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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1913.
RIVAL OF PACIFIC
IL HAS FAILED
Bates & Chesebrough Com
pany Liabilities Are Admit
ted to Be $300,000. .
RATE WAR GIVEN AS CAUSE
Partners Fail to Sell Out to Liver
pool Concern, or to Hencw
SI 00.000 Loan Years' Hard
Work to tio for Nauchl.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3. A. S.
Chegebroufrh. owner or the California
Atlantic Steamship Company, with
Harry S. Bates, confirmed a rumor
Thursday that the company had failed
for $300,000. The California-Atlantic
Company has been in competition since
October 1, 1910, with the Pacific Mail
Steamship" Company in the San Fran
cisco and New York freight traffic,
via the Panama Rallroal.
The rate war from February to June.
1911, when freight rates were cut to 3
a ton, was given by Mr. Chesebrough as
the main ca&se of the failure, although
additional reasons were assigned. The
exact condition of the company's affairs
cannot be ascertained here, but it is
known that the debts include $100,000
borrowed from J. H. Welsford & Co.,
of Liverpool, $17,000 due the Pacific
Stevedore & Ballast Co.. of this city.
a large overdraft in a local bank, many
claims for damages en route to freight,
and bills for supplies from several San
Francisco houses.
The unsuccessful efforts of Bates,
who has been in New York for the past
month, to renew the Liverpool loan
or to sell the company to the Wclsford
concern, is said to have precipitated the
failure. Another cause mentioned by
Mr. Chesebrough is the Inability of the
company to pay the chartered price for
the steamship Portland, which arrived
with a cargo from Panama last Wed
nesday and could not be unloaded on
account of the refusal of the owners'
agent to grant permission. The vessel
is owned by C. S. Dimond, of New
Tork. C. W. Wiley, of Seattle, presi
dent of the Alaska Pacific Steamship
Company, is his Coast representative.
"I cannot E.H-e the exact amounts of
the debts," said Mr. Chesebrough, "nor
can 1 give any definite statements re
garding the assets. Bates and myself
are out considerable money and sev
eral years' hard work. The Welsford
loai and the big overdraft at the bank
are the two principal obligations. Then
there are stevedore bills and claims for
damaged freight. There 'is little else
due.
Owner Charter Protected.
"Charters to owners are protected.
As In the case of the Portland, when
the Mackinaw arrives with freight from
Panama, we will not be able to pay its
charter. We used the Government
form of chartor. The vessel's owner
supplies the crew and almost every
thing else.
"The sailing vessels. Manga-Reeve
and John Enu, now out respectively S8
anu 60 days from Philadelphia with
cargo for this port, have no connection
with the steamship company. Neither
lias the fire and marine insurance firm
f Bates, Chesebrough & Lowery any
connection with our business.
"It is owned by S. L. Lowery. He
got that business when Bates and I
withdrew to enter the California & At
lantic Steamship. Company."
Vhe corporation, when It began bus!,
ness. had four chartered steamers. The
Pacific fleet was Increased to eight,
and three steamers were put in opera
tion on the Atlantic for a time because
of the Inability of the Government line
on the Atlantic side to handle the in
creasing business.
For the past several months only
four ships have been operated on the
Pacific, but these were larger than the
eight displaced, and had about the same
carrying capacity. The four steamers
under charter were the Portland, the
Mackinaw, the Lewis Twickenbach and
the Pleiades. The Mackinaw is now
loading at the Isthmus and will arrive
here in about 20 days. The operations
of the company will cease with the dis
charge of this vessel's cargo.
Corporation Begin With Four Ship..
After the disastrous rate war offi
cials of the. company planned to in
crease the rates, in order to meet in
creased expenses, but principally to the
rise In the cost of charters on the Pa
cific Coast, most of the original char
ters having been issued for a period of
one year only. This proposition was op
posed by the local traffic association
and Its protest was sustained by the
Secretary of War.
The company inct a number of un
expected reverses not included in Mr.
Chesebrough' enumerations of the di
rect cause of the failure. One of the
first obstacles was the Inahiliiy of the
Panama Railroad Company to supply
sufficient space in its vessels on the
Atlantic to handle the cargo offered
for shipment. On account of this the
Atlantic service was established. The
carrying of large amounts of material
for the construction of the canal pre
vented the Panama Railroad ("ompanv.
according to Mr. Chesebrough. giving
prompt trans-shipment of goods across
the Isthmus and the California-Atlantic
vessels were delayed at both Colon and
Balboa.
The. wreck of the steamship Pleiades
during the rush season In August, 1912,
entailed still further drain on the re
sources of the company.
Mr. Bates' trip to New York was in
pursuance of a plan to effect a com
plete reorganisation of the company
which had been planned for Januarv 1.
1913. The business had increased' so
rapidly that the urgent need tor more
capital led to this decision several
months ago. The success of Mr. Bates'
enterprise, hinged largely on the wil
lingness of the Knglish capitalists in
terested in thf company to sell out and
it was after the receipt of the news of
their refusal to do so that the decision
to liquidate the. affairs of the company
was reached.
COMFORT STATION BIDS IN
Plans for $16,10 Improvement
Subject to Park Hoard's Approval.
Portland's first comfort station of
metropolitan pretensions wil be built
under the sidewalk at Sixth and Yam
hill streets, near the Postoffice. It the
I'ark Board approves the bid of $16,170,
submitted to its members yesterday by
J. H.' Tillman. He was the low bidder
among several. ,
BANK'S BUSINESS IS BRISK
Northwestern National Hns Steady
Stream of Depositors.
Business opened with a. rusb Thurs
Jay morning at Portland's newest
financial Institution the Northwestern
National Bank. There wan a steady
stream of depositors from the time the
windows opened.
While sumc of this business was due
1
to the activity Incident to the begin
ning of a new year, much of it was
caused by the eagerness of depositors
to patronize the new concern.
The Northwestern National took over
the checking and commercial accounts
of the Portland Trust Company w nere
the new bank ia located. The Trust
Company, however, will continue to
handle savings accounts and time de
posits and to engage in a general trust
businets. Both institutions will con
tinue to occupy the building' at Third
and Oak streets until the new North
western National Bank building, to be
erected on the site of the old Marquam
property, is completed. This will be
about July 1.
With the opening of this bank Port
land ha five National banks chartered
here and one with a National charter
in California. The capitalization of the
new bank is" $500,000, giving the ZO
financial institutions of the city an
aggregate capital of $8,350,000.
ARCHITECTS ARE IN CITY
PHO POSED AUDITORIUM SITES
WILL BE SUKVEYF.1).
i. H. Freedlander and A. D. Sey
mour, of New York City. Here to -
Make investigation.
J. H. Freedlander and A. D. Seymour,
architects for the Portland Public
Auditorium building:, arrived in the city
Thursday night from- New Tork City,
preparatory to. commencing a detailed
investigation of sites for the proposed
Auditorium structure, for "which bonds
have been voted.. The investigation oC
sites will be begun as soon as a con
ference Is held between the architects
and members of the. Auditorium Com
mission. "As yet I can say nothing about the
Auditorium site," said Mr. Freedlander
last night, soon after he arrived. "I
have not looked at any of the sites and
am not familiar with the conditions
under which the commission is work
ing. Until I can meet with the com
mission and ascertain just what prob
lems are to be solved there is nothing
I can say.
"An auditorium building is. of course,
a highly important structure and it is
essential to get it in the proper lo
cation in a city: In selecting- a site
it is necessary to look to the
future and not to the present alto
gether. A building such as has been
planned by Portland would be some
thing for any city to be proud of and
I believe there should not be any un
due haste in selecting a site. A proper
site is as important as a proper build
ing. I believe the commission is right
in not jumping at conclusions before
getting advice.
"Mr. Seymour and I expect to get to
work as soon as we can and attempt to
solve whatever problem there is to be
solved- Until we interview members of
the commission we cannot venture a
guess as to the length of time it will
take for us to finish our work."
The architects will be called upon to
recommend a proper site for the build
ing, which is to be one of the finest in
the United States. Four sites are be
fore the commission and there is a di
vision of opinion as to which should be
selected. One "is the market block on
the "West. Pide, another the old exposi
tion grounds on Washington street, and
the other two sites on the East Side. .
In adition to the inability of the com
mission members to agree on any one
site there is a financial problem which
is perplexing. The commission has a
bond Issue of $600,000, which amount
will erect the building, but will not
stand for the purchase of an expensive
site in addition. The market block and
the old exposition grounds are consid
ered the only two places available. The
market block can be used by purchas
ing a part of the block to the south and
closing Market 'street, while the expo
sition site could be secured by sub
scription, the merchants of Washington
street having promised to raise a fund
to cover the cost of the ground above
the amount which can be appropriated
out of the $600,000.
It is likely that a meeting of the
commission will be called either today
or tomorrow to confer with Mr. Freed
lander and to arrange for the com
mencement of the investigation of the
sites at once.
SEASIDE 1913BABE BORN
Mary Joseph I.awler Believed First
Child Born in Slate This Year.
SEASIDE. Or., Jan. 3. (Special.)
People here would like to know where
the first 1913 baby was born, before
they lay claim to the distinction. The
first baby born this year at Seaside,
and in the state as far as is known
here, wan a fcirl baby weighing seven
and a half pounds, born to Mr. and
Mrs. James Lawler. January 1. at 6:."0
o'clock in the morning. Dr. W. E. Lewis
attending.
The little miss was named Mary Jo
sephine Lawler. Mrs. Lawler came to
Seuside nearly last Fall from Alaska to
visit her husband's relatives, her
brother-in-law being Patrick Lawler, a
wealthy property-owner. The father
is foreman of an Alaska fish cannery
near Juneau. Alaska. He will not
know that he is the father of a bounc
ing maiden until the present wire trou
bles, caused by the recent storm, are
ended.
The parents of the child are natives
of Ireland and their wedding was the
culmination of a boy and girl romance.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
Hev. J. II. Boyd Officiates at Last
Kites for Miss Dosch.
Exceedingly simple and brief were
the service performed Thursday at
the funeral of the late Miss Lillian
Doseh, who died New Year's eve as the
result of aneurism of the heart. Mem
ber of the family and intimate friends
were present at the Sellwood crema
torium, where Dr. John H. Boyd, pas
tor of the Kirst Presbyterian Church,
conducted the services.
Miss Dosch was the eldest daughter
of Colonel and Mrs. Henry K. rosch, of
Hillsdale. In addition to her parents
she is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Benage S. Jossclyn. Jr.. and Miss Ca
mille Dosch, and by three brothers,
Arno. a magazine writer of repute in
New York; Ernest and Roswell, both
of Portland.
Woman Spanton Accuser.
That V. A. Spanton, realty operator,
who disappeared from Portland over a
week ago, carried away with him money
belonging to persons "who had trusted
him. was the charge made yesterday
by Mrs. Lizzie Klesel. 727 East Twenty-eighth
street, who complains of a
loss of $1200. No official steps have
been taken as yet on her allegation.
Mrs. Kiesel. as administratrix for
the Klelnsorge estate, owning a tract
of land in South Portland, entrusted
the sale of the property to Spanton,
and a company was formed to sell it in
lots. She received $200, she says,
while Spanton collected J1200 more,
which should have been turned over to
her. He also carried away, she says,
the records and seal of the holding
company.
Fhl'adinhlR nedK ro.noo to carry on its
wo.'k wf planting and coxing for street trees.
CHARGE IS PUBLIC
Glavis Accused of Working for
Private Interests.
ASSISTANTS ALSO PAID
California Surveyor-General Says
Lumber Companies Employed
Secretary of Commissions to
Obtain Land Listing.
SACRAMENTO, Jan. J. Surveyor
General Kingsbury made public Thurs
day his charge against Louis R. Glavis,
formerly secretary of the State Con
servation and Water Commission, who
resigned both offices while Governor
Johnson was conducting an executive
investigation.
Kingsbury alleges that Glavis was
einployed by the Weed Lumber Com
pany and the West Side Lumber Com
pany to forward their interests before
the United States Land Office at
Washington, while he was on the pay
roll of the state, and that acting as
the . representative of these companies,
Glavis employed Milton T. U'Ren, priv
ate secretary to Representative Kent,
of California, and B, Marshall, at the
same time placing both men upon the
payroll of the State-Conservation Com
mission as well.
Letter Presented at Hearing:.
Until today none of the proceedings
of the Governor's 'investigation had
been made public. It was begun on
December 20. in the Governor1 office
and was to have been resumed next
week. Glavis' resignation was filed
with the commissions, however, on De
cember 31.
It became known today that during
the session in the Governor's office a
letter addressed to the Standish-Hickey
Lumber ' Company and bearing what
purported to be Glavis' signature was
presented. It contained an offer on
the part of the writer to obtain the
listing of the company's lieu land selec
tions by the land office out of 'reg
ular order for $2 an acre.
Assistant Paid by State.
"When Kingsbury charges Glavis was
working in the interest of the West
Side Company and the Weed Company,
Glavis was in Washington a a repre
sentative of the California Conserva
tion Commission, securing data for the
commission bearing on school lands.
He had as his assistant U'Ren and
Marshall U'Ren getting $200 a month
and Marshall getting $10 a day from
the State of California. According to
Kingsbury, Glavis gave them additional
employment to represent the lumber
companies for the purpose of getting
lumber lands listed ahead of time.
Glavis is said by Kingsbury to have
succeeded in securing the listing of
1760 acres of lieu land for the Weed
Lumber Company.
SENATOR JEFF DAVIS DIES
Arkansas Member of Upper House
Stricken by Apoplexy.
I.TTTLK ROCK, Ark.. Jan. 3. United
States Senator Jeff Davis died suddenly
at his home here at 12:30 o'clock this
morning as the result of an attack of
apoplexy.
United States Senator Jeff Davis was
the only man enjoying- the distinction
of having: been Governor of Arkansas
tor three terms. He was first elected
to the office in 1900 and held it until
1906, when he was elected to the Senate
for the term beginning the next year.
Senator Davis complained of feeling
bad early in the evening1, but the fam
ily physician, who was called, did not
regard his condition as serious. At
midnight the Senator called to his son,
who was in an adjoining room, that he
was ill and to summon a physician. A
doctor arrived half an hour later. As
he entered the room Senator Davis fell
back on his bed and was dead when the
physician reached him.
PEDESTRIAN HIT BY AUTO
Car Driven by S. h Durklieimer In
jures M. M. Birsch, Barber.
Trying to cross the street in front
of an automobile, M. M. Birsch. 28
years old, a barber, living in the Camar
Apartments, 704 Lovejoy street, was
knocked down and suffered a dislocated
shoulder and bruises, at Nineteenth and
Morrison streets early Thursday night.
He was taken to Good Samaritan Hos
pital, where he was said to be resting
easy.
S. F. Durfcheimer, son of J. Durk
heime.r, of 807 Lovejoy street, was driv
ing the machine and with him was rid
ing B. J. Rosenthal, of 496 East
Eleventh street North. The. car, said
Birsch, was 70 feet from him when he
left the curb and he thought he could
easily cross the street. Rosenthal told
Patrolman Larson that the accident was
unavoidable.
7-STORY BUILDING BURNS
Cincinnati Has $(250,000 Fire Xear
Scene of Recent Conflagration. .
CINCINNATI. Jan. 3. The Carlisle
building, a seven-story stone structure,
at the southwest corner of Fourth ave
nue and Walnut streets, was almost
destroyed by fire tonight, entailing a
loss estimated at 1250,000.
The building is the center of Cincin
nati's commercial district, within sev
eral hundred feet of the Gibson House,
which was burned several weeks ago.
For a while the Sinter Hotel, on the
west side of the building, was threat
ened, but escaped damage when the fire
was confined to the Carlisle building.
A heavy snow storm hampered the
firemen.
FREAKS IN POST LUDICROUS
Puppy Dog. Horned Owl and Old
Silk Hat Among Flood of Parcels.
CHICAGO. Jan. 3. (Special.) As
serving to show how the public is warm
ing up to the parcel post system, nere
are a few specimens of articles, out of
the thousands received today at the
Chicago office:
One South Dakota jacHraBOIt caress
ed); two chickens (crated): one silk
hat (much the worse for wear); one
piece o a buggy top; one broken
spade (carefully wrapped); one suit of
clothes (showing effects of journey);
one pitchfork; one dozen eggs (care
fully crated); one musical instrument;
one chafing dish; one box flowers: one
exceedingly lively- dog (puppy class);
one horned owl (blinking and ruffled.)
It fairly rained parcels parcels of
all kinds and descriptions parcels
large, parcels small, parcels containing
lively and parcels containing inanimate
objects, parcels carefully done up and
parcels loosely prepared upon em
ployes of the postoffice today. A big
force of men was busy handling the
Incoming parcel post mail and another
big force was equally busy in taking
cara oi outgoing parcels. The people
were getting their first taste of thi
new order of things and were making
the most of it
One consignment of two dozen 'eggs
(uninsured) arrived with 20 smashed
beyond hope of repair. The jokers
see in the new system a rare oppor
tunity for their operations and are
sending to friends all sorts of weird
consignments.
Business houses In the downtown dis
trict gave the system' a wholesale try
out, to compare it with the parcel de
livery service. A large item of the
day's transactions was shoes, of which
more than 1000 pairs were mailed.
LIVE LOBSTER IS TCXMAILABLE
Xew York Has Great Ra$h From
Suburban Towns.
NEW TORK. Jan. 3. The first viola
tion of the parcel post law was dis
covered here this afternoon when a
queer-looking package addressed to
Philadelphia was opened. It revealed
a live lobster and a handful of live
shrimps. Under the law live shell fish
are classed as "unmailable matter."
The package was held up.
More than 1600 package were
mailed at the general Postoffice here
today and many thousands more at the
branch offices. At the Grand Central
Station branch 8000 bundles came in
during the morning from suburban
towns. Among them were 40 cartons
of eggs.
WILD GEESE SEXT BY MAIL
San Francisco to Have Two Daily
Deliveries Hereafter.'
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.- (Special.)
Two deliveries of parcel post matter
will be made everywhere in San Fran
cisco each day.
San Francisco received Its first con
signment of game this morning by
parcel post. Shipments of wild geese
were packed in open splint baskets,
open at the top, with the geese in plain
view.
A hundred packages, dropped in boxes
other than at the special parcel post
receiving stations and bearing ordi
nary stamps ' instead of the special
parcel stamps, are held at the Post
office. APPLES GO BY PARCEL POST
Rural Carriers Threaten to Resign If
Salaries Are Xot Raised.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Jan. 3. (Special.)
The parcel post window at the local
postoffice did a big business Thurs
day, many of the people of the com
munity taking advantage of the new
postal rate to send distant frinds in
all parts of the country packages of
apples. The receipts of parcel post
packages, yesterday having been a hol
iday and but few packages having been
mailed under the new system, were
light. However, when the system be
comes established local rural carters
have announced that they will resign
unless some increase is made in their
salary.
The Postoffice Department estimates
the daily average package of the rural
carriers in different parts of the coun
try at 26 pounds. Even in Summer,
when their loads are lightest, the local
carriers never have amounts so small.
In the Winter months when the local
rural mail is heaviest Postmaster J.
P. Lucas estimates the daily average
weight of the rural carrier's mail here
at 250 pounds.
By far more packages and a greater
volume of business financially was
transacted by the local postoffice this
holiday season than ever before.
XFAV LAW TIES VP SERVICE
Stage Company Refuses to Curvy Out
Mall Traffic Contracts.
VALE. Or.. Jan. 3. The refusal to
carry parcel post packages under the
law inaugurated by the Government
January 1 resulted in the Kellogg
Stage Company, operating four routes
in Malheur, Harney and Grant Coun
ties, Or., and serving 50 interior Ore
gon poetoffices off the railroads, quit
ting business, and abandoning all con
tracts for carrying United States malls,
beginning January 1. Meanwhile the
postmasters at Vale and at Canyon
City, Or., are keeping the wires hot
endeavoring to ascertain what dispo
sition to make of the mails piling up at
these distributing offices, on the route
from Vale to Burns. The following
towns are no getting mail, express or
passengers: Burns, Beulah. AVestfall,
Riverside, Juntura, Buchanan, Drewsey,
Van. Harney, Riley, Harriman, Lawen,
Princeton. Smith, Waverly and Buck
ley, all in Oregon. -
SURVEYOR'S TRIPOD IS MAILED
Box of Fish Also Received at Post
office In Seattle.
SEATTLE, Jan. 3. Twenty-five hun
dred parcels ranging in variety from
an 11-pound box of fisli, sent to Chi
cago, to a surveyor's tripod for local
delivery, were received at the local
Postoffice for transmission by parcel
post Thursday.
Much delay was caused by persons
who wanted clerks to accept packages
stamped with ordinary postage.
Astoria Handles 3 5 Packages.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 3. jfSpecial.)
During yesterday and today about 35
packages were sent through the post
office by parcel post. Among the pack
ages sent were one containing a ham,
another containing a leg of mutton,
while a third consisted of a roll of but
ter. Yeast Cakes Go by Mail.
SEASIDE. Or., Jan. 3. (Special.)
Seaside housewives were quick to take
advantage of the parcel post. Postmas
ter C. S. Abbott's office record shows
that the first parcel post packages re
ceived here were half a dozen packages
of yeast cakes.
WATER RATES UNCHANGED
Board Member Proposes Relieving
Superintendent of Collections.
Water rates for this month will be
the same as those of last year. This
was officially and formally determined
by action of the Water Board, which
met Thursday afternoon.
"I think we should take the respon
sibility for the collection of the water
rates, instead of leaving it to the su
perintendent," said T. B. Wilcox, a
member. "I therefore move that the
department be instructed to collect the
rates prevailing last year and to en
force all of the provisions of the char
ter relating thereto."
Owing to differences of opinion in the
City Council, the rates for this year
will not be effective officialy until next
month.
JAMES R. KEENE IS DEAD
Financier and Horseman Snccumbs
to Effects of Operation.
NEW YORK. Jan. 3. James R.
Keene. the . financier and horseman.
died at 3:15 o'clock this morning in
a sanitarium here from the effects of
an operation.
He was 73 years old and had been ill
for a long time.
f.
mm AT VALE
Oregon Growers Gather 100
Strong for Sessions.
CONVENTION OPENS TODAY
Secretary Hoke's Report Will Show
Sheep in State Numbering I,-175,-000
and Yielding Annual Clip
of 16,000,000 Pounds.
VALE. Or., Jan. 3. (Special,) Wool
growers to the number of nearly. 100
reached Vale Thursday on a special train
provided by the Vale Chamber of Com
merce to connect with the regular
trains on the main line at Ontario.
This evening Is given over to getting
acquainted and a social plunge in the
Vale Hot Wells natatorium. The opening
session begins at 10 o'clock Friday
morning when the annual reports of
President Jay H. Dobbin and Secre
tary John G. Hoke will be read.
Fine warm weather is responsible for
the large attendance. Many will go
from here Sunday to the Idaho state
meeting at Boise and the National
woolgrowers' meeting at Cheyenne,
Wyo.
Secretary Hoke will say in his re
port that he has put In a strenuous
year in behalf of the Oregon wool
growers, trying to better their condi
tions. The state association has worked in
conjunction with the National asocia
tion and the State Railroad Commis
sion, securing a better wool rate to
Boston, from Pendleton, Baker, Hunt
ington, Vale and other Oregon points.
A decision was rendered in December,
granting a decided reduction. Though
the reduction on sacks of wool is not
as much as was expected, the decision
of the Interstate .Commerce Commis
sion, says Mr. Hoke, was a decided
victory.
The report presents the sheep statis
tics of Oregon, showing the number
in the state to be 2.475.000. yielding an
annual clip of 16.000,000 pounds of
wool giving an annual income of $5,
000,000 based on an average price of 15
cents a pound.
The secretary urges among other
things that the association stand as
a unit for a scientific revision of the
tariff, bringing pressure to bear on
Congressmen to fight for an important
Industry of the state when the Demo
cratic party tries to fulfill its pledge
to revise the tariff downward, urges
favoring a speed limit law with a mini
mum of 16 miles an hour on transporta
tion of livestock. The secretary re
ports only one case of scab in Oregon,
and urges the retention of Dr. W. S.
McClure, Gooding, Idaho, as National
secretary.
President Dobbins' address Friday
will dwell on sheep conditions in Ore
gon with probably a touch on the at
tack made on him by State Game
Warden Finley relative to the elk
being put on the sheep ranges.
NEW RULES STRINGENT
BERLIN" HAS DRASTIC POLICK
TRAFFIC REGtXATIOXS.
Citizens in Quandary Whether to
Laugh at or Be Angry With
Explicit Orders.
BERLIN', Jan.. 4. (Special.) Berlin
is at present asking itself whether to
laugh at or be angry with the new list
of police regulations with which the
Indefatigable chief of police has prom
ised to saddle the German capital. It
is perhaps a compliment to the city
that such explicit directions on such
points should be framed in order to en
courage perfection among its inhabi
tants, but the question is whether some
more useful and practicable compli
ment could not be found in their place.
Here is an extract from the regulations
as to the conduct of the mere pedes
trian as the chief of police has com
pounded them:
Pedestrians are to keep to the right
both on the pavements and on the
roadway; any one who comes to a
standstill must choose a position where
he is no hindrance to passers-by; all
unnecessary halting or loitering on the
roadway reserved to carriages, bicy
cles, and motor cars is forbidden. This
refers also to the crossing of the thor
oughfares. Streets are to be crossed
by the shortest way; that 1 to say,
at right angles. It is recommended
that the roadway shall not be crossed
at any point that may be chosen at
random, but at the street corners in
order to have the greatest regard for
safety. At crossings where police of
ficials are on duty to regulate the
traffic pedestrians arc to await the
moment that the traffic has been
brought to a standstill before cross
ing. The street shall be crossed with
a rapid 'step, though without undue
haste, so that the drivers may know
how to direct their vehicle."
There is such a mixture of the plain
est common sense with the flights of
pure idealism In this paragraph that
so far It has not been, taken very seri
ously. Berlin, no doubt, will take It
Just as much to heart as the traffic
police, and' perhaps rather more if
there . is any real trouble. But al
though it may be useful on occasions
for the police to have a spare regula
tion 'or two in pocket in order to be
able to make special assertion of their
authority some would fear for their
liberty, and many others would for the
comfort of their sides if the police
were given full instructions to see to
the application of all these rules and
were left as sole judges as to whether
the pedestrians were crossing the
street at right angle and with "quick
ened step." Were every one of these
regulations to be applied most of the
traffic police would have to have a
book at hand as large as a banker's
ledger and would probably have to en-
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OVRC0AT5
It's not what a man makes
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Look at the saving made by
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The fact I Berlin is more and more
a busy, up-to-date capital, where speed
has almost as much value as it has In
London. Paris or New York. What is
more important in the new regulations
and what has caused real concern is
the clause relating to advertisements.
Among other things the use of red is
entirely forbidden. All advertisements
in the open come under special police
control; special conditions are imposed
on illuminated signs, and every sign
bearing letters more than an inch and
a quarter long are required to receive
police sanction. The regulations do not
go into effect until April 1.
French Try New Guns.
PARIS, Jan. 4. (Special.) It is
announced that the Minister of War has
adopted a new type of gun for horse
artillery. Since 1900 French experts
have been searching for a 75mm. gun
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periments in the state arsenals it was
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light guns from the Creusot works were
tested at the last maneuvers in the
West. It is one of these which has now
been adopted. The new gun will weigh
about half a ton less than the present
75mm. weapon. Orders have been
placed for SO guns of the new type,
and they are to be ready In July next
in time for the grand maneuvers of
1913.
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breakfast each day and writes a short
letter to cne of the neighbors, then
plays postman and delivers it. The
neighbors enjoy the little game, and
it is wonderful how quickly he is
learning to write and spell with ease."
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