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THE SUNDAY OREGON! AX, PORTLAXD, NOVEMBER 17, 1907. HATCHET IS BURIED pple-Growers of Oregon Wiii Pull Together in Future. Tobacco Devotees Hold Com petition at London. SMOKE THE PEACE PlPE WOMAN AMONG ENTRIES Decision to Abandon Unprofitable Controvert Long Waged Be tween Different Sections Re sult of Last Week's Show. Winner or Unique F.udurance Test Keeps single Pipeful Alight for More Than Two Honrs, Distancing Competitors. 4 M05KE FOR RECORD Undoubtedly the largest benefit result ing from the great display of apples In Portland last week was the compromising of the spirited rivalry between the apple growers of Hood River and the orchard ists of the Willamette Valley. After viewing the two exhibits with mutual ad miration, these growers, who have for years been keen competitors, decided to bury the hatchet, eliminate all unfriendly discrimination a to locality and all pull together for one endthe production of more of Oregon's unrivaled apples. If In the past unkind things have been said by the growers of one section against the fruit product's of the other locality, all has been forgiven and forgotten Mid in the future both the Hood RlveK -.pie-Growers' Union and the Willamette Val ley Apple Growers' Association will be fouml working In hearty co-operation to advance Oregon fruit in every possible WA When it is considered that the fruit growers, and more particularly the apple producers, of these two localities have for years been vigorously opposing each other, the significance of the truce that has been declared will appear the greater. There will no longer be a field for the "knocker." The union of these fruitgrow ing Interests is one of the direct results of the creditable exhibit at the Willam ette Valley Apple Fair. Valley Men -Made Good. By this exhibit the apple-growers of the Willamette Valley "made good." Their display was eueh as to Invite not only the attention hut the admiration of their erstwhile rivals from Hood River, who were also represented by exhibits of the best fruit that section produces. In this way the growers were brought to gether and by the mutual agreement of the rival exhibitors the unwarranted con flict war declared at an end and all volun tarily and enthusiastically assumed the obligation to boost Oregon fruit regardless of the locality In which It is produced. 1 iie compromise was effected after an al together informal conference between Qs--ar Vanderbilt and Joseph Wilson, of Hood River, and M. O. Lownsdalc. presi dent of the Willamette Valley Associa tion. , "I am more than satisfied with the showing made, and am proud of the qual ity of the fruit shown from many sec tions of the Valley." said Mr. Lownsdale yesterday. In discussing the results of the Willamette Valley Apple Fair, "but above all the greatest achievement was that even our former critics admit that the apple-growers of the Willamette Valley 'have the goods.' and have promised us their hearty and loyal co-operation In bulldng up the reputation of 'Oregon fruit' Instead of the narrower policy perpetuat ing sectional strife. "1 would like to say publicly to the gen tlemen of Hood River who have treated us so fairly In this matter that, while. I have criticized their policies severely during the pust year, it has always been with the hope that Just the sentiment they have expressed this week would some time be volunteered. LowiiMlnIe a Pleased. "I will be glad Indeed to work enthus iastically for the development of tha fruit industry of Oregon with men who have the push and energy of these frends In Hood River and who produce such magnificent fruit as is shown from their orchards. The cry hereafter shall be 'Oregon Apples,' and we will all pull together." Mr. I.ownsdale also wished to express his appreciation of the courtesy of the Valley growers in Joining with the offi cial judge of awards and allowing htm the award for the best general display, the prize for which was a wagon offered by the Stu.icbaker Bros. Company. Mr. lownsdale has sold all of his splen did exhibit of apples, which will he sent to all parts of the country as gifts from friends In Portland. One of the choicest boxes of Spltzenbergs was sold for Sift, and will he forward d by D. M. Watson to William Jennings Bryan. Frederick V. Holman bought another pox which will lie shipped to the manager of the firm of H. M. Byllesby & Company, In corporated, of Chicago. Another splen didly packed box has been' shipped to Thomas A. Edison, others will be for warded to points In New Hampshire and Massachusetts, while the destination of another box Is I,ondon. coos cocirtrx appi.es nkxt Displa Will Br Mnde by Marshfteld Chamber of Commerce. When the Willamette Valley apple ex hibit Is removed from the show; windows of Olde. Wortman A King tomorrow. Coos County will Instill an exhibit of 30 boxes Of the fruit grown In that county, "iv'8 display will serve to further show the wide extent of territory In the state adapted to apple culture. The samples at Coos Bay, apples Rre sent here for exhibition by the Chamber of Commerce of Marshfield. the secretary, Walter Lyon, having endeavored to have the display made at the same time the ex hibits from other sections of the state were In place. Owing to delay In ship ment and inability to get a suitable win dow In the central part of the city, the exhibit will lie made this week. Among the apples from the bay country are such varieties as Baldwin, Northern Spy. Spltxenocrg. Jonathan. Salome and l.angford A. R. Seaman, in charge of the exhibition. (Utya that Coos County grows fine Gravensteins. but that It Is too late In the season to have that variety In cluded. Fine Apples From Klamath. F. H. Page yesterday received from the Klamath Falls Chamber of Commerce a sample hox Of apples and potatoes grom In that e. tlon. The apples were In every lespe.t as .inp as those grown In the Kugue R- i Valley, wh.ie the potatoes were ere al to the best that are produced In Multnomfth County. Not only Is the Klamath land shown to be capable of turning out such products in perfection, hut there Is an unlimited extent of it available for the purpose. That section will soon hive to be recitoned with by the trade as a source of supply. In the Judgment of local commission merchants. Careless Carmen Cause Injuries. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 16. A Mo Alllster streetcar of the United Rail roads collided with a south-hound Filhnore-streef car this morning at 9:45 o'clock. The men In charge of the cars tried to cross the street at the same time. James Costello, motorman InHLWlillUNL on the McAllister-street car. and C. B. De Crevctcour, who was running the Klllmore-strcet car. are held at the sta- I tion awaiting an investigation to fix responsibility for the accident. The Injured. Miss Rena Falk, knocked uncon scious and believed to be injured Inter nally. Policeman C D. Wcdekind, cut about the face and head. Edward Mall, cut across the face. A number oMChlncse women on one of the cars were bruised by Jumping to the ground when the crash came. The Injured were taken to the Cen tral Emergency Hospital for treatment. HARD TIMES FOR ACTORS Dearth of Good Plays Puts Thou sands on Street. XEW YORK. Nov. IS. These are evil days for stage people and theatrical busi ness. It Is estimated in theatrical circles that almost 3000 actors and actresses are out of work. The financial strin gency, the dearth of satisfactory plays, the sterility of the playwrights and the construction of too many theaters have combined. It appears, to bring about a serious condition of affairs in the theat rical world. A record of failures was established in September and October, for SO per cent of the new serious plays were fiascos. The authors of these plays comprise the most successful writers In their class. The companies which were gathered for these plays were disbanded and few of the players have found new engagements. Meantime, many road companies have re turned, having found the season a bad one. As the actors .and actresses have suffered, so have stagehands and theat rical employes of all classes. Daniel Frohman says that until money conditions Improve there can be no Im provement, and that plays of strengtn and originality must be written by the playwrights before managers can be In duced to invest thousands of dollars In them. Mrs. L. L. Fernandez, one of the chief theatrical agents In New York, says that the theatrical business is in a state of actual stagnation, and other theatrical agents agree with her. Organize for Optimism. SALT UKE CITY, Nov. 16. To or ganize optimism Is the purpose of a society which numbers Governor John C. Cutler among its officers. "The Op timists' Club" was started here yester day by members of the Commercial Club, who think this a suitable time to promote the gospel of cheer. Commer cial bodies the land over. Governors of states and the President will be asked to ide tify themselves with the society. I v" '.? vTty. '-p '77" ' " . . mn liSr BS Bs$ISSK J WILLAMETTE VALLEY APPLES, C OMMERCIAL PACK, AXD YAMHILL COUNTY WALNUTS, DISPLAYED IN WASHINGTON ST. SHOW WINDOW. j DISPLAY OF HOOD RIVER APPLES. COMMERCIAL PACK, KH SHOW WIN DOW AT LAST Of THE " I! Survivors of Light Brigade at Notable Banquet. ONLY 13 ABLE TO ATTEND Aged Heroes Who Participated in Famous Charge at Bnlaklava Cel ebrate the Fifty-third An niversary at Kensington. LONDON. Nov. 9. "All that is ieft of them left of 600." They total 35. and of these only 13 were well enough to attend the dinner given at The Horns. Kensing ton, to celebrate the fifty-third annivT sary of the Balaklava charge. .Hoary headed, weather-beaten old sons of Mars they were the youngest of them 74 years of age. the oldest 88. Some of them halo and hearty yet, but others showing unmis takably the effects of want and priva tion. It was delightful and touching to no- I tice the joy with which the old heroes met to flght their battles over again, to compare notes of the happenings since their last meeting a year ago and to re gret the comrades who had in the Inter val departed to the "gTeat beyond" and to point out with bated breath the fact that at tne table were now seated the fatal 13. T. H. l.oberts. who started the fund for the relief of those members of the Light Brigade who were In necessitous circumstances, explained that In 1897 he wanted to Invite the survivors to Fleet street to view the diamond Jubilee pro cession. On application to the V ar Office the najnes of 17 were given hint, but. as a result of his own Investigations, no fewer than 67 accepted his Invitation. It than occurred to him that something must be done for these men who had fought for their country. Some of them were found in workhouses. None are there now. The fund had paid the funeral expenses of 20. who would other wise have been burled by the parish. The War Office bad been approached with regard to pensions, and as a result nine men are now receiving allowances of a shilling a day on which they were expected by a grateful country to live. Of the 35 men who are now, alive 36 are wholly or partially dependent on the fund for their living, which costs .32,500 per annum. Much appreciation was expressed when It was announced that the following telegram hacT been received from lrd Knollys: "I am commanded by the King to thank the survivors of the Light Brig ade for their expression, of loyalty, 'apd to tell them that His Majesty hopes they may long live to celebrate their historical charge." , Very impressive was the drinking of the closing toast, "The Memory of the Dead." in solemn silence. Many an eye was dimmed when the memory of de parted comrades came so directly home to the little company. Earl 'cardigan, nepnew of the gallant Balaklava commander, was among the other speakers. After dinner the sur vivors were entertained at a special per formance at the Empress Theater, Brix ton. A matinee performance on behalf of Mr. Roberts' fund took place at the Al hambra Theater. Mrs. Clement Scott re cited 'The Charge of the Light Brigade," surrounded by the survivors. YOUNG WOMAN TAKES OATH First Female Lawyer In Paris Bar. Widow as Chatif leuse. PARIS, Nov. 16. (Special.) This week an exceedingly pretty young aromaii. Mile. Mltopolsky7hbrn in France of Rus sian parents, appeared in cap and gown In the Paris Court of Appeal and took the oath as a member of the Paris Mar. It Is the first time in the history of the bar that so young a woman has been received as a barrister. Mile. . Mitopolsky passed all her examinations most brilliantly, hav ing successively secured from the Univer sity of' Paris the degrees of bachelor of arts and doctor of laws. She was accom panied to the bar of the court by a small crowd of admiring barristers. She says she Intends to practice. Madame Bradon. a widow, passed her examination as chauffeuse at the Prefect ure of Police yesterday, and has received a license permitting her to drive a motor car. Fairbanks on Football Fence. NEW YORK. Nov. 16. Vice-President Fairbanks is in town, having reg istered nt the Waldorf -Astoria. Mr. Fairbanks has a son at Yale and a son at Princeton, and, according to one of his friends, he is here to attend the football game today between the two universities at New Haven. .Mead Revokes Appointment. OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 16. (Special.) Governor Mead today formally re voked the appointment of C. R. Collins, of Olympla. a barber examiner and appointed Thomas Ivey, of Spokane. SIXTH AND WASHINGTON' STREETS FOR SEATTLE Jamestown Exposition Is a Complete Failure. CONGRESS LOSES $888,000 Only One Payment on $1,000,000 Has Been Paid Day's Receipts Take Care of Expenditures but No Surplus Accumulates. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Nov. 16. The effrontery of the management of the Jamestown Exposition and the consummate nerve of the Con gressmen who secured the Jamestown ap propriation constitute a growing menace to the Seattle Exposition bill. Instead of exhibiting humiliation at the failure of their enterprise, the Jamestown people now assert that they will not only ask Congress to relieve them from the repay ment of the Government loan of $1,000,000. but that they Intend to ask Congress to reimburse them for their entire loss. The sole ground on which this Is asked Is the fact that the Government pier, a mere or nament at best, wa not completed until September. If Jamestown goes to Con gress asking for not only the $1,000,000 that was loaned under a promise to repay, but In addition asks the Goervnment to shoul der the remaining indebtedness of more than tl.OOO.OOO additional, Seattle will be in a very bad plight. Condition Very Serious. For the first time official figures as to the financial standing of the Jamestown Exposition are being made public, and show a much more serious condition than was believed to exist. Instead of hav ing paid back $150,000 on the loan, and In stead of being sure to repay fully J500.00I), as recently stated by Representative May nard, Jamestown has paid back but $112. 000 and has not the slightest Intention of paying another cent into the Federal Treasury. Some of the figures quoted be low are not correct, for he Government pier cost $400,000, and the estimates of re ceipts for the balance of November are grossly Inaccurate, for the attendance during the last three weeks has dwindled to a few hundred a day and Is declining daily It la practically certain that within 24 DARK hours after the exposition closes, on the night of November 30. If not sooner, a re ceiver will be appointed to wind up the complicated financial affairs. With assets Involved by Judgments, attachment suits, first and second mortgage bonds, original purchase price, the Government loan un paid, and many claims of lesser creditors. it Is the opinion of those who have made a careful study of the situation that there can be no otner solution of a difficult problem. No Surplus Any Day. Cp to within the past few days and be ginning with the time that James M. Barr became director -general, the receipts have I been sufficient to take care of the larger part of the daily expenditures, but there has never been a cent of surplus, and consequently no provision has been made to care for the exposition property an hour beyond the hour of closing. A re ceivership therefore Is considered Inevita ble. The Government will not receive a cent In addition to the $112,00 which It was handed by Director-General Barr. Ban's successor, Alvah H. Martin, has had enough to do to keep the fair running. There is a prior mortgage to the first mortgage bonds on account of a balance due of $60,000 on the purchase price of the exposition site, but the first mortgage bondholders have funds sufficient to can oel this to gain title. It Is believed that the general creditors stand little chance to get anything. EASIER TO GET PLATES Applicants Pay Surveyor-General Direct by Last Order. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Nov. 16. In order ot facilitate as much as possible the worK of furnishing applicants with exemplified copies of plates or other records In offices of the various Surveyors-General which may be desired by them, the Commissioner of the General Ijsnd Office has amended his order of April 15. 1907, with regard to the same. In which the cost of the exeni pllfled copies shall be paid. By order of Apd! 15 applicants were re quired first to ascertain the cost of copies desired and then deposit this amount In the United States depository, presenting the duplicate certificate of deposit to the Surveyor-General, who would, upon re ceipt thereof, furnish the copies desired. By the circular instructions Just Issued the applicant will be permitted to pay the cost of the copies desired to the Surveyor-General In hfs official capacity and upon the receipt of the amount the copies will be prepared during office hours and furnished to those who desire them, the funds so recetved to be accounted for by the Surveyor-General In the usual manner. This will obviate the necessity for the Treasury Department opening" ah ac count with each Individual making ap plication for such copies and permit of the1 account being carried with the re spective Surveyor-General. Woman Suffrage In Kansas. PORTLAND. Nov. 16.-(To the Edltor.) I am glad indeed to see by your dis patches that Kansas suffragists, who comprise a large majority of the women of the state, have exhibited better Judg ment than to follow the leadership of a few non-influential agitators In their vain attempt to "form an organization for the purpose of electing members of the iegls. lature pledged to give women the unre stricted right of suffrage." This attempt, which has been brewing in Kansas for a year past, has met the fate that art wls .worsen foresaw, and for this reason re fused to give it their support. "Women without votes can destroy, but are power less to fulfill." wrote a leading suffragist of Kansas to me recently, in reference to the call for this convention "Women who have no votes can put their voting friends forward to get them slaughtered, but that is as far as their influence goes." To this I replied "there are parasites that seek to fatten on all movements. Don't Ignore them. Shake yourselves loose and go ahead." Just what step the leading women of Kansas will take to show their disapproval is not apparent; but one thing is certain: When they get the ballot it will come to them as an Invitation to their rightful heritage through the quiet and voluntary' leadership of manly and in fluential men who will not be called upon by women to jeopardize their own posi tions or ambitions In the interest of a disfranchised class. ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY, President Oregon Equal Suffragist Asso ciation. Bay St. Louis Is l"lrcswept. BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss.. Nov. 16. Fire which Btarted early today, was fanned by a high gulf wind through the town, destroying everything In Its path, ami causing damage of about $200,000. St. Joseph's Convent, one of the most famous Institutions of Its kind in this part of the South, was destroyed, also the Catho lic Church and parsonage. Other build ings destroyed were the Olsane Theater, Hotel Clifton, Cumberland Telephone building and the Butler building. On the 4."!Mh anniversary ot York Minster, one of the finest cathedrals of Eng-tand. tt I large statue of St. Cuthbert was unveiled In the south transept by the Dean of York.. LONDON. Nov. 9. The previous be pipe smokinug record waa absolutely outclassed the other night at the Agri cultural Hall. The winner smoked a pipeful of tobacco for more than two hours. The last 10 minutes saw a contest between a clay pipe and a briar, and was watched with tense excitement. At last the clay pipe gave up 115 min utes after the start. The briar Imme diately shot forth clouds of smoke, and kept going for more than five ml .utes after the owner was declared winner, and the proceedings were cloned. As he finalily left the hall there was still a faint blue smoke drifting from his pipe. Thomas Wood is the name of the holder of the .world's record, and ho comes from Peckham. One hundred and eleven minutes was the previous best. At a quarter past 7 o'clock 150 men sat down nt little tables, five at a side, with a box of matches and a little picket of tobacco before each. All the packages were weighed scrupu lously to an exact eighth of an ounce. Round the Inclosure were most of th 4,100 who had sent in their their entries too late and were there to cheer ami Jeer at the lucky competitors. At the words "Fill pipes." every man set to work. A minute is no time at all to fill a pipe artistically. At the words "Light up." 150 matches flamed out, and for 40 seconds there was a stern siicklnjr to fire the tobacco. "Lights out," and the devoted 150 set tled down to a steady smoke. There was not a smile. They sat solemnly and Impassively and scarcely spoke a word. Some brought papers to keep their thoughts off the terrific feat of e durance they were performing. The prize was to him who kept the pipe ful alight longest. No relighting was ad mitted. Three men fell out within the first two minutes, overcome with the ex citement. Shortly followed a deaf and dumb competitor and a blind man. Then there was a steady line, about one a min ute, drifting away from the tables. Many competitors hacked their Ingenu ity against steady smoking. One smoked his pipe upside down, and thereby founii an honorable place In the last ten. Another had a special cherry wood stem over a foot long, but he scarcely lastpd one hour. A pocket-knife was backed by some, and they spent most of the time peering Into the bowl and scraping the spark round the tobacco with the point The winner used nothing hut a lead pen cil. With this he delicately pressed down the tobacco at Intervals. He had no spe cial means of packing his pine, but ascribed his success to the fact that lie as a rule drank little and smoked less. "It Is a matter of not getting flurried," he declared. In the elation of victory. "Thin pipe has only been smoked once before. It Is a matter of nerves." The woman competitor who was ac cepted last year, but failed to appear, was this year disqualified among the 10UO whose entries came too late. BLAMES THE GOVERNMENT Maynard Would shirt Responsibility for Jamestown Fizzle. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Nov. 10. The liberality with which Congress dealt with the Jamestown Ex position whs due In a large measure to the persistent efforts of Representative Maynard of Virginia. Mr. Maynard was a "good fellow." And while the Exposi tion hill was pending he was a good en tertainer and a liberal spender. He pre-' dieted the greatest kind of success at Jamestown and assured Congress there would be no trouble whatsoever about paying back the $1,000,000 loan which he secured last session. Now that the Jamestown Exposition has proven failure, and now that It la certain that the Government will not re cover one-quarter of the loan. Mr. Maynard changes from a "good fellow" to the mere whimperer, and contends that the Government, and not the Jamestown management. Is responsible for the failure. This Is altogether the poorest explanation that has been offered for the sad condi tion of affairs at Jamestown. Moreover, Mr. Maynard makes matters worse by Intimating that the Jamestown people care nothing about their inability to dis charge their obligations, for he suavely suggests that hereafter Congress had bet ter make no loans but confine Itself to straight appropriations. While Mr. Maynard says the Exposition will refund one-half of the loan made by the Govern ment, there Is nothing of record In the Treasury Department to bear out this statement. Here is what Mr. Maynard says on the subject: "If the Jamestown Exposition Company falls to pay the $1,090,000 loaned to It by Congress, the fault will be largely due to the slow processes of the Government. The Government is at fault In not com pleting its pier. This pier cost $450.0nn. It was originally Intended as the prln-ipal feature of the Exposition, and was to have been ready when the Fair opened. Instead it was not finished until Septem ber. 'Had It been ready at first, the place would not have had the unfinished ap pearance It did have, and the Govern ment would not have lost the money It probably will now lose. "Out of the loan of $1,000,000, which was secured only by a Hen on the gate re ceipts, the United States will probably receive $500,000. The attendance does not Justify a prophecy that more than this may be paid. I have not heard any talk of continuing the Exposition during the next Summer, but I have heard It sug gested by prominent naval officers that the Federal Government should purchase from the Exposition Company the land on which the Exposition stands and the pier, so that It may be used as a naval coaling station. "If the land Is worth $2,000,000. the Ex position Company would probably consent to have the amount of the loan applied on the payment. If necessary, the land could be condemned and purchased at the valuation thus assessed. In that case tilts same conditions would apply. The amount received by the compsny above the loan would probably straighten out its affairs. ."Though the Government may have lost money on the loan, the money has been well spent, for the reason that the Ex position has helped the people of the Eastern 8outh. I think that hereafter the money extended to an Exposition should be made a gift and not a loan." "Sir, my wife Is starving." said the shiv ering one. "So'a mine." responded the genial mllllonslre. "It's this straight-line craxe. Foolish fad, eh?" Puck