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WHITE MAN'S RULE ALASKA SCORED Fisheries Commissioner Re ports to Wilson that Na tives Are Dishonored. PROTECTION , IS URGED Ruination of Indian and Aleut De clared Due to Uqnor ' Traffic. Boats and Funds for Law En forcement Recommended. WASHIXGTON, Jan. 20. A scathing arraignment of the conduct of the white man in Alaska toward tne natives Is coupled with charges of wholesale and continual violations of liquor traffic regulations and law to protect fish ana fur-bearing animals of AlasRa and the Pribiloff and Aleutian Islands in a re port submitted Tuesday to President Wilson and Secretary Kedfleld by Dr. E.. L-ester Jones, Deputy Commissioner of Dr. Jones recently returned from Alaska, where he spent six months making a survey of the fishing and fur seal industries and etpdyls the administration of the various islands. He concluded that proper regulation would be facilitated by vesting in the Department of Commerce full authority over tho industries. Immediate steps for the protection of the natives and rehabilitation of their morals are urged in his report. Homes Violated, Say Kport. "The white man's lack of care and regard for the sanctity of the natives' home is the crime of Alaska," the re port says. "In many sections the wife and daughters are dishonored and any reslstsance from the husband, father or brother is overcome by threats and bribes and liquor, until even the men have all their best Impulses and senses deadened and seem to be un manned. "Wherever the white man' has set tled the saloon prevails, and that has had more to do with the ruination of the Indian and the Aleut than all the other causes. In sections where tne saloon la not found liquor reaches the natives In the form of pay and bribes. "I am advised by reliable authority that up to this year there has not been a single conviction by a Jury in Alaska. I am glad to say that there has been a change of sentiment and feeling against those who do not re tard the laws as serious, and recently the juries In two courts have brought in verdicts against those who had dis obeyed the law." Officials Interested la Cannery. In one instance, the report says, a Commissioner, a Deputy Marshal and Deputy Clerk of a Court "were actually interested in a cannery and did every thing in their power to see that their private interests were not molested and that their company was not pros ecuted alter it nau ucch auuuu ..uu.. Ing the law." The report adds that it is absolutely necessary to have more boats and funds to enforce the laws. Without more vessels, it declares, it is almost use less to make laws to protect this great fishing Industry, worth nearly JiO.uuO, 000 a year. The wholesale killing of fur-bearing animals by those who spend their time trapping and hunting, killing every thing and anything at any time of thq year, the Commissioner declares, has been conducted in the section until it was necessary to go back Into unex plored regions in order to keep up the supply of furs. The Commissioner suggests the adop tion of closed seasons for salmon and urgently indorses Government inspec tion of the product of every cannery in Alaska. 33 PASS DOCTORS' QUIZ Seventeen Fall in Examination. Be fore State Medical Board. Thirty-three out of 50 medical stu dents successfully passed the examina tion conducted by the Oregon State Board of Medical Examiners in Port land January 6, 6 and 7. Applicants to whom medical licenses have been Is sued are W. T. Guillen. P. F. Gunster, Harry B. Moore. Carroll O. Getty. H. C. Fertner. Allen II Kldd, Tokiyi Hirata. Kdna P. Sherrill, K. L. Smith, Victor L.' Koche, C. C. Vinton, F. G. Haas, Austin H. Huycke. Emma Ruhlmakl Wick strom. Robert L. Edwards. John I. Mc Kelway, Junieta L. Edmondson, Maruc Irhrone, Caroline 1. Piasecki. W. K. Adams, E. R. Norris. Norman C. Hamp ton. Charles li. Glenn and IIuston.lt. Parsons. Osteopathic licenses were issued to Leonard R. Purkey, Myrtle C Lyndahf, Mary D. Simonson, H. L. Barrett, Mary tj. Howells, Frank L. Ralston, Leo D. Scott and C. L. Whitney. An anesthetist license was issued to Mrs. Stella B. Foley. PARIS PUTS LIGHTS OUT City Fears Raid From Air and Pre cautions Are Taken. PARIS. Jan. 20. For a time tonight all the street lamps in the city were extinguished and the suburbs also were In darkness. The night, which was raw. damp and fogjry, offered every fa cility for aircraft to approach the cap ital unobserved. , After the city had Temalned In dark! riess for several hours without a hos tile aerial visit the lights were turned on aK&in An official explanation of the inci dent says no report bad been received that a Zeppelin was coming to Paris, but that the authorities merely desired to test the efficiency of the light-extinguishing measures with a view to such an eventuality. OLD SERVICE WINS CUT llusseil-Shaver Line to Resume East Side Run. The Russell-Shaver transfer service on Union and Grand avenues will be restored by the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, it was de cided yesterday at a conference be tween "officials of the traction com pany and representatives of East Side clubs. The bridge transfer service from Broadway to Larabee streets south and east to Union avenue will be continued. S. P, LOCKW00D CANDIDATE Life Insurance Man Consents to Run for School Directorship. . . On response, to the solicitation of friends, t. P. Loekwood. 'vice-president of the Columbia Life '& Trust Company, Tuesday annonnced his willingness to become a candidate for the office of school director to succeed Dr. E. A. Sommer, whose term expires next June. For some time requests have come from many friends that Mr. Loekwood make tne race, and yesterday, on the eve OI ni Qepariuia -j. a business trip, they demanded that he give them an answer as to his inten- Vmt. Loekwood came to Portland 25 years ago,, and has been engaged in the insurance business since his arrival. He lives in the Irvlngton district and has two children now in the public schools, one attending the Irvlngton and another the Holladay SchooL A third child has graduated from the Portland schools and is now tft college. Mr. Loekwood said yesterday that he had not yet given his candidacy much thought, and that he had not deter mined upon any platform to use in fur thering his candidacy. Dr. Sommer, incumbent, who was chosen about two years ago to fill the vacancy left by the resignatioin of I. N. Fleischner, has said several times that he does not intend to run for re-election, but it is known that pressure will be brought urging him to change his mind, and it is regarded as possible that he might be a candidate to succeed himself. SALE OF LYRIC IN VIEW eastern syndicate mat vaudeville: there. Transfer Likely to Be Made This Week, Say Keating & Flood Change of Name Also Intended. If negotiations now under way ma terialize, the Lyric Theater, at Fourth and Stark streets-, which has housed musical comedy productions for" many years, will be converted into a vaude ville theater. Keating & Flood, present proprietors, virtually have closed a deal involving the transfer of the thea ter to a large Eastern theatrical syn dicate which is anxious to add Port land to its circuit. The transfer of ownership may be consummated this week. The prospective purchasers plan combining a vaudeville bill of five acts and three first-run moving picture films for a 5 and 10-cent admission charge. Keating & Flood have the option of retaining an Interest In the business. The present lease of the building, given by the Rosenblatt Estate has about eight years to run and the purchasers will take over this grant. "The Lyric has been a good money maker until this year," said Mr. Keat ing last night. "But for some reason people have not been willing to spend their money this year, either in Port land or Seattle." When the new owners take over the building they .probably will make ex tensive alterations and will buy and change the large electric signs recent ly purchased for suspension across the streets on three sides of the theater. The name of. the house will be changed, but no announcement is made as, to what names are being considered. PQLICE BAND AT REVIVAL Crowd of 4O00 Hears Concert at Tabernacle Meeting. More than 4000 persons heard a short concert Tuesday night In the Union Tabernacle, on the East Side, by the Portland Police Band. Rev. L. P. Law and Mrs. Law) from the Methodist Church. South, sang several Southern melodies. Evangelist Bulgin spoke on The King's Business," the text being "The King's Business Requires Haste." It was of the story of David, who had slain the giant of Gath. In closing his sermon the evangelist said: "The Lord will be your judge, and if you are damned in hell for your re jection end rebellion shut your mouth. Yon did it yourself. It is your busi ness to get ready to meet, this king. You were not put in this world to make fortunes and climb the social ladder. Serving the Lord is your business, and running the bank, the factory or the farm is a side issue. You should be engaged in these to pay expenses." The loss by hog cholera last season alone In this country was $100.000.000. ITALY STILL ROCKS WITH EARTHQUAKES Shocks Continue in Southwest of Nation, Fifteen Being Recorded During Day. MANY BODIES RECOVERED Epidemic of Disease Is Feared and Authorities Compel Prompt Bur ials Americans Distribute . Relief to Sufferers. ROME. Jan. 20. Italy has not ceased to suffer from seismic disturbances. They began in Central Italy last Wednesday morning with heavy shocks which destroyed many towns and vil lages, causing great loss of life. The shocks continued last night, when the southwestern extremity. comprising the Department of Calabria, was shak en to its foundations. Of this latest disturbance Professor Martorelli, of the seismographic ob servatory, says it was felt in all the recording stations throughout Italy and showed s telluric revival, the con sequences of which it was difficult to foresee. The epicentrum of this earthquake was in the Province of Cosensea." Its strength, says Professor Martorelli, was equal to that of the Messina earth quake, but fortunately the zone where the full effect of the disturbance was experienced was comparatively bar ren, not having been built over. Fif teen additional minor shocks occurred during the day. AVEZZANO, Jan. 20. A large num ber of bodies were taken frcm the ruins Tuesday. The authorities ordered that burial be hastened, fearing that if they were held for identification an epidemic of diseE.se might follow. The expedition organized by Ameri can women and directed by Rev. Walter Lowrie, rector of the American Church in Rome, continued today the distribu tion of relief, especially in the small villages. The expedition today distrib uted three tons of bread, one ton of flour, several thousand blankets and an enormous quantity of cheese and sausage. At Sora today there was a slight demonstration on the part of the peo ple, who demanded bread. The au thorities requested the government to send daily to Sora food sufficient to maintain the destitute people. PIONEER MERCHANT DIES Frederick F. Boody Is Stricken in Third-Street Store. Frederick F. Boody, a pioneer Port land business man, died suddenly a few minutes before midnight Monday, following a hemorrhage of the brain. He had attended a theater with Mrs. Boody and walked to his store on. Third street He was stricken as he entered the store. Mr. Boody came to Portland 28 years ago and opened a branch store of Nicoll, the Tailor, Inc., with which he was identified as manager until his death. He was born in West brook. a suburb of Portland, Me., in 1855, and when 21 years old came West, settling first in San Francisco and later in Portland. He leaves a widow, a daughter and two sons. Dr. F. F. Boody, Jr., one ...... ( ar,ta o n H Was aSSO- auiip o . v. ....... elated with his father in the tailoring business. Nathan A. Boody. the other son. is advertising manager for Roberts Bros. The daughter, Mrs. Abbie E. Vance, is a resident of San Francisco. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence at 983 Water street, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, to be followed by services at the cremato rium. The funeral will be conducted under the auspices of the Woodmen of the World, and the pallbearers will be Knights or i-ytnias. WORLD'S MOST EMINENT ACTOR IDEALLY MODEST Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, of Charming Mien, Is Tender as Woman and His Smile Is Inspirational Love for America Expressed. BY LEONE CASS BAER. SO OFTEN a close-range study of a great actor or statesman or singer riiacillusioninsr. The great statesman picks his back molars while sincer reeks of gar lic and curses the other members of the company and the great actor is pleas ingly patronizing. Forbes-Robertson, or Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, to give him his title, is not a poseur. The real Forbes-Robertson to meet and talk with is tne ideal Forbes-Robertson which a world ful of theater-goers have dreamed him ui. mnrinsitv is imoressive. Mas culine in every sense the term implies, he has the quality of charm and the tenderness of a woman. is numutt '...itio.a- thorn lii a rich cadence in his voice, and the furrows of sorrow and of living a full, round, busy life of 62 v-nimir vears are on his countenance. His eyes are grave, large, luminous eyes, ana nis smuo n ----up his face like an Inspiration. Its effect, too. is inspirational. According to no less an authority than himself, he is best as a conversa . : ii... i .. -, .i nrlv morning. Our appointment was for 10:30 yesterday morning, and while I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and buttoned my shoes with a hairpin in the taxi that rushed : . 1 .. . a tn mMt the mOSt roe miuum -w mlnent actor in the world, that gentle man had aireaay praniiu. - appointment with the British. Consul. Mr. Erskine, gone over his mail, dic . . i i . . . . BMTtArT and had lateu itli c. n . . just finished signing checks for thou sands or dollars royiiuco in his repertoire. rr- At. nii.ii Vjitliernli. TOP in- l Ki aiies v i t ... ... . stance, he was sending a check for enough coin to keep an average family in comfort for a year. The check rep resented the royalty on Rudyard Kip ling's "The Light That Failed." You Vutimrjiilii in i a keen busi ness woman and long ago saw in ling S DOOK POSSIOIUIIOS lur H1 " . . I 11.1 i.. In minH shfl Ob- tained the dramatic rights to the book, and every time Forbes-Robertson pre sents the play he must send her a check. Also Jerome, who wrote "The Passing of the Third floor .tsacK. is remembered handsomely per contract every week. Bernard Shaw came in for some of it, too, until his "Caesar and Cleopatra" was left out of the rep ertoire. Mr. Shakespeare, who wrote "Hamlet, Is the only one not remembered when Sir Johnston signs his royalty checks. All of this, mind you. he had accom plished before 10:30, and after our visit he went out for a long walk, one of those brisk hurry-up-and-get-some- Xf-r- r- vyyrwK --"i- T 4 X H I a.i .-tc f..-. vr'-ff: , i3 L Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson. where definite walks that only the English can do. There is nothing of the dilettante about Forbesobertson. Naturally, the first thing I asked was if they had found a name nice enough for the baby girl who arrived in their London home the day before Christmas. "She should have been named days ago." he opined. "And by a queer coin cidence I cabled my wife that I would like her called Ruth or Mary, and a cable from Lady Robertson crossed mine, saying that she wanted to name the baby Nancy. So Nancy it probably will be." There is k real element of humor in the composition of the real Forbes Robertson. He tells of the war, in which he has kith and kin, and says that an English woman would be ashamed if her men folk did not go when their country called. He sells his autograph photos for $1 -each, he himself defraying the cost of the pic ture and its mailing, for the National relief fund. "It is due to America's generous en couragement and support," said Sir Johnston, "that I am able to retire be fore folk begin saying I should. I am grateful to American playgoers and the American press. I have been here so much and I have so many dear ties here. Many of my closest friends are Americans; I married an American girl, and I am coming back on pleasure bent, although I am positively making a farewell tour as an actor." NEW-YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. ... , 346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK SEVENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT TO THE POLICY-HOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC: The New-York Life is international in its activities. It has outstanding business in all the civilized countries of the woi'ld. ' ' You naturally want to know, at first hand, what effert the unprecedented conditions in Europe have had, or may hereafter .have, oh the Company. A correct picture of the whole situation is this : We have about a million policy-holders in all the world. Eighty per cent of the total live in the United States and Canada.- The remainder, twenty per cent, are scattered over the rest of the world. They are located largely in Europe, including both the belligerent and the neutral countries. Their age, on the average, is about forty-seven. In this, as in all wars, the heavy mortality falls on youth,-5 oung men averaging about twenty-two stand on the firing line. In Russia Servia and Japan our policy provisions protect us fully against all war risk.. In Great Britain wo have done little buTS ftoto T areand theage of our insured reduces the war risk to the vanishing point Our war risk, therefore, is practically limited to Germany, France Belgium and Austria-Hungary. In all xf these countries roolicies issued prior to 1899 carry a clause which substantially eliminates the war nsK. ... . , , Rnn C0Un Oftiie toSs issued at a later date there were in force in these countries at the outbreak of hostilitiesabout 15 600, held by men wEosfStKd age-that is the present age-was between seventeen and thirty-nine indusive-about 1& of our membership. - ' We estimate the number of policies outstanding in these four countries on the lives of "en beten "venteen and thirty and 1 Kgo-clause. limiting the war risk, at 2,600, representing not more than 2,400 lives, or about of one per cent, of our membership. Our death losses incurred in 1914, including an extra reserve of $300,000 for losses probably incurred but not reported, were 73 of the amount provided in the premiums for the mortality of that year. In 1913, when we had no war claims, our mortality was also 73 of the amount provided. In 1912 it was i6C. ' The total war losses actually incurred to December 31, 1914, including the countries where our risk is abundantly covered by policy conditions or otherwise, according to information obtained by both letter and cable, amounted to a little less than 2 of the total death losses for the year. v, mnxr lifivp Twn told that the Company would suffer because of its foreign investments. This is not true. Our foreign bSl to Bonds and high grade municipals, have naturally fallen m price, but not appreciably more than domestic securities. X No security issued by or in any country engaged in this war and held by us is in default of either principal or interest . ' If the same statement with regard to American securities could be made by this and other American Life I tnnpJSSS Universities, and by Trustees generally, ttie financial outlook would be brighter. There is no reason to believe that we shall ever lose a dollar, principal or interest, on our foreign investments. The greatest single effect of the war on the New-York Life is to demonstrate, as perhaps no other condition could, not merely the Company's strength, but its social usefulness. . ' Since August first last, the Company has administered an extent of practical beneficence which sur passes the limits of exact statement. ' In spite of unprec SSSET1. feerof fVe disregarded all moratoria or other govt mental decrees under which we might have postponed payments of policy-holders or oeneiiciaries. Since the first of August we have advanced money to policy-holders as loans on their policies as follows : vern- In the United States and Canada. 4-j275 T. 1?nWiiU HI uuivin. - q oi I In other foreign countries 1 Policy-holders at home have been helped in about the same proportion to outstanding, insurance that has ruled in Europe We have all felt the war here most keenly. No considerable business has escaped. It ha's been the good fortune of our membership to relieve suffering humanity, without charity, over a wider portion of the elt theveoiverhs to a degree never before equaled by any human institution. In life insurance as exemplified by the New-York Life there is more than the germ of that world federation of peoples by which alone this European Horror can be so ended that it will never be repeated. There have been years in which the New-York Life did more business than in 1914, but there has never been a year in which it did so much good. The Company enters upon the year 1915 with its resources not only unimpaired but increased, with its assets liquid and available as against every contingency. We have issued our Report for 1914 Jn condensed form and during the calendar year it will be sent to policy-holders generally. It will be sent to anyone on rt&uest. Attention is called to the following facts: Assets (Book values), Dec. 31. 1914 779553 16 U Assets (Book values), Dec. 31, 1913 779,oao,lb-.ll 1Q1, 126,266,574.61 Income, 1914.. 124,516,389.19 Income, 1913 to1, 71,963,429.57 Paid Pohcy-ho ders, 1914 66,303,924.11 - Paid Policy-holders, 1913 Reserved (Market values) for Dividends and contingenefcs, Dec. 31, 1914. J o?8Ss" s5lSo Reserved (Market values) for Dividends and contingencies, Dec. 31, 191o "SiJgoJo New Paid-for Business, 1914 " ' DARWIN P. KINGSLEY, President. January 13, 1915. 7,498 $14,256,563 2,965,040 660,410 PUPILS J0JW0W1EEIH MOUTH HYGIENE SOCIETY TO OB- GAME 1ST PORTLAND. Dental Clllc t Modermt" Prices nd Free to School Children Planned. Entire State to Be Enllated. (...inbtinns to the dentists of Portland for achieving a social con science was offered the men of the pro . . ' . V.T. m. Margaret Thoroman, Juvenile Court officer and representative of tne sociai speakers who addressed the educators, physicians, social workers and dentists who assembled in the Medical building to discuss ways ana means ine in Portland a permanent branch of the National Mouth Hygiene So ciety.- . t . .,,! After several speaxers usu . . .. ha mnvAment and tneir lnwrem -- . j i nn.AnArat. Cbnool tneir aesir. ' , . Superintendent Alderman, who occupied the chair, appoimea iji. -.i". ---V R. Manning and Kuno Arne a com- . nnatttutlon Which wilY. presented next Tuesday even- Inr in the Library. . . nr Chance explained that school children -will be taught the care of teeth and mouth. The second object will be the establishment of fr e i den tal clinics and m"-"'1?6 The support of the school teachers . , , iMAApttit AnH'.nt Alder- mananroic7r,ofoVher institutions a inAviiflia nrAmlflAd co-ODeraton .UU uiui i mn. i- - Dr. William Cavanaugh branded the lack of knowledge of the value of mastication as the cause for many ills and urged the education of parents in food values. , , Dr. Richard Dillehunt pledged tne support of tho medical department ot the University of Oregon, and Mrs. Sadie Orr Duubar, of the health de partment of the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs, promises the co-operation of the clubs all over Oregon. $9584 IS FOUND ON BODY F. 51. McC'ulIoh, 6C, or Hillsdale. Drops Dead Near Heights. Frank M. McCulloh. a retired farmer at Hillsdale," was found dead on the road between the Hillsdale postoffice and Council Crest Tuesday afternoon. His death was due to apoplexy. In the coat. pocket was found 19604 in negotiable papers. Mr. McCulloh came to Oregon from Atkinson, I1L. last March nnd made his home with "his sister. Mrs. F.' S. Johnson, at Hillsdale. He fiequently walked to Council Crest a?d viewed tho surronuding country with his fleld glasses. Besides valuable papers, he carried $30 in cash and a bank book showing a large deposit. Mr McCulloh was 62 years old. He was born in Atkinson, 111. He is sur vived by his sister and Dr. J. L. Loomis, a nephew. , Champagne, however, is only one of many methods . available for parting a fool and bis funds. FIGHT WITNESS STABBED CITY EMPLOYE KNIFE'S TARGET AT SALOON BATTLE. Peter Burse. Bystander, Attacked as Hostile Crowd Reaches Him and Condition Is Serious. In a free-for-all fight involving SO men at First and Clay streets Tues day Peter Burge, a bystander and an employe of the City Waterworks, was severely beaten and stabbed, and is now in a serious condition at St Vincent's Hospital. Several suspects have been arrested. The fight started, tlie police say. when Nick Kubla, a Russian, entered a saloon at First and Clay streets and n-A te "hnv drinks for the house." An argument began and the fight be came a riot, police report. As Burge passed along the street the crowd surged through the swinging jk - . h ,iinmi. A knifa (lashed and Burge sank to the pavement with a deep wound unaer nn ien .wuuiun. blade. He received another gash over hi. ir and soma one struck him. breaking his nose. idotorcycie fairouiieii a uhj -i- n.j i-int mnA. sent Burze to a hospital, where City Physician Zieg ler dressed his wounde. Bulge is con scious and It is ueuevea " wounds will not prove dangerous un less a lung has been punctured. Burgs is about J5 years old. Ho has oral years. Ho lives with his father, who is a nlglitwatchman on the steam er Goldun Gate. " His Sacrifice. "I suppone. like all Government of ficials." said the mini who snners, "you are making personal sacrifice in ordn to serve your country." "Yes." replied the village Tostiniistcr. "It's pretty har.l to have to keep read ing addresses when I'd rather be look ing st li" pictures on thx pontcsrrin." Constipation a Penalty of A gc Nothing is so essential to health la advancing ags as keep ing th bowels open. It mskes one feel younger and fresher and forestalls colds, piles, fevers and other dependent IDs. Cathartics and purgstlves ars violent and drastlo in acton and should bo avoided. A mild, ef fective laxatlve-tonlo, recom mended by physicians and thou sands who have used It. Is tho combination of simple herbs with pepsin old by drugulsts every where under tha iihitio of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. Th price is fifty cents ami one dol lar a bottle. For a free trlsl bot tlo write to Dr. W. B. CsMwall, 452 Washington street, Moiitl cello. 1IU i "o-J