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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY IP, l'JOIf. 'S TAKEN FROM DESK Misses Evidence Needed for Defense, but Fears Not - Roosevelt. JANGLE WITH POSTOFFICE Tries to Frank Typewriter and Is Oiled On to Pay Postage Rc- ftiM"s, Tolling I'o-tmaMer It's (ovemmrnt Properly. WASHINGTON. Jan. . In the pre paration of his speech In reply to the President's charges. Senator Tillman ha failed to find a number of papers bearing upon tho Oregon land ca-e. In connection with, which the present con troversy arc-". TJiese papers were, he says, endowed In a large envelope and left in his private desk in his commit tee room at the Capttnl when he left Washington last March on' account of Ills Illness, but they cannot now be found. The Senator does not charge that the papers have been abstracted by a Gov ernment detective who may have been shadowing him. but does not say that It woula be Impossible-for such offi cial to grain access to his room and to his desk. bith of which were fastened only with ordinary locks, and the pa pers, he says, are very Important In the preparation of his case and would go far to substantiate his defense. Confident He'll Prove Innocence. Mr. Tillman devoted the entire d-y to the preparation of his reply to the Fresl'lent's chars against him, which he will make tn the shape of a speech In the Senato Monday. . Though em barrassed to ro'smail degree by the Joss of the doenments mentioned, he tells his friends that, regardless of the disappearance of these papers, he will make a showing that will satisfy tiiem that he had no wrong Intention In con nection wlttrth" Oregon land deals. He talked freely with visitors regarding the line of his defense, but has re quested the newspaper men to refrain from quoting liim because of his desire not to present his case prematurely. Speaking of the President's charges, he aid: lit will be hoist by his own petard.' Will Kmit 7000 Words. His speech will be about "000 words In length and delivered from manu script. Mr. Tillman Is a rapid talker and it is not believed that he will con sume more than an hour of the Sen ate's time. Comparatively few Senators have called on him today, but their failure In this respect, say the Sen ator's friends, has been due rather to a desire to afford him an opportunity to get out his statement without Inter ruption than to a lack of interest in fcim. Tries to Frank Typewriter. Mr. Tillman is affording an Illustra tion of the old -adage that "trouble rever conies tingly." In addition to the difficulty about the Oregon land. Postmaster Harnes, of Washington is t-yln;r to collect from htm a bill of $1 for carrying through the malls a gov ernment typewriter which tho Senator had franked from his home In South Carolina to Washington. Mr. Lames Insists the Senator should pay postage at letter rates. The postmaster's noti fication to Mr. Tillman was contained In a letter, in which he said: !rTOueh as nullcr of thte character ia nt t trarmbvsion through the mails imd-r tJie frank proviati-m. it is b!rg held X"r pots. T box neighs bo pounds an4. as It Is sad. It Is chars-ab:e with postage - t.. flnet-ciass ra:e. which amounts to $!ti. Kindly rtnitt tlte imouol du axd have ths Va -kag removed at your earliest eonvrnlence. Tillman IHH-Hne to Pay. As the typewriter Is Government property. Mr. Tillman replied to Mr. r.arnes by saying In effect that he col lect from Its owner. Following Is the full text of his letter: I have your lrttor n,liflr.c me that the t"Eewr;T Dialled at Trenton. S. C. nm'er my frack. and aurehjpvu' to me here. Is h?ij for poartag. lurlna; my service is the pnate. tyi.ir liters have been franke-1 to ard from tJ-e same place as public docu znenrs and I was not arare of any law or ruling en the subject. The typewriter be lorgs to the Seaate and not to nie and has t?'n ueed In my public eorresvontlen'.-e. Vn r the e:rcmttan.-es I ceIme to pay the 1H demand"!, hecaus If L Tint Justly mint. "You ruiy se.l the tjfc-ewrltcr or deliver it to tre srrgr-ant-at-anns of the Senate, as you e !. Had I known tl:at It u not rrank- b' I cou J have shipped It br rxpress or f-'.cHt. But n thin caee It would be one d-;rtmnt of the Government Mixing- tbe proirry ef another part of the Government for file collection of r-age on matter that ass always been frankest heretofore. 4XN;i:rS 'tAKKS AGtiltFSSIVE Orders Searching Inquiry Into tiovernmcnt Detect it e Work. WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. Tliat the Houho ii,.cs not intend t' stop with its ct:on of yesterday In rebuking the Presi dent In connection with Ills strictures re garding the scret Service, was evidenced tod. iy hen at the instance of Tawnvy of Minnesota and without a dissenting vote It adopted a swecplrg resolution of ln quirv into the amount of money appro priated for the present fiscal year for de tecting frauds and the efforts mud- to tiring to trial offenders against the law. I Tl'e resolution calls for the appoint- l tnent of a committee of live members by the Speaker with iowcr. to administer oaths. Tho sum of JSy was appropriated. After providing that the committee shall ascertain th amount of money appro priated for the present fiscal year that could be used to prevent frauds upon the several brandies of the public service with particular reference to the public land, the resolution instructs the com mittee M ascertain "what branches of the public rvlce. paid for In whole or In part out of the I'nitcd States Treasury, are authorized or are in existence and supported by appropriations made- by Congress, whose? principal duties are to delect and prevent frauds, or tn appre hend and bring to trinl and punishment persons charged with violnting the laws of the I'r.ited Stales: whether such branches of the public service or any per sons employed therein, have been or are engaged In any duty not contemplated by the law or the appropriation establish ing or providing for such service, the names of the persons employed for any period In each, branch of such service during the current and last fiscal year, the rat-s of cominsatlon and allowances p.ild or being paid to each of them, by whom they are appointed and on whose recommendation, and a statement of the TILLMAN PAPERS specific duty performed or engaged upon by each of such employes each day since the beginning of the flcal year It Is understood that there will be nothing further from the President on the resolutions regarding the Secret Ser vice adopted by the House yesterday. The list of Saturday callers from Congress usually Is la rue. but today there were only 'four Representatives to see the President, two of these to Introduce friend". The callers from the Senate were also few. STILL MEDITATINtJ ACTION Congress Thinks a Little Longer Over Secret Service "Insults." ' WASHINGTON. Jan. . Acting Chair man Hale, of the Senate committee on appropriations, today appointed Senators Gallinger, Hemenway and Clay as a sub committee to consider President Roose velt's reference to Congress In the portion of his annual message which deals with the Secret Service. At the meeting of the appropriation committee today, the com munication of the President In reply to Mr Hale's renuesl for Information con cerning the activities of tbe Secret Serv ice under the different executive uepare inents was exhibited but not read. NEARLY SW110 EXPECTED CATHOLIC DONATIONS WILL SWELL RFXIKF KIND. Benefit Concert at. Bungalow Count ed On to Furnish Many I Mil iars for Stricken Italians. Portland's Messina relief fund con tinues to grow, and with the money which the soliciting committee obtained yesterday, together with that which will be raised by the concert at the Bungalow on Monday night and that donated by the Catholic churches today, the fund will come very close to reach ing the J 10.000 mark. The collections taken at all of the Catholic churches will be turned over to the relief fund. In accordance with the announcement made last Sunday. Much money Is reaching tho hands of Colonel David M. Kunne, the treasurer, from outside of the city and these funds come from Mayors, churches and from business men of various towns. , The following list adds" S3T3.S5 to the fund: . J. J. Han.lssker. Arlcta. Or - j j Gfl "o 1U.U" I. C O-Reillr. "iSl " Burnside St... 2S M M. Seller Co . . J. TV. cook. Hamilton Bids -ill, jj. jt Ftiowcra. Mayor, Hood River. . T. W. 7eEiiey n. O. BUnchar Mutier Banking Co "-J!! Hood P.lver Bankln; & Trust Co... -M Hartletl Cole, Firet Unlversalist Pariah, city A. Rosensteln. 10.1 First St Morris Bros.. Chamber of Commerce. S-VOil ilarahall-Wells Hardware Co 10.00 preshyterlan Church, hsndon, Or... H. William Forre. Burns. Or 10 On Woodard. Clarke L e-o 2.YOO lum White. Sherlock Bid SS.OO Theodore Racatsanla t ou I. W. Hoelbing S-OO John H Burgare 10 00 M. II. Wakeman 8. no U B. llerton .1.00 KVIedman F-acklng Co S.OO John V. CofTey S O.) ra.ih 3. no peter I.oratl 0O Ihimenico Ljigrsnde .V0n M. Segal r. fill I Snett 2."0 Hall. J S.r.n I'St-eengers. crew, steatualilp Senator 11. On J P. Mofftt 11.00 Krickson & Peterson .".nu Oeorre W. Bates lo.oo W. H. GrlndstafT Son " Total JTJ.j.t HOUGH TO MEXICO CITY rOKTLA.VDEKS MAY SOON GO THROUGH AVITHOVT C'HA.VGE. Harrlnian's Kxlen&ionsi in Mexico Will Make Possible I nbrokeu 3500-Mile Journey. CHICAGO, Jan. 9. (Special.) With in a very short time it will be possiblo to travel In a Pullman sleeper without change from Portland and Seattle to Mexico City through Sacramento, San Kranclsco, Ios Angeles. Mazatlan and Guadalajara, a distance of .l.'.OO miles. This remarkable journey will be made possible by the extensive railroad con struction which Kdward If. Harriman Is rapidly prosecuting to a completion In Old Mexico. When the main line of this work Is completed, Mr. Harriman will have the longest north and south railroad line In the entire world. Its Importance Is greatly enhanced by the semi-official announcement that ue Is to construct a road from a point east of Kl I'aso through the new oil fields of the state of Chihuahua and then on to a connec tion with this north and south line on the west coast. The new north and south line through Old Mexico Joins the Southern Pacific at Tucson. Ariz., and within a short time, probably less than a month, through sleeping-car service will be established between that city and Maiatlan. a distance of 900 miles. SOLDIER FALLS OUT RANKS Salvation Army Worker Confesses to Stealing Cornels. But a short time ago a member of the Salvation Array In Portland, and one of Its most energetic street workers. Lavld Storen. a Swede. 35 years old, but now termed by his comrades a "backslider." Is a prisoner in the City Jail, a con fessed thief. He was arrested last night by Ietective Craddock and Mallett for stealing musical instruments belonging to the Salvation Army from the hall at :.-; Ankeny street. Captain V. Laind gren. tn charge of this branch of the Salvation Army, reported to the police several days nso that the hail had been entered and robbed of two handsome sil ver cornets, with gold bells, each valued at Mo. Detectives Craddock and Mallett had been put on the lookout at the various second-hand stores for the stolen property. Last nirht Moren was seen by them to enter one at Third and Pine streets. ITe sold one of tho Instruments for H. when the officers placed him un der arrest. They forced him to pay back the money he had .received for the cor net and took charge of them. Moren was charged with larceny and locked up In a cell. Tho police have received In formation which causes them to suspect that Moren has been gtillty of other bur glaries during the past weeks, since his fall from the ranks of the religious work ers. Takes 850,000 Feet or Lumber. ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. . (Special.) The steetm schooner Twsemite cleared at the ruiKom house today for San FYanoisco with a cargo of bTAOOO fee: of lumber, loaded at St. Helens. The Needlecraft Shop, formerly located at a3 Wash., now on th. between Morri son and Alder. Jan. needlework sales on.' BLOCKADEDTHAIuS RELEASED AGAIN Rotary Plows Clear N. P. Tracks at Rate of Less Than Half-Mile Hour. SNOW IS 12 FEET DEEP Coal Famine Develops at Garrison, Mont., and Relief Train Is to Be Sent Out From Mis soula With Fuel. MISSOI"LA. Mont-, Jan. . According to the CSoverment gauge a depth of 30 Inches had been reached when the snow ceased falling here at 10:30 this morning, after a continuous precipitation of more than 72 hours. The thermometer, which, at 6 o'clock stood at 1 below zero. Is steadily falling, and no more snow is ex pected. Iteports from various points In this vicinity show record snowfalls, varying In depth from three to five feet. At IxiokoiU. on the summit of tho Bitter P.oot Mountains, the snow Is 12 feet deep, and at Lothrop. on the Coeur d'Alene branch of the Northern Pacific, It stands five feet one Inch on the level. Trains Come In. With clear weather, the Northern Pa cific snowplows were able today to par tially clear the lines east and west of here and trains are again moving on slow schedule. Nos. 3 and 5. of January 8. and No. 15, west-bountl. all arrived about 5 P. M. No. 3 had been stalled in the Mullin tunnel for three hours. No. J and No. 16, of January 8. and a consolidation of No. 6. of the Sth, and No. 4. at today, east-bound, which were held on Ridings at Dixon, reached Missoula to night. Delayed trains which were hold here, left this afternoon, the procession continuing until late tonight. There has been no attempt to operate any train service on the Coeur d'Alene line today, and only one passenger train was cent over the Bitter Root branch. Coal Famine On. A call for assistance has been received from Garrison. 75 miles east, where a fuel famine threatens, and a coal train will be sent from Missoula. The rotary plows found great difficulty In cutting through the drifts, one set having made but 11 miles after five hours' of the hardest work. IDAHO TKAIX IS SXOWBOCXD Stuck Fast by Drift and Slides Be tween Knavill'c and Murray. MISSOT'UA. Mont.. Jan. 9. A special to the Missoulian from Wallace, Idaho, says: 'Stuck In snowdrifts and rook slides about midway between Enavllle and Murray, Idaho, a train on the Idaho Northern Railroad Is unable to move In either direction, and -It Is probable that a large force of men will have to be put to work digging it out. Traffic on the road will bo blocked completely for sev eral days. The distance between Ena ville and Murray is 13 miles, the Idaho Northern having completed Its line into tiie latter town about ten days ago, at which time semi-daily passenger service was established." TWO VICTIMS OF BLIZZARD Lineman and Rancher Badly Frozen in Cattle Country. HELENA. Mont., Jan. 9. J. C. Brindley. the Postal Telegraph Company's lineman, and Jack JarviH Dawson, a farmhand, are the first known victims of the blizzard now prevailing. The former had both less badly frozen while working near Bearmouth. nnd the latter was in a piti able condition after making a 25-mile drive Into Ulcndive. The temperature in Helena today Is a trifle milder, the thermometer showing 30 below this morning. Livestock is report ed ns weathering the storm In 6plendid shape. NEVADA TOTALLY SNOWED TN Trains Run With Difficulty Snow fall Foot an Hour. RENO. New, Jan. 9. Storm conditions In and about Reno are growing worse. There Is no telegraph communication west of Reno and Southern Pacific trains are being run with the greatest difficul ty. Snow Is falling at the rate of a foot an hour at Truckce. ?5 miles west- The storm has not been equalled In years. Overland trains are making the trip over the Sierras only with the greatest diffi culty and no effort Is made to maintain a schedule. BUTTE WITHOUT CAR SERVICE Twenty-four Inches or Snow So Far This Week. P.UTTH. Mont.. Jan. 9. Butte was with out streetcar service today because of a blizzard last night. Twenty-four Inches fell this week. The Great Northern train which left Helena at 6 o'clock last even ing was stalled 15 hours In the mountains. The Short Line and the Burlington are open, all other roads are blocked. Five Free jo In Alberta. EDMONTON. Alberta. Jan. 9. Five Frenchmen who left Stony Plain for Mac Leod Kiver three days ago, were frozen to death three miles west of the nine mile house on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway survey. REVIVE STEAMER LINES Gomez Takes Preliminary Step by Annulling Decrees. CARACAS. Wednesday. Jan. & via Port of Spain. Jan. 9. President Gomez lias annulled the decrees issued by ex-President OasCro, prohibiting steamers calling at Venezuelan ports from carrying their own stevedores and it Is probable the Royal Mail line will resume Its Vene zuelan sailings. M. de Lorena, Brazilian Minister, who represents French interests here provisi onally. Is ready to pay the accumulated Interest on the French claim. SOUTHERN TRAIN DELAYED No. 16 Late in Reaching Ashland Because of Storm In Siskiyous. ASHLAND, Or.. Jan. 9. (Special.) The temperature here tonight at 7 P. 1L was 24 and tho prospect Is for the cold est night of the Winter to date. The total snowfall of the storm here was five Inches, though much less than that now lies on the ground. Northbound overland train 1 was late In reaching Ashland tonight and will be perhaps two or three hours late In reaching- Portland. COOS BAY FEELS EARTHQCARE Three Shocks Said to Have Been Felt Snow at Maxshfield. MAKSHFTEJJD. Or.. Jan. 9. (Special.) Heevy gaieej, torrents of rain, falling temperature, two Inches of snow and re ports of an earthquake snock are weather complications on Coos Bay. Telegraph and telephone wires have been down the greater part of the time for the past week, practically shutting off communication with the outside world. Today, two Inches of snow cover tho ground, something unusual for this part of the state. Some of the residents declare that three slight but distinct earthquako . shocks were felt here yesterday. Others declare that the supposed quake was due to dis tant blasting. All rivers are at flood helglit. and log gers are running big drives. Camps which depend on rail transportation are cut off. as ail rallroada are under water. The Coqullle River Is rising fast, nnd high-water mark will likely be reached with attendant breaking of log booms: STATE SHOULD GIVE HELP DOCTOR SAYS OREGON SHOULD AID TUBERCULOUS PATIENTS. Physician Shows Ravages by Dis ease and Points Out Way for Improvement of Conditions. PORTLAND, Jan. 9. (To the Editors Oregon should provide state aid for tho treatment of tuberculosis patients and for disseminating knowledge tending toward the prevention of the disease. Tho rav ages of the disease in this state in the last three years are shown In the follow ing statistics: Deaths from tuberculosis in Oregon In 1908. 364. Deaths from tuberculosis in. Oregon in 1907. 4L Deaths from tuberculosis in Oregon In 1903, 504. Reliable statistics inform us that 75 per cent of all those In the first stages of the disease, who are treated for one year in a modern sanatorium, can be returned to their wage-earning ability. These patients can be treated for one year, providing that sufficient acreage is available and their services utilized, thereby fitting the patient to take up his labors at home in safety, at a cost not to exceed 1500 each. If these statistics be true, and If but 50 per cent, or one half, recover (and if all had been treated at 500 each, at a total cost of $252,000), 252 lives would have been saved to the state. Figured at the legal valuation this would be worth $1,200,000. The tremendous movement against tu berculosis Is sweeping the civilized world. Oregon has caught the spirit and proposes to take its stand In the great movement to protect Its homes against the insidious enemy. Notwithstanding that Oregon pos sesses one of the most healthful climates In the world, her death rate last year (1908), from tuberculosis was 604. That tuberculosis Is both a preventable and a curable disease Is now considered a proven fact. That it Is bred in the homes and spread from one member of p famiiy lo cn it'r.er 's beond a doubt. The conscientious and careful consump tive is no menace to his family or asso ciates, and it is this fact that has dem onstrated the great need of a movement to educate the masses. This should not be considered a meas ure prompted by charity, but rather an economic problem to be earnestly studied by the ceople of this state In defense of their homes and business Interests. As long as consumptives are permitted to go on Innocently Infecting their asso ciates. Just so long will the death rate continue to Increase. During the past ten years New York and Pennsylvania have reduced their death rate from con sumption 40 per cent. Pennsylvania, recognizing the fact that her greatest power lies In the health of her citizen ship, appropriated $1,000,000 at the last session of the Legislature to light this disease. New York has expended even more than this In the warfare, and In addition thereto there Is annually ex pended through the Associated Charities of the state a mill larger sum. The neoDle of Oregon should be taught preventive measures and every homo In the state should bo reached with litera ture bearing upon the subject. One of the measures asked of Oregon is the support of the state branch of the Na tional Association for the Study and Pre vention of Tuberculosis. A society of this sort has lately been formed. The objects to be accomplished are the en lightenment of the home-keeper and the establishment of a state sanatorium for the treatment of those who cannot be properly cared for In their homes, thus by removing them from infecting others afford them an opportunity to regain their health. Each patient successfully treated will be an educational factor In teaching others how to avoid the disease. Lectures should be delivered and litera ture distributed and in ways like these peoplo will be able to stop this needless loss of life. A bill has been prepared asking that the present Legislature provide means for one or more state sanatoria to be denoted to the Interests of these unfor tunate people. Washington Is moving strongly In tho same effort, the move ment being backed by a membership of several hundred earnest, energetic citi zens, who are awake to the need for Im mediate action by the Legislature. The International Congress lately held at Washlngtaon declared that it Is a crime for one member of a family to be allowed to Infect others and that it is the duty of every commonwealth to Instruct the home-keepers and to assist those who are unable to help themselves. Also, that it is Inhuman to send patients with the disease far advanced and with limited resources on long journeys in search of health, thus thrusting the homeless and Impoverished wanderer upon some foreign community to suffer and die alone, unattended by family or friend. DR. E. A. FiERCE. Member State Board of Health. MAGPIES EATING HOG EARS Sty of Hundred Porkers Defenseless Against Feathered Flock. SPOKANE, Wash.. Jan. 9. (Special.) Ike M. Ely. of Hover, Wash., Is making the fight of his life to keep a sty of 100 pigs from being eaten alive by magpies. Mr. Ely cut a notch In each porker's ear as a mark of Identification about the time the cold spell began, and the notched ears were, nearly healed when came the magpies. Huddled together for warmth, the hogs lay like sardines awaiting the next meal. The magpies were out looking for some thing to eat, too. One bird perched on a pig's back noticed a drop of blood on that pig's ear. The bird pecked at It and found It good. The hog flapped his ear and grunted. The magpie passed the pood word along. The birds have kept every hog's ear of the entire 100 bleeding ever since, and Ely declares In soma cases the animals ,ll.,,l.l.l,,,,.l,,llIU J.I ''.!,. .: v -v .-' ::.' 1 J .,': ' -c -" v:" . ' I- : i 1 'C -- a The Best Painless Dental Work For 21 years a leader in Palnlesa Dental Work in f ortiana. tsy, our painless methods we can do all kinds of good, reliable dental work without causing you the old-time suffering. See us about It. Get our prices and advice. For the next 15 days we will five you the best bargain you ever reamed of getting In painless dental work. TEETH Without Plain. It Won't Hurt a Bit!! If you have to have your teeth out. and bridgework or plates put In the same day. If you want it done at once, we will not keep you 'loafing about to n to have your dental work done. DISKASED GUMS. Are your gums red, sore, bleeding and receding from the teeth? We can cure it for you If you come to us in time. PLATES 5.0f AXn ITP. PAINLESS K ATTRACTING 50 CTS. Free Wbeu Other Work Ia Ordered. DR. W. A. WISE President and Manairer. The Wise DentalCo. (Inc.) v The Failing Bldar., 3d and Wash. Sta. Office) Hours 8 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sundays 9 to 1. Phunea A and Main S029. Ail, WORK GUARANTEED. have lost as much as half an ear. The beasts are defenseless. Ely" has so far been unable to drive the birds off and does not dare try poison for fear hogs would be the consumers. WASHINGTON'S TAX, HEAVY County's Ivy Will Raise $187,500, 1argcst Levy Made. H1LLSBORO. Or., Jan. 9. (Special.) The tax for the current year for state, school and county, general purpose levy, will reach an aggregate of J187.500, as against J154.311 for the year preceding. The city taxes, special school district taxes and special road district taxes are not included In this, and will run the roll away above the $200,000 mark. The levy is as follows: Pun Mills. -, County road general & h; 'C?0 Stat, tax J.2 40.000 County school 3.S 4i.ouo County Keneral, library and indigent 3 ' 3MO Total 1S".50 This exceeds the levy of last year by $.12,189. and is the largest ever made in' the county. SOOTHING CHILD, HE DIES li. E. Morris, of Hoquiam, Drops Dead With Heart Failure. HOQUIAM. Wash., Jan. 9. (Special.) . R. E. Morris, formerly of Scappoose, Or., a Spanish-American war veteran and member of the Kagles. fell dead of heart failure about 3 o'clock this morn ing at his home in this city, while try ing to quiet a child which was crying in its crib. Tho funeral will be held here with military honors. The body of It. K. Morris will be shipped to Portland for burial. He is survived by a widow and one child. His brother. W. T. Morris, resides at btan leitrh Station, near Arleta. TO REBUILD ESQUIMAU Great Britain Will Re-Kstablish Naval Station Near Victoria. VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 9. Indica tions point to the restoration of the de parted glory of Ksqulmalt as tho base of a strong British squadron station. Captain J. A. Parry, commander of H. M. S. Egeria. has just received instruc tions from the Admiralty to carry out extensive repairs and Improvements at the naval dockyard there. The naval wharves and boat slips will be virtually rebuilt. It is now regarded as a certainty that the Imperial government lias abandoned the Idea of handing over the dockj-ard to the Dominion authorities. Cold Kills Japanese. S. Urano, a Japanese laborer. 42 years old. employed on an O. R. & N. section near Troutdale, died of exposure yester day about noon. Urano and some fellow workmen were laying new rails, and although his comrades repaired frequent ly to a caboose nearby, where there was a stove, Urano worked steadily through out the forenoon. Shortly before the noon hour he went inside to get warm by the stove and was taken suddenly ill when he came into the heated car and dropped dead. A physician summoned said that deatli had resulted from ex posure. Deiputy Coroner Dunning brought the remains to the city last night and they are being held at the undertaking establishment of- Dunning, McEntee & Gilbaugh, pending arrange ments for a funeral. Urano has no rela tives In this country. ' Hotel Thief Caught. Charged with being gullA- of a series of petty thefts in the Hotel Oregon. Lewis Piatt. 25 years old, a married man. of lt'l Seventh street, employed as one of the assistant cooks in the Cfregon, was arrested last night by Detectives Price nnd Tennant. The. arrest was made on the complaint of M. C. Dickinson, man ager of the hotel. In Piatt's possession was found a satchel belonging to one of the waiters employed In the hotel. The hotel management charges him with the theft of a quantity of silverware, taken a few pieces at a time, and valued at $30. Piatt denies this, but the police are working on information said to lead to positive proof against him. Tomorrow (Monday)' will positively be the last day of discount for West Side tai bills. 3 REAT p $ 1 3.35 for Hart, Schaffner Marx high class $20 Suits and Overcoats $16.65 for Hart, i $25 Suits $20.00 for Hart, superb $30 $1.50 "Cluett" Shirts, cuffs Regular $1.00 wool Under at'ached and detached $1.15 wear in fawn and natural gray, per garment 75c $1.00 Monarch Shirts, in $o.00 and $3.00 wool Jerseys fancy patterns .. ....... .75o in all shades ...... ...$1.15 Vz Off on All Boys' Sam'l Rosenblatt k Co. COR. THIRD AND MORRISON STS. MESSINA GETS I Italian Government Not to Tax Stricken Towns. FOUR YEARS RESPITE GIVEN Foreigners Join in Relief Movement, at One Place raying Bakers Overtime to Make Bread for Starring Refugees. ti ii i .". Ton 0 TTia 'PnrHA.Tnenra.rv eom mittee which is examining tlie relief measures proposed by tne government in the Chamber of Deputies has modified n-itvi Mia mnspnt nf the (Cabinet. The changes provide that the building taxation be z per cent lor live jeota, in stead of 5 per cent for two years, and from all taxation on building for four years. A further provision is mat an un i-5.inxhl.in in the devastated dis triet be devoted by tho government to ue reuer or uie survivor. Jliss May Sherman, of Elizabeth, N. J. .i ontit.o in 1ia mAflsnrpK iindr taken at Taormlna for tho relief of the larthquake sufferers, and wno now is n ir- tmluv cava further details of via nittfin fif the refurees who came nnrlAr hpr observation. Some of the .n..r.i aTia m iri . were so seriously hurt that there was very little chance of their reaching Catania alive, i ney were, uiere fore. taken from the train and given every attention possible at Taormina. I,ocal Italian doctors and an Knglish nhv.miin rr Dnshwood. and his wife. h-aVa indefatigable in their labors. Four of tho wounded died during the first two days. "AH the bakers of Taormina," said Miss Sherman, "were kept at work making bread, and they were paid by contribu tions from the foreign colony. We did everything possible to obtain clothing to cover the shivering and naked people. There were many children among the refugees who had been made orphans by the earthquake. "Liady Hill and her daughter, who have a school at Taormina, In which they teach embroidery, gave themselves up to nursing and caring for the sufferers, re ceiving some In their villa." SWISS IiAKE FORETOLD QUAKE Rose and Fell Three Weeks Before Italian Disaster. GENEVA. Jan. 9. The Inhabitants of this citv state that the waters of Lake Geneva rose and fell for two days with a curious syphon-like action three weeks before the earthquake at Mes sina. The same phenomenon was no ticed before the San Francisco disaster, and are attributed to seismic gases. QCAKE IN" CANARY ISLANDS Several Old Houses in Las Paimas Damaged by Shocks. SAN? SEBASTIAN. Spain. Jan. D. Tele grams from the Canary Islands report severe earthquake shocks yesterday, espe cially at Lias Falmas, where several of the oldest houses in tho town were dam aged. No casualties have been reported. New Workroom for Refugees. XAPL.ES, Jan. 9. Casper 9. Crownin shield, the American Consul, and wife., out of the funds collected from tho American visitors here, have started a workroom to give employment to the wo men earthquake refugees. . ' Western Mexico Shaken. J1EJUCO CITT. Jan. 9. The entire ANNUAL Schaffner ? Marx fine and Overcoats Schaffner & Marx Suits and Overcoats Suits and Overcoats western coast of Mexico was shaken by an earthquake yesterday, which was most severely felt at Acapulco, In. the state of Guerrero, and at Oaxaca, In the state of the same name. The dam age was trivial, and no fatalities have been reported. San Francisco Gives $77,931. SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. 9.San Fran cisco's contributions to the Italian earth quaka victims, made through tha Red Cross Society, Including today's receipts of S6695, now total rn,93L Cities outsida of San Francisco have together eontrib't- I ted 119,380. The total amount of contribu tions to date from California Is JL61.4S7.C6. Come! Dance Tuea. eve. Rlngler's Hall. Rosenthal's great shoe sale Is on. Children and Pimples Seem to Go Together, and Yet Tew Parents Fully Appreciate the Warning. ' At the age of puberty most chil dren are afflicted with pimples and many with serious skin eruptions. At this particular period in a child's existence nature is going through a transition which la of vital importance to the child and the parent. Pimples on the face of a child removed by Stuart's Calcium Wafors. The organs of the child all become larger. The skin begins to grow hair, the glands and cells of the skin ap parently become stronger and largor. Impurities occur in tho system and poi sons enter tho blood and are thrown off usually from the face in the form of pimples. Mothers should zealously guard the child against serious blood impurity at this time. Our grandmothers gave sar saparllla, sassafras root, cream of tar tar and sulphur every Spring. Those simple remedies did a good work, but science has discovered the most power ful and beneficial blood purifier to be Calcium Sulphide. Stuart's Calcium wafers arc prepared after the most modern method of con veying the full strength of Calcium Sulnhide to the blood. They lo.e non of it through evaporation and chemical change like most calcium sulphide remedies sold today. Stuart's Calcium Wafers also contain Quassia. Golden Seal and Eucalyptus, all known puri fiers of great power. Combined with these ingredients is a pure vegetable alterative and laxative which, when the other Ingredients clear the blood from poisons and decay, throw off this impure matter from tho system through the bowels and In a natural, easy manner. Stuart's Calcium Wafers should ba in every household, and used by the parent for the benefit of the child. They are harmless, promote normal ap petite and digestion, beautify the skin and enrich tho blood so necessary to the rapid growth of the child. Go to your druggist. AsK his opinion of Calcium Sulphide as the Stuart process presents it to the blood. He will sell you a pacitajje ior xv cents, nr send us your name and address nnd we will send you a trial paekaite by mail free. Addrtss F. A. Stuart Co., ITi Stuart Bldg., Marshall, Mich.