THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 18, 1909.
ITO SAYS JAPAN
WILL HELP CHINA
Aims to Co-operate in Main
taining Integrity and
Bringing Reform.
NO IDEA OF AGGRESSION
Veteran Statesman Says Japan
Seeks Peace Above All Younger
Element In China Is Menace,
May Cause Revolution.
TOKIO. July IS. "Corea today Is
not a source of great anxiety to
Japan.", said Prince Ito today. 'The fi
ture of that country depends upon the
Coreans. The policy outlined nearly two
years ago has been carried out with but
little deviation, and there is every reason
to look hopefully into the future of
. Corea."
Prince Ito. the great central figure in
the political history of Japan, U retiring
from the poeltion of Resident General of
Corea, to take his seat as president of
the Privy Council. The Prince said:
China Is Problem of Day.
"China looms large, and becomes the
problem of the day. not only for Japan,
but for the whole civilized world. Conse
quently. It is on China that our best
thoughts must be centered, and not upon
"orea. where. I am glad to say, the
sword hae been turned Into a plowshare.
"Peace in the Far Kast is essential t3
the prosperity of Japan, Corea and the
possessions of this country, and we must
use our every endeavor to preserve peace.
China Is perhaps better understood by
Japan than by any other country in the
world. ' In a sense we have a common
language and -ommon customs, and
Japan has drawn from China the best
of a civilization extending back 40u0
years.
Chinese Masses Vnfriendly.
"To say that Japan is not a friend of
China is to say what is not true. We are
grateful to China for many benefits re
ceived. I am .now speaking of the best
elements of society In both countries.
Kach is to the other unknown, as far as
the masses are concerned, and of lato
the masses in China have not shown
themselves friendly toward the Japanese.
It is unnecessary to go into the cause,
the effect or result remains, and. while
statesmen of each country may under
stand each other, there are problems to
be worked out problems that grow out of
misunderstandings, misrepresentations and
even intrigues.
Help China, 'ot Knoroach on Her.
'There is discontent and poverty In
China: there is unrest, there is some
thing moving under cover from one end
of that great country to the other and
throughout Its various provinces. It
becomes the duty of Japan, therefore,
having the desire for peace, having the
desire for industrial development of
China her next neighbor and her
best market, to observe In spirit as In
letter the terms of the Anglo-Japanese
alliance, which calls for co-operation
in the maintenance of the Integrity of
China and a more friendly promotion of
common interests.
"Thio we propose to do, and even the
suggestion of aggression, of territorial
aggrandizement, on the part of Japan
as far as China Is concerned is as far
from the truth as It Is possible for
any on to go. It Is peace we want,
and peace we must have not peace at
any cast, but peace with honor.
Danger of Revolution.
"It Is the demand for control by the
younger and progressive element of China
that forms the menace, not first of all
to any other country, but to China It
self. A constitution Is demanded and It
Is said a constitution is to be granted,
but a constitution without a carefully
prepared and organized administration
must bring chaos, which means revolu
tion. To help In bringing about conditions
that will secure for Japan and China a
long period of friendly intercourse and
commerce Is cn object to which we must
devote both time and attention."
TARGET WORK SPLENDID
Coast Artillery on Puget Sound Es
tablishes ew Records.
PORT TOWXttEXD. Wash.. July IT.
Fetalis of the Coast artillery target
practice that establishes a record for
accuracy in that branch of the United
States Army are furnished by Colonel
Garland N. Whistler, commanding the
Artillery District of Puget Sound. In
a report made today to the War De
partment. The figures cover the re
cent service practice In which full war
service projectiles were used.
Colonel Whistler's statement discloses
unusual proficiency with the use of the
10-lnch rifles. Of the six batteries of this
ordnance. four secured a perfect
a ore. Out of a total of 00 record shots
allowed, twenty-five scored bu..s
eyes. The practice was with moving
targets, 60 feet long by 30 feet high,
and the firing was done at an average
distance of 4500 yards.
Two of the batteries securing perfect
scores are at Fort Worden, one at Flag
ler and one at Fort Casey. Nearly as
remarkable was the record scored with
the district's mortar shooting. The
14th company at Fort Casey. Captain
Frank B. Edwards commanding, se
cured a record of 63 per cent of hits.
With this ordnance 2i per cent baa
heretofore been regarded as average.
Two batteries engaged with rapid
fire for 3-incli guns secured scores of
93 and 90 per cent, respectively.
TAFT CONQUERS IN FIGHT
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osttion. The subcommittee that has been
considering this section has decided to
permit the free, admission of 150.rt!O.oii0
c:gar annually as requested by the
president. Instead of TO.ttiMMft as would
be admitted under a Senate amendment
adopted at the iwtance of Senate La
Foilctie. It ia expected that the Philip
pine section, as approved by the sub
committee, will be adopted by the con
ferees on Monday. It provides for the
free admission of . pounda of wrap
per tobacco nnd I..on0 pounds of filler
tobacco and 3M.00ft tons of sugar. With
the exception of rice and the limitation
placed upon tobacco and sugar, all arti
cles "the growth, product or manufacture
of the Philippine Wands" will be ad
mitted free, A originally adopted by
the House and later Introduced in the
annate, the Philippine section contained
a provision requiring that manufactured
articles, m ord.r n obtain free admission
lute the United Stale, should not contain
Ingredients other than products of the
islands.
Bonds for Panama Canal.
The tariff conferees today settled the
question of giving the Secretary of the
Treasury authority to issue 50-year 3
per cent bonds to cover the entire cost
of the Panama Canal. The effect of
the bond provision is to repeal the limit
of the bond authorization of the
Spooner act. although not Interfering
with 1 per cent bonds Issued under that
authority to the amount of $84,631,980.
The estimated cost of the canal Is
J37B.20l.000. which will be the figure
named in the new authorization, and
bonds may be Issued as they are
needed at the rate of 3 per cent to the
extent of 1290.569,020.
There is no doubt that a 1 per cent
tax . on the net earnings of corpora
tions will be accepted.
Reductions on Wool.
Practically the only subject consid
ered during the forenoon session of the
conference was the woolen schedule. A
reduction of 6 per cent was made In the
Dlngley rates on women's and children's
dress goods made of cotton warp. Three
changes In the wool schedule were
agreed upon. All of these were reduc
tions, the lower duty on women's and
children's dress goods being made on
woolen fabrics weighing four ounces or
over to the square yard and woven Into
cotton warp. A reduction of 25 per
rent was also made on yarns valued at
30 cents a pound or less. The duty on
tops was made In accordance with the
reduced duty on yarns and in propor
tion to the difference in cost of manu-
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band of Emma Eames, has married. In London, Mrs. Elaine Bohlen, of
Philadelphia, and they are now spending their honeymoon at Mr. Story's
beautiful villa In Italy. Mrs. Bohlen recently obtained a divorce from her
husband. t. Murray Bohlen, and Mr. Story was divorced by Emma Eames
some time ago.
facture between scoured wools and
spun yarns.
By adopting these three changes the
conference committee has disposed of
the entire wool schedule.
The metal schedule, with the excep
tion of iron ore and a few of Its pro
ducts, practically has ' been agreed
upon.
CONGRATULATIONS SENT TAFT
Many Liettera and Telegrams Ap
prove Stand for Revision.
WASHINGTON. July 17. President Taft
today received a large number of tele
grams and letters of congratulation re
garding his position on the tariff.
The president also receivea vtruai ne
gratulations from members of Congress.
JAP FISHERMEN FAVORED
British Columbia Discriminates
Against American Vessels.
SEATTLE, July 17. According to
owners of American halibut fishing ves
sels, the recent order forbidding Ameri
cans to buy herring bait in British
Columbia waters is intended to force
Americans to put their ships under the
British flag and transfer their busi
ness to the Canadian side, as one Bos
ton company has already done.
The American fishermen say tnat
Japanese fishermen are given every
privilege over Americans by the regula
tions Just promulgated by the Domin
ion council. In the harbor at isanaimo,
alone, between November 1. 1908. and
February IS. 1909. Japanese fishermen
caught 20,000 tons of herring, salted
them and shipped them to japan to
feed their countrymen. It is these fish
that are required In certain seasons
of the year by American halibut vessels
and which the Dominion government
absolutely refused to any vessel carry
ing the Stars and Stripes.
The Dominion pays a bounty of 1
cent a pound on all halibut taken by
Canadian vessels operating In northern
waters which are shipped out of the
country over Canadian railroad lines.
PIPE DRIVEN INTO FACE
Blow Causes Painful Wound to
Mouth of Smoker.
C. T. Griffin, a checker, employed by
Marshall. Wells 4 Company, was the vlo
tim of an unusual assault last night In
the saloon of Mysterious Billy Smith on
Burnside street, near Fourth. Griffin,
who was emoking a pipe, became Involved
In a difficulty with a man at the bar
who struck htm a violent Mow in the
face.
The man's fist struck the bowl of Grif
fin's pipe and drove it back against the
rear wall of his throat. It cut a gash
back of the mouth, and seriously Jarred
the spinal vertebrae In Griffiin's neck.
City Phvslcian Ziegler attended his In
Jury. His assailant was arrested by
Patrolman Small and taken to the City
Jail, where he was locked up in default
of bail. The man gave the name ot jaca
McGrath.
HOPE FOR RYAN'S VICTIM
Though Bullet Tore Intestines.
Ryan on Verge of Delirium.
LOS ANGELES. July 17. Otto Miller.
who was shot last night by Albert
Ryan, organizing secretary of the West
ern Federation ot aimers wnen two
others, one of who was killed, also
were shot by Ryan, has a chance to
live, although 1 inches of torn in
testines were taken from his abdomen
today by physicians at the receiving
hospital. The physicians say he may
pull through.
Ryan is today on the verge of delir
ium tremens and is kept under the In
fluence of opiates.
Manuel Lonex. another vtetim or
Ryan's automatic pistol, also will re
cover
LAUNCH RUN DOWN
Peter Lundfall Drowns In Ac
cident on River.
SIX OTHERS IMPERILED
Steamer Hustler Strikes Craft That
AVas Being Tested by Owner.
Owner Rescued and Com
panions Save" Themselves.
Peter Lundfall. 23 years old, deck
hand on the steamer . Beaver, was
drowned in the Willamette River at
8:45 o'clock last night when the steamer
Hustler ran down a launch, owned and
driven by Gus Johnson. There were
seven persons In the launch but the
other six escaped. Aside from Johnson,
they were: J. B. Beckman, Gus Erick
son, C. A. Millerstrom, Fred Johnson
and Nels Nellson. The accident hap-
pened on the east side of the rives
about 200 feet south of the Burnslde
street bridge.
Johnson was trying out his new launch,
and had Invited his six waterfront friends
to accompany him. The launch was not
supplied with lights, aa required, and the
party was leisurely cruising about the
harbor. The steamer Hustler. In charge
of Captain T. P. Campliell, was towing
a barge of sand up the river. Upon
passing through the Burnside-street
bridge draw, the launch Was observed in
the path of the steamer, about ao0 feet
distant. Captain Campbell sounded an
alarm, but it was disregarded by the oc
cupants of the launch, which was struck
squarely by the barge.
The owner of the launch was rescued
from the river by members of the crew
on the Hustler while five of his com
panions scrambled aboard the barge.
Johnson admits that he heard the warn
ing whistle of the approaching steamer
but declares that the accident was un
avoidable for the reason that the steer
ing gear on the. launch became disabled
and the craft was struck by the steamer
before It was possible to get out of the
way.
Beckman, one of the party, ia a freight
clerk on the steamer Beaver and had
Joined the launching party not more than
ten minutes before the accident. He
was the first to see the Hustler approach
ing and, calling to Johnson, urged him
to direct the launch out of danger.
"Oh, don't get scared,' was the reply
of Johnson, "I am an old- steamboat man
and know my business."
Scarcely had he uttered these words,
when the collision followed. Johnson was
thrown beneath the barge, which passed
entirely over him in the water before he
was fished out of the river by the crew
on the Hustler. He was rescued as he
came to the surface between the barge
and the steamer. Erickson, Beckman and
Millerstrom climbed aboard the barge,
while Fred Johnson and Nellson were
rescued with lines thrown from the
steamer Hustler. Lundfall, the drowned
man, sank before a line could b thrown
him.
Johnson admits he heard the warning
whistle of the approaching steamer but
declares the accident was unavoidable for
the reason that the steering gear on the
launch became disabled and the craft
was struck by the steamer before It waa
possible to get out of the way.
Captain Campbell, of the Hustler, has
been on the river as pilot for the last
30 years and this was the second ac
cident in which he has figured. Several
years ago a canoe was repaired from the
waves caused by his veesel, but he could
hardly be held responsible for that.
Lundfall Is a Dane, but none of his
companions knows anything about his
relatives. He had been employed on the
steamer Reaver for about three weeks.
He is believed to have lived at Eugene
at one time as there was found among
his effects a badge indicating membership
In Aerie 275. Fraternal Order of Eagles
of that city.
TRACES HER 'FALSE SPOUSE I
Wife Has Husband Arrested With
Another Woman.
Nelson B. Lewis, a barber in the shop
of the Hotel Perkins, and Gertrude B.
Dickman, a saleswoman employed in the
store of McAllen & McDonnell, were ar
rested last night by Constable W'agner
and lodged In the County Jail on a stat
utory charge. The arrest was made on a
warrant sworn out by Lewis' wife, who
:Vges that Lewis deserted her for the
other woman more than a month ago and
has successfully avoided meeting her dur
ing this time.
Determined to secure a divorce, and
failing to get evidence through detectives,
Mrs. Lewis determined to turn Into a
sleuth herself. According to her sworn
statements she discovered the pair living
together at 371 Cable street, and climbed
through the window one evening and con
fronted her delinquent spouse.
TUCKER MAY LOCATE HERE
Reaches Seattle Accompanied by
His Bride.
SEATTLE. Wash.. July 17. Pale and
thin, but otherwise showing little ef-j
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fects of more than a year's confinement
in the hospital, where he battled
against a disease that baffled his phy
sicians. Colonel William F. Tucker, ac
companied by his bride of a month, ar
rived In Seattle late yesterday after
noon. The soldier, whose difficulties
with his former wife, Daisy Logan,
daughter of the Civil War hero, was a
sensation of the last two years. Is here
in search of health, and he believes that
In the mild climate of Seattle or
Portland he will find his lost strength.
It is his intention to spend with his
beautiful wife the rest of his days in
either of the two cities.
Only a few days after It was decided
Colonel Tucker had sufficiently recov
ered to leave the Army and Navy Hos
pital, he was married, July 6 of theur
rent year, to Mrs. Myrtle Leone Piatt,
who had nursed him back to health In
the Philippine Islands, where he con
tracted a peculiar disease that for a
time completely baffled eminent physi
cians. The ceremony was performed in
the presence of a few friends at De
troit, and Immediately following the
wedding Colonel and Mrs. Tucker left
for the Pacific Coast, coming by way
of the Great Lakes and the Canadian
Pacific Colonel Tucker and wife will
visit here several days, and then will
go to Portland, where he will spend
two or three weeks anyway.
brigan1olls
ONE OP BAND POSES AS GATE
KEEPER, OTHERS ROB.
Rnsso-German Frontier Scene of
Over 50 Crimes, In Which
$25,000 19 Secured.
BERLIN, July 17. Brigands held the
highway between Augustow and Liepsk.
on the Russo-German frontier all. day
Tuesday of this week, and captured 60 or
60 travelers, whom they robbed of large
sums of money. Most of the victims
were horse-dealers on their way to the
annual horse market at Liepsk.
One of the recent exploits of the rob
bers was to capture a tollgate house.
Thev bound the keeper and his wife and
stationed one of their number, dressed In
the gatekeper's uniform, beside the gate.
Peasants were allowed to pass on the pay
ment of the usual fee, but when a pros-Terous-Jooking
traveler came along a
signal was given and the man was at
tacked by the bandits concealed in the
house. .
The victims were bound and robbed ana
then locked in the attic of the gate
keeper's house or an outbuilding. After
40 persons had been robbed the bandits
gathered together the best horses and
made their escape, but before they left
they shot dead, in sight of the others, a
man named Fahl. of Augustom, who had
offered resistance.
The German government has taken up
the matter with the Russian authorities.
It is estimated that a total of 25,000
'was taken by the road agents, who are
believed by the authorities to be the
same men who have committed numer
ous outrages and robberies throughout
a wine district on the frontier.
FIGHT TO DEATH FOR COW
Two Dead, Two Fatally. Wounded,
One Injured in Battle.
tTNT9N, Miss.. July 17. A cow caused
a bloody pistol battle in the streets here
today. U resulted In the killing of two
men. fhe fatal injury of two more, and
the serious wounding of another. The
dead:
E J. McDONALD. cattleman.
PETER MeDONAUX fatally Injured.
CORNELIUS CHISHOLM. cattleman.
JOE MILLER.
The fight was between the McDonalds
on one side and Miller and Chlsholm on
the other. Chlsholm claimed that the
cow was his property, and the McDonalds
disputed the claim. Joseph Miller and
Peter McDonald started the row in front
of the Union Bank. Revolvers were
drawn, and the shooting commenced.
Who fired the first shot is a matter of
dispute.
MAN IS SHOCKINGLY HURT
Attacked by Four Men and Assault
ed While Drunk.
Victim of a shockirug assault. Patrick
Flynn. 60 years old, is now in St. Vin
cent's Hospital In a critical condition and
deputies from Sheriff Steven's office are
workinir on the case in the hope of discov
ering his assailants.
According to Flynn s story, ne was at
tacked and assaulted by four men of
fairly good appearance near the Burnside
bridge on Friday night, while he was in
toxicated. Flynn did not recover from the
combined effects of the drink and the as
sault until yesterday morning, and after
utffm'inB- o-wiitlv riurin? the forenoon ap
pealed to the county authorities for re
lief. He was sent to ur. war-, me
County Physician, who performed! an op
eration on him and had him removed to
the hospital. Flynn Is a hobo and had
been In Portland but a day or two.
AUTO PLUNGES DOWN HILL
Seattle Man and Family Have Nar
row Escape) Near La Grande.
n a srr A Txlv 17A nec!al to the
Ledger from Eatonvllle says that J. W.
Thompson. Superintendent or farts ai
c.ftia with hi wife and two daugh
ters, had a miraculous escape from
death this afternoon wnne annus m
.,,tnmnKU, near T A rtrJlTlde. The
car ran off the mountain road and
down an. embankment 50 feet hign.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were both
-.lfi,n fnliireri but their two d&ugh-
...Ut,0h hv lumninsr from the ma
chine. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are at
the Eatonville Hospital.
Mr. Thompson's hand was so badly
crushed that amputation may be ne
cessary. Mrs. Thompson -was cut and
bruised about the face and lower
limbs.
REGATTA PLANS ARE LAID
Mayor Smith, of Astoria, Names
Committee for 1909.
ASTORIA. Or.. July 17. (Special.) This
morning Mayor Smith announced the ap
pointment of the committee to handle the
regatta which will be held during the lat
ter part of August, immediately following
the close of the fishing season. The com
mittee is as follows: W. F. McGregor. W.
T. Scholfleld. C. H. Callender, Frank
Vaughan. 8. M. Gallagher. H. R. Hoefier,
Albert Dunbar. Nelson Troyer, J. W.
Johnston. W. E. Schlmpff and F. C. Fox.
The committee will hold its first meet
ing on Monday afternoon to elect officers
and select the dates for the annual car- ,
nival. !
The head of every family having no
piano, who sees one of the pianos ad
vertised on the eighth page, first sec
tion, of today's Oregonian, will be sure
to buy one,
JJJ
Sale of These Fine Hand-Tailored
Clothes Continues Unabated
Carpenters will commence remodeling
our store on the 25th. We have until
then to move our stock. Help us to do so
We F
Give ej)
On.S
It behooves you to take advantage of
this offer for it will not continue much
longer. Glance in our windows and see
what excellent $15 suits we are letting
go at $7.50. Other suits at similar discount
Sahm wodhnl
Grant Phegley, Manager Seventh and Stark Sts.
EXILES GET FREE
Siberian Convicts Not Wanted
in Alaska, Though.
MAY KEEP ON TO SEATTLE
pressed In Co?ack .. Uniforms ot
Former Guards Who Died In
Battle, Silent Russians
Keep Own. -Council.
CORDOVA. Alaska. July 17. The St.
Croix has brought here 100 Russians, part
of the 300 landed at Nome by the Russian
steamer Va vrg and held up as the result
of a Xomo mass meeting, but finally
landed whi it was found they had the
necessary amount of money. Cordova ob
jects to their landing and they may be
taken to Seattle.
Among the party are several who are
believed to be members of the band of
political convicts who escaped from a
penal colony In the Interior of Siberia
several months ago and who on June 20,
were reported to be working their way
toward East Cape, on the extreme East
coast of Siberia, in an effort to cross the
Behring Straits and reach America.
The men believed to be the escaped con
victs are wearing old Cossack uniforms.
These men have been keeping their own
counsel refusing to communicate even
with the other Russians who came down
from the North with them.
The party reached Nome from Siberia
on the Russian steamer Vaarg. After
arriving in Nome the men re-embarked
on the steamer St. Croix, and came to
this port where they asked for work n
th construction camps of the Copper
River & Northwestern Railroad.
The uniforms worn by the men sup
posed to be the escaped political exiles
show very hard usage. It is believed
the clothes were taken from the guards
killed in the battle at Chukotosk. near
the Arctic Circle last March, when the
convicts defeated a company of pursuing
Cossacks.
The Russians who came from Nome on
the same vessel with the suspected men
profess to know nothing of their identity,
and share the belief that they are the
survivors of the band of exiles who were
fighting their way across 1600 milea of
Siberian waste.
MONTES TELLS ABOUT IT
Bolivian President Says Argentine
Judges. Neglected. Duty.
LA PAZ, Bolivia, July 16. President
Montes. of Bolivia, yesterday made the
following official declaration concern
ing the boundary dispute between Bo
livia and Peru and the recent demon
strations at La Paz:
"The arbitration award respecting the
frontiers of Bolivia and Peru was given
by the Argentine government without
regard to Bolivia's petition that an
actual inspection of the territory should
be made by Judges named by the arbi
trator in case the documents and titles
submitted should prove unsatisfactory.
Had this been done, the arbitrator,
prior to rendering his decision, would
have been convinced of the respective
positions of the two countries. The
fact that the award despoils Bolivia of
Industrial and military possessions on
the River Madre de Dios and In the
Acre district produced greatest Indig
nation on the part of the whole of Bo
livia." BRIDGE PROTEST IS FILED
War Department Asked to Forbid
Change of Location.
WASHINGTON, July 17. Representa
tive Ellis today filed with the War De
partment the protest of certain busi
ness Interests of Portland against re
moval of the. steal bridge of the O. R.
& N. Company to the site selected by
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the railroad company. It is main
tained that if the bridge is moved
southward it will Bpan the river at a
point where the best anchorage Is avail
able, and will materially impair the
harbor.
Mr. Ellis has asked the War De
partment to grant no permission for
removal of the bridge to the proposed
site until full examination is made by
Government engineers to determine
whether or not the harbor would be
Injured in the change.
UNDER WOMAN'S SPELL
Mrs. Miller Excuses' Husband and
Still Loves Him. .
CHICAGO, Jiilv 17. Mrs. Cora Miller,
wife of Dr. William Miller, who is
held in Watseka. 111., for the murder
of John B. Sayier, a banker, . was in
Chicago today en route to Watseka.
"Mrs. Sayier is responsible for the
death of her husband," said Mrs. Mil
ler. "If my husband shot Mr. Sayier
it was because he was under the spell
of Mrs. Sayier and was compelled to do
It She took my husband from me,
ruined my home and ought to be pun
ished severely.
"I believe my husband feared her
and that she was able to make him do
anything she wanted to. I will stand
by him now that he is In trouble, be
cause I love him and I know that he
loves me."
EXTRA POUND IS FARMER'S
Vheatbuyers Must Pay for Full
Measure This Year.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 17.
Farmers of the wheatgrowlng section of
the Inland Empire expect to save ap
proximately $500,000 on this season's wheat
crop through action taken unanimously
today at meetings of the several local
unions of the Farmers' Educational and
Co-operative 'Association In Washington,
Oregon and Idaho, when It was decided
to refuse to allow grain-buyers to deduct
a pound on every sack of wheat pur
chased, as has been done heretofore.
On the basis of a 55.000.000-bushel crop
for the three states, the farmers will save
462,671 bushels.
PROF. MATTEUCCI IS DEAD
Director of Vesuvius Observatory
Dies While at Work.
ROME. July 17. Professor R. B. Mat
teuccl. director of the royal observatory
on Mount Vesuvius, who was famous for
his devotion to duty during eruptions of
the volcano, died in the observatory yes
terday. Frank A. Perret, assistant direc
tor of the observatory, an American, who
predicted the Messina earthquake, was
Professor Mateucci's sole companion.
Kerr Will Address Farmers.
ONTARIO, Or., July 17. (Special.)
The programme has been arranged for
the Farmers' Institute which will be
THINGS IN SILVER
FOR SUMMER TRAVEL
Nobby and up-to-date styles in belt pins, buckles, link buttons,
hat pins, purses, card cases and numerous other suggestive -articles
to meet your approval. The enameled effect is now
the popular craze. Prices attractive. . '
NEW LOCATION
283-285 Washington Street, Bet. 4th and 5th
Diamond Importers-Optician Manufacturing Jeweler
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held here next Wednesday. July 21. Dr.
Kerr, president of the Oregon Agri
cultural College: Dr. Withycombe, head
of the agricultural department, and
Professor C. I. Lewis, head of the hor
ticultural department, will conduct tha
meeting.
Ontario Teachers Chosen.
ONTARIO, Or.. July 17. (Special.)
With the exception of two. all of last
year's teachers will be retained. The
new ones, are J. J. Beatty, of Ballston,
Or., who will be assistant principal in
the High School, and Miss Louise Rid
dle, of Minneapolis, Kan., who will
teach the seventh grade. E. B. Conklln,
who has been principal cf the schools
for the past four years, has been, re
elected. . ,
William Fayj Union Scout. .
MUSKEGON. Mich.. July 17.-Wil!iajn
Fay. part owner when' the Civil War
broke out. of the tobacco warehouse which
became famous as Llbby Prison and a
well-known scout after hla union sympa
thies forced him to leave his home In
Richmond. Va., died at his home in Lake
Harbor today. Fay was a member of tha
grand jury that indicted Jefferson Davis
for treason.
Trunks, suitcasea and bags. Largest
varletv at Harris Trunk Co.
How to Be Happy
-Though 'Married"
Of course your wife is down "by
the sad sea waves," but you will
never miss her in the least you 'II be
"happy as can be" if you get one
of our
'88-Note' Player-Pianos
to while the long evenings away.
They sell for as little as other good
plaver pianos; they operate all the'
keys of the piano--88 note& or 23
notes more than other player pianos
and you can render your favorite se
lections in different keys without
change of rolL
Absolutely the best substitute for
the absent wife and little ones.
The gTeat "Apollo" and "Behn
ing" 88-note player pianos are sold
here only by
HOVENDEN-SOULE
PIANO CO.
106 Fifth Street, '
Between Washington and Stark.
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