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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1909)
10 PORTLAJTD. OREGON. gubrlptlo R.tU.-tormrtably In Advance ?i y bSI'7 Jnludd. on. year f-S tSSSX "S? ! month.. .(8.00 . 4.25 . 2.25 7.1 . 6 00 Ial y ZMZYl Sun?aT- three month.. Sunday, on. year. " Sunday and weekly. oV." 'yiiil IL" I:. . 8 25 1.75 . .60 . I SO . 2 .50 . S.S0 (By Carrier. ) I i tally Bunday Tn'," on Tr . How t on month. . . .70 our -lo"F Sank0rdS." . P-r.onaleh.ck oi li lTittk- Q"" P"ofno. adl Poat . " oountr "ate. (1 to ,.- cnt 80 Pages. 8 cent.: double rate" cents. Foreign postage with VT" The a C. Beck- m Trlbun. bulldln, Thi!tr?rork- room 48" rr'bune building. " Chlc"' room B10-SU .ORTLAND. FRXDAT. APRCL , UEMOCBATIO ANARCHY. It If! scare el v humon. , jijt long-er to a.xk a Democrat whv r. to The attempt to dlsseot from hU con- u , consclousnees th reasons for the political faJth nvkiu : . him resembles vivisection too cloaely hnn,7. YC . yet " sometimes anf Pff at ne has to do unpleas " .l"8 r the advancement of exact knowledge. It U a matter of Xthtrtf11 th eountry to know T he DemotraU Party "la a political organization honestly atrlvlng for the promotion of a aet of princi ples or i. simply a baad of dls ized freebooters with no common pur pose; but to grab as many offices as possible ana hold them at the cos? of any sacrifice a. ion a. possible Inquire of any Democrat what h?a party principles are, and he will iib y reply that they are those of the fnd eVer lorto" Jefferson. lnvesSUn a step farther nnd ask him just what ones among the multitudinous principles of Jef ferson he especially adopts for his own. and the chances are that he will respond with a dumb stare. Your rank and file Democrat adores the founder of his party In much the same uio nameaa Indians formerly worshiped the deity. They knew hU name and nothing more. Ut. 't' 8 does haPPen to cherish an of Jefferson's political ideas these them' V? bfl f0Und Kngst them: First. "That government is best -which governs least." and sec ond. "All unnecessary taxation is un just taxation." The first of these prin ciples is particularly dear to the Dem ocrats, because It authorizes them to disregard their party pledges. Obedi ence to a pledge is a species of gov ernment. Applying Jefferson's Idea it to best when It exercises least control Hence the more pledges a Democrat can break, the more faithful he Is to his party and to his great exemplar. If anybody can distinguish between the logical result of this principle and the anarchy which Emma Goldman preaches. It would be delightful to see him do the stunt. Necessarily a gov ernment would grow better and better the less authority It had. If we are to follow Jefferson, and it would reach the acme of excellence when It had no authority at all. The full beauty of this political precept In practical application can be seen In the conduct of the Democratic members at the special session of Congress. They have a party organization in name, but not one of them pretends to obey Its be hests. Kach takes his own course at every juncture. The natural result la exactly what one would expect. They accomplish nothing except to add now and then to the broken promises which are the only recent treasures their party has accumulated. The other Jeffersonian principle that "all unnecessary taxation Is unjust taxation," has been repeated by the Democrats in every one of their plat forms since 1868. In 1876 they de manded a revenue tariff, in 1892 to select an example or two at random, they "denounce RpnnWifo n .i - tuicv-UVU as a fraud." In 1904 they "denounce protection as a robbery of the many to enrich the few." In their last plat form they favored "the immediate re vision of the tariff by the reduction of Import duties." and demanded "the immedlatA rpnnnt nf . it loiiii u ii lum ber. All this looks very fine. No words could be more consistent with the glo rious principles of the deathless one Let us see how it works out In deeds. Uhen the Payne bill was on its final passage in the House, there were eight roll-calls, as the Evening Sun reminds us. which gave the Democrats the chance they so ardently longed for to speak oOt for free lumber. Since this had been flamboyantly emphasized in their platform, it seems that shame ought to have driven them to vote for it even If honesty could not. Neith er shame nor honesty, however, pro duced any such result. Out of the 171 Democrats m the House enough voted against free lumber and In favor of "unnecessary taxation" and "rob bery of the many to enrich the few" to enable the reactionary Republican minority to keep the duty on. This Is following Jefferson with a ven geance. It looks amazingly like Mr Rockefeller's way of following anoth er much praised individual. More than that, the Democrats cast many votes for protection on hides The members from Texas, Arkansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and so on, voted to continue this detestable outrage on the people and it was finally put to rest by the Republicans in spite of etrong Democratic opposition. The act Is, that every Democrat in Con gress casts his vote without the slight est regard to the chimerical principles of his party and solely with reference to the petty Interests of the district he represents. The befuddled Democrat ic voters of Oklahoma Imagine that the duty on Hides puts money in their pockets. It does not put a penny In their pockets. Neither does the Fed eral treasury get anything from it, while it undoubtedly heaps up riches for the beef trust. But the Oklahoma cattlemen think the duty is a good thing for them and therefore. Instead of sticking to the precepts of the mighty Jefferson, instead of trying to teach his Ignorant constituents the truth of the wretched business, Mr. Carter. Congressman from Oklahoma! emoothly votes for the duty and smears himself with dishonor. "What Is to be the future of a party whose members habitually act without re gard to their pledges? What is the outlook for a party which, openly glo- ries In Its lack of principle? The Scriptures warn us that hell Itself must fall if the devils were divided against themselves. The anarchy which Jefferson taught bids fair to bring his party to destruction. WHO ARE THE ACCOMPLICES? The Oregonian fancies that, if the whole truth about the Retnstein excur sion to the City Hall should be known. It would vastly interest and stir the public. It Is Inconceivable that one person, or two persons, alone arranged and carried out the scheme for the mutilation of the McKenna Excise Board petitions. Why the McKenna petitions? Why not the petitions of that proposed great reform, the Goth enburg system, which purposes to cre ate from the saloon business of Port land a great and profitable monopoly? It has not escaped public attention that the attack of the record-mutila-tors was made entirely upon the Mc Kenna signatures. Can It be possible that the conspirators had no fear or concern about the passage of the Goth enburg ordinance? Or did It Just mere ly chance that they were Interrupted In their secret work at the City Hall, and had not got around yet to the Gothenburg papers, and that they In tended In due time to dispose of them through the effective process of mu tilation? These are mere speculations, or In quiries. The public doesn't understand the Relnsteln strategy. It wants to understand it. If the investigation shall be pursued with diligence and fidelity, undoubtedly the public will In time understand It. It will be able to know probably In time more about the more or less mysterious origin of the Gothenburg ordinance and the purposes of its real sponsors. If It has any. Perhaps these gentlemen -will come out from under cover now, and let us know who it Is that is going to finance this most amazing project of having all the saloons and liquor busi ness of Portland In one control. Meanwhile. It Is hoped that Mr. Mc Kenna and his associates will persist !n their purpose to pursue their pri vate Investigation Into this whole crim inal business. The District Attorney of course will use all possible diligence to uncover the truth and to nnniih perpetrators. But he has many things to do. He should have help. A serious crime has been committed. It will be committed again unquestionably. If the public la not fully aroused to an ade quate sense or the outrage and villainy of this crime, and a ran 11 nn nii. volc demand that the criminals be piacea speedily in the penitentiary. It is too grave a matter to h Vi,iv,0 It is too great a wrong to be con- uvnea. SEN-SATIOX AL VHBAT MARKET. The sensational advances in wheat market last week have been followed this week by a decline more rapid and sensational than the advances. There was a break yester day of 4 cents per bushel In both the May and July options in Chicago, and ivsrpooi market declined nearly 2i cents oer hnnhol ri v. -r.... option In Chicago this ia a decline of 9 cents per bushel from the closing price last Saturdav nnrii. v. period the Liverpool price has de- i cents per bushel, largely in sympathy with the American decline. -v uiere is no more wheat In the world than there was last Saturday, the actual quotations at the close yes- i?rua.y woum seem to Indicate that wheat had been much ten Mo-v. j -ww - n auu was now working toward a lower 1T5VU1. Had the descent aay, this theory might find better support. But anv nr , i whether it la advancing or declining', oc,uu, ever makes such hysterical changes as have heart Yi. week unless there has been a consld- eraDie amount of sentiment Intermin gled with the economic fntnrM situation. Mr. Patten has been charged with manipulating , the mar ket, and has been quite generally blamed for the high prices. He retorts that consumption has been gaining on production for many years and Is now nearing a crisis. The New Orleans j. lmes-uemocrat, printed far away from the actual seat of the trouble and at a Dlace whprn nhoan - - . t, . iicm ia wanted by all classes, treats Mr. Pat ten quite tairiy in the statement that "it would be a great mistake to Imag ine that the personality and methods of this man afford the sole explana tion of the crisis which confronts con sumers and dealers in grain through out the world. Evidence shows that no speculator can innt.nl o j - - w . i LUIU111UU- lty of universal use, unless he haa xacis as weii as millions behind him." It now remains to be seen whether Mr. Patten's carefully gathered "facts" from all parts of the world are mis leading or whether it is Secretary Wil son that has made the monumental blunder regarding the size of the 1908 wheat crop In the United States For it ia on the actual size of this crop that market prices for the next three months will be based. In the Pacific Northwest every man at all familiar with the situation knows that the Government figures on Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho crop last year were 15.000.000 bushels in excess of the ac tual out-turn, and In these three states alone the overestimate ac counted for one-half of the officially estimated excess of 30,000,000 hushels over the 1907 crop In the United States. Europe, which is the great consum ing market of the world, has for some time been unable to secure wheat from this country, and the situation there has been about as strong as It has been in the United States. In some carefully prepared statistics printed last week the London Times placed the , world's visible supply at 132,000.000 bushels, which is 16,000 -000 bushels less than a year ago. Beer", bohm estimates that the shipments from the principal exporting countries of the world will average 7,200,000 bushels per week for the remainder of the season, ending July 31, and places the weekly requirements for that period at 9,400,000 bushels. In these prospective suppllea the United States and Canada are expected to contribute 40,000,000 bushels and Russia 30.000 -000. With the authorities of both the old world and the new so far at vari ance in their figures and predictions as to the future of the market. It is difficult to form an oninlon a r -rcv.Q may happen before a new crop la har vested. The United States will need for home consumption, before an other crop Is produced, about 112 -000,000 bushels of wheat. The price at which it will be bought Is as uncer tain as the sources of supply. If the Patten figures are right, It will be at THE MORNING high prices. If Secretary Wilson la wrong only in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, the price will be lower. THE REAL BOSSES. Who are the friends of the direct Primary? Mr. Thomas McCusker says that the methods of Mr. Simon's nomi nation are all wrong. Any mass meet ing for the suggestion of candidates he deems a subrevslon of the principle and policy of the primary. Tet the mass meeting plan Is almost exactly In line with the suggestion of Gover nor Hughes, the New York reform Governor, who is making a fight for a direct primary constructed on the basis of prior suggestions bf commit tees or conventions. Is Governor Hughe or is he not a friend of the di rect primary? If he is then McCus ker and his allies are wrong. If he ia not, then everybody else is wrong in esteeming Governor Hughes an execu tive of high Ideals and noble purpose Now the people of Portland are going to have to decide whether they will accept a candidate for Mayor named by BOO Republicans in open as sembly, or a candidate who has the private brand of McCusker and his as sociates. Rather, the Republicans of Portland at the coming primary are to decide the question who shall be the Republican candidate. It Is hardly to be supposed that any Republican will be coerced by the action of the assem bly into voting for Mr. Simon or against Mr. Rushlight. The primary will be just as free and open as ever It all comes back to the question, then, as to whether any group of citi zens shall have the privilege of sug gesting a candidate for the primary as this assembly has done, or whether they must confine their choice to self nominated candidates and candidates brought out by the McCusker method We may have a deep respect for Mr McCusker without following his polit ical lead or accepting his domination and control of the Republican party. It hardly becomes Boss McCusker to yell "ring" and "machine" at a Re publican assembly that named a can didate without the slightest suspicion of back-room suggestion or influence and at the same time to be framing a slate of his own. IMITOVED OCEAN SERVICE. The news that the contract has been let -for two new steamers for the Har riman service between Portland and San Francisco will be received with pleasure by the business interests of both cities most affected by the pro posed improvement. W.th the excep tion of an occasional good ship like the Rose City and the St. Paul, wh'ch was wrecked, th3 Portland and San Franosco route has for years been covered by a lot of ancient craft that might have been :n keeping with the size end business of the port foriy years ago, but are now woefully out of date. Not since both steamship and rail facilities between Portland and San Francisco have passed into the hands of the Harriman system has there been anything like a satis factory steamship service between the two cities. Most of the time the steamers operated regularly were un able to handle the freight offering and this left an opening for a fleet of old lumber droghers which carried both freight and passengers In an Ir regular service possessing no advan tages except that it did afford some relief from the congestion that was periodically so vexatious and expen sive for shippers. Whatever may have been the rea sons that prevented this improvement being made In the service years ago the shipping and traveling public has always had the Impression that the ocean service was made as bad as pos sible in order that the business be tween the two ports could be forced to the railroads. Now that Mr. Harri man Is to provide us with a modern service, with fast and commodious steamers, it is quite plain that he has abandoned any hope he might have had of diverting traffic to the rail roads by means of an unsatisfactory service on the ocean. This belated recognition of the value of the ocean traffic, between the two cities has been highly advantageous to the owners of small fieighters and passenger steam ers, and for the first twenty days of the present month the Harriman sys tem had but three steamers out of Portland, while the opposition com panies cleared more than twenty steamers with freight and passengers. The advent of the new steamers will be welcomed by the large and rapidly growing class of tourist travel which for the sake of diversion always pre fers a short ocean trip to the dusty land ride in the Summer time. The finest railroad service that could be established between Portland and San Francisco . can never prevent the growth of the ocean traffic, and in time the route will be covered by craft as fast and palatial as those which now defy the efforts of the railroads to drive them out of business on many coasting routes out of New York. NATURE'S WAY. The story of John Copeland, aged 86, an inmate of the Catholic Home for the Aged in this city, as re lated recently, is instinct with romance and still alive with resentment, though the thread of grievance that runs through it has been worn with the attrition of threescore years. Crossed in love when a mere youth by the re ligious fanaticism of his parents, who refused to sanction hi3 marriage with a girl whose religious faith was not of their own, this now aged man fared forth into the world when a mere boy, embittered against his family, and he has so runs the story persistently refused to hold any sort of Intercourse with his own ever since. Coming into an unexpected inheritance recently, he Btlll persits In his resentment and will have none of It, preferring to remain In his present place of refuge to the now not distant end. Next to the fact that this man re linquished his early dreams of happi ness at the behest of his parents, and for a reason so narrow and trivial as that given, the strange part of this story ia that his resentment ' survives the stress and strain of years, the age dulled emotions of youth and the glow of a long dead hope. It is not strange that, after knocking about the world for more than threescore years, es caping death In war, defying wreck at sea and at last too old to work, drifting into a home founded by charity, all desire for fortune should at tardy call have been found dead within him. What can wealth bring to him now that he has not already? What does a man of fourscore and six years, who Is without family ties that he recog nizes or social interests beyond the narrow circle of the associates of his daily life in a home provided by char OltEGOXIAX, FRIDAY, ity, want , that he has not already warmth and food and clothing and the kind offices of his benevolent care takers? With youth but a dim mem ory, middle life a- vanished dream, achievement, even in simplest ways no longer possible, age and its infirmities upon him, what to him Is the glitter of Inherited wealth? It is not perhaps so much that his long-lived resent ment Is still keen as that all desires that wealth could gratify are dead within him, that John Copeland re fuses to accept the late inheritance that has come to him. Present condi tions satisfy him; the measure of his needs Is filled every day; the spark of life Is covered by the ashes of dead years. Why should he reach out a withered hand to grasp riches that can add nothing to the few and sim ple blessings that he Is able to enjoy? Time has made conquest of youth and health and the desire of achieve ment. He is sheltered and clothed and fed according to his needs. Having all that money can buy, that he would or could in any war appreciate, he Is content. Why, Indeed, should he not be? Is not Nature the guide to this goal of apathy, approaching which all human interests and desires fade and wane? 4 Tno two farmers who rendered ' first aid to the escaped," Bill Squires, the desperado, who fled from the Kelly Butte rock quarry last week, should feel very grateful to the grand Jury. With a full .knowledge that the man was an escaping criminal, these farmers provided him with a hat and coat, instructed him to walk in a furrow so they could plow It under and thus throw the pursuing dogs off the scent, and also offered him a gun, which would be handy in case it be came necessary to do the Tracy act and kill the Deputy Sheriffs who were in pursuit. The accommodating gen tlemen who were so willing to aid In starting a possible line of tragedies were arrested, but the grand Jury failed to return a true bill against them. This will be very pleasing news to the rest of the convicts, who might have been deterred from a jailbreak toy the belief that they would get no such warm welcome from the citizens in the vicinity of the rockplle. No suggestion has been made that the men be rewarded for their generosity toward Mr. Squires, but this may have been Inadvertently overlooked. "MiBtah Johnslng," king of the bruisers, was less particular about the color line than Mr. Jeffries, and his willingness to overlooK the fact that Jeffries was only "poor white trash" was much to his credit. As a result of this condescension on the part of J ohnson, there Is at last a prospect for the Johnson-Jeffries mill to get be yond the conversational stage. All people who do not believe that civili zation Is a failure, and that we are retrograding to the old life when brute force ruled the world, will be disap pointed If Mr. Johnson fails to land a body blow on the fighting game by knocking Mr. Jeffries out of the ring and the limelight at the same time. All the slate-makers and schemers and amateur bosses and would-be directors-general of the direct primary continue to be greatly worried over the Simon nomination by the Repub lican assembly. Is it really necessary to please or placate them? Snow oh the Western prairies, kill ing and devastating gales In Ohio and Texas, an Ice gorge threatening towns on the Niagara River who would not live In Oregon even though our weath er this month Is Just a "leetle cold" for April? v Mr. Harriman is building two new ships for the Portland-San . Francisco run. May we indulge In the fond hope that our grandsons or some oth er remote generation may be able some day to ride on those ships? Mr. Reinstein preferred to go to the City Hall at night so as not to disturb the Auditor's force. He was even so considerate as not to mention it to the Auditor. The burglar has the same rare sense of delicacy. Milton is planning for Its annual Strawberry day, which is an institu tion in that fruitful region. But by any by, every day will be strawberry day in Oregon until other fruit crowds It off the card. Leaders of the movement announced some weeks ago that prohibition would be the issue In Oregon next year. They didn't hope for such effective aid to their cause as Relnsteln et al. have Just tendered. The Democrats will make no ante primary nomination for Mayor. They purpose merely to take what the Re publicans throw away. Is thia another good year for that sort of business? Man is a pygmy beside Nature, whose work in th6 ice gorge at Niag ara is like the irresistible June flood, merely designed to teach him his helplessness to avert it. A '"bus boy In a San Francisco hotel; who accidentally swallowed a silver dollar the other night, Is much wor ried as to the outcome. His fear Is the coin is counterfeit. . . When it occurs to the mixed Mr. Mix that Mrs. Mix knows where she Is, even If Mr. Mix doesn't, all occa sion for excitement will be over. The only thing left for some of those misguided bull speculators who have been following Mr. Patten Is to follow him also to the woods. The season Is at hand where decep tive experts give false character to the contents of the box by putting four good strawberries on top. This fine weather and these gentle breezes mean continued pollenlzation of the fragrant bloom, with conse quent bountiful crop. Politics and unwonted martial activ ity by the populace of Turkey no doubt Interfere with the national employment of rolling cigarettes. If this weather keeps up a day or two longer, President Jdsselyn will do well to- get busy with axle grease on the open cars. It will occur to many people that, if those missionaries had not gone to Turkey, they would not have been massacred. APRIL 23, 190a TAX DEED HELD TO BE VALID Precedent Established In Clackamas County by Judge McBrldo. OREGON CITY. Or, April 22. (Spe cial.) For the first time In Clackamas County, the validity of a tax deed has been upheld. The case was that of Lemuel a. Reynolds against the East ern Investment Company, In a suit to quiet title to a piece of land purchased at a tax sale by H. E. Noble, and by him sold to the defendant oompany. This sale was for the taxes of 1902. The property Is a 160-acre farm at Scotts Mills, and Is valuable. Reynolds declined to pay the taxes for a number of years, beginning with 1902, and about a year ago brought suit. The Eastern Investment Company, which was represented by State . Senator Hedges, put up defense that the land had been purchased at a tax sale. The case was tried nearly a year ago and Judge McBrlde has withheld his de cision until this time. The fact that this Is the only tax title that has ever been sustained In this county makes the case one of par ticular Interest. The law makes a deed given by the Sheriff prima facie evi dence of all of the necessary acts of officers, and conclusive of some. At the trial the deed was introduced in evidence by the oompany and the de fense then rested. Reynolds failed to Introduce the record or to rebut the case of the defendant company, and the court holds that the deed is evi dence of title in the defendant. Attor ney H. B. Adams, of Portland, appeared for Reynolds. MAKE STATE "DRY" IS SLOGAN Eastern. Oregon Convention Plans . , for Campaign In 1910. PENDLETON, Or., April 22. (Special.) "State-wide prohibition in 1910" was the slogan to which delegates from Cen tral Eastern Oregon met In conference here this afternoon. The conference was called for the pur pose of ascertaining the feeling of the different communities in this part of the state as to the advisability of submit ting state-wide prohibition to a vote In 1910. Those communities which were not represented by delegates were reported by one or more letters, and It was the universal opinion that the question should be submitted. A similar meeting will be held In Baker City tomorrow night, and one In Port land April 27. At the latter meeting a definite announcement of the final de cision will be made. J- R- Knodel, state president of the Anti-Saloon League, declared today that the question would not only be sub mitted, but that it would carry. FAIR OFFICERS ARE NAMED i Directors of County Exposition to Be Appointed by Governor. SALEM, Or., April 22. (Special.) Gov ernor Benson today announced that he will appoint the following fair officials: Directors of Linn County Fair Asso ciation D. H. Bodine, Albany I A. Munkers, Albany; Q. a. Betts, Harris burg. Members of Executive Board" Yamhill County School Fair and Stock Assocla-l,7:H- F- wllson and Melton Potter, McMinnville; Miss Inez Butt, Newberg. While these fairs, have been in exist ence for some years, they receive a state appropriation this year for the first time. The appropriation bills empowering the Governor to appoint three members of the board in each ease, do not go Into effect until May 23. but the announce ment of tne appointments Is made early bo that arrangements may be made for the fairs. TWO FAST GAMES ARE PLAYED North Central and Clinton Kelly Schools Wlnjiers. Fast and interesting games were played yesterday afternoon between members of the Grammar School League. North Cen tral defeated Stephens by the score of 10 to 6. and Clinton Kelly by tho close score of II to 8 won from Woodstock. Zwald, the fast pitcher for the Woodstock nine, is credited with striking out 14 men and Watson for tho same team did good batting. The line-up for the Woodstock Clinton Kelly game follows: Woodstock. Position. c. Kelly McLean C T-tei P. ....Burbank.' Porte? 52? ::::::::::::g::::f- 235 S.S. Roberts 2" Miller Gelmer c.P l,,. p"r R.F :..::.:-B-n"tit BERRY LOSES FIGHT DESIRES Makes No Mention of Spiking to Ew- lng and Will Drop Matter. 9AN FRANCISCO. April 22. (Special ) Henry Berry has evidently decided not to press the matter of the alleged Bpiking of Frank Dillon by Shortstop Olsen or the Portland team. Although Berry' ar rived this morning from Los Angeles to remain here for several days, he did not discuss the question with President Ewlng, and the latter did not broach thP subject. "Berry has not spoken of the matter to me. said Ewlng last nisrht. "i con sider the subject a dead Issue If there was ever an issue. Umpire Toman had no report to make, and the subject has never been brought officially to my atten- JXJRY IN LIQUOR CASE HANGS No Verdict on Charge of Violation of Prohibition Order. PENDLETON. Or.. April 22. (Special ) -Though the jury in the case of oi Oleson and Albert Dendaw, charged with violating the liquor , law. has been out six hours no verdict has been reached. It was alleged that the restaurant cook violated no. law in going out and getting the beer for his patrons when requested to do so and that if any lawas violated his employer could not be held respon sible for it since it was done without his knowledge or consent. The prosecution alleged this was the manner the restaurant-keeper and ex saloon man took of evading the law. KILLED BY FALL FROM CARS Fred Miller Meets Death on Train Near Hilgard. LA GRANDE,. Or., April 22 (Sr. claL) Fred Miller, , cook, was killed at Hilgard this morning by falling from a freight train on which he was riding. He was found by trainmen and brought to La Grande, where tonight a Coroner's Inquest found that he met death by accident. Milder was seen by a bystander to fall outward from be tween the cars. Except that he is from Baker City, nothing Is known of his past. Date for Hearing Is Set. SALEM, Or., April 22. (Special.) The Railroad Commission has set for hearing on May 11, at 11 A. M-, at Sa lem, the matter of double deck chutes on stock cars. The investigation sf fects all the lines in Oregon. ! CHARLES DAY GOES TO PRISON Man Who Turned Hold-np at Esta- cada Pleads Guilty In Court. OREGON CITT. Or.. April 22. (Spe cial .) Charles Day. who has been con l?wthe County Jail in this city ti ?.FbrV.ary.6' was todav sentenced to the Penitentiary to serve a term of mn yCarV harIes Day is the young man of Estacada who held up two young men George Schultz and Louis Gerber. of Estacada on February 6 Day was disguised at the time of the hold-up by wearing a long white beard. Me succeeded In getting only $3 from the young men. and was taken In charge a few hours afterward by Con stable Jones, of Estacada, who brought the man here and turned him over to Sheriff Beatle. It was thought that the young man bad gone crazy, as he waa well known In the country where the hold-up oc curred, and he was given two examina tions in this city as to his sanity, but the physicians declared him sane, and today he pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery and was given one year In the Penitentiary by Judge McBride. He waa taken to Salem this evening. SCHOOL LAWS ARE PRINTED Ten Thousand Copies Ready for Dis tribution in State. SALEM, Or,. April 22. (Special.)! Ten thousand and eighty copies of the school laws of Oregon, publication of which was authorized by the recent regular session of the Legislature, will be completed by the State Printer and ready for distribution from the office of the State Superintendent of Publlo Instruction in a few days. The edition Is large enough to supply each school district in the state with four copies, each chartered educational institution with five copies, each mem ber of the Legislature with one copy, besides taking care of the libraries, public officials who have need of the pamphlet, etc. The laws probably will be ready for distribution about May 1. SIZE OF BREAD LOAVES CUT Albany Bakers Also Advance Price to Retailers. ALBANY, Or., April 22. (Special.) Operations in the Chicago wheat pit have increased the price of bread In Albany. Two weeks ago the five local bakeries reduced the size of their loaves from one pound to 16 ounces and they have now announced an increase in the price The wholesale price bas been raised from H to 4 cents a loaf. The retail price yet remains at 5 cents a loaf, but has been Increased in that the rate of six loaves for a quarter to regular customers has been abolished. STATE SUNDAY SCHOOLS JfEET Convention to Bo Held In Salem Three Days Next Week. SALEM. Or.. April 22. (Special.) The annual convention of the Oregon btate Sunday School Association will be held in Salem, Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday of next week. April 28 29 and 30. All denominations will be represented, and about 60 speakers will take part. The Marlon County Sun day School Convention will also be held here on April 28. Berg Will Meet Bee I. John Berg, well known to the wrest ling world as Young Hackenschmidt. and Fred Beell. the biggest little man on the padded canvas today, have signed up for a match in Exposition rink the night of May 3. This announcement was made last night after the details of the match bad been decided to the mutual satisfac tion of the managers of both wrestlers The big grapplers will meet at catch weights, best two falls out of three pin falls only to count, and tho strangle hold will be barred. This weight indicates Hackenschmidt will go onto the mat at close to 180 pounds, while Beell will not weigh more than 158, his. natural and best wrestling weight. Delegates to Peace Conference. SALEM. Or., April 22. (Special.) Del egates to the second National Peace Con ference at Chicago. May 3. 4 and 5. were named today by Governor Benson as t?l0TB: Rev- J- B- Ford- Pendleton; Adjutant-General W. E. Flnzer Port land: John F. Carroll, Portland: Dr W N. Ferrln, Forest Grove; Professor H M. Crooks, Albany; Leslie Butler Hood River; Samuel White, Baker City; C C Beekman, Jacksonville; - v. . H. Galvani Portland; J. W. Bennett. Marshfleld; Rev. S. A. Douglas. Albany; liev A Moore. Salem; R. Alexander. Pendleton! Benson Appoints Delegates. SALEM. Or., April 22. (Special.) Gov ernor Benson has appointed the follow ing delegates to the National Conference of Charities and Correction, at Buffalo, -Jf.. J"n . 1!: Rev. T. L. Eliot. Portland: Mrs. C. A. Johns. Baker City Mrs. W. F. Osborn, Eugene; W. T Gard ner Portland; Mrs. Millie Trumbull, Portland; Rev. J. R. N. R,ll. Corvallls; " . Morrison, Portland; Mrs. Marie A Flint, Roseburg; W. A. Denton, foalem. Indian Given Year in Prison. OREGON CITY. Or., April 22.-(9pe-clal.)-Albert Ferris, an Indian who was arrested some time ago for entering the house of Susan, an Indian woman living at Greenpoint and stealing J100 in cash, was sentenced today to one year in prison. After stealing the money, the Indian, accompanied by his wife Wt town, but both were arrested by Officer Miles and returned here shortly after Mrs. Ferris was released today. Clackamas Pioneer Passes. OREGON CITY. Or.. April 22.-(Soe-clal.)-Dr. R. Goucher Is dead at his home at Cams. He was an Oregon pioneer and had been a resident of Clackamas County for many years Dr Goucher was a member of Multnomah Lodge. No. 1. A. F. & A. M.. under whose auspices the funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon. Deceased was about 75 years of age. Randon Shingle Mill to Resume. BANDON, Or April 22.-(ispeelal.) The shingle mill of the Bandon Manu facturing Company has recently changed hands and will be started up again next week. The present proprietor is C N Smith, a local capitalist, who has pur chased a large amount of white cedar and will manufacture a high grade shingle. Speeder Jumps Track, Man Hurt- COLFAX. Wash., April 22. W. J. Ager, O. R. & N. roadmaster, with headquarters in Colfax, was seriously injured by the derailment of a gaso line speeder on which he was making 12 miles an hour near palouse Falls, on the Connell branch, this morning. He was brought to this city for treatment. Iyle Fire Loss $30,000. LYLE, Wash.. April 22. (Special.) Loss to the Lyle Trading Company by Monday's fire is estimated at $30,000. By heroic work of volunteer fire-fighters, other buildlnM of -tho itw j - - J -"-" OAVt?U. Manager Mclnnls Is still undecided as to reuuiiuing. Jro bacolu i?r jthe Willamette Sclemtlfle Dissertation Oa Its Purity Water for Drinking;. r?r!tAXE' April a To the Editor ) T7 k Oregonian of April 10 Is pub lished a statement made by Dr. Ralph C Matson. In which he saysVt cL leal analysis of water is not sufficient .,rH,tTnlne ltS charaeter; that while it might denote the presence of sewnge it is no Indication as to the purity of water rrom a bacteriological point of view " Te : the only question was as to whether the MHamette River water being sup plied to the West Side was contaminated with sewage. This Is a striking illustra tion of how narrow-minded persons mav become when educated along one branch of science only, and cannot see bevond their own horizon. As the public is" not interested as to the merits of certain branches of science. I wish only to ex plain my position in this matter. Having both a chemical and bacterio logical laboratory. I made dally anulvsls of the Willamette water, from the time It 8uPIllle'i to the West Side until the Bull Run water was again turned on. I his analysis was for the purpose of de tecting any sewage contamination, an I there was none. Dr. Matson's result were the same, and the Willamette River water during the three days that it was supplied to the West Side, was pure. In The Oregonian of April IS there ap peared an article from the secretary of the State Board of Health, stating thnt ? health oi the city was menaced: that the only safety lay in boiling the water tor drinking purposes and for 5i".nK17epetables and other articles of f knowing that he must be lnor t?L 1 1 rue conditln of the water, I ? riCdKthe reSU,ts of m analysis to you thl "le,bene't f those who had to use the water. Dr. Matson asserts that the Willamette River water was pure ,m April 11. 13 and 13. Whv. then rt.d he the,V,T,e!VaCtS frm secretary of low th? Br.d,of Hea,tn. ""a thus al JW! 0fE1Clal t0 alarm the Public? Just as soon as Bull Run water is turned im?,. ?6 ,mams- he fln,,s tlle olon ba o u i- tee,m.,nB multitudes." This ba cilli Is found in the Intestinal content-, of man and animals, snd when founi i. a sample of water Li positive proof to the bacteriologist that the water is con taminated with sewage. This process consumes at least three days, while a chemical test that can be made In less A V ?'IU dvlect one Part of sew tLh ? mlXed Wlth 10-0,000 times its weight of water. Jt vacterlolo8,cal ana chemical test result, vv 'V" "act,y tne ?a,"o results. Wednesday. Thursday and Fri day, knowing that Bull Run water had V1 ,nt 41,8 malns- 1 maJo n analysis but cn Saturday, after reading that colon bacilli had been found ., water drawn on Wednesday. I again an alyzed the water, tnklng samples of the fbl daV and ,Sunday s"PPly. and found them pure It Is strange that tl.ev Bun R,arrlvo.tho.very day wh-" ho Bull Run water is again turned on. Perhaps one or two of these little ani "a "' hea rlnf f th0 k'"d and courteous treatmfnt which Dr. Matson extend tn all decided to call upon him. They are quite rmali. It Is said that If thev were p aced end to end across the head of a Pin It would take 1333 of them to reach across and that undor favorabla eonrtl tions in four days tho progeny of a sin gle one would be 6.2T7.im.-73fi.3Srt.(K) 763 835 -M23.207.6i.416.K2.a5.444. 4.034.512 896. ' The purity of the Willamette River water at this time of the year is due to the absence of rain, "which would wash organic matter Into the river," the pres C),nC.e ,f 8unsmnO- the number of mllea that the water runs before reaching the pumps. Its passage over the falls at Ore gon City, where it is freely aired, and the waste from tho paper mills at Oregon Cltj, which contains our best antiseptics L.. VICTORIA HAMPTON, M. I). Imprnloui to Weather. Baltimore American. basket hats has not been In the least Bpoiled by the frosts of criticism. The Jackie's "Home. Sweet. Home." Oh. we've heard the sharp crescendo and th long diminuendo Of a hundred different anthems. In a hundred different ports "We have heard the brassy ' bray In r of a hundred pieces playlnR. And we've wined and dined to muslo of a hundred different sorts. It was counted plenpant duty for -we can't deny their beauty. And 'twas just what we expected when we started out to roam We are sure 'twas to amuse us, but we hope they 11 now excuse us. For we'd rather sit and listen to the best one. "Home, Sweet Home." Oh. the airs of other nations may deserve the acclamations That we've had to press upon them. Just to keep our war flacs furled But we've never heard another like the one of home and mother And we've left a trail of music all the way around the world! It's. a tune that can't be bested we have surely heard It tested. It's the same upon the gun deck as It Is beneath the dome; It's a hauntlne. lilting story speaking true a nation's glory. And we're listening, listening, listening to the dear old "Home, Sweet Home." rHARLKS C. JONES. IN THE MAGAZINE SECTION OF THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN WHERE ROOSEVELT WILL HUNT LIONS First of a series of African ar ticles by Right Honorable Win ston Churchill, Great Britain's Under-Colonial Secretary, who has 'gone precisely whore our ex-President is going. MEN WHO TOOK LOWER SALARIES TO RISE Philander C. Knox and Elihu Root among; the conspicuous ex amples of Americans who valued high position far above fortune. ALDRICH, THE MAN OF THE HOUR Sage of Secrecy and Silence, who. is piloting the Payne tariff bill through the Senate. RICHTER PRAISED BY LESCHETIZSKY Young Portland musician aston ishes his master by a wonderful improvisation. Encomiums from other sources. YOUNG TOGO ON THE TARIFF The Japanese Schoolboy asks: Are the Hon. Tariff too drunk to reform? Then he comments in a most beautiful way on this Na tional topic. 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