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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 16, 1908.
TAXES COMING IN
HT RECORD RATE
Total Collections in February,
1907, Exceeded Already
This Month.
DISCOUNT OF 3 PER CENT
Tlirce Forces ot Deputies Work
'isht mid lay Preparing State
ments for Mallins Kccclpts
to.. Date, $235,000.
With throe shifts of mm working day
nml night making out tax statements.
Sheriff Stevens and his chief deputy In
the'tax collecting department, S. B. Mar
tin, are meeting the unprecedented rusn
of taxpayers who are taking advantage
of the Z per cent rebate plan this year.
While payments on taxes have been re
ceived only during the past two weeks,
the total receipts were greater at the
closing hour hist night than during the
entile month of Kehruary last year. In
all, tile sum of $235,000 was shown on the
books as having been paid into Stvcriff
Stevens' hands and delivered, over by
blm to the County Treasurer.
The tax roll of this year Is Just 25 per
cent greater than hist year's, notwith
standing that the. rate of tax is smaller.
Increased valuation 1 Is shown on all real
estate, especially insido the. boundaries
of School Disfrlct No. 1. The tax roll
ishows 3,22t;,.'V4f;.2", and includes a per
sonal tax of J!-s!U&j.Hi.
Taxpayers will make quite a saving by
paving their taxes prior to March 15.
l'niler the law a discount of :i per cent
is made- for prompt payment. In some of
the larger items j per cent off means a
saving of hundreds ot dollars.
Hate Lower, Valuations Higher.
On learning that the rate was a frac
tion lower, many taxpayers were rejoic
ing earlier in the thought of a smaller
Biiin to be pa'id out this year. And yet
on getting their statements of taxes due
the general experience- is that of a sharp
Increase. This is because of the in
creased value of property and the at
tendant advance in assessment.
Residents of District No. 1, in Mult
nomah County, are paying $14.50 on the
Sl'XJO this year. Their neighbors in Dis
trict No. 2, St. John, pay $16.10. Last
year District No. 2 called ror $20.80. In
some of the outlying districts the rate is
less than half what residents of city dis
tricts pay. For instance, in Districts
Nos. 41, 4S and 49, Joint, the rate is only
56.40 on the JIOuo.
The theory that money is still tight,
following the late financial distress, is
hardly substantiated by the rush of big
taxpayers to pay up. Not a few have
even sent in checks for the full amount of
their taxes, disregarding the discount.
The discount must be made, however,
and those who make that oversight
merely cause the department the trouble
of arranging and transmitting a rebate.
Two Sample Statements.
Two statements showing the wide ex
tremes In the possession or property were
made out yesterday. One was on the O.
It: & N. lines in Oregon, and with an
assessed valuation of $1S,87S,670, the per
sonal tax alone was found to be
$254.5t;4.28. The other statement Was for
a man in an outlying district where the
rate is small. Oil a single lot valued at
$5 his tax was found to be 3 cents. It
will cost the county 2 cents to mail this
property owner's statement to him. The
time of the men who made out the state
ment may be said to represent an ex
penditure of at least. 5 cents more. So
the county loses. 4 cents by taxing the
property.
As explained by Chief Deputy Martin,
yesterday, there is a way for taxpayers
to get through with the ordeal of paying
up with but very h'ttle inconvenience.
The. old way is to stand in line, for- from
one to four hours: awaiting a chance W
get the window, inquire the location of
the property in question, and then wait
for a Cashier's receipt. All this Is hardly
necessary, for Sheriff Stevens has ar
ranged to handle much of the business
by mail, and those who send In their lot
and block number, together with the ad
rliiion or locution of their property, will
receive promptly a statement of the
amount due. From the total the tax
payer can figure off 3 per cent and
transmit the balance by check.
TAKES STAND FOR HUGHES
Treasons for Ills .Nomination Out
lined In Communication.
CARSON. Wash., Feb. 14. (To the Edi
tor.) I noto with pleasure what you say
in yesterday's paper In your leading. edi
torial, under the heading -of "A Remark
able Expression" 'in ypur comments upon
an article In the New York Independent
of February 8. in which were published
many letters, covering almost the entire
United States, and dealing with the living
issues involved in the Presidential cam
paign. Being a regular reader of the In
dependent, I was forcibly imprtssed with
the contents of the letters as reflecting
the puolic sentiment of the thinking
leading people, and am fully and firmly
impressed with the fact that the body
of the American people all over tho
United States, regardless of party affili
ations, arc in hearty accord with the
Roosevelt administration, and I wish it
were possible that all such could have
opportunity to read the letters referred
to.
In the matter of Presidential candi
dates who are now In the limelight, per
mit me to say that I think Hughes en
tirely qualified and the most available
candidate. Ever since he dug up the in
surance scandals and put to rout some
of the. grafters, I have been a strong
admirer of him. I have watched, with
unusual interest, every statement of his
that 1 have been 'able, to glean from the
public press. And I am frank to say
that his every public utterance is that
of a statesman. Remembering the axiom
that "No man can bo truly great who is
not truly good." J am led to believe that
in Governor 1 inches we have a candidate
who would not only grace the White
House, through' his manly character and
statesmanship, but one who would carry
out, almost to the letter, the policies
which President Roosevelt has Inaugu
rated, which are the policies the people
want.
I have little faith in the result of the
polling of the United States Senate and
House of Representatives concerning the
availability of Presidential candidates.
On what authority does the Oregon dele
gation predicate its faith that Oregon
will go for Taft? I note, with feelings
of pleasure, the hearty res-ponse and
rousing . rheers that greeted tho mere
mention of Hughes by Judge Lowell, of
Pendleton, when addressing the Commer
cial Club in honor of Lincoln's birthday
In Portland, and I take Ulis as an Index
to the feeling on the part of the com
mon people. .
Hughes Is not only an able man, but a
clean man, and his every public utter
ance denotes the fact that he is not the
kind of man who seeks his own nomina
tion. Should he be nominated It must
b9 the result of the people rather than
the work of the politicians, and some
way we feel that the people are going
to have something to say about the com
ing Presidential campaign. It will be
far better for the Republican party to
name a candidate whom the right think
ing people will indorse than to name
one whom the people will defeat. .
Notwithstanding the fact of a tempo
rary residence in the State of Washing
ton, for 69 years I resided in Oregon, and
during 40 years of the time I was a
reader of The Oregonian I feel a deep,
abiding interest in the future welfare
(both political and otherwise) of the
great State of Oregon. This seems to
me to be an opportune time to begin to
build out of the wreck and ruin of former
years a political structure that will do
honor and credit to our great and grow
ing state. So, I -sayi give us Hughes
for President. I care little as to who
shall be named for Vice-President, for
Roosevelt was about the only Vice-President
whose name I could remember either
while in ofhee or aftr lie left the chair,
Respectfully ROSWELL SHELLEY.
LAW KEO ir FRIENDS
1XITIATIVK VSia TOO FItEELY,
SAYS GHAXGE KPEAKEU.
Mrs. M. L. Jiilinson Advises Voters to
1'uvor Only Those Bills They
Thoroughly Understand.
"The greatest danger to the integrity
of the initiative and referendum law
is only-from Its friends and not from its
enemies," was the declaration of Mrs.
Margaret , L. Johnson, a member of
Milwaukie Grange, yesterday afternoon
In her address before that organization.
Mrs. Johnspn said that the law was
secured in Oregon only after a hard
struggle, and that . now at the hands
of its friends it is being imperiled by
being overworked and loaded down
with imperfectly framed . and ill-considered
bills. ..
"In Switzerland." said the speaker,
"where the initiative and referendum
law has been in use for many years,
the referendum is not Invoked once in
seven years and the initiative once in
five years, hut In this-state the voters
will be called on to pass on 19 meas
ures, next June, on most of which they
will have little or no information. Pe
titions have been circulated at the
waiting-rooms of streetcars in Port
land and Oregon City and names se
cured at 10 cents each. Many men
eigned who did not even read the pe
titions they were signing. These meas
ures vU cost the state $3G.000 besides
the cost to promoters of individual pe
titions. A considerable portion of our
population cannot read these proposed
bills and very fewwill know anything
of them, or what their effect will be if
enacted. There may be some good
measures In the bunch, but it is cer
tainly the duty of each citizen to vote
'no' on every measure he does not un
derstand. "The initiative and referendum laws
should be invoked only in rare cases,
and the time has come when the prac
tice of obtaining" nari-.es to petitions at
JO cents a name ought to be frowned
down. Only such measures should be
proposed as are- absolutely necessary
and then the circulation of the pe
titions should be by people who are
patriotic enough to do so in order to
got a good law before the voters."
Mrs. Johnson spoke of some meas
ures that are proposed, particular the
tax lw( and pointed out, their vicious
points. Mrs. H. L. Vail, state deputy,
also spoke on the subject, and said it
was the duty of every citizen to study
the measures proposed before voting
on them. The sentiment expressed by
both speakers was heartily indorsed
by all present.
During the afternoon A. G. Stark
weather delivered an instructive lec
ture on the early history of Oreiron.
I beginning with the adoption . of the
constitution. Among other things Mr.
Starkweather said that although Ore
gon had been regarded as a Republican
state, Democrats had served as Gov
ernors for more- than t2 years and Re
publicans for only 20 years, and that no
Republican had been re-elected Gov
ernor. He also explained the meaning
of Statement No 1. The programme
was In charge of Miss Casto, newly
elected lecturer.
JOKER IN. PENROSE BILL
Delegates Power to Bar Any Paper
lYom Stall.
OREGONIA.N NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 15. Newspaper publishers in
various parts of the country are awaken
ing to the fact that Senator Penrose, of
Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate
committee on postoffiees, has introduced
and is pressing a bill conferring on. the
Postmaster-General the unabridged light
to bar from tho mails any newspaper or
periodical which may fall under his ban.
There is a statute which prohibits the
mailing of obscene books, pamphlets and
papers, and the bill in question Is osten
sibly an amendment to that section, but
the crafty Penrose, who is not in favor
with newspapers generally, has so word
ed his bill .that the Postmaster-General
can bar from the malls any newspaper
he sees fit, without assigning any cause
or giving the paper any opportunity to
be heard.
Under ordinary circumstances such a
law might do no harm, but because there
is an honest Postmaster-General in the
present administration it does not follow
that all future occupants of that office
will be scrupulous. Assuming that some
unprincipled man should become Postmaster-General,
he would, under the
Penrose bill, have the right to exclude
from the malls any newspaper that
should assail him or his friends. It is
to guard against any such high-handed
proceeding that the newspapers are pro
testing, and it is to head oft such legis
lation that they are writing to Senators
and Congressmen, objecting to the Pen
rose bill. It is bad legislation and legis
lation which could readily be abused
should some politician of the Penrose
type ever become Postmaster-General.
The bill In question is Senate 1518.
I.ucullus Outdone.
New York World.
For panic times Philadelphia has done
pretty well with its debutantes' ball, at
which 500 butterflies collected in India
and South America" were turned loose
over the dancers' heads. After this soci
ety circuses and horseback dinners look
like commonplace affairs. Except for his
peacocks' tongues, the account of poor
old Lucullus' banquet, with its fruits
from Arabia and oysters from Britain,
might be an every-night performance
when stocks are booming. As Senator
Jeff Davis said in -comparing himself
with President Roosevelt. Philadelphia
has Rome "skinned a block."
See Rosenthal's windows for latest
swell styles slroes land garden ties.
See Keats' Auto ad..sectlon 4, page 7.
Perfect fitting glasses $1 at Mizser's.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
TO PLANT ROSES
Park Blocks Will Afford Gay
Midwinter Scenes Next
Saturday.
CHANCE FOR CAMERA CLUB
Citizens Are Named to Interest Pu
pils in the Various Schools,
live Thousand Koso
Bushes Donated.
Snap-shot fiends are preparing tor a
feast (or- next Saturday, when Portland
will hold one. of the most unique civic
demonstrations ever planned In the
United . States, a "rose-planting" cam
paign In mid-Winter, tho celebration to be
concurrent with certain format cerempnies
which will be decided upon . tomorrow.
The Portland Camera Club has taken
great interest In the scheme from the fact
that thousands of school children in Sum
mer garb will be on hand to participate
in the gala event, for the occasion will
afford abundant opportunity not only for
spectacular effects, but for real art studies
of intrinsic value. The Rose Festival
committees which have charge of the
event are endeavoring to enlist the at
tention of as many amateur camera ex
perts as they oan in order that the occa
sion may be universally exploited pic
torially as well us In exemplification of
Portland's unrivalled climate.
Tomorrow afternoon the special Rose
Society committee, the two special Fes
tival committees and the ways and means
committee, of the organization will meet
with the members of the Park Board in
Mayor line's office to arrange the formal
programme, embodying patriotic features
as well as in keeping with the local Im
portance of the occasion.
Hose Bushes Donated.
The special "planting day" committee
has made its report to the Festival As
sociation, showing the following list of
donations to the campaign to secure 5000
rose bushes for planting on that day:
Meier & Frank Company 1,000
Oregonian Publishing Company 500
Portland Rose Society 50Q,
Portland -Kennel Club 500
Portland Hunt Club 500
J. B. Pllkington 250
F. A. Krlbs 200
Ben Selling 100
Rowe & Martin .- 100
V. Dresser .' 100
Ellis G. Hughes 100
Warren Construction Company 100
Evening Telegram 100
William T. Pangle 100
John Manning 100
George B. Thomas 100
Irwin Hodson 100
Alex Sweek 50
Roger B. Sinnott 50
Grand Theater , oO
C. A. Malarkey .' 50
Dr. J. A. Stewart 60
A. J. Coffman 50
Gus C. Moser 50
Eastern -Outfitting Company 50
H. Rebe .- 50
The Dolly Varden 50
H. W. Manning Light & Supply Co... 25
Dr. William -Koehler 25
Total . .- ...5,000
All additional contributions of bushes
for this celebration will be turned over to
Superintendent Daggett of the garbage
crematory, and he has promised to have
them planted in the tract occupied by the
old garbage burner, and also to take per
manent care of the bushes, which are .to
remain as a fixed reserve supply of flow
ers for decorative purposes for each ensu
ing annual festival. The site comprises
some two acres, and before the end of
this week it will be prepared for the set
ting out of the trees, and care-takers will
do the rest.
Will Speak in Schools.
From the Interest that has been made
manifest during the last few days In the
"planting day" project, it seems assured
that plenty of roses to fill the whole tract
will be secured.
Chalrfnan W. Wynn Johnson of the
school committee which has had charge
of arranging for a series ot talks to the
public school teachers and children for
the purpose of interesting them In the
festival, reports splendid success and says
that every school in tho city will be told
of the plans and preparations that are
being made for the week of festivities to
take place the first week of June. For sev
eral days he has been at work securing
prominent citizens as speakers at the dif
ferent schools and last night he completed
the list. They will be allotted to dif
ferent sections of the city and all schools
will be provided for.
The speakers will deliver their addresses
under, consent of the Board of Education,
next Thursday, and it is expected as a re
sult that a splendid representation of the
2L000 boys and girls of the public schools
will be ready to aid in delivering the rose
bushes to tho designated Plaza blocks at
the hour fixed for the planting exercises
and dedicatory ceremonies to begin. The
speakers are as follows: . .
List of the Speakers.
Arleta, Dr. Emmet Drake; Atkinson,
George W. McMillan, W. J. Clemens;
Brooklyn, Gus C. Moser. A. B. Slauson;
Chapman, George L. Hutchln. F. J.
Lonergan; Clinton-Kelly, N. J. Levin
son,' C. C. Chapman; Couch, Robert
Tucker, Julius Meier; Failing, Russell
Sewall. Philip Gevurtz; Hawthorne F. V.
Holman. R. M. Gray; East Portland
High, C. W. Hodson, W. P. Olds; West
Portland High, S. G. Reed, J. F. Carroll;
Highland. George L. Baker, W. T.
Vaughn; Holladay, W. P. Strandborg, A.
S. Banfteld: Todd, Rev. J. W. Brougher.
H. M. Cake; Lents,' Lewis M. Head;
Montavll!a,-B. I. Dasent; Mt. Tabor, R.
M. Hall; North Central, Franois I. Mc
Kenna, Gen. O. Summers: Sellwood, Lewis
B. Reed, J. A. Horan; Shaver. Charles N.
Black; Shattuck. D. Soils Cohn. Ralph
Moody: Stevens, Dr. Norris R. Cox;
Sunnysidc, G. F. Johnson, Jerry E. Bron
augh; Thompson, C. M. Idleman, A. A.
Courtney; Wllliame Avenue. H. C. Camp
bell, Sam Connell; Woodlawn, S. H. Gru
ber. The past week has been a busy one for
the solicitors who are collecting money
for the general festival fund. The big
subscription of the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company proved a strong
impetus to the work, and during the six
days just past, over $1700 has been col
letted by the solicitors. The pledges are
all in- small amounts and indicate the
widespread interest that is being taken in
the festival. Pledges aggregating several
thousands of dollars have been received
within the past fortnight and the indi
vidual subscriptions are being recorded
as rapidly as the solicitors are able to
get in touch with the donors.
; PERSONALMENTION.
Mr. Henry Cohi, a prominent mer
chant ot Salt Lak City, is a guest of
his aunt, Mrs. Moritz Cohn, of 779 Mar
shall street.
A Valentine social was given at the
First Congregational Church Friday
evening by the young people of the
church. After the- games and music,
refreshments were served. The church
was beautifully decorated for the oc
casion. Dr. W'illlam House was called to Bel
lingham. Wash., last night to take
part in a consultation with several phy
sicians in an obscure nervous case. Dr.
House will return on Monday.
. Among the representatives to the dis
trict meeting of the B'nai-B'rith being
held in Portland Is Jesse K. Marks of
San Francisco. Mr. Marks is no
stranger In this city, for he was
brought here by his parents when he
was 2 years old, in 1856, and lived here
until 1803. He recalls the fact that he
sold on the street The Oregonian in
which the assassination of President
Lincoln was announced. Mr. Marks
says that the rebuilding of the Bay
City i3 something marvelous. He will
remain for somo days, in an effort to
trace out the old lines of the city when
he lived here, back in tho 60's.
CHICAGO, Feb. 15. (Special.) North
western people registered at Chicago ho
tels: From Portland F. W. Mulkey. at the
Auditorium ATinex; C. K. Vonnieda, at
the Grand Pacific: J. T. Petersen, A- D.
Hawkins, at the Great Northern. ' .
From Baker City Clmrles P. Murphy,
at the Great Northern.
From Corvallis W. J. Kern, at the
Palmer House.
From Salem J. C. .Ackerman, at the
Palmer House.
MO LTN 0 MAH CLUBBAN Q U ET
VKTERAXS Ol' ATHLETIC OR
GANIZATION" HOLD REUNION.
Annual Dinner of Oldtlme Members
I')IIbwed by Programme of
Toasts and Speeches.
Fifteen veteran athletes and other
members of the Multnomah Club held
their annual dinner last night in the
grill-room of the Portland Hotel. Some
of those who sat around the banquet
board, while young In years, were old
in the athletic life of the club, and
many stories grave and. gay were told
during the course of the banquet. Onqe
each year the men who by their earnest
efforts and devotion 'to the club, have
made it the splendid Institution that It
is, gather to tell of the achievements
of the club in years gone by and of
what is being done towards making
the club bigger and better than ever.
As is the custom, the retiring president
officiated as toastmaster. the task last
night falling to George W. McMillan.
The tables around which the veterans
sat were tastefully decorated, and after
a fine menu had been enjoyed, those
whose names were on the programme
for toasts responded.
Dr. A. E. McKay had something to
say about "Athletes from a Medical
Standpoint. J. N. Teal told of "His
Athletic Days," and C. Cooklngham
gave his opinion of "The Old Guard."
H. E. Judge had a funny story to tell
about "Target Practice on the Willam
ette" and A. P. McAlpln gave a young
athlete's opinion of "Oslerism." J. P.
Dekum, who knows all about raising
hair and other things, was on tho pro
gramme for a talk on "Nut Culture."
R. C. Hart knew a4l about the sleep an
athlete needed and R. L. Glisan told of
snow-shooing in a country where they
had to hunt for the snow. H. M. Cake,
who has visited Japan, told about tha
athletes who are expected to come over
and fight the club men. George W. Mc
Millan of course spoke: about football
past and present and then It was up to
W. T. Muir to recall to mind the ladieo
at home.
Those who attended the dinner were:
C. F. Swigert. A. M. Ellsworth,, It. 15.
Judge, W. E. Hart, W. H. Chapin, G. W.
Hoyt, 1). J. A. Surman, Tom Farrell, H.
D. Storey, L. Stout. Charles E. Mr
Donell, Dr. A. E. McKay, Geo'-ge W.
McMillan, J. W. P. McFall, L. J. Gold
smith, W. F. Llpman, George Dekum,
D. M. J. Zan, T. H. McAllis, A. L. Upson,
F. H. V. Andrews, T. Foster, J. N. Teal,
H. L. Glisan, Ed. Cookingham.
CHINESE AS GIFT-GIVERS
New York Traveling Man's Tribute to His Oriental Friends.
A New Yorker who, as traveling mem
ber of an American concern with Chi
nese connections, has been visiting China
every year for tho last quarter of a cen
tury, was speaking of the Chinese as
gift-givers. "I haven't even begun yet to
unpack the assortment of Christmas gifts
sent me by my Chinese friends in China,"
he said. "That will be a good month's
evening work at leas?. There is nearly a
ton of the gifts. Most of It reached me
here in New York some days before
Christmas. Now, that little fact in itself
the fact that these gifts were timed to
reach me before Christmas shows the
kind thoughtfulness of tho Chinese peo
ple. Christmas, you understand, means
nothing to them. These gift-giving Chi
namen are not the class reached by the
Christian missionaries in China. They
are mostly merchants and too busy for
the pursuit of. any religion except their
otvn.
"But they know and never fail to re
member that Christmas is a festival of
the largest possible significance to their
Caucasian friends the round world over.
They never forget that . our Christian
Christmas is a day of gifts. So. with
their perfect adaptability. they fall in
with the Christian custom for the sake
of giving their white-skinned friends
pleasure.
"How they time these gifts to reach
their recipients a little before or just at
Christmas is a thing that always beats
me. Some of the gifts that I received
from Chinese friends a few days before
Christmas came from the middle of
French China. Now, there was a bit of
keen timing. They must have boxed
those gifts away back In October, for
they had to come a long way by wagon
and river before reaching an ocean port.
But they were timed, all the same, to
reach a shipping port in season to catch
a steamer that would fetch the things
across the Pacific with a margin to spare
for handling by express companies at
San Francisco and nearly all of the Chi
nese gifts reached me in a fine clutter
just two or three days before Christmas
day, everything so packed as to be per
fectly intact, every cent of carrying
charges prepaid. That, I think, is as in
genious from a business point of view as
it is kind and thoughtful from a friendly
point of view.
"Take it the other way around, and
suppose, for the sake of comparison, that
we were natural born gift-givers ansj that
we had a horde of Chinese friends whom
we wanted to remember with gifts on
their New-year. Wouldn't we have a job
remembering the Chinese fellows whom
we wanted to honor with gifts, remem
bering what each of them liked particu
larly, remembering their exact addresses
at far-separated points in China, remem
bering how to label the packages so that
they'd be taken up by the land and water
carrying companies that would make the
best time, tracing what the prepaying
charges would be from start to finish
and remembering all of this a couple of
months before their New-year, in order
that our gifts should arrive just pat
smack on time, right In the middle of
their celebration of their big festival?
Much as we pride ourselves about our
business smartness and all that, I don't
believe we could get away with it as per
fectly as the Chinese do; I really don't.
"You're wondering now, of course, why
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DRIVE OUT QUACKS
Committee Declares War on
. Iliicit'Practitioners.'
ADDS TO ITS MEMBERSHIP
Clergymen, Physicians and Others
Enlisted in Struggle to Kid City
of All Who Perform
Criminal Operations.
Investigation, legislation, agitation and
law enforcement are the methods adopted
yesterday afternoon by the committee
that purposes to drive from the city or
send to the penitentiary all illicit medical
practitioners and proprietors of quacker
ies where criminal operations on young
women are tolerated. The objects of the
committee, as adopted, are: To suppress
all so-called medical Institutes where
criminal practices are permitted; to ex
pose and prosecute all illegal medical
practitioners and such other individuals
as engage in similar practices; to engage
the co-operation of the newspapers in
suppressing all fraudulent and immoral
medical advertisements.
Dr. Tucker Made Chairman.
At yesterday afternoon's session, which
was held In the office of Dr. Alan Welch
Smith, in the Oregonian building, the
committee organized with Dr. E. F.
Tucker as chairman; Rev. E. S. Muckley
as secretary,-and J. Whitcomb Brougher.
D. D., as press representative. Members
of the original committee present were,
Dr. Luther R. Dyott, pastor of tne First
Congregational church; Rev. E. S. Muck
ley, pastor of the First Christian church:
Rev. William Hiram Foulkes, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church: Dr. W. H.
Heppe, pastor of Grace. Methodift Episco
pal church: Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher,
pastor of the First Baptist church.
The original committee was given power
to increase its membership, and added the
names of Drs. Alan Welch Smith, E. F.
Tucker and Esther C. Pohl. The Munici
pal Association sent in the names of
David LockWood. Morris Walton and E.
L. Thompson, and they also were elected
to membership. The committee voted to
invite- the Bar Association and the Roman
Catholic church each to name three mem ;
bers. and also voted to request the ap
pointment of one representative from each
of the daily newspapers as committee
members. Rabbi Jonah Wise was also
elected a member of the committee.
Another Meeting Tomorrow.
With its enlarged membership, the com
mittee will meet tomorrow afternoon at
4:30 o'clock, and will at that time take up
the discussion of subjects sought to be
acted upon.
Dr. Brougher will speak at the White
Temple tonight on the subject "Society's
Crime, or Who Shall. Be Stoned?" The
topic will have to do with the subjects
umler discussion by the committee.
Tho committee was originally named
by the Ministerial Association because, of
the recent death of Golda W. Rowland, a
young woman, whose untimely end was
declared to be due to malpractice. In
that case. the. death occurred at the X
Radium Institute, at Third and Alder
streets, an establishment declared to have
been one of the worst quackeries in Port
land. Coroner J. P. Ftnley passed the
death certificate, fixing the place of death
at 1171 Macadam street, the home of the
young woman. He was severely criticised
by public officials for his Inactivity, espe
cially because he admitted he knew at
the. time that a crime had been com
mitted. the Chinese chaps the best fellows -in
the world, and I mean it send mo these
Christmas gifts. You're wondering what
I have done for them to aeserve the gifts,
and so on. It's perfectly natural for folks
who don't know the Chinese to wonder.
"Well, they send me gifts because they
like me. That's all there is to it. I've
never done any actual favors worth men
tioning for afiy of them. I've merely met
up with them and know them and min
gled with them at their homes for a good
many years. There is nothing on earth
that I could do to advance their interests.
They expect nothing of the sort. I am
their friend. They are my friends. I've
always treated them exactly as I would
treat men of equal standing and character
whose skins are white. I've never per
mitted that fool "'radical instinct' to rule
me In my dealings with them. So. I am
on the good books of these kindly Chinese
chaps.
"Again, perhaps you're wondering if I
send them gifts In return. I do not. They
would resent that sort of reciprocity. It
would be offensive to them. If I were to
send them gifts they would consider that
I disliked to bear the weight of my obliga
tions to them, to put In that way, and
that, therefore, I was trying to 'get even.'
That would make them feel very badly.
"The Chinese exchange gifts among
Themselves, not only at their festival sea
sons, but throughout the year. In giving
gifts to Caucasians they don't like to
have any return. The element of a very
nice consideration enters into this also,
please understand. They know our cir
cumstances. They know that gifts of a
richness equal to their own are extremely
expensive In the countries in which their
white-skinned friends live. They know
that their Caucasian friends have many,
many claims upon them in the gift line
in their own lands. This knowledge which
they gained long years ago, when we first
began to get on close friendly terms with
them, had a good deal to do, I think, with
their csta.bllsh.fng the thoroughly under
stood rule that we must not feel obligated
to send them gifts because thev send us
gifts. Leave it to a hlgh-gra&e China
man If you want the extreme of delicacy
and thoughtfulness In such matters.
"Of course when I make my annual
visit to China I go laden with minor gifts
of the sort that my Chinese friends gladly
receive. They like all sorts of American
manufactured tobacco, for example, par
ticularly cigarettes and pipe mixtures, and
I have many boxes of this material when
I gain Chinese soil each year. They like
some American liquors, loo. and you'd en
joy seeing a grave, elderly Chinese mer
chant at Amoy, for example, mixing him
self an American rye highball and enjoy
ing it right down to the final drop. ' These
littlo things they like to receive. AnB
they are most enormously, most embar
rassingly appreciative of such trifling
gifts. Their appreciativeness is not 'put
on,' either. They mean it.
"Grateful, the Chinese? Why, once, my
wife, who often goes with me on my trips
to China, befriended a Chinese dock
coolie in Hongkong who was being drub
bed around by a drunken British soldier.
Shortly after that my wife was taken 111
and was carried to the hospital In Hong
kong. Just one hour after she reached
the hospital the most magniflcient box of
flowers I ever saw was brought to the
fiospital for my wife by that Chinese
dock rat. The flowers represented, prob
ably, all of his own savlnes and. In ad
dition, a collection he'd taken uo among
the other Crinese dock laborers. How
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he knew that my wife was in the hos
pital I never found out. But he learned
It. and the poor devil, with his two-ploce
dangaree suit and his bare feet, was
there at the hospital gate with his huge
box of flowers, as I say. an hour after
she was carried to the hospital..
"Oh. yes, the Chinese are grateful.
Grateful and fine, and kind, end big
hearted, if the world only knew It which
It doesn't." New York Sun.
ABOUT 500 MARRY TITLES
American Brides Take $208,000,-
000 Over "the Seas.
Washington (D. O Post.
More than 5G0 American girls have mar
ried titled foreigners, and a careful sta
tistician has figured that a trifle more
than J20S.000.000 has been taken over seas
through Cupid's influence. This amount
does not Include the forune of Miss Gladys
Vanderbllt, who married Count Szechenyl,
of Hungary.
Not only have the marriages of Ameri
can heiresses filled the depleted coffers
of foreign noblemen, but many of the fair
Americans have presented their husbands
with heirs to Inherit the titles. Also have
the American wives beebme prominent in
politics and society of foreign countries,
notably those who have married British
noblemen.
But the record of infelicitous interna
tional marriages is certainly appalling
and the divorce court history of the past
few years teems with the names of titled
foreigners who married rich American
girls. There are few of these cases In
which the American wife did not bring
the suit either for separation or divorce.
Some of the matches have been love
matcHes, and In these Instances, with few
exceptions, the American wives have been
happy. But these are the exceptions that
proves the rule. TJnhapplness, shame,
and Ignominy have come In most of the
International marriages.
The most recent American heiress to ob
tain a divorce was the Countess de Cas
tellane, who was Miss Anna Gould. This
was a love match that ended disastrously.
And when Miss Gould married the pic
turesque Boni it was confidently believed
it was a union that would bring happi
ness to the bride. Miss Gould brought
S6.000.000 to her Count.
When three sons were born to the cou
ple, there was all the more reason to
believe the couple were happy. The out
come of the marriage is only too well
known. Humiliated, her woman's pride
outraged, and her love dead, the Countess
de Castellane sought freedom In the di
vorce court, and was fortunate enough to
win it. -
, The marriage of Consuelo Vanderbllt to
the Duke of Marlborough was another un
fortunate alliance. Mies Vanderbllt paid
10.000.000 for her title. The separation
of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
constituted tho greatest sensation of
years. King Edward did what he could
to prevent the upheaval, but failed.
It was said at the time of the separa
tion that the Duchess had agreed to settle
J1OO.O0O a year on her titled husband In
order to obtain the separation without re
sort to the courts. . ,
The Duchees retained possession of her
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two children, the Marquis of Bianford and
Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill.
Mbw May Goelet, who married the Duke
of Roxburghe, In May. 19a, was one of
tho wealthiest of American heiresses to:
marry a titled foreigner. Miss Goelet.;
the daughter of Ogden Goelet, was worth;
In her own right over $10.000, 000. This en-,
tire amount was actually Miss Goelet's
dowry, but only a smalt part of her In
heritance dowry, amounting to more than '
$1,000,000, was-settled on her husband not'
more than $1,000,000. it was reported. This!
union has apparently been a happy one. i
The marriage of Miss Alice Thaw, sis-j
ter. of Harry Thaw, to the Earl of Tar
mouth, now has turned out unhappily.
Tho Bradley Martins became allied with:
the English nobility In 1KB, when Cor-1
nelia Martin married the Earl of Craven, j
The brjde's dowry was more than $1,000,-'
000. Children graced this union.
Miss Adele Grant, daughter of General,
F. D. Grant, and granddaughter of Gen-i
eral U. S. Grant, brought but a small
dowry In monsy to Prince Oantactizebe of'
Russia, to whom she was married In 1899. i
An heir has been born to the Count.
A notable International alliance was
that of Miss Mary Lelter, of Chicago
and Washington, to Ixrd Curzon, after
ward Viceroy of India. Lady Curzon
is now dead. She was one of the most
brilliant American women abroad during
her day, and achieved great honor both
for herself and for her husband.
Marguerite ("Daisy") Leiter, her sister,
also married a title, and became the wife
of the Earl of Suffolk. Both American
women brought their husbands dowries of
$2,000,000 each. They were the daughters
of I-evl Z. Letter.'
Miss Helen Morton, daughter of Levi
P. Morton, ex-Vice-President, married the.
Due de Valencay, from whom she wan
later separated. Her father settled $30,
a year on her.
Miss Eva Bryant Mackay, who became
the Princess Colonna; Miss Haggln, who
became the Countess Festetics, and Miss
Clara Huntington, who became the Prin
cess Hatzfeldt. were three American
V 1 .I... Vn,..,H, tHo!, K,iaKc..
million-dollar dowries.
And so runs the list through the more1
than 500 names.
When the Regiment Came Back.
Klla Wheeler Wiicox. In Harpers.
All the uniforms were. blue, all mo swords
and rifles neiv.
When the raiment weot marching do-.vn'
the treet.
All the men were hale and strong, as they
proudly moved aioni ,
Through the cheers tliat drowned the
music of their feet.
Oh, ttie mualc of their feet, keeping time '
t drums that beat! ;
Oh, tne glitter and the eplendor of the
slKht! i
As with swords and rifles new, and tn .
uniforms of blue. :
The regiment went marching to the fight! 1
When the reslment came back all the gjna'
and awordd were black.
And tho uniforms had faded Into gray:
And the faces of the men who marched',
throuxh that street apain j
Seemed like faces of the dead who lose I
ihelr ay. j
For the dead who lose their -way cannot!
look more gaunt or gray
Oh, the sorrow and the anguish of the!
fight:
Oh, the weary. lagging feet, out of step;
w-tth drums that beat.
When the regiment came marching from
the fight!
Sugar Is to be- found tn the fnn of ncarlv;
fSx a shallow rlvr phrdld shrUlu hrdlimht
SOU olants and trees.