OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,. JULY 23, 191L
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Head of New York Central Has
Designs on U. S. Senatorship
President Brown Keeps
Voting Residence in
Iowa for a Purpose.
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By Ralph Johnston.
Publisher- Prow Lrned Wlre.
New York'. July 22. Years ko W. '
Brown, the present heart of Hip railroad
lines of which Cfaaunrey W. IVpew was
once president, was a uuiimt uhj hi
Iowa. After he hart a. hi' veil wealth
and hifrh rank in the r.-iilromi world,
Brown boucht a 7f0 nere farm in Iowa.
near Clarlmlfi. mid gave notice that the
farm was his lesal home and voting
residence. It was a matter of s?nti
4' ment for a rich and powerful man to
buy a farm where he was oni-t- a poor
Btrugffllng lad. and the neighbors did
not attach any political significance to
the puichane and Improvement. Now
comes the ultimatum that by establish
ing a lesrnl voting residence in the state.
' Brown hue In mind the possibility fif
coming to the snaie as the successor
of Senator Kenynn. who was chosen
for the unexpired Dolliver term. Of
course, the actual lown residents will
be a little startled at first, but they
are used to all sort of political moves
' In that state, and even one of the mll
y llonaire class may niak'e a favorable im
. presslon before an actual senatorial
campaign is concluded. It will be the
argument of the Brown barkers that
"" other eminent railroad presidents have
mado mighty good senators, and Oepew
will be cited as an example.
As several Republicans of the state
besides Senator Kenyon will be candi
dates for the full term, including Lafe
Young, the coming into the contest of
the New York railroad president will
make the situation all the more inter
esting It Is recalled that railroad pres
idents in the senate were many in other
days, and Senator Brice was a very not
abie one. He was also one of the ablest
nd most active senators on his side of
; the chamber. The late Senator S. 15.
Elklns had large railroad holdings as
had his father-in-law, Henry O. Iavls.
-- Davis Elklns, who was appointed the
uecepsor of hie father, has long been
president of a short railroad up in West
Virginia.
New York has come through her trial
by heat slightly damaged hut still in
the ring.
The. city has one great advantage in
meeting the heat. There are scores of
little cooling trips which may be taken
at very blight expense, and in reasonable
comfort. t
During those awful days early in the
month these advantages were certainly
- taken "By the populace.
It is a safo estimate.. to say that more
than a 1,000,000 people went to the
seaside, lake, shore, and mountain re
sorts within easy reach of New York
on more ttian one day of the extreme
heat. On July 4 for example it is es
timated that the number of New York
ers and visitors who thus sought sur
1 cease from, the heat numbered upward
of 2.000,000. Thft. Immensity of this
may be realized when it is known that
' there are only 17 states in the union
which have a population of more than
S.OOO.tlOO men, women and cthldren.
Two Paaaangara on Liner.
The 8631 net ton steamer Minneapolis
crossed the Western ocean as a yacht
on her last trip, as far as her two pas
eengers were concerned, for they had.
all the luxurious furnishings, all the
attention of polite officers and crew.
and all the deck space for their ex.
elusive benefit. The lucky two were
Mrs. S. J. Black, wife of a big catt.
fancier of Indianapolis, and Harry We
a farmer -of Oregon,
Delayed by the dock.men'9 strike, the
liner did not sail on her scheduled date,
from London, and all the other passen
gers were transferred to other ships.
Thus Mrs. Black and Mr. West had IS
stewards, three stewardesses and two
cooks to attend to them. They dined
at the captain's table, one at either hand
ana were not bothered by other pas
sengers getting in their way or seek
ing to engage them in conversation
when they didn't feel like talkln:
Each had a bedroom steward, a tahle
steward, deck steward, watchman, bath
room attendant, barman that is each
could have had a liarmnn If desired
"boots" and one steward to bring ice
water and another to fetch hot water.
Too Hot for Trustees.
A meeting of the trustees of the
Lying-in hospital, founded by J. Tier
pont Morgan, was scheduled for at tho
office of J. P. Morgan & Co., for one
of the hottest days of the season, but
J. Pierpont Morgan Jr. went to the
hoard room of the firm, palm leaf fan
in hand, to await the coming of the
other trustees. An hour elapsed and
none of them appeared. Finally, when
Mr. Morgan's patience was exhausted
one of the doctors from the hospital
rushed in.
"Am 1 late-. Mr. Morgan? he ex
claimed, out of breath.
"No." said Mr. Mnrtran, "you are just
in time. Move we adjourn."
"Second the motion," said the physi
cian. And they gratefully shook hands.
War Mystery Explained.
Dr. Thomas Addis Emmetl of this
city has solved the mystery of the miss
ing Confederate seal about which there
has been much controversy.
Dr. Kmmett nays: "In the autumn of
1865 I had given me by the late
Thomas Scmmes, a noted lawyer of
New Orleans, the original pencil draw
ing maiie for this seal and a duplicate
electrotype reproduction. In this let
ter he stated that he was a member of
the Confednrate congress and chairman
of a committee formed to have pre
pared In England a seal for the war
department.
"The design was approved, but an elec
trotype was directed to be made from
the mould and sent for approval be
fore the die should be cast. A few
dajs before th-- surrender of General
Lee several of Ui'se electrotypes were
received in Jtiehinnnd. The one given to
rhe had just been (fell! 10 Mr. Sernmef.
its chairman of the committee, one to
Mr. Davis and the other, I believe, to
the speaker of the bonne The electro- 1
type was an exact reproduction of the
drawing, but about one third larger.
"Mr. Mallory, then secretary of the
fiavy. and Mr. Hmjamln, the secretary
Of state, werv with Mr. Davis when he
Was arrested in Grorgia, but managed
to escape directly to ITorfda, and were
not in South Carolina, on the passage
of the gentlemen from Florida to Cuba
the vessel was wrecked, and. with their
effects, the seal of their respective de-
, partments was lost. Previous to the
aurrender the same seal had been used
In the array and navy departments, each
waiting for a special seal to be made
In England, and this one for the army
was the first.
ln the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Is, one of these electrotypes on exhi
bition. On the card it is stated to have
been designed by John Henry Folev, the
" Irian sculptor, and the figure in the cen-
ter to he Washington, after Thomas
,., Crawford statue. This is a mistake
, aa Mr. Remmea stated the seal was to
hav been for the war department, and
the fiirure In tha center on horseback
was intended for "Stonewall" Jackson
A fw tka after the fauVor juch-
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TV'. C. Brown, president of the
New York Central.
mond I happened to he in the Harlem & j
New Haven depot, then where the Madi-
son Bquare Garden building yet stands
in Fourth avenue. The depot was filled i
with a New England regiment which
had just arrived and was waiting for ;
the noon train. Near me wajj a sol-
dler who was frequently pitching some-
thing into the air and catching it. It
seemed like a large brass medal, and as
I am always curious about such things ,
I asked him what he had and he handed
me the seal of the Confederate treasury '
department.
"I asked him where he got It and was
told that he wa about one of the first
soldiers to get into Richmond after Mr.
Davis left it. and he made his way di
rect to the capltol in hope of finding
something of value. In the first room
he entered he saw this stamp mounted
in a wooden case, lie got a brick, with
which he pounded the frame until the
seal was released.
. "He told me there were a number of
men from his town who had Just been
obliged to borrow money for their pas
sage from New York and he would re
turn the seal if I would give him the
money."
Wm.
GABSBY
Another Week of the July Stodi-AMAg afe
Each Week We Cut the Prices Lower on Articles That Are Slow to Move
ThU July Stock-Adjusting Sale will long be remembered by those who have been fortunate enough to buy their furniture here this month. Our
customers have made great savings on all kinds of furniture. There never has been a sale at which we cut the prices so low or at which we
marked down so many articles. If you still have purchases to make, we strongly urge that you buy now and benefit by this great money-saving
event. The sale is at its height and many o f the best bargains will soon be gone.
MOVEMENT N FRANC
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10 HE
A S
million
By William Philip Rimms,
(I'nlted Prera Leased Wire.)
Paris, July 22. Over 129
quarts of alcohol are consumed annu
ally in France and since the abuse of
this liquid Is so largely on the increase
tho government has seen fit to inaugu
rate in all tho public schools courses
in "antl-alcohollcs."
To begin with, the teachers are to
take a normal course on the subject.
The text book on tho subject Is being
prapared by 1 ir. Jacques Koublnoviteh,
chief physician of the Blcetrc hospital.
Pr. Ktnil Bocqulllon, director of the
communal schools of Paris, will like
wise prepare a treatise of a similar kind,
this one supplementing the other.
These books will teach the parents as
well as the children the effrcts of an
abuse of alcohol. Hy pictures and by
writings the crusade will bo waged and
while It Is admitted that nothing much
may be gained for the first few years,
the effect will be certain when the
children of today become the parents of
tomorrow. For most of the trouble now
arises from the ignorance, or catibss
ness of the parents, thousands upon
thousands of. whom seem Imbued with
the idea that wine will make children
strong. Among the masses this belief
is universal, the fathers and mother's
soaking bread In glasses of wine and
eating It, the children doing likewise.
There is a law here which culls for
employers of servants giving to each
Kervant a quart of wine a day or Its
equivalent in money. Tho laborer's
lunch is a quantity of cheese and bread,
and a quart of wine. The poor are too
poor to buy meat, but tliuy ar never
too poor to have wine with every meul.
City employes, according to statistics,
gathered all over Franco, spend an aver
age of 2.60 francs (52 cents) a day for
wines and other alcoholic drinks, among
them absinthe, usually of an inferior
quality. Many of these employes spend
an average of only 18.5 cents a day
on food and 40 cents on alcohol.
One of tho consequences of the com
mon use of alcohol to excess Is shown
by the number of men refused by the
army conscript for 1S07 when, wit of a
total of 175,234 young men 2t) years of
age, (a time when they should be at
their best), over 47,000 were refused, or
between a third and a fourth.
The Increasing use of absinthe, how
ever, causes the most alarm. A bill
for the suppressing of its manufacture
and stile is now in tho French leglsla- :
tu re and litis already been favorably re- '
ported. This bill will surely pass. In
1X71 onlv 7(in,iMin quarts were drunk,
but In -i) years the consumption Of tills
most deadly drink has reached 36,000,- :
000 quarts. ;
SCHOOL OF WHALES !
STRANDED BY TIDE,
(By the IntemiillonHl Newn Servlc.)
London July l'2. Kor the first tima
on ncorri a school of whales visited
Mount's Pay, Cornwall. Sixty In num- j
ber. of (he bottlenosed lariety, the 1
whales entrapped themselves by coming
in too far on the high tide, and get- j
tltiK on the stretch of sands adjoining,
Penzance harbor they became stranded I
when the tide went out. j
The school was principally made up !
of cows and calves," and finding their I
way to the open sea barred they lashed i
the water with great fury, churning it
into foam. Their lengths varied from
about 25 feet down. to a few feet. Sev
eral of the whales were shot by men
In a boat, but the majority of them
were stranded high and dry alive, and
when the tide turned swam away again.
Big Reductions in Every Department at Gadsbys'
$10 Mission Rocker
H $5.50
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WHERE CAN YOU BUY ROCKERS
LIKE THIS FOR $5.50?
Solid Oak Rocker, exactly like cut, made of
fine selected oak with large upholstered
Boston leather seat, on steel springs; high
hack, finished either weathered or golden
oak. Regular price $10. (PET Cft
Gadshys' price PJ.tll
Reg. $15.00 Princess J- rn
Dresser Now Only 4i.AU
J I ' .'- P
Princess Dresoer, with oval or shaped
French bevel mirror, finished golden; regu
lar $15.00 value. Gadsbys" &-t " FA
special price only DJLAtJlv
Coiffbinatfn Sanitary
Couch and Daven
port Now Only $4.85
This Sanitary Steel Couch is constructed
so that it makes a full size bed or a com
fortable couch or Davenport. Cl CFC
Gadshys" price this week tDTCeOtl
Big Refrigerator Sale
k ef
if fete
iau.1
i n
!
The only complete ancient Koman
standard In existence, the property of an
Rnslishman. recently was exhibited In I
London, . I
Closing Out the
Last Few Left at
Twenty per Cent
Discount
$16.00 Refrigerator now ..$12.80
$18.00 Refrigerator q,ow $14.40'
$20.00 Refrigerator now . .$16.00
$25.00 Refrigerator now . .$20.00
$30.00 Refrigerator now ,.$21.00
Gadsbys' Specl
Brussels Rugs
9x12 ft. for $9.50
This is a special quality with us;
we have them in a variety of pat
terns; the colorings and general de
signs are certainly excellent, while
the quality is better than you usu
ally get in a $16 or $18 rug of the
same size. Gadsbys
special price
$9.50
These Two Steel Bed Bargains
Tell the Story of Hundreds of Other Such
Bargains to Be Found Here
$40 Leader Steel
Range Now for
Only $27.50
This Steel Bed Now
at Only $3.50
This Metal Bed, either full size or
three-quarter, white, cream or blue,
with brass knobs. Gads- An "A
bys price !)) DU
This Steel Bed Now
at Only $6.50
One of those continuous post
signs, any color, full size,
heavy tubing. Price....
de-
$6.50
One Motion Noiseless, Strong, Simple,
All Metal, Sanitary Couch
The ILnglander
I jf
Equal to any $40 range in the market. Oven
20x16 inches, asbestos-lined throughout.
You cannot break the lids. FvA
Special at P&iUJ
This Solid Oak
Dining Table for
$12
50
Couch Bed, Partly Open.
Showing the ONE MOTION need
ed to transform it to a bed; also the
fabric and the splendid construction
:)f this ideal twentieth century in-'
vention.
Couch Bed, Fully Open.
Ready for sheets, blankets and pil
lows, the only things needed to
nake it a perfect slumber producer
- the most luxurious character.
You will be asked a third more at other
stores. It is made of solid oak. golden or
weathered finish, 6-t'oot size,
Marked at
S12.50
SIZE When closed as a couch, 6 feet 2 inches long, 24 inches to 26 inches
wide. When open as a bed, 6 feet 2 inches long, 46 to 54 inches wide.
SPRINGS National, Englandcr or Woven Wire fabrics, supported by
enough helical springs at each end to be right.
MATTRESS White cotton filled, elastic cotton layer felt, imported silk
floss. Best mixed hair can be supplied with appropriate covering on
either side.
FINISH All parts smooth and finished with finest quality gold bronze
ball bearing socket casters, steel wheels.
PRICES From $16.00 to $30.00.
Trade Your Old Stove for a
New One at Gadsbys
China
Closet
$17.50
Ye are offering
special price this
weefy on solid
oak China Clos
ets, all reduced.
Our special $17.50
China Closet is a
bargain.
Solid Oak
Buffet for
Only $18
Solid oak Buffet,
fumed, early En
glish or golden
oak finish; regu
lar price $35;
special this week
:U $18.00
Automatic
Davenport Bed
$22.50
VmOrfsliy" &8iaj Bilk
No'Matter What You Want in Furniture
adleby elU it foir ILese
Upholstered in Chase leather, full
spring seat and back, oak frame,'
$35 values. Gadsbys' -COO Cfl
special low price tJ,
Other Davenports in
velour. Special . , . t.
$18:50