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Newspaper Page TextTnn SUNDAY OREGOXrAX. rORTLAXP. APRIIi 23, 1913. i OR. 0. K. PEARSONS, PHILANTHROPIST WHO GAVE FIVE MILLIONS TO SMALL COLLEGES AND DIED POOR. IN the Spring time, man, as well as Nature, must have a new garb. Nature f urnishes her own, but man must go to his clothier for his raiment. ELECTRIC HALTED DONOR, DIES POOR r 200 Tracklayers Quit as Al leged Result of I. W. W. Organizers' Efforts. Aged Chicago Philanthropist 9 Who Gave S5,000,0C0 to Colleges Kept Little. WORK Otl OREGON t " i FORTUNE MADE IN REALTY Plonwr of Kdurallonal Endowment Krmembrrrd Norlhwnt School. LI felon Vse of Tobacco GlTcn I'p at the Age of !. CHICAGO. April IT. Ir. Daniel Kimball Pearsons. I years old. who In recent year gve more than J5.000.000 to small colleges, chiefly In the Middle TVet. died early today In a sanitarium. comparatively a poor man. Pneumonia, with complications due to old ace. was the cause. Kor several days he had been vinklncr. a patient In an Institution where he maintained htmseif on an Income of 15000 a year paid him by a collee to which he had contributed JIjO.OO on the condition t:iat he should recel-e 2 per cent of that amount for the rest of ht life It waa Pr. Pearsons who declared "(riving money away Is a greater sport ti'.an baseball, and more fun than any other form of entertainment." He be rin glvlnir money to needy colleges In Hit. and. In sum. ranglnc from 110.000 to ISO 0.0 00, disposed of more than $5,000,000. His last gift, he said, left him comparatively poor, with an In come sufficient to keep him from want. His death defeated hi often-expressed expectation that he would live 100 years. Recently he sold out his homo to so to the sanitarium. Takam Ahjare at 01. The value of the home and an en dowment were given for a public library to Hinsdale. 111., his place of residence. At the age of 1 Dr. Pearsons rave up a lifelong use of tobacco, making. he said, a renunciation for conscience reasons. Dr. Pearsons was born In Bradford. Yt. He began practicing medicine in 194 Coming to Illinois In 1857. hi made a fortune buying and selling 1111 nols farm lands. He waa a Chicago Alderman In 1875. His first notable gift was $100,000 to Belolt "oTlege. Wis. He save Belolt. In all. $600,000. Most of Dr. Pearsons gifts were on rendition that an amount equal to his should be provided by others. It was his way of stimulating philanthropy In others. Earir Life Varied. Dr. Pror was born at Bradford, Vt.. April 14. 18:0. He was educated In the I'uo.ic schools, after which he taucht school several years prior to en tering Woodstock Medical College. he graduated in 1842 he be gan the practice of medicine In Chl-c..f-e. '.... remaining there until 1157. He removed to Illinois In 1857 nnl touK up farming, continuing in that pursuit for three years. He en tered the real estate business In Chi- v rago and was engaged in it 27 years. .vita retired in 1847, but continued to serve a a director of the street rail way and other corporations. He waa one of the first men of wealth to . devote his Income to philanthropy. Ho made donations aggregating more than $5.(oo.0u0 to colleges and charities. In cluding $280,000 to Chicago Theological Seminary and fttOO.OuO to Belolt Col lege, to which he has added others during recent years. His gifts to col leges and academies r united from $10. 000 to $250,000. They are In Wiscon sin. South Dakota, Nebraska. Ten nessee. Georgia and South Carolina. Kartkweat'Colleges Helaved. Whitman College, at Walla Walla. 'Wash., has received sums from Dr. " Pearsons aggregating $120,000, and Pa rifle University at Forest Grove re ceived JiO.uou. Most of his gift were made on condition that an amount equal to bis should be provided by others. Dr. Pearsons In 1867 married Marietta Chapin. His wife died two years ago. Dr. Pearsons offered the following rules for the man who wishes to live to extreme old age: Keep the ten com mandments: go to bed early and sleep eight hours; don't worry: sleep with your window open; avoid Ill-temper and all extremes of emotlon;honesty, chas tity, sobriety: these are the essentials , of a successful career. Funeral services will be held next Tuesday. Burial will be at Hinsdale. Scores of college presidents whose Institutions received gifts from Dr. Pearsons will attend. Dr. I'earsons died with a prayer on his lips. Z eVf S V i DR. D. K. PEARSONS, MILLION NEED AID Famine in China Will Continue Through May. STORY OF DISTRESS TOLD Ked Cnws Issues Another Urgent Appeal Now Government Pow erless to Give Adequate Help to Own People. WASHINGTON. April 27. Another urgent appeal for aid for the sufferers from the famine and-' revolution In China was Issued by the American Red Cross here today. A million persons are In need, the relief committee at Shanghai cabled today. . The famine, which Is now at Us worst, will continue through May, the committee says. The message esti mates that $200,000 will be needed to carry the sufferers through the trou ble. LINN PIONEER OF '51 DIES Henry W. Settlemlre. First Oregon Nurseryman, Stricken. - ALBA NT. Or.. April 27. 4 Special.) Henry V. Settlemire. a resident of I. Inn County for to years and for many years on. of the beat-known nursery man in the states died today at his home at Tangent, aged 75. He was born In Illinois In 1134 and croased the plains to Oregon In 1851. He took up a donation Land claim at the present site of Tangent, six mil south of Albany, and had lived there contlnnously sine that time, with the exception of a few years he reqlded In this city. He was om of the first men In the state t engage extensively In the nurwrr business, and he made a sur t ess of that enterprise. He retired from active, work several years ago. Mr. rttletnlre was member of the Masonic lodge of this city. He la sur vived by two children Mrs, M. U Korster. of Tangent, and Mrs. A. W. McDonald, of Toppenlsh. Wash. REBELS RETIRE WARSHIPS Civil War in Paraguay Damage t.overnment Vewl. HIENOrf AIRES. April 27. Civil war has again brcken out in Paraguay. Telegrams from Asuncion today say four government warship bombarded the revolutionists who are commanded by ex-President Jara at Villa Encar naclon, 175 mliea southeast of Aaun cton. The fir returned by th revolution ists was so well directed that the war .ships were compelled tot retire In a damaged condition. KtaMavinc competitions under govern ment auspices In Tasmania ir. proving a mcesalul means of promollrg mtwh pop alar imprest in the subject of Intense sc production ami are serving ss oh.Wt lessens to poa'trymlsers a. to the methods hlch (ive the most profitable results. SEATTLE. Wash., April 27. The Shanghai News of April 2, Just received by steamer, says: "The Central China famine relief committee haa Issued a report on fam ine conditions in North Klangsu and North Anhul. During the past Winter the revolution, while It Increased the distress, probably decreased the at tention bestowed upon it. while there may be some wno oeneve mat me establishment of the new government has done away with the urgent need of external assistance in the work of re lief. "The financial condition In which the Chinese government finds Itself at the present time makes adequate help al most Impossible. Only about 10 per cent of the suffering, according to the estimates of workers in the famine area, is now being relieved and the need for more money is tneretore ur gent. In North Klangsu the superintend ent of the committee's work reports that conditions are worse and that at a distance of only a few hundred miles from Shanghai 800.000 people are fac ing death from starvation, and though In North Anhul the distress is de scribed aa lesa acute, quite 300,000 help less persons are believed to be In the same pitiful state." . WEEDS MADE EDIBLE. Wild Roots and Plants Pressed Into Vso for Food. New Tork Sun. "When the white men first came to this country." said a man who haa made a study of the aborigines and la something of a woodsman, "they found that the Indiana, particularly those that lived east of the Mississippi, used. wild plants and roots In much the same way that we use garden vegetables. "The wild lands that were traversed t.v Tn.ll.nN nr such m'lld lands as are left, produce today all the plants that were known and used by the Indiana as food. Today their secrets, owing to the march of civilisation, have almost been :ist. and there Is probably not ono white hunter or forester In a thousand who would be able to pick out the edible plants of the wilderness, or know how to cook them if such were given to htm. "It Is quits as Important In many cases to know how to cook a wild plant aa to find It. for. otherwise one might make as serious a mistake as if he ate the tomato vine Instead of the fruit Take, for example, the cassava or man ioc a' staple article of diet among the Mexicans and West Indian islanders, which they use to make bread. The root of the bitter manioe. which Is used for this purpose with the same im punity as other species, contains a trllky sap that Is charged with prussic acid, one of the most virulent vegetable poisons known' to the medical confra ternity. The Red Indians somehow dis covered that the sap Is volatile and could be driven off by heat: the root Is cleaned, sliced, grated, powdered and the starch separated from the meal, and the result is the tapioca of commerce or farina, which we ourselves eat In the form of pudding or Is given to invalids to build up their strength. Had it not been for this savage knowledge tho stuff tuken Into our stomachs would have meant certain death. acrid root that Indians used for making J bread of a delicious flavor Is the com mon Indian turnip. However, not all wild plants are acrid or poisonous In a raw state, nor Is it dangerous: for any ono with a slight knowledge of botany to experiment with them. "The commonest plants that are used by the natives to this day are the palmetto, palm. yam. cacti, aloe, Span ish bayonet, wild Sago, bread root. Ju niper nuts and a host of others. "It may not be known that acorns, which are chiefly used for pigs, have been made into a substantial food by the Indians. As nearly all the Eastern oaks yield sweet masts, the Indiana set about experimenting with them, but found that used raw they would not be fit for human food on account of the tannin that they contained. The acorns were collected when ripe and spread out to dry In the nun. Their kernels were then pulverized in a mortar to a flour, which was filtered by allowing water to percolate through It until all the yellowish tinge disappeared. The meal by this time reached the consist ency of dough, which was then cooked by boiling in water, as we do with commeal. "In the northern part of Italy I have I eaten bread made from chestnuts. Hazel 1 nuts, beechnuts and pecans were used ! by the red man of America for the same purpose. The root of an arum Illy when properly cooked Is a vegetable far superior to potatoes. From the water arum the Laplanders make their famous missen bread. All schoolboys who live near ponds or lakes have seen bulrushes, but they do not know that bread has been made from the roots thereof, while a fine syrup Is extracted from mixing them with water and boil ing. "To come down even lower in the scale, there are three varieties), of grasses in the United States, the drop seed, panic and floating manna, which have been used for food, the seeds of the drop seed grass, especially when mixed with water after being parched and ground, forming a highly staple and nutritious arcle. One of the most famous Indian foods whose uses were known to the early English settlers Is the groundnut, for in the year 16JI4 In the town laws of Southampton. Mass., It was ordained that If any Indian dug groundnuts or the wild bean, as it la called, on the lands occupied by the English, they were to be set in stocks and for the second offense to be whipped. The Pilgrim Fathers during their first Winter in the country took o. leaf out of the Indiana book and lived entirely on the groundnuts. Tho Indian turnip, or, to use its country name. Jack In the pulpit. Is another of Hie famous bread roots of the red man, as also Is the yellow pond lily root. There are hundreds of other roots and rlants which have been used by the original Inhabitants of this country for their food, while for pot herbs and sal ads there are hundreds or more species of plants which I could recommend to the housewife as a surprise to her friends for salads: SHORTER HOURS ASKED Fifteen years ago Moscow started a city pawnshop. since then it has lent more than til. 000,000 oo nearly 7,000,000 articles left In pawn. t Strikers Want $2.50 for Nine Honrs LaborEmployment Agents and Foreman and Tlmekeper Said to Have) "Deal." SALEM, Or.. April 27. (Speoial.) Neurly 200 men working with the track laying force of the Oregon Elec- trlc on the extension south of the city struck today, this being the second striko this week. Today's walkout is alleged to be directly attributable to Industrial Workers of the World or ganlzers. The former strike was ow ipg to poor cooking, but today the de mand is ostensibly for higher wages. The men have been receiving 12.50 day for 10 hours' work and now they demand the same amount, but only wish to work for nine hours. It Is said that gradually the ranks of workers have filled with I. W. W, men, until they have practically reached a majority In the camp, and when that time came a strike was ordered. It Is declared that one foreign interpreter's life was threatened If he did not in struct a gang of men to whom he could talk to walk out with the rest. W ork Ceases Early la Day. With the walkout today It is said the work practically. Is tied up and It probably will be necessary to secure a new crew before the work of track laying can progress very briskly. The crew today was working about eight miles south of the city, but a large part of the day the work was held up because of the men leaving. Practically all of them arrived in town tonight and there Is some possl blllty of disturbances. The strike of today is said on good authority to be the result of a care fully planned move on the part of the Industrial Workers of the World forces. Bert Lorton, an organizer for that or ganization, has been here quietly at work among the men and it is asserted that many of the men have been im ported Into Salem from Portland, Seat tle and other cities for the express pur pose of securing the ascendancy in the Oregon Electric camp. ' Strikers about the city tonight ais making the assertion that men em ployed on the tracklaylng work have been the victims of employment agents In Portland. They declare that a "frameup" has been entered into be tween the employment agents and the foremen and timekeeper of the gang, whereby men are charged a fee of $2 In Portland, and this Is split with the foreman and timekeeper. Consequent ly, whenever men arrive from Portland, they allege, an equal number of em ployes is discharged. They allege that this has been repeated almost dally to provide a fee for the employment agents. The foreman and timekeeper are still at the camp tonight and can not be reached from here. The strikers assert that yesterday IS men arrived from Portland and 15 men were discharged. The other men, they assert, demanded that the 15 dis charged employes be reinstated or they would quit. The men were not rein stated, they say, and In consequence the men quit, this being a moving cause along with the desire for shorter hours. We know that .we ean please you in this world's exhibit of men's clothing; you'll see h ere the finest fabrics, fashioned into per fect models. ' Perfect in tailoring, as well. No tailor can . excel the splendid workmanship displayed in every carefully chosen garnient. Come in and slip on a lot of them; you are assured of courteous attention Men's Suits $20 to $35 Mens Shop, Mean Floor The young man's stock-in-trade is his youth, his optimism, and his good clothes; let us show you the clothes these we have here for young men will make an optimist of anyone. Colorings and fabrics woven especially for the young man; shapes that please the eye. Modest in price, , 20 to 35. Young Men's Shop, Second Floor TXT? TrVi ViR lr SELLING MORRISON STREET AT FOURTH CaM Me Early May Day Ed's Sfaraw Hail Day ABDUL HAM1D ll'S JEWELS His Collection Auctioned Off for $8,000,000. Jewels have always played an Im portant part in the life and literature of the peoples of the Orient. Following the Inherited Instinct of his race and kind, that murderous, crafty old Sultan, Abdul Hamld IL who for 30 years mis ruled his land, took as a pastime the collecting of Jewels of marvelous beauty. In his palace, from which, during the revolution, he was sent to lead. If not a better, at least a more secluded, life in Salonika, were found his wonderful Ill-gotten hoards of Jew els of fabulous worth. The report of the committee's find ings there reads like a tale from the Jewels were on exhibition in a large gallery, which waa literally overran by curious gasers and greedy buyers from all over the world. Among the ten pearl necklaces which had formerly decked the ladles of his harem, was one composed of 154 pearls, strung in three rows; the center pearls of each row were as large as marbles, and every pearl waa of such wondrous shape and color that the price of J184, 0" -which it brought, though sensa tional, seemed but Just Absurd, even for a king, was a small, gold egg dish, containing three egg shaped cups, over which hovered a diamond-studded chicken; on the outside of the dish, for no apparent reason, was a large solitaire diamond, looking so much like an electric button that one was almost tempted to press It and see If it would cause the eggs to boll or the chicken to cluck. His collection of emeralds was not so valuable as his marvelous pearls, yet among them were some of the most artistically set pieces of the collection. A corsage ornament, composed of large cabochon emeralds surrounded by dia monds and Joined by diamond chains, from which hung pearl-shaped ' pen dants of cabochon emeralds, sold for $16.000 a most magnificent ' thing, though somewhat unsuited to any but a beautifully, badly dressed princess of the Orient. This sale has certainly been one of the most sensational of modern times. and such a one as, in all probability. Arabian Nights." On the divan in the room which he had so hurriedly left never will occur again, for the deposl- was carelessly thrown a string or pray- tion of an Eastern tyrant, and the auc- ing beads worth 130,000, and In the half-opened drawers of the various cabinets were found hundreds of unset stones. The value of his entire collec- : tlon, the larger part of which was sent to Paris to be auctioned off. was ap proximately three million dollars. For two days before the sale the tlonlng or his personal effects by a practlcal-mlnded government for the replenishing of 'state coffers too long depleted is by no means a dally oc currence, nor Is it permitted to the majority of workaday people to step from the great, bustling boulevards of wealth. This Talking Machine Equal in Tone to Any $200 Machine Superb Favorite Outfit "'.::$57wSO- Including Twenty-four Selections of Music Par $500a S "U h f CHARGES HI II II ,W uYJfcr- 111 II LL -rj :-jr was advertised in the Sat urday' Evening Post - for $59.00. Easy payments if. desired. NO' l.NTEKEST OR KXTRA Graves Music Co. m Fourth Street Ground Floor Store Several Slightly Used Talking Machine Outfits at Special Bargain Prices Beautiful Flowering Plants We now have ready for planting the largest and best assortment of Geraniums, Petunias, Heliotrope, Lobelia and all. the popular and most desirable foliage pla-its and vines. Every plant will grow and bloom profusely all Summer. Remember, there is as much difference in plants as in seeds. Quality counts. , Window and Porch Boxes Made to Order and Pilled With Large Plants for Immediate Effect. Buy Easter Plants Now Purple and White for the Elks ventlon. He have grown very choice early flowerln plants that will floVer durli Convention. Order at once, supply Is limited of this special early flowering; type, but we have any quan tity of Giant Crego. Comet and other Fall varieties. SPRAY NOW 2 green aphis and worms ruin the reaves and rosebuds. Thousands of bushes are badly affected w.lth aphis and green worms. Get a bot tle of R o u 1 1 e dge' Hose Spray and an Ideal Double - Acting Sprayer and get busy at once. Twenty styles from 50c up. USE "WILGROW" The great plant fer tilizer a spoonful to a plant does won ders. A little sprin kled along that row of sweet peas will give most excellent results. 25c pkars fl.OO and S2.00 ak. Special sale this week, S3 up BABY CHICK FOOD, REMEDIES AND SUPPLIES.' LAWN ROLLERS AND MOWERS, GAHDKX TOOLS, POTS, ETC. Con-some INCUBATORS .sad Orf V Routledge Seed & Floral Co. 169 Second Street, Near Morrison. h r l u 8 LEOPOLD PACIFIC REPRESENT MASSIVENESS, QUALITY, RIGHT PEICES Second-Hand Bargains: 'Boll-Top, with Chair. .20.00 Larger Roll-Top $20.00 Typewriter Desk $13.00 STATIONERY & PRINTING COMPANY 107 Second Street, Bet. Washington and Stark.