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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND. SEFTJKJlliKK , 1UU7. DEED OF COWARDS .Congress Scared U. to Abolish by W. C. T. Canteen. announcement today of the vote of yes terday's election of officers of the grand aerie Kraternal Order of Eagles, showed the election of the full administration ticket, headed by Theodore A. Bell, of California. Seattle was chosen as the next meeting place. The proposition for a standard uniform Is strongly opposed with the result yet In doubt. A resolution was adopted requiring unqualilied clos ing of all Eagles' homes on Sunday. Kansas City was awarded the prize for the best-drilled degree team. WOULD FEAR TO RESTORE IT TRUST IS WITH SPRECKELS (Though Army Is Beinx Ruined, So- called Statesmen Will 'ot Offend Prohibition Cranks Lest They Lose Votes. i OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash-' Ington. Sept. 7. Commanding officers of the Army officers commanding the vari ous departments have once more re 'newed their recommendations In favor of the restoration of the canteen, but that ia as far as the movement is likely to 'go. There is no reason to expect Con gress to repeal the anti-canteen law. ', If Congress were not large(y composed 'of moral cowards, the canteen would nev er haue been abolished, but unfortunately for the Army there are hundreds of law makers who are eternally trembling for fear they may lose a few votes, and this class of so-called statesmen is responsible for the abolition of the ranteen. ' Several years ago the W. C. T. U. was holding an annual convention in Wash ington while Congress was in session. Some one of the good-intentioned ladies offered a resolution favoring the discon tinuance of the Army canteen; the reso lution was unanimously adopted, and forthwith the good ladies "hiked off" to the Capitol, each to interview the Sena tors and Representatives from her state. Out of 4T5 lawmakers It was easy to find one to Introduce an anti-canteen hill, and among so many cowards the ladies had little difficulty in securing promises of votes. The rest was mere routine. The bill was called np, passed upon first vote, and from that day to this the soldiers of .the. United States Army have been unable 'to purchase pure liquors at shops, con trolled by the Government, but have been forced to. go off the reservation where any kind of Ufquor was sold under the most degrading surroundings. From a well regulated canteen, where only first class light liquors were dispensed and where drunkenness was unknown, the noldiers were driven to the lowest dives where the cheapest liquors were sold, and. where other forms of, vice were brought face to face with the wearers of the uniform. - The good ladies of 'he W. C. T. U. thought that. If the canteen was abol ished, the soldiers of the Army would cease the use of beer and other liquors. A most impractical view to take of the situation a view that has been proven to be Incorrect. Instead of bettering the condition of the troops, the good ladies have wrought great damage to the en- listed men, but they are not aware of the harm they have done, and still cling to the opinion that the use of liquor will ultimately disappear from the army If the canteen is never restored. With fully 300 moral cowards in Con gress 300 men who think more of their own political welfare than they do of the good of the Army, it is not to he ex pected that the canteen will he restored, not even when the leading men of the Army, the Secretary of War and the President of the Ignited States agree that ithe,cAnteeu shQiiH,ba .restored. Only lone' thing can restore the canteen, and that is a personnl flghf by the President, similar to the fight he made for rate legislation, though on a less vlporous scale. It remains to be seen whether the President is ready to make such a fight. AMERICANS WIN TROPHY 'Capture Palmn Trophy at Ottawa and Break World's Record. OTTAWA, Out.. Sept. 7. The United States won the Palma trophy on Rock Isle rifle range today by the score of 1712 DUt of a possible 1800. This beats all previous records. Canada was second with 1677. Australia had 1(553 and Great Britain 1580. The day was ideal for shooting. ' The Americans were the first to finish at every range. When the last shot was fired. Colonel Hughes, of the Dominion Rifle Association, announced the winners and called for three cheers, which were heartily given. , Canadians attribute the superior shoot ing of the Americans to the use of the "peep" sight. The shooting of one of the United States teams averaged L'14 to a man. breaking the world's record. In the service rifle match, Bryant's score of 71 out of 75 at the 1000-yard range also beats the world's record. ALL FAVORITES BUT OXE LOSE One Day's Racing at llurlford De voted to Stake Events. HARTFORD. Conn.. Sept.' 7. Stirring races which time and again brought 10,000 spectators to their feet today marked the one day's harness meeting at Charter Oak Park. Four days of rain caused the postponement until it was decided .to give up the purse events and devote one day to the stake events. For these later events purses aggre gating $25,000 were hung up. In every race but ono the favorites were badly beaten, the exception being the Futurity trot, which Douglas won with' ease. Sonoma Girl and Tempus Fuglt. of whom great things were ex-4 pected in the Charter Oak trot, were keen disappointments. Wilkes Heart won't iHO J by taking- all, three heats. It Is said the management lost J25, 000 by the bad weather. WIN SINGLES IX TEXXIS MATCH Miss Suttou and Leroy Victors In Tri-State Tourney. ' CINCINNATI. O.. Sept. 7. Miss May Sutton, of California, and Robert Leroy, of New York, won the single chr.npion shlp in the Tri-State tennis tournament linre today." Miss. Sutton won the women's singles by defeating Martha Kinsey, of Cincinnati, 6-1, 6-1. This is her third onsetiutive victory. ' Ieroy won the men's singles after a hard -match -with R. C. Seaver. Massa chusetts champion, the score being S-fi. 6-8. 6-2 and 6-0. v The other events will be settled Monday. ; Washington 1-4; Boston 0-1.. " BOSTON". Sept. . 7. Washington took both game today. First game score: R.H.E.! - R.H.E. Washington ..1 4 0' Boston 0 7 0 Johnson and Warner; Morgan and Cri ger. Second game score: . . R.H.E.! ' R.H.E. Washington ..4 6 1 Boston 1 2 6 Batteries E. . P. Smith, Warner and Clock; Winter, Kroh and Criger. Election of Officers by Eagles. NORFOLK, Vft., Sept. 7. The official Has Large Interest In Spreckels . Company, but Does Not VtN'iP6'0, SAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 7. John Spreckels. president of the Western Sugar Refinins Company, testified yesterday be fore United States Commissioner Rich ards in regard to the relations existing between his company and the American Sugar Refining Company, of New York, the so-called Havemeyer sugar trust. It was established by his testimony that Mr. Havemeyer and his men own a large minority of the stock of the Western Refining Company, but he denied that either he or his father. Claus Spreckels, has any Interest In the American Sugar Refining Company. He declared that the price of sugar on the Coast was held low enough to pre vent competition from Mr. Havemeyer, except In a few special grades, which the Western does not manufacture. Mr. Spreckels' testimony is to be used in a suit brought by the receiver of the Pennsylvania Sugar Company against the American Refining Company for $30,000. 000 damages as the result of the Have meyer Interests getting control of the Pennsylvania concern and shutting down the plant. The suit is both for conspir acy and for violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, and Is brought In the United States District Court of New York. TERill IS TOO SHORT MESSAGE FROM EXPLORERS Harvard -Man Says Arctic Expedition Is All Safe. . NEW YORK. Sept. 7. Confirmation oi the report that the Stefanssen expe dition is safe was given in a message re ceived at the " offices of the American Geographical Society in this city today from Vilhjalmun Stefanssen, the ethno logist and leader of the expedition. The message was dated at Eagle City, Alaska, which is on the upper Y'ukon River, and reads as foiows: "Expedition is all safe. Stefanssen." Officers of the Geographical Society said they supposed the message had been forwarded by messenger from Herschel Island to Eagle City. . AGREEMENT ON FISHERIES Reid Settles Newfoundland Dispute With Britain. LONDON, Sept. 7. An agreement on the arrangements for the present Newfound land fisheries was finally concluded by Ambassador Reid, with the Foreign Of fice today. THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD Rev. Quelltn Splnn, Cnlvcrsalist. BOSTON. Sept. 7. Rev. Quellln Spinn, D. D., missionary for the Uni versal church and well known in the ilenonTmaTTofiM-ou'gh'out the country, died, at his home at Medford Hillside, iast?nlght, aged 62. Prudhontme, French Poet. PARIS, Sept. 7. Rene Francois Armand Sully Prudhomme. the French poet and critic, died suddenly of heart disease to day at his villa near Chatenay. Want Bridge Work Expedited. At a special meeting of the East Twenty-eighth Street Improvement Association last night, Frank Motter presiding, steps were taken to expe dite the erection of a bridge across Sullivan's Gulch, at East Twenty eighth street. The meeting was called because of persistent reports to the effect that this structure was to be sidetracked. Councilman Bennett announced that -as the ordinance au thorizing erection of this bridge had passed the Council, the next step was to call for bids. William Adams, Jo seph Hutchinson, N. Pue, J. N. Glines and F. W. Arris were appointed a committee to attend the meeting of the executive board next Friday afternoon and ascertain what steps have been taken to advertise for bids for this bridge. The association also adopted a resolution protesting against the se lection of , a site for a garbage cre-r-atory in any residence district of the Eighth Ward, or in any part of the ward, and favoring a site down the river. A committee was appointed with N. Pue as chairman, to prepare the protest and lay it before the Coun cil. Councilman Bennett reported that the camp of Joplln & Geiblsh, on East Burnslde street, that had been sup posed to be in bad sanitary" condition, was in first-class sanitary condition, by City Physician Pohl, who had re ported she had inspected the place. The report was not Indorsed. Kills Drunken Son in Fight. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 7. Locked up in a cell at the police station, awaiting the Coroner's inquest. Christian Kelley, 47 years old, grieves over the death of his son, whom he stabbed to death last night. The son. Christian Kelley, Jr.. 20 years old, came home last night under the influence of liquor and was repri manded by his father. It is claimed by the father that the son attacked him with a chair and in the struggle, the el der Kelley, in self-defense, stabbed his son with a pocket-knife. The son fell to the floor and died soon after. The tragedy occurred In the pres ence of the young man's mother and sister. Aberdeen Getting Ready for Taft. ABERDEEN. Wash., Sept. 7. The ef forts of Secretary Crlssey, of the Chamber of Commerce, and the mem bers of the Young Men's Republican Club to induce Secretary W. H. Taft to visit Aberdeen have been successful, as word has Just been received that he will arrive here next Tuesday. Great prep arations are being made to receive him, and a reception at the Grand Theater, followed by a banquet at the Hotel Washington, are among the events scheduled. Fairbanks at Salt Lake.' SALT LAKE, Utah, Sept. 7. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks was in Salt Lake City for half an hour this afternoon. " He met some of the local Republican leaders before he resumed his eastward Journey over the Rio Grande Western. He has been making a . tour of the Northwest and Pacific Coast. Store Deaths From Train-Wreck. WATERLOO, la.. Sept. 7. Three more of . those injured yesterday in the wreck of the northbound Rock Island express train died in the hospital here this morn ing. This Increases the death list to 14. Mount Hood Railroad Not to Use Franchise Granted. WILL BUY RIGHT OF WAY President Clark Says I mpany Does Xot Wish to Invest Millions That Some Future Whim, of the City May Imperil. The Mount Hood Railway & Power Company will not rely upon a 25-year franchise over streets of this city to reach terminals in the railroad district. E. P.- Clark, Los Angeles millionaire and president of the company, who Is in Portland for a few days, believes the re strictions placed upon railways by city governments re such that a 25-year franchtae -is too short. instead of using the city's streets, Mr. Clark will purchase property on the East Side and will use it for right of way. Tills will necessitate a heavy ex penditure for right- of way through the city, but Mr. Clark believes this will be mose satisfactory than to depend upon the good will of the Council for the use of the streets. Besides, he does not wish to pay heavy tolls to the city for the right to enter it. Streets will have to be crossed by the new road In a great many instances, but if the road owns its own right of way within the city limits. Its right to street crossings will not be disputed, and there will be no danger of having the fran chise revoked at the whim of any future administration. "Practical railroad men are not in favor of 25-year franchises," said Presi dent Clark last night. "It takes time to put a new road on a paying basis, and by the time this Is done, there is often a movement to revoke the franchise. We shall not depend upon such tem porary favor to enter Portland. Rather than ask -for such a franchise, we 'ntend to acquire property for right of way through the parts of the city we desire to cross." Work lias been begun on the power plant at Bull Run. Workmen and teams are now leveling and grading for the site of the powerhouse and the spur into the building. As soon as this is well along the construction forces will com mence grading for the electric lines be tween Portland and Mount Hood. Mr. Clark says the initial investment will be about $2,000,000, while the money that will be expended ultimately in the power plant and railroad will be more than twice that sum. He plans to have the system in operation within a year. As yet the route of the new line is not announced. Property owners along the routes already surveyed have tried to "hold up" the road and a number of lines have been run. It is not yet known which one of the routes mapped out will be selected. Mr. Clark says that the line that is most favorable from a con struction point of view will be adopted and work will be pushed continuously until the line is completed. The railroad will be completed before the power plant is finished, for heavy machinery for the powerhouse will have to be taken in on the railroad. NICOLL'S FALL WOOLENS .Represent the very brightest thoughts of the foreign and domestic eloth rnakers for 1907. There's no sifting out here what you don't like; it's a question which you like best. So with the tailoring of them. A perfect organization of skilled cutters and competent tailors to look after your order. That means per fect garments. Somehow we feel that we have a special claim on your patronage this season. Suppose you drop in today? TROUSERS $6 to $12 SUITS $25 to $50 Fatlsfaction rusranteed in all caw. Full dress and Tuxedo Suits a specialty. Garments to order in a day If required. WILLIAM JERREfvtS SONS. 108 Third St. COLOXIST TKAVKIi IS HEAVY Movement This Year Promises to Break All Records. The movement of colonists to Ore gon that begins every Fall, this year promises to eclipse anything in the history of Western railroading. Thou sands of people in the Middle West are taking advantage of the cheap one-way rates offered and are looking over this state and other portions of the Pacific Northwest. Overland train No. 5, on the Lnion Pacific, has been running in two sec tions during- the past week because of the heavy colonist travel. The road has put on an additional tourist car during the colonist season on this train clear through for Portland. Added equipment is necessary on all trains to handle the business and rail road men expect, when the statistics of this travel are compiled at the end of the year mat the totals win outdo any former colonist business. season. This train will be discontinued. During the Summer It has been leaving the city each Saturday afternoon at 3:10 o'clock, making the direct run through to Seaside. . Another change in the A. & C. schedule ia that hereafter train No. 24, leaving Portland daily at 6 P. M., will run to Astoria only instead of going through to Seaside. Fender Test Wednesday. A fender test will be held by the Port land Railway. Light & Power Company. Wednesday morning, at 9:30 o'clock, at he Savier-street car shops of the com pany. All the various makes of car fenders that have been submitted for trial will be tested as to their practicability under varying conditions of service. Inventors and others who now have fenders on trial on the cars of the com pany will be present to see what their fenders will do. BRINGS SUIT FOR LOST AUTO Guy E. Holman Says the Railroads lost His Motor Car. Suit wa.s yesterday filed in the State Circuit Court by Guy K. Holman against the Oregon Railroad & Naviga tion Company, the Chicago &. North western Railroad Company and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company for J1102.65 dam ages. Holman alleges that in May, 1903, he shipped over tne lines of the defendant companies an automobile belonging to Rudolph Becker, prepay ing the freight charges, which amount ed to $52.65. He complains that the machine was consigned to the Ford Motor Company at Detroit, Mich., and charges that It was lost in transit and that the transportation companies re fuse either to replace the machine or reimburse the owner for its value, es timated at 11100. Depot Company's Election. The annual - meeting of the directors of the Spokane Union Depot Company was held at the Portland headquarters of the Harrlman interests on Thursday and the same officers re-elected for another year. El H. Harrlman is president of this corporation. Seaside Train Taken Ofr. Yesterday's trip of the afternoon train to Seaside was the last of the present SAYS WIFE OPENS HIS MAIL Dr. Walter B. Braden Asks Divorce and Custody of Child. In a divorce suit filed yesterday. Dr. Walter B. Braden charges that his wife, Anna Charlotte Braden, whom he married in Portland. tay 14, 1902, is possessed of an ungovernable temper and is unduly jealous of him. The wife is .further charged with entering her husband's office and forcibly opening his desk and rifling his private mall. Braden avers the wife is not the proper person to have the custody of the minor child, which he asks the court to en trust to him. Desertion in 1902 Is charged In the divorce complaint filed yesterday by William Quiner against Llllle Quiner. The parties were married in Portland, April 12, 1895, and there are two children. Three Verdicts by Three Juries. Three verdicts were returned by as many juries in the State Circuit Court yesterday. In the suit of John C. Hertz against Paul Strain for $5000 for false imprisonment, a verdict was returned for Hertz for $75. A verdict for $3750 was given J. J. Brown, who had sued the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company for $15,000 for injuries alleged to have been sustained by falling over one of the defendant company's telephone poles In Flanders Informal Opening Monday of Fraleys Millinery We've grown since you last visited us; all the good points of the old Fraley's have been incorporated in the new, in double meas ure. Your shopping will be a distinct pleasure in our large, light, well-aired, uncrowded salesroom. Doubled Store Space Doubled Buying Capacity Doubled our Advertising Doubled Stock Doubled Number of Employes Doubled in Everything But PRICE As we now import our foreign goods direct, and buy our do rnestic goods first-hand from the manufacturer, we eliminate the middleman's profit, giving you the full advantage. This is the rea son the same grade of hats cost you less here than elsewhere. Our Miss Conkleman, a designer without a peer in the entire Northwest, a young woman who learned her business of the best de signers of the East, where she attained a wide reputation, has just returned from New York with the full Fall and Winter stock of exquisitely beautiful hats, trimmings, etc., all of which are now on display for your benefit. , 212-214 Third Street - Corner Salmon FRALEY'S VISIT US MONDAY WITHOUT FAIL The Fall Opening of Robinson & Co. "Clothes for Men Greatly Enlarged Store Floor Space Doubled Robinson' & Co.'s greater store for men opens to the public to morrow; well-known to Port landers through nearly a decade of conscientious service, in pro viding the most characteristical ly refined furnishings for men, this firm now announces a new depart menta completely-equipped stock of Men's Clothes Suits, Overcoats and Raincoats. The stock is entirely new, and while being conspicuously strong in con ventional suits of distinguished appear ance, .an immediate specialty .has been made of extreme novelties for early Fall wear tweeds, worsteds, and Scotch ef fects, running strongly to graj; and brown colors. The prices are reasonable from $20 to $50 Black and blue Serges, so much in demand, run from S20 to S40 The excellent selection of Cravenetted Raincoats and Overcoats is particularly notable ROBINSON & CO. Distinguished Clothes for Men 289-291 Washington St. i ) CAMBRIDGE 'CORRECT CLOTHES Portland. street, near Sixth, In April. 1906. The third case was that of Nancy C. Camp bell against G. H. Palethorpe and others for $5000 damages for alleged fraud in a real estate exchange. Plaintiff was given a verdict for $750. Sues the Home Telephone Company. The Home Telephone Company was made defendant yesterday In a $10,000 damage suit that was filed la the State Circuit Court by 13. C. McDowell. McDowell alleges that he was In the omploy of the company March 12 last, and charges that while assisting to conatruct the company's system on Milwaukie street, the anchor tier be came detached and the ' crosspiece struck him, badly fracturing the bones In the ankle and permanently crippling him. State Conrt Notes. J. P. Thompson, who pleaded guilty to the charge of robbing "Billy" Win ters' safe, was taken to Salem last night by Deputy Sheriff Beatty to be gin serving a four years' sentence. For machinery and supplies fur nished the boat, James Johns, Charles A. Benbow, in a suit filed yesterday, seeks to recover $1512.99 from the St. John Transportation Conipany. Charles Lucas is suing John B. Har rington and others for $637.20, alleged to be due as a balance on a plastering contract. The buildings located on lots 1 and 4, block 46, are involved in the suit, which was filed In the State Circuit Court yesterday. Church Picnic a Success. The annual outing and picnic of the First Christian Church, held on Labor day, was an unqualified success. In point of attendance it was by far the largest ever held In a ortland. Tafe Ponce kindly gave the exclusive use of the Government Building and Island at the rair Grounds to the church, and tne day was spent In a variety of field sports and athletic contests. Tho bountiful picnic dinner was a fitting prelude to the exercises' of the day. The unique contests held resulted as follows: Baseball, Mr. Swope's vs. Miss Crounse's Sunday School classes, won by Miss Crounse's class, score 7 to 8. Three-legged race, won by Claude Casey and C. L. Burton. Potato race, ladles, won by Mrs. Bertha Rleg. Po tato race, girls, won by Ada Uaddls. Tug-of-war. married men vs. single men, won by married men. 50-yard dash, elders, won by W. P. Swalm, aged 65 years. 50-yard dash, girls, won by Olive Buckner. 100-yard dash, boys, won by Gordon Bennett. 100-yard dash, young men. won by Richard Ponnay. Running broad jump, won by C. L. Burton. Baseball, church officers vs. Sunday school, won by the Sunday school, score 4 to i. The "mlh" bird of India excels all others In it Imitative powers. (From the Telegram. September 4.) NSPECTOR SCORES UNCLEAN BAKERS Mrs.-Sarah A. Evans Says Filth Surrounds Deliv ery of Bread. Conditions surrounding th Uellvery of bread In this city are extremely filthy, states Market Inspector Sarah A. Evans. The wagons in which, the bread Is deliv ered from the bakeries are often dirty and large cracks In the. boxes permit the dirt from the street to sift In and settle upon the bread. The same man who cares for the horse? handles the bread with lils grimy hands, without any gloves and often the bread Is merely tTTrown upon t'n- front porch or upon the steps and the driver hurries to tho next place. Mrs. Evans has been striving to remedy these conditions' and has been successful In Interesting two or three bakeries In the reform They have provided dust-tight boxes on their wagons and the drivers ore forced to teor gloves and keep their clothes clean. When the bread is deliv ered, the drivers have the customers pro vide themselves with boxes with covers In which the bread is placed, preventing dust from reaching It. Matty of the stores, where formerly bread was thrown In open boxes In the mornings, now have tightly closed boxes In which the bread la deposited. "Although considerable has Been done In bringing about better conditions in this liu-i." said Mrs. Evans this morn ing, "much more can be accomplished, with tl.c support of the consumers. It Is hard to provide a law regulating the de livery ot bread. nd about the only thing that can be done in this line Is to Insist that the bakeries deliver their bread in the most sanitary manner possible. They can do this by taking a little pains. By handling the bread carefully little dirt would accumulate and this would be ap preciated by a majority of the patrons. Ogo. ;e ljjiJf "hUftOJll "n"Vlr ""T lis employes' and insists " tiilfr they keep neat and clean and handle the bread carefully and another will soon adopt the same line of reform. We hope that pub lic sentiment will become so strong against the filthy manner In which cer tain bakeries handle their, -bread that thev will be forced to improve their service." st St W e t T w b, w' th tet mt ert of Dr tr ly mei Mr. Coo Sir N SPI St, bv sit I1BV T? ancj pla In The Inspector Is Right Read Every Word she has to say in this Article Clipped from the Telegrc m We, too, have been insisting for months that bread must be mixed, baked, conveyed and delivered in an absolutely sanitary manner to insure its wholesome ness. It must be kept free from dustl Tor this rea son we installed the most perfect modern machinery; we uniformed all our employes; we never allow a driver to enter our bakery, but he must back his wagon up to our closed, dust-proof stalls, where the bread is carefully loaded in from trays with gloved hands. Farther down in the article reference is made to our plant, where the inspector says: "ONE LARGE BAKERY HAS ALREADY UNIFORMED ITS EM PLOYES, AND INSISTS THAT THEY KEEP CLEAN AND HANDLE THE BREAD CARE FULLY." We heartily welcome inspectors, sanitary experts end the general public. Every visitor at our 11th and Everett-street plant, every person who observes on the streets our cleanly, closed white wagons and uniformed deliverymen, carries away the comfort able conviction that "TABLE QUEEN" Bread is pure, wholesome and cleanly in the highest degree. Royal Bakery & Confectionery, Inc. . 1 u vV