TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1914.
PORTLAND'S PRAISE
HEARD IN ALASKA
KETCH2CAK
THE 3IORNING OKEGOXIAN,
Genersil
Wishes for Prosperity of New
Steamship Line Are Ex
pressed Freely.
NORTHERN TRIP DESCRIBED
to
Adda.-on Bennett Finds Everything
His Liking, but Voices Re-
gvet at Expanse of British.
Territory to Be Traversed.
Bt ADDISON BKN.NKTT.
KETCHIKAN. Alaska, April 2.
(Staff correspondence.) I am sitting
in the office of the Ketchikan Daily
Miner. The sun Is shining: brightly,
about like an ordinary May day in
Oregon. The Stetson is at the wharf
discharging her cargo of coal and from
the way the great pyramid is arising
on the wharf it seems sure that the 12
hours we expected to be here will be
shortened materially, so I must hasten
to tell of the trip from Nanaimo here
and leave the Ketchikan story for
future letter. i
To cover the trip in a short sentence
It can be said that we had a lovely pas-
ease. It may be, surely must be true,
that the trip would be much finer in
warmer weather; but it was surely for
us as pleasant a voyage as one could
wish for. As a rule the weather was
warm enough to make it pleasant on
t he upper deck; when It was not so
warm I was fortunate enough to sit
with the captain or pilot in the bridge,
or rather within the bridge, .for it is
inclosed. Indeed,- enough cannot be
said of the courtesy Captain MacGregor
has shown to his passengers, personally
and through every member of the crew
with whom they come in contact. The
steward, the pilot, the purser, the cabin
boys every one of them has an Instant
desire to make the trip a Joyride for
every passenger.
' Tnble Fare Creates LodsIbs:.
As to the table fare yum, yum!
Surely if the present service in the din
ing-saloon can be kept up the Stetson
will gain rpnown for the meals served,
and for Steward Hoist. On a. trip
where you run for nearly three days
without stopping, as we did from
- Nanaimo here, sleeping, eating, badin
age, jokes and games is all there is
for the traveler except the delights
of mal de mer in its various attacks.
To those of us who are now immune,
or think we are, the recurrence of the
sickness of the sea is rather laughable.
What a trip this inside passage
makes! Coming in through the Straits
of Fuca, around the southern end of
Vancouver Island. then up the east
coast of that island for 235 miles, gives
one a faint idea of the size of the coun
try, its immensity. It also sets the
student to thinking over what we gave
away when we abandoned the slogan
"Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" And there
was no fight in us! So we allowed
Johnny Bull to take all of these islands
and all British Columbia. One thinks,
and thinks hard about these things as
he sails and sails and sails through
John Bull's waters on the way to our
Alaskan possessions.
On the 47th anniversary of the sign
ing of the protocol by which Russia
ceded Alaska to us we were sailing
along our way to the southern extrem
ity of those possessions. When we
crossed the southern boundary line,
about 30 miles south of Ketchikan, we
had a coast line ahead of us from there
around to the northeast corner of
Alaska, in the "Frozen Sea," of over
4000 miles! Just think of the magni
tude of the territory for which we gave
Russia but a paltry $7,000,000!
Trip la Speedy. ...
When we left Nanalmo we were in
the Gulf of Georgia. From there we
passed through Discovery Passage into
Seymour Narrows, thence through
Johnstone's Straits, then into and
through Queen Charlotte Sound. As
we passed through this sound we were
to all intents and purposes in the open
eea, but in close to the shore. We Tan
along through these waters a distance
of 42 miles, which took about four
hours, and making that mention re
minds me that the Stetson was said
to be, when the present company char
tered her. "a nine-knot ship." Cap
tain MacGregor has succeeded in mak
ing about 11 knots on the whole jour
ney, save for a few hours early Wed
nesday morning when the wind blew
a, terrible gale right in her eye.
Leaving Queen Charlotte Sound we
entered Seaforth Channel. thence
through Lama Passage, then 13 miles
fceross Mlllbank Sound. Thence through
Iinlayson Channel, Tolmie Channel and
McKay. Graham and Fraser Reaches;
then through Wright Sound, Grenvllle
Channel. Odgen Channel. Chatham
Sound and across the Alaskan line into
Dixon Entrance. Thence into Revill-
ogigedo Passage, thence Into Tongass
Narrows and up to the City of Ketchi
jkan. which is situated on an island
with the beautiful and euphonius name
Just mentioned Revlllagigedo. Isn't
Jt a Jawbreaker?
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Manager
The wise man of business, no
matter how vast his enter
prise and responsibilities, leaves the management of his home to
his real "General Manager" the wife who knows the daily needs'
of the family and who plans for the conservation of their health
and strength. The housewife who knows
WftHe
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has already solved the servant problem and the problem of the
high cost of living. With Shredded Wheat Biscuit in the house
it is so easy to prepare in a few moments a deliciously nourishing
and wholesome meal in combination with baked apples, sliced
bananas or canned or preserved fruits. It means sound bones,
healthy tissue and clear brain for growing youngsters as well as
strength and endurance for grown-ups.
Always heat the Biscuit in oven to restore crupness. Two Shredded
Wheat Biscuits with hot milk or cream will supply all the energy
needed for a half day's work. Deliciously nourishing when eaten in
combination with baked apples, stewed prunes, sliced bananas or
canned or preserved fruits. Try toasted Triscuit, the Shredded Wheat
wafer, for luncheon with butter, cheese or marmalade.
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Made only by The Shredded "Wheat Company, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
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conM 1 C
r
are now counted on to support the re
peal, despite the effort of their leaders
to unite the . minority against the
measure.
Senator Brandegee. of Connecticut.
the conclusion, of Senator McCumber's
I address today, introduced a, resolution
requesting the President, if not incom
patible with the public interest, to give
the Senate all information, records and
correspondence relating to negotiation
of the Hay Pauncefote treaty.
Senator Brandegee faors the repeal
bill.
1 GENERAL VIEW OF TOWS.
TRADI6 COMPASV.
OVIRETE B11LD1G OF TO.VliAS
8 SALMON CA.WEBV.
British Islands No
Mostly our trip lay between islands.
These were from the size of Vancouver
Island, which Is 235 miles long by 60
miles in width, to wee little domain
about the size of a haystack. Islands,
Islands, islands and all owned by John
Bull, Esquire: Sometimes we would
sail for hours and hours without seeing
a, sign of a settlement on the shores;
then perhaps a little hut or two, per
haps a half dozen houses and a saw
mill, maybe a wee. wee fishing village,
three or four houses. In one instance
there was a semblance of a town,
Rellabella, and- a few miles farther
north a smaller place. Old Bellaballa.
On this passage you 'do not see Prince
Rupert, which lies about 30 miles south
of the Alaskan line. This is a city of
some S000 or 10.000, I was told. It is
located just above the mouth of the
Skeena River, which is a large stream.
navigable for over 200 miles. There is
a large settlement along this river for
a greater distance than that. The new
tirand Trunk Railway is building into
Prince Rupert. It is said trains will
run into Prince Rupert before July 1
-A number of magnificent steamers are
being built for this company. They will
ply between Prince Rupert and the
Orient and will be ready about as soon
as the railway is in operation.
Prlncr Itnpert Not In SlKht.
AVe passed within 12 miles of Prince
Rupert, but we could not see the town
island, island, islands. These also
hid the mouth of the Skeena from our
TlfW.
Practically all of the Islands
passed were covered, so far as we could
see. with a stunted growth of fir and
oedar. These trees average a height
tt 15 to 20 feet. About one-fourth of
them are dead and the trunks stand out
white against the green background.
In many places great swaths of these
trees have been swept away by snow
slides, leaving wide barren strips from
the summit to the beach. As a rule,
these island are not rocky, but the soil
.is surely of mighty little account, else
they would be more prolific in timber.
It is true that back from the coast
there, must be some good saw timber.
else there would be no sawmills. But
the areas of good timber certainly are
limited.
These island, as a rule. Including the
great Island of Victoria, rise abrputly
from. the. water. There is little leevl
land on them, that is in view. There
may be some back beyond the view of
the passerby, but this is doubtful- In
few instances there is an acre or so
flevel land near the beach, but I
should say the amount of such land1
compared to the reverse is as 1 to 1000.
The foliage is confined almost ex
clusively to the trees. I saw no vines,
no brush such as we have In the for
ests farther south, apparently little
grass, nothing much but these stunted
trees, and they all look about ready
to die. They are not of a luxuriant
green rather "brackish," if such a
word, applies to foliage.
We passed boat after boat, all bound
for Vancouver, Victoria or Seattle.
Some of these were fine passenger ves
sels, others freighters, some oil car
riers, a couple loaded with sandstone.
Alonsr the shores we saw a few fish
ing smacks and canoes, usually manned
by Indians. As a rule we were in con
tracted waters. Sometimes we wouia
pass through bays where it would be
15 or 20 miles across then tnrougn
passages of a couple of hundred yards,
then through long reaches, almost like
canals, from 100 yards to half a mile
in width. One or two of these canals
were lengthy, Grenville Channel being
fully 65 miles long.
Oh. that the vessels of our new line
mav receive sufficient support to make
them a fixture! If the Portland people
knew what such' a line would do for
their town they would surely give them
such & patronage as would demand
larger fleet and finer vessels. Every
man I have talked to here is saying
kind things about Portland, about the
Portland people and hoping that the
line mav prosper.
What a trip this must be in warm
weather! How could one pass a few
weeks' vacation to better advantage, or
at less .expense, than by a trip to Skag-
wav and return on the Stetson? The
accommodations are exceedingly good.
The decks are -capacious, the state
rooms of good size and comfortable, the
bedding good, the table supplied with
the best, every official with an eye to
the passenger s comfort.
We will sail today for Rose Inlet and
"Vaterfall. the former place betnt
something like 120 miles from here
and the latter 30 miles beyond. Both
are on the west coast of Prince of
Wales Island.
OPEN SESSIONS FOR
TOLLS DEBATE SET
Senate Committee on Inter-
Oceanic Canals'Fixes Pub
licity at Outset.
Railway Work to Start Soon.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. April 6. (Spe
clal.) Although the recent term of the
Lewis County Superior Court did not
complete the trial of all the condemna.
tion suits of the Puget Sound & Wll
lapa Harbor Railroad Company for
right of way through this section,
George W. Osgood, construction engl
neer in charge here, says that suffl
cient rights have been acquired for th
work of grading to proceed without
interruption until the other cases are
determined. Contractors are getting
their equipment assembled.
CURRENCY SYSTEM
WORK IS HURRIED
NO DELAY TO BE ALLOWED
Demo-
Iu-
Senator O'Gornian, Leading
era tic Opponent of Repeal,
sists No Effort Will Be JIade to
Halt Action MoCuraher Talks.
SULLIVAN'S ENEMY NAMED
Postmatterthlp Goes to E. 1 Poor.
man and Hurts His Boss.
WASHINGTON. March 30 Presi
dent Wilson has appointed E. F. Poor
man postmaster of Mattoon, 111. This
Is a defeat for the friends of Roger
C. Sullivan, who sought to prevent
the nomination of Poorman. Several
months ago Mr. Sullivan sued Poorman
tor 120,000 damages for alleged li
belous articles Poorman published in
his newspaper.
The President also nominated John
F. Atkinson for postmaster at Astoria.
The fight being made on candidates
indorsed by Lee O'Nell Browne was
'disclosed in the following telegram re
ceived by Senator Kern, a member of
the Senate committee which conducted
the second Investigation of the Lor-
lmer scandal:
Ottawa, 111. Hon. John Kern. Senator,
Washlnicton : On behalf of decent Democrats
In La Salle County I and many others like
me protest against the appointment of James
J. Dougherty to be postmaster of Ottawa.
III., as he In fact is the selection of Lee
O'Nell BrowDe of Jackpot Lorlmcr infamy.
V. B. WEEKS. Judge.
Earlvllle. 111. Hon. Jonn Kern. Senator,
Washington. D. C: On behalf of decent De
mocracy protest against appointment of
Darling Thompson as postmaster at Earl
vllle, Twelfth Congressional district, as be
Is the selection of Lea O'Nell Browne of
Jackpot Lorlmer Infamy. T. A. STIQL'EL.
More Than 7000 Banks Sent
- Blanks Today for Subscrip
tions for Stock.
PLAN TO AID CROP-MOVING
the state will receive 74 cents an acre
a year. The land extends from the
breaks of the Salmon River to the
Snake River. The state of Idaho has
nearly 40,000 acres under lease In that
district.
Idaho Timber to Be Cruised.
OROFINO. Idaho. April . (Special.)
A special meeting of the County
Board has been held to designate tim
ber land to be cruised for the county
by M. G. Kease, of Portland. Or. The
cruise must be completed in time to be
used for assessment purposes this Sum
mer, so the work will have to be rushed.
The timber to be cruised covers some
of the very finest timber In the coun
ty. and Is owned by the Potlatch Lum
ber Company and Kupp & Holland.
Federal Reserve Committee Hopes to
Be Able to - Demonstrate How
Quickly Scheme Will Care lor
Long Troublesome Situation.
Japanese Girl Wins First Prize.
KLAMATH Falls, Or. April .
(Special.) At the contest held under
the auspices of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union. Friday night, the
first prise was won by Miya Pannomlya,
a young Japanese girl, who Is a- stu
dent in the Central High School. Edith
Sing, a yonnsr Chinese girl, was also
among the contestants. Miss Sanno-
mlya received the silver medal and each
of the other contestants was presented
with a souvenir pin.
CABARET MAY GET HOUR
Gothain Committee Recommend
Fixlnir 2 o'clock for Curfew.
NEW YORK. April 2. If Mayor
Mltchel follows the recommendations
of the special committee he appointed
recently to Inquire into the hotel and
restaurant closing hour problems, the
cabaret and the tango will be given
nightly an addtional hour's lease of
life.
The closing hour now is I A. 1L In
the report submitted a few days ago.
t A. M Is recommended as the closing
hour for reputably managed hotels and
restaurants that provide entertainment
for their patrons.
It Is conceded by Englishmen that the
American telephone service Is superior to
that of Great Britain, but the latter is being
rapidly Improved.
Walla Walla Fruit Thought Safe.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., April .
(Speolal.) Fruitgrowers feel safe now,
April 2, the date of the last killing
frost on record here, having passed.
There have been a few frosts recent
ly, but they have not been hard enough
to damage the blossoms or tne cnerry,
peach, apple and other trees that are
tn bloom. The orchardlsts are now cut
ting out Are blight over the county. In
tho larger orchards it is said the dis
ease has been practically eliminated,
but in the smaller tracts there is some.
$500O Asked, for Biological Survey.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, April S Senator Chamberlain
has been urged by the Oregon Game
Commission to secure an appropriation
of $5000 to continue the co-operative
work of the Oovemment 'Biological
Survey and Oregon Commission in mak
ing' a complete biological survey of the
state.
WASHINGTON. April 6. Publicity
for the deliberations to repeal toll ex
emptlon for American ships passing
through the Panama Canal was deter.
mined UDon today by the benate com
mittee on interoceanic canals, which
will begin consideration of the con
troversy In all its aspects.
Senator O'Gorman. chairman of the
committee, decided upon open sessions
at the outset after a conference with
his colleagues. Whether hearings are
tot be held has not been decided, but
this will be determined when the House
repeal bill and compromise Senate
measures formally are taken up. Mow
long the committee will deliberate on
the issue before making a report to
the Senate no one would predict to
night, but Administration leaders as
serted that any effort to prolong the
preliminary consideration would be
opposed even to the extreme of moving
to discharge the committee Irora con
sideration of the subject.
Senator O'Gorman, leading Demo
cratic opponent of the repeal and oth
ers who join with him in the fight
still Insist, however, that there will be
no effort to delay the bill in commit'
tee. When the issue reached the Sen
ate various forces at work to compli
cate the situation make it Improbable
that a vote can be reached for several
days.
McCumhrr Styles Move "Burglary,
Senator McCumber, Republican, of
North Dakota, a member of the for
eign relations committee, who stead
fastly refused to Join the party op
position to President Wilson's policy,
addressed the Senate at length today
in support of the repeal. He declared
that tolls exemption for American
ships was a violation of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty and that It was
against the spirit of the Senate when
the treaty was ratified. For Congress
to insist upon toll exemption for Amer
ican coastwise ships, he said, 'was to
hide behind the American flag while
burglarising the Treasury for the bene
fit of "a coastwise shipping trust."
The Senator said he had no concern
with the provisions of the Democratic
platform: that the question at Issue
was the honor of the Nation. He de
voted his address to the two reasons
given in the President's message, urg
ing repeal, that exemption constituted
a violation of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty and that it was an economic
mistake.
Administration Senators tonight
seemed to be more confident than ever
mat ins Mouse repeal Bill would carry
In the Senate unamended, maintaining
that several Democrats who had been
classed as doubtful, would support the
President and that the majority on the
final rollcall in favor of repeal would
be at least 10 votes.
Republicans Counted Ob. Tee.
Eight or Bin Republican Senators
HUNTER SHOOTS GUARDS
Austrian Left Wounded in Alps in
Blizzard for 14 Hours.
GENEVA. April 3. (Special.) A
sensational Alpine murder trial has
come to a close at Col re. In Septem
ber last two Swiss chamois hunters,
Joseph Hartmann and Jacob Ehret, un
wittingly crossed into Austrian terri
tory, where the sound of their shots
attracted' the attention of two Austrian
frontier guards, whose duty it is to
arrest "poachers." as chamois hunting
is forbidden there. The Austrians,
named Helmgartner and Schneeberger,
who were armed with rifles, called up
on the Swiss to surrender, but they
refused, and in the struggle that fol
lowed Ehret lost his weapon and was
made prisoner.
Hartmann, selng his comrade being
marched off. began to fire at the
guards, killed Helmgartner, and se
verely wounded Schneeberger in both
legs. The two Swiss returend home.
leaving the Austrians on the pass.
The night was bitterly cold, and
snow fell as the wounded Schneeberger
crawled down the mountain in great
agony. After 14 hours, journey he
was found more dead than alive, and
was taken to the hospital.
Hartmann was sent to penal servi
tude for six years and Ehret acquitted.
Hartmann sent S1220, all his fortune, to
the family of his victim.
TANGO DYING, TWINS SAY
I ')'.-, Girls Iearn Handy Dances In
Germany and Praise Berlin Men.
NEW YORK. April 2. There was
one chaperon who breathed a deep, deep
Bigh of relief when tne steamsnip Kron.
prlnzessln Cecille, of the North German
Llovd line, reached her pier at Hoboken
recently. This particular chaperon had
as her charges tne Deautuui twin
daughters of former Governor Foss, of
Massachusetts.
The two girls. Esther and Helen. 1
years old. look so much alike that even
the chaperon had difficulty In telling
them apart.
"We have been In Berlin studying
German." announced the twins.
"Did you learn much German 7 asked
the shin news reporter.
"Oh. we learned a lot of the dandiest
German dances," the girls replied. "The
men of Berlin are the best dancers In
the world. The popular dance In Berlin
is the waits. The tango and other of
the modern dances are dying out In pop
ularity, and they will die out here.
WASHINGTON. April 6. Every ef
fort will be exerted by the Federal
reserve bank committee to have all
banks expedite the formal steps neces
sary to put the new currency system
in operation.
Members of the committee have ap
parently no expectation that there will
be any financial crisis to face requir
ing the assistance to banks which the
reserve system will provide, but they
are anxious to have the 12 banks in
the field by crop-moving time.
They hope to be able to demonstrate
how easily and quickly the reserve
system will take care of a situation
which In previous years has caused
financial worry and which last Fall
led to direct loans from the United
States Treasury to National banks in
the farming regions.
Committee Work Rnabed.
The committee has worked at full
speed on its part of the preliminary
work, and tomorrow the formal notice
111 be sent to the 7548 nanus wnicn
ik entrance to the system of the loca
tlon of reserve banks and limits or
reserve districts. With the notices will
era blanks on which banks must ap
ply for subscriptions tor biock in ins
resnectlva banks. Thirty daya are al
lowed for banks to make tne rirst
payment of the required per cent oi
their capital and surplus.
As soon as banks In any one oistnct
have subscribed the 14.000.000 capital
for a reserve bank the succeeding
steos of organisation will be taken,
The reserve bank will be given a char
ter and the member banks will air
their right to elect six or tne nine Di
rectors of each bantc.
President Wilson probably will name
the five members of the Federal Re
serve Board he is entitled to appoint
bv the time the banks and tne reserve
bank charters have been granted to
them. The Reserve Board will name
three directors of each reserve bank
and with this task performed the banks
will be ready to operate.
Limitation Bis: Factor.
Officials here were interested today
In what limitations may be placed
nnoQ clearing-houses through the new
system. The Reserve Board will have
much power over sucn associations,
but no one tn authority cared today to
predict how far it might go toward
curtailing activities. The Board, how
ever, is not expected to interfere with
the local functions of any sucn asso
clatlons. but its action may take th
line of lessening their grip, partlcu
larlv in larger cities.
Secretary McAdoo tonight announced
the results of the direct loans to banks
at rroo-movlng time last Fall. Treas
ury funds were depositee in uj oanas
In 62 cities in is states, to tne amoun
of $37,386,000. The last or the loan
were repaid by April 1. the limit set
bv the Treasury. The Government re
celved as Interest at 3 per cent a total
of $260,000. representing a clear profit.
Mr. McAdoo said the amount reqnlred
by banks had been much less than h
expected and attributed this fact to
the restoration of confidence when It
became known that the Treasury was
ready to render such assistance.
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under all State and National Pure
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pastry, or that is any more
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Your money back if K C fails to
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11 t ..'Ail JA7;
The srea of Alaska Is nearly eoo.OOO squsre
mtl.s. almost oqusi to tnsi oi tae aasiera
half, of us tJnitod. Etatoa,
Salmon River Land Ieased.
LEWI5TON. Idaho. April . Spe
cial.) W. E. Daggett. State 1
Agent, has returned from the Josep
Plains section of the Salmon River
district. In Idaho County, where he
leased 4n00 acres of grazing land to
tieorge Behean. a well-known stock-
u.. Tne lease runs xiv years, ana
NOT GOOD AFTER APRIL 12, 1914
ROSE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION TOUR DE
LUXE VOTING COUPON.
THIS COUPON WILL COUNT FOE FIVE VOTES
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