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Foreign postage louble rates. Eastern Kindness Office The 8. C. Beck with Sneclal Acency New York, rooms 48' to Tribune building. Chicago, rooms &10-512 tribune building. PORTLAND, THCKSDAY. DEC. 1808. SHIFTING POLITICS IN tOUTII. Many comments hare been made fhroughout the United States since the Presidential election about the disin- :. gration of the solid Democratic South. None of them, apparently, has itruck a more responsive chord than :he after-dinner speech of Mr. Taft Monday night in New York before an rganlzation of North Carolinians, hen he told of his desire to act In ac ;ordance with their real economic and political beliefs and to put away the "negro question Throughout the United States, of te. there has been a falling away .'rom old political divisions. "Non- partisanship" has been a catch word jf demagogues and they have worked tt to the limit. In truth, however, lon-partlsanshlp Is Impossible; all men must join one party or another If they . . . t I r n fi Hlt I effalra Every dilute, every issue makes all persons involved 1n it partisans. A Jog-fight at once make partisans of :he spectators But throughout the country there bas been a shifting of political ballast. i readjustment of political cargo. It would be strange if this change had not invaded the South. The new industrial conditions of the Sjuth are taking it away from its old- tnndmarks. Industrially, that part of She United States wants the political policies that the North has stood for. As for the negTO problem, the South rrn whites are coming to recognize that their iSorthern neighbors are rrw!ng content to let them solve it. That is the clear meaning of Taft's words. In many of the Southern States the Democratic vote showed a marked falling off in the last Presidential elec tion. Missouri and Maryland were car ried for Taft. In Georgia the Demo cratic plurality of about 30.000 was half that of four years before. In North Carolina and Mississippi there was also a big decrease. Even In Texas there was Democratic loss. The cause of the political shifting is plainly economic. By leaps and bounds the South has been going for ward In manufactures and in agricul tural products. flies industries, tho same as In the North, are out of ac cord with Hryanlsm. They have wanted none of his free silver nor his Bnti-exp.msion nor his government ownership nor his Fociallstic tenden cies. They have voted for him only from Democratic habit, but with di minished pluralities. Since 1900. capital invested in FoutherM manufactures has In creased from 1. 153.00:. 368 to $2. 100.000,000. according to the Manufac turers' Record, published in Balti more that is almost doubled. The capital :n cotton and cotton oil mills has more than doubled. The value of tho 1'imoer output is twioj that of eight years ago, I'kewlse that of crV. Iron, pe troleum and phosphates show heavy increase Bank deposits have multi plied two-fold. Since 1880 the totals exhibit enormous growth. The most striking figures are: Manufactures. l-;n. "'an'.tal J 2".344.."W14 3'roducts 4.17. 4.".4. 777 t'otton mie, cap Hl.non.On") Lumber prod. . 3rve.no.orx Lnm-ber cut, ft.3.41o.Ot)o.O(m Varra prd. vnl 6ti0.oen.nno Coal mm'd. tons G.n:t7,nn:t I'lg Iron. tons.. .107.301 innv ti.inn.ono.nno "..Hoo.nnu.ooo 2Ui.rtOO.nfto rwi.i.onn.noo Id. wr:.ii:i,ono 2.22.i.no.nno 94.Sl'!1.ono 3.44a. 221 Alabama is the heaviest producer of plsr Iron; North Carolina of cotton goods, -with South Carolina a close second and Georgia next; Louisiana, of lumber, then Texas, next Mississippi, fund fourth Arkansas; West Virginia of coal, then Alabama, an-d third Ken tucky. This rapid progress, of course, brings changes In political conditions. They are voiced in the Southern press. In language that would have nfTrlghted the Southern people of a generation ego. The Atlanta Constitution had this to say after the election: The. reautt mean that the time, has passed when a resident of one of these state muftt bur his social security, often, perhaps, at the price of his political con victions. Many business men. the Eouth over, most of them adherent of the Democracy all their lives, dared to support hopefully and openly tha candidates of the Republican rrty, because their conviction led them that way. , . That Southern vote, which. In firm belief, wrenched Itself away from sectional, politi cal tradition and It was a large one was significant. It means that the South Is no longer to be kept a a voting machine; as a slice of country to be deponded on to go solidly Democratic though the heavens fall; a a mere tall to what by itself would be an unflyablo Northern Democratic kite. It means thnt the time has come when the voter of te South Is going to demon strate his faith by works and not let con viction wait npon a cobwebbed tradition which a new Nationalism ha decreed must be brought up to date, to stand the test of the reason of the hour, or fall If it fall to do so. What the outh needs la a few doubtful states: then It will be In position to de mand and get something. This voices the tendency of the New South. It means that the people there are coming to vote their political beliefs rather than their race fears. Judge Neterer. of Bellingham, has Just made a remarkable ruling in a murder case by admitting on the court record the confession of a murderer who killed his wife last Summer. Of ( ourae the average layman who is not in very close touch with the law may fail to see anything remarkable in this ruling. The man killed his wife, and then confessed that he killed her. line lit nun a. cij v11-"1 vast; ui mur der, but it can readily be understood that the lawyers for the defense are terribly handicapped by this confes sion, and If it could be excluded from the recordr. and the murderer had suf ficient money, the case might worry vlong until the lawyers could prove technically or otherwise that the woman shot and buried herself. The admission of evidence of this charac ter is dangerous. It will not only tend to shorten the time necessary for con victlng a murderer, but It will eventu ally throw a number of criminal law yers out of.work by making murder a less popular pastime than at present. M It. BRYAN'S MYSTERY. Happy is tne man who can befuddle his own mind. Most people have to drink whisky or eat opium in order to nil their brains with enchanting cm meras, but Mr. Bryan needs no such aids. As little "Alice moved through the looking-glass into a fairy world, so he easily slips away from reality and dwells with airy phantasms. Perhaps though, he does not need to slip away from reality. The cnances are that he abides with ghosts all the time. Who but Mr. Bryan would think of seeing a "mystery" in the election of 1908? If there ever was a perfectly plain and unperplexed event, that was such a one. The election went as it did because the voters believed In Mr. Taft and did not believe In Mr. Bryan That Is the sum and substance of the matter. In trying to make a mystery out of It Mr. Bryan is like Lucretia Hale's old woman, who put salt in her coffee. She tried all the chemicals In the drugstore .one after another to change the salt taste to sweet, but finally had to throw the coffee away We fear none of Mr. Bryan s chemi cals, whether he calls them "mystery" or what not, wlil sweeten the bitter cup of the last election. The best thing for him to do is to throw the whole affair overboard and perpare new set of Chautauqua lectures. This will form a fitting prelude to a fourth nomination and another "mystery" Just like the present one, only more so. ABOUT PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTA TION. The next Legislature is authorized but not required, to enact a propor tional representation law. A propor tional representation amendment, to the constitution was adopted last June, but this amendemnt is nit effective until followed by legiF lation. For various reasons It v.ill be well to go slow in enactment of laws of this kind. This amendment was adopted under the initiative and, as everybody knows, the initiative amendment Is itself under question before' the United States Supreme Court. It Is possible that the Initia tive amendment will be declared null and void because in contravention of that section Of the Federal constitu tion which guarantees every state a republican form of government. If the initiative section of the constitu tion should fall, all that has been adopted under It would fall also. For that reason alone It Js well not to en act a proportional representation law until the validity of the amendment has been settled. Then, too, this subject of propor tional representation is one that is very little understood. Perhaps every one knows in a general way that the plan contemplates securing each polit ical party representation in proportion to the number of Its adherents. But there Is not one man in a thousand who has any knowledge of the differ ent methods by which proportional representation can be worked out In practice. As a matter of fact, the eaders In the proportional representa tion movement in the Uinted States are very much at variance as to the best methods to adopt. That being true. It is no reflection upon the in telligence of an Oregon Legislature to say that the members of the Legis- iture are not prepared to take up the subject and enact a comprehensive law at the coming session. But even if the subject were understood by the members of the Legislature, it is not understood by the people. Before we have any further legislation upon thi3 and kindred subjects. It would be bet ter to let the matter be discussed by the people at Grange meetings, in de bating societies and through the press. It is one thing to declare in favor of proportional representation and quite another thing to specify the manner In which the principle of proportional representation shall be put Into prac tice. There is plenty of room for doubt as to the wisdom of the propor tional representation principle, though the preponderance of opinion seems to be Just now In favor of It. Whatever Oregon may undertake will be largely experimental, and will probably neces sitate a redisricting of the state into Senatorial and Representative dis tricts. An undertaking of that char acter should be well considered. ILL-ADVISED RESISTANCE. The problem of co-education is working itself out in its own way, after the manner of such problems. Ex periment has shown that, while there are many young men and young wo men who can and do pursue their studies together in college with the ttendant contact in social life with enefit to each other as students and with pleasant and profitable associa tion in social as well as in educational lines, it seems likely to be demon strated that many young people of either sex who are away from home for a course of study,, thrive better, both in scholarship and character building when in separate Institutions. This statement does not reflect upon the mental endowment or the moral purpose of these young people. It is accordance with the simple fact that they are human beings, at the age In which the natural, impulses are not likely to be under control of the Judgment. The University of Chicago is deal ing with an embarrassing phase of this matter Just now, as evinced by the order recently issued by the fac- lty prohibiting the young women from living in boarding-houses where he men students have rooms, and by the resistance offered to the decree by the young women themselves. The Protestants are without doubt of the class of young women who are up right irt morals and Irreproachable in character and who feel abundantly able to take care of themselves. In hasty Judgment, which they mistake for righteous indignation, they resent the order as a reflection upon them selves, whereas the truth is that the rule was made to protect those who are weaker and more frivolous than they. These may or may not bo in the majority, but for the good name of the university, for their own sakes and as a defense of the principle of co-education at its most vulnerable point, all must be governed by it. The faculty, beset and perplexed, intimated that exceptions may be made to this rule. This, it Is plain, cannot be done without giving the greatest offense to those discriminated against. It cannot be supposed that such a rule was adopted by the governing powers of the university without serious de liberation and convincing proof that it was a -wise and necessary provision or precaution. In this view the cheerful acquiescence of all concerned is the part of wisdom. It lies with the "co eds" themselves, as the young women in co-educational universities have come to be designated, to demonstrate the propriety and desirability of co education by conforming to rules nec essary to protect such institutions from the greater scandal, and the less considerate among their number from associations that may be the source of lifelong regret. Resistance to this rule is, therefore, manifestly ill-advised. Compliance will, no doubt, work .temporary incon venience In many cases, and perhaps hardship in some, but in the larger view which should govern the matter these things are trifling considerations. FOOTBAXi, FOR SPORT AM) PROFIT. At Eugene the college boys have a net football profit of J2000, which they will devote to student enterprises. This is a large earning for athletics enor mously better, as all student enthusi asts know, than a deficit, to end up their sport season. Friends of the University -will expect this cash to be spent for good purposes. The money was made out of the two games in Portland, one with the Multnomah club. Financially, football has been successful; all the creditors will tes tify to that. But there are some other items in the account to be considered, not on the profit sheet. Have there been any losses in student health? Have any or the boy players been physically in Jured or Impaired by the strenuou conflict with the mature men of the Multnomah club? In past seasons there have been injuries, most of them in Portland. These may not be known to the younger university students, but a number of cases can be recalled by Dersons who have watched a dozen years of football. Loss of book study, of course, results from football, to a greater or less degree, but that can be repaired and made up. Football competition has reached such a point that it calls for high training. The cost of this training necessitates big revenue. The revenue cannot be obtained in Jnter-colleglate games alone; there must be an addi tional game with the "clubmen" a group of burly, mature men, tough ened by years of muscular work and gridiron scars. This subject is not popular with the students. It is not mentioned here out of any hostile spirit. The advantages of football are numerous, until light boys encounter heavy men in a "do or die" contest. Most of the college play ers are yet boys, though they do not know it. As an exercise and a sport, football is a fine game. As a spectacle it Is open to serious criticism. Every mother who has seen her boy meet a mature man on the football field feels that the game is not Just right nor fair. The football system Is with us, how ever, and may not soon be changed. A college these days without a football team lacks the chief means of adver tising for new students. Just as a col lege cannot endure without a football team, so a team cannot get along without revenue to pay its expenses. A RACE OF SPECTACLE WEARERS. Dr. Woods Hutchinson, in a recent article In the Woman's Home.Corr panlon, under the title "Eyes to See, cites the plaint, heard on every hand. that we are becoming a race of spec tacle wearers; that our children are born old and that both sight and hear- ng are breaking down under the ter rific strain of civilization, In the di rect, forceful and earnest manner haracteristic of this writer he pro ceeds to lay this ghost of apprehen sion or at least to allay the terror that Its stalking presence excites. He finds in the first place that much of the apprehension that is felt n regard to the general Inability of the eyes to stand the strain of civiliza tion is due to ignorance of the sub ject. We speak of the keen sight of the savage when, as a matter of fact, his eyes were used for long distance service almost exclusively. The tasks put upon them Involved no close work, yet they failed him early in life, as indeed did his other special senses. The "noble savage," he declares, is simply a myth of civilization a state ment that is verified by the descrip tion of him found In the century-old Journal of Lewis and Clark and by the memory of him and his as they wandered up and down the Willam ette Valley half a century ago. The Indian's environment put enor mous strain upon his physical senses. with the result that they served his eeds for a time, but failed him early. The average savage tribe in the open ot only had an enormous death rate. but their teeth, eyes and sense or hearing failed them early and the few who survived to old age became blind, or nearly so; toothless and hard of hearing groveling,, under-sized, piti able caricatures of humanity. The In dian simply "gave out," not knowing why. Civilized man, on the contrary, notes the defects in his physical senses, and in proportion' to his ad vancement in knowledge applies thereto corrective measures. Close work has developed iwhat is known as "eye strain"; blurred vis Ion, headache and nervousness follow; science is appealed to, glasses correct ing the defect are placed before the eyes and lo, they are as good as ever In many cases better than at first. In the opinion of Dr. Hutchinson, practically the only basis for the oft repeated assertion and firm convic tion that the civilized eye is Inferior to that of the savage is the fact that the savage or inherited eye will not do civilized work without assistance. This assistance given, the eye becomes equal to iLs new tasks, furthermore, he says that there Is no valid proof that the civilized eye has become any weaker or less adequate during the past hundred or two hundred years. "I see so many more people who wear glasses than I used to see," says the man anxious for the welfare of the race. "That is probably because you see bo many more people than formerly," replied an equally observant but more practical man who sat beside him in the crowded trolley-car. "But so many children wear glasses now," persisted th, first speaker. "That is because defects in sight in the young were not discovered and the remedy was not applied until witnin recent years," answered the other. This is the simple solution of facts that are frequently noted with grave concern. Our population is rapidly multiplying; everybody now gets abroad where formerly everybody stayed at home. This means that we see more people than formerly. Sci ence has given intelligent assistance to the civilized eye, in order that It may do the work of civilization: con sequently many of the people whom we see wear glasses. These facts are within common knowledge. Many persons struggle along for years under the inconven ience . and inadequacy of poor eye sight from dread of the penalty that follows the use of glasses that of "becoming dependent upon them." This dependence Is assessed by "Dr. Hutchinson merely as an expression of the good Judgment of the eye, when once it has been given full and perfect vision in declining to be satis fied with anything less. ' Clearly, all things considered, "a spectacled race" is not so much to be deplored as a race needing spectacles but unspectacled through- Ignorance of the existence of defects In the eye sight or of proper means to correct such defects when discovered. The stagecoach' will soon become a thing of the past in this state. It has been withdrawn from most of the routes over which It reeled ana plunged and thumped 1ta way a score of years and more ago. Its day of usefulness, danger and discomfort; of thrilling hold-ups and midnight tumblings down the mountain side are nearlng the end. One of the last stage lines to outlive the necessities of transit that brought it into existence was the Klamath Falls line, which has now been reduced to a scant three miles and will soon be entirely super seded by the track and rolling stock of the California & Eastern Railway. It did yeoman service as an advance agent of civilization. It passes on. honored for its place and part in the advancement of, the interests, and supplying the needs of frontier set tlers honored but unregretted. The energies of the stagecoach were never depleted by use nor paralyzed by age Metaphorically speaking, It died run ning. Congress having put very restrict lve limitations upon the employment of secret service agents. President Roose velt suggests In his message that this may have been due to a desire on the part of the members that the secret service be not used to investigate Sen ators and Representatives. He says that the limitations, however, are a protection to criminals, especially to rich criminals, and proposes that If the reasons mentioned are the true ones, it might be well to make a special ex ception which - would prohibit secret service officials from Investigating Representatives and Senators. Presi dent Roosevelt must have grinned his broadest grin when he wrote this bit of humor. Imagine a Congress appro priating money for a detective service and then expressly providing that the members of Congress shall be free from investigation. Such a limitation would make Congress the laughing stock of the country. The hardy mariners who fight the wintry gales that sweep over the Western Ocean, battle with the ty phoons of the Pacific and wallow through the "roaring forties," have a mild contempt for the dangers of lake navigation. Land and safety seem so close at hand along the lakes, as com pared with the ocean, that the possi bilities for shipwreck are much less ened. And yet every Winter witnesses the disappearance of some fine steam ers which ply the inland seas. The D. M. Clemson, which went down with all on board a few days ago, was a new, modern-built steel freighter of 4000 tons register, but, from the wreckage now coming ashore, it is apparent that she was battered to pieces as expedi tiously and as relentlessly as would have been the case had she been caught In an ocean hurricane. The master of a British steamer has arrived at Norfolk with a story that the Sargossa Sea has disappeared. This story, if true, will work a great hardship on the amateur writers of lurid sea tales. As a repository of the literary ships that never came back. the Sargossa Sea has no equal in fact or in fiction. There is a possibility, however, that this "sea," which is not a sea, but a mass of floating vegeta tion, may have slipped its moorings and drifted slightly out of position. while this observant captain was passing. The Sargossa Sea has always been so much more real and tangible than that other ocean curiosity, the sea serpent, that it would be a pity to have it adopt the disappearing habits of the latter. A committee of the Los Angeles Federation of the W. C. T. U. has asked Southern California legislators to enact a law requiring that a book of instructions to young wedded couples be Issued with every marriage license. This ought to help somewhat. Now if the committee will take an other grip on the situation and en deavor to secure the enactment of a law that will supply intending matri monial victims with a book of instruc tions, they will get along with a much smaller Issue of the book now asked for than would otherwise be neces sary. By removing the cause it i3 easy to escape an unsatisfactory effect. The most surprising feature of the East Side Bank robbery was the es cape of the robbers, heavily laden as they were .with their booty, and In spite of the fact that the alarm was given and pursuit was in progress al most before they had disappeared in the fog of the early evening. Some of those Senators who want to take a whack at Roosevelt might pre pare addresses In answer to his mes sage and thus put the Presl'dent to shame. If the President is so lacking In statesmanship It ought to be easy to prove that fact by comparisons. The secret political manipulations of the Statement Republican members of the Oregon Legislature indicates that the primary law has not dispensed with machines yet. Whether placed on exhibit at Spo kane or not, Oregon apples, win the first prizes In the New York market. That is the all-important considera tion. Castro cannot get Into France. He is the first hard customer on record who has been - refused admission to that country. That east wind may come back be fore Christmas, so you'd better save yourself from grippe by shopping early. If Castellane or 'Sagan had only taken up with Mme. Stelnheil, there would have been a fast trot, for a fact. The robbers did a good turn for Finch and Von Neida by distracting at tention from them for a few days. If Young should share the fate of Schuebel, there ere other Populists to draw from WANTS CRIME CARNIVAL CHECKED Wrl-ter Blames Lax Govrrnmrit and Falae Education for tairlnsness. PORTLAND, Or., Dec 8. To the Edi tor.) What in to become of our Nation? The atrocious crimes which are daily committed by bank robbers, gaspipe thugs and cold-blooded murderers, all this, and much more, compels us to believe that we are not living in a free country. I think it is time for the good people of this city, and the whole United States, to wake up to the situation and adopt some stringent measures to prevent this spirit of crime and vandalism with which our country is being overrun. Where lies the blame? And what is becoming of our boasted land of the free and the home of the brave? "Hold up your hands!'.' Is the dally cry, and, strange to say, an identity of the holdup is seldom secured and they roam and ramble through our streets at will. I would ask: Haven't we a sufficient police force here in Portland to grapple with the situation? Or is it a lack of private detectives? In the name of God, what is the matter? I say, and I voice the opinion of many a one, it is about time something shall be done to bring all these criminals to Justice. When brought before the court, which is very seldom the case, a very small fine is imposed upon the criminal, perhaps a few days oh the rockpile, then tney are turned loose, to work nfw schemes or desperation, meantime gloat lng over their victories so easily won. Have we no government? No laws by which we can punish crime? Must sympathy for the living be so Indulged in,, when it fails to bring back the dear form and sweet voice of the loved ones ? Why should crime exist In our beau tiful land, with all our educational fa cilitles. with all the enlightenment which we claim to possess In our beautiful America? Too much education is not good for some persons. Unless men and women are born with a natural tendency for be ing good, education will only make them the shrewder scoundrels.. Talk about Russia, or any other foreign country! Our examples of goodness and purity lade away In the distance when com pared with them. The money-greed seems to have per meated the brain or our American peo ple to such an extent that any crime looks respectable to the average mass. I could enlarge upon this subject In many and various ways, but I will only ask in conclusion: Cannot something be done to protect our loved ones from these daily atrocities Or have we no law, no discipline, no government? I ask again. wnat is to rjecome or our Nation? MRS. PORTIA MURRAY. WHAT IS WRONG WITH HOMES? Parental Responsibility at Low Ebb) DInrlplIne Nearly Obsolete. Pittsburg GazetteTTimes. Parental responsibility has come to a low ebb, and discipline is almost ob solete. The sacredness of the home has become a farce in too many cases; the father thinks the bowling alley is far more sacred, and the mother plays bridge or euchre as relaxation from household cares. Children are hustled off to school at . the earliest possible age. Just to get them out of the way. and then parents too often look to the school to do the rest. The breathless whirl of pleasure seeking also reacts upon the child. Vaudeville shows and skating rinks absorb the time and nervous energy that used to be con served at the fireside, around the eve ning lamp. The solidarity of the fam ily is impaired each member goes his own way; lodge, missionary society, dance, basketball game, poolroom or street, and anon the saloon. No care is exercised over the young people's choice of companions; late hours are kept without reproof or question. Does the father who reads this know where the boy was last night? Does the mother know where her girl was? Do they both realize that the enactment of a curfew law is an Insult to them. It means that many parents are so crim inally careless about their children that the authorities must threaten action to get them to do their duty. We would need no truant orricers nor Juvenile courts if homes were con ducted as they should be. If cheap amusements and soul-deadening pas times were tabooed, and homekeeping habits were revived, and parents re alized that they are responsible tor their children, not the teacher or tne policemen, penitentiaries would be less crowded and Socialists would have less to talk about. The home is the hasis of society. It is sad, but true, as Judge Lindsey has said, that "something is wrong with the homes." A nierlcanluii a Question ot Principle. Cleveland Leade'r. Otipa mora the President has urged upon the American people the priceless value of high ideals, the need of the snirit of self-sacrifice, the sacredness of unselfish and patriotic service. He bos reminded them of the way in which all nationalities are welded here into one and all men are permuted to make such a place for themselves as their merits and their talents may de serve and attain. He has reiterated me r-iriUnnl article of his creed as a natrlot and a statesman service, equality as far as merit makes equality possible, and rearies aevoiion to nign Ideals. That is the American idea at Its best, "Wn. should keen steadily before our minds," said the President. "that Americanism is a question of princi ple, of purpose, of idealism, of charac ter' that it is not a matter of birth nlace or creed or line of descent." Over and over he has preached that doctrine, Time and again he lias beaten it into he minds and hearts of his country men. They can never hear it too much. They lovp and admire Theodore Roose--elt berausa he teaches so well and practices what he urges others to make their rule or me. Faith in Mr. Cannon's Conversion. Chicago Evening Post. We are ready to give Joseph G. Can non credit for good faith in his prom lse that tariff revision will not be ob structed by him. It Is entirely in character that the promise should be lived up to by Mr, Cannon with even greater force than he put Into the giving of it. In the first place, he has felt the power of the new President and gained considerable personal knowledge of the support of the people back of It. Furthermore, prompt revision Is in the party plat form, and party dictum has ever been an influence to which Mr. Cannon has confessed an unqualified fealty. With an aroused public opinion, a popular majority and the Republican party in favor of a thing, Mr. Cannon is not the man to lead a forlorn hope against it- On the tariff we may rea sonably expect to see his change of front become complete and permanent. Snbllme Hope of the Jena. San Francisco Emanu-El. Modern Jewish optimism is marvel otisly reflected in the Zionist move ment, which, though viewed by many as a mere dream, represents, neverthe less, the sublime hope that, after many centuries of deep slumber, the ancient Jewish national life may yet once more arise in all its glory on the Eastern horizon. Timely Warning for Everybody. Hartford Times. The season for pneumonia has arrived and the Chicago Board of Health has Is sued a code of preventive rules. Con densed, these are the principal warnings laid down: Avoid Impure air. Seek an abundance of fresh air. Avoid over-in dulgence in food and drink. Don't coddle yourself. HINDUS CANNOT BE CITIZEN Declarations' Ordered Canceled by Interior Department. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) The Government of the United States has forced two Hindus who declared the! intentions to become citizens here to re linquish their declarations, and the first official effort of a native of India to be come an American citizen has ended in failure. The last of the declarations was recovered today, after considerable dlffl culty. Early this year David Son Kehar an Sham Wassah. two Hindus employed in a sawmill at Crawfordsville, Linn County, applied at the County Clerk' office here to declare their intentions to become citizens. Their request was at first refused, but attorneys pressed the matter for them and County Clerk Millar communicated with the Bureau of Im migration and Naturalization at Wash ington. He was informed, however, that no ruling could be made until tho master came before the department of ficially, and under these circumstances and to make the matter a test case, the declarations were received here. The past Summer, when the declara tions came up for acceptance or rejec tion by the Department, a ruling wai made that a native of India could not take advantage of the naturalization laws of the United States. County Clerk Miller was instructed to secure the copies of the declarations given to the Hindus, but they refused to relinquish Item and the Department at Washington turned the matter over to the Depart ment of Justice, and the Assistant United States Attorney at Seattle, who is In charge of nauralizatlon matters in th Pacific Northwest, assisted in the ef forts to secure the papers. Kehar has moved to Portland since making the declaration and the Federal officers secured his copy and assan finally forwarded his copy to County Clerk Miller here. The original declara tions have now been canceled and the copies forwarded to the Department Washington and this marks the end of the first actual effort of a Hindu to be come an American citizen. DAIRY ASSOCIATION TO MEET State Organization Convenes at Sa lem Today. SALEM, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) The an nual session of the Oregon State Dairy Association will convene In this city at 9:30 A. M. tomorrow In Ye Liberty Theater. Most of the exhibits arrived today and were placed in position in the hall over the Salem Hardware Store, on Commercial street. At the opening seH sion, August Huckesteln, president of the Salem Business Men's League, will de liver an address of welcome, to which President F. L. Kent, of the Dairy Asso elation, will respond, as he delivers his annual address. E. T. Judd will speak upon "Food Problems." In the afternoon. Dr. E. N. Hutchinson, of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, will -speak on "Tuberculosis" J. W. Bush, of La Grande, will discuss 'Dairying East of the Cascades," and C. H. FT-azer, of the Corvallls Creamery, will make an appeal for "Better Cream.' In the evening an entertainment and re ception will be given at the IUihee Ckib rooms, when a lunch will be served. BROKEN DISH CAUSES FIGHT Two Prominent Salem Men Engage in Fistic. Altercation. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 9. (Special.) George W. Hobson, a prominent Salem merchant, and Squire H. A. Johnson, a well-known insurance man and form erly Justice of the Peace, engaged in altercation today which ended In Hobson's pleading gumy to a charge of assault and battery, while Judge John son will tomorrow morning answer to a charge of using abusive language. The trouble arose over the refusal of Hobson to sell a rTIsh to replace one broken In a set already sold. Be cause of the prominence of the parties. the case has attracted considerable at tention. INFECTED HORSES ARE KILLED State Veterinarian Says 500 Malheur Animals Should Die. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 9. (Special.) Dr. C. P. Korlnek, State Veterinarian, returned today from Owyhee. Valley. Malneur County, where he has been killing horses Infected with glanders. He reports that stockowners are not getting control of the disease and will not until thev kill off about 600 wild horses of the scrub class that transmit the disease to valuable horses owned by the ranchers. The wild horses are small, and therefore of no value, but they convey the infection. Dr. Korlnek says that sheep scab has been eradicated. Progressive Man Chosen. COTTAGE GROVE, V3r.. Dec. 9. (bpeelal.) At the annual meeting of the Commercial Club, H. O. Thompson was chosen president and F. H. Rosen burg secretary. Mr. Thompson has been a prominent resident here for six years, and wit.h his wife has taken an active part in the sanitary affairs. They also helped to organize the Civic League. Mr. Thompson was formerly from Idaho, where he was prominent In the Republican party. He is 41 years old. Clackamas Horticulturists Elect. OREGON CITY. Or., Dec. 9. (Spe cial.) The Clackamas County Horti cultural Society today elected the fol lowing officers for the ensuing year: R. s. Coe, president; William Beard, secretary-treasurer; A. J. Lewis, mem ber of board of control for three years. The society will attempt the organiza tion of a fruitgrowers' union along the lines of the Hood River Association. An exhibit of Clackamas County fruit will be installed in the rooms of the new Commercial Club. Devotion Saves Horse. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) By staying constantly with a sick horse for an entire' week and giving it his undi vided care and attention. H. L. Klser, a farmer residing near Albany, has saved a valuable animal. The horse became 111 while Klzer was driving to the city a week ago today. He stayed with the horse night and day, caring for it con stantly. Today he was rewarded for hN unexcelled devotion to a sick animal when the horse had recovered sufficiently to walk out to his farm Mayor Nullifies Complaint. OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec. 9. (Spe cial.) The case against Al Close, of Estacada, charged with selling liquor without a license, was dismissed today as the complaint was faulty. Mayor Heylman having neglected to sign his name, using only his title. It is possi ble that Close will be re-arrested. The Estacada authorities have suspected him of operating a "blind pig" ever since the town voted, dry last June. Revenue From Hunters Licenses. -ASTORIA, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) Since the first of the year, the County Clerk has issued 771 hunter s licenses for Clat sop County. The licenses are $1 each and the money is turned over to the state. Over 1500 licenses have -been, issued, in soma counties in the state. MAKE PLANS FOR GOOD ROADS Polk County Meeting Is Held at Independence. INDEPENDENCE, Or., Dec. 9. (Spe cial.) An enthusiastic good roads conven tion was held in this city Monday.. The, meeting was addressed by Judge John Scott, of Salem, after a programme of music. Judge Scott complimented the road worlc tha he had seen on his way to Inde pendence from Salem, stating that as a rule the people expect too much of a County Court In the way of highway im provements. He said that most of the time of the County Judges Is taken up with the duties of the offices and that they have little or no time to give to road Improvement throughout the county. Judare Scott explained In detail the meas ures that are now -being prepared by the committee on legislation that was ap pointed at the meeting of -the Oregon State Grange, the Good Roads Asso ciation and Good Roads Conference held In Portland on that date. "One of the measures provides for a state appropriation not to exceed one-half mill, which would raise a revenue of about $300,000. This money," continued Judge Scott. "Is to be expended under the direction of a state highway com mission to be appointed by the State Board. One member of the commission is to be appointed from each Judicial dis trict of the state and' one member is to be appointed from the state at large a civil engineer especially trained in the construction of public roads, who would act as chairman of the commission, tills appropriation to be apportioned among the various counties throughout the state. No county would receive more than $20,000 until all the counties shall have had an opportunity to make application for a similar sum, after which time there be ing any of the sum unapplied" for, it Is to be reapportioned among the various counties according to the applications." At the close of Judge Scott's address the organization of the Polk County Good Roads League was effected. J. H. Mulkey was elected president: J. N. Jones, vice-president; Charles H. Hicks, secre tary: H. Hlrschberg, treasurer: Mrs G. W. Conkey, second vice-president: Mrs. Claude Skinner, third vice-president: Miss Laura Craven, fourth vice-president: Dave Stapleton, fifth vice-president; Bessie But ler, sixth vice-president, and Maggie Hodge, seventh vice-president. IMMENSE COLONY IS PLANNED Scheme to Set Out 10,000 Acres In Trees in Jackson County. MEDFORD, Or., Dec. 9. (Special.) A hugo colonization scheme for Jackson County lands has been planned by flplonel Ray. of New York City. Mr. Ray is owner of the Conder Water Power plant and various other properties in this county. It Is his intention to have planter! on one of the large tracts held by his company 75.000 fruit trees annually and continue until 10,000 acres have been planted. He plans to place the landi unrter irri gation, the facilities for which he now controls. The project has long been a favorite with Cofonel Ray, who Is doing it not from a desire to enrich himself so much as a desire to rurnisn smau tracts for employes of the American To bacco Company, of which he Is vice- president. PARCELS POST IS OPPOSED Salem Merchants Object to Trial of Scheme In That Town. SALEM. Or., Dec. 9 (Special.) Salem probably will endeavor to be selected as one of the towns In which tne par cels post experiments will be tried. In accordance with the recommendations of President Roovevelt. The Salem Board of Trade this evening ordered the -appointment of a special committer for the purpose of investigating the matter and conferring Willi the delega tion 'in Congress. It developed, how ever, that there Is strong opposition to the parcels post plan upon the ground that it will enable Eastern mail-order houses to compete with local dealers. The proposed experiments. it was ar gued, are but an entering wodgo to the adoption of an extensive parcels post system. BLACK HAND IS AT MEDFORD Pawnbroker Receives Threatening Ixilter Through Mail. MEDFORD. Or.. Pec. .!). (Special. )M. Eller, from New Y6rk. recently opened a. pawnshop In this city and whether he is the victim of a joke or a prey of tlm black hand has been placed In the hands of local and postal detectives for solv ing. Last Saturday morning Mr. Kller received through the Medford postofflni letter which read: "Bring $100 under C'roek bridge at 10 o'clock tonight. Saturday, or death. You will find a person thero with a long red coat and give the shiners to him. Your blood will be on your own hands If you don't. X Y Z. A B C. tlie Plark Hand." The letter was immediately turned over to the Chief of Polii-e. JAPANESE MAN" GOES INSANE Beats Himself, Thinking He Is Fighting for Mikado. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 9 (Spe cial.) I. Shibata. a Japanese tailor Vancouver Barracks, went Insane this morning and began beatlne: himself In the eyes and knocking I '.i head gnlnst the stone wall and inju ig him self othedwise. The soldiers took him to the guardhouse and later he was lodged in the County Jail. Ho said he was suffering from an emotional illness," and he said that when he was pounding" himself he was In effect fighting for the Mikado and his country. He will be examined tomorrow as to his sanity. Dallas to Be Boomed. DALLAS, Or.. Dec. 9. (Special.) The business men of Dallas met last Ight and organized a enmmerr-lal club. hich they have named the Dallas Le- elopment League, for the purpose of financing and carrying out a plan to advertise the reources of Dallas ami vicinity in the Eastern states and to attract tourists snd settle'rs to this place. Hon. U. S. Loughary was elected president, H. G. Campbell secretary and W. G. Vassal treasurer. Cliffs Needs Hotel. CLIFFS. Wash., Dec. 9. (Special.) A large, first-class hotel is becoming a ne cessity here. The present hotel is full to overflowing, with beds occupied both night and day. The railroad office men are clamoring for better accommodations arM insist on something being done, as there will no doubt he as many as 300 workmen stationed here before another year. There are between 10 and 50 men at work here now for the railway com pany. Kansas Woman Dies at Aberdeen. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 9. (Special.) Mrs. W. D. Wilson, aged 77, who cams here from Abilene. Kan., several years ago to visit her daughter, Mrs. L. a. Humbargar, died here today, from paraly sis, with which she was seized saveral days ago. Mrs. Wilson was the mother of five sons who have followed the news paper business in Kansas and her hus band was a newspaper publisher. The re- Jnalna will be taken to Abilene. 4 A