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i JllhillJi.i Controversy Embroils Work of Patriotic Women Whose Ef forts Saved Home of Wash ington.From Decay. ii ii t 31. I 1 All I y i Teachers in Ccnvcr.ticn , ' Glocm Hovers. (United Pr.iw 11 Wti. Washington, June 11. Mount Ver non, the home of George Washington, and the final resting "place of trie-first president, Is Just bow the pivotal point around ; which wages a controversy 'of patriotism. The matter -. has . been put before ! congress, and the legislators called, upon to solve the problem of whether the government should pur chase the historic estate. . . - The controversy recalls the patriotic work of a certain body of American "women, to whom all the credit is due, for the restoration of the home and the perpetuation of a spot hallowed "by his toric : memories. ' . ' ' . '. In 1858 Mount Vernon was neglected, dilapidated,' and forgotten, Tear by year the old plantation hd been al lowed to waste away by the family of the Illustrious Father of the Nation. It was then that one loyal woman from South Carolina, Miss Ann Pamela Cun ningham, inaugurated a movement to rescue the home and preserve the man sion as a shrine for all patriotic Amer icans, o .-' i' V.-'V ., Miss Cunningham was Joined In her campaign by women all over the coun try. They ;, organized the -Mount. Ver non Ladles' association, after having Importuned Virginia .unsuccessfully to purchase the estate. Finally the women raised ft sufficient sum to pur chase the estate making up the mon ey from contributions received here and there. John Washington, a. representa tive of the family of the first pres ident, deeded-the mansion and grounds to the association. ',. After having accomplished all this, after having rejuvenated the mansion and , restored it to 'precisely the same way It looked in the time of Washing ton, the association Is now confronted with a movement to take the mansion away from Us care and have the Unit ed States government manage the es tate, , " , ., Management Attacked- The controversy came to the atten tion, of congress through the filing of a complaint by the Mount Vernon Antl Fee association, charging that the worn en were conducting the shrine for-pe cuniary-gain. ' Representative Coudrey (Republican, Mo., haa introduced a bill providing for the purchase of the estate by the government :W. H. Low. der. who represents the opposition, re cently appeared before the committee on libraries of the house to complain that the' present management of the estate was charging 25 cents admission to the grounds. In alleged violation of the Agreement with the original trus tees of the estate, which provided when the trust fund reached $100,000, there should be no admittance fee, '..He' de clared that they had granted one steam hip liner monopoly of the catrylng of passengers by water route. He as serted that the trust fund la now far above $100,000, and that the entrance fee keepa out penniless but patriotic 'citizens, while the boat company, which has the monopoly of the : trip by the .I'ot6mack charges an excessive 'price--60 cents for the round trip from Wash ington. ' . . ., .', '- Lowder declared" that In 1907, Mount "Vernon was visited by 160,000 people, all of whom paid the 25 cents entrance fee, and bought 60,000 post cards. He stated that the association realized $45,000 on souvenirs alone. He wants the government to purchase the estate and maintain it, keeping open house for . all Americana.' v.: ' V. ; , ' There are many congressmen -who will fight any attempt to take Mount Vernon out of the hands of the women whose, patriotism rescued the home, at a time when the national government, as well as the legislatures of several states, neglected It and. turned a deaf ear to pleas of assistance. They say that Mount Vernon Is managed amdlr ably and (hat Its present beauty is a monument, not only to the first presi dent, but to the women who worked to save the spot 1 --':.."'--'; . "Women Conduct Association. , -Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham, found er and first regent of the Mount Ver non Ladles' Association of the Union, who held that post from December 2, 1853, to June 1, 1874, In her farewell address said In part: "Ladles) the home or Washington is in your' charge; see to It that you keep the borne of Wash ington. Let no irreverent hand change; no vandal hand desecrate It with fin gers of progress. Those who go to the home in whjeh-he lived and died, 'Wish to see In whM he lived and died. Let one spot In this grand, country of ours be saved from change. Upon you rests the duty." 4 t At present Miss Harlett C. Comegys .of Delaware is the regent of the associa tion. The vice regents represent va rious states but all the states are not ' represented : at the same time. When a vice regent retires, her successor la appelnted from a state which has not 1 ecently s been represented : so that In time every state sends a vice regent -Mrs, Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend , of New York, holds the title of I hon- orary regent The vice regents are:, MrS, William F. Barrett of Kentucky; Mrs. Susan E. Hudson, Connecticut; Mrs. Mary F. Barnes,' District of Co lumbia; Mrs. Charles ,B. Ball, Virginia; Mr. Jennie N.- Ward', Kansas; Miss . Alice N. Longfellow,, Massachusetts; Mrs. Ida A. Richardson, Louisiana; Mrs. E. B. A, Rathbone, Michigan; Mrs. M. F. Letter, . Illinois; Mrs. R. B. Flaud ran, Minnesota; Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, California; Mrs. J. J. Welder, 'Georgia; Mrs. C. B. Graham, Missouri; Mrs. F. 8. Conover, : New Jersey; Mrs. ., T. S. Webb Tennessee; Mips Amy Townsend, New pTork;i Mrs. C. C. Harrison, Penn sylvania; Mrs. T. S. Maxby, Texas; Mrs. R. J. Johnston, Alabama; Mrs. C. Fl Hahderson, - Nebraska; - Mrs. B. ;Van Rensselaer, West Virginia; Mrs. J. J, 1'rlngle, South Carolina; Mrs, H. W. i Rogers, Maryland; Mrs. L. W. Irwin, Ohio; Mrs. F. J.. Ricks, Mississippi; Miss. II. F. Falling, Oregon; Mrs. E. F. Jioaray Wnsnington; Mrs. J. C Brown, Rhode Island; .Mrs. A, B. Andrews, North Carolina. -; . . . The officers are: . . . . ... . Recoitifn secretary, Mrs. Henry y. Chicago, June 11. Grievance: Ameri can people do not know how to dance. They gallop. Instead of going through the two step with the easy grace of a Genee they resemble old Dobbin nlod- dfng to town In front of the family buggy. " V - '. ; Another grievance: , The liquor scjl ing dance ' halls, especially in Chicago, are driving respectable dancing schools out of business. New steps proposed by the dancing masters do not "go" be cause, pupils prefer the steps they learn in the dance halls. , ' Somberly dressed, sad eyed and talk ing in whispers, dancing masters from all . parts, of the United States gathered at the Great .Northern hotel for their annual convention. A tall, solemn looking man gravely pirouetted for sevr eral minutes beforiB the audience, which looked on gravely, and took notes. Pro fessor E. H. Ford, 4308 Cottage Grove avenue, one of the Chicago delegates, tripped around for awhile and kicked cellingward in the Intricate steps of a Spanish balllero which he ' has origi nated and which he hopes will receive the sanction of the Judging committee of the convention. A ray of sunlight that burst suddenly into the room and then disappeared made scarcely any lm prcsson on the gloomy delegates. ' Tear Dancing Xs Doomed. For,' unless the dancing masters suc ceed In putting the aance halls out of commission, the dancing masters fore see that their profession will soon be a thing of the past. And they fear to contemplate the fate of dancing In this country If that should happen. In Chicago, where, the dancing mas ters agreed, the liquor selling, dance halls are most 'abundant, they declare the effect Is already becoming marked. The new steps added each year to the reDertoIre of all members ' of the na tional association are received coldly here. Young men and young women go to the dance halls and the amusement park dancing pavilions, where tney team nr and figures which the dancing in structors will not sanction. They reW sent any objections from the dancing master and feel insulted when told that the hoppng about they have picked up is 'not a two step. - Then they leave or are put out amid general excitement Professor A. D. Smith said that hard ly a day goes by without some.such scene In his school, and he traces It directly to the free dance hall and the amusement parks. f OLD COOPER UNION MAY BE RESTORED New York, June 11. Should the board of trustees realize the $750,000 they hope to raise, thjpn historic Cooper Union1, through which some of- the most celebrated engineers and artists of the Country have worked their way, will be come a memory, ii tnis enaowmeni is raised CbODer Union will be transferred bodily across the street to the site of the Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory, pre scnted to the school by the city, and will occupy a new building suitable to the requirements of the institution. The present structure is entirely too small. In the 60 years that cooper union has provided free instruction 145,000 young men and women have had the benefit of Its . faculty and fine equipment. . The applications for enrollment last year totalled 7743, and of this number but 8304 could be. admitted. .The prize is gained by competitive examinations. Last night hundreds of former stu. dents, old "grads" and their friends in spected the exhibits of the students' work. - The reception was held by" the night school of art, although the entire building. was open for inspection. ;. Some fine specimens of modeling In elay and - wax were shown, - especially the work of Pasquale Yorlo, who came from Johannesburg, .South. Africa," and that of M. Bergen, 17. who still clings to knee trousers. If the endowment is raised Director Richards says that $50.t 000 a year will be necessary to run the school, . - LAu! tiut;.u l iiil Figures . Show That When Market Is Dull, Picking Is Slim for Brokers Dependent on Commissions Alone. T .' By Preston C. Adams. New York, June 11. Stock exchange seats vary In value nearly as much as the securities the brokers deal In. The price of. seals is in fact a pretty good barometer of the condition of the mar ket. Last year with a brisk market Beats sold for $94,000. , The last sale recorded was $76,000, .hich Indicates a pretty dull market It has been, In fact so dull that there has been hardly a living' It It for a good many brokers. ' ' .... - . : There are 650 New York Stock Ex change houses. O? those there are prob ably 250 houses' which, to pay office exDenses and make. 6 ner cent ori th cost of. their memberships and the capi tal employed In the business, must earn at least $15,000 a year each. These are , houses of small capital and low expenses, trnsactlng for the most part business for other members, at $3 to $3.25 per 100 shares. They do, of course, some business at thefull commission of $12.50 per hundred shares. Their com missions might average $4.26 per. 100 shares. , To earn $16,000 a year each tney tney would have to do a com bined gross business of about $916 a day, which, at the commission averag. ing $8.25" per 100, would mean H,668 shares, v -. .. '' Then there are probably 100 large houses, whose expenses are much larger who maintain private wires and expen sive offices and who have to earn an average of $100,000 a year each to do as well as the smaller houses. , Their com missions average higher. Inasmuch as they originate the business outside, Their commissions would not average $12.50 per MOO, however, as they give 'out a great many orders at $2 per 100 shares to other members. If their average com mission was $10 per 100 shares, they would have to do, altogether, about 333,333 shares a day, or 166,666 Shares, as it would appear on the tape, to earn their $100,000 a year each from com missions alone.,; in zact, there are 460 stock exchange houses, which would have to do each day 640,000 shares be tween them, -or - 820,000 shares "one way" as the tape records the business. to make expenses and 'earn 5 per cent on their capital from ; commissions. There are 100 houses not accounted for. Some of these are banking housea not wholly or largely depending , upon the stock exchange business for income; others are houses, hot easily classified. Btastlstics Draw Conclusion. From these calculations - it appears that If brokers depended chiefly up on r commissions for - income,' approxi mately 740,000 shares of - stock would have to be bought and sold in a bona fide .manner each day to pay their ex penses and yield 5 per cent on the capi tal Invested. But when at the end of a day, -there Is reported a total of 850, 000 shares bought and sold, that in cludes the business done by member traders, either for . . themselves or through other brokers, at $1 a hundred for the keeping of books on It The pro portion of total transactions contribut ed thus by traders and which' Is of little or no profit to brokers will vary, with changing phases of the market. ! 1 to 1 r ) in if i r. Tii of lo iiidirate ihnt l.ruk.'rs 330,0f) sharps a : iy. Tin was a very ortive stock exi . i ! 3 s tier year but trxm;iot!oiis avrraKd only n h',!le in (ire than 700,000 ptiar', arid, if In. !. : h contributed on hnlf, there was ln't an averafre of only 350.0UU sliares day f.ir the brokers, and the commis sions arising therefrom could not have made that year a profitable i one for them. Brokers as Bankers. The simple facts that a stock ex change sent Is worth $76,000 even in very dull times, and that brokers con tinue to maintain extensive establish ments and keep a large capital invested prove that there is large potential profit In the stock exchange business. The explanation Is that an active stock ex change house does not rely wholly upon commissions for revenue. As custodi ans of thetr clients' balances and as large, borrowers of, funds to finance their clients' speculations, they do what amounts to a banking business, which in the aggregate, is sometimes enor mous. For Instance a house .whose loans during the year would average $10,000,000 might obtain the money at 4 per cent and charge its clients 6 per cent in which case 2 per cent or $200,. 000, would be profit -"' . . ' ' ; That would be an unusual, though by no means impossible, case. The loans of active ; stock exchange houses run from $1,000,000. to $50,000,000, , and the broker generally charges his customers higher Interests than he pays. This will suggest what possibilities there are in the' stock; exchange business, when the public Is "carrying stocks." ' It Is when the public is neitner , trading so as to yield' commissions nor : "carrying stocks" so as to make the interest ac count ; profitable, that the stock-ex change business , does not pay. That has been mora the case since the end of January last than at any previous time since the beginning of 1908, henoe the decline in the price of stock ex change seats. , MARSHFIELD TO .IMPROVE ' MANY. OF HER STREETS (flptctat Disputed to Tbe Journal. V , Marshfield, Or., June 13. The Marsh field city council has let contracts for the Improvement of several of the city streets. The contract ror the improve ment of Flanagan street was let to Hag dulst and Bjurqulst for $4177. Hugh McLatn has been awarded the contract for the following streets: Eleventh street $5015; Donnelly avenue, $7861; Fifth street $3899. The same contract or was 'also given the contract for im proving Tenth street. : , .- " Contractor Vhetmore is working on several street, "hlch are to be paved with asphalt, there will be-' plenty of work for "uborera with the street Improvements which will be carried out this summer. Another large Improve. ment which Is being contemplated by the City Is the building of a large sewer system to take In the whole of the west part of the city. : Wallowa Lodges Elect. ' ' (Special Dtapatcb ta The JournaH Wallowa, Or., June 13. Tuesday night Kinsmen lodge No. 87, Knights of Pythias, elected R. H. Jonas, C. C; J. B, Pace, V. C; H. E. Driver, prelate; C. H. Meehan, U. of W.j 8. A. Brown, M. at A.; Kay Johnson, 1. G., and J. H. Max. well. O. a v ; i Wallowa lodge No. 164. I. O. O. F., elected the- following officers Monday nlght: Edwin Marvin, N. Q., and U N. Smith. V. Q. The Pythian Sisters, Hiawatha tern, pie. elected their officers as; follows Mrs. J. P. Morelock, M. E. C; Mrs. Broce Cox, E. S.; Mrs. A. V. McAlexan- der, E. J.; Mrs. C. T. McDanlel, man ager; Mrs. J. H. Maxwell, M. of R. and C.; Miss Mabel Tulley, M. of F.; Miss jjena ooeoei, protector; Mrs. A. M, Smith, G. of p. T. A , conductor on an English railroad who recently retired after half a cen tury of service had traveled 8,870,000 mllea.'t --.:...-..-'---.. ,'.'.,.. , , ! it1 , nt i"iV L ill iilttlMV Ii i iU M siiiiiam;, :athcr of Mrs. 0. H. P. Bel mont Claims Mrs. Da Goicouria as Bride. (United Pro teased Wire.) Omcha, Neb., June 13. Love, starting from the sick room,, developing on a yachting cruise on the Medlteri'anean, culminated last week In the marriage of Miss Beatrice Tlnley of Council Bluffs and Ali'erl V.' l cj'iicouria cr .n-.v York City, fither of Mrs. O. II. P. V' 1 mont. , Thfl ceremony was a quiet one, fetv outside of the Immediate family know In? of the affair until some days after ward. The bride Is a sister of Attorney Ivtnmett Tlnley, who was one of the law yers for the Slaybray workers in their recent trial in the federal court at Council Bluffs. XTursed Elm to Health. Mrs. De Goicouria came into the life of the New Torker when, as a trained nurse, she was called in to care for his former wife during an attack .of gout When sickness seized upon him, she was there with the care and brought him safely back to health. Slukness of his children and grandchildren resulted in her attendance again until she became almost one of the , family. Then the former Mrs. De Goicouria died. When the Mediterranean cruiseJ was projected the millionaire could not think of leav ing the nurse behind. , , t Father Francis P. McManus . , of . St Francis. , XavlersY.v Catholic church, 'i ! e i : : . , i va!'-t an ('::', ' !:" s; i -the Gr.m.l hot. I f.nt h v air with such ii.n.ii '. . The bridal i.rtir have tor. Tork, where, they will re-' Cove I'hi'kali.t IHiVt. 'Spee tal rilspntch t The Jonrul Cove, Or., June 13. Wild lloee lo,l .: No. 108, Rebek'ahs, elected the follow In officers ; to serve the , ensviln? term: Belle SUls, noble grand; Mtnnln SH'Dan iel, vice-grand; John Mitchell, secretary; Clara Anderson, treasurer. Among, the new members of this live and pros perous lodge are Mrs. Mary rumnd-ll, the Cove postmaster; Mr. and Mrs.John T. Jones and Miss Carrie McDanlel". If liquid ,alr be frozen to ' the con sistency of sluch, a strong magnet sus pended over it will withdraw the solid oxygen, leaving the nitrogen, a Jelly like mass, in ,the vessel. ; . ' SOCIETY WOULD MAKE ' . COINAGE ARTISTIC - New .Tork, June 11. The American Numismatic society,' One Hundred and Fifty-sixth street west of Broadway, has organised a class of associate mem bers with the object of broadening the general -Interest in numismatics and en couragtng the development of the work of the medalist in America. Viie apathy which has existed . In regard to this subject,' which has resulted In serious ly affecting the artistic , standard of American coinage, is deemed by the society ample justification for a direct appeal to . all whose Interest In this field of art must prompt, them to Its defense and development ' The annual fee' for associates is $5; the sum of $50 guarantees a life membership." OFFERS REWARD FOR FIRST CLASS COOK ; . ... Detroit Mich., June 11 Abandoning hope after six weeks' effort to secure a cook by the usual methods, J. Segwalt, a Detroit man, has adopted the novel plan of offering a bonus for Informa tion leading to such an acquisition. He has Inserted the following adver tisement In local papers: -"Ten dollars in gold will be rewarded to the party giving -Information which will lead to the discovery and employ ment of a strong girl of woman capable of doing ordinary housework In a Bmall family; , will pay $5 per week; good home. 1 . v - " . ' , Smuggler Swims Rio Grande. , El Paso, Texas. June 11. After swim ming across the Rio Grande with 35 tins of contraband opium hanging from hlm.l Isaac Blum was arrested here today for smuggling. Federal officers charge that he Is a member of a gang of smugglers that has been operating along the Mexican-Texas border.1 Rogers. Maryland. ' , ; ' - Corespondlng "secretary, Mrs. John J. Pringle, South Carolina. TiTllii)F5ff U--f.v mm y " - ' v r II ome Office $ COBBETT BUllDIHO, Cor. Fifth and Morrison Sts Yooni? c(S(ll;S(n)iiiiini(rl? 'Everyone knows the disadvantage of bad teeth. Not only are they unsightly, but bad breath, sour stomach and numerous othef undesirable ailments are caused directly , by them. ALL OUR WORK IS PAINLESS AN? GUARANTEED OUT-OF-TOWN PEOPLE Should remember that our force is so organized that we can do their entire Crown, Bridge and Plate Work in a day if neces sary. Positively painless extracting free when plates or bridges are ordered. We remove the most sensitive teeth and roots without the least pain. No students, no uncertainty, but spe cialists who do the most scientific and careful work. f READ THESE PRICES Full Set of Tteth . .55.00 Bridge Work or. Teeth Without Plates. ... .$3.50 to S5.00 Gold Crowns $3.50 to 5.00 Porcelain Crowns $3.50 to S5.00 Gold or Porcelain Fillings . v. . ....... .... . v. -91.00 UP Silver Fillings . . . . ; V.j ,..,....50 to 1.00 Whalebone or Gold Dust Rubber .Plates , . . r 10.00 No charge for Painless Extracting when other work is done. 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TEEIi - A perfect fitting: and natural looking set of artificial TEETH must be as sembled by an expert In Scientific me chanism; this Is why f THE BOSTON DENTISTS are able to make a set of artificial TEETH that restores the nat ural facial contour and expression as well as to masticate food with. TEETH The proper filling of a tooth requires a knowledge of the minute anatomv of the TEETH, laws and head as well as the adaptability of filling materials to be used, and antiseptic preventions of further decay after flUlng. This Is why THE BOSTON DENTISTS aro able to guarantee their fillings to stay In. TEETH Gold and porcelain crowns when properly- made restore broken down and badly decayed teeth to their former use fulness and beauty and last a life time. ' This high class dental work Is not experimental but a lasting suc cess when made by a master of the den tal science. This is why THE BOSTON DENTISTS advise this class Of work where It Is required. TEETH Gold and porcelain crowns and bridge worn made strong and well adapted replaces missing teeth and for cleanli ness and utility is the most beneficial and satisfactory work when made by ex perienced dentists who use the high grade gold and best material. This is why THE BOSTON DENTISTS are anle to point with pride to thousands of pa trons who are wearing this crown and bridge work with comfort and satisfac tion. : ..,-. . , : T E E T H Should be cared for by reliable den tists, who charge for actual work done. Thta is why THE BOSTON DENTISTS are able to do high class dental work for the low prices. , One Price- to all is the motto of The Boston Dentists Comer. Tlftk and Morrison Sts, Entrance 2 9 Hi Morrison street, "op posite Meier & Frank'a and rostoff Ice. Open evenings until and 'Sundays until 4 for people who "work. ' PERVfctK WtCU DRESS YOU IFVfYnRK-nUTFITTIIiG-CO If 1 1 RENARKAB rr3 mm Portland has grown so rapidly that sites, close in, for manufacturing plants, have become scarce. There is available a tract of 3.1 acres immediate ly north of the North Pacific Lumber Company, , north of Guilds Lake and on the bank of the Wil lamette. , , , i It has a frontage also on the line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, which makes it an ideal location for a factory site. I This Tract Is Offered for Sale by the PORTtla IffiWAY, LIGHT & P0W At a Reasonable Figure Ell CO. Land values in this district are advancing rapidly, and the present time is most auspicious for con cluding a deal certain to return big revenue. Call on or address for terms and price T Land Department, Portland -Railway-Light-&-Povcr Go. - Room 623 pLECTRIC BQILDlNG, PortteV,:l : lG.,BcGt:.forOrec'onlaiio j lfe7 PHUT ST. JUST OrW WOWRI SON ST,