to material and workmanship accom panies each instrument sold, the guarantee being signed by the manufac turers and countersigned by us for Portland, Or. The instrument is furnished in very choice mahogany case, and also in qnarter-sawed Oak or fumed oak. The finest selected woods are used in the construction of the cases, and the finish is as perfect as found upon the most expensive pianos Needless to reiterate, this hornless talking machine is simply perfect in tone and quality. The instrument is equipped with largest size turn table, and the very best thoroughly noiseless triple-spring motor. It will play six records with one winding, and has a new regulating device whereby the music can be rendered at exact tempo-positively true to pitch. The machine has a new concert sound reproducer which elim inates the heretofore objectionable rasping noise of needles. A clear, thoroughly natural tone is produced such as has never heretofore been obtained in any instrument costing less than $150 or $200. The machine is equipped so that the famous fiber needles can be employed, which preserves talking machine records so that they last practically forever. In this machine the concealed horn is built separately from the mo tor, which permits the tone tp come forth without any. interference. The sound-boards in this machine are carefully selected and so placed as to reproduce a tone absolutely lifelike. Modulating doors have been provided whereby the tone volume can be definitely regulated and re duced or augmented at will. , , . The price is, as stated, $59; cash, or payments of $7 cash and $4 a month. This includes free the big selection of records stated in the fore going " The instruments are now on sale at Columbia Phonograph Com pany 371 Washington St., ahd'in the talking machine department of Eilers Music Souse in their fine new building on Alder st. at Seventh. PIT TSRURG E Elks Coming With Governor Tener for 1913 Prize. ACTIVE CONTESTANTS SIX Fcnnsylranlans to Slake Strong; Bid for Grand Lodge Reunion Bos ton, St. Louis, Buffalo, Baltl . more and Milwaukee Enter. Better Pianos for Rent st Sherman. Clay Sixth. Co., Morrison at With John K. Tsnsr. Governor of Pennsylvania, scheduled to make the nomination speech, the nttsburs; lodjre of Klks lias formally entered ths con test for the 1913 grand lodire reunion to be waged when the Elks meet In Portland next July. A blgr committee has been orga.nIzed at Pittsburg; for the purpose or aa- v&nclng: the Interests of that city at the Portland reunion, a special tram nas been chartered and ' neerotlatlons now are In progress with Portland hotels for headquarters from which Pittsburg literature. Pittsburg buttons and Pitts burg advertising matter win oe dis tributed. The Pittsburg committee has ar ranged to make an appeal to every lodge In the country to support that city for the 11S honors. Incidentally the Portland meeting and the City of Portland will receive much beneficial advertising, as all grand lodge mem bers are being urged to attend the reunion In tnis city for the purpose of lending strength to -the Pittsburg cause. Marrktng (lab Organised. A marching club has been organised for the purpose of presenting Pitts burg's advantages in the big parade here on Thursday. July 11. It Is prob able that the Pittsburg contingent will provide many impromptu features of entertainment that will attract atten tion to their candidacy from all quar ters. Governor Tener. who Is a past grand exalted ruler of the Elks, has engaged quarters at the Moltnomah HoteL He has arranged to pass the entire week In Portland and to participate In all the week's proceedings. He is a mem ber of the lodge at Charlerol. Pa., and will be accompanied by a number of his friends from that city He will mako the principal speech nominating cin.ht,,, hut seconding speeches will be made by various other citizens of. Pennsylvania. Five Other Cities la Race. It is probable that opposition will develop to the Pittsburg claims. Boa ton, It is announced, ia coming with a special train and a brass band to pre sent the Justification of Its claims. EC Louis has been mentioned In this con nection, but has not entered the race formally. Other likely contestants are Buffalo. Baltimore and Milwaukee. The fact that both Buffalo and Baltimore have entertained the grand lodge with in the last ten years will be used as an argument against their respective claims. Omaha, which was the Held a few months ago, has voluntarily re tired. It is estimated that the number of special trains already chartered for the trip to Portland next July exceeds the total number operated Into any city that has entertained the Elks In pre vious years. Besides Pittsburg and Boston, the Elks of New York. Phila delphia. Minneapolis, Bt. Paul. New Or leans, Chicago. Omaha, Butte, Spokane, Iwlston, Walla Walla and Salt Lake City have engaged their trains, adopted their routes and made partial arrange ments for hotel accommodations. Den ver, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Minnesota state. Montana state. Baltl more. Mississippi state, Colorado state ana .1 raso. 1 ex.. now are negotiating ror special trains. Coast to Be Represented. San Francisco, Seattle. Los Angeles. Tacoma and the lodges of Southern California have arranged to be present In force, but they have not chosen definitely the manner of their coming. The California "orange belt" lodges are preparing to bring a carload of fruit from that section and exhibit it in a prominent place. The fruit, together with advertising matter, will be given away at the rlose of the meeting. George H. Smltton, assistant general freight agent of the Great Northern Railway, yesterday received advice that the St. Paul Elks will travel in special train over that line, stopping on the way to visit Lake McDonald. The Minneapolis herd will travel in a palatial special over the Northern Pa cific. Kd Lyons, manager of the Northern Pacific Terminal Company, is now ar ranging to have available trackage for the accommodation of a large number of private trains -in the local railroad yards, so that visitors can "camp" In their cars Instead of going to the ho tels. He estimates that he can pro vide space for 150 or more Pullmans within reasonable distance from the scene of festivities. , COIH PLANT TAKEN Four Youths Arrested on Coun terfeit Charge. STOCK RATES WILL RISE St. Louis Exchange Declines to Post pone Bulyo In Commissions. ST. LOUIS, Dec 2. A proposition by livestock raisers that the proposed Increase In commission rates be put In effect May 1, instead of January 1, was defeated this afternoon at a lively meeting of the St. Louis Livestock Ex change. The Increase Is from 12 to $4 a, car on livestock entering the Na tional stockyards. Reports from Chicago and Kansas City Indicate that the exchanges in those cities do not contemplate making an increase. St. Louis handled 5.000,000 head of stock 1n 1911 and the commissions ex ceeded those of 1810 by 125.000. Testing Car to Be Inspected. Members of the State Railway Com mission will meet at 1:S0 o'clock Fri day afternoon to make an official in spection of the scale testing car re cently purchased in partnership with the Washington Commission. The car already has been successfully operated in Washington. It will be taken through the Portland terminal yards and onto the track scales of the various railroads operating in Port land. By its use the accuracy of a big railroad scale, accustomed to weighing tons can be f tested to the fraction of an ounce. . SECRET SEARCH FRUITFUL house. Monday night lie found In a closet a weighty package, which, when opened, was found to contain lead, bel lows, charcoal, dies for 25 and 50-cent pieces, and some imperfect coins. Chute immediately reported the dis covery to Captain Bailey, who with Patrolmen GUI, Burrl, Evans and "Wise went through the place. The four boya were located and placed under arrest on charges of counterfeiting. Seven or eight youths, frequenters of the shop, are supposed to have been "shovers." PENSION MEASURE COSTLY Taft Thought to Contemplate Veto If Sherwood Bill Passes. Fireman Makes Discovery Krowlnar Suspicious Because Large Quantity of Gas Con umed by Gang at Work. After of Four youthes are under arrest as the result of the finding of a counterfeiting plant by Police Captain Bailey and a squad of his men in the rear of a cleaning and pressing establishment at 229 Fifth street early yesterday morn ing. Those under arrest are Herbert Tost. Russell Weatherby and Elmer C. Mc Collon, aged 17, 19 and 2T years, re spectively. Archie Rief, tho owner of the establishment, was arrested In Seattle and is In the city Jail there. Yost and Weatherby were arrested within an hour of the time the plant was discovered, but it was only after an all-day search, participated In by the Secret Service officials and the United States Marshal's forces, that McCollon, who, with Relf. is believed to h. i a a ri.. in the cuik. was taken. He was arrested last night by Chief Deputy United States juarsnai Swain. KuU Outfit Secured. The authorities believe McCollon supplied the material for making the coins and directed the operations. A full outfit and many imperfect coins were found by the officers when they visited the place. It Is charged that the counterfeiters used counter feit quarters to slug a gas meter To In crease the supply of fuel with which to make counterfeits. The plant was discovered through George G. Chute, a city fireman sta tioned at Second and Oak streets, and the proprietor of the abode above, whoso suspicions were aroused more than a week ago by the quantity of gas consumed by the boys, who rented the ground floor from him for a clean ing establishment. "Oh, my friend here is Inventing an apparatus to extract power from the sea-waves, said Arcnie nen, im ported proprietor of the place. He in dicated a middle-aged cripple who was frequenter of the place ana wuo, police believe, was the maker oi i queer." Boya Eager to Rtursu Chute's suspicions were allayed for the time, but a few days ago u qu ants fell in arrears wua mm looked them out. Tney inea bcvc. schemes to gain entrance. hen; a strange voutn, aiierwaiu one of the gang under the name ot Tost, went to thehouse and tried to rent the place, showing great anxiety. Chute was impressed by the eager ness of the boya to get back into the WASHINGTON, Bee. 26. Secretary of the Interior Fisher Informed Presi dent Taft today that final adoption of -J the Sherwood dollar-a-day pension bill. as It passed the House, would increase the Government's annual pension ex penditures at least $75,000,000. Mr. Taft has refrained from saying definitely that he would veto the Sherwood bill If it came to him, but close friends believe he would. BONDS Through its Bond De , partment this Company will consider the pur chase and sale of sub stantial issues of mu nicipal and school bonds: also well secured improvement bonds. Quotations furnished on established issues at any time upon request. MERCHANTS SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY W. H. Fear, President. Willard Case, Vice-President. O. C. Bortzmeyer, Cashier. Walter H. Brown, Asst. Cashier.