THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 23, 1905. 3 VICTORY FDR HILL OVER RARRIAN All Tariffs to Portland Not Concurred in by Northern Pacific Must Be Canceled. LONG HAUL FOR HILL ROAD 'Jntcolattt Commerce Commission Kules One-Way Business Must Be Sent Via St. Taul or Through Billings to the Northwest. CHICAGO, Feb. 22. It was an nounced today that the Interstate Commerce Commission has made a ruling compelling the Union Pacific, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Chi cago & Northwestern, Missouri Pacific and other railroads to cancel all tar iffs on file to the Far Northwest through Portland, Or., which have not been concurred in by . the Northern Pacific. The order means that all one-way business from Chicago and contiguous points which has heretofore been routed to Seattle via Granger, thence over the Short Line to Huntington, from there over the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company to Portland, and thence to Seattle over the North ern Pacific must hereafter be routed by way of St. Paul or over the Chi cago, Burlington & Quincy through Billings, Mont. The Portland gateway has long been a point of dispute between the North cm Pacific and its southern competi tors. The Northern Pacific has always refused to participate in a sale of tickets through to Seattle unless they wore routed through St. Paul or Bill ings, thereby securing the long haul. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, in an effort to overcome this attitude, sought to file a schedule with the In terstate Commerce Commission stating that its through tariff Included a local ticket purchased at Portland by the railway company and given to the passenger so that lie might reach Sc uttle or contiguous points over the Northern Pacific Thi-s tariff was declared illegal by the Commission and, when its atten-. tion was called to similar schedules tiled hy other roads, all were ordered i ancellcd It was held that all tariffs filed by a road must have the written concurrence of all other roads over which tickets are sold. i:STIiOlM) HATE IS HIGHER Hardwood Lumbermen Complain of Discrimination Agains't Them. CHICAGO, Feb. 22. There is a differ ence of 35 cents a hundred weight to lum ber shippers of the Middle West between hauling a carload of lumber from Los Angeles to Missouri River points and hauling the same car. refilled with lum ber, from the Missouri River to Los An geles. This difference was considered yester day by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion in the complaint of the National Hardwood Manufacturers' Association against all the Pacific Coast and Middle West railroads. Railroad officials maintained that there Is no necessity for a lower West ern rate because the Coast competi tion Is Inconsequential and that the low Eastern rate is made because the rastbound traffic Is much heavier, when the westbound shipments of other commo dities than lumber eliminate empty car movement westward. Commissioners Prouty and Harlan yes terday heard testimony in the complaint of 16 creameries of Nebraska and Kansas against four railroads and five express companies charging illegal combination to raise rates. In August, 1907, the rates on shipments of creamery products were raised. The railroads and express com panies claim added cost of labor and op erating expenses necessitated the in crease. Close Shops Till Times Improve. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 22. The . Missouri Pacific shops at Sedalia, employing 800 men, and the St. Louis, Iron Moun tain & Southern Railroad shops at Doloreck, Ark., with a force of 1200 nien, have been closed and will not reopen until March 6. At tho offices of the general manager of the Mis sourl Paciilc-Iron Mountain system, the following statement was made today; "The general falling off in the vol ume of business leaves less work necessary on equipment than during normal conditions when locomotives and cars are most actively In use, In consequence of which the company has closed Its principal shops during the last week of the month of February rather than dismiss the equivalent number of men from the service." RELATIONS ARE STRAINED APPREHENSION OVER ATTITUDE OF JAPAN IX MANCHURIA. Many Rumors Rife ns to Feeling Between China and Japan. Russia on Guard. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 22. (Spe cial. ) All sorts of rumors as to im minent complications in the Far East and the dispatch of large reinforce ments to Transbaikalia have been rife for some days past. Suspicion has naturally been aroused in many quar ters that these stories constitute a maneuver Inspired by the supporters of the big navy schemes. But from care ful Inquiry there appears to be some genuine basis for apprehension with regard to the relations between China and Japan, and that Russia therefore thinks it wise to be on her guard. Japan's action in regard to Man churia Is being watched very closely by Russian diplomacy, and it is be lieved that tin: recent publication of the Russian Orange-book, though giv ing only the briefest possible summary of the negotiations which led up to tho Russo-Japanese treaty, was intended to convey a gentle reminder to Toklo that Japan has by treaty pledged her self to -the integrity of China and tho open door In Manchuria. It is diffi cult to separate the false from tho true, but the Russian government is undoubtedly in a position to secure valuable Information from M. Shipoff, who l-.aa Just returned from the Far East. It is understood that his impressions, while Justifying some anxiety, owing to the strained relations noticed In Manchuria between the Chinese and the Japanese, are far from bearing out the alarmist views which some hot headed people would like to propa gate. Cool-headed skeptics cannot fall to note that these sensational develop ments In the Far East seem timed to coincide with the arrival of the American squadron In the Pacific. At best, however, the situation in the Far East is disquieting. - The Government has finally intro duced a bill for the construction of a second gauge of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The work of duplication will, it is estimated, cost $85,&00,0OO, and will take eight years.. For the current year the Government asks only a credit of llg.oOO.OOO. ' TROUBLE AHEAD ON YUKON "Reindeer Bill" Hubcr Forewarns Xew York-Paris Auto Racers. TACOMA, . Wash., Feb. 22. "Reindeer Bill" Hube. the Alaska mail carrier, now in Tacoma. says the automobiles on their way to Paris will have plenty of trouble down the Yukon to Nome. The only chance the racers will have to reach Nome on schedule time. In the opinion of "Reindeer Bill." is to follow in the wake of the big dog teams carrying the malls. The snow gets as deep on the frozen river as It does on land. If the ice is smooth and the wind heavy, the snow will blow off, but often It accumulates and makes travel difficult. The large, heavy sleds with their S00 and 400 pounds of EDWARD'S NIECE MAY CHANGE FAITH IN ORDER TO WED jmmmm: 1.1 7U ROME, Feb. 22. (Special.) The rumor of the betrothal of the Princess Patricia of Connaught and the Count of Turin is apparently well founded. The delay in the official announcement is due to the question of the conversion of the Princess to Catholicism not being yet settled. The constitution does not insist that the wife of a royal Prince must be a Catholic, but a mixed marriage would be unprecedented in the House of Savoy. Prince Victor Emmanuel, Count of Turin, is the" second son of the late Amadeus, sometime King of Spain and otherwise Duke of Aosta. Victor Is thus first cousin to the King of Italy. He is 36 years old, lives in Florence and has never been married. The Princess Victoria Patricia is the second daughter and third child of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, oldest surviving brother of the -King of England. She is almost 22 years old. Rumor had her engaged at one time to the young King of Spain, and It was said that her unwillingness to change, her.'rellgton was the cause of the breaking off of the match. Uncle Sam's mail, together with the dog team, comprised of a dozen or more nui la mutes, may break the trail enough for the automobiles to travel over it. DECREASE ONLY $8,000,000 OREGON BANK DEPOSITS ARE "WEIL MAINTAINED. According to a recent report of James Steel, State Bank Examiner, 111 of the 134 state and private banks and 55 National banks of the state on December 3 last, reported individual deposits aggregating J56,6S9.452. On August 22, last, 105 of the 141 state and private banks and the 55 National banks of the state reported Indi vidual deposits amounting to $64,696,921. This falltng off of only $8,000,000 In de posits for the six months when financial conditions generally were seriously, dis turbed is considered remarkably credit- RESOURCES. Hems. . Ixann and discounts Overdrafts Securities, bonds, etc Banking house, furniture and fixtures.... Other real estate owned rue from banks and bankers... Checks and other cash Items Exchange for clearing-house Cash on band U. S. bonds to secure circulation U. S. bonds to secure deposit IT. S. bonds on hand ' Premiums on U. S. bonds Five per cent redemption fund Due from United Stales Treasurer Expenwp Totals LIABILITIES. Items. rnpital stock Hurplus' fund . Undivided profits Dividends unpaid Due -to banks and bankers...., Individual deposits Notes and bills redlscountcd Bills pavable United States deposits Deposits United States disbursing ofTleers National bank notes outstanding. "Reserved for taxes. ..1 Bonds borrowed OUi-r liabilities Totals In the following statement Is shown the condition' of the state and private banks and 55 National banks in the State of Oregon, at the close of business August 22, 1907: RESOURCES. Items. Txtans and discounts : Overdrafts , Securities, bonds, etc Banking house, furniture and fixtures Other real estate owned Due from banks and bankers., Checks and other cash Items Exchanges for clearing-house, Cash on hand . U. S. bonds to secure circulation U. S. bonds to secure deposits ..... U. S. bonds on hand Premiums on U. S. bonds Five per cent redemption fund Due from United States Treasurer Totals LIABILITIES. Items. Capital stock Surplus fund Undivided profits "I.... Dividends unpaid Due to banks and bankers. Individual deposits Notes and bills rediseounted "..'..".'.'. Bills payable United states deposits Deposits United States disbursing officers! National bank notes outstanding Reserved for taxes Other liabilities , Total ........ WEIGHTY SPONSOR FOR THE SPIRITS Oliver Lodge, Who Believes in Messages From Dead, Noted Scientist. HAS HAD GREAT CAREER Englishman Whoso Statement Has (startled World Was Discoverer of Wireless Telegraphy, Even Before Marconi. LONDON, Feb. 15. Can we communi cate with the spirits of the dead? Are those who have passed over to "the other side" able to send us .messages? Throughout the ages man, longing to be assured of a life beyond the grave, and yearning to know what that life will be. able to the banking institutions of the state. During the intervening six months rep resented by the two reports to Bank Ex aminer Steel, the amount of cash on hand increased from J9.646.S23 on August 22, to $10,847,152 on December 3. For comparative purposes,' a summary of the two reports is printed. The fol lowing statement shows the condition of 111 state and private banks (out of 134 banks in the state), and 55 National banks in the State of Oregon, at the close of business December 3. 1907: Ill State , 65 National . Banks. Bunks. $19..i3n.l!76.S7 20,(t:.0.3.r.3.S3 S-49.341.4S 450,477 l:i 4. IO7.013.8S 3,ti30.BC7.S2 1.012.4510 7S2,OB4.10 tt.'I7,lr:t. 12 10o,;3..4 6.!til,2S0.S0 8.(H8,292.3:: 14 l,8:i.3." 14,",022.r.4 lSO,5.5.9-'i 24!,41.V4! 3,5Wti.332.2- 7,2."oisOo!21 2. 302, 850. OO l.S79,750.0o 307,7410.00 07,013 30 , 11.445 (H 1.005.00 57.6S4.04 " $38.S82.853.5 $40,103,649.79 Total. $40,29.830.20 4. 308.818.01 7.737.671.70 1.794.320.20 737.818.06 14,729.573.13 2Mi.S6l.S9 430,051.42 10.847.152.23 2v3l2. 850.00 1,879.750.00 1O7.78O.0O 07.O13.30 11.445.00 1,005.00 57.GS4.04 S82.689.0O3.38 Ill Slate Banks. 4,74.0.-.2.21 7S7.031.S3 I150.692.S2 3. 147.no 1.810.047.12 27,94rt.nm.37 24.505.88 if'7.9(17.36 55 National Banks. S 3.831. ooo.no 2.312.37.-.Ml 741,810.00 1.497.00 6.12.423..'.S 28,742.843.14 48.357.43 50,000.00 1.234,174.81 851,786.55 2.2S.-..435.(V 2;, 400.00 4O.ufl0.no 222.583.40 Total. S 8.377.9.-.2.U1 3.099.400.83 1. 092.3O2.82 4.644.00 7.942,472.68 56.0S9.452.61 70.863.61 357,967.36 1.234, 174.81 651,766.55 3.2S5.435.0O 20.400 00 40,000.00 222.563.40 136.582,033.59 $46,108,649.79 $S2.6S0.603.38 ios State Banks. $19,461,846.65 9S4.2K4.73 4,323.608.99 992. 248.96 3S0.297.27 9.235.322.21 161.583.82 10S. 13414 2.698.3S1.32 . ' National Banks. $24,678,182.69 $44 408.029.25 1 5,863.830.34 10, 777.327.52 1 1 106,257.94 11,987.397.30 21, 234,652.01 380.385.13 6.948,241.74 2.458,800.00 2 1.S25.0O0.0O 1 163,940.00 72,542.67 122,830.00 2,405.00 Total 140.U29.34 ,390,313.S 187.439.33 ,769.570. 4S. 4S6. 553.21 222.719.51 396.235.S3 4SS.519.27 648,823.08 ,456,600.00 S25.000.0O 163.940.00 72.542.67 122.S30.00 2,405.00 i;08.O9 $5tl.023.621.59 $94,371,329.68 105 State Banks. .$ 4.588.291.81 8S0.T17.8S 723.S81.96 2.355.00 . 2.090, 185.39 . 29,974.135.71 31.380.39 73,000.00 National Ban ks. Total $ 3.886.000.00 2,332,S75.00 785,351.03 7,869.50 10.019,323.75 34,722,785.88 37.570.01 3U.000.00 $ 8.454. 291. 81 3.213.592.83 1,509.413.01 1O.224.S0 12.109,509.14 64,696.921.59 6S.93O.40 105.000.00 9)11.724.33 810.323.Otl 2,395.350,00 16.000.00 20.24S.81 961,724.53 S10.323.08 2,39 330.00 1 rt.noo.no 20.248.81 3S.3,i)0S.0a o6, 023.631.5a JM.371.528.6S L. has anxiously sought for answers fo these momentous questions. Wise men of an cient Egypt. Babylonia, India, China and Greece all puzzled over thenv and today there Is no subject of such uni versal interest. Now a startling statement on the sub ject has been made by Sir Oliver Lodge, a man whose fame in the realms of science makes his carefully worded as sertions of the utmost value. To appreciate the importance we must attach- to -his suggestion that proof of communication with the dead, which many investigators deem satisfactory, had recently been given, we must glance at the past achievements of this extra ordinary man. Only Ordinary Education. B,orn 57 years ago in Fenkhiill near Stoke-upon-Trent, Sir Oliver as a boy had a very ordinary education, and he was taken into business by his father in the potteries when he was only 14. He made his first acquaintance with science by reading an odd monthly num ber of the English Mechanic, afterward I picking up what he could from the ar ticles of the Penny Cyclopedia. On a visit to London he attended a course of six lectures by Professor Tyndall, and. fired by these, he went back to his work In trie potteries determined to pursue tho study of science. He attended evening classes in chem istry, and by amazing Industry and ability in his odd hours he learned enough to matriculate at the London University by the time he was 20. A year later he was permitted a Win ter's course In. the South Kensington Chemical Laboratory, and on the annual examination list he came out bracketed first. Next he passed the Intermediate examination for a science degree at the London University, obtaining honors in both chemistry and physics. Begins Famous Career. Then he tried for a scholarship at St. John's College, Cambridge, but .was just beaten. Undaunted, he went to study mathematics at the London University, i helping to support himself meanwhile by teaching In exercise Classes. In 1875 he took his B. S. degree, and the post of demonstrator of physics at University College was created and offered to him Immediately after. From this time the young sicentist was fairly launched on the career in which he has earned so much fame. He was the first discoverer of wireless telegraphy, anticipating the work of Mr. Marconi by several years. His experi ments were limited to a quadrangle only 60 yards across, but he triumphantly dem onstrated the possibility of aerial trans mission of messages. But, learned though he is. Sir Oliver Lodge has ever been one of the most pleasant and popular of men. All the students who heard his lectures at dif ferent universities were enthusiastic 4n their praise of him. When lecturing he would take long strides (he stands well over six feet In height) up and down be fore the lecture table, lay his fingers on his lips, gently stroke his beard, and often remain silent for some minutes be fore uttering a word. Then when he did speak his phrases were so illuminating that they conveyed more than the ordinary lecturer could drive home in twice the time. rv'spels London Fogs. One cf the practical problems to which the Principal of Birmingham University (a pos; to which he was appointed a few years ago) has turned his attention was the clearing of our atmosphere of fog. The result of Sir Oliver Lodge's experl mants in this direction were shown to an interviewer. The professor filled a bell jar with smoke and led electricity Into the smoke by means of an insulated metal bar placed in the middle of the jar. No sooner was the current turned on than the particles of smoke suddenly be gan to arrange themselves together and to tread, as it were, the measures of an intricate dance. For a few seconds this dance went on and then, hey, presto! all the space was beautifully clear and the smoke was clinging to the walls of the jar or deposited in a silvery powder on Its floor. . . i SU Oliver successfully ' tried a develop ment of this plan in the open air. For 60 yards round the electricity radiator the air was kept completely clear in the midst of a dense fog. On another subject, that of the problem of the "loafer," the scien tist once spoke as follows: Work for the Poor. He took the Illustration of workmen who enter a factory to take advantage of the organizing and administrative capac ity of its head. On this analogy he con sidered the poorhouse, stripped of its stigma of disgrace and deterrence, should be made not merely a place for malntaifiTng the impotent and aged in fair comfort, but an Instrument of in struction and discipline for able-bodied wasters and failures. By drifting under the organization and discipline exercised by the community they would acknowledge failure of a sort, and just the same disgrace, neither more nor less, would attach to them as that which attaches to a man who fails In business. - , Whether it was their own fault or their parents', or the fault of social conditions. Sir Oliver would not have us stop to In quire, but simply to imitate the wisdom of the medical profession, which does not seek to blame, but seeks whole-heartedly to cure. He has always stoutly opposed the ma terialists, who In the 19th century op posed their assertion that matter was the sole ultimate reality to the teachings of Christianity. Since then the attitude of science has changed, and Sir Oliver boldly gave it as an axiom that matter is only the instrument and vehicle of mind. Mind's Power Over Matter. As illustrating the powers he believed mind possessed, he said In one of his lectures: I would not hold that even a doll on which much affection had been lavished was wholly inert and material In the lnoreanlc sense. The tatooed colors nf a regiment are sometimes thought worthy to be hung in a church. They aro a symbol, truly, but they may be something more. I bav rea son . to believe that a trace of individuality can cling about terrestrial objects. So with scientific reasons for believing in the powers of the mind or soul. Sir Oliver Lodge published what he called the "INew Catechism," in which he sought to reconcile the claims of both science and religion. The text of the simplified catechism for children started with: What are you? I am a living belnj? on the earth, with a.' body' ascended from the animals and a sxlrit descended from Gcd. What are our chief duties? To be help ful and industrious, to endeavor to be good, to learn the rule3 of life, and to obey them. What is God? Tho hlchest and best be ing that we can conceive, infinitely higher and better than we are. the manager and controller of everything, kind and loving to all. Believing that by investigating the claims of spiritualists some aid toward the solution of the problems connected with the belief in the immortality of the soul might be found, the scientist has for years been at work with the Psychical Research Society. It is as a result of this work that he made, his most recent pronouncement upon the subject of the possibility of communicating with the dead. McMlnnvllIe Woman Dies Suddenly. M'MINN VILLE, Or.. Feb. 22. Mrs. J. M. Harrington, of this city, died very suddenly last evening of apopletic symptoms. She had been having a light siege of grip for a few days, but haa been over to a neighbor's In the after noon. She was a member of the Chris ,tlan Church of thia city, OF Tuberculosis Making Fearful Inroads Among Alaskans. LIVING IN UTTER SQUALOR Surrounded by Filth and I'nsanl " tary Conditions, Death Rate Is Increasing Alarmingly Tract able and Eager to Improve. - OREGONIAiX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 22.-rIf the ravages of tuber culosis are unchecked. It will be a matter of only a few years before the native population of Alaska, Indians and Eskimos, Is completely exterminated. How to check the spread of this and other diseases and protect the Alaskans Is a problem that Is dependent upon Con gress, for nothing can be done except v- - iS:W;iS3;'; I Oil NATIVES : S IS: i:;;.::S:i::V;:.:. iSiBfsi -VtWftv V.: f '--r Vi- MRS. DIETKRICH IS CAST OFF BY HER IIL'SBAND. According to latest Information from New York, Alfred E. Dieterlch., the young Standard Oil millionaire, is being advised by a prominent New York law firm, and suit for divorce from the wife, who is reported to have eloped with . one of ' Alfred G. Vanderbilt's grooms, is to be brought at Poughkeepsle. . "I will never take her back. No man with red blood in his veins would. She has gone with Brenchley.. To me she is as dead." Thus declared the husband, while discussing a report circulated in horse show circles that .the couple were preparing to return to New York shortly. Until now Mr. Dieterlch has expressed absolute faith in his beau tiful young wife, who is said to be worth $8,000,000 in her own right. In all previous statements he has said that the stories of her having been in love with Brenchley were started by the young horseman him self. It is not believed that Mrs. Dleterich will make any defense against her husband's suit, but fear is expressed that 3he will contest the father's application for their child, which she abandoned when she went away with the coachman. This child, a beautiful little girl of five, is still with her father, whose city residence is 500 Fifth avenue. New York. by Congressional authority, coupled with Congressional appropriations. Friends of the Alaskan people argue that inasmuch as Congress has appropriated liberally to stifle yellow fever and malaria in Panama and Cuba, and is furnishing doctors to the various Indian tribes in the United States, it could consistently make a modest appropriation to prevent the ex termination of a self-supporting people whose preservation means much to the future development of all Alaska. The sanitary conditions prevailing among the natives of Alaska was made the subject of exhaustive study by Cap tain Paul C. Hutton, Assistant Surgeon, United States Army, and his report has been transmitted to Congress. It shows in vivid language the frightful spread of tuberculosis and other disease among the Alaskan natives, who, while willing to learn, have never had the advantage of any training In sanitation, and who have not the slightest knowledge of medicine and its uses. What these people need, says Captain Hutton, is friendly help and advice from competent white men. With such assistance and advice, their condition can be materially improved, and the death rate greatly reduced. Awful Ravages of Consumption. Captain Hutton discovered that over 20 per cent of the natives In the communi ties visited by him, were suffering from advanced stages of consumption. Another 12 per cent showed all the symptoms, though tlie disease had not reached an acute stage; and an additional 36 per cent were found to be "in a tuberculous condition," which justified the opinion that they would later develop the disease in Its worst form. It was further dis covered that on an average three chil dren are born to every Alaskan family, and the death rate among the children is practically 65 per cent. Trachoma Is another prevalent disease among the natives, not a few being total ly blind, and many others with impaired vision, due to this contagious affliction. While the spread of trachoma Is bad enough, it is shown that the very exist ence of the disease te a menace to the white population as well, for the natives travel on the same boats, sleep In the same hotels, and frequent the same lo calities as do many of the whites. An immigrant afflicted with trachoma Is de nied admission to the United States, yet the Federal Government spends not a cent to check or even treat the disease among the Alaskans. Living In Fearful Squalor. "The Alaska Indian has no idea of con tagious diseases,"--says Captain Hutton, "and unless taught to do so, takes no precaution to prevent the spread of dis ease to his family or neighbors, and on account of the squalor and filth in which he lives, the wonder Is that any of them have survived. A portion of them reside In fairly good one-room frame houses, with glass windows, which they never employ for ventilation. On the contrary, the Ingress of all air is sacredly pre vented by the thorough calking of win dows, doors and cracks, and houses being 'without chimneys air cannot enter. Im- agino one. two or even more cases of tuberculosis In the same room with the children and friends of the family; im agine the afflicted ones expectorating largo quantities of tubercular sputum, containing countless millions of tuber cular organisms, promiscuously about the room. Imagine, also, that the room Is rarely swept, never scrubbed, and is con stantly littered with bones abandoned by dogs and children, crumbs, dirt and filthy rags. If you can also Imagine foul smelling garments thrown carelessly on the floor, a few cookng utensils of the crudest form, containing remains of the last meal, a simple board bunk, or per haps two, a small sheet-Iron affair U6ed for a stove, an Idea may be formed of the interior condition of the fairly pros perous Indian's house. Exteriorly, tho scene changes but little; discarded gar ments and old shoes lie rotting In the moist . soil; salmon skin and fresh flesh disintegrating; tin cans partially filled with stinking slush and half-buried and decaying matter everywhere. Both in side and outside we find everything con ducive to the propagation of germs which produce the disease that now threatens their extermination." Natives Eager to Iarn. Captain Hutton says the Alaska na tives are better patients than the aver age white man, and moreover they are a tractable people, easy to teach and eager to learn. They have none of the preju dices which characterize the American Indian, and readily adopt civilized meth ods when properly presented. It would therefore not be stich a difficult prob lem to prevent the rapid spread of dis- i ' j? , eases which are now destroying them. It is Captain Hutton's belief that much can be done to prevent the further spread of the disease and to relieve those now afflicted. He Is satisfied that if the mat ter is properly treated, the natives can be instructed in sanitation and cleanly habits and taught to take proper care of themselves and their children. Their present condition Is due entirely to ignor ance. In his concluding appeal for an ap propriation. Captain Hutton says: "I doubt if any country in the world can show such a percentage of tubercular natives as Alaska, and the mortality from this disease is really terrible. One has but to visit a few shacks and ques tion the natives as to the cause of death of his brother or his sister, or to view from the door the number of scrofulous children squatting about in sputum and ifUth, to see the old women, ragged! and foul smelling, sitting upon the floor in a foot of pollution, feebly attempting to weave baskets, while their garments are defiled by the most dreaded disease of the human family, to realize the neces sity for action on tho part of humanity." A Federal grand jury that sat last.Dc cember also made an Investigation of the condition of tho natives in and around Juneau, and reported that the situation was such as to call for the application of appropriate remedies "to preserve a race of people naturally of a peaceable and industrious character whom we be lieve capable, by education of forming a desirable class of Inhabitants. They have for years furnished labor for the develop ment of the fishing industry, the lum ber industry, the fur trade and the trans portation facilities so important in the development of a frontier country." This same jury looked into the moral condition of the natives, and reported It "very deplorable." The natives are living according to customs handed down by their forefathers; those customs are not the customs recognized by the white man's law, yet It Is deemed Inadvisable, at one fell swoop, to convict every native who lives according to his teachings; the grand Jury rather recommends the gradual substitution of the white man's law to cure these social evils. MAKE HIT IN ASTORIA Clay Clement Opens Season in Ore gon With "Xew Dominion." ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 22. (Special.) Clay Clement and his company opened here tonight in his popular play, "The New Dominion," to a large audience and leaves tomorrow for Portland. "The New Dominion," as is well known, was written some years ago by the talented actor and has been a favorite with playgoers for some years. The Clement company this year was assembled In Oregon and will start en tour from Portland. The Japanese youth gives bis sweetheart. Instead of an engagement ring, a piece oC siUc foe hec sash. ST. PAUL'S AGED MAYOR RETIRES After 45 Years Spent in Office, He Leaves Politics in Povertys BOSSES WANT YOUNG MAN Through Vnfortunate Investments and Devoting Fortune to Pay the Bank's Debts. Robert A. Smith Is Left Entirely Penniless, ST. PAUI,. Minn.. Feb. 22. (Special.) Robert A. Smith, the venerable Mayor of St. Paul, who has held public office for 45 years, and who has occupied the Mayor's chair for seven different terms and an unexpired half term, 15 years in all. Is down and out, and at the age of 80 leaves politics without a cent. His ) action follows the determination of his party boss to run a different man for Mayor during the pending city campaign, which involved brusque notice to the aged Mayor that his years of political usefulness are at an end. "Bob" Smith, as he is affectionately known to both political parties, has had a political career equaled by but few men In the United States. Of the 59 years since he became of age, 45 have been spent In office. As a Democrat he was for years practically Invincible in his campaigns for municipal honors, and throughout his lifetime of public service he has successively won and held tho friendship of a substantial factor of the opposing party, a fart which largely ac counts for his exceptional record in pub lic life. Though once a man of much wealth, he is now penniless through un successful business ventures and misfor tunes, and now with his wonderful vigor partially impaired, lacks even the modest competence which might mean the dif ference between comparative comfort and poverty. Fought Through 19 Campaigns. Nineteen different campaigns attest his political sagacity and succors. During his life in St. Paul he has paid the city $140,000 in taxes, but of what he has re ceived from the city them Is nothing left. In the gloom of the Bank of Min nesota failure, a memorable financial dis aster. "Bob" Smith loomed up as a heroic figure, and his entire personal for tune to the last dollar went to pay the claims of depositors. Tho bank finally paid 70 cents on the dollar, but he was financially ruined. Since that time his business ventures have been unsuccess ful and ho has never succeeded in regain ing the lost ground. "Too old we need a younger man" is the grim comment of his political man agers. And with this curt verdict, al though hundreds of voters feel that the venerable politician could again win at the-polls, he is reluctantly content. "De Bob," as he has often been satirically named, lacks the strength to take up the fight of the under dog, and has not tho resources for a single-handed campaign against men whose power no one knows better than he. "I won't run again." he said. In com menting upon his long public life. "What there is left I shall need for my own support, and it would not be wise to risk tho money In an uncertain political fight. I shall go to California now, but I'm coming back, and I'm going to vote at the next election, too." E THIS NLMIJKK TO DEFET COAST AGAINST JAPANESE. General Grant Tells Rome of the Problems of Defense In Case of Actual Ho.-tllitics. NEW YORK. Feb. 22. Forecasting th needs of the Army in time of war, Major General Frederick D. Grant, U. S. A., in a speech tonight at the annual dinner of the Society of Cincinnati In New York State, at the Waldorf Astoria, declared that "in case of a war with a great nation, Japan, for instance, DAO.OOO troops would not be sufficient to properly gar rison the Pacific Coast, north and south." The defense of the country. Insofar as tho Army is concerned. General Grant said, is not as simple a proposition to solve as many think it would be. General Grant said he looked upon the 8,000.000 men capable of bearing arms for the Government, if need be, as the Army of the United States, while the 50,000 or more men composing what is known as the Regular Army may be looked upon as a trained nucleus of men who are at all times under arms and ready to take the field as trained soldiers. He declared the Army has been reaching out to tho militia more and more of recent years as an auxiliary force. After expressing tho opinion that SOU.. 000 troops would not properly garrison the Pacific Coast in case of a war with Japan. General Grant, speaking of the Japanese, said: , "Their army Is so well trained that I do not think we could get along with less than 1,000.000 troops. The same Is true of the Atlantic, or would be if wo were attacked by some great power. Ton may see for yourselves how many troops would be needed in the event of disaster to the Navy." ROADS ARE BETTER AHEAD American Car Still in Lead of AH Other Competitors. GOSHEN, Ind.. Feb. 22. The American car In the New York to Paris race, driven by Montague Roberts, left here at 8 this morning, with a prospect of better roads ahead than any that had co far been traversed on the trip across North ern Indiana. Roberts reached South Bend at UuiO A. M. and left at 2 P. a. for Michigan City. i KEXDALLVILLE, Ind.. Feb. 22. Re freshed by a 30 hours' rest in this city. Sartorla. with the Italian oar, left here at 8 o'clock this morning. He expected to reach Llgonler. 20 miles west, by noon. St. Chaftray is still repairing his French car and expects to get away today. TOLEDO. O.. Feb. 22. The German car and French car renched here this after noon at 3 o'clock. The German car went straight throush without a stop, but the French car will remain here over night .ap.d will leave at 9 o'clock, tomorrow.