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! r THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAY -28, 1904. W$ $xt$$m& Entered at the Postofflca at PorUaaa, Or al second-class matter. KEVISED SUBSCRIPTION HATES. By mail (postage prepaid. In advance) Sally, with Sunday, per month $0.85 Dally, with Sunday excepted, per year 7.50 Dally, with Sunday, per year ........r 9.00 Sunday, per year ... ................ 2.00 The Weekly, ptr year ...... 1.50 The "Weekly, S month 50 Dally, per -week, delivered, Sunday ex cepted ............... ............ 15c Sally, per week, delivered, Sunday In cluded 20e POSTAGE BATES. United States, Canada and Mexico 10 to 14 -page paper ...................lc IS to 30-page paper ...................2c 2 to 44-page paper .............3c Foreign rates double. The Oregonlan does not buy poems or stories from Individuals, and cannot under take to return any manuscript sent to It "Without solicitation. No stamps should be in closed for this purpose. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICES. (The 8. C. 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Pitts. 1008 Market; Frank Scott, 80 Ellis; N. Wheatley, 83 Stevenson; Hotel Francis News Stand. Washington, D. C Ed Brlnkman. Fourth, and Pacific Ave.. N. W.; Ebbitt House News Stand. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER Maximum tem perature, 7S deg.; minimum, 47. Precipitation, none. TODAY'S WEATHER Partly cloudy and oc casionally threatening; -westerly winds. PORTLAND, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1801. IT HAS "NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE." If a man is an ass, the probability is that he was born that way, and it Isn't his fault. Be kind, therefore, to those of little understanding. The possibility is that they are doing as well as they can. A new man, of whose antecedents Oregon seems to know nothing, Is writ ing In the Astorian. He tells us that the argument that Oregon should give a heavy Republican majority because Oregon's election is the first to be held in the country and such result would be encouraging in other states, and thereby be of great assistance to the party in the coming National election. Is "highly ridiculous." Also that "there Is noth ing of National significance in the Ore gon election," because "the people are called upon merely to choose good men, and if the nominees of the Republicans in the various counties are deserving of support The Oregonlan is disgracing them by setting up the plea for sup port of the ticket on the ground that a rousing majority would help President Roosevelt." This reasoning Introduces a new type of paranoiac. Of course the nominees of the Republican party are worthy of support, and will be supported because they are worthy. But over and above this, it will be a great advantage to the Republican party of the country, and to President Roosevelt, if the Repub licans of Oregon will take the pains to get the full vote out, and produce the largest possible1 majority. Should the majority fall low, the result everywhere would be taken as a bad omen for the President and for the party; and there can be no more than one man In Ore gon, of any party, who doesn't know It President Roosevelt is a party man, votes the ticket of his party, and sus tains his party in all proper ways, to the extent of his power. The notion that it would be of no assistance to him, or no gratification to him, to hear of a great Republican majority in Oregon In June, because "this election has no Na tional significance," has the originality and brilliance of mud. If President Roosevelt lived in Ore gon he would come home to this elec tion and vote the ticket, straight through. He is that kind of man. For an indication of his quality, take this from his book, "American Ideals": We have a right to ask that those with whom we associate, and those for whom we vote, shall be themselves good Americans in heart and eplrlt, but If they are really good Amer icans in heart and spirit, that Is all we have any right to consider In regard to them. All that can rlshtly be askod of one's political associates Is that they shall be honest men. good Americans, and substantially In accord as regards their political ideas. On these principles all Republicans should come out on election day and vote their party ticket. For this elec tion HAS "National significance." LET DECEPTION BE EXTOSED. Some things are really marvels of dis ingenuous and uncandld dullness. Here now is Rev. G. L. Tufts, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, telling us that the league, in its support of the' (misnamed) local option" bill, Is not striving for prohibition! That Is not the object at all. The league's ralson d'etre is probably botanical study, or something of that kind. "We maintain," says Mr. Tufts, "that not a single saloon will be closed as a result of the vote In June." Are we then to suppose that Mr. Tufts and his league are working without aim or pur pose? But It Is simply a scheme of de ception. The country precincts that want pro hibition have it now. The law prohibits for them, by -compelling the person who wants a license to get a petition signed by a majority of the actual voters of his precinct Under the proposed law pro hibition would be weaker in the country precincts than now. For many would vote secretly for a saloon who would not openly put their names to a petition for one. The main object, then, is not avowed. It Is subtle, secret deceptive. The main object is to enable the country pre cincts, which have no saloons, never had any, do not want any, to force prohibition on the county towns. Thus, in the name of local option, the county towns are to be deprived of lo cal option by the vote of the rural pre cincts. The prohibitionists, all of whom are supporting the scheme, know this well enough; and that is the reason why they are supporting it It is not honest on .their part, to disavow the Intent and purpose of the act they propose. Enact this hill, and the prohibition war "will begin between the rural pre cincts and the towns. In every county. It Is Intended to take away from the towns their right of local option, by the country vote. If the people of Oregon: want prohibition 'they should vote for this bUL If not, a vote against It is a vote against the prohibition which it Intends." In any event, let shams, de ceptions, subterfuges and falsities be thrown out CUBA AND OUR SUGAR PROBLEM. The Department of Agriculture's an nual report on the sugar-beet crop comes out almost simultaneously with the announcement of Cuba's gain in trade under reciprocity. It is possible, therefore, to set the increaes in beet production over against the Oxnard protest that reciprocity with Cuba would ruin the industry. The Depart ment shows that the number of sugar beet factories has grown from 23 In 1903 to 36 In 1904, with output In proportion. Meanwhile Cuba sold us In three months 'under reciprocity $23,000,000 as against 512,000,000 last year. The gain was mostly in sugar and tobacco, and -was expected. When we remember that Hawaiian sugar came In free without appreciable effect on beet sugar, there Is little ground to fear that Cuban sugar under the moderate reduction of 20 per cent from DIngley rates would seriously af fect our domestic production today with our largely Increased market The difficulties with beet sugar in this coun try are not those of the tariff, but are principally the labor problem and the precarlousness of supply. Our farmers do not relish the menial labor of beet culture, and factories cannot operate to the best advantage unless their raw product Is steadily available about up to the capacity of the plant At the La Grande (Oregon) factory and environs Japanese help has been satisfactorily Imported, and where these people can be had it will doubtless solve the labor problem. T,he sugar situation ' In the United States Is easy of apprehension and measurably steadfast That is, our im ports do not vary greatly from 4,000,000, 000 pounds a year. Put into tons, we consume annually some 2,500,000 tons, of which all but 500,000 we Import Our cane product Is stationary at 292,000 tons In 1901, 296.000 in 1902, and 293,000 in 1903. Maple sugar has stood at about 5000 tons for ten years. The growth of beet sugar has been uniform under all tariff laws, and not likely In any rea sonable prospect to be an important factor in the market The steady rise of this Industry is as follows, In tons:- 1SS8 1.C4011S06 40.000 1SSQ 2.400I1S97 39.C84 1890 2.800 189S 31.453 1891 0.400 1S99 02,820 1892 12.000 1900 82,730 1893 1C.000 1901 124,859 1S94 20.443J1902 146.520 1S95 20,000; 1903 247,563 Even with its rapid growth, our beet sugar Is seen, therefore, to supply today only one-tenth of the domestic demand; and while these 247,000 tons have been growing up from nothing, our National consumption of sugar has increased over 1,000,000 tons a year and from 56 to 71 pounds per capita. "We -have also absorbed from 300,000 to 350,000 tons a year from Hawaii, 65.000 to 85,000 from Porto Rico and 30,000 tons from the Philippines. Our sales to Cuba have increased under reciprocity from $5,000, 00Q to $6,000,000 for the three months re ported on by Secretary Cortelyou's ex perts. That is, the balance of trade against us In Cuba's favor has grown from $6,700,000 to $16,700,000. A poor, debtor nation, as Cuba is, she must ex pect for a long time to support a "fa vorable balance of trade" as the price of getting out of debt The more pros perous she is, the better for our produc ers who sell to her, and we -can help her along, It appears, without serious Injury to either our sugar of our tobacco. The action of President Roosevelt in obtain ing this act of justice to Cuba will be one of the things history will hold greatly to his credit. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT PUZZLE. The May Government crop report which for the past fortnight has been worked to the limit in an attempt to bull the wheat market, is, like most of Its predecessors, fully as useful and Important as the fifth wheel on a wagon. Out of the bewildering maze of percentages, acreage figures and proph ecies tangible results which may mean something or anything are as difficult or impossible to secure as Is the cor rect solution of the problem regarding the age of Ann. According to this May report, which has cost the Government a vast sum of money, the average con dition of Winter wheat on May 1 was 75.6, as compared with 92.C on a corre sponding date last year, and an aver age of 84.2 for the past ten years. Granting for the sake of argument that these percentages mean something. It would be Interesting to find a starting point or a base from which to work them. This key to the mystery has never been Intrusted to the public A condition of 75.6 per cent cannot mean the Indication of 75.6 per cent of a normal crop, for according to the de partment's own figures the average for the past ten years on May 1 was 84.2 per cent. Neither can it mean 75.6 per cent of the largest croD on record, for when we produced the record crop in 1901 the condition given by the May re port for that year was lower by four points than the second best preceding record. To illustrate how utterly value- i laea Ho fnv nrnn rannyt hta haan iVT- any light on the probable out-turn for the season, it is unnecessary to go far ther back than the past two seasons. The crop of 1902 was, with one excep tion, the largest on record, amounting", according to the Government figures, to 670.000.000 bushels; and yet the May re port for that year gave the condition at 76.4, or one-tenth of a point lower than the May condition Just announced. These fantastic percentages went still farther on their misleading course in 1902; for on June 1 the condition was announced as 76.1, and on July 1, more than six weeks after harvesting returns had been coming in, the best that the Government report could show was a condition of 77; and yet from these small percentages came the second largest crop on record. Last year the condition on May 1 was given as 92.6 per cent On June 1 it had declined to S2.2 per cent, and on July 1 to 78.8 per cent and the final out-turn was but 638.000,000 bushels. Summarizing the Government per centages and figures for the two years, we find that a 76.4 per cent May condi tion in 1902 indicated a final out-turn of 670,000,000 bushels, while a 92.6 per cent condition In 1903 showed a final out-turn of but 63S.000.000 bushels. Estimating from these figures, it would be fair to presume that the 76.5 condition In May, 1901, would indicate a crop slightly larger than that of 1902. This may be what the Government was trying to arrive at but if so the combination was not unlike that of the clock which, by striking four, with one 'hand at seven and the other at 8, informed Its owner that it was 3:30. In the Pacific Northwest the Govern ment percentages are equally ridicu lous. Wheat conditions In Oregon and Washington on May 1 were generally recognized by the beat crop experts in the Pacific Northwest as 20 to 25 per cent better than on a corresponding date last year, but all the improvement the Government can find is a condition for Oregon of 9S compared with 88 last May and 96 In May, 1902. Washington Is credited with a condition of 98 com pared with 89 last May and 77 in 1902. The value of these comparisons can be understood when it Is stated that condi tions In Oregon and Washington were as nearly Identical In 1902 as they are this year, although the Government placed the Washington condition at 19 points lower than those of Oregon. EFFICD3NCT OF AMERICAN LABOR. Some people believe that the Indus trial progress of the United States Is primarily due to the policy of protec tion. Others are persuaded that our success in manufactures Is accom plished rather In spite than by reason of our high tariffs. Perhaps neither of these contentions is wholly right but if one of them is right, or if both are wrong, there Is no possibility of with drawing the protective tariff from our industrial system. No one would think of explaining British manufactures without reference to free raw materials; and no one can explain American man ufactures without reference to protec tion. The results are here, and with protec tion In force; and when we compare our Industrial efficiency with those of other nations, the showing Is certainly not such as to encourage another such po litical venture as was made in 192. One great advantage our manufactur ers have In foreign trade is the home market, which affords them the basis of lucrative effort, so that surplus can be sent abroad at nominal added cost The result of this and other elements of the problem In operation Is that the Amer ican worker Is more effective than his European rivals. A useful comparison on this head is supplied In the Engi neering Magazine for May by Mr. Will lam J. Clark, manager of foreign trade for one of the large American electric companies. The point Mr. Clark makes Is thai labor is more efficient here than abroad. Through examination of the latest sta tistics he shows that; in the total value of manufactures, In the value of prod uct per wage-earner, in the value per capita of population, in the total horse power used in manufactures, and in the horsepower per wage-earner, the United States stands far ahead of any other country. In other words, by every test of efficiency the machinery and mechan ics of this country possess an unques tioned and very pronounced superior ity. The table following is compiled from Mr. Clark's table, and shows the value of manufactures, the value per wage-earner and the horsepower per wage-earner for some of the chief coun tries in 1900: J t: 8 c pc 1,3 a MO 2n COUNTRIES. g"" p5 & ff i 3 ? S ? . '. t United States $13,004.400.143152,450 2.15 United Kingdom .... 5.000.000.000 556 0.33 Germany - 4,600.000,000 460 0.31 France 3.450.000.000 690 0.30 Australia ... 500.CO0.000 900 0.80 Canada 800. 000.000 1.455 1.36 To claim that this remarkable show ing in American superiority results from the protective tariff would be ab surd. Tet it must be admitted that the various policies of our Government, In cluding money, tariff, taxation, Internal improvements, military and naval af fairs, etc., bear directly on the ability of labor to earn and to collect Its earn ings and to retain Its earnings unim paired. So far as Governmental poli cies affect labor's prosperity, there is not one of them, enforced by Repub lican ascendance, but would be menaced by Democratic success In November or by a reduced Republican majority In Oregon in June. JAPAN'S CLOCKWORK CAMPAIGN. "War," says a military writer, "has no rules, but many principles." The epigram embodies a truth, although the philosophy of war might be further sim plified by reducing the many principles to two Prepare, and Strike Home. It is upon these basic principles that the Japanese have acted throughout tWe war. They have completed their prep arations in patience, and when they have struck they have struck home. As at the Yalu, so at Kinchou. Patient when patience is required, and Impetu ous when action demands it, the Japan ese are conducting a clockwork cam paign and showing to the world that the blaze which swept over the Chinese stubble in '95 will shrivel stouter oppo sition. As to Japanese preparedness, no comment is necessary. Their steady progress ov'er vast territories is suffi cient proof. As to their dash, the Chi nese war showed that. Three columns, closing on Ping Yang from different points at the same moment, sweep into the fortified town with irresistible fury. Thirty-one days after the second army is landed on the Liao Tung Peninsula It surges up and over Port Arthur the Impregnable. In the present war a more stubborn foe than the Chinese is driven from the Yalu, and the Japanese soldiers swarm up Nan Shan Hill in the face of artJHery and rifle fire, with what loss is not yet known, but certainly heavy. A year or two ago, when columns of British soldiers were advancing against and recoiling from hills held by a hand ful of Boers, we heard that there could never.agaln be a General foolish enough to have his men exterminated by mak ing a frontal attack. We also heard that' the bayonet, the traditional arm of the British infantry, was a useless in cumbrance. We were told that armies attacking a strong position must out number the defenders ten to one. The bayonet was used at the Yalu, Kuroki did not shrink from a frontal attack, nor did the General commanding at Kinchou, where 50,000 Japanese, it is estimated, dislodged 20,000 Russians from a position of natural strength, for tified and provided with modern artil lery. War has no rules, and few prin ciples. The Japanese have no aban doned Splonkops, nor do they cross Tu gelas for the purpose of recrossing them tomorrow. Kinchou is within twenty-five miles of Port Arthur, and the Japanese will soon have the fortress invested in earn est There can be no doubt that they will capture It or' force the defenders to capitulate after a siege. In any event. Port Arthur is now safely iso lated. The Japanese can proceed with their main plan of campaign. They are said to be fortifying Feng Wang Cheng, the admirably situated headquarters that fell to them like a ripe pjum. Many observers believe that Kurokl's intention is to cut off Kuropatkin's re treat by getting a force north, of Muk den, while inducing the main Russian body to remain at Liao Yang by affect ed Inability to move forward from Feng Wang Cheng. Such a move would be In keeping with the grand scale on which the Japanese strategy has been con ceived, and if Kuroki can force a de cisive battle at Liao Tang he Is likely to give Russian power In the Far East its coup de grace, as the Japanese forces are being augmented from Taku shan. C. Edgar Kennedy, of Oregon City, because his wife objects to his brother as an inmate of their home, has asked for a writing of divorcement. He cites in connection with his family grievance that though she ran his brother out his wife did not object when her own brother spent five months in their home. All of which simply goes to show that blood Is thicker than water, and fur ther that men do well who set up their own homes Instead of hanging 'round the homes qf relatives, in which, for many good and sufficient reasons, their presence, as a steady thing, is not de sired. A woman who does her own housework can hardly be blamed rf she objects to the added labor of caring for her husband's brother, while the man who earns the living may find just cause for protesting against boarding without recompense the brother of his "wife. It may be added, however, that people of proper self-respect usually settle differences of this kind without appealing to the courts. What is Rudyard Kipling's place In the literature of today? How many of his readers and admirers are able to make correct answer? Haldane Mac Fall, an English critic of fine taste, calls him the poet of the soldier, the sailor, the frontiersman and all others of adventurous blood; declares him to be Britain's most original and vigorous artist, and a very master of the moods and emotions of men. But Mr. MacFall sees also the faults of Kipling, whose strength and weakness are most charm ingly set forth in a pen and ink portrait to be published in The Sunday Orego nlan tomorrow. It commends Itself to every one who has read Kipling in poetry or prose. For the benefit of those who from short residence in Oregon or other cause are not acquainted with the nominees for Sheriff, The Oregonlan would say that Mr. Stott, the Republican nominee, is a man of experience In public affairs, of reputable life and considerable prop erty interests in every way deserving of confidence as the administrator of this important office. His principal competitor is not a taxpayer and has been away from Portland so much within recent years that he can only constructively be called a resident here. We know of no good reason why Mr. Stott should not receive the support of every substantial and reputable citizen. Evidently the Japanese have lost heavily in the Tecent battles. But, if they are victorious, it makes little difference how many men they lose. What is surprising Is the dls lodgment of the Russians from forti fied positions, by the vigor and persist ence of Japanese attack. If the Rus sians can't hold the positions they have occupied, and fortified, thev can't hold ( any. So far, the world will judge that mere is not the fighting force and the steadfast spirit there was In the Rus sians in the Napoleonic wars and in the Crimea. But this war Is young yet Tourists from all quarters! passing through Portland unite in saying that it is one of the most beautiful, active, decent orderly and attractive cities they ever have seen. Their 'surprise and pleasure are great. But if you listen to the voice from the tombs at Twelfth and Alder, and that of Its pro moters, you will hear something very different, and very doleful sounding like the pessimistic phrase of the Norsk poet-philosopher, "At ban hal, ay tenk." Seattle advices report that the steam ship men of the Elliott Bay metropolis are very much worried over a shortage of labor at Nome this Summer. Per haps the anxiety of the steamship men would have been more effective had they not explained that the steamships were all departing with steerage apart ments very scantily filled. This leaves the public in doubt as to whether it will be Nome or the steamship men who will suffer by this scarcity of labor. What" the Democratic party was, and what is could do for the country, was shown during that night of horror from 1893 to 1897. Do you want any more of that? Are not these present conditions something better, and good enough? Set the policy of one party against the other, during many years past Then which has been; the better? And which, from past experience and present con ditions, promises better now? What would you think of the man who professes political principles, and yet refuses to employ the means through which only they can be carried into effect? In other words, what of the man who professes to be a Repub lican, on the policies of the present time, and yet doesn't vote the Repub lican ticket through and through when in every particular It is just as good as the other? No murder case, presenting so many mysterious conditions, was ever tried In Oregon as that which has been going on during the past week in Wasco County. In a way, it baffles all experi ence. Yet it Is not possible to believe that Williams Is not guilty. It is mor ally certain, and that Is the basis or principle on which the jury decided. Defamation of Portland, lying about Portland, warning people to keep away from Portland carried on through the vicious babble of men who draw their support from Portland Is going to stop. Set that down for certain. The time Is not distant when it will cease to be profitable to those who carry it on. Why has The Oregonlan been at such pains to expose the so-called local op tion bill, which in reality is a bill for prohibition? Because it detests shams, j subterfuges, deceits and humbugs. OREGON'S MESSAGE. Viewed From the Standpoint of East- ern Oregon. Pendleton Tribune. With wool at the prevailing high prices there should be no question about the loyalty of the sheepmen to the Re publican party. To save themselves a shudder from the thought that the Democrats would some day perpetrate the Wilson act again they shouldvote the Republican ticket in every spot, and if the law permitted should travel all election day from polling place to poll ing place and vote 'er straight every time. It's up to the sheepmen to do all thoy, can in local, state and National cam paigns for the party of protection. They should help to send a report ring ing over the Rockies and across the plains and prairies to the people of the Middle and Eastern states that Ore gon has gone Republican from grazing range to metropolis. They should as sist in rolling up increased majorities for every county and state nominee In Oregon by voting straight and urging others to do so. The greatest assistance any state can give Roosevelt and the National cam paign is delegated to Oregon by reason of a June election. It gives this state a great opportunity to strengthen pub lic sentiment throughout the Union for Republican principles. It is the first test applied during the year, the only test and the responsibility thu3 left to Oregon Republicans should not be cast aside for personal and petty prefer ences for any candidate on the opposite ticket The Tribune believes that any man who belongs to the greatest party in all history la too proud to show such a weakness. Oregon wants to show no superficial strength. It doesn't want any falling off in general results. It doesn't want the same general weakness in all the counties. It doesn't want a decreased Republican representation In the Leg islature nor an Increased Democratlo representation. It doesn't want a fall ing off in the total number of county officers elected or a decrease in coun ty majorities. To speak right, Oregon Republicans desire to say to the country that "We havo swelled the majorities in every county; we have elected more Republi cans than we did last year and we de clare that the sentiment of the people is stronger than ever for Roosevelt and his administration." WILL HEAR NO MORE APPEALS President and Moody Will Back Up Annapolis Medical Board. WASHINGTON, May 27. Several mat ters of importance were considered at the Cabinet meeting today. It was decided, on the suggestion of Secretary Moody, that hereafter neither the President nor the Navy Department would entertain ap peals from applicants for admission to the Naval Academy at Annapolis from, the decision of the Medical Examining Board. Heretofore, it has been a practice of such applicants as were declared by the Med ical Board to be physically disqualified to carry their cases to the President or the Navy Department in the hope of having the decision of the board overrrled. Secretary presented some of the reasons for bringing to the United States of a dele gation of between 40 and 50 high-class educated Filipinos. The better class of Filipinos felt that in the exhibit of na tives at the St Louis Exposition the pop ulation of the islands was not represented fairly, as the Filipinos at the Fair were composed largely of representatives of the wild and uncivilized tribes. Secretary Wilson, of the Department of Agriculture, reported the discovery of an "ant in Guatemala with which it is hoped to eradicate the boll weevil. After a conference with Dr. B. T. Gal loway, chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the entomological division, and other ex perts. Secretary Wilson today had a special bulletin on the subject printed. Among other things, this bulletin says: "Although cotton seems to be espe cially adapted to attract the ant by means ofits numerous nectaries, the insect is, not like some of its class, confined to a single plant or to a sin gle kind of prey. It attracts and de stroys insects of every kind, including the hemlpetera and even centipedes. On the other hand, It does not do the least injury to the cotton or to any other plant so far as has been ascertained. The farmer has a new and practical reason to consider the ant" CRAMP ON AID TO SHIPPING. Noted Builder Says Differential Duties Will Revive Commerce. PB3LADELPHIA, May 27. The closing session of the Merchant Marine Commis sion was held today In the rooms of the Board of Trade. Edwin S. Cramp, vice president of the Cramp Shipbuilding Com pany, declared himself in favor of differ ential duties as a means of reviving com-, merce. He said that would probably be of greater benefit than discriminating boun ties. The former would be more lasting and permanent though naturally of a slower growth. These views were Incor porated In a statement filed with the commission. Mr. Cramp said that the superior skill that was credited to American workmen at their high rate of wages was not sup ported by facts. He admitted that foreign processes of making steel were better than ours and added: "Their iron is poor. It was the mean quality of the Iron used abroad that led to the introduction of steel plates by shipbuilders. The Iron was known In America as 'pot metal,' and Is so fragile that a boat cannot go through the ice without the plates being shorn as If they were made of paper." FILES CHARGES AGAINST LEMLY Seaman Asserts That Noted Naval Of ficer Is Guilty of Falsehood. WASHINGTON, May 27.-George F. Ormsby, attorney for John Smith, former ly a seaman In the United States Navy, today filed with the Secretary of the Navy formal charges against Judge Advocate-General Lemly and asked that the officer be tried by the general court-martial on charges of "falsehood and culpable inefficiency In the performance of duty." The charge gr.ows out of the case of Smith, now before the Supreme Court on appeal of the United States from, a judg ment In the Court of Claims. Mr. Ormsby contends that in moving for an advance of the case on the court docket Captain Lemly has made false representations to induce the Secretary of the Navy to sign a certain letter in connection with the motion to advance the case, the alleged false representations being made, he charges, to influence the court against his client The application of Mr. Ormsby that the Judge Advocate-General of the Navy be courtmartlaled will not be granted by Secretary Moody. Assigned to Duty at Valdes. WASHINGTON, May 27. Lieutenant T. G. Emmons, retired, has been assigned to special duty at Valdes, Alaska, where be will study the natives of that region and gather information for the Bureau of Ethnology. v COME TO VIEW AMERICA. Filipinos Sent by Government Arrlva In San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, May 27. The steamer Siberia, which .arrived today from the Orient via, Manila and Hono lulu, carried a number of prominent people, notable among them being 50 Filipinos chosen as a board of observa tion by the Philippine Commissioners. They will visit the St Louis Exposition and also Inspect many parts of the country, the object of their trip being chiefly educational. The party includes Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera. Benito Legarde and Joseph R. De Lururlga., members of the Philippine Commission; Chief Justice Arellano and others as well known. These representatives of the native population of the islands were met down the bay by a dolega tlon of leading citizens on the Govern ment tug Slocum. Among tho party were United States Senators Perkins and Bard, and members of the princi pal commercial organizations of the city who extended a cordial welcome to tho visitors. Other passengers on the Siberia were Governor Carter, of Hawaii, and Sir Francis Treves, the eminent English surgeon, who performed the operation for appendicitis on King Edward. After going to Washington, Governor Carter will attend the Republican National Convention at Chicago. The steamer also brought the por trait of the Empress Dowager of China, which Is to be shown at the St Louis Exposition. It was painted by Kate Augusta Carl, an American, and is being conveyed in royal state. The accompanying guards of honor number about 100 persons, headed by Major Domo Shen Nigh Hu. He has several secretaries, each with ten attendants. The picture, with the haggage of its custodians, was passed by the Custom House authorities without inspection, in accordance with instructions re ceived from Washington. The visiting Filipinos' are in charge of Arthur W. Ferguson, ex-Socretary for the Philippine Islands. The ex penses of the party are being paid from an appropriation of $75,000 passed by the Philippine Government for the purpose. Tho Merchants' Association of San Francisco will entertain the party at a banquet tomorrow night, and on Tuesday they will spend the day on the bay visiting points of in terest They will leave here for the East on June 1. The first stop will be at Fort Leaven worth, Kan., where one day will be spent Cincinnati will be the next stop, and two days 'will be devoted to sight seeing there. The party will pass through St. Louis, stopping there two hours only, on its way to Washington. Four days will be spent at the Na tional Capital. From Washington, the programme of the visitors Is subject to change, but they intend to go from there to Phila delphia for one day, thence to West Point N. Y., to attend the commence ment exercises at the Military Acad emy in the second week in June. New York will be visited next, and from there the, party will go to Boston, Lynn, Mass., etc., spending altogether one week In New England, Niagara Fallsr Detroit and Chicago in the order named, and St Louis will be reached on July 8 or 9. After seeing the Exposition, the vis itors will continue their way through the West, returning to the islands the latter part of August The steamer Siberia, on which the party arrived, brought also J2.500.000 in gold from Japan. CONSCRIPTION AS ONLY MEANS British Commission Reports on Way to Raise Home-Defense Army. LONDON, May 27. The report of the royal commission on the volunteer militia forces practically recommends conscrip tion as the only means of providing a home defense army adequate for the pro tection of the country in the absence or partial absence of the regular troops. The commissioners are of the opinion that the principles adopted by all the other great European states must be largely adopted by Great Britain, and that it is the duty of every able-bodied citizen to be trained for national defense. They point out that the necessary training would Involve a period of continuous service with the col ors, under an Instruction body of specially educated and highly trained officers, and they consider that one year of such con tinuous training would suffice with a few weeks' attendance at the maneuvers for a year or two afterward. The commis sioners estimate that such a scheme would provide about 350,000 trained men annually at a cost probably less than that of the present military system. SATOLLI OFF FOR AMERICA. Prelate Not Coming on Mission, but Merely for Pleasure Trip. ROME, May 27. Cardinal Satolli left here today on a visit to America. Car dinal Satolli is accompanied by his cousin. Father Ercole; his private secre tary, Father Marucchi, and a second sec retary. Father Luigi. There were gath ered at the railway station to bid him good-bye many high prelates and digni taries. Count Santucci, Cardinal Sa tolll's apostolic agent and Mgr. Kennedy, rector of the American College in Rome, were also present Cardinal Satolli re peated that he was not charged with any mission, adding: "I am going, attracted to the United States by pleasant remembrances of my sojourn there. I have many good friends in America, so that I anticipate great pleasure In revisiting the noble country where I pursued such an important part of my career, and where the people give the whole world such an example of fra ternity, all harmonizing without distinc tion of religion." NEARLY 700 MEN WERE LOST. Official Figures on Hatsuse and Yo shino Disasters. TOKIO, May 28, 10 A. M. Revised fig ures show that 61 noncommissioned offi cers and 378 bluejackets were killed and drowned, seven officers, 13 noncommis sioned officers and 50 bluejackets slightly wounded, and 12 bluejackets seriously wounded in the sinking of the Japanese battleship Hatsuse by a mine off Port Arthur on May 15. Two hundred and thirty-five noncom missioned officers and men lost their lives on the cruiser Yoshino, which was rammed and sunk by the cruiser Kasaga on the same day that the Hatsuse was blown up. The Navy Department has not yet reeclved a detailed report of the two dis asters. Soon No Ban on Aerial Torpedoes. WASHINGTON. May 27. The attention of the military and naval experts here, who have been closely following develop ments in the war, has been attracted to the fact that on July 29 the prohibition Im posed by The Hague Conference upon the discharge of aerial torpedoes from balloons or flying machines will expire by limitation. Consequently, a new field is nqw open to the inventor of flying ma chines and dirigible balloons, which may now enter the field 6t warfare without violating the rules of war. Russia Buys Ships In England. LONDON, May 27. A cruiser now ap proaching completion at a private yard in England has been sold to a French agent representing Russia. Russia also recently purchased in England a number of fast cargo -vessels, which will be altered so as to enable them to be used as transports. NOTE ANDC0MMENT. "Mush and certified, please." No more baseball in the streets! Wen may the kids ask what the streets are for. Presumably milk and certified milk will bear the same relation to one another as fresh eggs and warranted fresh eggs. The "original Holy Roller" is said to be In custody at Oregon City. The trouble Is that the original wasn't locked up be fore any copies were made. It Is quite refreshing to hear of churches uniting, as the Presbyterian and . the Cumberland Presbyterian Churches havo done. The usual thing Is dls-unltlng. From three to four hundred men are reported to haunt the municipal employ ment office in Seattle lna vain search for jobs. What do the guys expect after the unofficial census has been taken? "He also criticised Judge Parker's silence." That Is the concluding sentence in & report of Bryan's latest speech. V(e are all fond of criticising that which we cannot comprehend. A Magistrate in North London recently decided that a man going to the dentist's Is justified in getting drunk only In tho case of a dentist that does not provide gas. "Painless" methods have made loss progress In England than hero, but if a person may legally get a Jag on in the effort to acquire Dutch courage every man arrested for drunkenness will have a ready excuse. When we read that a crowd of Ignorant Londoners has spoiled the pleasure of a princess by following her in open-mouthed wonder, we lay another offense at the door of the ill-bred English, and depre ciate their snobbery. When Miss Roose velt is almost crushed against the wheels of her carriage by a seething mob of women and men In St Louis, it makes us rub our eyes and wonder if It will ever be necessary to establish an official order of princesses In this country for tho dis traction of the crowd. Advertising for a wife is usually con sidered a modern method of putting one's head into the noose, but such is not the case. A man named Corder advertised for an "affectionate wife" in 1S27, and re ceived So replies to his few lines in a London paper. He married one of the women that answered his ad, and was living with her when he was arrested for the murder of a girl whose body had been discovered buried in a barn. The case aroused great Interest, being known as the Red Barn. Mystery. Corder was hanged before a great crowd, and the hangman's rope was In great demand at $5 an inch. Women are frequently accused of wear ing things sent to them "on suspicion," but It is not often that one is caught, as was the case In an Incident reported by the New York papers. A woman had a costly hat sent home on trial. She wore It at a fashionable wedding and returned it the .next day, saying it did not suit The milliner was not without experience, and bluntly asked, "Didn't you wear this hat at the Blank wedding yesterday?" Surprised, the woman owned up, but asked how the milliner guessed. That wily person quietly shook a couple of stray grains of rice out of the folds of lace on the bat The great luncheon, which was to be the principal achievement of the Board of Lady Managers at St Louis, was a splendid success If the number of guests that appeared is an indication. Seven hundred invitations were sent out, and at the appointed hour 2700 women were as sembled at the hall, ready for the first scramble at the tables. Invited guests and those that thought they should have been Invited were hopelessfy mixed up in the jam, and the crowd waited for hours in the hope of getting In on the grub. The Board of Lady Managers should rejoice that their hospitality Is so much appreciated by visitors. It is nearly time we had a local option law on Ice cream soda. Numbers of girls are depleting their pocketbooks or some other person's and spoiling their diges tions by over-indulgence in this drink, which is becoming a serious menace to the future of the Nation. The homes of the future are being attacked in. their most vulnerable spot, and If the mothers of the next generation are to stop rock ing the cradle every few minutes while they rush out to swallow another tumbler ful of the noxious compound, how is the world likely to be ruled! Let us then fight for local option as the only prac ticable means of saving the Nation's homes from ruin. When the farmer espied a little boy In dustriously collecting apples from the topmost branches of his best tree, says the Kansas City Independent he stole back to the farmhouse and took down a stuffed image of Pongo, his greatly mourned sheepdog, from the cupboard, and in a few minutes the stuffed dog had been placed at the foot of the tree. The farmer then proceeded with the business of the farm, and the men won dered why every now and then he chuckled to himself. An hour went by and the farmer was once more at the foot of the tree. "Hullo, there!" he cried. "What are ye doing up my tree, eh?" The boy was pale and quivering with fright, but he had not altogether lost his presence of mind." "P-please, sir," he shivered, "that great big dog down there," pointing to the well-preserved Pongo, "he chased me, he did, all over your meadow, an I had to climb this tree to get out of his way!" WEX. J. OUT OF THE GINGER JAR. She Is ma-riage a failure? He No; they don't make failure nowadays they take bank ruptcy. Butte IntPx Mountain. "Is the new man a good speller?" "I Bhould say he let Why. he used to edit the unclaimed letter list In a Russian vlllace." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Enthusiastic mediocrity often passes for tal ent. A hot sausage is not more nutritious than a cold sausage, but it Is more highly thought of. Puck. "Did Alkali Ike make the tenderfoot eat his words?" "No; the tenderfoot turned out to be one of those fellows who would rather fight than eat-" Chicago Journal. "My wife Is trying to get into society." "Ah! I suppose It keeps her busy." "Yea, but not as busy as It keeps me trying not to get Into debt." Philadelphia Press. Paw (finishing up a story) And so I washed my hands of the whole business. Xlttle Willie (Interestedly) Did somebody send you Trom. the tabe to do it, paw? Pittsburg Dispatch. The Philosopher. "Do you eee any humor in this life?" "Well, comparatively yea. That Is, there is more humor in it than there la in getting out of It, so' I conclude, it must be a Joke. Though sometimes. X must confess, X laugh when I really do not see the point." Detroit Free Press,