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TrHB SUNDAY OHEGONIAtf, - PORTLAND, APRIL -23, 1905. HEJEGTGHlErSHJH BoaFd Members Do Not Elect President's Choice. mo IS SOCIETY FIGURE Bureau of American Republic's Gov erning Board Thinks It Has Right to Pick Chief Clerk Regardless of Advice. WASHINGTON, April 22. For the past two weeks the governing board of the Bureau of American Republics has been trying to select a successor' to William C. Fox as chief clerk, he hav ing been promoted to be director. The promotion in his case was at the Instance of President Roosevelt, and the ratification of his choice was not accomplished without some difficulty, owing to a belief on the part of the governing board that it alone had the Tight to fill the offices in the bureau. When it came to the selection of the chief clerk this feeling grew much stronger, as it was learned that the President had a man for this place in the person of Gordon Cummings, at present an employe of the Census Of fice, and a prominent figure In Wash ington society. Led by the representatives of Mexico and Chile, an organization was made which triumphed today at a meeting of the governing -board, when William C Wells, of the District of Columbia, was selected, receiving eight votes as against five votes for Mr. Cummings. SHEW ENGLAND TO BUILD THEM Bids for Scout Cruisers Recom mended Turbine Engines for Two. ' WASHINGTON, April 22. The Naval Board of Construction has recommend ed to the Department the acceptance of the bids of the Fore River Com pany, at Quincy, Mass.. for the build ing of two of the scout cruisers and the Bath Iron Works, of Bath, Me., for the third. They recommend that two of the cruisers be fitted with tur bine engines and the third with re ciprocating engines. The bids for the proposed cruisers were opened at the Navy Department last Sat urday. In all, six bidders entered the Held, and the greatest Interest was mani fested In the reading of the bids. Under the law only two ships could be award ed to any one concern. The Fore River Shipbuilding Company submitted a number of bids, one to build a cruiser according to the department's plans for Jl. 690,000. or two at $1,557,000 each. For ships with turbine installation, their prices ranged from $1,46S,000 on the basis to be awarded two ships, to 51,572,000 for one. The Bath Iron Works also submitted a number of proposals offering to build two cruisers, department's plans, at $1,729,000 each. For turbine Installation they submitted prices ranging from two ehjpp at ?1.573,000 each to one ship at J1.6S0.0CW. NOT TOLD OF His DISSnSSAL . "Wilson Says He Employed Extra Clerks in Busy Season. NEW YORK. April 22. Frederick 11. Wilson, financial clerk In charge of the United States" Indian warehouse. In -New York, whose dismissal, together with sev eral clerks, was ordered by Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, has not yet re ceived official notice of his removal. "During my recent absence in Washing ton," he said, "an Inspector came to the warehouse and started an investigation !He found what he claimed to be irregu tlarltles in the matter of the payrolls. From May to September Is our busy sea son, getting in supplies for the Indians, ,and during the Winter there Is so little inolng that It is practically one long noli day. I had 14 men under me classed as laborers, and each Tecelved $75 a month When the first dull season came after I (took charge, I discharged eight of the men simply because there was nothin; for them to do. I was told by my su perior to reinstate them " SECTION MEX FOR PANAMA. .Experienced Railroad. Hands Are Need ed on the Cr.nal. WASHINGTON. April 22. The Pan ma. Canal Commission held a general conference today at which many minor topics were discussed, but no conclu sions of Importance reached. Judge Ma .goon will sail for Panama May 13, and .on arriving will at once take the -oath of office and assume the duties as Gov ernor of the Canal Zone, relieving Gen eral Davis. Captain King, assistant to Chief En gineer Wallace, has Just arrived in Washington from the Isthmus, and after consultation with his superior of ficer, announced that the services of a number of trained railroad section men. Hot less than 55 or 70 are required at once to begin the work of canal con struction. There is no time to secure these men through the Civil Service Commission and applicants are request ed to apply to Captain King at the Isthmian Canal Commission headquar ters here. COULD MANAGE ALL RAILROADS But Tuttle Says Absolute Control Would Be Essential. WASHINGTON, April 22. At today's meeting of the Senate committee on in terstate commerce it was decided to send copies of the railway-rate hear ings to every member of Congress. President Tuttle, of the Boston & Maine Railroad, stated, today that the idea that great financiers controlled railways to the disadvantage or advan tage of the public was erroneous. It was natural that great financiers, like Morgan, should be consulted regarding all financial transactions. Replying to Senator Newlands, Mr. Tuttle said that, If the Government owned all the railroads, he (Tuttle) probably could manage them all. If given absolute control, but in a politl cU Government it would be Impossible to have that absolute controL BEAVERS CALLED TO ANSWER Must Appear in Court In Washington Monday. "WASHINGTON, April 22. The Depart ment of Justice has made application to the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States for a mandate to Issue to the United States District Court and the United States Circuit Court in New York, asking that George "W. Beavers, Indicted in this dty for complicity in the postal frauds, bo required to appear before the court, 'with a view to his immediate sur render to officers from this district to answer the chargo of bribers. It is un- derstood that the mandate will be aerved next Monday. Takahlra at Legation Xott. WASHINGTON. April 22. Minister Takahlra, of Japan, returned to Wash ington tonight after a fortnight's visit to New York, where he went to re ceive further medical treatment follow ing an operation for appendicitis. At the Legation the positive statement was made that Mr. Takahira's departure for home at this time was without any sig nificance in connection with French neutrality. It was stated that In. conse quence of not having- to submit to an other operation, the Minister had fully determined to return here, his further stay iii New York being rendered un necessary on account of the improved condition of his health. New Battleship Named Michigan. WASHINGTON. April 22. It was an nounced at the Navy Department today that one of the two battleships, the con struction of which was authorized at the last session of Congress, will be named the Michigan. These vessels are num bered 26 and 27, and their completion will Increase the list of battleships to 27. The name South Carolina already has been selected for No. 26. Cruiser Not Under Rush Orders. WASHINGTON. April 22. Officials of the Navy Department today -stated that the cruiser Tacoma has received no rush orders to proceed from Pen sacola to Santo Domingo. The Taco ma, ft is expected, having finished tar get practice, on which she was en gaged, is going to Santo Domingo to Join her squadron. Slow Torpcdo-Boat Accepted. WASHINGTON, April 22. Uppn the au thorization of Congress, the Secretary of the Navy has accepted the -torpedo-boat Strlngham, built by Harlan & Holllngs- worth, of Wilmington, Del., and launched In June, 1899. The contract called for a speed of 30 knots an hour, but the vessel has failed on several trials to meet the requirement, making nearly 27 knots. Senators to Attend Funeral. WASHINGTON, April 22. Vice-Presi dent Fairbanks today named the Senators who will act as a committee to attend the funeral of "the late -Senator Piatt, of Con necticut. Among them are Clark of Wyo ming, Patterson, Colorado, and Carter of Montana. Twentx-five Hurt In Wreck. CHICAGO, April 22. Twenty-five persons were Injured in a wreck to night on the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad at Grecnleaf street and North avenue In Wllmette, a sub urb 15 miles from Chicago. Charles Franklin. Evanston, 111., is expected to die as the result of his injuries. J. L. Hebblcthwaite and Rev. T. P. Frost, both prominent In Evanston, were se verely injured. Several university pro fessors and a number of students of Northwestern University, returning from a baseball game between Chicago University and Northwestern Univer sity, were among the Injured. The wreck occurred through the overturn ing of a car. Senator Lodge Goes. Abroad. BOSTON, Mass., April 22. Among the passengers on the steamship Romanic, which palled today for Gibraltar, Genoa and Alexandria, were United States Sena tor Henry C. Lodge and Mrs. Lodge. I'd rather take five dollars than do thla," said F, S. Akin yesterday, as he cat down with a baby in his arms on the pofch of the new Baby Home to have a picture tak'ii. Mrs. L. TV. Sltton, president, holding another baby, eat next on the steps of the Home 'and below and above were seated nurses, professional and voluntary, trying to still the children and show them oft to the best advantage. A. L. Keenan, treasurer, found himself on the top step, having had a charming little Infant pressed upon him. -He accepted the situation gracefully and held the baby as if he knew Bomethlng - : " about handling It. Mr. Akin took the matter more amiably than might have been - -expected from his remark. - - The new Home, on the 'Wcverly-ltlchmond car ljne, was filled yesterday afternoon on the occasion of its dedication. Many women Interested In charitable works were present, and here and there scattered in the crowd waa a man. In the background ON TRACK IF TUT Government Delves in Banks of Packers. CASHIERS MUST TESTIFY Officials of Four Chicago National Banks Must Tell What They . Know -About "Aetna Trad ing Company." CHICAGO, April 22. Vice-presidents and cashiers of four Chicago National Banks have been subpenaed by the Fed eral officials working on the "Beef Trust" inquiry. The subpenas calledfor the pro duction of the accounts and records of the Aetna Trading Company and the 8. Oppenhelm &. Co. Sausage Casing Com pany. The Government officials have traced from bank to bank and through the clearing-house checks which were numbered and are said to bear fictitious names. The latest -move is said to be one of the most important yet made in the in vestigation and has caused a stir among of having been directly connected with the leading packers, who are suspected the operations of the Aetna Trading Com pany. It required more than two weeks' hard work on the part of several of the officers and National Bank Examiner Starek to trace the checks, many of which were discovered in trunks seized by the Government detectives. It was a direct result of developments regarding the checks that the subpenas were Issued for the officials of the four banks. The persons gubpenaed are: Vice-President George M. Reynolds and Cashier I. P. Bowen, Continental National Bank; Vice-President Don A. Moulton and Cashier Frank W. Smlth, Corn Exchange National Bank; Vice-President W. T. Fon ton and Cashier Robert M. McKInley, National Bank of the Republic; Vice President Joseph T. Talbcrt and Assist ant Cashier Nathaniel Oscb, Commercial National Bank. " It was found that one of the most com plicated methods of bookkeeping had been employed by the Aetna Trading Company officials and those of S. Oppenhelm & Co. No names appear on any of the books, It Is said, which indicate that the persons were in any way connected, with the packing Industry. GARFIELD EYES STATE'S OILS Investigating Colorado Conditions, and "Will Come "Westward. DENVER, April 22. United . States Corporation Commissioner James R. Garfield arrived in Denver today to in vestigate the condition of the oil in dustry in this state. He spent -the day with' the agents of several oil compa nies in Denver and is making investi gations. He will leave for California tomorrow. On his return he will Inves- BABY HOME IS SNAP SHOT SHOWING. CROUP OF BABIES tigate the oil conditions in Texas, and thence to Washington to .prepare a statement. State Refinery In Court's JHunds. TOPEKA, Kan., April '22. The Kan sas rfll refinery will not be built for several months yet, according to the present status of the case In the Su preme Court.. It has been arranged that the suit to determine the validity of the oil refinery bonds will be heard at the Jilne term of the District Court. There are some intricate constitutional questions involved, and the court has requested that they be well briefed. The Tefinery cannot be built until the bond issue is decided. Packer'a Papers Are Stolen. CHICAGO, April 22. (Special.) The declaration was made today that the vice president of S. Oppenhelmer & Co. was robbed on Wednesday night of Important papers bearing on the case. Whether the papers that are said to have been stolen from the house of Mr. Freund have any thing to do with the investigation into the business of the packers, it was said by a representative of the Oppenhelmers, was one of the matters that the firm would like to find out. Mr. Freund Is out of the city. Mining Jury Splits Even. COUNCIL BLUFFS, la,, April 22. The Doyle-Burns Jury was still out at 7 o'clock this evening, and appeared In a deadlock that forbade the prospect of a verdict be fore Sunday. So far as can bo learned from meager reports, the jurors are di vided avout evenly. Doyle tmed Burns for a partnership in the Portland Gold Mining Company at Cripple Creek, Colo. There Is $357,453 in volved. STORM WRECKS RESORTS Coney Island and Long Branch Are Severely Damaged. NEW YORK. April 22. Considerable damage has been done at the beach re sorts near this city by a severe storm that swept over Northern New Jersey, Southern New York and Connecticut. Lightning and wind destroyed consider able property at Coney Island, where preparations are being made for the Sum mer season. At Long Branch, N. J., damage amounting to $10,000 was done In 15 minutes. Several persons narrowly escaped death from falling timbers, and some of the big hotels along the beach were hit pretty hard by the gale. In Mount Holly, N. Y., the storm took the form of a cyclonic sand storm, which was followed by drops of rain of ex traordinarily largo size. Trees, fences and outbuildings were toppled over, and merchants' wares displayed In front of their stores and scattered In all direc tions. Fifteen minutes later the sun was shining. CUT ONE-FIFTH ON PRODUCE Fight ob Private Car Lines Affects CommiftsIoH Men. CINCINNATI, O., April 22 (Special.) Already concessions are being made com mission merchants of Cincinnati In" the fight on the private carline monopoly. A number of dealers received a circular today from James R. Wallace, buyers' agent, of Humboldt. Tenn., stating that a reduction of one-fifth in the rates had been announced. FORMALLY DEDICATED BY TS UTiLIT What Public Should Do, Says William J. Bryan. DRAW AN-OWNERSHIP LINE Before Liberty Club, Nebraska Ora tor Declares That Public Owner ship Will Probably Soon Be Applied to Railroads. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 22. (Special.) After speaking before the Liberal Club tonight on the duty of helpfulness of Ideals. William J. Bryan turned his atten tion to the referendum, socialism and public ownership. Mr. Bryan said In'part: "I am a believer In the doctrine that all corporations created by the Government should be controlled by the Government when It becomes necessary to protect the people against injustice. Fundamentally the principle Is that the people cannot through law create anything stronger than the creator." Asked "Do you hold there la an essen tial difference between corporations that should be owned by the 'Government and those that should be merely controlled," he answered: "Yes, there is a line that should be drawn between the public and private cqr poratlons. The railroad comes under the head of public corporations. Some say -It Is of a quasi-public character, and It relies on lta public charter when It wants any thing from the public, and on Its private nature when the people, want anything from It. But first let me distinguish be tween what are called municipal corpora tions and those operated In a larger sphere. It Is Impossible to have real com petition" between corporations operated under a municipal franchise. That Is, you cannot have street railways, water or light companies or telephone lines. These are private monopolies. Believing that a private monopoly Is indefensible and in tolerable, as declared in the Kansas City platform, I hold all the utilities should be owned and operated by the city govern ment. "Everything that the Government un dertakes can be considered socialistic In pne sense. The Postofflce Department Is socialistic In that the state Is doing some thing that only individuals used to do. The police department Is socialistic be cause the public la furnishing protection that the individual formerly furnished himself. Our public school system is de scribed as socialistic by some, because the public furnishes through taxation the means of education formerly furnlehed by private enterprise. "I take It that the best place to draw the line between them is at the point when competition ceases. The Socialist believes that competition Is a destructive force and should be eliminated by the public ownership and operation of all means of production and distribution. As' to rail roads, the question is not so clear, be cause public opinion has not advanced so i far. I am inclined to believe we shall ASSOCIATION AND OFFICERS OF ASSOCIATION. were the babies, about whom all the to-do was being made. AH the women wanted to hold the "little darlInss.,, but there was little crying and no trouble for that. Mrs. Sltton, presiding, made the opening remarks, and was followed by F. S. Akin, chairman of the building committee, with his report. When Mr. Akin reported ' that there were no encumbrances upon the building there was an applause of satis faction. A. L. Keenan reported regarding the financial standing, that the Home was not in debt, but was In need of money. Governor Chamberlain found very little to say, but he said the little appropriate to the occasion. Dr. Bitot then made final dedication of the building to Its use. Mrs. Catherine Cob urn delivered an address in the form of a eulogy of the life and char acter or Mrs. Sarah Kerns, who gave the site upon which the Home Is . situated, pointing out a new picture that hung on the wall of Mrs. Kerns with a. baby In her arms. have the. same experience with the rail roads that we have had with the munici pal corporations." BRITAIN MADE NO PROTEST Rumor That Bertie Presented Note to Delcasse Denied. LONDON. April 22. The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon announced In a dispatch from Paris that Sir F. L. Bertie, the British Ambassador to France, as an ticipated, had presented Foreign Minister Delcasse with another note from the British government courteously support ing the representations of Japan in re gard to the stay of the Russian squadron at Kamranh. Bay. PARIS, April 22. The Foreign Office gave formal denial tonight to the report pub lished in a London newspaper stating that British Ambassador Bertie had pre sented a note to Foreign Minister Del casse concerning neutrality. The only foundation for the report Is the fact of Ambassador Bertie's return to Paris Fri day night, as these dispatches stated. SORTIE OF SURVIVING SHIPS Remnant of Vladivostok Squadron Walts for Fleet. ST. PETERSBURG, April 22. Private dispatches say the Russian armored cruisers Rossla and Gromobol and the protected cruiser Bogatyr are cruising outside of Vladivostok ready to make a diversion In favor of Admiral Rojestven sky at an opportune moment. The Ad miralty has sent an Immense amount of material for repairing shins at Vladivos tok and Is now sending many dockyard laborers and mechanics there to take part In the work of refitting Admiral Rojestvcnsky's vessels in case he achieves a victory. Over 600 men iert St. .Peters burg for Vladivostok by special train last night. A big crowd saw them depart, and great enthusiasm was manifested. BRIEF TELEGRAPHIC NEWS The estate of Mrs. Llzette M. Schandeln, widow of Emll Schandeln and sister of Mrs. Frederic Pabst. Is left to her family by the will filed yesterday. It is worth from J5.000.000 to J7.000.000. Nan Patterson yesterday asked her father not to allow her mother to attend her trial for murder nor to visit her In jail. Rev. Charles Reynold Brown, af New Haven. Corih., has been': appointed Lyman Beccher lecturer at Oakland. Cal., for next year. Three men nearly suffered death by asphyxiation In rescuing a companion who was killed at the Edgar Thompson Steel Works, Pittsburg, yesterday. Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay has announced her Intention of running- for School Di rector of Roslyn, Long Island. She will be the first woman to try for the position. Five members of a charivari party at Lowell, Mich., who demanded cigars were shot and wounded by the indignant bride groom, Sam Vandenbrook. Margarita Lemon, one of the prima don nas of the Metropolitan Opera Company, has brought suit for divorce In New York against her husband, J. Reed Llttel, a patent attorney. Following the recent stabblng,,affr,ay In the notorious "Toby's Placed thcjfplice have closed such resorts from X to. 5 A. M. Not a light is burning in the early NOTHING TO CONCEAC - DR. PIERCE TAKES THE PUB LIC INTO HIS FULL CONFIDENCE. He Gives the Ingredients of tfet Family Medicines wkicfa hxve Made His Name a House bold Word la Cotxmt less Homes. With all the recent talk about patens' medicines and the determined effort in certain quarters to cast discredit upon, all household remedies which come under that head, the fact remains that some of these medicines are so firmly established in .popular favor and confidence, have so proved their worth and value, that all the denunciations of bigots cannot destroy the pcople's-faith in them. Dr. B. U. Pierce. "Dne'of the best known of theafrezne dies is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription, a medicine which for years has been accepted by the people as a standard preparation for the euro of those ailments to which "women alone are subject and which has proved to be a certain cure in nine cases out of ten and a sure relief in the other one. Forty years of use by countless numbers of intelligent women is sufficient to indi cate -what the Favorite Prescrotion has done and is doing for those women who suffer from the dragging pains from that peculiar lassitude from any of the uterine derangements which sap the life and strength of women, making them old and worn when they should be and could be young and fresh and vig orous and lovely, when life should have and could have all the charms that Nature intended it should have. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion' has wrought this mighty change for thousands upon thousands of women in the last forty years and is working its miracle of cures to-dav. Before Dr. Pierce conceived the idea of placing this medi cine within the easy reach of every suffer ing woman he had demonstrated its value in nis large private practice as a special ist in women's diseases. He knew what it would do for women by actual test. He i3 a physician of renown, a man of honor, a former member of Congress, ne who is highly esteemed in his com munity. The thought of preying upon the sufferings of his fellows or of delud ing them into using a worthless nostrum Is as repugnant to him as it can possi bly be to any self-constituted guardian of the physical well-being of the nation. There is nothing to conceal about the Favorite Prescription. It is an ab solutely pure medicine made of roots and herbs, Nature's own restoratives, compounded after a formula concerning which there can be no question, by skilled chemists and by thoroughly scientific processes. Dr. Pierce is per fectly willing to let every one know that his Favorite Ptusscriftiox contains Blue Cohosh (CauiophyU-jm TJicliciroi des), Black Cohosh (Cimidfvga Rcce mosa), Lady's Slipper (Cyvripodium Pubcscens) and Golden Seal (Hydrcsii Canadensis). Every doctor knows that Bach a prescription is beneficial Jn the diseases of women and when properly compounded ij certain to effect a euro in practically ail cases when given a fair triaL Hereafter every bottle of tho Favomitg Prescription which leaves Dr. Pierce's immense laboratories in Buffalo, N. Y., will plainly tell of what the medicine is composed. Thus Dr. Pierce will once more prove to tho world his own confidence in the rem edy which for forty years has borne his name and which is known all through the United States and Canada. England, Australia, and in parts oi South America, as a sovereign cure for those diseases which, unchecked, make our women old before their time. It will be noticed that there is no alcohol in tho Favorite Prescription. A great hue and cry has been raised because some "patent medicines contain alcohol. Dr. Pierce never believed in using alcohol in tho preparation of his famous household remedies. For it, ha substituted chemically pure glycerine, which lias wonderful properties for ex tracting tho medicinal principles of roots and herbs and barks and preserv ing them at their full strength, without anv deleterious effect whatever. Your druggist sens the Favorits Prescription and also that famous alterative and blood purifier, the Golden Medical Discovert. "Write to Dr. Pierce about your case. He is a well qualified physician and will treat your case as confidential and without charge for correspondence. Address him at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti tute, Buffalo, N. Y., or which he is Chief Consulting Surgeon. i morning in resorts which have not been closed at any hour for years, f The Nalonai Association of Packers of 1 Pure Canned Goods met yesterday in Inl ; tlal sesolon in Buffalo, N. T., to regulate Drlces. I Knights Go to Easter Services. BAKER CITY, Or.. April 22. (Special.) The members of Baker City Lodge of Knights Templar have nearly all gone to ! Pendleton tonight to appear In costume at Bister services there tomorrow. The Food Tiiat Does Good The Cod Liver Oil Emulsion "Par Excellence" for Coujrhs. Colds. Influenza, Bronchitis. 1a Grip. Sore Throat and Iunsrs. Catarrh, Pneu monia, Consumption and all Pulmonary Sis eases. All Druggists, two sizes. 8-ounce and 16-ounce bottles. Trial Bottle Free by Mall To any reader of Portland Oregonlan a-nd- Ing name and address to OZOMITIIOX CO., 88 Pine St.. New York.