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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, - WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16. 1908.
13
PULITZER IS
IT1UCH
A RID
Congress Does Not Appear
to Be "Anxious to Take
Action in Mr. . Roosevelt's
Proposed Suit Against the
""New York World. . .
(United Preo Leawd W(re.l
Washington, Dec. IS. -Congress seem
to rfgard President RoosevU'B special
message requesting action to be brought
against Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the
World, In any but a serious light. While
It Is not possible to obtain personal
views of members It Is apparent that in
the senate the message will receive
slight consideration. The house, may
review It with a greater degree of so-lu-lthtton.
Dispatches from New York show that
Mr. Pulitser answered the president
vigorously.
The Worfd's reply to Mr. Roosevelt's
message was:
- "The World appreciates the Import
ance and significance of Mr. Roose
velt's otatemont when he .declared to
congress "that the proprietor of the
"World 'should be prosecuted for libel
by the government authorities.' and that
"the attorney general has under consid
eration, the form under which the pro
ceedings against Mr. Pulitzer shall bo
brought.' '
"This Is the first time a. president
ever asserted , the doctrine of lese
majente: or proposed, In the absence of
specific leglKlatlon. the criminal prose
cution by the government of citizens
who criticized the conduct of the gov
ernment or the oonduct of Individuals
who may have had dealings with the
?:overnment. Neither the king of Ortat
rltaln nor the German emperor woirld
venture to arrogate such power to him
self. John Adams' attemnt to enforce
the sedition law destroyed the federalist
arty in America. Yet Mr. Roosevelt,
n the absence of law officially proposes
to use all tho power or the greatest
fovernment on earth to cripple the
reedom of the press on the pretext
that the government itself has been
libeled and he Is the government.
Cromwell Issue.
"It Is true that the World printed
the public reports concerning the Pan
ama canal affair, which resulted from
William Cromwell's appeal to the dls
trict attorney's office during the recent
campaign to prevent the publication of
a story which was said to be In the
hands of the Democratic national com
mittee. It waa Mr. Cromwell's own
action which raised the Issue In 'the
campaign.
"It Is true also that when Mr. Roose
velt made his attack upon Delavan
Smith, the World called attention to
criticisms which Mr. Roosevelt must
have known to be false and misleading
and appealed to congress to end all
HcanHal by a full' and Impartial Inves
tigation. If this be the reason, let
Mr. Roospvelt made the most of It.
President Xnaoeuxate.
"Mr. Roosevelt's lamentable, habit of
inaccurate statements makes It lmpos
Iblo to accept his judgments or his
conclusions. In his message he does not
state correctly even so Bimple a matter
a the pretended causes or his. griev
ance. '
"The World has never said that
Charles P. Taft or Douglas Robinson
made any profits whatever. Mr. Taft
dented that ho was concerned In the
transaction in any way. whlcli denial
the World published and accepted. ' It
would have been equally glad to print
Mr. Robinson's denial had It succeeded In
obtaining one from him, as it frequently
attempted. The World has no evidence
that he was associated with Mr. Crom
well and would accept his word to
that effect, for Mr. Robinson Is ,an es
timable gontleman of high character,
whose reputation for veracity Is infin
itely better than that of his distin
guished brother-in-law,
XJbels ITation.
"If the World has libeled anybody
we hope It will be punished, but we do
not intend to be intimidated by Mr.
Roosevelt's threats or by Mr. Roose
velt's denunciation, or by Mr. Roose
velt's power.
"No other living man ever so grossly
libeled the United States as does this
g resident, who besmirches congress,
ulldoxes judges, assails the Integrity
of courts, slanders private citizens and
who has shown himself the most reck
less, unscrupulous demagogue whom
the American people ever trusted with
great power and authority.
"We say thlB, not In anger, but In
sincere sorrow. The World has Im
measurably more respect for the office
of president of the united States than
Theodore Roosevelt has ever shown
during the years in which he has main
tained a reign of terror and vilified the
honor and honesty of both public of
ficials and private citizens who op
posed his purposes.
"So far as the World Is concerned,
Its proprietor may go to Jail If Mr.
Roosevelt succeeds, as he threatens;
but even In tall the World will not
cease to be a fearless champion of free
speech, free press and a free people."
CITY'S GARBAGE
DUMP MENACED
(Continued from Page One.)
crematory Itself Is reached.' When the
wind Is .in the north, the stench
Is carried back over the city and up to.
the heights, making life at such times
almost unendurable for blocks around.
"Our present, plant can dispose of
only a small part, even of the garbage,
the animal and vegetable refuse Itself,"
said, Mr. Helber, as he stepped -down
into the mess of decay and led 'the way
toward the borders of Guild's Lake.
"See that, and that?" and he pointed to
heaps of decayed cabbages, tomatoes,
lemons, vegetable tops and other or
ganic matter. "All that ought to be
burned, hut the crematory can't take
care of It. And see those boards and
boxes and barrels; see those bundles
of paper." He pointed to a number of
great bales of paper lying half sub
merged In the water. "All that stuff
crVi t Ka , hltmsw? hut rn n't Art
anything with it. We misht use the
wood for fuel if it were not for the
fact that we haven't time to break It
up Into small sizes to go in the furnace.
Tire Herer dots Out.
"That steam coming up there is from
fires underneath. - This whole four
acres and a half Is on, fire all, the time.
You see. the, decaying ;tuff gets hot
and causes spontaneous combustion.
We have to fight the fire all the. time.
"Do you know what makes those
paths?" The foreman Indicated a net
work of smooth, beaten trails that criss
crossed the entire four acres and a half,
paths from two to six Inches wide,
hard beaten, slippery, winding In all
directions, but all finally converging
In two or three broader, smoother
trails, that led down to the water of
the pond. "Rats, That's what does It.
Those are) the run-ways of the rats -that
swarm fn this place. There are thou
sands en. thousands of them. Two
rears ago when the river rose, it drove
he raits out of , their holes- .and the
whole surface of this place was simply
one writhing mass of rata. One txiuld
take a club and ht out in any direction
and kill rets. We went down there one
day and klllei hundreds of themv
"Those IkiIpb there nre nil rat hnTes."
mass. "And they hide in those fcuahes
and piles of boxes and barrels along
the shore where , it is impossible to
get at them. You could stand out here
at night and see hundreds of rats. And
such rats. They all appear to be dis
eased.' Many of them have all the
hair., eaten "off and are covered wltn
ores. -
"Look about here and see all this de
caying matter. It all ought to go Into
the furnaces, but we haven't room to
handle It. Some' times In the summer
we have to dump whole wagonloads of
watermelons out here and let them rot.
And it's the same with potatoes and
other things. I via seen that lake cov
ered with such stuff and with a green
lime. And it smells awful.
"You can see that the lake Isn't more
than 18 inches deep anywhere. That
bale of paper is resting on the bottom;
so la that box. That bottle aticking-up
there Is sunk In the mud.
"And the flies! In the summer time
this whole place Js simply one swarming
mass of. flies. And there are bees, too.
They come bare) to get their honey.'
Pleasant thought that Is, that Port
people eat such honey. -
rurnaees Are Wort Mess.
"There are 800 tons of animal and
vegetable matter In this heap now all
stuff that should have been destroyed
In the furnaces. But the capacity of
r.lan, i m nnlv tnnN B. ORV and It
lught - to be 2O0c- The plant Is nearly
reauy xo iaji w pi;tji, "jnj
have to spend nearly every Sunday try-lag-
to patch it up. The. furnaces are
simply worn out. They don't even prop
erly consume the stuff we do put Into
augers . use in washing . out their
to orte of the heaps of clinkers and
ashes from the furnaces "that stufr
isn't burned as, It Ought to be.
"Look In there"-the foreman opened
one of the furnace doors. "That's
mule burning there. Look at the sides
of the, furnace: you can see how they
are broken. This side, as you caiwaee,
is ail' bulged, oufc It's going-tf fall
down some day. Come up on-top.'' Mr.
Helber led ' the way to th unloading
floor where two or three scavener
wagons were "emptying refuse into the
furnaces, and lifted off one of the
covers. "Yon see how the top of the
furnace has fallen in and how It Is all
bulged out on this side. And this floor
used to arch over, here where it is
sunken. Borne day it's going to drop In
and carry borne of . the men down into
the fire.
Council Vol Interested.
"I have been here four years now,"
went on the foreman "and In that time
I have known of only six councilmen
visiting this crematory. Mr. Daggett
has been trying to get the city to build
a new garbage crematory, but nothing
has been done. The city council seems
to take no interest in the matter at
all.
"Do you see where that sewer runsr
JJ nnlnlnl tn h vile Hmellfnir stream of
'water that meandered across a lot next
to the crematory. "That is tne sewer
that carries off the water the scav
engers use in washing out their
wagons. And that land does not belong
to the cltv at all. It Is private prop
erty and we have no business to let the
sewage run across It to the lake. But
so long as the ewner does not sue the
city, I suppose it will run there. The
water all runs Into Guild's lake, you
see.
"Something ought to be done about
this at once'. We need a new garbage
crematory right away. This place here
Is dangerous to the health of the city,
but we can't help conditions until the
council decides to build a new plant. We
are doing all we can with the one we
have." '
CHAMBERLAIN BACK .
(Continued from Page One.)
greas, there will undoubtedly be an ap
propriation given , for the continuing
construction of Oregon improvements.
"The Rivers and Harbors congress
was the largest and most, enthusiastic
ever held," said the governor thlB morn
ing in discussing his trip' to the east.
"There were more than JO0 delegates
In attendance and the discussions of the
meeting were wide In their range, yet
tending toward one common object, the
improvement of the great natural wa
terways of the country.
"It was the opinion of the congress,"
oontinued the governor, "that provision
should be made by congres's for the im
provement of the rivers and harbors of
tn country In some definite way. Fin
ally, it was decided that If this work
could not be done in any other way that
congress should provide for a bond is
sue of 1500, 000,000 to 'insure the com
pletion of all the existing projects for
river and harbor improvement now un
dertaken by the government. This Is
to be exclusive of the work being done
on the Panama canal.
Cannon Opposes Bonds.
"Speaker Cannon aadressed the con
gress on this bond Question." continued
the governor, "and opposed it. though
he said that he would not oppose the
issue in the event that It was approved
by Burton, chairman of the river and
namor committee or tne nouse.
On ' Friday last Governor Cha mber
laln. Congressmen Ellis and Hawley,
Senator-elect Jones of Washington. J.
Nr Teal, Professor Lyman of Whitman
college. Mr. Means of Walla Walla, and
Blnger Hermann, held a conference with
Representative Burton when the Ore
gon and Washington waterways were
discussed at length. In this discussion
Mr. Burton was- not very optimistic,
though he stated that there would be
an appropriation bill and that he
thought that there would be at least
small appropriations given to Oregon
and Washington to carry on the exist
ing government improvement projects
now under course of completion.
"At the Conservation congress." the
governor said. "Oregon- was highly com-
llmented for itB work, special attention
eing given to the report on the nat
ural resources- of the state. Oregon was
the only state which had a printed and
Illustrated report and the pamphlet was
In much demand on every side. Presi
dent Teal and-the members of the com
mission were highly complimented be
cause of the excellence of the report."
Interest in Oregon
Governor Chamberlain told of great
Interest taken In Oregon and Oregon
firoducts by eastern people. The Port
and chamber of commerce sent 25
boxes of apples to the Oregon delega
tion at the Conservation congress. There
apples were some of them opened dur
ing the course of. the congress and dis
tributed. Others were put in baskets
and sent to particular- individuals as
gifts. Great appreciation and inUrest
was aroused by the gifts.
Governor Chamberlain was at his of
fice in the Chamber of Commerce build
ing during the morning, leaving for
Salem this afternoon, where he will take
up the accumulation of work caused fy
his eastern trip.
One of the greatest engineering feats
of Its kind in the world is under way
In Mexico, where an oil pipe line Is
being built from Mexico City to Tam
nloo. ' It will climb mountains to an
altitude ot 10,000 feet within 60 miles.
A CLOSE SHAVE
Many of Them Happening Every Say
u noon irorgoiisn.
Close shaves would be of more fre
quent occurrence but for the tender
faces of many men, which will not per
mit of sh&vlng-often. Heretofore, noth
ing has been said in these columns
connection with. Its use after Shaving.
tts puniicity ana seies. nave oeen con
fined -almost e:eehislvely- to. Its- remark
able properties-as an ecsema . cure; It
stops tne itcning at once ana cures tne
worst cases in a few days. While the
application of poslam after "shaving is
one or us minor uses, suqn as tor pim
ples, the complexion, etc., shavers will
find It a revelation, as it does for
abrasions,: roughness, and severe scrap
ings what It does for all manner of
skin, dlfilcultles heals and cures In a
few hours. It is the only article pos
sessing real antiseptic and - curative
value that has ever been exploited for
this purpose, and will soothe and tone
up the skin as no toilet sreDaratlon
could possibly do. V
posiam can be had for nrtv cents at
any reliable druggist's, particularly the
BKiamore urug to., ana wooaard,
Clarke & Co.. who mak a specialty of
It Or the Emergency Laboratories, Jo.
82 West 25th street. New . Yorta City,
will send a trial snpi.lv free tv. rfnll to
Stationery
$1,50 Values $i
Fancy Stationery of extra
fine quality, Kurd's make, in
very-pretty holly and floral
design boxes. Splendid for
Christmas gifts. Big values
at $1 .50 the box. Something
that will please any of your
friends. Selling 1 ' Thursday
$1.00
Olds, Wortman
&
For Holiday GUIs
ai at xjBanrov'8 aim oars or
KEmroirs ox-oyb oidebi.
These are redeemable at any of our
seven stores. Us Portland, Seattle or San
Francisco, for
Ladies' 2-clasp Real Kid Gloves SI. 00
Children's Kid or Gauntlet Gloves (1
Men's Kid Driving or Working Gloves
for Sl.OO
And dozens of other styles.
Lennon's Glove Orders are backed up
by the largest assortment, of the beet
makes of gloves In the world and are
redeemable for their face value at any
time. Sold for as much money as you
care to spend.
Jjennons
Morrison Street, Opposite Postofflc".
$2
FOR & Ji
$2X0"Silk Suspenders. . . .$1.00
$2.00 Silk Mufflers .$1.00
$2.00 Silk Socks, 6 pairs. .$1.00
2.00 Linen Handkerchiefs $1.00
$2 Neckties, latest effects $1.00
Pleasing gifts and money sav
ing suggestions at the
OUTLET CLOTHING CO,
N. E. Cor. First and Morrison. .
$1.50
eavy Copper
Tea Kettle
Henry Jenning & Sons
Home of Good Furniture
SECOND and MORRISON
$1.50 Gloves
Special $1.00
Dent Style Prix Scam Tan
Cape Gloves. This is the
premier glove ' bargain of
fered in Portland. These
gloves are rriuch in vogue, of
extra fine quality, and we
have them in all sizes. Regu
lar$1.50val. Spe-tT A A
cial, the pair. ... .ty 1 UU
? ---.i-t- -f
Olds. Wortman
f mm--
King
for
UM
-fl.00
ii A Week
Will Buy a
MAIMIOMB
;CALL AND SEE US
Standard Jewelry
189 Third Street, Opp. Baker Theatre
's Leather
ers
$1.00 pair for men'a $1.50 and $175
fancy trimmed leather Slippers; kid
lined; turned soles; blacks, tans and
wine colors; all sizes.
Special $1.00 Pair
Sample Shoe Store Co.
208 Morrison, between Front and 1st;
142 Second St., corner Alder.
CM-
Men
Slipp
WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PLEASE "HIM"
or "HER" in the line of CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
This page offers some TIMELY Suggestions.
A Dollar Umbrella
Purchased of Lennon's la equal In
Quality, style and durability to any
$1.60 umbrella bought elsewhere.
For $1.00 'we have umbrellas for
men, women and children. Handles
of natnral wood, pearl, horn and
Preeden. Covering of guaranteed
waterproof materials. Best paragon
frames.
We are the largest dealers In and
manufacturer of umbrellas on tho
coast.
xosmzso mm, orrosm
- ronomca
$2
FOR
$2.00 Silk Suspenders... '.$1. OO
$2.00 Silk Mufflers. . . . . .$1.00
$2.00 Silk Socks. 6 pairs. .yi.OO
$2.00 Linen Handkerchiefs 81.00
$2 Neckties, latest effects 9 1.00
Pleasing gifts and money sav
ing suggestions at the
OUTLET CLOTHING CO.
THOUSAND
VICTOR RECORDS
of the ;
World's
Most Famous
SINGERS'
' and
BAND SELECTIONS
$1J0
EACH
Sherman, Clay & Co.
Sixth and Morrison Streets,
Opposite Postoff ice
$2 (N
for qyiL
$2.00 Silk Suspenders $1.00
$2.00 Silk Mufflers $1.00
$2.00 Silk Socks. 6 pairs. .$1.00
$2.00 Linen Handkerchiefs $1.00
$2 Neckties, latest effects $1.00
Pleasing gifts and money sav
ing suggestions at the
OUTLET CLOTHING CO.
N. E. Cor. First and Morrison.
o
31.00
Safety Razor
A SUITABLE
CHRISTMAS PRESENT
FOR
THE MEN FOLKS
HONEYMAN HARDWARE CO.
Cor. -4th and Alder fits.
MISSES'
COLLARETTE AND MUFF
AT
$1.00
SET
Bannon&Co
888-390 East Morrison Sfrret
0 :
SI DOWN
And $1.00 a Week Will Buy
30 EDISON RECORDS
Oirlnf Ton tb acnsle mO Ton Tj
fee Sam.
OTHERS PAY RENT.
WE COLLECT RENT.
WHO CAN SELL
THE CHEAPEST?
CORNER
1 umi)kMArrurvt
u
FimniTunE&
As a
present
to your
friend
or for
yourself
nothing
will make
your
Xmas
more
comfortable
than the
Each
week
is all
you have
to pay
if you
choose
on the
price of
the famous
Electro Thermal Coat
Hundreds in use. Indorsed by
leading physicians.
THE ELECTRO THERMAL
GARMENT MFG. CO.
64 Sixth St.. Bet. Pln and Oak St.
Portland, Or.
Office hours. 8 a. m. to I p. a
Open Sundays.
RIFHESEHTATimES WASTED.
A Dollar Will
Buy at
in
Toys and Dolls
Boys' fine steel Express Wagon.
Large size Building and Picture
Blocks.
Large size set fancy Doll Dishes.
Large size Dressed Dolls.
Large size Kid Body Doll.
Large size Doll Buerr.
Story Books, Drums. Horses, Magic
lanterns, Boats, uames, and hun
dreds and hundreds of other things.
M the Rate
A minute for a period of 800 minutes,
you ran bur complete home. A full
lot SezlOO feet on which U a modern
house. - . ;
$1.00
Is the unit. Several units buys the
. . home.
UFilecfiCoi
Main 8849
m i.
e
of $1.00
Links
$t.75Values$l
These sets containing cuff
links and scarf pin to match,
or just the links. Very ar
tistic designs and a good as
sortment. . Gold plated or sil
ver finish, and . the j-ecrular
prices are $1.25, $1.50 and
$1.75 the set or pair. Spe-
.".'.....Sl.OO'
Olds, Wortman
& King
$2
FOR
$2.00 Silk Suspenders... . $1.00
$2.00 Silk Mufflers....... $1.00
$2.00 Silk Socks, 6 pairs. . $1.00
E2.00 Linen Handkerchiefs $1.00
$2 Neckties, latest effect $1.00
Pleasing gifts and money sav
ing suggestions at the
OUTLET CLOTHING CO.
N. E. Cor. First and Morrison.
THOUSAND
VICTOR RECORDS
of the
World's
Most Famous
SINGERS
and
BAND SELECTIONS
$1.00
EACH '
Sherman, Clay & Co.
Sixth and Morrison Streets
Opposite Postoff ice
Xaexpenitre remem
fersaoos for
Christmas
See whst you ran
buy t our store for
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$1.50 Shirts
Speciai$l.00
For one day "only, any Men's
$1.50 Plain Golf Shirt. Pleat
ed styles NOT included in
this offer. Large choice of
patterns, colored effects or
white grounds, with colored
or black figures and strip ; .
Any $1.50 plain p -
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