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tfHE . SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. MARCH 13. 1910. T COM GAMPAIGN MILO AND POLITE Party Rancor Is Absent, and Also Old-Time Party Enthusiasm. Tom Ttlchardsoa. of Portland, addresaed the people or this vicinity this after noon on the benefits of community publicity and a "boosters' ' organiza tion. The meeting: resulted in the or ganization of a Canby Commercial Club, with a membership of 28, and the appointment of Messrs. Romlg. New ton, Cobb, Gordon, Walt, Bair, Coe, Vineyard and Walker as a committee to select officers. COMMISSION PLAN TRIED Half Hundred Candidates Are Seek ing Half Jlozen Well-Paid Jobs. Xo Issues to Guide Voters or Confuse Candidates. TACOMA. Wash., March 12. (Spe cial.) Much on the order of a "pink tea" affair is the municipal campaign now well under way in Tacoma its first venture at the commission plan of government. Election day is April 3. There are only six offices to be filled under this new plan a Mayor, a Controller and four Commissioners. There are already 43 self-nominated candidates in the race and a dozen or so more-who will likely file. All the enthusiasm of the old-time campaign is lucking. Gone are the ral lies, spellbinders and bands which have always marked city campaigns in the past for this election is to be strictly non-partisan, every man for himself, individually, and with the expenditures of each candidate limited by law to $500. Quietly and politely of an even ing the candidates many of them at least go out and attend meetings of the men's brotherhoods or some im provement club. Here the candidate makes his talk. Those at the meeting who wisli question and cross-question him. Civic Purity Made Issue. The churchmen are seeking to take a more important part in the election. The women are also In the little game, although they cannot vote but hope to some day. This week the Women's Club, a leading organization, decided it would get right Into the fray and voted to appoint a committee which will prepare a list of pointed ques tions. These questions will be sub mitted to each candidate. Civic purity will be an important issue. There are no Issues in this cam paign, nobody knows what any of the candidates stands for. "Gumshoe" work and letters to vot ers play a prominent part. Some can didates attend none of the church or improvement club meetings, but with, their friends are hustling about town loins all the personal work possible. Nobody has opened headquarters. A light vote is predicted, liven registra tion is not nearly up to what it is ordinarily. Sentiment among business men seems to be that the voter who has one or more friends in the race will get out and voteand that the vot ers who have no one in particular on the ticket in whom they are inter ested and to whom the new law allows no party in whose victory they may take pride, will stay home and see how the new arrangement works out. Jobs Are Attractive. Candidates are thick because the new jobs pay well from $3600 to J4000 a year. The salaries were put up by the charter commission with a hope of attracting new blood Into civic man agement and getting rid of some of the old-time politicians who are to ba found somewhere at the public crib year after year. When the new blood did not appear the "committee of twelve" went to work and after much deliberation picked out a' ticket. It caused a furore for a time, but has almost fallen from sight now. Mayoralty candidates to date include Councilman Johnson Armstrong, a doc tor; James A. Kproule, a butter mer chant, whose name for years has been often seen attached to communications in the daily papers; A. V. Fawcett, who has been Mayor as a Democrat and candidate as a Republican, and is now out as a non-partisan, understood to stand for a wide-open town, and who is a vote-getter from 'way back; Councilman E. A. Lynn, a photogra pher; Charles D. Atkins, ex-City Treas urer. ex-City Controller and often a ..candidate for other offices with less success; John M. Bell, manager of the Postal Telegraph Company, a thor oughly aggressive business men, and Samuel R. Balkwill, real estate dealer and choice of the "committee of twelve." Kxpense Limit In Controversy. Tho only lively Incident of the cam paign thus far that has furnished much local reading involved A. V. Fawcett, who was charged by P. W. Cameron, pub lisher of a local labor paper, with having already exceeded the legal limit of cam paign expenses. This question got before the Central Iabor Council and was in vestigated. There was considerable dif ference of opinion expressed, J2i0 of Faw cett's expenditures having been a loan to Cameron on. a note which Fawcett as serted he expected Cameron to pay. Faw cett asserted at that time he still had JSO to spend before getting up to the maximum of $500. He had receipts to show and it was decided that he was about right and the incident has been forgotten, along with the Freeland-Cam-eron libel suit, which was dismissed. Fawcett started out strong. He was one of the first candidates in the race, is a man who has had years of experi ence in the political game, and his ener getic "gum . shoe" work made him until recently the strongest candidate In the Held. Gossip among those who profess to know lis that Fawcett has lately been falling off In strength, although, at that, he Is likely to be one of the two candi dates voted upon at the second election. The new charter provides that where no candidate receives a majority at the elec tion April 5 there shall be another elec tion at which the two candidates who received the most votes for that particu lar office shall be votetd upon again. J'aweett has every hope of being one of the lucky two and eventually landing -hat $4000 job. Hell Strong for Major. John M. Bell is probably the likeliest candidate out to date for the Mayoralty. He has served two terms from his ward In the City Council, has a wide acquaint ance and is known as a thoroughly clean man and an able business man who would be able to carry out the Idea of the char ter commission. The same is to a large "Xtent true of S. R. Balkwill. with the advantage In Bell's favor that he is a vote-getter and a hustler. There Is no prospect that the first elec tiion will decide the four eommissioner ehips. Ray Freeland has an excellent prospect of getting enough votes to give him a majority on the first election, ac cording to men most Interested in the campaign. To date Freeland, McGregor, Roys. Hlckey and Wood are the strong est men in the race and are most likely :o be at the top. although each of the others is confident. CONGO ABUSE IS AIRED Author Declares , That Slavery Is Still In Existence There. ' LONDON. March 12. (Special.) Arthur Conan Doyle, the author, has written another letter on the abuses in the Congo. He says: Two successive Foreign Secretaries of State have pronounced the Belgian system of forced labor in the Congo to be Indistinguishable from slavery Vet by the budget of 1910 nearly half the total taxation of the country is to be raised by this means. These natives who are treated In this fashion are our wards, whom we are sworn to protect. in the face of this fact, what is the force of Mr. Campbell's or Lieutenant Learmonth's contention as to the con dition of one particular province in that vast country? What we demand is the fulfillment of a treaty to which w have been a party. Why should any treaty in the future have any bind ing force, when this one has for 20 years been so notoriously abused? It is admitted that the condition of the Congo, and especially of Katanga, has in some respects Improved, though the problem Is still far from a complete solution. Mr. Vandervelde, the high est authority In Belgium, has ascribed this improvement entirely to the un selfish efforts of Mr. Morel. In the face of such an opinion, Mr Morel will no doubt continue his philanthropic work without waiting for the approba tion of Lieutenant Learmonth. Speaking generally, I would say that all pro-Belgian testimony from the Congo should be most carefully exam ined before being accepted, the reason being that there are very strong finan cial interests which are directly con cerned in the defense of the present or der, while all who attack it locally do so to thir own discomfort and detri ment. In writing a small pamphlet upon the subject recently I gave cred it to two British apologists who trav eled in the country, as if they were impartial authorities. Since then I have had an opportunity of seeing a letter from the British Consul-General of the Congo which made it clear that they had been sent out by him to the Congo to furnish a report. Their con clusion would certainly have been dis counted by the public had this been generally known Again, the friends of the Congo regime made some cap ital recently of the report of some British zoologists who traveled in the notorious Kasai country, and declared that all was well there. Had the pub lic known what the leader and spokes man of this expedition was an ex Congo Free State official of Hungarian nationality, they would -wish to come into more direct contact with the Brit ish zoologists. Lieutenant Learmonth finished his letter by saying. "It Is time that this agitation against a friendly power should cease." Can he give any reason why it should cease until the condi tions of the Treaty of Berlin (namely, free trade and kind treatment of the natives) shall have been fulfilled? Is It a friendly power which, in spite of all remonstrance, systematically breaks a treaty which we are pledged to uphold? Length of lilfe vs. Mortality. American Health Magazine. National efficiency depends largely on natural resources, partly on the integrlty of social institutions, partly on human vi tality, and is a reaction against the old fatalistic creed that deaths inevitably oc cur at a constant rate. The new motto is Pasteur's, "It Is within the power of man to rid himself of every parasitic disease." Longevity vaTies In different times and places. The average length of life in Den mark and Sweden exceeds 50 years; in India it falls short of 25. In Europe it has increased in 350 years from less than 20 to over 40 years. In Massachusetts, in less than half a century. It has in creased five years. As longevity in creases, mortality decreases. The death rate Jn the "registration arta" of the United States is 16.5 per thousand; in India it is about 42 per thousand. In European cities it varies from IB to 40. The death rate has been decreasing during several centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries it was 40 to 50, and during the pest periods rose as high as 80. It is now 15. In Havana the death rate after American occupation fell from over 50 to about 20. The greatest reductions have been effected among children. The mortality beyond the age of 50 years has remained stationary. Spe cial diseases have decreased, such as tuberculosis, which is now one-third as prevalent as two generations ago; ty phoid fever, which in Munich, after the elimination of cesspools, decreased 97 per cent, and- in Lawrence, Mass., after the introduction of a public water filter, de creased over 80 per cent. Smallpox has practically disappeared slnce vaccination was employed and yellow fever since its mosquito origin has been known. 15 MIM'TES ISN'T TERV l.ONti to ride on a Union avenue car. Get off at Knott street, walk one block east and you come to the Cream of Irving ton, Portland's perfect addition. All Improvements in, waiting for your inspection. ENGINEERS PERSONAL II GO E Dislike of Ballinger Is Blamed to Failures to Gain Promotions. WHY YOU ARE THIN; HOW TO GET FLESHY Diacnaaea Cauaea of ThlpneM and Olvea 'ew Method of Increasing Weigh and Rounding; Out the Form. SERVICE NOT EFFICIENT Witness Admits Ground for Secre tary's Disapproval Senator . Xelson Clashes With Attor ney for Plnchot. WASHINGTON, March 12. Chief En gineer A. P. Davis admitted on the witness stand in the Ballinger-Pinchot hearing today that th reclamation service was "demoralized." The question came up on the cross examination, which was completed this afternoon before the committee ad journed. Attorney Vertrees asked Mr. Davis whether Secretary Ballinger had re flected at any time upon the efficiency of the service in the reclamation bu reau. "He don't regard the service as ef ficient." replied Mr. Davis. "You admit yourself," said -Mr. Vr Trees. "that it is not efficient; that it is demoralized, don't you?" "Yes," was the reply. Kngineers Xot Satisfied. Mr. Davis said that there wos dis satisfaction among the engineers in the service, "because of the unsympathetic attitude of the present Secretary in falling to promote them, although rec ommended for promotion by the super vising engineers." The witness said that the engineers would not remain unless treated "fairly," and that he had had a hard time to prevent them from resigning in a body at one ' time as a protest against Secretary Ballinger. The witness took issue with Secre tary Ballinger with reference to a let ter written by the Secretary in support of the $30,00,000 bond issue for recla mation work. In this letter. Secretary Ballinger spoke of the hardships which resulted to settlers on some of the projects where co-operation agree ments had been entered into b.y former Secretary Garfield. He also claimed that Inducements had been held out to settlers to come on the land and that at Toluca, Mont., there had been erected a large signboard inviting settlers to come there. This sign included ths statement: "Settlers can work out their payments." Mr. Ballinger said he ordered this part of the sign painted over. Statement Is Contradicted. Mr. Davis contradicted practically ev ery statement in the Ballinger letter. He said he was with Mr. Sallinger when he saw the sign; that no orders had been given to paint out the words, and that up to a few days ago they had not been painted out. Mr. Davis said there had been no co operative agreement or certificates at Toluca; that no such signs had been erected anywhere else and that no undue inducement had ever been made to set tlers to go into the co-operative work. At Toluca, .the reclamation work had b;-cn completed and there was more water available than land under cultiva tion. The lands were public and it was decided that they should be taken up. The witness related the so-called "black tent" affair. He said that un der orders of Secretary Ballinger, E. T. Perkins of the Chicago office of tho Reclamation Service went through the West lecturing In a black tent to ad vertise reclamation work. It came to the attention of service officials that Perkins-, in addition to gettin ga salary of $3300 a year, was receiving an allowance of $500 a month from the Harriman railway lines. The Hill lines protested that Perkins was coming into their territory and lectur ing about projects on the , Harriman lines. Mr. Davis said Perkins proved his fidelity to the Harriman lines by ship ping 59 per cent of the material from Cchicago to Mexca. Ariz., where the re clamation service has been engaged in a project, by way of their lines, which made the longest and most expensive route. Perkins' Dismissal Advised. Mr. Davis said he recommended Per kins' dismissal. Director Newell did not agree to this at first, but later wrote to Perkins and in a "polite" way requested his resignation. Secretary Ballinger reprimanded Newell for in terfering in a matter which was being personally conducted "by himself. When his direct examination had been concluded and he was being questioned by members of the committee, Mr. Davis suddenly remarked: "I want it understood that I do not wish to insinuate in anything I have said that Secretary Ballinger has intentionally Prescription Accompli he Wonder. A treatment which anyone can pre pare cheaply at home, has been found to increase the weight, improve the health, round out scrawny figures. Im prove the bust, brighten the eves and put new color into the cheeks and lips of any one who is too thin and blood less. It puts flesh on those who have been always thin whether from disease or natural tendency; on those who by J heavy eating and diet have In vain iriea to Increase: on those who feel well but can't get fat: and on those who have tried every known method, in vain. It is a powerful aid to diges tion, nutrition and aslmilation. It as sists the blood and nerves to distribute all over the body the flesh elements contained in food, and gives the thin person the same absorbing qualities possessed by the naturallv fleshy. Everybody is about the same, but certain elements and organs of blood and nerves are deficient and until this is corrected, thin people will stay thin. The nutrition stavs in the bodv after separation by the digestive functions instead of passing through unised, when this valuable treatment of blend ed medicines is used. Practically no one can remain thin who uses it, for it supplies the long-felt need. Mix in a half pint bottle, three ounces Of essence of pepsin, and three ounce? of syrup of rhubarb. Then add one ounce compound essence cardiol. Shake and let stand two hours. Then add one ounce of tincture cadoniene compound (not cardamom). Shake well and take a teaspoonful before and after meals. Drink plenty of water between meals and when retiring. Weigh before beginning. Men's Bible . Class Membership Contest Tie AfterWarm Campaign Canby Forms Commercial Club. CANBY. Or., March II (Special.) NUMBERED high among the many achievements which have, been credited 'to Taylor-street . Meth odist Episcopal Church in past years is the record of the growth and develop ment of Its young men's Bible class. It was organized two years "ago under the leadership fit Professor Norman C. Thorne, of Portland Academy, with a membership of about 15 men. - This enrollment increased steadily, and last October had reached a total of about 63 men, with an average at tendance of about 35. At this time it was decided to start a membership contest, to end on the last Sunday in December. Many predicted failure along this line of endeavor, but the class decided to go ahead, and was ac cordingly divided for the purpose of the contest into' two sections, called the "north" and "south" sides. A hot campaign was waged, the tide of battle flowing one Sunday north ward and the following Sunday In the opposite direction. When the smoke of battle finally cleared away It was found that the contest had ended in a tie. that the membership had been more than doubled, and that a spirit of enthusiasm and class fellowship had been engendered which is destined to lead the class into larger fields of activity. One of the most noticeable results of the campaign was the formation of a more effective working organization. An employment committee gives aid to those of the members who are seek ing positions. Social. membership, sick and publicity .committees are kept busy In their respective fields. A Y. M. C. A. committee handles the work la the Association building, from T f f - - 3 5 : f ' ij V it I V CL- i " i I ; t I . x I if . - I c ! I - ... . , , ,. ... t........, M ProffMor Normtn c. Thome. 1. Till...! where almost SO per cent of the new member were recruited. The requirement for membership is an attendance of three out of four con secutive Sundays. At present the en rollment is 150 men, with an average attendance of about 100. Young men who are in search of a church home are always welcome and will find the right hand of fellowship extended to greet them. or consciously done a wrong act. I do not believe he has. "Yes." Senator Sutherland Interrupted to in quire if the witness didn't regard the Umatilla project in Oregon as a failure. "I certainly do not." "Well, I understand the people out there think so," said Senator Suther land. "They think the land is worth from $170 to $300 an acre," . was his tart reply, Mr. Davis said Secretary Ballinger regarded this project as a failure and' this was one of the many instances in which he disagreed with him. Xelson Charge, Trifling." A sharp clash occurred between Sen ator Nelson, chairman, and Attorney Pepper, counsel for Mr. Pinchot, near the close of the session. M.r .Nelson accused the lawyer with "trifling" with the committee. Mr. Pepper de manded to know if that was the judg ment of the committee, and when several members exclaimed, "Let it pass." he said that a reflection- which he resented had been cast upon him and he questioned the Senator's right to make such an accusation. Mr. Pepper was referring to several letters in the record in an endeavor to have Chief Engineer Davis of the reclamation service, who was on-the stand, refute several statements at tributed to Secretary Ballinger to the effect that restorations of certain lands in the West to public entry after they had been withdrawn under Secr tary Garfield had been made on recom mendation of the reclamation service. Chairman Nelson thought if was a waste of time to go over ground already covered and objected to tho reading of the letters. In each instance In which the question was put the. witness replied that Mr. Ballinger had made a misstate ment. . "Now I have come to the point I was after," said Attorney Pepper. "At the conclusion of your direct examination this mornirig you said: 'I want it under stood that I do not wish to insinuate in anything that I have said that Secretary Ballinger has intentionally or consciously done a wrong. I do not believe he has.' Will you explain your statement more fully?" Mr. Davis said he merely meant to dis claim any intimation that Mr. Ballinger had done wrong. He referred only to his acts, he continued, and not his state ments, for many of them were wrong. He did not indicate whether he thought Mr. Ballinger had "nntentionally or con sciously" made a misstatement. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE SO BELIEVES REPRESENTATIVE M'CREDIE OK VANCOUVER. Cry for Postmaster Candidates Wins When Congressman Makes Announcement. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, March 12. Representative Mc Credle, of Washington, is satisfied that "it pays to advertise." Several weeks ago Mr. McCtetlia an nounced that lie had experienced diffi culty in finding postmasters to serve a dozen or more little postolHces in his district, and that unless applicants for the postmasterships came forward Inime miately, the offices would be discontinued. The names of the offices were given. No sooner had The Oregonlan article containing Judge McCredie's announce ment reached the various communities affected than candidates sprang into existence, and soon the Congressman was flooded with applications. In almost every instance appointments were made inside of 10 days. "I .have come to the conclusion that advertising is a great thing." said Judge ARITE1METIG AND FOOD School Children Hunt Be Fed RJght. A young girl in Ind. says no one has a better ri,?lit to speak of Grape-Nuts food than she. "I was in school, but in poor health, until 'Mamma began to give me Grape Nuts food. I began to Improve at once, both mentally and physically, and I im proved so in my work at school that I got 100 In arithmetic and during that time I gained 3 or 4 pounds fn weight. "There Is no one has a right to recom mend -the food more highly than I. Mamma neglected to supply it for about three weeks, and 1 began to fall in health again, so I commenced the -use of the food over, and now 1 don't in tend to do without Grape-Nuts on the table." ' It is well for parents to know that Grape-Nuts food contains selected ele ments from, the grains, prepared and cooked in such a way as to present these , food elements so that they can be quickly digested and assimilated; the phosphate of potash obtained from the field grains, and contained In Grape-Nuts unites with the albumen of food to quickly rebuild the gray mat ter In the nerve centers and brain. It is of the greatest importance that growing children and students be given food that sustains both brain and nerves. Read "The Road to Wellvllle," found in pkgs. "There's a Reason." BTer read the above letter? A new one appeara from time to time. They are (ennlne, true, and full of. human interest. - C. l ft J Always Correct MiarniorClQthes Spring and Summer Styles Now on Display 311 Morrison St Opposite Postofflce Knox Hats All Styles and Colors McCredie, "particularly when you have something to give away. 1 dis-ioverd that postmasterships that apparently were going begging in my own state and district, were attractive to some of the residents of Oregon, and I recMveJ five or six letters from people reidinif o-i the south side of tho Coluvioia River, who were willing to move Into Washing ton jf they could gi-en jt -stnutsror- ships. Of course, I had to decline these offers, especially as local applljan'. s ap peared on the scene. Hereafter, when I have difficulty finding postmasters I in tend aarain to advertise." 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