THE SUNDAY OREUONIAIV, POKTLASU, JUNE 10, liM)6.
WHITTEN BY WOMAN
Letter on Awakening of Beef
Trust Conscience.
WAS SENT IN CONFIDENCE
1'hlcago Settlement Worker Fur
nished Roosevelt With Valuable
Ammunition In Campaign
on. Packing-Houses.
CHICAGO. June 9. (Special.) A
Chicago woman known throughout the
land as a settlement worker proves to
have been the author of the now fam
ous letter on "The Awakening of Paek
Ingtown," given by President Roose
velt to Congress yesterday without
disclosing the identity of the writer.
The President described the author as
"a Chicago correspondent in whom I
repose perfect confidence."
The writer, it developed today, was
Miss Mary McDowell, head of the Uni
versity of Chicago settlement. During
recent strikes Miss McDowell gained
National fame through her work In
behalf of the wives and children of
Packingtown employes who were In
dire distress.
Miss McDowell reluctantly admitted
she was surprised that her letter had
been made public by the President, as
it was considered by her a private and
confidential one to James B. Reynolds,
a personal friend. She excused its pub
lication by Mr. Roosevelt on the ground
that an emergency had arisen making
use of the letter necessary.
Crisis Required Publication.
"1 hnd hoped to be able to keep out
nf the stockyards controversy," said
Miss McDowell, "and therefore I con
Rider it unfortunate that my letter
should have been made public. I also
am sorry, because its publication puts
me in an embarrassing position with
the managers of the company's yards,
whom I told I was making an Investi
gation for my own purposes and not
for any public use.
"After receiving my letter, Mr. Rey
nolds wrote for permission to make use
of it publicly If an emergency arose,
but before I could answer the request
the correspondence was made public.
I nm confident he would not have taken
the letter to President Roosevelt un
less a crisis arose. That crisis. I take
it. vras the challenge of the Nelll-Rey-nolds
report by Mr. Wilson."
Joins Issue With Wilson.
Miss McDowell raised an issue of
truth with Manager Thomas E. Wilson,
of Nelson Morris & Co.. who said in
Washington that the cleaning up be
ing done was the annual repairs, while
she said that never before had there
been such an awakening and redemp
tion from unsanitary and immoral con
ditions. "In justice to the packers T must say
some changes for the better In the con
dition of the working people at the
yards were made two years ago, but
most of tnem have come since the
Nelll-Reynolds report was made," said
Miss McDowell. "Armour's chipped beef
room. I told Mr. Reynolds. I consider
n model workroom for women. It has
lockers, a toilet-room with modern fa
cilities and a restroom in charge of a
woman. Tiie Morris Company has a
. good restaurant for employes installed
Bfter the strike two years ago. Since
the recent agitation the Armour Com
pany has removed its sausage girlB to
a top floor, where there is light and
ventilation."
PLEAD FOIl SPEEDY ACTION.
Representatives of Cattlemen Ap
pear Before House Committee.
WASHINGTON, June 9. The beef in
spection hearing before the House com
mittee on agriculture was begun today
by listening to Representative Oarner,
, of Texas, who made a plea for speedy
action.
S. H. Cowan, of Fort Worth, Tex.,
attorney for the Texas Cattleraisers'
Association, was next heard. He de
tailed the extent of the Texas cattle
industry. Mr. Cowan said, while the
raisers had their differences with the
packers and had not got the best of
them, yet in this question the interest
of the raisers and packers was iden
tical. If there was an additional ex
pense, someone would have to pay it,'
and the man who can name the price
of the thing he sells can put the addi
tional expense where he pleases. The
stockmen believe the packers could put
this expense on the stockraisers.
He read a telegram from John T.
Lytle. president of the Cattleraisers'
Association of Texas, which read:
"Present agitation has seriously de
pressed cattle business. Universal im
pression that cattle values will suffer
from $4 to S. per head decline."
Another from M. O. McKenzie, man
ager of the second largest cattle ranch
in America, in Colorado, estimated by
wire that by Fall the price would be
$1 per 100 pounds less.
Asked by Representative Adams
(Wis.) if the packers did not fix the
price paid for cattle. Mr. Cowan said
this was an impossibility under ordi
nary conditions. Neither could the
cattleraisers by combination fix the
price. The reason was that when cat
tle got Into condition they must be
eold.
Representative Haughen (la.) asked
Mr. Cowan if he had read the Presi
dent's message which estimated the
cost of inspection at 8 cents a head.
'But we don't want to pay it that's
our reason," replied Mr. Cowan. "But
rather than do without the law we
would be glad to levy the cost on the
cattle," he continued.
Mr. Haughen said every member of
the committee, so far as he knew, was
In favor of the Government paying the
cost. .This cost has been estimated
from J8.OUO.000 to $20,000,000 annually,
and Congress, he said, at most would
probably .not appropriate more than
J2. 000. 000. In view of this, he believed
it might be better to assess the cost on
the packers.
Mrs. Isabell Worrell Ball, formerly of
Kansas, gave the committee her experi
ence with canned goods to develop the
fact that canned goods did not deteriorate
with age.
F. P. Johnson, secretary of the Colorado
Horse and Stockraisers' Association,
urged the committee to expedite legis
lation for Inspection. He wanted some
thing to stop "this Interminable racket."
The beef men. he said, were bearing all
the cost. The public did not seem able
to apply any of the "jungle stories" to
mutton.
I "Only the other day, in a Denver rest
aurant." he continued, "a waiter sug
gested to a customer a beefsteak."
"No," said the customer, "I have been
reading about this beef inquiry. "Bring
me mutton chops."
He said the raisers wanted the Govern
ment to pay the cost, but If there was
to be trouble about it, "we will pay any
cost." He said for several years the
packers had been working hard to build
up the export demand.
"This matter has set us right back
where we were at the beginning," he said.
The price of beef to the producer, he
said, had dropped from 73 cents to 91
per too pounds during the past few weess.
Any bill, he said, that did not suit the
President would not relieve the public
mind.
WHO SHALL PAY THE COST?
Congress May Have to Appropriate
Money for Inspection.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, June 9. Senators and members
directly or indirectly Interested In stocK-
raising have begun a campaign so to
change the Beveridge amendment to me
agricultural bill as to rob It of its effi
ciency. In many instances their prime
object is so to word the legislation as to
enable the stock producers to continue to
realize a fair profit on their cattle, sneep
and swine and to make the packers snout
der the full loss of revenue incident to the
destruction of all infected stock and the
discontinuance of the use of putrid meat
But unfortunately, other men are work
ing primarily to protect the packers by
so altering the amendment as to place the
burden on tTie public or on tne stocamen,
or on both, leaving the packers to con
tinue the exaction of enormous profit
on their production.
The President is anxious to secure leg'
Islation that will drive out of the market
all meat and meat products that are unfit
for use as food, either because the meats
are tainted or because they have been
treated with chemicals which are injurious
to health. It Is not his object to injure
legitimate industry or to deny packers a
fair profit, nor is it his purpose to cripple
the stockraising industry through the en
actment of legislation which will take
away the profits of the cattle and sheep
man.
In a word, the President is striving to
elimtnate the criminal corruption that has
been shown to have been practiced by tne
packers, and in this way protect the en
tire American people from the most re
volting and the most criminal of all grafts
yet unearthed.
Whether this is to be done by Inspec
tion carried on at Government expense or
at the expense of the packers, remains for
Congress to determine. To require the
packers to shoulder the expense attending
the inspection of their plants would un
questionably result in a further rise in the
price of meats, unless at the time the
Government could, through the courts,
establish the fact that the packers.
through a trust organization, are exact
ing unfair prices for their product, and
could in consequence smash the meat
trust. If this cannot be done. Congress
may decide that the Government shall
bear the cost of meat inspection and en
large the Bureau of Animal Industry of
the Agricultural Department so that it
may. be able efficiently to handle this
great problem.
The Government is annually expending
millions of dollars In Improving highways
of commerce: it Is spending millions in
providing homes upon the deserts; is
spending millions for the erection of pub
lie buildings, to prohibit smuggling, and
for many other purposes that more or less
indirectly benefit the American citizen. It
Is perhaps only fair that a meager $2,000,000
or so should be annually appropriated to
protect the entire American people against
such practices as have grown up in the
big packing-houses, which enrich the few
packers at the expense of the health of
the entire people.
Two or three weeks is a short time to
perfect legislation to prevent a recurrence
or the atrocities that have been unearthed
at Chicago: the problem is every bit as
Important as the regulation of railroad
rates, which has occupied the time of
Congress for four months, but if honest
effort is made, and the scheming and
conniving of the few corrupt legislators
can be thwarted, there ought to be some
legislation that will, temporarily, at least
put an end to the flooding of the market
with dangerous meats and meat products.
If the original legislation proves faulty
Congress at the next session can remedy
the detects. But the President is insist
ing that something shall be done this
session, and his will, barked by the de
mand of the entire people. Is bound to
bring results.
LIVESTOCK BOARD REPORTS
Tell Governor Deneen State Inspec
tion Is First-Class.
SPRINGFIELD. III.. June 9. In com
pliance with Governor Deneen's request,
the Board of Livestock Commissioners to
day issued a report regarding the admin
istration of their office In Chicago. The
report calls attention to the fact that all
committees sent to investigate the Chi
cago packing-houses have reported that
the inspection of live animals by the state
Is as good as can be devised. In conclu
sion the board says:
Tour excellency's attention is also called
to the fact that it Is no function of the
board of livestock commissioners to inspect
meat or sanitary conditions of packing
plants, and your attention Is further called
to the fact that the law defining the duties
of the board of livestock commissioners
states that they consist in looking after tha
health of domestic animals, stamping out
contagious diseases, wherever found, and in
stituted rules and regulations for the con
trol of diseased animals and preventing
the spread of contagion.
PLAN ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.
Packers Will Attempt to Remove the
Stigma In Eaarlaad.
LONDON, June 10. Following the
announcement that the war officers
have ordered a chemical examination
of the American tinned meats which,
to the amount of hundreds of 'tons is
stored at Gibraltar, Malta and other
garrisons, comes the announcement
that the American packers are about
to .inaugurate the widest campaign of
advertisement In the history of the
British Empire.
Affidavits showing that all of the
meats sent to England are prepared
under wholesome conditions are being
contracted for In every newspaper,
and they will also suggest bringing
cattle from America alive to be ap
proved by the Board of Trade.
MAY BAR MEAT BARONS.
German Court Circles Not Likely to
Admit Them Hereafter.
BERLIN, June 30. The disclosures
in connection with the packinghouse
scandal in the United States is hav
ing a serious efTect at court, where
several of the American packers have
been presented and given the entree
into the inner court circles. Hitherto
It has been a comparatively easy task
for an American millionaire to secure
recognition in court circles, the usual
strict rules of procedure being relaxed
in their cases.
All that has been asked is the rec
ommendation of the American Em
bassy that they are wortny. German
packers, whose product is admitted to
be wholesome, have been shut out.
CHICAGO MUCKRAKES BUSY
Business and Municipal Organiza
tions Turn Eye on Packingtown.
CHICAGO. June 9. (Special.) The Illi
nois Manufacturers' Association and the
Chicago Commercial Association began to
day to plan a co-operative investigation
of conditions at the Union Stockyards.
The aim Is declared to be to prosecute
a thorough, disinterested inquiry and
make a report to the President.
These associations met separately and
arranged for distinct investigations, and
the first suggestion of co-operation was
made by President T. D. Forgan. of the
Commercial Association, today as he was
considering the personnel of his commit
tee of inquiry. . The committee of the
Manufacturers' Association received sug
gestions for conducting the Inquiry and
considered the qualifications of experts.
Building-Commissioner Peter Bartzen to
day served 24 notices upon the packers
to alter their buildings in compliance with
the present building laws within from 20
to 30 days. The notices require thick di
viding walls, stairways. Iron lire-escapes
more exits and placards indicating the
minimum load that these buildings can
carry safely. The notices were served on
H. Booth & Co., Armour & Co., Swift &
Co., Hammond Packing Company, Abra
ham B. Friedman Butterlne Factory, Ad-
ler & Obenderf, North American Provision
Company.
The packers were also required to im
prove the sanitary conditions at their
plants at once, and Chief Sanitary In
spector Hederick is preparing notice to
be served Immediately. He also Is pre
paring a preliminary report to be made
to Health Commissioner Whalen.
CAN HE DEPEND OX UNCLE SAM
John Bull Asks About American In
spection System.
LONDON, June 9. John Burn6, presi
dent of the' Local Government Board, has
requested the Foreign Office to communi
cate with the State Department at Wash
ington and ascertain to what extent re
liance can be plaoed on the system of
meat inspection undertaken by the Bureau
of Animal Industry. In announcing that
he had taken this action through the me
dium of a reply to a question put in the
House of Commons today by William
Field, Nationalist member of the St. Pat
rick's division of Dublin, and president of
the Irish Cattle-Traders' and Stock
Owners' Association, Mr. Burns said he
had ascertained that a quantity of bone
less beef and pork is imported into this
country from America and converted into
sausages, which are sold as English prod
ucts. He admitted that there were se
rious difficulties in the way of effective
British inspection of some of these im
ported foods, but said the Local Govern
ment Board had taken action to see that
the local authorities exercised their
powers to the full extent.
WHITEWASHES THE PACKERS
Chicago's Chief Sanitary Inspector
Makes His First Repot.
CHICAGO. June 9. Chief Sanitary In
spector Perry B. Henry submitted to
Health Commissioner Whalen a report on
the sanitary conditions in the several big
packing plants, It being the first of a
series that will cover the entire packing
industry at the packing yards.
The Inspector found an entirely different
state of things than that described by
reports of the Government's commission
ers. In no portion is described any of the
shocking conditions portrayed in the
Nelll-Reynolds report to President Roose
velt. Cleanliness was observed in all
sections of the plants examined, while
extensive improvements were noted, which
have been under way for weeks.
The plants examined will be served with
notices to make a number of changes in
the ventilation and drainage.
THREE DEAD IN NEW YORK
Terrific Wind and Hail Storm Rav
ages the Mohawk Valley.
SCHNECTADT., N. T., June 9. Three
lives are believed to have been lost
in a terrific wind and hail storm here
today. Two men who were Ashing in
the Mohawk River when the storm
broke are thought to have been
drowned. A child was lost during the
storm and the police are confident that
it was killed by a falling tree.
A funeral procession in Rotterdam
had Just started when the . storm be
gan. The horses were thrown Into wild
confusion and ran away. The team
attached to the hearse was found an
hour later with the coffin wedged be
tween the front wheels of the hearse.
The remainder of the vehicle was
broken Into pieces.
DISEASED
HOGS
EXPORTED
London Meat Inspector Says Car
casses Bear Inspection Stamp.
NEW YORK. June 9. A cable from
London says: Mr. Terrett. chief inspector
of meat at Smithfleld market, says that
a number of frozen hogs arrived from the
United States in a shockingly diseased
condition yet bearing a good Inspection
seal. He does not believe any good in
spector would be foolish enough to pass
hogs In such condition. The wonder is
how the seals got attached to them.
Terrett adds that it is impossible for
the inspectors here to discover, while the
hogs are frosen, whether or not they are
healthy. Buyers are warned that they
purchase at their own risk. If when the
hogs are thawed they are found to be
diseased they are immediately seized.
Calls for All Information.
WASHINGTON. June 9. Representative
Fulkerson, of Missouri, has introduced a
resolution calling on the President and
the Secretary of Agriculture to immediate
ly make public any and all information
that they may secure from "the great
army of meat inspectors employed by the
Government." or from any other source
that will tend to credit or discredit the
product of any plant where meat products
are prepared. The resolution also calls
upon the Secretary of Agriculture to im
mediately give to the public his opinion
of conditions of the plants and the health-
fulness of the products coming from the
various plants.
Three Killed In Ontario.
ST. THOMAS. Ont., June 9. Three
people were killed by electric storm in
this district last night and today. In
Springfield William C. Lapton and
George Williston were killed when a
barn fell on them. Miss Winnifrede
Maddock, in Alviston, was killed by
lightning.
Storm in the OH Regions.
WASHINGTON. Pa., June 9. Thou
sands of dollars of damage in Wash
ington County was caused today by a
severe storm. Oil and gas derricks in
many sections were blown over or
struck by lightning, and in some
places crops were ruined.
Mexico Is Now Alarmed.
MEXICO CITT, June 9.-An investiga
tion as to American canned meats has
been started by the Superior Board of
Health of Mexico.
Street Fight in Lexington, Ky.
LEXINGTON, Ky., June 9. In a street
fight in a notorious part of the city to
night Jess Johnson was shot through the
abdomen and mortally wounded. John
Ratllff was stabbed and badly wounded
and Edward O'Dea was shot through the
arm. The fight was the result of trouble
between some of the men last Saturday.
Tonight the men met and the shooting
began.
Biliousness and Constipation.
'For vears I was troubled with Kii.,,.
ness and constipation, which mii.l
miserable for me. My appetite failed me
I lost my usual force and vitality. Pepsin
IflcaiBUUiin " Lauiai uls UHiy made
matters worse. I do not know whr. r
should have been today had I not tried
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver t.
lets. The effects were simply marvelous
The tablets relieve the ill feeling at once"
strengthen the digestive functions, purify
the stomach, liver and blood, helping the
system to do its work naturally. They
bring back new life and energy, a bright
eye, a clear brow and a happy heart"'
Mrs. Rosa Potts. Birmingham. Ala Th...
tablets are for sale by all druggists.
NO TRAVELING PAY
House Cuts Out Extra Allow
ance to President.
SOME FAVOR MORE SALARY
Point of Order Kills $3 5,000 Al
lowance for Traveling Williams
Would Raise Cabinet's and
Congress' Salaries.
WASHINGTON, June 9. The item in
the sundry civil appropriation bill appro
priating $25,000 for the traveling ex
penses of the President went out in the
House of Representatives on a point of
order made by Williams, of Mississippi.
The decision, however, that the matter
was new legislation came after a free
discussion. Democrats and Republicans
generally expressing themselves in sym
pathy with the idea of giving the Presi
dent a fund for railroad expenses.
During the course of the discussion
which covered a wide range, Mr. Will
iams, the minority leader, answered the
question: "What are we going to do
with our ex-PresidentsT" by stating that
we are going to do with our ex-Presi
dents just the same as we do with our
members of Congress, our blacksmiths,
our carpenters, our lawyers, our doctors.
by giving them equal burdens under
free government. That is what we are
going to do with them and that is all we
are going to do with them."
Rural Letter-Box Scandal.
Beyond the debate on the President's
traveling expenses, the House devoted
the day to the sundry civil bill. Sulzer.
of New York, talked on good roads and
Sims, of Tennessee, discussed the rural
free delivery box question, which, he
said, will grow to a scandal, should the
Government persist in compelling rural
patrons to purchase certain styles of
boxes.
The House at 6:20 adjourned until
Monday, having completed 120 of the 173
pages of the bill.
Williams, of Mississippi, in explanation
of his point of order, said he regretted
that there was a Republican President
in the White House. If there were a
Democratic President, he would make
the objections with still greater force,
and then his motives could not be Im
pugned. He wanted it understood that
his objections are general In character.
Salaries Too Low. Sajs Williams.
Discussing salaries of Government offi
cials, Williams said that in some re
spects the salaries of the Cabinet officers
are too low. He knew the "Vice-Presi
dent's salary is too low, as Is also the sal
ary of the Speaker of the House. He
thought the pay of members of Congress
is too small and cited his own case to
show how many demands, absolutely cor
rect, are made upon them. He said that
to make a campaign in his district, where
it was Impossible to spend money except
tor legitimate expenses, costs In the
neighborhood of JIO.OOO, this including
hotel bills and railroad fares. In addition,
he had spent in one week upward of 1260
tor speeches. But as for the President, he
believed his salary is sufficient. Then,
touching another phase of the question.
Williams thought there is too much trav
eling about, not only by the President, but
by members of Congress.
Walter Smith, of Iowa, contended that
there Is not a section of the United States
where the President Is not welcome, and
it was his belief that the President should
travel and ought to be independent of the
railroads. He pointed out the educational
advantages to be gained by this course,
and how all sections would be benefited
by the broadness of thought thus ac
quired. Would Give President $100,000.
Gardner of Michigan advocated the ap
propriation for traveling expenses, but
agreed with Williams that the salaries of
public officials generally should be In
creased, and Sulzer, of New York, urged
as a substitute that the salary of the
President after March, 1909, should be
$100,000 per annum: the salary of the Vice
President $25,000. and that after his retire
ment he shall receive an annual pension
of $25,000. and that any ex-President living
at the time of the passage of the act
shall also receive $26,000 per annum during
the remainder of his life.
Williams' point of order against the
item for traveling expenses for the Pres
ident was sustained by Watson of Indiana
in the chair. Sulzer of New York offered
his amendment as a substitute, which was
also ruled out.
THANKS AMERICAN NATION.
Chief of Moroccan Jews Acknowl
edges Defense of Rights.
WASHINGTON. June 9. One of the
last and strongest Instructions given
by Secretary Root tq the representa
tives of America at the Algeclras con
ference related to the protection of the
Jews in Morocco, and the procurement
for them of equal privileges,, guaran
teed by the signatory nations. Through
Mr. White's efforts such a provision
was inserted in the treaty whieh con
cluded the conference. The following
acknowledgment has been received
from the Chief Rabbi of Morocco:
"Tangier, the 23d of April, 1936
Your Excellency: With a deep sense
of gratitude, it is my pleasant duty to
express to you my warmest thanks for
your intervention in the name of your
Government at the sitting of the Al
geclras conference on April 2 last, in
favor of the Jews of Morocco.
"As representative of the leading
Jewish community in Morocco, I am
sure I am faithfully interpreting the
sentiments of every one of my co-re-liglonlsts
in this country by request
ing you to be good enough to convey
to President Roosevelt and the Amer
ican Government the expression of our
grateful feelings for their noble and
generous intervention in our behalf. I
pray God to send his blessings on the
liberal American Nation, the champion
of justice and the supporter of the
weak and the oppressed. May she have
unending prosperity and be always
great as the vanguard 05 nations for
the welfare of humanity.
"I have the honor to be, sir, your
most humble and obedient servant.
"MABDOCH ED BENGIO.
"Grand Rabblna. Tangier.
"To His Excellency, Henry White, esq.,
American Ambassador. Rome."
NO CORPORATIONS MAY GIVE
Senate Passes Bill to Regulate Cam
paign Donations.
WASHINGTON, June 9. (Special.) The
bill prohibiting corporations from making
campaign contributions was passed by the
Senate without debate this afternoon. It
makes it unlawful for any National bank
or any corporation under a Government
charter to make a contribution in connec
tion with any election and also unlawful
for any corporation whatever to make a
contribution to. any Presidential. Senato
rial or Congressional election whatever.
A fine not exceeding $3000 is the penalty
for offending corporations, and a fine of
not exceeding $1000 for every officer or
director who shall consent to the grant
ing of any contribution.
ROW ABOUT INDIAN" AFFAIRS
Tillman Scents Graft in Provisions
for Colvilles and Semlnoles.
WASHINGTON, June 9. The Sen
ate today passed the bill making ap
propriations for the District of Colum
bia and also the bills increasing the
salaries of teachers in the district; ac
cepting the cession from California of
additions to Yosemlte Park and pro
hibiting political contributions by cor
porations. The district appropriation
bill carries $10,200,000, half of which
is paid from the National Treasury.
Kittredge made an effort to get a
day fixed Tor taking a vote on the
Panama sea-level canal, but was pre
vented by an objection from Millard.
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was discussed and
then there was a spirited debate on a
provision submitting to the Court of
Appeals a claim of ex-United States
Senator Marlon Butler, of North Caro
lina, and other attorneys for $153,000
on account of services to the Indians
of the Colville reservation in Washing
ton. The claim was criticised as an ef
fort to secure pay for lobbying and
Tillman declared that "It looked like a
steal."
There was also considerable discus
sion of the endowment of the five civ
ilized tribes and of a provision for the
payment of the claim of Jennings and
Brown on account of services of the
latter as administrator for some Semi
nole Indians. This latter affair had been
considered in connection with the bill
for settlement of the affairs of the five
civilized tribes.
Tillman had originally criticised this
provision and, finding it in the confer
ence report, he remarked that it had
been "sneaked back." For this lan
guage Clapp called him to order. Till
man withdrew the language, but kept
his position, declaring that the trans
action Is. "infamous." To this charac
terization Clapp took exception.
The report was still under consider
ation when tha Senate adjourned.
Agree on Quarantine Bill.
WASHINGTON, June 9. The conferees
of the two houses of Congress on the so
called National quarantine bill reached an
agreement today by striking out section 7,
which took away from the state the au
thority to stop trains in interstate com
merce. This has been the bone of con
tention, and with an agreement on this
paragraph the reast was easily accom
plished. Baxter Bids for Battleship.
WASHINGTON, June 9. (Special.)
Word has been received from Naval Con
structor Baxter, at the Brooklyn navy
yard, that he will submit a bid for one of
the 16.000-ton battleships, well within the
limit of cost fixed by Congrees. If he is
able to do this, it will refute the state
ment that it costs 25 per cent more to
build in the navy-yards than by private
contract. The new battleships must each
be built for $4,400,000.
Machine Guns for Each Regiment.
WASHINGTON, June 9. An order Is
sued today by the Secretary of War will
add 965 men to the Army. It provides for
the organization of a machine gun de
tachment for each regiment of infantry
and cavalry. Each detachment will con
sist of one sergeant, two corporals and
18 privates, and will be equipped with two
automatic machine guns.
WAR AT MINES RENEWED
Guard Cracks Miner's Skull in
Troubled Ohio District.
STEUBENVILLE. O.. June 9-With
tne departure of the troops from the Jef
ferson County coal fields today the
guards were returned to duty at Plum
Run mine, and it was not long before
there was a clash between a guard and
one of the striking miners. A riot was
averted only by the guards quitting duty
after one of the striking miners had been
taken to a hospital with a fractured skull
caused by a blow on the bead from a
musket butt.
The Bradley mine was closed indefinite
ly upon the departure of the troons. Plum
Run mine will continue In operation. This
with Moore s Run mine makes only two
nonunion operations. The Dillonvale
union miners who promised to go to work
Monday now refuse.
EIGHT-HOUR LAW IN ISLANDS
Applies to Government Work, but
Chinese Are Not Barred.
WASHINGTON, June 9. In response to
a complaint by President Gompers, of
the American Federation of Labor, So
licitor Charleton, of the Philippine Gov
ernment, has reported to Secretary Taft
that the eight-hour law Is enforced in
the Philippines and Is held to apply to
all works there provided for by appro
priation of public money of the United
States.
As to the employment of Chinese la
borers, the Solicitor says that Chinese are
now excluded from the Philippines, but
it has never been the policy of the Gov
ernment to restrict or prevent the em
ployment of Chinese in any branch of the
War Department as mechanics or labor
ers. RUBBER SWINDLER GUILTY
Business Partner of Ex-Congress
man W. D. Owen Convicted.
BOSTON, Mass., June 9. Guilty on one
count of conspiracy and 73 counts of lar
ceny was the jury's verdict today In the
case of Ferdinand E. Borges. Borges had
been indicted In company with Former
Congressman William D. Owen, of In
diana, on 126 counts of larceny and two of
conspiracy in connection with promoting
the Ubero Plantation Company, of Bos
ton and Mexico. Owen has not been ar
rested.
Borges sentence was deferred. Upon
the two counts of conspiracy, the Jury
disagreed upon the first and found the
defendant guilty upon the second.
Borges was charged with selling stock
in the Ubero Plantation Company by hold
ing out false inducements as to the char
acter of the company, which owned sev
eral hundred acres of land in Mexico.
The advertising literature described prof
itable growths of coffee, rubber, pineap
ples and other tropical fruits. An investi
gation by the stockholders resulted in the
appointment of a receiver and subse
quently the arrest of Borges.
During the trial It was brought out that
the plantation lands were generally un
cultivated, and that the samples of fruit
which the company alleged were grown
on the plantations were bought at city
frultstores.
Ex-Congressman Owen was alleged to
be the business partner of Borges. He Is
under indictment In the same number of
counts as was Borges.
New tural Carriers.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. June 9. Rural carriers appointed:
Oregon Grant's Pass, route 1, John T.
Jewell carrier, Robert E. Jewell substi
tute. Washington Park, route 1, Henry
Pederson. carrier, Paul H. Pederson. sub
stitute: Republic, route 1. Andrew M.
Duffy carrier. Keith McCool. substitute;
Rldgefleld. route 2, Joseph C. Burns car
rier, H. A. McAndrews substitute.
IN JUST FIVE WEEKS
A Chronic Invalid Woman Is Restored to
Health By
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MBS. LIZZIE 6HABFE.
MRS. LIZZIE SHARPE, 203 Friend
ship St., Providence, R. I., writes:
"Some time ago I wrote you, asking
advice In regard to my health, describ
ing my symptoms.
"Following; your advice and taklna
your medicine for only In weeks, I
am thankful to say I am a well woman.
"I had suffered for a number of years
with constipation, indigestion and fe
male troubles of the worst form. I
was unable to do my housework with
out help.
"After taking Peruna I have expe
rienced the most satisfactory results. I
am like a new person. I do all my own
housework, thanks to Peruna.
"I want to recommend Peruna to all
who are similarly afflicted."
Recommends Pe-ru-na.
Mrs. Mary C. Dart, Cardlngton, Ohio,
writes:
"For two Summers I was under a
doctor'B care for malaria fever, and I
was told that I would just have to
wear it out until Fall.
"I made up my mind to try Peruna,
and since taking it I have not been
troubled at all. I have not had chills
Or fever lor five years."
Mrs. Lizzie Lohr. 1155 W. 13th street,
Chicago, 111., writes:
"I take pleasure in writing you
these lines, thinking' there may be
other women suffering as I did.
"Dr. Hartmnn told me what ailed me
and how to take Peruna. Now I am
fared."
F. D. Coburn Refuses Kansas
Senatorship Tendered Him:
WRITES GOVERNOR H0CH
Appreciates Offer, but Dreads Po
litical Activity and Possible
Factional Strife Judge A.
W. Benson Next in Line.
TOPEKA, Kan., June 9. Foster Dwight
Coburn, wno was on Monday appointed
by Governor Hoch to be United States
Senator to succeed J. R. Burton resigned
tonight announced that he had decided
not to accept the appointment.
Governor Hoch immediately offered the
vacancy to Judge A. W. Benson, of Ot
tawa. Franklin County. Mr. Benson is
at his home in Ottawa and has not vet
replied to the telegram informing him of
nis appointment. There is little doubt
tnat ne win accept the office.
Judge Benson is about 60 years of age
and has been prominently identified with
Republican politics In Kansas. He has
held the office of Judge of the Franklin
Douglas district and has served In the
legislature. He has twice been men
tioned as a candidate for the State Su
preme Court, but has never been chosen.
Benson Republican Leader.
Judge Benson is a close friend of Gov
ernor Hoch, both politically and person
two years ago. which resulted in the
nomination of Hoch for Governor. Mr.
Benson holds no public office at present.
and Is engaged In the practice of law at
Ottawa.
A dispatch to the Capital from Ottawa
says that Judge Alfred Washington Ben
son has taken Governor Hoch's offer un
der consideration, but has not decided
whether he will accept it.
Judge Benson was born in Chautauqua
county. N. Y. He practiced law at Sher
man, N. T.. in 1868.
In his letter to Governor Hoch declin
ing the appointment, Mr. Coburn says:
Text of Coburn Letter.
"As was my duty. I have carefully de
liberated upon every aspect of the situa
tion, and acting upon my knowledge of
It and of myself, rather than the urgency
of yourself and many friends, mutual and
otherwise, I can reach no conclusion ex
cept the one Indicated from the first,
namely, that I must not accept.
'I am extremely fond of the work and
the position with which the people of
Kansas have Intrusted me for so many
years, and if continued in their service at
all. no other can be so acceptable.
'There are many reasons, entirely clear
to me but needless to enumerate, whv I
should not accept the Senatorship, and
one. all sufficient, is that doing so must
inevitably involve me in political activity
and combinations, if not factional strife,
directly on account of self or Indirectly
on account of others, for which I am
without inclination, aptitude or strength."
DESERTED BY FRIENDS.
Millionaire's Daughter Works and
Waits for Share of Estate.
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Matthews, only daughter of A. P. Stur-
tevani. wno aiea nearly 15 years ago.
leaving property at Broadway and
Twenty-ninth mtrft voIiia . w .
13.000.000. Is today employed in a dyeing
ana cleaning agency at a weekly salary
tin;
HONOR
IS DECLINED
Pe-ru-na.
IF all the women In the world who
haTe been saved from n life of
v retrhedness nnd misery by Peruna
If all these women could be assem
bled together, what a multitude they
would make.
Women from the North, women from
the South, women from the East and
women from tjhe West; women In high
circles and women In the lowly walks
of life; ladles of leisure and house
wives. There Is no class or nationality that
does not furnish a multitude of women
who have been afflicted with some
chronic ailment peculiar to their sex
which has been relieved by Peruna.
In almost every Instance these wom
en have tried other remedies und con
sulted numerous doctors without any
favorable or permanent results.
At last they have resorted to Pe
runa. Generally because some friend
has advised It.
They find Peruna to be exactly the
remedy they have -been looking for
many years.
Peruna is one of those remedies
which one woman likes to recom
mend to another woman.
It Is a remedy that relieves promptly
and its benefits remain.
Pe-ro-nn fop Weary Mothers.
Mrs. Hattie Harger, Castle Gate,
Utah, chaplain G. A. R. Circle and
member Daughters of America, writes:
"Since I have used Peruna In the
home we have had no illness of any
kind.
"I am the mother of two children.
One of them was troubled with catarrh
of the head.
"Pernna cured this trouble In less
than three weeks.
"The other child had a bad stomach,
causing an unpleasant breath and loss
of appetite.
"Five bottles of Pernna cured the
stomach difficulty.
"I felt worn out and had pains, but
after using Peruna for five weeks my
health was restored, my strength re
turned and all pains disappeared.
"I recommend Peruna as a special
benefit to weary mothers and chil
dren." Keeps Pe-rn-an In the Honne.
Mis. Christina Stueven, New Hol
stein. Wis., writes:
"it is with pleasure that I inform
you that 1 am well.
"1 followed your Instructions and
took Peruna and Manaiin.
"I am now able to do my housework
again.
"1 thank you many limes. Dr. Hart
man, for your valuable advice.
"I believe, had I not taken Pernna,
I would not be among the living.
"Whenever I have a Utile indiges
tion I take a dose of Peruna and It
helps me.
"I keep Peruna in the house now."
Mrs. Carrie King. 730 North Cascade,
Colorado Springs. Colo., writes:
"Peruna has been my favorite and
only household remedy for nearly five
years. I have suffered for years with
biliousness, and kidney and liver
troubles. However. Peruna cured me
twelve bottles made me a new and
healthy woman."
of t. Bereft of friends, who courted her
socially when she was In receipt of a
handsome income from her father. Mrs.
Matthews is waiting for a long-delayed
accounting with the executors of the
estate.
She expects to get a small part of It. .
Armchairs In Model Theater.
NEW YORK. June 9. "Every ticket
entitles you to an armchair," will be the
claim of a new theater to be built on
Forty-second street, just .oft" Broadway.
The feature of the house will be the ar
rangement of scats. Instead of the usual
narrow seats there will be comfortable
armchairs, and these so far apart that
a seat-holder may take his place without
disturbing tha person already seated.
nother attraction will be an orchestra
of 40 or 50 pieces instead of the usual
twelve or fourteeen.
Madden, the Horseman, Divorced.
CINCINNATI. June 9. Mrs. John E.
Madden was today granted an abso
lute divorce from her husband, the
horseman, on the ground of gross neg
lect. This ends the litigation, which
has continued in this state and Ken
tucky for several months Judge Lit
tlerord, who granted the divorce, had
previously ordered that Mrs. Madden
be pai $250 a month alimony, that
decree having been agreed to by Mr.
Madden, who provided for the Income
through a farm at Lexington. Ky.
DIED SUDDENLY
OF HEART DISEASE.
How frequently does a head line simi
lar to the above greet us in the newt
papers. The rush, push and strenuout
neaj of the American people has a strong
tendency to lead up to valvular and other
affections of the heart, attended by ir
regular action, palpitation, dizziness,
mothered sensations and other distres
ing symptoms.
in
hriw of thn nmmlnemt ingredients of
which Dr. Pierce s uolden Meaicai Dis
covery is made are recommended by some
of the leading writers on Materia Medica
for the care of Just inch eases. Golden
foal root, for Instance, U said by tha
United Statss Disp-sirsATOBT, a itand
ard authority, "to Impart tone and in
creased power to the heart's action."
Numerous other leading authorities rep
resent Golden Seal as an unsurpassed
tonic for the muscular ryatem In general,
and as the heart Is almost wholly com
posed of muscular tissue, it naturally
follows that it most be greatly strength
ned by this superb, general tonic. Bus
probably the most important Ingredient
of " Golden Medical Discovery," to far
as its marvelous cures of valvular and
other affections of the heart are con
cerned, is Stone root, or ColUmsonia Con.,
Prof. Wm. Paine, author of Patne's
Bpltoray of Medicine, says of It:
I. not Ions' since, had s psttsnt wbo was
to much oppressed wUia r disease of
the heart utt his friends were obliged V
Carry him up-stalrs. lie. however, grtdasliy
recovered under the influence of Colllnsonii
(medicinal principle extracted from Stoo
root), and is now attending to bis businees.
Heretofore physicians knew of no remedy
for the removal of to distressing and to dan
gerous a malady. With them it was all
guess -work, ana it fearfully warned tha
afflicted that desth was near at band. Col
linaonln uoaueettonably affords rellvf in
such cases, and in most instances effects a
cure."
Stone root is also recommended by Drs.
Hale and EUingwood, of Chicago, for
valvular and other diseases of the heart.
The latter says: "It is a heart tonic of
direct and permanent influence."
"Golden Medical Discovery," not ony
cures serious heart affections, but is a
most efficient general tonic and invigor
ator, strengthening the stomach, invig
orating the liver, regulating the bowels
and curing catarrhal affections in all
parts of the system.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure Constipation.
Old Remedy. Sett Form.
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