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4 TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, ArRIL, 2C. 1908. Hon. Richmond Pearson Hobson to Lecture Congressman From Alabama Will Speak at the Heilig on "The National Defense." " J.M ' - vi o 3 ,rrrrwyy7a cAjr. 7&ic?&iomv &&vesoAr ji&&cw PRIDAY evening:. May 1, at' the Hellig Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets. Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, Congressman from Alabama, will deliver a lecture on ""National Defense." This will prove to be a most interesting and timely ubject, coming as it does on .May 1, the anniversary of Admiral Dewey's victory in Manila Bay, and the pres ence of the big fleet of war ships in the Pacific. Captain Hobson endeared himself to the American public the day he and tliree of his men sank the col lier Merrimae In Santiago Bay and bottled up the Spanish warships for a time. Captain Hobson is the champion In the present Congress at Washington for a larcer navy; his speeches on the ubject the past two months have stamped him as an orator, of which both thn Ktate of Aliibama and the entire Navy can be proud. This brilliant younjr m;in has had actual experience In war and is no doubt one of the most dIh authorities on the question in this country. Captain Hobson was overwhelmingly elected Presidential Elector-at-Iarg-e In Alabama In 1904, and was one of the three men Invited to address the Demo cratic Convention In St. Louis. These Invitations, as Is well known, are given only for high attainment in statesmanship and oratory. He was last year elected to Congress from the Sixth District of Alabama, having made perhaps the most phenomenal compalgn in the history of the State for thn nomination, defeating; his predecessor, who had held the seat for 20 years and' who is such a strong politician that after being defeated by Captain Hobson in the district, he de feated six candidates to fill the next vacancy in the United States Senate from Alabama. . . In Captain Hobson's canvass In the general election last Fall, the Repub licans In the district, who are strong in three counties, united with the Dem ocrats in giving him the largest vote received by any Congressman from Alabama, a vote that ran far ahead of the district. He is a type of youniar manhood that TO THE TOIBLIC1' -We take this opportunity of notifying the, public that we have opened perma nent offices for the purpose of treating special diseases. OUR INSTITUTION Is incorporated under the state laws of Oregon and will be conducted on such a bais that it will be a credit not only to Portland, but the whole Northwest. Our Offices are thoroughly equipped with the latest modern appliances of every description necessary to derive the best and permanent results. Each specialty is divided. into different departments. All Physicians connected with this institution are regular graduates and are licensed by the state to practice medicine in the State of Oregon. WE TREAT ALL DISEASES Of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Catarrh, Deafness and such complications as are usually found jn such cases Refraction work, or the proper fitting of glasses by the most modern appliances. ( DISEASES OF WOMEN All Acute, Chronic and Nervous diseases are treated by our palliative and non surgical methods. "We do not believe in resorting to surgical procedures unless it is absolutely necessary. ' ' DISEASES OF MEN All Acute, Chronic and Nervous Diseases, such as Rheumatism, Insomnia, Kidney Diseases, Nervous Debility, Skin and Blood Diseases, all of which are thoroughly treated by our modern mechanical and remedial agents. OFFICE HOURS Daily lO A. M. to 1 2 1 to S P. M 7 to 8 P. M Sunday lO A, M. to 1 2 M. Only PHONES A S765 Main 7743 Call or address. IMPONDERO THERAPY GO. -) 508-9-10-11-12 Merchants Trust Building Cor. Sixth and Washington Entrance 326 Washington. PORTLAND, OR. POPE SMOKES CIGARETTES AND OF THE IXFIDKli TURKISH VAIUKTY, TOO. "I'H to Tliia Time I Han Been tn nhlei to Christianize Tlicm," SHJ 9 Hs Holiness. MADRID, April 18. Saintly as he 1, th Poe is very li'uman, even jorular, tvIich it so pleases him. The Bishop of Accqui, who has just returned from visit to the sovereign pontiff tells this anecdote with Intense enjoment: The Tope asked the Bishop to dlno TvltU him. Alter dinner his holiness smoked R Turkish cigarette, to which lie is pnrllal. The Kishop, noticing the kind of to-bai-vo. said: "Does your holiness really smoke Turkish cigarettes?" "Yes. my dear friend." answered the I'opo smiling. "l"p to this time I have been unable to Christianize them." "Other times, other jests," adds the Bishop. In tellingr the story. "A few hundred years ago the Pope would have said, "X cannot Christianize them, so 1 burn them. " The good Bishop says, too. that the Pope's sKsters wish to sell the old inn at Rii-se. which they inherited from their parents, and which lias been their source of income (or years. The aged women urged on tlicir brother that tliey had ample means now to meet their modest noeds. But a stronger argument, aa they thought, proved unconvincing. They insisted that it ia undlgnltled for rela tives of the Pope to be Innkeepers to peasants. But his holiness Informed them that be disapproved of their purposo, say ing: "Honest labor never has, never can, disgrace any one." The Kishop of Acequl presented to the pontiff a coin of Tope Innocent IX., lated 1501. Even the Vatican's price, less collection of coins lucked this rare and valuable piece. DR. NANSEN WILL RETIRE Is to Holgn as Norwojrlan Minister to Knjtlund. LONDON. April r. (Special.) London has probably seen the last of Dr.. Nansen as KIitc Haakon's representative in this country. The distinguished explorer left recently for Norway and his retirement from the ranks of diplomacy is definitely decided on. It has been known for some time past that he intended to resign office as soon as a convenient opiortunity of fered, and at the end of last year men tion was even made of his probable suc cessor. No one, however, has yet been selected to take Dr. Nansen's place as Norwixian Minister in London, and all reports on the subject are entirely prema tura. Norway is still new to her position as a kingdom separated from Sweden, and has not a large supply of trained diplomats. Dr. Natieen himself had no previous ex perience as a diplomatist, and with his study Norwegian snse of independence was in some respects decidedly uncon ventional. On one occasion last year when Queen Maud was visiting London he was seen striding through the streets towards Bucklnsham Palace attired in an ordinary lounge suit and a small bowler hat. and doubtless supremely unconscious that there was anything in his costume that might be unsuited to a royal audi ence. But this unconventlonality only extend ed to non-essentials. It Is no secret that with Kinjf ldward Eur. Nansen was per sona grata, and there will be general re gret that he is ceasing to represent Nor way in this country. It may not be gen erally known that during the Winters he has spent here the distinguished explorer developed a great liking for foxhunting, and rarely missed aa opportunity of fol lowing the hounds. BALLOON PARTIES NOW English Society TalresTp Dangerous Sport as a Fad. LONDON, April 18. Country house balloon parties are becoming fashion able. Count DoJtremont. president of the Belgian Aero Club, and Count Catlllon do Paint Victor, one of the founders of the Aero Club of France, have come to Kngland to join a country house ballooning party, given In Easter week by Lord and Lady Langattock for their son, the Hon. C. 8. Holls, at their country seat, the Hendre, Mon mouth, t Four balloons have-been taken to Monmouth for ascents In the neighborhood. Oxford Is the larrftpt university in the world. It has 21 colleges and five balls. TralPftd falcons to carry dispatches in time of war have been tested in the Rus sian army. Thir sseed Is four times as rapid as that oc carrier pigeons. Is fast coming to control the politics and destiny of America. He has be come universally known as tbe leading exponent of the movement to increase the American Navy for the purpose, not only of protecting our coasts and com merce in foreign markets and Island possessions, but also for maintaining our peace and exerting a strong influ ence In the Orient and the world gen erally, for the peace of the world and the extension of Institutions like those we er-jpy; especially for building up an International organization for peace analagous to the organization wnicfc would substitute peace for war in In ternational affairs. He has made over 1500 speeches, and gone practically into every state and territory in the Union; and In over S30 cities In 41 states the audiences have unanimously adopted a resolution em bodying the purpose of his lecture, giv ing instructions in each case to the Congressmen from the district Sena tore from the state and President of the United States. His work along this line has been recognized by the great Inter-Parliamentary Union, of which he is now a member. WAR ON RATS IN LONDON DESTRUCTIVE RODENTS TO BE FED OX DEADLY GERMS. Result Will Bo Spreading of Fatal Yyastlnj; Disease, Says Official Vermin Exterminator. LONDON, April 25. (Special.) The great war on London rats has begun. "One estimate of the damage done by rata during the course of a year has pro duced a total of $50,000,000. From ex haustive observations, however, which I have made throughout the country, I should place the figure at tSO.OOO.OOO or even $70,000,000. The reports of my travel lers show, in fact, that only two indus tries are really immune from these pests those of the stone-mason and the iron founder." The above observation was made by C. A. Furu, who with his "rat exterminator" last week commenced" a campaign to free the London and India docks at Tilbury from a veritable plague of rats. The aamage aone oy rats at tne docks is e: traordinaty. They gnaw through sacl of grain and spill the contents; atta bales of paper, hi which they tear ra ged holes; and rip gaps in consignments of cloth and other goods, rendering whole lengths of material entirely valueless There are Z7 sbeda at the London and India docka, each of which stands upon an acre of ground. An old man named Lawrence, who for ten years endeavored to check the Increasing horde of rats by means of traps and various poisons, calculates that burrowing under the floors of each shed are at least 2000 rodents. Upon this estimate, which Is considered a conservative one. the rat population of the docks is tl.OOO. Experience has proved that each rat does damage to tbe extent of at least one farthing a day. Thos the rats at the docks are responsible for nearly 3W worth of damage a day. or, in round figures, $13,000 a year. The remedy by which it is hoped to exterminate this rat army In a space of six months is not in, tbe nature of a poison. Pota toes are infected with a tasteless germ particularly deadly to rats and mice, and then placed 'in the rat runs. The rats, after eating the potatoes, con tract a wasting disease. This, in ad dition to proving fatal at the end of three or four days, is highly contag ious to other rodents. VH FOR 0L0 GUILLOTINE HEADS OF THREE MURDERERS IX GERMANY LOST. Crooks Punished for Brutal Batch . cry of Three Persons for Pur poses of Robbery. BERLIN. April 25. (Special.) The guillotine Is still In use in Germany. On the evening of July 19 last, five Croat laborers asked for lodgings at an Inn in the lltle hamlet of Durbuacb, some miles east of Cologne. They spent the evening playing cards with the host and his wife, but when the former was lighting tbem to their rooms they set upon, him and killed him. They then attacked the woman. Who had retired to her room, and after a fierce struggle, stabbed her tV death. There remained yet another, inmate of the house an old woman of 86 who was butchered' in her bed. The five miscreants then laid hands on everything of value they conld find In the honse annd decamped. All were, fortunately, arrested and convicted. One committed suicide in his cell and a second, who Is at present under ob servation in a lunatic asylum, was re prieved and sentenced to penal servi tude for life. The three others were decapitated at I o'clock In the morn ing last Friday. The .executions were carried out with an old guillotine, dating from the time of the French administration on the Rhine. Two of the doomed men faced death without flinching, but the third had to be forced onto the bas cule, and only the fall of the knife put an end to his screams of terror. IRISH PEOPLE PLEASED Blrrell'a National University Bill Is Given General Support. DUBLIN. April 25. (Special.) The peo ple of Ireland are much pleased with Mr. Blrrell's Irum university bill. The case for the establishment of a university in which Catholics will receive the same facilities for higher education as are already enjoyed, by their Protestant fellow-countrymen has been proved again and again to tbe satisfaction of all reason able men of all parties. The only oppo sition to -it springs from the bigotry of a small faction who regard the fact that Catholics In Ireland are deprived of the opportunities of higher education as being a fit and proper retribution upon them for belonging to such a church. Mr. Blrrell's scheme proposes to found two new universities in Ireland, having their seats at Dublin and Belfast, under such names as might subsequently be decided: The university in Belfast will have but one college the Queen's College. Dublin would have three constituent col legesCork, Gal way and a new college with a charter-Incorporated body In Dublin itself. New charters would also be required In Cork and Galway recon structing the governing bodies of those colleges. Neither university could add to its constituent colleges, but would en joy severely restricted powers of affilia tion. The Royal University would be dis solved; its building, property and endow ments being dealt with In the bill; Its $100,000 a year being divided between the two new universities. There would be no tests and no declaration by the profes sors. Mr. Balfour gave his entire approval to the schema, declaring that in his opinion, speaking broadly, no better one could have been devised. "DEATH LEAP" WELL NAMED FRENCH CIRCUS PERFORMER IS KILLED IX 439TH FEAT. Audience of 8000 Persona in Ber lin Sees Gadbln Plunge 100 Feet to His Doom. BERLIN, April 25. (Special.) A French performer named Gadbin was killed here before the eyes of 6000 spectators while going through a daring performance known as the "death leap" at the circus Busch. Gadbln's performance consisted of leap ing from the roof 100 feet in height to an inclined, smoothly-planed shaft. After landing on the shaft, be slid down into a net at tbe bottom. The distance from the point where the leap began to the top of the Inclined shaft was 60 feet, and the shaft was 40 feet in length. A suc cessful performance of this feat neces sitated leaping so skillfully to the shaft that the body should bit the shaft lightly and glide down the surface without severe 6hock. The hazardous nature of the perform ance was sufficiently indicated by the title given to it. Gadbln himself under stood thoroughly that the least deviation from the proper course through midair would inevitably result In his death. He dived from the roof headlong, and poised his body while shooting through the air at such an angle that he alighted on the shaft at exactly the same angle at which the shaft was inclined, thereby sliding down without further resistance. This time, however, he failed to main tain this poise and, struck the upper nd of the shaft with his chest. He turned a somersault and fell heavily to the ground. Death ensued shortly afterwards. The performance was stopped Immed iately. Gadbin had performed his "death leap" 43& times without mishap. OPENS SPOKANE RESERVE Senator Piles' Bill Likely to Be come a Law. v ORKOONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. April 00. It is- quite probable that before the adjournment of Congress the bill introduced in the Senate by Sena tor Piles and in the House by Represent ative Jones, authorizing the opening up of the Spokane Indian reservation, will become a law. The bill is heartily in dorsed by the Secretary of the Interior, who. In a letter to the committee on Indian Affairs, sets forth his reasons for approving the bill. Last January the Secretary sent Spe cial Agent Edgar A. Allen to the Spo kane reservation to confer with the In dians as to the form of legislation' de sirable looking to the disposal of their surplus land that is. what remains after the allotments are all made. After a month spent among the Indians, Mr. Allen reported that the Indians are will ing that the surplus lands along Cheme kane Creek and Spokane River, suit able for farming, shall be opened to homestead entry, the tribe to be paid for such lands at the rate of $5 per acre. Sections 1 and 36 shall be granted to the State of Washington for school purposes, to be paid for by the United States at the rate of $1.25 per acre. The Indians wanted suitable lands reserved for townsite purposes, the net proceeds from the sale of town lots to go to the Indians. They also asked that the surplus timber land be re served, and that they be permitted to take such timber aa they needed for fuel and for other domestic purposes, and that they have the right to pas ture their stock In the reserve for a period of 25 years. The Indians are to be reimbursed for the timber lands surrendered by having placed to their , credit the gross receipts from the sale of timber within the reserve for the next 25 years. These stipulations have all been in serted in the bill now pending. There will be available, after allotment, some 8000 acres of agricultural land and about 80.000 acres of timber land. The bulk of the reservation, it will be seen, that Is. the bulk of the agricultural land, will be embraced In allotments to the Indians. Its :k g- TJIHan Russell, Kleanor Robson, Willie Collier and a number of other biff stars aro headed in this direction. MARSHFIELD COMPANY CELEBRATE 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY . . ?St Mi '" 4 MR. AD MBS. W. H. BAT AND THEIR FAMII.V. I MARSHFIELD. Or., April zS. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ray, who recently celebrated the 60th anniversary, of tbelr marriage, are one of the oldest eeuples la this part of tbe state. The aoeompanying picture shows Mr. and Mrs. Ray, together with members of tbelr family and was taken on the occasion of their anniversary celebration. W. K. Ray was born March t. 1127, in Jackson County, Tenn. Mrs. Ray's maiden name was Miss M. E. Cllnkenbeard. She was born May zl. 182S. In Bourbon County, Ky. Both moved to Western Missouri with their parents when young, and were married at Rush Bottom. Holt County. Mo., on April S. 1848, Squire D. H. Dunkln performing the ceremony. Ttfey lived In Mercer County Mo., from 185: until 1664 and then moved to Nebraska and later to Northwest Kansas. Dur ing April, 1S92. Mr. and Mrs. Ray came to Coos County. Or. They say they think this is tbe garden spot of the world and expert to stay here the rest of thetr lives. Tbey were the parents of 11 children, six sons and two daughters now living. There are also 42 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, most of whom are shown In the picture. Mr. and Mrs. Ray are both members of the Church of Christ, have been life-long Christians, and are much beloved by tbelr relatives and friends. ' ' PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT oak POWER COMPANY Bulletin No. 1 The Portland Railway, Light & Power Company is a public service corporation, and w realize that the most valuable asset a public-service corporation can have is the good will of the public We are trying to be candid and sincere in all our dealings with the public and with the city, and we frankly admit that we shall con sistently strive to secure and maintain the good will of the people of Portland. It is an important part of our business to run a street railway and to run it efficiently. We feel that we can do more, ordinarily, by attending to our business than by entering into discussions or explanations. The secret of getting along with the other fellow in this world is to hive a better understanding of his troubles. The man who is the sharpest critic is often the best friend when he understands the other fellow's job. i Comparatively few people realize the difficulties of modern street-railway operation. When anything goes wrong, everybody notices it; whenever everything goes right, nobody notices it. We want to have everything go-right and everybody to notice it. We feel that we are making friends with the people of Port land, and that onr efforts to give the best service possible are being appreciated. This is not the. accomplishment of a day, but the result of grinding work and large expenditures for some years past, and we desire to show the public what we have done and are doing for the improvement of the service; what problems we meet with daily, and some of the methods which would be mutually help ful and beneficial to the railway company and the public. You may take this fact as assured, that it will not be possible to remove all sources of complaint. There is the amiable gentle man who kicks at home and growls all day at his office. We cannot expect to escape him between time. He will prob ably kick at the publication of these articles. But, leaving him out of the question, it is still plain, from the nature of the business, that there will frequently be unavoidable troubles and inconven iences. We carry a large portion of the population of Portland twice a day. Counting the transfers, people step up and down from the cars 820,000 times a day. The streetcars of Portland pass .back-, ward and forward through crowded streets, covering about i.9,000 miles, or one and one-quarter times the circumference of the globe, in a single day. There will always be accidents under these circum stances. Then, too, the conductor's lot is not a happy one. Ee has to collect money from people of all sorts and dispositions. He alone is expected to keep his temper, and it is his duty to do so. If he does not, upon proper complaint, he is disciplined, and per haps discharged. We endeavor to secure the highest class of em ployes. We are proud of the character and courtesy of our men, and we believe that, as a body, they have not their superiors in the country. Still they are only human, and they make mistakes. Many a reasonable kick will necessarily be registered against us. The unreasonable kicks come hard. We feel that we can do away with many of them if the public understands the streetcar business a little better. We want to present to yon a Beriea of articles dis cussing some of the problems, together with a statement of how we are meeting them. - As for the reasonable kicks, we want to hear them. They help us. We realize that we can best serve ourselves by serving you. An outsider can sometimes suggest remedies for existing conditions which have escaped the men engaged in the detail of the work. Suggestions are solicited. y If, by telling yon our story, you will understand us better, and the spirit of mutual helpfulness will be advanced, we shall feel that our work has been well done. We welcome honest criticism, par- tienlarlw if it ifl ffnnd.tiAr.nrAH