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;THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL? PORTLANp. SUNDAY .MORNING, MARCH l. 1908.
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News of Actual Conditions
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Arab Journalist Held in
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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
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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.
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On the Battleship Squadron
A DMIRAL EVANS'S great fleet, now on its way to ie Pacific
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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
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353 Washington Street,
Comer of Park
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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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