TIIE OKEGON DAILY -JOURNAL, PORTLAjSD, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1903. PORTLAND TAR MISS ETHEL ABRAMS -SINGER IN HER TEENS GOTHAM'S GREAT: BRIDGE OPEHED r: t i PA1A1 "V WBTTSS A BSEEZY X.ETTEB Or BIS 1 Ezcxmro rxpEBrnsrcxs nr hs Z.XTTX.S BETOiTXTIOSr AT TBS XSTHMTJ A BEA-naHT AT XONQ kAXOB. ' ' : Sampson Harris, an : electrician on board the coast defense monitor Wyom ing, of the United States fleet at Pan ama, has written a- breesy account of conditions there, to a f rjend In Port land. Harris enlisted In Portland and of 17 men stood highest in physical and mental examinations. He was In charge of the squad of recruits sent from Port- - land to Ban Francisco. Mr. v Harris - "We left San Franclco on the after v noon of the 22d of October, bound ror Acapulco, Mexico. Tho fleet consisted of the Marblehead, Concord and Wyom ing.- XMOtning wormy 01 mention nap- , pened on the trip... We had the regular drill that a fleet always has on a sea trip that is we had 'general quarters,' ' which Is the . stations the, men take In case of action.' and we alBO had fire quarters,'' cohesion drill, abandon ship, etc. - My station Is in charge of a four Inch ammunition hoist. We proceeded . along at the rate of 10 knots an hour. which Is equal to 11 4 miles an hour, for nine days, arriving In Acapulco on Octo- , ber Si, where we remained for five days, "'..and coaled the ship.'' vv-'k''; f "Acapulco Is an old Mexican seaport - It is the port where Mexlqo used to ex t port all her stuff to China. . The city is vuui m ins dubs ux juji kjiu- nai uu streets, all the buildings being one story '-. high, -This is on account of earth- .: quakes. By the. fray, I forgot to- tell you about tha volcano we saw about " 100 miles above Acapulco. It was near Coioma, an active' volcano, of which there are a great many along this coast, but this one erupted just as we were ; passing by and it was a great sight A great cloud of smoke shai up In the air for hundreds of feet and it looked as if v the .whole top of the mountains was on -. are. - : ' ; . ..- "The cltyof Acapulco has a popula tlon of about 8,000 people, and there is a Mexican fort there which was bom barded by the. U. 8. S. Independence, tiow the receiving ship at Mare island, t during the Mexican war, and you can see where the shells hit the rocks and tore them up. It is a very poor fort and is 'used now as a prison for government ii imiiirrB. -i iir- biluvv Liiniii bhat au dark dungeons, aomo of "them for life, which don't seem to ma could last long .In that place.: ' ' r ; - . "All around tha town is a confusion . of vegetation of all kinds cocoanut. bananas and lime trees all growing wild. All kinds of monkey and par rota can be seen in these treesV I climbed one of the cocoanut trees and , got some nuts. It is pretty hard to get them, 'the trees ara ao slender and i there are no limbs, there being only a . little bunch of leaves at tha top and the nuts are clustered in these leaves. "Hero we got orders to go to Panama and the fleet started to coal. The . Marblehead , and Concord left the 8d of November and we waited for the mall and left on the 6th full speed for Panama," we aw not Know inai any. "'. AH iwf -4ka -'lwsT -T.-,-a-"----rT- "Nothing happened until on tha night "of the 1 1th, when about1 11 o'clock we ' sighted two ships. They failed to answer our signals and we turned the search lights on them and they proceeded to get away aa fast as possible. , We did r.ot follow them, as wa -did not know what was up. When wa got into Panama on the 12th we found put. On tha d ' dar of November, the state of Panama, Republlo Of Colombia, declared itself to be a free and independent country ana was immediately recognised V as - re public by the United States and later by England, .tjermany ana. ower. coun tries. At the time of the declaration there were three Colombian men of war in the harbor, and a British man of war. Two of the Colombian ships hoisted the Panama flag and the Other refused, whereupon .the first two, opened Are on It and chased it out of the harbor. - That night it and another boat tried to re- turn and open fire on the town, but were soon driven back, only one Chinaman being killed. Tha Boston and Concord gave chase, but owing to tha number Of ' islands they got away and were still going when wa met them, for they wera the two ships we met, and had we known what they were wo would have stopped them. .vv"'- "Five hundred spies were sent Into Tana ma by Colombia a few days ago TO Kit! me ieuun u& lution, but it leaked out an they were all captured and are now being held. . "Panama's forces consist ' of , 10,000 well-armed men and the east coast is being patrolled by American men of war, and wa are on the west side, so I think that Panama; -wnriiav"Very-Iir-tle trouble maintaining her Independ ence and then all trouble about the Panama canal will be over. , "This country is certainly ona of revolutions, " as they have 1 One every - morning before breakfast, Just by way of pastime. "We are anchored alongside of an old Colombian warship that was sunk by the revolutionists in 1900. Her masts "still show aboer tha water."-- mmir.cr nci n ON SUSPICION Chttrged with being unlawfully In the country and without certificates of reg istration, two Chlneae giving their harae as Lee Dock Ooon and Lee Sing, were arrested by the Chinese lnspectora last night and taken before Commissioner Fladen.thla morning. Both cases were continued and the prisoners released on ball of 1300 each..' : .v-v - - It is suspected by the authorities that the names given are fictitious. In China town Lee Dock Is known as Lee Chow, while Lea Sing goes under the name of Lee Moy Wing. The suspicion Is added to by the fact that both .refused to give their names until they had consulted an attorney. . . - - ; - - . ' The Chinese were discovered along the water front acting In a suspicious man ner and taken Into custody. Neither could glva a satisfactory account of him- "self. It is thought that they were at tempting . to hold . communication with Chinese on the Indrapura. , Lee Dock has been employed in the Log Cabin saloon on Fourth street for a num ber of months. , lie says that he landed in New York. .- - ' -' daii.es WOMAJT DT2S. . ' J ' (Journal ' Bpcclal Sortlise.) - ' The Dalles, Or., Dec. 21. Mrs. Mary - Margaret -Flah, daughter of the lato N. ''morning at i o'clock. She was born in The Dalles Dec, 31, 186$, , and was mart 1 rld to Judge 8. Fish . on October 13, 1888. She leaves two Children, Oon vieve, aged 14, and Harold, aged 10 years. The widower of the deceased is "manager of tha Umatilla. Hou. ' ! ' . '-.: X : V, ' . :' '" , . ) ' . : i ... ; y -' ' . ' .-. A. ' , X . h t il-a' r.inni. fclliliMlji l ! , , i rrf, MISS ETHfcL ABRAMSi, Miss Ethel Abrams' - voice charmed the large audience at tha entertainment given by the Jewish Academy Chlnuch N'Ortm at Arlon -hall last Sunday even ing.. Miss Abrama is yet in her teena. SHOP' LIFTERS ARE VERY FEY THIS CLASS 07 THIEVES TOW XJT III TTEU XX POKTLAKD AHO BIO 8TOXSS SATE TEW LOSSES SOME ABM OAVOXT BUT TXXT ' BUY TKSIB FBZBBOK. For a city of Its site there Is very lit tle shoplifting aone in PorUand.. At this season of the year, with the big stores crowded, thieves usually ply their vocation with persistent energy. - : In Portland the local store managers do not consider the situation of sufficient im portance to employ atora detectives, but every employe 1s on tha watch for lift era'', and pickpockets. r . , Ili very Eastern city . of any size thievea make, large hauls,-. particularly in the department stores, in spite of the vigilance of the detectives and employes. But here they do not ply their profes sion so frequently. The local stores suffer mostly through the petty larcenl of local thieves.'.- .: ; ; v ::r-n:'-:r' . The police department" is 'so handi capped that Chief. Hunt has neither uni formed officers nor detectives to detail to the larger stores as is done in other places. However, lha detectives make frequent rounds of tha stores while at tending to their otlier eases, v The Paolo" coast cannot boast of. as clever shoplifters as can. the East and Mlddlewest. This is largely due to the fact that it is mora difficult to dispose of plunder. In Chicago and New York the regular "fenceB'!make it ay for thieves to sen wnat they steal. ; eastern crooks frequently travel to the Coast and Port, land police have apprehended mora than one good store thief. ' , ? But one arrest for shoplifting haa been made during the present holiday season, This was tha caaa of a middle aged man Who stole two shlrta from a Third street store. H& first took one and returned for tha second. The proprietor saw him and turned him over to an officer. His sentence was a year in the county Jail, - AH the stores.hava extra help at this aeason of the year and while more people visit tnese beehives of Industry the clerks keep an unusually vigilant watch for thieves. The floor walkers keep their eyes open for suspicious persons.- Every year many are caught but no arrests fol low, either because of extenuating ' cir cumstances, or because . the thief pays for what he or she takes. But ever af ter they are either barred from tha store or are watched with an .eagle eye. ' Tha detectives state that all stores lose large quantities of goods every year particularly during the holiday season by reason of the pHferlngs of thieves who are never caught. These may be small articles of little value or possibly more bulky property like cloaks or milli nery which a good shoplifter can get away . with' very cleverly. In several cases the police have (rrrested thieves and In their possession found goods taken from local stores and their owners knew nothing of the loss until tha booty was discovered. In one of the . local stores it is said that a reward is offered to employee who detect shoplifters, ' , TAOOMA BAB XXW FAFEX. HEW YORK CEUEBBATTBrO OPEBTJTO OV KAMMOTH rrEEl 8TXVCT0XB LABOEB THAW THE BBOOBXYK US' ETEBT BEBPEOT COST $20,000, OOOWEABLT TWO 'SCXX.E3 LOHQ. ' (Journal Speelil Service.) v Taeoma, Wash.; Dec. 21 .The Taeoma Times, a new evening paper, owned and managed by E. H. Wells, formerly editor of the Seattle Star, made its first ap pearance Saturday. ; It will be a penny paper, and under tha able management of Mr. Wells, the Times should Drove great benefit to Tacoma. It Is an as sured success. : (WHAT AND WHY. Why should' substitutes for Scott's Emulsion be re fused ? ' . Because tHey da not begin to offer the equivalent of food value ': contained in Scott's Emulsion. Why . should special care be taken to avoid so-called wines, cordials and extracts of cod liver oil ? i - , 5 ;. Because they contain a large percentage of alcohol and - afford only temporary stimulation. Does not Scott's Emulsion Also stimulate the body? Yes. but it is stimulation through nourishment. What vital food principle is involved in the action of Scott's Emulsion? - -Direct and perfectnourish-: in cm wunouc tax on me Stomach. . '; - 1 We'll tend yen 1 umplt tn upon rtquctt ': . . . (Jourml 8pciil Srrrlce.) New York, Dec. 21.- Bte shlpa and little ships, tugboats anof rowboats, naphtha launches and steam . launches and scows and craft of every conceiva ble sise and description swarmed in the East Hver opposite ; tho Brooklyn navy yard Saturday, and acreeched their whistles and flrd their guns to , apprise all within hearing that the ; new Williamsburg 'bridge, "after anK expenditure of $20,000,000 and eight 4 years of toll, was at last an accomplished fact. It was a day of Jubilation for New Tork in general and or Williamsburg in particular," for to the people of the last named section of the metropolis the completion of the new .bridge meansv: freedom -from - the dangerous crush they, have been obliged to contend with for years in crossing the old Brooklyn bridge. The ceremonies attending the formal opening were sim ple but impressivei The chief officials of the city, together,1 with representa tives of the federal government, army and naval officers, distinguished ' engi-neerr-and . other invited guests, assem bled in tha center' of tha gigantic span across the river and listened to, orations appropriate to the occasion delivered by Mayor Low. Bridge Commissioner Lindenthal and Borough Presidents Can tor and Swanstorm. , Commissioner Lin denthal made the opening address form ally turning the bridge over to the city. Tha speech of acceptance was delivered by Mayor Low and was the chief fea ture of tha ceremonies. 'Tha completion of tha exercises was' marked by the booming of cannon and the unfurling of flags throughout the great length of the structure. -::';-;.; ., , Crash Hot remitted. ' " The general public was not permitted to cross the bridge today and thus was avoided the possibility of a crush such as was witnessed at tha opening of the Brooklyn bridge and which resulted in the deaths of. more than a acora of persons. But one roadway of th new bridge is entirely completed and - this was opened to iraffio today. It ia ex-, pected that the other roadway and the patha ; for pedestrians will be ready within a few- weeka. '' ) In general appearance the new bridge seems much more maasiva than, tha old Brooklyn bridge, but at the same- time it is much less graceful. ' In length, width, height and the number' of promenades and trolley tracks the" new structure surpasses tha old. : The Manhattan ter minal of the new structure1 Is, at De UJcey street, while tha Williamsburg end. is at South Fifth street In the construction of these great terminals and approaches whole blocks of buildings were, raaed. ...v, v, iS1 .i.,.. The length of the bridge between its terminals Is 7,200 feet, or over one and, a third miles. .The main span, from the center of one" tower to that of the other, is 1,600 feet tfbng. The width of the structure is lis feet, aa. compared with 85 feet, the width of the old Brook lyn bridge. :, Its minimum height above mean high water at the pierhead lines is 122 feet and Ita minimum height for 200 feet on either side of tha center of tha main "span -is 185 feet.-- The heights of the cables on the top of tha towers is ieei at ineir center. 40,000 Tons of Steal. ' . Three thousand and forty-eight tons of. steel have been used in constructing each of the towers, while nearly 17,000 tons have .been put into the great ap proaches. 'In each , of tha suspension cables, which . are 18 Inches in dia meter, there- are- 7,96 separata - wires, these wirea being 8,600 feet long and three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness. Six and one-half million feet of timber were required to construct the bridge and tha ateel employed amounted to 40, 000 tons.. It .was necessary to excavate 125,000 cubic feet of earth and to tear down several hundred , buildings .and houses. ' x Passages of All Kinds. . Both of the towers are planted on solid rock foundations. For tha Man hattan anchorage S.600 piles were driven through clay and sand until they reached a solid foundation. Tha anchorage on tha Williamsburg aide Is' said to jrest on natural aand. Tha bridge is pro vided with two drives for carriages, four trolley tracks, two elevated tracks, two foot walks and two bicycle tracks. " Authority for constructing tha bridge was contained in a law enacted by the state legislature in 1896. In October of tha following year the flrat work was begun on the Manhattan tower founda tion.' On April 14, 1J01, the first wire for the temporary footbridge was strung, While the first wire for tha permanent cable: Jvaajtretched across. the follow ing November. Tha cablea were finished in August of 1&02. , . Will Believe Congestion. The opening lot the new bridge is ex pected to relievo somewhat the over burden of traffic on the Brooklyn bridge. Thla measure of relief, however, will not be nearly Bo great aa might be sup posed at a flrat glance at the situation, for thai reason that the great bulk of traffic that will , use tho .new structure have heretofore crossed tha river by ferry and have not used the Brooklyn bridge to any extent. The ultimata re lief of the Brooklyn bridge crush lies In the completion of tha third bridge across the East river, already under construction, at a point about midway between the Brooklyn bridge and the Williamsburg atructure opened today. In addition ' to these three bridges a fourth is to connect Manhattan with the Brooklyn shore by way of Black well's Island, so that New Tork in a few years will be able to lay claim to tha title of the city of magnificent bridges. ?, v -. bew orrxczBS or xodqes. Orient lodge No. 17, L O.'O. F re ports having had a prosperous year and that there Is $1,000 in the treasury. The hall at Grand avenue and East Pint streets has been considerably improved during the year. The following new officers have been elected: Noble grand, M. E. He acock; vice grand, B. Francis; recording secretary, D. K. II iff; finan cial secretary, J. 8. Foss; treasurer. A, K. Currier. - - -, V Utopia Rebekah lodge. No.62.-has elected the following officers- Noble grand. Bertha White; vice-grand, Mlna Smith; secretary, Daisy Foss; treasurer, Anna Holt.' J ;' V1".',- ; Induatrlal lodge, L O. O. F. of Alblns, has elected the following officers: Noble grand, M. A. McEachran; vice-grand, William E. Hayward; secretary. J,. A. Eetes; treasurer, R. E. L. Simmons. ' Golden Rule Encampment. No. 28, has elected the following officers: Chief pa trarchr AK.uineri high priest, 8. F. Fuller; senior warden, II. F. Paddock; Junior warden, J. C- Jameson recording scribe, Robert Amirewa; financial secre tary, 3. ' 8. Foss ; trustees, George t W. M inor, N. P. Tomllnson and A. O. Sinks. The. Installation of officers will be held aa Um first Thursday ia January. For the Best Steel Range Mad irsTT tt r 11 ' If-ilK, . JLmmnQ 11 IX - .KJr, IW sat Buy- your wife one for , Christmas; you do not have to wait until, the -last dayso as toThave money enough to buy one . You simply come in order . the range, make a sniall deposit the range is delivered then pay $ MO per week until the range is paid fon Remember ' we deliver on first payment It is used in over 8000 Portland homes All , giving thorough : satisfaction. ' Possesses patented : features which cannot be applied to any other Bakes, perfectly Saves fuel - We give a 15 year guarantee with each one What would possibly make a more acceptable present than a steel range? . What is more useful or more appreciated? Wouldn't your wife like to have one? L GEVURTZ & SONS The Home Furnishers, First and Yamhill Sts. . . " k . ! - .. -a" V " ' t -. .x ' : ' 1 : ViIb S: 'if. J '. f 7-. - s ' r i, ''"x: $ 1 si "i. , t .;, - ' PO: OC2: 10D0ES SHY AT A SMALL WOOD PILE foxtlasth OTxrjutxnr with xdjjb XEjr WHO WOH'T WOBX BRIO TBxxm tosh iMOTtsa tob rxxx AMWHTMSirr. ' .'Tortland is hobo infested." said Bee retary W. R. Walpole of" the city board of charities today. "Not only are there mining men and loggers who have spent their summer's wagea in tha dives, but there are pro fesslonal tramps, worklngmen out of a job, prospectors from Alaska, wanderers from California, from tha sound, from Eastern Oregon, from the Middle West, from everywhere, in our midst and our board is reoeiving four times as many calls in the last few. weeks aa it ever has beforeV ( " ' , ' ' ' Mr. Walpole told of a new . lodging house where rooms can ba had by the week for 76 cents. This place, though recently started, already has 300 lodgers nightly, and tha - proprietor ; stated to Mr. Walpole that ha could, use much more room if he had it: This condi tion is prevalent In every rooming house In the north end. and by day and by night tha thoroughfares near Burnslda street are crowded with idle, listless, money less men seetungtrneap pieasura ana free meals.. , Advices from Seattle state that that city ia filled with throngs of 4dla maai that a wave of unemployed from Alaska has mingled with a wave of unemployed from the, East, and tha reault has been a complete annihilation of wag sched ules." Union have lost their fight for better wages-and in several cases em ployers needing 100 men found them in a few hours, -One contractor, in ad vertising for 60 men, received mora than 500 applications for positions, at any Price. . The conditions on the sound nave grown so; hard that- floods, of hoboes and other idle men are streaming to wards Portland, and the charitable or ganlsatlona of tha city are ; receiving many demands from this floating, worth less class. In addition to tha Northern flood, is tha aurga back from the South, California has so long been a winter hobo paradise that the citizens of tha state have taken . forceful measures to protect themselves, and tha tramp finds scant picking within the bounds of the long state, so he and hla thousands of comrades from over the country work north and land in Portland to try tha noted generosity of this 'rity. For Portland is termed "easy" by tha world of , graft ., Yesterday three al leged Tegg" men were arreated at the Union depot by Officer Wllaon. Nightly arrests have been made in tha railroad yards, and in almost every caaa tb Vic-, tlm has-expressed his surprise that the officers - troubled him: ' ':' ' "We'sa thot de town was er cinch," was tha general . complaint, The city board Is striving to make It interesting for the tramp who neither works nor leavea town, but merely-begs and steals.. A hundred thousand little yellow ticketa have been distributed over the city to business houses with tbe re quest that those asking alms be given a ticket and sent to tha board. 'The sec retary examines tha applloant, and af ter IS years of work among tha poor ha has a sufficient experience to detect the deserving, and In most cases the order goes forth for the man with a tale of woe to visit the. wood pile. The board has a small pile of wood In tha cellar to serve aa a barrier to the hungry floods that descendV upon; lt,land hera tha; man without a Job can secure a. bed by two hours' work. f For those who wish meats an hour's work la afforded and while the pllai laata Vagrants cart Bleep and eat with Ave hours" work a day , i "Some l: of them - stay-with tts two days," said Mr. Walpole, 'but most of ; " When a man's work Is imitated it is a sign that tbe imitator thinks pret - ty highly of the originator and wishes to share his success by humbugging the public." CARROLL'SiCHOCOLATE CHIPS ARE EXTENSIVELY IMITATED CARROLL'S CHOCOLATE CHIP CO. , ' . 333 . MORRISON STRXET If your confectioner does not carry Carroll's Chocolate Chips, it is because he is buy In? something cheaper. Be sure they are CARROLL'S them last a much ahorttr period. . In the majority of cases applicants for tem porary aid seek tha door when wa men tion the wood pile. Last evening, two husky fellows came in. Bald ona: - "ulmme ar meal." and he flshea out a greasy tic Ket. i vtartea mm xowaras tha woodpile and. h went until ha found but what he was about to Interview, and then he and hla companion made for tha door. Many of the.applicanta think that the ticket is a meal check and most of Pthem lose Interest when they find that it only means investigation and an hours work." ' Charitable officers, police, detectives and north end habitues agree that Port land has tha largest crew of idle men aha has had for months and that this crew Is constantly ' augmented. As - yet no remedy has been offered besides an oc casional arrest. m i , WANTS HIGHBINDERS . DEPORTED TO CHINA , (Journal Special Scrrlee.) ' ' 8an Francisco.' Dec. 11. Chief of Po lice Wittman haa requested United States District Attorney Marshall B. - Wood worth's assistance in getting rid of the highbinder element in Chinatown, Tha chief had four highbinders in custody and desired to have them deported should it ba found that they were ille gally in the United Btates. Chief Witt man aald that tha four Mongols had been, arrested for vagrancy many times, but that they resumed Itlelr old prac tices as soon as they were released from Jail.' Woodworth says he will sea that they are deported unless they can es tablish their right to --- remain in tha country. He will co-operate with tha police in ferreting out these cases, ' " - r--m ' ' . - - - ',- Preferred Stock Canned Oooda. ' Allen 4k Lewie" Best Brand. TYPEWRITERS DO NOT BUY NOW Prospective ; typewriter purchasers should not buy Typewriters until they receive some information -from Ia tk M. Alexander, Third street, regarding the new I C. 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It la aa near perfwt an on could ask, and Its smooth-running qualities, flexible and apparent unlim ited power are a delight., t have owned several different earn, ami tht U tha only ona that fully satisfies ma in every particular. je-p'' tfniiy, , , -f J. c. Al.awuu I'U. Mr. John Kelly, Agent. "White" Automobile, City - Dear Blrj . I be to advise you that the touring rar whi' h I r ! from you last summer haa given excellent satisfaction,, and - i r I am abla to Judge la tha niont satisfactory car m tha mnrU-1 r , r ir roads. - There has been absolutely no expense for rtilr up t' i' j ; ent time, and 1 have no heitancy in recommending It lqtt-iu m i chasers of automobiles, I beg to remain yours very tfu'v v. 11, A