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TTTE JlTOTlXTXCx OTtEOONTAN. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 191G. SETHLOW,EX-MAYOR OF NEW YORK, DIES Career Marked by Work Done for Education, Civic Re L form and Philanthropy PUBLIC SERVICE NOTABLE Adrocaey of Business Principles in Conduct of Government Affairs Prominent Feature of His Work In Politics. NEW YORK, Sept IT. Beth Low, ex Mayor of New York and one-time presi dent of Columbia University, died late today at his country home. Broad Brook Farm, Bedford Hills, N. T.. at the age of 66 years. He had been 111 several months of a complication of diseases. A change for the worse was an- nounced last night, and it was then said the patient probably could not re cover. Seth Low was twice Mayor of Brook lyn, once Mayor of New York and for 11 years was president of Columbia University. In each of these offices lie became distinguished for public service, and he was known through out the country as one of the leading figures in New York City life. . Born in Brooklyn January 18, 1850, he came of a long line of merchant princes and men of culture. His grand father, for whom he was named, was a Harvard-bred merchant, who, pre vious to his settlement In New York, did a prosperous business in Salem, Mass. His father,' Abiel Abbott Low, founded a big business in the Importa tion of tea and silk in New York, and at one time had a fleet of more than a dozen clipper ships engaged In the China trade. Young Low was educated at the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn and then at Columbia, from which he was graduated in 1870 at the age of 20. In college he had been distinguished both as a student and an athlete. On leav ing Columbia Mr. Low went to his father's business house, entering as a clerk and traversing all the grades until he was finally head of the firm. In the meantime he became greatly In terested in public life, particularly in Brooklyn charities. Business Government Insisted On. It was during the campaign of Gaij field for President, in ,1880, that Mr. Low first became prominent in politics. A Young Republican Club was organ ized In Brooklyn to promote the Gar field campaign and Mr. Low was se lected as president of the club. Mu nicipal affairs In Brooklyn were at that time in a bad way, suffering from the wave of extravagance and corruption that had been set in motion by the Tweed ring In New York. Mr. Low and his club insisted that the Improve ment of civic government could be ac complished only by disregarding party lines and National issues, so far as mu nicipal affairs were concerned. The principle at that time was a new one, and Mr. Low's leadership in the move ment resulted in his election as Mayor of Brooklyn by the regular Republican and Independent forces. In 1883 he was re-elected for a second term. He stood squarely and insistently for business principles In local affairs, and he carried the municipal administration in Brooklyn to such a high point of efficiency that he was almost uni versally praised. College .Administration Brilliant. His administration as head of Co lumbia was a brilliant one. A student of men rather than of books, he was notably a man of great executive and organizing ability and a financier of keen Insight and sound Judgment. It was during his administration that the university moved from downtown to its present commanding site, covering four city squares on Morningside Heights. He himself gave $1,000,000 for the erection of the stately library building, which is a memorial to his father. He brought about the co-ordination of the various schools that now make up the university, and founded the uni versity council, which made the sphere of university influence include nearly 5000 students and nearly 600 names on the roster of instructors. Asked what he considered the great est need of American colleges and uni versities today, Mr. Low once said: "Each college has its specific need. When I was in Chicago ,1 urged the university in that city to become an authority on railroads, since it was situated In the greatest railroad cen ter in the country. While at Johns Hopkins I said that university should give its attention to the negro prob lem, for which its geographical loca tion makes it particularly fitted. I believe the University of California, similarly, should devote itself to the Asatlc question. As for Columbia, sit uated In this city, I believe Its atten tion should be turned to finance, and on the human side it should study carefully the immigration question." WAREHOUSE LABOR SHORT Eastern Oregon Is Unable to Get Workmen Needed. BAliBM, Or.. Bept. 17. (Special.) In Eastern Oregon warehousemen are ex periencing a shortage of labor, accord ing 10 information received here by O. P. Hoff, State Labor Commissioner. Through Its Pendleton office the Pa clfio Coast Elevator Company handles 63 warehouses, and It-reports that for the last two weeks workmen have been difficult to obtain. Wages are said to bo $3 a day for inexperienced men and from $3.60 to $3.75 for experienced. According to Mr. Hoff there are 281 warehouses In Oregon under the man agement or direction of 12S individuals or firms. In the Willamette Valley wages for warenousemen are less than In Eastern Oregon. An average of the highest wages paid in 11 Willamette Valley points gives the wage as $2.68 a day. $25 SPENT FOR AUTO FUEL Defeated Vancouver Candidate Ex pends $312 Altogether. VANCOrrVT".Tt Waali H.r,- 17 run. cial.) Gasoline and lubricating oil to ELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package provelrft. 25catalldruggists. the extent of $25 .Is among the Items listed by Henry Crass, defeated candi date for Superior Judge in this county In the statement of cairrpaign expenses filed with the Auditor as required. Crass spent a total of $312.11 in his efforts to obtain the nomination for a position which pays $3000 yearly. Out side of the gasoline, his filing' fee and printing and postage were the princi pal Items. Candidates participating In the pri mary election must file a statement of all expenses Incurred during their cam paigns, according to the primary law, within 10 days after the primary. Others who filed their expense accounts were Senator E. L. French, re-nominated without opposition. He spent only his filing fee of $10. James O. Blair, County Attorney, without opposition, spent $41, including $18 as a filing fee. Fred Rafferty spent $32.75 In his un successful .race for Constable. SYMPATHY IS DOUBTED BELIEF IX - NEW YORK IS THAT STRIKE WILL NOT SPREAD. Subway and L" Line Service la Nor mal and Contlnned Improvement la Noted on Surface Lines. NEW YORK, Sept 17. Doubt was expressed tonight that the threatened strike tomorrow In sympathy with the carmen who quit their places here September 6 would occur. Thomas V. O'Connor, president of the Interna tional Longshoremen's Union, an nounced that the members of his union Seth Low, Ex-Mayor of Jfew York aad Brooklyn. Leading; Kducator and Philanthropist. Who Died Yesterday. would not be called out before Thurs day, "If at all." Leaders of the various trades unions announced tonight that they were can vassing the returns of the "sympath etic strike" vote of from 70,000 to 80,- 000 workers allied with transit opera tion In this city. It was said that many of the local unions listed to par ticipate In the walkout tomorrow had vested strike call powers in their officers and that the workers would be prepared to leave their places on short notice. Heads of the transit lines declared the carmen's strife was Ineffective. Serlve on subway and elevated lines continued normal and steady Improve ment was noted on all surface roads. Several mass meetings were held In the city, but there was no disorder. At one meeting the "financial and moral" support of the Socialist party was as surred to the striking carmen. 2 CANDIDATES REMISS POIXDEXTEK AND TTJRVER FAIL TO REPORT EXPENSES. Statement Forthcoming Later Shows Republican Spent $1760, Democrat Nothing. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Sept. 17. Neither George Tur ner nor Miles Polndexter, nominated respectively as Democratic and Repub lican candidate for the Senate in Wash ington, complied with the law regard ing the filing of preliminary campaign expense accounts, f ew candidates for Congressional office did. Penalty for willful violation of the law is a max imum fine of $1000 or maximum Im prisonment of one year, or both; but proving willful violation Is difficult. To be within the law the candidates should have mailed their expense ac counts to the secretary of the Senate not later than midnight September 2. Judge Turner. mailed his on Septem- September 6, setting forth expenditures of $1760 and the receipt of 700 con .ributlon from W. P. Kdrls. Judge Turner mailed his on Septem ber 9. stating that he had received nothing and had spent nothing. Judge Turner added: "I had supposed, until my attention was called to the law, that this statement was to bo made after the primary and hence my fail ure to send It in before." LOGGING ROAD BEGINS LINE PROM STJTHERLIX TO TIMBER TO BE 21 MILES LONG. Roacn Timber Company's C0,0O0-Acre Tract to Be Tapped New Line to Bo Completed In Six Weeks. BUTHERUN, Or.. Sept IT. (Spe clal.) Two carloads of railroad grad lng machinery arrived In Sutherlln from Portland today, and the grading on the Sutherlln line to the Roach Company's timber, 15 miles east of here, will com mence Monday. The grade stakes were set during the past week by a crew of Roseburg engineers. Workmen were busy yesterday establishing a camp six miles east of town. The work on the grade to the upper sawmill site, a distance of eight miles, will be completed within the next six weeks. From 25 to 80 teams will be employed at the outset, and the work will bo under the direct supervision of the timber company. The engineer will be sent to the boundary of the Roach Company's 50,000-acre tract im mediately. From that point the first logging branch of the road will be staked Into the heart of the best timber an additional six miles, making the distance from Sutherlln to the first logging camp to be established a total of 21 miles. School children In Seward, Alaska, went barefoot in December. This was not on ac count of destitution, but because of the exceptional warmtn el tne Japan current. I f " " f C ' f I i f f A" - "4 - "'l t t r -s , 1 j ' I 4 I IS ' 4 ? f " i t 4 A i sH.Viiiiiiii lis r I il Mifctiimi " rinrtrii i " w rf rkmrntnitmu iiftn H ? X ROOSEVELT PUNS HIS WESTERN TOUR Smashing Campaign Mapped Out With Promise of Much Activity. SIX SPEECHES PROPOSED Colonel to Take Firm Grasp on Reins of Republican Presidential Fight. Dates Not Definitely Known Except at Battle Creek. NEW YORK, Sept. 15. Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt has taken a firm grasp on the reins of the Republican Presi dential campaign. No longer will his interest In the election of Charles E. Hughes be merely apathetic He Intends to enliven things through out the country in the real old-fashioned political way. A new speaking tour Is being arranged for him, and whether some of the powers that be at the National party headquarters like it or not. the Colonel's guiding and ex perienced hand may be noticed hence forth in shaping the lssues.upon which the coming election depends. A long luncheon conference at Oyster Bay this week with Frank H. Hitch cock and George W. Perkins resulted in the Colonel's decision to make at least half a dozen more speeches for Mr. Hughes. One of these will be de livered in New York City. The date has not yet been determined. West to Hear Addresses. Another will be given at Battle Creek. Mich., on September 30. There will be at least two others In the West. In fact,' the Colonel's endeavors will be directed with greatest strength to ward campaigning throughout the West and Middle West, where both sides concede the real fight will be waged. The manner In which the Colonel took hold is no less interesting than the fact itself. He is anxious that Mr. Hughes shall be elected to fill Mr. Wil son's place In the White House, but he is not as optimistic about the outcome as some of those enthusiasts who prate about roseate prospects. Colonel Roose velt realizes that a hard fight is ahead of both old parties, and his determi nation to "loosen up" and get into the battle will be extremely gratifying to Republicans and Progressives who think the same way. What has happened In the last few weeks Is Just this: Hitchcock actively Joined the forces of the Republican National committee recently, determined to contribute all his personal efforts to electing Mr. Hughes. Having nursed along the Hughes boom In the early pre-conven- tlon days, Mr. Hitchcock has a certain amount of personal pride as well as party feeling m accomplishing that end. His friends among the Hughes managers, who always wanted to see him at the. head of the campaign any how, used their influence with, a weather eye on the country-wide sit uation and Hitchcock got a sort of roving commission to perform through out the states, rounding up things that needed experienced attention and had not received It. Blsr Flsjht Is Planned. He will undertake that mission be fore long. Meanwhile, however, some of the Hughes campaigners realized that a more vigorous fight must be fought In the doubtful states of the Middle West. Colonel Roosevelt, ap parently, took the lead In turning that realization into action. So he sent for Hitchcock and George W. Perkins. They went down to Sagamore Hill and the talk was long and earnest. Big Issues were discussed, speeches out lined, and. In general, a more active Roosevelt participation In the cam paign agreed upon. There was some pretty sparring at National headquarters when Hitchcock returned from Oyster Bay. It was stated at first that Hitchcock visited the Colonel at the request of National Chairman- William R. Willcox, who wanted the Colonel to assist In the campaign generalship. It developed later, though, that the Colonel himself, had sent for Hitchcock and Perkins, and that Hitchcock had an Important message to convey to the National chairman as a result of the Sagamore Hill meeting. That message. It may be said, was substantially that Theodore Roosevelt would get Into the campaign In earnest and carry the Hughes standard wher ever the fight seemed to be thickest. Points of Attack; Awaited. Just where the Colonel's six or more speeches will be delivered has not yet been decided. The Colonel's friends who watched his performance In Maine last week say they have received re ports from all sections of the country to the effect that the Lewlston utter ance summoned Roosevelt to the fore In the campaign; that It carried consider able weight throughout the West, and if followed up would go a long way toward lining up the Progressive vote. The Colonel was fired with enthusiasm In that speech, and the feeling has con tributed to his decision to continue the effort throughout the campaign. Frankly speaking, experienced Re publican observers believe that they must make tronger efforts to corral the Progressive vote throughout the Middle West and Western states. It Is there that the Colonel's fire Is needed. This election. It is generally con ceded, will be determined by that large element of former Progressives who will return this year to one or the other of the old parties. It will be a two party fight from start to finish. And to bring this now floating element back to the Republican fold Is the task ahead of the Hughes managers. New York will be the principal bat tleground In the Last for the Repub licans. The rest of the East, with the exoeptlon. possibly, of New Jersey, Is believed to be comparatively easy. MRS. MARYE IS HONORED Czarina. Confers High Distinction on Ambassador's 'Wife. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. IT. 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Prisoners may remain at the colony after their terms have expired if they choose. Dr. Dade said. "At Iwahlg we have 1000 prisoner colonists located on 100,000 acres of land," Dr. Dade said. "The colony is self-supporting. The main object of our prison system Is educational, and we strive always to fit men for life outside the prisons. The system is do lng a world of good, and is helping the Islands toward greater progress by making better men and women. The prison Is a corrective measure making for education." San Diego at Fonseca Bay. WASHINGTON', Sept. 17. Develop ment of the new American naval base in Fonseca Bay, Nlcaraguan waters, has begun with the arrival of the armored cruiser San Diego, flagship of tha Paoifio fleet, to make surveys. 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