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Sorento, Illinois, Syvept by Death
Dealing 'Storm and Forty
r - ; i Building Art De- .
molished " !
CLOUDBURST PLUNGES : ;:
' TRAIN INTO A RIVER
Several Trainmen . find Tramps Re
, ported Loaf in -Wreck Near Alton
South Central Portion' of State
. Deluged by 'Heavy Downpour of
'i Rain. . ' '
(Jooraal Special Berries.)
'' Bt Louts, Oct. IS. The mlnlng-tows
of Sorento, Illinois, wu wiped oulMoy a
tornado last night. Every building Id
tbr town la reported to have ' been ' Hi
mollahad or at leaat partially wracked.
Eight persona were killed and mora than
.40 injured. Forty buildings 'are. com
pletely wiped out. The dead. SO Xai
Identified are:
.-. Mrs. Thomas Files. - ; ;
Mrs. "William Stewart.'
. Wiltam Mann. . " .'.' 1 ,';;
- Harrison Mann.
The storm swept over the- entire re
gton of south . central -Illinois and .was
accompanied - by. a cloudburst. The
Deapsres river Is out of its . banks.
Bridges have been, washed away and
great damage reported throughout the
county, particularly . in Montgomery.
Bond and Madison counties.
The cloudburst at Alton eaused a
wreck on the Chicago, Peoria St. Louis
.IIOPOLY TO
Rogue River Product Selli for.' Price's . VVhich .Break . the World's
. , Records Held by Idaho Acreage Is Great- -,
' " : 1 ly Increased i: '' . " ' '. "'
V', t the nest live yeare half a dosen
pear growers in Jackson ' county, Ore
: gon. : will practically ' control the ' pear
market of the world. It Is said they
'- are In a position to dictate the prices
. of fancy grades and that tney win re
i alias fortunea from their lucky ventures
; In horticulture.
. This interesting situation has been
" brought to light' by Jackson county's
capture thle year of the world's record
' for high prices for pears In the New
fork City fruit auctions. The record
. . waa, prior to this season, held by a
small but wonderfully proline. - pear.
,: growing oommunlty In 1 the , state of
Idaho. Jackson oounty In the heart
' of the great Rogue river valley now the
' recognised pear center of the wofld,
probably will hold on to the honor It
' so signally gained this season, so great
, is the territory adapted te fine pear
oulture and so large Is the acreage now
' being rooted. In addition to 100 . or
. 400 acres of old established pear or-
- AfttBMfa t h.M wp 1 AOO AArM of nw
'. trees planted last winter, and 1.S00
acres more will be put In thle season.
California Shorts g Helped.'.
v v- mama vmm th. few men shfl
. have been promoting pear culture In
- southern Oregon have been aware of
1 the changing conditions ma were soon
IO mass rfKCKnun w oms.vw-
Ing center. The sensational prices ob
; tained by them thla year were preclpl-
tated by a shortage of the California
crop, a . long-looked-for - dlmai result
ing from the gradual decay c-f the Call
: fornla pear orchards under the assaults
A ..ii Kiirht. . In former vears
ENTIRE CLASS AT COLUMBIA
HAY BE EXPELLED
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All Sophomores Plead Guilty to
Hazing Freshmen and Pen
alty May Follow. V.
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Hew Tork, pet 18. In view of the
recent 1 doings at' Columbia onlver
alty, the Question la being asked whether
Columbia will get - along without the
present eophomore olaas. Suspension Is
the penalty for haslng. and tho entire
sophomore elaas admits that It Indulged
In this sport. . . , t.
President Butler will soon reoalve
signed confessions from the class that
all members are guilty of basing. At
Columbia It is said that ' no forecast
will be mads Of ths disposition of the
cass until the confessions are handed
In. President Butler haa nothing to eay.
The cause of the trouble waa the has
lng of IS freshmen last month. One of
the victims had a few ribs broken. Three
sophomores who engaged In thle affair
ere already suspended. - t
The rest of the class hopes that these
three will be reinstated, now that they
have admitted that-all participated.
They think that PresMW Trl"S, rVJw
than lose the entire class, will reln
atate the txlo . , . . ,
railroad. An engine and five care of a
freight train were thrown Into the river
and two earloada of horsea lost. Sev
eral trainmen and tramps are believed
to have been drowned. .
i The tornado struck Sorento,. which is
a town of about 1.000 Inhabitant In the
northwest corner of Bond county, about
midnight. ' ' .-.' ' f
The weather during : yesteroay was
pleasant and exceptionally warm for
this season of the year. In the after
noon as the day was drawing to a close
light hazy clouds appeared on the horl
son and shortfor after dark a light rain
began falling! which gradually , In
creased. - t "
The wind that waa at first scarcely
noticeable In the early part of the night,
reached a howling gale by 10-o'clock.
Suddenly the wind moderated and the
rain somewhat slackened, jvear mid
night the storm again burst forth with
all He fury - and without warning the
aleeping Inhabitanta were being burled
beneath railing wails ana toppling cmnv
ners. . .!'
The wildest Iconfueton reigned, people
fleeing Into' the streets . from their
homes, which were rocking In the fierce
gale. ' Lights were "extinguished at the
first 'blast of the cyclone and darkness
added Its terrors te shrieks of the wind
and the wild cries of the terror-stricken
men, women and children, who rushed
hither. and thither In their mad efforts
to gain a place of safety. -
When the storm had partially sub
sided rescuing partl-st ones began the
work of searching the fallen buildings
In an attempt to rescue the Injured. The
work .was carried , on by means of Ian
tarns and proceeded slowly. . With the
first gray light of dawn the searchers
were Joined by most of the Inhabitanta
of the town and a thorough canvass of
the stricken district waa soon- made.
The Injured were hurriedly removed to
places - where they anight be comforts
bly cared for and. today the .work of
clearing the etreets of debris has been
commenced.
Reports from outlying districts
through which the storm swept show
that considerable damage was done by
heavy rain causing washouts and some
destruction to- crops, but no loss of
life is reported., , . r .... : t ..
OF 0RE60H PEARS GIVES
JAG SO
GROIIKS
California pear orchards yielded annu
ally a surplus of 1.S00' ears for supply
ing the canneries. '.'This year their sur
plus has dwindled to 600 cars and
than the southern Oregon growers struck
their bonansa.
J. W. Perkins who has in hie great
orchards east of Medford more then 100
sores of Cornice. Bartlett and Begrre
Boca pears, captured the world's record
with a car of Cornice pears that sold st
auction In ths New York market at $7.70
to 10.10 per box. averaging for ths ear
M.SO'per box. gross receipts from the
car being S.m. A New Tork dlapatch
says it was the highest sale ever made
In Near York city. ,
Bartletts Made Baaoras. - -
The Bartletts and other varieties from
Jackson county made record salsa thla
season. A car of Bartletts from Cap
tain Vorhtes orchard sold In . Montreal
for 14.10 gross, per. bos, netting
him about 13.10 per- bos. This trans
action mads a world's record, being the
largest sale of Bartlett pears ever made.
Captain V or hies has for several years
cultivated a pear orchard of 40 scree
that annually netted him a profit of
from $10,000 to 111.000.- Recently he
haa Increased the else of the orchard to
more than S00 acres.
- "The extraordinary feature of the pear
attuatlon la the fact that there is no
seals known In Jackson county. 8om
years ago ths county was visited by San
Jose scale., but rigorous measures were
taken agalnat It and the disease waa
eompletely ' stamped . out. - The old
Continued on Page Three.)
EIRE PANIC IN HALL OF
I.1AHUFACT0RES c
Wires , Are Crossed . and Large
Amount of. Property Is
Endangered at Fair.
For more than a half hour thle fore
noon the exhibitors who are rapidly
clearing the Manufactures building at
the Lewis and Clark exposition were
panlo stricken by -what appeared te be
a fire That would daatroy eomethlng like
ISO.000 worth of stock. Ths scars,
however, resulted In no loss. ,
Two wires crossed under the floor of
the building and a few moments lster
smoke waa Issuing from ths booth of
the Hawes-Von Oal Hat company. The
guards, and ths fir department were
quickly summoned by Dr. Frank Rheln,
ths representative- of William R. War
ner aV Co., who .have e booth neer that
In which the amoks was discovered.. On
the arrival of the department the ext
cltement wea Intense snd several of ths
exhibitors made a rush for their valu
ables, believing the building would burn
down. Meanwhile, the smoke was filling
the building and the firemen were chop
ping holes in the floor to discover the
exact locality of the blase.. On finding
It they promptly did away with the
danger "by the use oi a email chemical
tank. ,'-.-.....-. ,-. .... . ...-... ... ,.,
' BBSSSBBSSBSBSSSSsSSBSSaSSa"a
Building of North Bank Road and
Other Projects In Oregon
Will Give Employment to
'.. Large Force of Men. ,
WILL HELP PORTLAND f
AND OTHER CITIES
Milliona in Wagea Will Be Circulated
in State and Other Milliona Ex
pended - on ; Supplies Contractors
Will Pay Men Every Night in Caab
Prefer Italian Labor. . V
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Five thousand men wilt be wanted Im
mediately by 81mm Shields, the St
Psul contrsctora who will build ths road
down the north bank of ths Columbia
river for the Northern -Pacific, and
(0.000 laborers will find employment
soon in the .'Pacific northwest In ths
construction, of the various new railway
lines that are thought now to be reason
ably surs of being built. ' -'
Simms Shields will distribute to
their 6.000 men approximately 1300,000
a month, or not less than 11,400.000 be
fore thelr'oontract Is carried out; while
the tO.OOO laborers wanted on sll the
projected lines of railway will draw In
wages not much- less than 100,000 a
month, or a total of from $5,000,000 to
17,000.000 before the work is eom
fpleted. .. .
Added to this enormous sum of money
to be distributed to ths workingmen by
the railway companies will be the Im
mense sums psld out In. the purchase of
supplies and .materials, most of which
will be bought in Portland.
. Ma-ay Will Benefit.'
However, hot alt the 'money expended
for materials tad supplies -will go te
Portland business houses, for scores of
other towns w'U receive benefit. There
will be large purchases st points near
the meay camps of construction gsngs.
end the prosperity induced by the rail
way . construction - will ' be diffused
throughout the entire northwest. Inas
much ss most of the new lines are
projected In Oregon or in territory that
makes Oregon towns the natural pur
chasing point, this state, will feel the
Influence most favorably,, and the injec
tion of so many millions of dollara Into
the local money circulation will cause a
wonderful forward Impetus, In the
opinion of conservative financiers, these
conditions alone are enough to forestall
absolutely all possibility of a reaction
after the closing of the exposition.
Simms tt shields are peculiar in their
methoda of handling men on construc
tion work. Instead of issuing time
caecxs to oe Tsnea in ins usual manner,
with brokers buying them at a die.
count, they will pay their big force of
men every night In cash. - .
"We have found that this is the bet
ter way to pay our men,", said I E.
Shields today. "It holds the men bet
ter and Saras them from' the lose of
the margin' that they usually pay te
brokers who buy up time checks at a
discount. When a man knowa that he
la to get hie pay every night he worke
with greater energy. -
. Soldinc the Mem.
"Another, reason for doing this Is
that workman of the clsss we demand
are more or less transient If a man
haa to wait for his psy to obtain It
through ths customary channel, receiv
ing a time check which he must cash
at a given place, be ia not willing to
work for, a fraction of a week, and we
lose ths men of that character entirely
from our gangs. .
"It Is certain that the north hank road
will be built by the labor of foreigners
for the greater part Americana are
rapidly becoming averse to doing manual
labor. They are hard to get on con
struction gangs. The Swedes are good
help, and. contrary to common belief.
the Italians are perhaps the Ideal labor
ers on euch work. , .
"An Italian never ridea the brakebeam.
He never belongs to the hobo class.
He alwaya has some money In bis pos
session snd Invariably has an ambition
to aava and accumulate a surplus.- -
"We heve learned that there are three
classes of men that do not J,Ike : the
Italian laborers. The saloon men don't
Ilka them because-they -don't spend their
money for liquor, and the1 brokers be- '
cause they are always In a position te
realise full valus on their wages, never
pledge them for advances. The labor
unions, - too. sre not favorable to the
Italian laboring claaaee."
COLDEST OCTOBER DAY
IN TWENTY-FOUR YEARS
- It was colder at Portland this,
morning thsn It has bean for.
St yea ra st this season, the ther-
mometer registering SI degrees e
st o'clock. On October SI, 1(11, e
the temperature was the same
as that recorded this morning, w
but since then the weather for
the month has been rather mod-
erate In comparison-, with the -
: cold spell now being experienced.
- District Forecaster Beala ssys 4)
If will be clear tonight and the e
thermometer will fall to St de-
greee .again tomorrow morning. -
While there Is a killing frost the e
weather" man doee not believe
that much damage will be done.
All of the staple crops heve been
harvssted, but late vegetables w
may be injured, it win also
check the growth ti grass, he a a- 4
serts. snd msks light pasturage.
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President Rooaevelt addressing it chrtrd at Wilkeabarre, from a inapt
, . ..: With the president are shown Cardinal Gibbons and
JEWELS ARE JUNK,
SAYS TAFT
Gifts Showered by Oriental Po-
tentates Upon rViss RoOse-;-velt
Are Pinchbeck.
GEMS ARE COUNTERFEIT ,
. AND ORNAMENTS RUBBISH
Secretary of War Saye That the
Entire Collection la Not Worth
, Mora Than Hundred and Fifty Dol
lars Sulun of Sulu'a Pearls Cheap.
(Journal Special Imleal -"
Washington. Oct II. That the costly
gifts showered by oriental, potentates
upon Mies Alice Rooaevelt are nothing
but imitations and that the collection Is
trash Is the startling assertion made to
day by Secretary Taft . f
"The glfta Miss Roosevelt received
abroad are - counterfeits, rubbish and
Junk," aald .Secretary Taft this morning.
"Up to ths tlms I left the party her
entire collection of 'presents could be
bought In this country, for IliO. .-.The
most valuable . gift she received .were
the pearls given by the Sulun of Sulu
and all four- of these were not worth
more than 60. - f. ... j
The secretary' a remark haa caused a
aenaatlrm at. the capital; that the daugh
ter of the prealdent of .the United States
should be showered . with paste gems
and plated metalware by the cltlsens of
Manila and by the -natlvahlefs seems
almost Incredible of belief. - - . -
It is pointed out that Mlaa Rooaevelfa
most valuable gifts were received after
Secretary Taft left tho party. Costly
Jsde ornaments, rare filigree work, gems
and gold and silver wars were showered
upon Miss Alice by ths Empress of
China, and It ia hardly possible that the
Dowager .Empress, cunning, and tricky
aa aha Is known to be, would attempt
such a trick. ' , - , '
- Ths valuable presents were also given
to the president's daughter by the em
peror of Korea snd members' of the
royal family. While the sultan of sulu
might be capable of presenting glass
beads to the fair guest It Is highly Im
probable that the Korean emperor would
follow the' same course,
It Is hinted that Secretary Taft Is
endeavoring to pave the way for a min
imum Imposition of duty on ths costly
collection of presents which-sre said to
total a valuation of 1100,000 and on
whloh there - la a custom duly of 00
per cent ad valorem.
- . ruiplaoe to Bsjaqaet 1
Manila.. Oct.' lH.Wtlllam J. Bryaa
will be tendered a banquet on his arrival
here by the native Filipinos, snd elab
orate preparations are now being made
ror the event. , The Americana and the
Rika will also gtve separate banquets to
Mr. Bryan daring his stay here.
PORTLAND GHIEF WHEAT PORT
Portland la the leading wheat export-.
Ing renter on the Pacific coast, accord
ing to a bulletin Just Issued by the de
partment of commerce and labor, the
city stsndlng far ahead of San Francisco'
and the Puget sound district, not only
for September but for the year of 100S.
The foreign ahlpments of wheat from
here In September amounted te 120.10
bushels. For the same period Tscoma
and Seattle aent- 42,710 bushels across
the seaa and San Francisco 21.117. Dur
ing the year Portland exported S7t,72S
bushels of wheat, against 140.100 buah
els dispatched from the sound and tile
101 bushels from San Francisco. ' -
. Portland Is fourth en the Ust la' the
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BEEF TRUST WINS
; BUT MUST
Federal Judge Humphrey Sustains -four. Counts of Indictment
Against Packers for Conspiracy to Restrain Trade, But
v Demurrers Hold ,God Against Other Counts.' ;
i - (Journal Special Service.)
Chicago, Oct. IS. The beef trust
gained a partial victory this morning
in 1U proseoutlons by the United States
government - for conspiracy to restrain
trade, when Judge Humphrey 'of the
federal court sustained -ths Indictment
in ths packers' cases as to four counts,
while the other counts were not sus
tained. The packers will be forced to
plead to th.e Indictment and stand trial.
The. counts in which ths indictment
was sustained are the four alleging con-
aplcacy to accomplish unlawful re
straint of trade.' The Indictments alleg
ing attempts to conspire snd those alleg
ing maintenance of monopoly were not
sustained. . '. '
- The cases were continued until Mon
day morning whsn at 10 o'clock the
packere must plead and the trial be
gin. . The defense asked a week's time,
which - waa peremptorily - refused by
Judge Humphrey. ....
. There- were 10 eounts In ths Indict
ment. The firsth and second counts per
tained 'wholly to beef sold In domestic
trade and the ninth and tenth eounts
pertained to beef sold Or. foreign mar
kets. - Ths third count contains the real
force of the indictment and charges con
spiracy In-restraint of trade 'and com
merce among' the states and. foreign' na
GRAND JURY INDICTS "!
DENVER BANK OFFICIALS
' (carnal Spend Srrrlce.) :
Denver. Co(o Oct. it. The grand
Jury yesterday Indicted 10 -men con
nected with the Denver Savings bank.
The Indictment chargee conspiracy to
steal 11, 711,517 from depositors. i The
Indicted men are '. Ieonard tlmboderf,
James A. H11U.C. R-vWllfley. E. E, Hull.
H. L. Hull, C. C Roberts,.-W. .Tt Cam,
. M.. Carey, W.-.B. Davie and J.'H.-d-mondson.
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OVERTURNED BOAT MAY
- BE TOMB OF FOUR MEN
("pedal tHapateli to The Jooraal.)
Seattle. Oct IS. Captain Holbrooke of
the sound steamer Psrdlta, on his art
rival from Hood's canal this morning
reports that yesterday afternoon when
a mile and a half from tha Cliff House
at Seabeck in Hood's canal be discov
ered a boat with salts- set upturned 'In
the' water-- " '
At firemen,' where Captain Holbrooke
also -reported the matter late last night.
Postmaster Maycumber ssys a boat an
swering such- a description left' Flan
Harbor yesterday about noon with three
L'nited States,- Baltimore coming first
with si shipment of 1.0M.I4S.. Oelveeton.e
second with 710.012 bushels to Its credit,
snd Philadelphia comes third with s
shipment of 180,000 bushels. ! During
the year Portland also exported 401,1(0
barrels of Hour,-end If. thle were re
duced to wheat measure and Included In
the grain exporte It would place this
port well et the head of the list.
In September 10.181 barrels ef flour
were sent foreign from Portland -
7,100 from San Francisco. . Kear'e- i
of this product., as . well se the
exported, from the Bay City.
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shot taken on hia laat previoui tour.
John Mitchell. . ; ,.; - , , x
PARTIAL VICTORY,
STAND TRIAL :
tions in pressed, dried, smoked, cured,
tanned and pickled meats and In certain
byproducts of the packing industry.
The fourth count' charges that the
matters - mentioned la ' tho. preceding
eounte as being restraint of trade and
commerce constituted an offense on the
part of the packers te- monopolise such
trade and commerce. Jut
Tha fifth count specifically covere the
by-products and chargeeoasftlracy in
restraint of trade end commerce in tike
manner as Is charged In the third count
- The sixth' count chsrges the casings
conspiracy, to be an attain pa to monop
olise trade snd commerce in that com
modity In the. United States snd foreign
countries. , ..' .... .j. . . . . . ' .
Ths seventh count deals with the or
ganisation of the National Parking com
pany - and charges- that the object and
effecti of that organisation was to de
stroy competition, -not. only between the
packers that were Interested In tha for
mation of . that company, but-, between
the. ten smaller packing, companies that
were consolidated, by .the. device of 'Or
ganising the national concern,' and this
is described ss a conspiracy in restraint
of trade and commerce..
: Thd eighth count makes the organisa
tion of tha National .Packing company
an' attempt to s monopolise trade and
commerce: ' ; -; . . ,
or four fishermen aboard. '.Their names
are unknown. .' ......
" -As Yesterday's storm on the4 canal
was . very severe it Is. believed .that, the
boat waa caprlzed and the occupants
Jrowned. "An Investigation to ascertain
the namea is now being1 made at Pish
Harbor. - - - - ,-
FOUR INCHES OPSNOft:
FALLS UPON CONDON
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y ' (Sperial Dlapatch to The: Journal.)
Condon,' Or.,-MJct. IS. Tus nrst snow
storm of the season struck Condon last
night. The snow tell to a depth of four
Inches, whlls the wind blew e gale. The
storm lasted from S nntll T o'clock. -
Ths weather this morning la clear and
warm and probably all tho snow will
melt today. Reports- from points ss
far south aa Fossil say that more bene
fit than damage to the county was done
by the storm.; Livestock did not-suffer
any. .- ,'.-- ...
Sfortoa Tavors Fnbllolty. '
(Journal Special Srrvica.)
New Tork. Oct. II In his talk at the
annual dinner of the American Associa
tion of Public Accountants In this city
laat night Paul Morton, president of the
Equitable Life, strongly advocated the
examination at lessfe once' a year of the
accounts of every 'great corporation by
public and independent auditors.
shipped there from Portland. The coast
ers have been carrying almost rull car
goes of wheat snd flour to California
for the past two months, and much of
It was for export purposes. The Amer
ican ship Peril n left for San Francisco
the other day with S.Ose tone of wheat.
Which ia a fair Indication ef the heavy
shipments which are being made down
the coaat.
The present month gives promise of
being the banner period of the year In
the shipping line. In addition io r
re-nlar freighters, four or five I
t steamers will rlewr for t i
'. f .U eer;-res of , v.; ..
I ?laS
President Congratulates Virgin
' jans Upon Their Traditions .
t - and Past Achieve- . J
'Vments..' . V-
IS HEARTILY WELCOMED V
- IN SOUTHERN CITIES
Executive Given Ovation on Lea vine;
Washington Speaks to People of
Fredericksburg- ahd Ashland Talk
Upon Reunion of North and South,
Praising Confederate Valor, .'
(Jooraal Special Berrlea.1
Richmond.' y a.. Oct. 1 S Today
a memoraoie day In the history of this
city. Never before haa this city been
so thoroughly aroused and enthused over
eny event ss It hss been ever the visit
of President Roosevelt, who srrlved hare'
for a few hours' stay shortly sfter noon,;
i"r oerors nss mis city oeen so pre'
fusely decorated and never have the cltl
sens shown greater enthusiasm as they
did todsy over ths arrival of the chief
magistrate. The day waa generally ob
w mm m nmiDir, i. i. - -
1 When the train bearing the prealdent'
and his party arrived it was greeted by
the shrieking of the steam whistles
me cianging or oens snd the enthasias
tlc cheers of the thousands assembled
In front of the station. ' Governor Hon
tague, Meyor McCarthy, city and county
Officiate wars at the station in nam
and ' welcome the president. .After e
short snd Informal greeting and hand-
snaaina ail around the nreairiont. ,
Ury iJeeb, Ooveraor MonUgue end
Mayor McCarthy took seata In a car
riage -while the other membere of the
prealdent'e party and the members of
the reception -committee. - were dis
tributed in other carriages. ......
The etartlng of the president's car
rlave nv thm a I trn I tnr lh --,
oi me paraae. wnicn nsa Deen rormea
In line ready to start Immediately upon
the arrival of the president. Platoons
of armed and mounted Howttsers
formed ths military escort, while a gen
tlemen's guard-on -horseback formed a
cordon arounA the can-lam tfnailad ttr
ths president and his party, the proces
sion msrehed through the principal '
Streets Of the Cltr to the Jefferann hntah
where the president stopped, for a short'
rest. All afternoon the streets were
crowded with people, snd never before
has there been such- an enormous num
ber of visitors In this clty,- - . -
V Unity of Sorta and South. :
This .afternoon the president aeV
ureeeea a miH meeiina. scnom . rnu
dren aung "America" and the executive
was Introduced by Governor Montague.
In his speech the president praised
Virginia and the part she has played In)
the national life and the complete recon
ciliation of the north and south saying
In part: . ,
"The proud telf-sscrlflce. the resolute
and dsrlng courage, the high and stead
fast devotion to the right as each mis,
saw it whether northerner or south
erner, these qualities render all A merit .
. m-i wvw,vi v, in. wnv in
ths dark days from lltl to 1S( proved)
their truth by their endeavor. ' .
"(treat though the meed of praise Is)
which Is due tho south for the soldierly
valor her sons dlsplsyed - during the
four years of wsr, I. think thst even
greater praise Is due to her for what
her people have accomplished In the 40
years of peace which followed. For 4
years ths south haa mads not merely st
courageous, out - at times a desperate
struggle,1 ss she hss striven for moral
and material well-being.. Her. sticoese .
has been extraordinary, and all citlsene
of our common country should feel lot
and pride In It;, for any great deed done,
or any line qualities shown, by one
group of Americana, of necessity re
fleets credit upon sll Americana -
Duties Ahead ef Us. ', '
"We. as a mighty and wonderful ree
public, stretching across a rontinent bee
tween the two greatest oceans, enjoy
extraordinary privileges, and as our op
portunlty . V great. . therefore oar . re
sponsibtlity is great.- Ws have duties te
perform both abroad and st home, and
we can not shirk either set of duties
and fully retain our self-rrapeet. ,'. -
"In foreign affalra we must make U
our minds thst whether we wish it or
not, we are a great people end must
play a great part In the world. It te
not-open to us to choose whether we
will play that great part or not. We
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DON'T LET THE COUNTY' '
DEFACE THE BRIDGES
4 .Despite the protaate'of the'
4 people of Portlind. a majority ef
4 ' the county board are said to have
4 agreed te allow ths piers ef the ,
4 city bridges to be defaced Hy sd
4 vertislng.
4- For the paltry sum et SIoO It
4 is prnnoeed te allow the grantees
4 of the privilege to eon vert the
4 bridge piers Into huge billboard
4 When the proposition was Srat
4) brnachedr ao much IndlgpaMnn
4 was arnused that the county
4 'comnlloner deferre-J action.
4 put It Is now atale-1 ' i
4 matter is a "In w- rt
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