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TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, XOVJIMBER 6, 1909. 8 PORTLAND- OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon, Postofflce Second-Class natter- Subscription Kates Invariably In Advance. (B MalL) mi'- Cttnlav I r, -1 . . . -n- inf IK Of) Lially. Sunday Included, six months.... 4 -Dnjly. lunday Included three months... H.-3 Ii-i'v. Sunriav I n r 1 1: riei one month Daiiy. without Sunday, one year...v ') Il!y. without Sunday, six month! 3.-'. lJal!y. without Sunday three monrha. ... 1.7; uilv. aithout Sunday, or.e month . .60 tv 1 v niiA vnur. 1 Sunl.iy. one year ........ 5!.n0 Sunday and weekly, one year. ......... . S-SO (By earner.) rfll!y. Sunday Included, one year 00 Dally, fiunday included, one month 75 How to Kemlt Send ooatoftice money orrler. express order or .peraonal check on your local bank. Stampe. coin or currency are at the sender's risk. Give postoffice ad dress In full. Including: county and state Feature Rates 10 to 14 panes. 1 cent; 10 to 2a pares. - cents: 30 to 40 pars. 3 cents er to 00 pace. 4 cents. Foreign postaKO doub: rate. Katlrro Bnslnesa Office Thj a C. Beck wlth Special Ajtency New Ycrk. rooms -1H-50 Tribune building. Chicaso. rooms 510-512 Tribune building. PORTLAND. SATURDAY, NOV. 6, 1009. THE REED INSTITUTE. Outline of the scope and purpose of the Reed Institute is presented in the news column- of The'Oregonian to day. By Mrs. Amanda W. Re"ed. one of the pioneers of Portland, Ion? a res ident of the city, doing what she could for others while she lived, and desiring to extend and perpetuate her benefac tions. an estate worth two millions of dollars has been left in the hands of her irVphew, Mr. Martin Winch, for foundation of a permanent school of Arts and Sciences at Portland. To clear the estate of obstructions and impedi ments, resulting from conflict of laws between Oregon and California, is a work that has taken time and called for devotion and patience; but Mr. Winch is through with this labor; and the great estate, created by Simeon G. Reed and wife, the linest benefaction that Oregon ever has received, is no to be devoted to the purposes Indicated by Mrs.' Reed in her will. Upon Mr. Winch, trustee of the es tate. has devolved the duty of interpre tation and execution of the purposes of the will; and after long reflection. following conferences with others whose experience in the history and application of educational effort is of recognized value, r. general plan has been adopted by him, of which the j nln outline is presented today. Consultation with Dr. Buttrick. di recor of the Rockefeller General Edu- cation Board, has supplied one of the bases of this effort and conclusion. It Is resolved that the Reed Institute shall be an educational Establishment of general scope. It is to be the foun dation and nucleus of a great univer sity, intended as a school of Arts and Sciences, to cover the entire general range of human learning. It is In ended to be tre beginning of a founda tion of a modern independent university. No great school hither to has had such support at the be ginning as this one starts with. The creation will be a work of many years; but here is the foundation. A school of Arts and Sciences, it will be ti liter ary, hist-irical, classical and universal tchool. a svhool of the humanities; a school of applied science, too, but not a school merely of mechanical arts. Its work will lie at the historical basis of the Arts and. Sciences, and will de velop their latest and fullest experi ments, demonstrations and results. Not only so, but it 'will Join with others in carrying the torch of learning and In passing it on from hand to hand. It is a magnificent conception, but not greater than the situation, the op portunity and the promise fully Justify. Here Is to be a great city. It Is best situated of all the cities of the North west for a university of largest scope and aim. Each state has its own spe cial university and other schools, but an Institution like this Is of another kind. It should be placed In a large and growing city, where. In first place, it will draw upon resident and local population for its student corps, and in the next place will receive material support from those most interested In building up their city and giving it distinction. Grounds and buildings will be necessary, and the people of Portland must assist in providing them. The Reed bequest, large and substantial as it Is, is but a nucleus. But such a bequest is like the lakes at the sources of the Nile or the St. Lawrence. It will furnish the steady stream, to be supported by affluents from other sources Innumerable. The grounds of the Reed Institute should be so selected as to be readily access ible within the city, and improved from year to year, by the generosity of citizens supporting the original benefaction, so they may be the city's pride and become one of its attractions and glories. Necessity of co-operation and bequests for erection of buildings and for the general provis ion required for a great and Independ ent university cannot but appeal, to men and women who wish to leave further means of good works behind them. Announcement of the plan and pur pose of the Reed Institute is an event in the history of l"egon. It concen trates thought upon a necessary object, and provides a magnificent beginning for an establishment that it may be believed will become a fountain of per petual inspiration to the life and cul ture of Portland, of Oregon, and the Pacific Northwest. But the effort im poses a new duty on Portland and its citizenship. That must not be forgotten. THE SCHOOL STRIKE IN CLEVELAND. It is difficult to sympathize very ar dently with the striking pupils of the Cleveland high school, though doubt less, to them, their wrongs seem bitter enough. They have "walked out" on account of two grievances, bad lunches and an afternoon session of the school. In the good old days, when pupils brought their own lunches to school, a hard-boiled egg. two thick slices of bread and butter and a piece of pie satisfied their modest appetite. The egg served a double purpose. At the forenoon recess it made an admirable ball in a game of one old cat. At noon It was eaten. On such humble fare the children of a former generation thrived Just as well as do the pampered younglings of our day on more sumptuous repasts. The youth of that period who should have "struck" against his dinner would have had his appetite quickened with a hickory wand. In Cleveland the high school principal pleads with his wayward charges to come back and tries to pla cate them "With a promise of better lunches. Perhaps there will be more brands In thernince pie after this. The disuse of afternoon sessions An high schoois must be included among t the many foolish efforts to ape the colleges. It' leads to superficial schol arship, fir frivolous pupils and night study for serious ones. A school day of six hours is not too long for boys eand girls of high school age to employ in learning and reciting their lessons. It is much better for them to do their tasks by daylight under the supervision of teachers than to study at night Upon the whole, it really seems as if the Cleveland high school pupils would ha-e exhibited better sense if they had not struck. THE LAND AND THE WATER POWER. Is the Government of the United States, as urged by Forester Pinhot, to develop and administer the remain ins water powers of the United States? It opens an immense variety of ques tions. The first effect will be to arrest the development of the Western country, where the mountain streams and water powers are. The PInchot policy would be to sit tight, stop everything, by reg ulations that could not be compiled with. There can be no development of, property by private effort, without private ownership. Here also the au thority of the state and of the Federal Government would come Into collision. The universal rule has been that the Federal Government had no power or authority over the streams within a state above the reaches of navigation. Since the Federal Government has parted with all the public lands about the sources of the streams in the older states, why should It now discontinue the policy? The property lies within the state; the state will have or should have Jurisdiction over it, - including power of taxation. The water that is flowing In the streams of Oregon should pay taxes to the Federal Gov ernment no more than the water that is running in the streams of Pennsyl vania or the Carolinas. In this business the people of the West do not desire to deal with Wash ington. They prefer lo deal with their own state governments. Moreover, it is not the right of New England,, of New York, of Georgia, or of Tennessee, to claim payment to the Federal Gov ernment for use o'f water powers, in the West. The land carries the water and the water power, and when the buyer gets the land from the Federal Government he is subject to the regu lation of the state for the tax on its value and use. Mr. Pinchot's contention is a re versal of the usage of the Federal Gov ernment on the one hand and an Inva sion of the rights of the state on the other. The Federal Government should sell the land, including the water and water power, for what it is worth, and get out. No danger but the state will tax the property heavily enough. FRENCH AND AMERICAN JUSTICE. The melodramatic trial of Madame Stelnheii, in Paris, invites a cornpari son between the French methoti of dealing with a person accused of crime and the American. It is not quite a full statement of the difference to say, as he dispatches do, that the French Judge acts as prosecuting attorney. He assumes that function only in so far as he may question the accused and the witnesses at any length arjd in any way he pleases. He admits hearsay testimony, asks artfully contrived questions and invents fanciful admis sions of guilt, but all this is done with no relentless intent to convict. Its sole purpose Is to elicit the truth. The Judge is as well satisfied with an ac quittal as with a conviction. His rep utation does not depend upon the num ber of prisoners he sentences, but upon his skill in causing the exact facts to transpire He is, therefore, attorney for the accused as well as for the state. but in the actual trial of a prisoner it must be confessed that the latter function is much the more prominent. Theoretically, efforts to elicit self- accusing testimony from a prisoner are repugnant to our ideas of Justice. We profess to excuse him from saying any thing that would help convict him and look with real pretended abhorrence upon the French methods. In fact, however, we do precisely the same thing only with us it is done surrep titiously, in darkness and secrecy, and often with extreme cruelty, whlVe in France it is all open and public and in the vigilant presence of the prisoner's lawyer. The French treat all accused persons exactly alike. With us a friendless individual who falls into the hands of the police Is subjected to the third degree. constitutional guar antees are valid only for those who can pay for protection. The "third de gree" is an inquisition fully as ruthless as a Frencl. prisoner undergoes in open court. It is conducted in secret by persons whose every interest lies on the side of conviction. Nobody is present who can check the police ac count of the prisoner's admissions. They may even ascribe admissions to him which he never made and there is no way of confuting them. Besides the obvious barbarity of our third degree" in comparison with the public inquisition humanely conducted by the French Judge, we must remem ber that our method, with all its cruel ty, is commonly useless. Even when a prisoner confesses a crime under po lice torture, unless he is. among the most wretched and forlorn of men, too indigent to employ a capable lawyer, his confession is Invariably discredited before thexJury, as it ought to be, or throVn out of court entirely. On trie other hand, evidence elicited in a French court goes to the Jury untaint ed with cruelty and is usually weighed for what it is worth. , , But our absurdity does not stop here. After abandoning a prisoner to igno rant and often brutal police inquisitors to work their will on him, we change our method completely when he is brought into open court. With exquisite hypocrisy we then forbid every ques tion which might entrap him into a confession. Although the witnesses swear to tell the. whole truth, they are often silenced at the very moment when they begin to tell truth that is of any consequence. The Judge, fre quently the only person present who has the ability and fairness to question the prisoner to any purpose, is not per mitted ti meddle with the examina tion. All he can do is to sit and look on while the wrangling lawyers strive to suppress truth and magnify false hood on their respective sides. Thus the outcome of our criminal procedure is often the complete failure of Justice. The evidence which the po. lice obtain by their "third degree" is so tainted with cruelty that Juries al ways discredit it, while our court prac tice is so vain and futile that it elicits no evidence at all. Prisoners of im portance, therefore, are seldom con victed. Rich and poor fare alike in the end, the only disadvantage the poor have to suffer being their delivery to the police to be tortured before trial. Perhaps the worst mistake we make in our criminal procedure is the practical exclusion of the Judge from any part in trials. Next to that Is the tolly of the rule of evidence which ex cuses a prisoner from telling any truth which weighs against himself. OPENING THE CLEARWATER. The news that the Hill and Harri man forces had patched up their dif ferences In the Clearwater country will be gratefully received in this city. In all the great Inland Empire there is no richer trade territory than that which finds an outlet through the draws and valleys leading down into the Clearwater and Snake Rivers. The natural outlet for the traffic of that great (region of richness has always been along the line of least resistance, which of course was the rivers lead ing to tidewater at Portland. For nearly fifteen years, however, the laws of nature, have been set aside by the railroad companies, and this traffic, in stead f following the gravity route to the world's markets, has been at great ly increased cost lifted over high mountain grades and carried to the more distant markets on Puget Sound. This diversion 'of business from the channels in which it would flow natur ally, not only deprived Portland of .trade to which by geographical loca tion we were entitled, but the in creased cost of the service placed an unnecessary burden on the producers. The Clearwater and Upper Snake River country', from its earliest settle ment until the invasion of the North ern Pacific, was exclusively in Portland territory. Had the railroads entered the country by the river route instead of by the heavy grades 'of Potlatch Canyon, Portland would never have ! been displaced In that field. The fact that it has required more than a year to perfect an arrangement by which such fierce contestants as the Hill and the Harriman forces can do business over the same tracks in the same ter ritory may excuse some forebodings. The management of the new Camas Prairie Railroad Company, whjch Is to work out the delicate problem of han dling both Hill and Harriman business out of the Clearwater country, in cludes some first-class talent from each of the rival forces. The problem con fronting them is not an ordinary one, however, and it would not be at 'all surprising if it were found necessary some time in the future to dissolve partnership and build an additional line down the south bank of Snake. River. Fortunately for Portland, be fore any such contingency may arise the advantages of the water-level route will leave been so effectually demon strated that there will be no more money wasted in lifting freight up Kendrick Hill to be dropped down to water-level grade again, and thence over the Cascade Mountains. There are two water-level rail lines, the North Bank and the O. R. & N., at Ri parla, to receive the Clearwater and Lewiston traffic, and neither will per mit the traffic to follow its old route over the mountains. Physical construction of the line connecting Portland with the Idaho panhandle was completed more than a year ago, but deferred plans for op eration have carried the advantageous operation of the line well over to the new year. This will serve to swell the immense new traffic that 1910 will bring to Portland, for next year Port land will be "in the Clearwater, in Til- lamook and in the Central Oregon trade fields, three districts which alone I will turn out business sufficient to build a greater city than the Portland l of today. ' READY TO EIGHT. BUT The North Dakota, working up to a maximum of 35,150 horsepower, suc ceeded in showing a speed of 22.25 knots per hour, which places her at the head of the list of big fighting ma chines. These figures are slightly bet ter than those of her sister ship, the Delaware, the difference in speed un doubtedly being traceable to the tur birie engines, for the Delaware is equipped with reciprocating engines. The North Dakota has also made a better record than that of the British Dreadnoughts. If we hurry up and engage in a war with some country real soon, we may be able to use to advantage this costly pile of steel, but no time should be lost, for she will soon be out of date. This power and speed have a formidable appearance at first glance, but when it is remembered that this month Great Britain will put down the keel for a ship that will de velop 70,000 horsepower and is ex pected to steam thirty knots per hour, our flagship's glory promises to be shortlived. TRADE WITH THE ARGENTINE. No other feature of the ship subsidy question is more sadly overworked than that which insists that we shall present numerous millions to shipown ers in order that we may secure -a proper share of the South American trade: Business men who are actually engaged in trade with South America have for years been aware that it was not lack of ships that prevented the United States from doing business with the rich country to the south of us. It is also a well-known fact that our trade with that country is phenomen ally large, when we consider that we offer so small a market for the prod ucts which South America has to ex change with the rest of the world. Of ficial trade returns for Argentina for the first six months of 1909 show the United States in third place'as an ex porter to Argentina. Great Britain, leads in supplying the imports for the Argentine, with one third of -the total, Germany coming next with 15 per cent, while the United States is a very good third with IS per cent. It is not in these percentage fig ures, however, that the United States makes the most favorable showing, but in the relative difference between im ports and exports. During the six months of 1909, while the Argentine bought goods to the extent of $47,082. 02 8 from England, that country pur chased from the Argentine more than $51,000,000 worth of the staples which have made the Argentine such a strong competitor of the American farmer. Germany,- like Great Britain, "traded out" her' little bill of $21,528,713 worth of commodities sold to Argentina by taking in return agricultural products to the value of $21,402,618. In the case of the United States, however, the Argentine had but little to offer in exchange that we could use to advan tage here. Of the $250,000,000 in ex ports during the period mentioned, all but $4,000.00C was for agricultural products and pastoral products. . Quite naturally, the United States, one of the greatest producers of grain and livestock in the world, could not offer a market for these Argentine ex- ports, and the countries which could use them had a decided advantage in this respect That this country se cured all and perhaps more than we were entitled to is shown in imports from the United States of $18,524,586 and exports to the United States of but $12,057,303. In other words. Great Britain bought $4,000,000 worth more from the Argentine in the six months than she sold to that country. Ger- 1 many made a standoff with exports 1 and imports, while the United States sold $8,500,000 more goods to Argen tina than we purchased in return. Europe, being such a heavy consumer of Argentine products, must, in order to feed her teeming millions, maintain a frequent steamship service with the Southern country, and by all the writ ten and unwritten laws of trade she is entitled to the lion's share of the busi ness. Some years hence, when home con sumption of wheat has outrun produc tion, we also may enter the South American field as buyers instead of sellers. It is not entirely clear," how ever, that the change will bring with it greater proportionate profits than we now enjoy in the trade. One thing Is made very clear by this late trade report, and that is that it is not lack of shipping facilities that is-keeping the United States in third place in the trade of Argentina. After several years of idleness, the Government dredge Chinook is at last to be overhauled and placed in con dition for working at the entrance, of the Columbia River. All of the var ious mazes of red tape through which it is necessary for an improvement of this nature to pass have been threaded, and it is expected that the contract for repairs will be awarded in a short time. The permanent work of the Jetty is accomplishing much good on the channel to the sea, but the dredge is a most necessary aid to the work of the Jetty, and the increasing promi nence of the port as a great shipping center is such that the dredge can be used to advantage even after the Jetty is completed. Portland Is a modern port, and must maintain the necessary equipment for retaining the prestige she now enjoys. i i R. M. Wilbur, who died in Port land Tuesday, was one of those cheer ful optimists who, through good times and bad times alike, never missed an opportunity to "boost" for Portland. Like many another enterprising Port- lander, Mr. Wilbur was twice swept off his feet by the temporary reverses which Portland, in common with other cities, suffered during the past thirty years, but he always came up smiling, and with unshaken faith In' the future of his home city, began all over again. If Mr. Wilbur's capital dwindled to a dollar, no difficulty was ever exper ienced in getting from half to three fourths of it on any kind of a propo sition that promised to better the in terests of Portland. Right on the heels of an apple fair that showed what Linn, Benton, Mar in and Lane Counties could do in the way of raising apples, comes the plaint from Albany (where. the v fair was held) of an apple famine. Apples sell for as high as $3.50 a box,-we are told, and apples of good quality can not be had for less than $2. This means that farmers could make money by supplying a demand for apples at $1 a box, since everybody could then afford to eat apple" sauce with their Thanksgiving pork, whereas, at present prices for fancy fruit and dearth of common, clean, good apples, this is Impossible. The record for criminal ferocity has been beaten by a Canadian fad oj Thurso, Ontario, 10 years old, who was lately sentenced to six years in the penitentiary for horse stealing. When but 8 years old, he attempted to wreck a Canadian Pacific Railway train, but because of his tender age, he escaped penalty. The exhaustive study of criminology has failed to throw any light upon Juvenile degeneracy of this extreme type more illuminating than that conveyed by suggestion in the old question: "Who has sinned, this child, or his parents?" The rpectacle of grammar school students wallowing in a sea of mud in a football contest at Thirteenth and East Davis streets, Thursday after noon,, was doubtless interesting to all who enjoy that sort of thing. To oth ers it was a most uncivilized, useless and more or less revolting presentment of "classy" rough-and-tumble. How would it do for the Democratic party managers in Oregon to attend to the affairs of their own party, and cease their worry about the way in which the Republican party is to man age its affairs? Portland Journal and various organs of the Bourne-Chamberlain combine please copy. Dr. Cook still insists that the'Danes shall have prior right to pass on his polar- notes and record. Evidently the doctor thinks the Danes will under stand them better than anybody else. Didn't the doctor make his great an nouncement via Copenhagen ? It is to be expected, of course, tliat Senator Bourne will name entirely new men for all available Oregon Federal Jobs. Tried and true Republicans, doubtless, who have a record . of at least thirty minutes' continuous service with the party. Cook would have got a medal, too, ho hadn't through an oversight left his instruments at Etah and his other proofs somewhere else at the top of Mount McKlnley, probably. That French Judge insists that Mrs. Stelnheii is lying. Of course. But has a lady 'murderess no rights., a c urt is bound to respect? Pellagra Is the latest. -It .comes in corn whisky-and other corn products. But pellagra isn't all that corn whisky will glve. s Why is it that to the average per son a neighbor's intimate family affairs are vastly more interesting than his own? The New York .Mall complains that it cannot find any good apples. After all that Hood River has done! Of course no one believed the story that any lion had killed Roosevelt. We know Roosevelt. Peary earned that medal, all right. Anybody else may have one on the same terms. Taft left the mint Julep untouched. What was the matter with it? PEOPLE ARC NOT HELPLESS.. Even a Supreme Court Must Yield to Their Will. - Baker City Herald. The power of a great newspaper is almost unlimited when the newspaper is fighting for right, and this will be shown if The Portland Oregonian continues, its fight for a "square deal" in the State Supreme Court matter. - Anyone who has followed Oregon's his tory knows that the present Supreme Court is far from what the constitution intended it to be; and it. is very plain that the court has reached its present numbers and salaries through the mas terly Juggling of politicians who per sonify all that the word politician implies. Will R. King, for instance, now a Su preme Judge, prates ibout the will of the people, and "let the people rule." Yet Will R. King knows that he Is hold ing an v office today that the people by their votes decided should not be created. In the face of a decision from the people the last Legislature added two Supreme Judges to the bench, which Js In direct violation of the constitution. .Now, what could The Oregonian do about the matter if it saw fit to carry on the fight started? Many politicians will say, nothing, absolutely nothing. But they are wrong, fhe Supreme Court of Oregon or of any other state la not nearly so large and powerful as the people of the state, and therein lies The Oregonlan's opportunity to right an ex isting wrong. THE WIFE'S TEN COMMANDMENTS Modern Decalogue Drawn Up by the Queen of Rouraania. Stray Stories. 1. Thou shalt not cause the first quar rel, but, If unavoidable, fight it through bravely. To be victor In the first domestic quarrel may have a tendency to elevate thee In thy husband's mind for all future. 2. Thou shalt not forget that thou hast married a man, hot a god. Therefore be not surprised by his frailties. 3. Thou shalt not always talk money to thine husband. Rather try to get along on the allowance he maketh thee. 4. If thou - considerest thine husband heartless, remember that, verily, he hath a stomach. By persistently appealing to his stomach with well cooked meals thou mayest, -at ter all, touch his heart. 6. Once in a great while, but not too often, thou shalt let him have the. last word. It ticklefth him and wilt not do thee any' harm. 6. Thou shalt read the whole news paper and magazine, not merely the stories dealing with scandal and society. Thine husband will be pleasantly sur prised to find, off and on, that he can talk on general topics and even on poll tics with his wife. 7. Thou shalt not be rude even when quarreling with thy husband. Forget not that at one time in thy life thou didst consider him little short of a demigod. 8. Thou shalt, from time to time, allow thine husband to know a little more than thyself, admitting that thou are not in fallible all through. 9. If thine husband is . a smart man thou shalt be his friend; if he is not, thou shalt be both counselor and friend to him. 10. Thou shalt esteem thy husband's relatives, especially his mother. Remem ber that she loved him long before thou didst Choice of 923,000 or a Cigarette. New York World. WIlhelm'Henry Maximilian Grevel, who .died recently at 95 East Tenth street, Manhattan, and who is said to have started the Fleischmann bread line, was a lifelong enemy of the paper cigarette. His will, which has been filed for pro bate, attests his undying hatred of the "coffin nail." His grandson, Grevel Wil fred Edward Acker, is to be his residuary legatee, but is to receive only $250 If he smokes paper cigarettes before he Is 25. At present the grandson is In blissful Ignorance of the ban. He is only S. Grevel, who had a home at Atlantic Highland, N. J., left about $28,000. His heir is the son of Grevel'B daughter, Mrs. Ada Ida Jeannette Grevel Acker, of At lantic Highlands. Not only are the execu tors to see that the grandson does not smoke cigarettes, but the boy will be re quired, when 16 or 18, to sign a statement each time he draws his quarterly allow ance that he has not indulged in any ex cess, and especially in paper cigarettes. The words "paper cigarettes" are under scored in the will, which is 12,000 words long, in the handwriting of the testator. Presumption! Rank Presumption I Eugene Register. Shades of Chamberlain, et al! Here is a bunch of Portland Republicans de claring in favor of the party conducting its own affairs without even consulting Oregon Democracy. That's the nerviest thing of which a bunch of Oregon Repub licans has been guilty for years. They ought to be pilloried or burned at the stake for such political heresy. Even U'Ren was not consulted, mat is me last straw. Such treason should not be tolerated. Any further attempt of Re publicans In this state to get together for the good of the party should be throttled In its inciplency. - Such presumption is simply preposterous in a state over whelmingly Republican that is dominated and controlled by the Democratic party. Ashland's Costly Experience. Grants Pass Observer. Ashland has been struggling for ten years with the saloon question, and has not found prohibition up to expectation. The two papers of the city are telling that the city is losing trade to Medford. It is proposed to amend the city charter so as to permit of the Pasadena plan of supplying liquor to hotel guests, and the matter will be voted on at the civic elec tion next month. The "stalwarts" will oppose any concession. Meantime, ac cording to the Valley Recerd there is "Too much bad wnisKy lying arouna loose in Ashland." A List of Very Odd If nines. Baltimore News. A New York paper is printing some very odd names that are brought to its attention. Among those contributed are the following," all said to be genuine: Etta Lotta Lamb, Ida Sweet Hart, R. U. Phelau Goode, Mabel Eve Story, Edna Broker Legge. Marian English Earle, Nealon Pray Dailey and I. Betty Sawyer. Miss Etta Pye and Miss'Carrie Coffey are two Kentucky lasses, and Constant Agony is a Canadian lumber man. An Exclusive House for Children. Paris Dispatch. Maria Montessori, a lecturer in trie University of Rome, is said to be the most intellectual woman In Europe. She is an eloquent and convincing public speaker and has gained a wide reputa lton fof her Ideas In the teaching of children, which have made such an ap peal to the practical mind that she has been invited to build a house exclusively for children in Milan. Sunflower Stalk Over 15 Feet. Springfield, Mass., Dispatch. George B. Frolich, of Lynnfleld Center, Mass.. has raised a sunflower stalk which measures 15 feet and 4 inches. The flowery upon the top of the gigantic stalk is as large in diameter as the toe. of a flour barrel PRISON SHOPS ARE REPLACED Cost of Rebuilding After Fire Less Than Was Estimated. SALEM,. Or.. Nov. 5. (Special.) The new shops at the State Penitentiary are practically completed and in a few days stove-making by the Loewenberg-Going Co. will again be in full blast. With practically all the bills In. it is apparent that the construction work has cost about JoOOO less than estimated by the building commission, composed of Senator Frank J. Miller, of Albany; F. B. South wick and Ira Erb, of Salem. The total cost will be about $26,000, while it was thought $32,000 would be required to do the work. Practically four of the big buildings were gutted bv the fire of May 4 last. every particle Of woodwork being de stroyed and only the Bars and smoking wails remaining. These have all been re roofed with the latest "patented 'rubber roofing and the interior refittted witn massive beams and pillars and substantial girders and braces. The new buildings are a distinct improvement over the old, especially in the matter of light. A big force of convicts is at work In the various departments. Installing the ma chines and preparing everything for the beginning of actual stove-making. Superintendent of the Penitentiary C. W. James and the other prison officers are greatly relieved to see the shops com pleted and- about to resume operations. Mr. James states that this has been the most trying Summer he has ever ex perienced in the .prison, as it is much harder to handle 400 convicts while idle or engaged in outside work than while employed in the shops within the walls. CRIMINAL STATUTE LAPSES Defendant in Murder Case Puts Up Unique Plea. . t-t T-. TT-. . v. -V- k BnaMal 1 Was there an open season for murder in the State of Washington irom aiarcn 22 until June 20, of this year? That is what Attorneys J. L. Waller and Thomas R. Horner, representing Arthur W. George, accused of murdering his wife. Elizabeth George, on May 12 at Rainier Beach, will urge In a petition which they will file in the Superior Court of King County tomorrow. A copy of the petition with one asking for a change of venue was received yes terday by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John F. Murphy, who will represent, the state at the trial. On the peition, the attorneys allege that George was indicted under section 7035 of Ballinger's code of Washington, and the same section of Pierce's code, and that both sections were annulled and repealed by an act of the State Legisla ture of Washington passed on March 22, 1909. The attorneys assert that at the time of the passage of the act annulling and repealing the sections of Ballinger and Pierce's codes, no saving clauses were affixed, and that consequently on May 13, 1909, at the time it is alleged that the crimo occurred there was no law against murder in the first degree. WATER FRONT SHACKS TO GO Seattle Health Board Finds Build ings Are Rat-Ridden. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 5. (Special.) Seattle's public health department today condemned a total of 105 shacks on the water-front because the investigation proved that they were rat-ridden. It has been the policy of the' depart ment, under Dr. J. E. Crlchton and Dr. K S Bourns, the Commissioner of Pub lic Health, and Chief Health Inspector respectively, to rid the city of rats, and during the past three years' the City Council has made regular and liberal ap propriations for rat bounties. i .-a tfara two miles in length. are now in course of construction on the water-front ana win oe in i . t- to the -oresent time a. Baui i mno. , - the city rat corps, which supplies the United States Government jjiitguo ratory together with trappers who work .. . . . . , ... m Anta a fonari rjald for lor tno uuuiuj vi. each animal, had secured over" 125,000 rats in a year s time, mi an,ninirfi It traooers. four poisoners, a laboratory assistant and a laboratory helper and pays the expenses of the Government laboratory which Is under the United State Marine Hospital Service, and in charge of Past-Ass stant Surgeon C. W. cnapm ana Surgeon M. W. Glover. STUDENTS HOLD BIG RALLT Four Hundred Men Give Songs and Yell as They Parade Streets. Or Nov. 5. (Special.) In the most en- thuslastic rany 01 uw j". aitv students marched throug-h the Eu- crene streets iuiusu. songs and giving patriotic yells at every corner, j-ho -iv a h to arouse iuloicoi. big football game between Oregon and Muitnoman. ' ,,t Led by Yelimasier noucn ahu .. i a - OA nluaa th rOflt- tne college oauu i f . - ers executed tne tei ptiium ...e main avenue. After the parade they marched back to McArthur Field with several hundred towns people and all then gathered around a huge bonfire prepared by the freshmen. President Campbell, Captain Dudley Clarke, of the football squad; Coach Forbes, Fred Moullen, the old Oregon star, and sev eral others gave spirited talks. Preparations have been made to en tertain the Multnomah team and rooters at a big reception and dance after the game tomorrow. Three thousand per sons are expected to attend the game. CENTRAL OREGON THE TOPIC C. H. Carey Speaks Before Portland Realty Board. ' A thorough outline of conditions in Eastern Oregon and of the railroad build ing into the vast empire east of the Cas cades was given the members of the Port land Realty Board at the monthly dinner held in the Commercial Club rooms last night. Charles H. Carey, counsel for the Oregon Trunk Railroad, was the chief speaker of the evening and his talk was of great interest to the members of- the board. At the meeting, presided over by Henry W. Fries, a "question box" was instituted which brought out discussion on the Broadway Bridge, forms of .contracts, Uie placing of real valuations in deeds, ab stracts of title and guaranteed titles, and other matters of interest to the dealers. A resolution was passed favoring the hard-surfacing of all the streets within the corporate limits. A suggestion was made that action be taken by the board to arrange a law for deeds to be presented, to the Assessor, Betore going to ine neroruer, to assist the work In the Recorder s of fice, and this was acted upon favorably. A committee, consisting of J. O. Roun tree, George Dekum, E. J. Daly and Allen B. Slaiison, was appointed to draw up resolutions of condolence in reference to the death of R. M. Wilbur, one of the oldest members of the realty board. The meeting was attended by 73 mem bers, the largest attendance for the sea son, and was marked by the reception of 13 applications for admission to the board. Roller to Referee Prizefight. CHICAGO, Nov. 5. Df. B. F. Roller, of Seattle, Wash., the wrestler, was today selected as referee of the 10-round bout between Packey McFarland and Cyclone Johnny Thompson at Kansas City, Mon day night MIXLY IS ELECTED AGAIN I'uanimously Chosen Head of North y East Side Association. M. G. Munly was unanimously re-elected president of the North East Side Im provement Association at the annual meeting hold last night He was nomi nated by Councilman , Mencfee and the nomination was seconded by Joseph Buchtel, both making short talks on what Judge Munly has accomplished for the East Side. Judge Munly tnanked the as sociation for the coitipliment of the vote. A. L. Sauvle was- elected secretary, W. N. North vice-president. R. E. L. Sim mons treasurer, executive committee W, H. Cadwell, J. F. Slnnott. B. A. McGrath. L. T. Peery and H. A. Heppner. The presi dent appointed A. B. Manly, a C. Beach, J. Wood Smith, Herman Wittenberg, J. F. Slnnott and George W. Bates as a bridge committee. H. H. Riddell, attorney, reported the status of the suit started to test the locality , of the Broadway bridge bond Issue. The association extended a vote of thanks to the Mayor and Executive Board for the appointment of Ralph Modjeskl as engineer "Tor the Broadway bridge. It was decicpi tn engage spe cial counsel to assist the City Attorney, and the matter of raising funds was re ferred to the bridge committee. A meet ing of this committee -will be held Mon day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the office of Judge Munly, in the Wells-Fargo building. A communication was .received from J. P. O'Brien, general manager of the Harriman lines, saying the reports that these lines were opposed to the Broad way bridge were untrue, and that these companies were neutral toward the Broadway bridge. ATHLETE IS SECOND BEST Walter Erben Gets Beating for Re marks Near Girl. Walter Erben, Pennsylvania University graduate, all-round track man, given hon orable mention because of his record In geology, in which study he majored, un til recently connected with the United States Geological Survey, stationed in Oregon and scheduled to resume work two weeks from now, Is In the City Jail for the second time in a week, charged with being drunk and disorderly. Erben is siid to have used language in the presence of Mies Jessie Wood, keeper of a shooting gallery at Fourth and Burnside streets, early last night unsulted to the ears of the young woman in question, and likewise repugnant to the refined sensibilities of her sweet heart, Henry Duffner, night cook at the B. & B. restaurant, 61 Sixth street North, who proceeded to make things uncom fortable for the young graduate, a la James J. Jeffries. When Sergeant of Police Golts arrived on the scene the list of casualties included a brogen nose, damaged Jaw and other facial bruises for Erben. Both were locked up, Duffner being released on $25 bail for- appearance in Municipal Court this morning. Erben's first arrest occurred over his attitude toward a shooting gallery girl at First and Madison streets, when the cause. of the young woman was espoused by a Japanese. . Erben was discharged for want of a prosecutor. Erben is said to be of a prominent Philadelphia fam ily. He has been with the Geological Survey since last Spring, In and around Eugene. Two weeks ago work was abandoned for one month, and since that time he has been In Portland. M'CARTHY IS FELICITATED Local Labor Unions Discuss Events in Their W orld. Organlied labor of this city, through its Central Labor Council, last night for warded a letter of congratulation to P. H. McCarthy, Mayor-elect of San Fran cisco, on the Union Labor ticket. The arrest and prosecution of members oi Industrial Workers of the World at Spo kane for holding public meetitngs in the etreets and confirmation by the Federal Court of the Jail sentences of Gompers, Mitchell andi Morrison, were discussed Informally. The matter of insuring to labor representatives the right of free speech in all sections of the United States was referred, to the legislative" committee for Its consideration, includ ing the recommendation of appropriate resolutions bearing on the subject. These will be submitted at the regular meeting of the Central Labor Council next week. At last night's meeting resolutions were adopted opposing the proposed assembly suggested by prominent Republicane. II is proposed by the labor organizations of Portland to enlist the aid of all affiliated organizations of laboring men throughout the state, together - with the various Granges, in opposing both the assembly and all candidates who may be recom mended by such a gathering. M. A. FLEISCHNER RETURNS Prominent Business Man and Fam Ily'Home From European Trip. After an absence of one year in Eur ope. Marcus A. Fleischner. of the firm of Fleischner, Mayer & Company, ac companied by Mrs. Fleischner and their daughter, Miss Flora, returned to Port land Thursday night These Portland ers 'spent six of the 12 months abroad in Paris and Vienna, where Miss Fleisch ner prosecuted her studies in vocal mu sic. In Paris she waj a pupil of the celebrated teacher, Jean DeReszke, while Gustav Walter was her instructor in Vienna. The Fleischners made a com plete tour of Europe, among the coun tries visited being Franbe. Italy, Ger many, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria and Holland. "Although we had a most delightful time," said Mr. Fleischner last night, "I must say, as Is typical of every Ore gonian on returning home, that I am glad once again to get back to Portland and Oregon. During all of last Summer we did not have to exceed six days of pleasant and seasonable weather. With the exception of these few days it rained and was otherwise -disagreeable. I longed to be back in Oregon, where I am Informed there was an unusually de lightful Summer and Fall." CONTRACTORS RUN SALOON Firm of Nash Bros., at University Park, Raided by Police. "Nash Bros., Contractors," is the sign above the door of a shack at the Uni versity Park station on the St. John car line. Patrolman Wellbrook and Police c Qmith vhn harl heard divers and sundry rumors about what kind of contractors the isasn Drotncrs are, maae an investigation last night and found a fully-equipped saloon inside uie iime shop. Out of the large stock on hand the officers selected one bottle from each brand and brought them to police head quarters. "Doc" Nash, who was in the ehack at the time, made his escape, but will be sought by the officers on a war rant today. For some time tho ip'ace has been sus pected of being a "blind tiger." as It Is Uocated in prohibition territory and last night's raid resulted. The men will be prosecuted by the city officials for con ducting a saloon without a license. The state may also take a hand and prosecute them for violation of the local option law. John Nash, a member of the firm, is a former policeman, having been con nected with the department 10 years ago. I