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10 THE OREGON DAILY : JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' FRIDAY EVENING,. JULY 19, 1607.' BOARD OF CHARITIES WILL ENFORCE CHILD LAW EMPEROR LEAVES Mum ( KUncAfj ItlKuNt ; Subpoena Issued for Members of the Holmes Packing Yi Hyung Abdicates but His .i Company to Show Cause Why Lad 12 Years Old lit..'. " 'as Working: in Cannery at Night. RIDICULOUS ; Determined to e the child labor law v enforced and to prevent the employ nam or cnuaren unarr ino irsi Mr. Mill In R Trumbull, registrar of tha elty board of charities, and Mrs . ' Sarah A. Evans paid a vialt to the pVmt ' th Holme Pnrklnir company on tlie Mat aid at about o'clock mat night Vand found Helmot Brodcr, 12 ynara of h.';eg. employed In the cannery. V Six other children were also que , Honed by the visitors, but all nave their 'im aa belna- morn than 1 years, the limit nlacet by law. Kuhnoenaa have ' been Issued by the district attorney' ' i office and In the morning the members f of the firm will be questioned concern ing condition at the cannery and the 'ages of those employed. " R. J. Holme, manager of the can ' Ulng company, eta ten that he la not in '' the habit of employing children under . age. He aays that the boy found there under age wa not working to the i knowledge of the superintendent The boy, however, had a permit to work and whs occasionally employed tn the day time, but the work of cleaning up at night waa dona by the older handa. Young Broder however, had a brother employed In the cannery aa one of the older employes and as he lived In the vicinity waa around the plant moat of the time whether employed or not. A aulet Invnatla-a tlnn haa hoan vfi. Ing on for soma time under the direction of Stat Labor Commiasloner Hoff. He has stated that the child labor law Is generally obaerved and but few viola- tlons of the statute have been reported - ........ " i n i , iiuiroin. mat in soma of the candy factories of the city. In aome restaurants and In nthar lln.a or ousiness girls and boys apparently under the legal age are being employed. The matter la bain looked Into and I It is found bv the rnmmlaainner that th. law is In reality being violated or in such a manner that sufficient evidence can ne secured: to convict, arreata will be made and prosecutions commenced In every instance. Successor Has Not Been Chosen. (Journal Special Serrlra.) Seoul, Korea. July 19. Emperor Tl Hyung formally abolcated the Korean throne at 11 o'clock thta morning. In his parting words the emperor ex pressed regret that national calamities had marked hla entire 44 years' reign and declared that the transfer of tn crown was the only way to relieve the country'a dlstrea. It Is uncertain which of three candidates will succeed Yl Hyung. The Imbecile crown prlnca has the strongest backing and dissolute Prince Wlhaut and the 11-year-old prince are also strong The chang S. Jforimoto, Member of Jap anese Parliament, Says Better Classes in Japan Incline Towards Belief Americans Like Them. meana the tightening of the mikado a hold on the country. MATRICULATION FEES AT STATE NORMALS COMMANDER BEATTY THANKS MAYOR LANE UNOFFICIALLY Mayor Lane haa lust received a letter from Commander T. E. Beatty of the United States armored cruiser Charles ton thanking the city unofficially for the kind treatment accorded the officers and men during the recent atay of the boat here. Commander Beatty pays a high tribute to Captain Speler, the harbor master, for the efficient arrangements made for the convenience of the visit ors. Tha letter follows: "17. 8. 0. Charleston, First Rate, As toria, Oregon. July 15, 1107 The Hon orable Mayor of Portland, Oregon Sir: Jn a thoroughly unofficial way I wish to thank you and the officers of your city for all that you did for all attached to thla ship during our stay there. Nothing could havs been more pleaaant for us than the visits to the ship made by the city officials and the hospitality shown to the officers and men on shore. "From the nature of hla duties I saw more of the harbormaater. Mr. J. I (Sperlil Dhpstrfc la The JearaaL) Salem July II At the meeting of the stste school board of normal achool regents yesterday afternoon It waa de cided to fix the matriculation fee for munenie si in per year at Weston and Ashland. President Mulkey expresaed the belief that the decrease of the entrance fee would rauaa man in dents to enter the claases and he la tooKing rorward to an attendance of nearly 100 for the coming year. This large attendance la indicated bv the acores of requeata for particulars re garding me course or atui S. Mori mot o, a distinguished member of the Japaneae parliament, who haa ben a visitor In Portland since Wednes day, stated last night that all talk of war between Japan and tha United States oome from tha lower commercial claases, who feel they have not been receiving equitable treatment in their trade relations with tha United States. "Tha story published several weeks ago," said Mr. Morlmoto, "to the effect that tha Japanese ministry waa about to mnign unless tn emperor t itlatlv In bringing about hostilities wun tn united States la untrue. When I read the Storr I almnlv lana-hod Tha Japanese people jo not want war with the United States. There is no differ ence eklatlng between the two countries mat cannot r satisfactorily adjusted wunoui going to war. "Troublea arising out of the San Francisco affair are unimportant and trivial. They carry no weight with the imnKing classes in japan ana the only II ..1 J.l ..- .1 r 7 '. ...-,... -r" Ymip BliiiSiili -'J, week Speler, than of the other officials, and rouna mm at an times solicitous about our welfare, and most willing to make any changes that I deemed prudent and advisable. Through him much work was saved the crew, and the ship was moored and unmoored. I cannot state more except to add that. In my opinion. he la a thoroughly capable and efficient officer. "With kindest regards, most sincerely yours, "T. E. BEATTY. XJommander United States Navy, Com mantling u. . a. Charleston. ttAim - A vsntages offered, which have been ra. Jml or war Jieard. emanates from the celved by the secretary. lower claaaea who Imagine Japan has At Monmouth the present matrlcula- PP humiliated and who, fear their tlon fee of 126 will be retained for the " Buffers from what the term the at least, to help In defravln umrirnaiy unua or tne united (States. Will cost you less "at Gey urtz than elsewhere, besides you may make easy payments. . ., ;.;" SPECIAL THIS We offer special inducements to purchasers this week. AH our S irmmmj www a live Vellin Save b Frrt Dellirs Earnei These are genuine reductions and are large enough to merit the attention of every suit buyer this week. In addition to the low price we extend our liberal credit system, which permits of the running exnensea of tha ahwr 'In the better classes, the sentiment Weston will also maintain Ita ereaent prevail that the United Statea haa only arrangement In that regard. tn moat friendly attitude toward Ja- i ne xouowing committee were anQ 1 "m ur" ,n same reeling pre- elected: valla in the hearts of the Japanese to- Executlv Committee Chamberlain. wanl America. All talk of war la Ackerman and Ilofer. simply ridiculous viewed from the Japa- ruint- oenaon. Ayer ana Bpence. i Hutna point. Aosura stone nave ier and Acker- OF 41 APPLICANTS ONLY EIGHT Teacher Bragg' man. Libraries Jewell, Hofer and Ayer. Courses of Study Ackerman, Brsgg and Jewell. " A visiting committee was appointed to visit the Weston and the Ashland schools. Messrs. Bragg, Maler and Hofea will visit the Institution at Weston and Messrs. Jewell, Spence and noier win maae occasional tours of in spection at the Ashland school. t ARE ELIGIBLE TO POLICE FORCE IDAH?A0. Out of 41 applicants for patrolmen In v the police department only eight passed the physical, athletic and educational - testa prescribed by the civil aervlce commission of ths olty. The commis sion completed the list of eligible to day' and they were announced by Secre - ta rr McPberson at -noon. Before the apoplntments are made to ' tha fore, however, the Dersonal cha.ru. tar of the auoceaaful on will be closely ' Inquired Into and If their moral stand- llahed they will not be certified to by the commission. Twenty lost on the physical examination and It found the (Special Dispatch to Tb Joaraal.) Spokane, Wash.. July 19. Hiram Stev ens and Sam Vesser aa-e1 rnuHvl educational test too hard. f . B.."V-7."i Z ."Vi! There are still a lara-e numhai- t -j.11 "Y" varanrlea tn tha Z..V. - J 'u"u"j . miiea norm or oueur it i. Brh .Th.r.;i.:rr:. .r " .. w- i when a k" criTi .: 7v Jr:""V."","l".'.,; wa suaaemy ..r , . lu near iuiure to nil waa on fire. All ot out hut tha tn uddenly discovered that the house Following la tha Hat e kX- I Cv r. au goi out Dut tne two rVLuef, f hi.i'.',t-Jf.uin2;e ya, who became suffocated and could them. who were successful in animation required b weorge u. Uarfle Ing In tha community cannot be estab- Burka and Jamea M. Hunter. Lvnton A. NeweU. Albert Blgiow, Jonn Welibrook, John McCuIloch, Robert E. tfKjSLtnl x not founl on account of y tne board: smoke. They were not heard asphyxiated reached thm. before the dense to cry or aed they flame INDICTMENTS NOT PB00F OF GtfILT ' (Jearsal Ipsdal Serrlc.) MUwauke. Wis., 'July 19. The fed eral district 'court today decided it could not accent Indictments in the Colorado land fraud cases against the Wisconsin Coal Land company's of ficials, ss prima facie evidence against the accused. It declared the govern ment must produce more evidence than the Indictments. WOMAN DK0WNED MINE TETEEING OUT IN THE CAPILAN0 5,ount Mor h AustralU Changing From Gold to Copper. For yeare the Mount Morgan Mining BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS TO BE INVESTIGATED Kansas City, Mo., July 19. Acting on the recommendation of the convention of the National Livestock Exchange as sociation. President Swift today ap pointed a committee of five to make a report on tuberculosis in cattle. The electionKOf officers and the discussion of papers, took up today time. PTVE DEATHS FB0M HEAT PROSTRATION 4i (Jeoraal Special Serrict.) 4 Philadelphia, July 19. Thirty- e w Ave hundred patients, victims of 4 ' prostration while watching the Elks' parade yesterday, were 4 4 discharged from - tha hospitals 4 today. There have been five. 4 deaths. 4 wl (Soedal Diapatck ta Ta JoaraaL) Vancouver, B. C. July 19. Mr. Elis abeth Herberer, aged 16. a tourist, was drowned In the Icy water of the Cap llano thla morning. She waa camping wiui irienas, and while standing on a smau rqcic in. tha canter of the atream she lost her balance and toppled over. She waa carried down Immediately, and her body waa not recovered for aoma iima aiicrwara. ACCUSED OF PASSING WORTHLESS CHECKS SSSKKS '"P. Wi;-.Kffil company of Australia haa been paying monthly dividend of IUE.000 on its stock. The stockholders have thus far received nearly 126,000,000 In dividends. A great change has come to oaas. how ever, and It will Interest all who have known Mount Morgan aa the most won derful gold mine in the world. froressor J. W. Grea-orv who ivmi- ples the chair of geoloa-v In the Uni versity of Glasgow, baa just lsaued his book on Australia, which Is partly the result of his extended studies on thut continent for several years. He say that the gold of Mount Morgan has pern decreasing in quantity and that Idly chanrlna- Into a low grade copper proposition. The company la preparing now to extr-t the copper values, for it is believed that driolnt been printed In what are called tha ex- 1 iravagant newspapers, but these carry no weight except in a small clrcl of discontented people. Mr. Morlmoto left laat night for the '"' ne win viait in Chicago, New York and Washington. Leaving Amer ica, ne win go 10 ionaon and through ' Europe, returning to Japan through I Asia ny tne Siberian railway. He will visu in oeoui, Korea, Hong Kong. nnangnai and other Chinese cities be- xore returning to japan. CUPID MAKES VACANT HELLO GIRLS' CHAIRS (Joaraal RpeeisI Berries.) Sacramento. July 19. Diatrlct Man ager Hendrlcka, of the Sunaet Tele-1 phone company, caused hla patron to sit up and take notice by claiming that 11 was impossiDie to get enough opera tor to fill tha vacancies made by Cu pid. He declared that while the strike in nan Francisco caused many girl to accept extraordinary Inducementa to work at the board, ha could easily fin vacancies If It were not for the fact that hardly a week goea by but sev eral of the girls forsake the switchboard for the gaa range. The patrons themselves were to blame, said Henarlck. many asking for numbers, often being attracted by the sweet voices of operators. Meet ing xouowea ana wen entered Cupid and there were vacant chair at the swucnooara. PAYMENTS r- iv it 1 ISsW 1 If 1 1 L! V a : Your Credit is Good t at GEVURTZ' for any suit in the house. Standard Goods for less than usual prices. :::::: (Special Dispatch to The Journal tn coppi Pendleton, Or., July 19. C. B Roa-era tn "Ufory of Mount Morgan as a great . 7... v T- "07r" gold producer Is practically cloaed. Mount Morgan Is In the southeastern part of Queensland. It Is a curloua is in the county Jail here, charged with forgery. He waa arrested at Echo, charged with passing worthless checks, one for $19 on Jess Sbuli of tha Ex change saloon and on on the Flrat Na tlonal bank of thia city. Rogers la 24 years 01 age, ana was rormerly a bar tender here. act that long ago the noor herder named uoroon who owned it th anin It for a pittance told the purchasers that he had obaerved curloua green and blue staina over the mountain and he would not De surprised ir It contained copper His surmise has proved true at last, but tha experienced nrosnectors hn xouna goia tnere did not tell ftorrion of the Indications that fairly startled rTHTT 1 mrnr nnrn,, iiiciii tuiu suMii; aA.-ucpi.ca meir oner GEORGIA EXPLOSION ?' TJSM niiun iiib vniuc 01 me prise mat naa supped tnrough his hands. TENTH VICTIM OF of Kentucky, died today at the Chelsea naval hosnltal. maJcinar the tenth victim of the Georgia explosion. For Those Who Hung On Durinp; the last year's aeitation of life insurance, s eood many people surrendered th-ir lloired them to lapse. Whether thia waa the result of panic induced by sensational attacks in the press, or the work of unscrupulous agents who sought commission for themselves in possible transfer of policies; the effect was most disastrous to such pol,cy holders and entailed an irreparable loss upon many deserving beneficiaries. The Mutual Life Insurance Company belongs to all of it. i:. u-u llii Ku,,-7 iiuiuci. Whenever any of these fall out of tha ..crlfirL kVC brJefi,s those wh0 str in. Th. .mount ,0 over $3,000,000' , . Py. IP stay in. and rrrong proff ?iTa, ir vV. .u ,.. tn m uiuai Lite, the stauflchest life insurance company in the world. (Joaraal 8dc!b1 SarrlM.) B!l": "rIM"h'PSI"M- thrAuVn? oThher tne enterprise and rive years later each of th six men was a millionaire. The stock haa remained in comparatively few handa and the mine has made a rortune ror every one concerned in it. The army of miners workins the mine nas usuauy numDcred about i,zoo. The richest gold deposits were found at the top of the mountain and until the top had been quarried away the divi dends amounted to more than S500.000 a month. The ore decreased consid erably in the value of Ita gold, but later 11 remained ror years almost unirorm In richness and it waa thou eh t lllcelv that the entire mountain would be worth digging away. Recently, however, aa the level of operations has been lowered, less gold has been extracted and now the s-old has largely disappeared and copper has come into view. With copper supplant ing the precious metal Mount Morgan will no longer be known aa one of the ricnesrt spots on the glob. Tomorrow nosltlvelv tha lat Am . uiauuuni un cui siae gas Dins. PEDDLER PALMER SENT TO PRISON (Journal ".pedal Service.) London. July 19. Peddler Palmer, for mer bantamweight champion, was today dcuicik'iu iu live years ror manslaugh ter. His victim waa a stoker named Choates. Tomorrow positively the last day for discount on east, side gas bills. FREE! cA FINE FANCY VEST GIVEN FREE With Each Suit This in Addition to Regular Vest Accom panying the Suit SEE THIS EXTRA BARGAIN. mmi 1 sows e5x Corner First and Yamhill Corner Second and Yamhill "Weddings and Strikes are the bane of a telephone manager's life,- raid one of tha afflicted tha other day In our office, operators, anyway, and lust when thev be-ln to be worth th.lr an It thav .tart .nm.thln. learned that two of my best operators were going to get married soon and that up a labor union. "Ita hard enough to get 'mcming aoing. une day this spring I bunch of th worst ones were framing 'That Set me thinking about how much out what we spend for the 01 an tnis, and It was we are at the mercy of these girls. I decided that if automatic equipment would wIds out these two Items and tha nr that .,.,.i,,. .v,.. And then thev are harder tn rat from ?if n t t..,-M . ... rrator hire, for training them and for the extras for their comfort, and how' little we get for automatic equipment would wIdo out these two Items and th worn that nvnnnuniA. Call of the Great North Woods. By George T. Marsh. mere a loneiy northland valley and a restless, rushing stream where the cow moose and th year- uns; anna at aawn. There's a stretch of broken water where the leaping salmon gleam And at dusk the doe comes stealing wun per lawn. There's a living, haunting memory of the sweet wind In the pines, There's a yearning for the swish of spilt Dumooo; And a never ending longing 'round my I Hungry iieari entwines 1 For the wash of water 'gainst a bark canoe. Tnere s an Indian Impatient, and he wonaers wny 1 stay, For the square taH'a riaing eager for the fly: Whll the ouananiche Is waiting where ins icni euiu maiiaro piay And the days of our delight are bIId pirg by. 'me for the automatic' How many managers are in the same fix? Don't all speak at one, but think it over, and remember that the automatic switches never get married or go on a strike; they are never tired, or peevish, or unruly; but they "are all there all the time ' a" .fl BhuBlatle automatic, exchange manager said recently. Their maintenance 1 small 910.24 for repair parts Ton a on'o switches in a year and a half, in one instance and. taking It all around, they are th moat efficient and economical Operators "It might interest you wgJpntW lforu,tb&lfy"owihtThrco operates the AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE STSTEM.) y' 0 " tTm" comPany "A like sum would perhaps take care of the repair cost on operators' chair in a manual exchange of th same slie," adds Mr. Duncan. It occurs to us SSSStff ??t&.VftT&a 5Sc.ngseo0u,xscTy &2S2S? at lea8t '18 ,n That is only one of the many oonoml of the AUTOMATIC SYSTEM. The economies all help to wU th profit. And the A TTTnxr a Tin being the best ervlce command the hlght rat. Z.ow product ion cost plus Ugh lllxur crloi eaimia iJi-AiLliOMAn?I(; Is what led to the adoption of the AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE STSTEM fn 1 thT following clU?: Q AlrlimA'- That The.Time to Act is NOW. For th ativ forma n nllt : . . I rruiS TO ..a mm a i . m Naw York. N. Y. J Or ALMA.D. KATZ, Minager, Airuworth Block, Portland, Ore. on, 1 xnow. the geese have nested, all th laggard leave are out And the partridge cock is drumming In the spruce. I can smell the fragrant odor of the balsam all about. For the spirit of the summer woods . .. la loose. There's a green, enchanted valley In th oiuc inns leagues away, There'a a never ceaalng call that lures m forth; , , And I wait wlth leaping pulses for th 1 coming of the day When I go to seek the magic of th jortlv . Aberdeen, 8. D. Akron. Ohio. 1 Allentown, Pa Auburn, Me. Auburn; N. T. Battle Creek, Mich. Beaver FallB,Pa. Belllngham, Wash. Butte, Mont. Cadillac, Mich. , Champaign, 111. I Chicago, 111. Cleburne, Texas. Columbus, Oa. Columbus, Ohio. Dayton, Ohio. Denver, Col. El Paso, Texas. Emaus, Pa. Fall River, Mass. Grand Rapids, Mich. Hastings, Neb. Havana, Cuba. Hasleton, Pa Holland, Mich. Hopkinsvllle, Ky. Jonesboro. Ark. Lake Benton, Minn. Lewlsfon, Me. Lincoln, Neb. Los Angeles, Cal. Manchester, Iowa. Marianao, Cuba. Marlon, Ind. Medford, Wl. Miami sburg, Ohio. Mt Olive, Hi New Bedford, Maas. Oakland. Cal. Ocean Park, Cal. Omaha, Neb. Pentwater, Mich. Portland, M. Portland, Or. Princeton, N. J. Richmond, Ind. Riverside, CaL Rochester, Pa, RushvUle, Ind. San Diego, CaX San Franclaco, CaX Santa Monica, CaL Saskatoon, Saak., Can. Blpux City, Iowa. South Bend, Ind. Spokane, Wash. Springflald, Mo. St. Marys, Ohio. Tacoma, Wash. Toronto Junction, Can. Traverse City, Mich. Urbana, 111. Van Wert, Ohio. Walla Walla, Wash. Wausau, Wis. Westerly, R. I. Wilmington, DeL Woodstock, N. B., Can. LOUIS J. LAFAYETTE BLOCK v ' WILDE PORTUAIND, OREQOIN 1 hi IS t t .A