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-4- ;THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL? PORTLANp. SUNDAY .MORNING, MARCH l. 1908. k 5 ft- 1 Republican Candida V '" : i 1 ' . J A".., French , Sleuths Proven Government. Uses TTnusua News of Actual Conditions .. Method to -Bun4DPwn From Reaching World- Postoff ice Hobbers--Oang Takes,! Revenge, orf f in- V Arab Journalist Held in Jail Without Bail. f ormers-Death or rrison a mm SPI " '''H''''',''fiDS London, Feb. 89. The truth about the ternal stats 'ot Morocco hoa never yet pen uiiowea 10 res.cn iuo suumg kwhu, r the reason that the country la In hand of French spies, who con Let an elaborate esolonaire on the ork of jiewoaDer correspondents and erclse a cenaorahlp atrlcter than klsted In Russia, mnder the most re- tlonary regime. Remarkable revelation aa to the ejhoUs of the French authorities are ade by a Journalist who has recently turned crom Morocco. He writes: "The whole country la crowded witn lea In the French service. They are frablc-epeaklna French, Jewa. Tunisian Nfcbs and Syrians, and are got up in pery Imaginable form of disguise, and hena their time spying on everything id everybody, me last time i was in orocco l neara some very curious orlea on the very high-handed pro- edings of the ronch authorities in card to newspaper correspondents. jine of the latter wrote true but very nsatlonal reports for tne European hpers. Tney were surprised to nna at their letters never readied tneir atliiutlong, no matter which of the ur foreign postotllces they werjs posted , and that a few uays after sending ese letters they were favored with an ilclal dispatch from one or other of e It legations in Tangier, requesting em to can. They were then asaea dless questions about why they. were Morocco, what their occupation was, hen they expected to be able to .leave, c, the interview winding up with the inouncement that Information had en laid before the council of am ban- dor (or ministers) to the effect at they had been writing falw reports iout the political position of affairs, hich could not be permitted. "Two Frenchmen, who were invited call at one of the small legations, ok matters with a high hand and aaid it they would report this unwar nted Interference with their private fairs, pointing out that they repro nted hleh-clasa French daily papers. le rerult was that within an hour of e first interview a most polite young tache from the French legation called on them at their hotel with the -ench minister's compliments, and nded thorn two first-class tickets for e trench steamer sawing at 4 ocioca at afternoon for Marseilles, and ro asting them not to fall to bo on the earner an hour before sailing lime, his excellency Would bo forced to nd a legation guard to accompany em on board. Of course they went. hera were requested, to w ind up their sinesa without delay and to leave e country which they did. They had. course, been writing against uie ench government s policy. A most influential and hlgnly con- cted Arab journalist from Tunis, went Morocco some la montns ago. Me nt down to Fes and aaw air the tables. He was shadowed by spies in e French pay the whqle journey. He bsequently wrote strongly anti-french tides in hfg Arabic papers In Al- ers and Tunis, and also In the Egypt-n-Arablc preBs. When he had been ck in Tangier a couple of Weeks, he eompanled some Algleran friends on trench steamer sailing for (Iran, lie s recognised on board by two spies the French service and was arrested the spot, landed from the steamer Oran and sent by the first train Laghouar. in the Sahara. He is ere yet, and notwithstanding his eat Influence, he has never been ought to. trial nor has any official port ever been made about him." 0 RESIGN IF RUM MONEY IS ACCEPTED of of reacher Will Quit Charity JJoard if Saloon Dona tion Goes Through. Pawtucket, R. I... Feb. 29. Declaring at' a $200 check offered by the Saloon- epera' association to the Associated parities for the benefit of the un- NrijWoyed Is tainted money, the Rev. iarlon Law asserted today that if the tnatlon were accepted "he would resign pom the Charity board. ("If the saloonkeepers wish to help the ftor," says the rector Of St. Paul's lurch, "let them cease the business of lanufacturlng poverty. There may be Ijose who will say. that In the present stress no distinction should be made, lit this la mere sophistry." (The letter causea a rurore among tne rgy of the city, many of whom took due witn tne ltev. Mr. Law. There e thousands of persons out of em- bvment in pawtucket. and it is held (many that aid la imperative, regard a of its source. ERNHARDT IN ROW OYER TWO "FAUSTS" Washlnrton. Feb. Tha United States government employs in Its ser- vice professional yeggmen. This statement was mad by cnm Post Of flea Inspector Frank Jfl. io Mlllin, to a subcommittee of tne nouse committee on postomce, ana post rn.d. it was aa astonishing and so likely to lead to criticism ot tha ;ov rnment that tha subcommittee de- clded to strike It out of the record and say nothing about It For three weeks the members kept the secret. . The subcommittee was Bjoing oitr items in the postofflc- appropriation bill, which was being expuunea v. Chief Inspector McMlllln. An Item o is Od.l under the head of "depredations' was reached, and he told the subcom mittee that this covered losses by rob beries In postornces. . . Mr. McMlllln," saia a memoer the nubcommlttee. "is any portion this 15.000 to be used for buying evi dence against robbers I - It Is, rep ilea mt cniei inspector. "In what way la this evidence cured T" 'In hiring professional yeggmen and aafeblowera to join yegg gangs and peach on their accomplices whenever nostoirice is rooDea. The committee wanted to know whether the money was expended In bribing men who had actually com mitted robberies to peach on their pals, McMlllln replied that it was not; that the men were regularly employed by the government and allied themselves to the' yegg ganga by order of the post office department. Are they professional yeggmen at the time they are hired?" he was asked. "Thoy are" said the chief inspector. Government System. When interviewed for The Journal tonight, Mr. McMlllln said: "1 am sorry that our blan to catch Sostoffice thieves must- be made public, ut that is one of the penalties of the government system. Here we are ask- ng for an appropriation to push an entirely secret work, but in order to get the money we must make public announcement of our purpose. nowever, unaer me circumstances will say that we have used, do use and hope to contlnu to use safe breakers of the country class as our allies. They are known among them selves and to the officers of the law as yeggmen. They look like tramps and travel. like tramps. "It is practically impossible for an officer of the law to mingle with these men without discovery. They have their own language, which no one could master without mingling with them for at least a year, and the language of, any outsider' would betray him Immedi ately. "These men work through the coun try six months of the year, and when the heavy weather comes on they flock to the large cities. There Is a place on the bowery but that Is a matter for the New York police. "How do you secure these men?" "We buy them, or their services. Just as you would buy the services of a bookkeeper. , And they take desperate chances, as they must mingle with their comrades, tell us of a raid that is to be made, and then Be a part of the yeggman party when our men arrive to make the arrests. Usually there Is", shooting. Of course, none of our menJ hurts a spy ir he can help it, but It has been our experience that the yegg men crowd suspects the right Individual when the raid takes place, and it Is an easy matter to shoot a man and have it appear he was shot by the officers. Death or Prison. "This happened In two Missouri post office robberies, though I do not know that it ever became known publicly mat ine men Kinea were in govern ment employ. They take their chances Dr. Ben L. Norden, candidal for Republican nomination for county coroner. Is a native son of Oregon having been born In Portland In 1878. Dr. Nordan received his education In this city; graduated from the Port land High school In 1897, and later received his medical degree from the medical department of tha University of Oregon. Dr. Norden haa attended clinics In New York city and served as resident surgeon at St. Vincent's hospital In Portland. Dr. Norden Is an active member of the local lodge of Elks and many other fraternal organisations. He has 'been an active Republican for many years, having been elected precinct committeeman several times. In the Republican convention held In the Empire theatre In 1704 he made a nominating speech for Charles E. Mc Donnell1 for aherlff. Dr. Norden Is a man of clean principles and has an Irreproachable character and will cause to. have printed on the bal lots following his name: "I will thoroughly tnd Impartially Investigate all deaths eocurrtng from a violent or auspicious causa." SNEEZERS SNEEZE "KERCHEW" AND CUT-UPS LAUGHS HE HE, HA HA "Kerchew," which is a new instru ment of torture, made expressly for vil lage cut-ups, has reached Portland and has already left In Its trail several hun dred thousand artlflcially-cuitureu sneezes and enough trouble to last the devotees of lower education wen over Into the summer months. For those who naAreni examinea Tcerchew" with their Olfactory nerves the tears or in tneatres, u migni db explained that It is fine dark powder, something like snuff, only much worse and much more easily dispersed. This should be taken in a email vial, and after school, when everyone has gone and the Janitor haa finished sweeping the rooms, should be carefully and Judi cially scattered here and there where it will do the most good. It Is espe- lally commended lor aispersai near me platform where the draught made oy DBRHlna classes will fan it into the air and up to the olfactory nerve. Fifteen or xne very iuiimci uvjm m the east aide high school are impli cated in spreading It in Mr. Dodsort s class rooms last week, and they are now up for suspension. Principal Herd man has taken the matter in hand and Is Investigating. Students at west aide high joined in the merry sport and attempted to break up the graduating exercises of the Feb ruary class a few days since by scat tering "kerchew" from the balcony down upon the heads of the . other pupils. They, too, are under investigation. When they heard that the public school pupils were having such a col-iege-boy time of it the business college boys took up the plan. It was a little old and out of date by that time, but they wen t at it with a goodly will and succeeded In breaking up one of the shorthand , and bookkeeping sessions. The head of the school has a $25 reward out for the convlotlon of the offenders. It is said that the correspondence school students have arranged to send it to one another through the malls and to scatter a whole lot through examina tion papers that go back to Scranton, Pennsylvania, to ie marited by the fac ulty. More youthful pranas with "ker chew as the basis are being planned and tne craze is said to be spreading. ten Dollars per plate TOO MUCH FOR FUNSTON on that, and also on going to the peni tentiary. If they 1 are taken. We, of course, cannot promise Immunity. Still, we can tell the district attorney the facts, and usually he sees the necessity for the employment of these men." "Where do you get the men?" "The jails are full of them. Some of them are men who will accept the em ployment just to get out of jail, others desire sincerely to reform, and are not too particular how they do it. Others are what we know, not as real crooks, but as dare devils men who have gone Into the business only to make money." One of the first fruits of the railway settlement In England Is the action of the Midland Railway company a order relating to Sunday duty. In a certain limited sense a six-day week is estab lished the grades required to work seven dayn a week are to receive extra pay for Sunday duty. (Hunt News by Longest Letted Wlri.) San Francisco, Feb. 29. The Oakland chamber of "commerce gave banquet to Wu Ting Fang tonight, but the af fair lacked much of the distinction which it might have had If some of the most desired guests had not balked at the idea of acceding to the request for $10 a plate which accompanied their Invitations. Frank Leach Jr. president of the Oak land chamber of commerce, said to night that a ticket informing General Frederick A. Funston the dinner would cost him $10 had slipped Into- the en velops containing his Invitation by mis take. Also; he said,- it was by the same mistake that the same $10 a plate ticket had slipped Into the envelopes inai conveyea invitations to command ant Phelps of Mare Island, Chief Jus tice Beatty and several others whose presence was expected" to lend luster to the function. It was a costly mistake, for scarcely any of the distinguished guests expect ed from San Francisco sat down at the banquet tables In St. Marks hotel, across the bay.. CONDUCTOR INJURED IN WRECK AT TOLEDO Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 29. While running at an excessive rate of speed on a sid ing five miles south of Monroe. Michi gan, an lnterurban car of the Detroit, Toledo & Monroe electrio line rolled over twice down a lS-foot embankment, fatally Injuring Conductor Leo Cooley of Toledo and endangering the lives of 25 passengers. The car took the elding which crosses Otter creek on a trestle, at a rate of speed approximating 60 miles an hour, according to several of the passengers. As the car was crossing the stream it suddenly left the rays and ran on the trestle. It was .barely clear of the stream when it suddenly tilted and rolled down the embankment. The car was reduced to a mass of wreckage and it was a miracle that many were not killed. I ft f i 26 PIANOLA PIANOS On the Battleship Squadron A DMIRAL EVANS'S great fleet, now on its way to ie Pacific A Coast carries twenty-six Pianola Pianos. They were purchased from the Aeolian .Company with funds raised by the men and officers for amusement purposes. Tht committees appointed from the rariouj ships to select Piano-playe ra contained men who were specially chosen because they were experts in the fine points of mechanical construction. The notable unanimity with which these various committees selected die PIANOLA PIANO from among its many imitators, is equally a tribute to the instrument itself and to the good judgment of the men who consti tute the American Navy. The Genuine Metrostyle Fianola and Pianola Piano Sold Exclusively by von? 353 Washington Street, Comer of Park pianorelfalrflitjr 40 Stores in the West i i ; i ORR 10 BOOST FOB FAIR ROSE CITY London Writer Sees Many Things Out of Ordinary in Export Trade. Portland as viewed by an American, iw a resident of England, Is to be written up for the British-Colonial Press association, of London, which organisa tion has 460 newspapers on Its Hat In all parts of England, Ireland, and other countries of Europe. W. Buell Orr, general manager of the association, who is on nls way home after a trip around the world covering nearly two years, arrived at the Hotel Portland last night, to remain all of this week. Mr. Orr left London during the fall of 1906. During his travels he has visited .Africa, India, Australia, the Straight Settlements, the Hawaiian Islands, British Columbia, and various other places. In most of the important cities of the world the British-Colonial Press Association- has representatives and the purpose of Mr. " Orr'a trip was to visit these men and to Inspect the countries which are covered by his aaaoclatlon. Rut JncWentaJly the, f3Ct maybe mentioned that Mr. Orr is par ticularly fond of travel and spends most of his time going rrom one coun try to another, combining Duslness with pleasure. Trade Will Doable. Mr. Orr will write up Portland for his association from the standpoint of Its prospects for the future, with par ticular reference to the trade outlook. From his Inspection of the northwest Mr. Orr believes that tne export busi ness of these states will be considerably more than doubled during the next few years. k The writer was formerly -ctJhrtad with the New York Tribune and AuTfig 1904 was In Portland, having been sent here to write up the country. Tears ago Mr. Orr also worked on the Chi cago Chronicle, now out of existence, and other great American dallies. Seven years ago he went to London, made food, and has made hla headquarters here ever since. " "I have been in most of the coun tries of the world, and the first time I was ever approached for an alien tax was Just the other day when I came Into the states on a train from Van couver, British Columbia," Mr. Orr said last .night. "But I am not kicking I didn't pay the tax. Asked where I was from and numerous other questions by the Immi gration officer, I told htm London. , Then he politely Informed me what ha was after. And then I politely told him that, LT had-been Jjorn . In . JtJeitJIotlt.,. which Is true. That settled the que- tlon. But I am thankful for being an American for more reasons than being . able to avoid the head tax . now In effect. i "But why Isn't the alien tax a good ( idea? It gives employment to men, only amounts to $4, a drop In the buck- , et to most foreigners who coma over -, here, and besides It gives the visitors something to talk about. However. I? never heard of such a tax in other countries." Mr. Orr came to Portland from Van eouver, nwhere he landed Just rftf r days ago from a steamship which broucht him from Australia. From ; Portland he goes to San Francisco,' thence returning to British Columbia and then across the continent on his , way home. . The first annual report of the Massa chusetts state free employment offices, covering the IS months ending Decern- -ber . 1 last, shows that during that period 14,480 positions were filled ' through the Boston office, free Of cost ' to employers and employes. be Written by Rostrand, Other by BataUle, and Both Plays Are 'Owned by Her. jParls, Feb. 26. Sarah Bernhardt Is in the peculiar position oi having fo "Fausts on ner nanus, itesort tho law courts probably will be cessary to get the matter straight- ed out. About 10 years ago - M. Rostand tirted to write a drama based on ethe's masterpiece, and Bernhardt omised to .produce it as soon aa it was tlahed. The work hung tire so long. wever, that even 'Rostand's friends rrendeved all hope of ever seeing it lshed. In the meantime another "Faust" is written by Henry Matallle. Mme. jbrnbardt, who had pined for-a quarter I, a- century to appear in the role of r . Faust, immediately secured the grit s In the new piece and uegan eparations ror us production. She even had the author modify the incipal role so as to give it still eatar prominence. Magnificent scen- v and costumes were ordered, and U hs intended to give the first Terform tce early In the spring. In the midst of the preparations. M. bstand suddenly announced that hla wn '"Faust" finally was completed,' and iggested to Bernhardt that she keep irwpromise given 10 yeara before. uernnaraL it is saia. was bo ueiiantati having? a chance to produce a newiK psiano play that-ana aoruntly- in- . ... . EMIklUlig UU MSt 11VU1U k ve to wait. jBatatlle says, he will not wait fesent neither side Is yielding. 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