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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1910)
iu .. , , - I . . PORTLAND. OREGON. Rntered ml Portland. Orecon. Poatofflce as Cec.nd-Claaa Matter. feobacrtpUoa Iuim-Invariably la Advance. CBT MAIL). Xally. without Sunday, aae month.... -J" V"k : on var 1 . ' fundir. ene year Izz auaaar and weakly, ona year.. By Carrier). raPy. 'oti'lay tn-lcdd. otia y-ar. ..... "-J" 2ally. Baodar. Included, one month. - Haw a Remit Sn Poato!Tlr "V"? wrder. tirrtai oriT or tronal eher on our local bank. BtamDa. com or rurwicy re at the .ni-e rl.k. Ultra Poatofrice mddreae In roll. Inrladlnc rounty and at at a. Paataca Rate 1' to 14 r. 1 rent: ' to js paara. 2 rente: SO to ptic'a. eente. y to cacea. 4 canta. Forelsn poatase elonble rata. Iwma Hwlnrx Ofn-e Verre CorJJ ttn Kw Tor. Rrunawlck bolldin. C ni ce ro. stager butldlr.-. FORTLANn, HEDXFSDAY. HKTPT. SI. 1010. ROOf-rTVtLT ON THE TAKIrT. Vhfn Mr. Roosevelt was President lie 'wrote a good many messages, but In rone of them had he much to say about the tariff. He may have avoid ed the subject because he is afraid of it,- or possibly because he knew nothing about tt. It Is even conceiv able) that both reasons Influenced him. However that may be. he has now conquered his fear and partially over come his Ignorance so that the coun try ha. been favored with an Outlook -editorial on the subject. Anybody who reads the article with the expec tation of finding anything new about the tariff will be grievously disap pointed. Nor does It present a great deal which Is true. The only para graph It contains which appeals to an Instructed Intelligence Is the one that speaks In favor of "a thoroughly efficient and well-equipped tarirf commission." This project Is one vHoh Mr. Taft and others have long n urging upon the country, and It Is agreeable to f'.nd Mr. Roosevelt tak en it up even at this late flay; but pf course he cannot claim to have originated ll or to have helped It Tnuch In tho time of Its struggling in fancy when help would have been val able. Now his advocacy resembles Jrd Chesterfield's belated offer t Tia.trr.nlz. Johnson's dictionary. I It came, when the work was finished am needed no assistance. Coming from a man of hi3 distinc tion, it Is curious to peruse the rea sjona Mr. Roosevelt advance for desir ing a protective tariff. He believe" thi country Is "fully committed to the principle of protection." and for whose benefit? 1 Why. "primarily In the; Interest of the standard of living of the. American workingman." that Is. of the American wage-earner. This view of the case has the merit of ftreat Tenerabillty. but there Is little else to recommend it. Hoes anybody suppose that the duties imposed by the Payne-Aldrich bill were for the benefit of wage-earners? The advance on lemon, for example, was supposed to be for the sake of the California farmers. The sugar duties are osten sibly for Qn beet-root growers, really for the Sugar Trust. What do wage earners fret out of the tariff on rub ier, a product which Is eti-hrtly under the control of a trust? The trust pays dividends of 'some 18 per cent a quarter, but we do not understand that Mr. Aldrich's workingmen receive correspondingly high waged. The fallacy that protection raises wages, or keens American wage-earners from being poorly raid, ought not to Impose upon intelligent people any longer. There is noe thing and only one which fixes the rate of wages In every industry. Whether the industry is protected or not makes not the .lightest difference. The persons who conduct It will pay the wages which they are obliged to pay In order to get the men they need.aand they will mot pay a cent more. The rate, of wages depends upon the number of hands who are bidding for the Job and not upon the duty which Congress happens to attach to the manufac tured article. The only way to raise wages effectually Is to limit the num ber of workingmen. The unions un derstand this well enough and they direct their efforts accordingly. The folly of expecting to raise wages by a tariff while foreign laborers are pouring into the conntry literally by the million ought to have penetrated to Mr. Roosevelt's brain some time ago. There is no industry in. the Union bett.-r protected than the vari ous manufactures of iron and steel, and yet the survey of the Page Foun dation found some of the hands work ing under the aegis of the sacred tariff twelve hours In the day and seven days in the week, while their homes were unfit for swine to live In and the'.r daughters were tlje prey of their bosses. They had to sell the virtue of their children In order to hold their Jobs. Such Is the practi cal working of that protection which Is "primarily in the interest of the standard of living of American work Ingmen." Some peoplo of amiable In tentions and moderate Intelligence no einubt believe that protection really does raise wages. It never did and never could, do anything of the sort. Wages were high and the standard or living excellent before protection existed. The duties were put on In order that capitalists might afford to pay the current high wages and thus establish Industries which otherwise could not exist here. This is the whole theory of protection so far as wages are concerned, rrotectlon U the consequence of high wages, not the cause. Those who maintain, the contrary simply ignore history. There Is no way to confpel tho cap italist to turn the benefit of protec tion over to his workmen. The rretty theory Is that ho will do so out of the heavenly goodness of his heart. Tho stern fact Is that he will put his wages at the lowest figure Ms hands will accept, and experience shows that if he can find, ignorant foreigners to do his work he will hire them in prefer ence to the much-lauded American workmon every time. Wages are a cold matter of business. They depend v. , .titlnn between those who VII 111, . v. ....... - - have labor power to sell. The tariff keeps out some I me s wn.- foreign workmen, make, but It doe" . hA r,a it nrr worker hlm- self who comes here and underbids in native in almost every -mploymcnt. Perhaps we ought to apologize for presenting these high to the reader, but avi " - -i - . man of Mr. Roosavelt s emi nence appears not to know anything about them, it anay o jusi tut i- rehash tnem occasionally. A dispatch from Bums. Oregon. a7 that th Government has trted "Pally. Pund-iy tacts-ted. on year raily. Sunday Included, eta roonthe.... J ;J IaJly. Sunday Included, tsree months.. Xailr. Sunday Included, ona month-. -12 rJly. vtthout Sunday, ena 7r J", Tei;r. without Sunday, els months.... J -J five surveying parties on the unsur veyed land In the southern part of Harney vand the eastern -part of Lake County. The magnificent distances that abound In that' land of undevel oped -riches are reflected in the state ment that it will require about three years for these parties to complete the surveys. The territory will embrace mot;? of the Stein Mountains, the val leys of the Wild Horse, Trout Creek and Alvord and part of Catlow. and Barron valleys. When this land is surveyed and open to settlement there ought to be a rush of settlers equal to many of the big rushes that have made the Government's Indian reser vation land lotteries famous. It Is a certainty that -the people who .settle in the new empire in Southeastern Oregon will draw on an average much richer prtxes than will fall to the In dian land-lottery players. THE DEMOCRATIC GAME. The total registration of voters for the coming primary In - Multnomah County Is 36,370, of whom 28.397 are Republican and 5201 are Democratic. The proportion of Republicans to Democrats Is five and one-half to one. The actual ratio Is two to one. The Republican registration exceeds by 10,578 the Taft vote In 1908 (17,81). and the Democratic registration falls short by 449 of the Bryan vote (9860) In 1908. There Is no way to aceount for the extraordinary discrepancy in these totals except by the conclusion that many thousand Democrats in Multno mah (from 6000 to 7000) have regis tered as Republicans. That their ac tion Is 'the result of concerted effort and definite co-operative purpose Is clear from various facts. The most significant fact, aside from the figures themselves, is the complete and stud led failure of the Democrats to put forth any kind of a ticket sn thU county. There are practically no Democratic candidates; there is no Democratic organization worth the name: there Is no effort to preserve even the party name, for candidates nominated by petition after the pri maries must be described as "inde pendents." There 1 a small contest between two Democratic candidates for Governor; but their activity em phasizes only the absolute aoanuon ment of party action and party com petition for all other offices. Democratic papers are mixing up . . v. mint nrn manner In the Re- publlc-an primary: Democratic voters have shamelessly regisiereo. as KM;...na for the numose -Of destroy ing the Republican party; anti- assembly candidates every nere with Democratic ItUlMIIA e a'- - - politicians and Democratic papers; there Is fusion Deiween ucuuiiei. c..nr. rtnora all Hown the line to defeat every effort, every attempt. ver- practicable plan lor nepuui.i... unity and assembly. What Is the use or a itepuoucau primary if it shall be controlled by i-v .., what Is the use of a I'l 111 VV, 4 U . - Democratic primary if Democrats refuse to participate xnere.u. . ..j free-for-all non partisan primary where no questions - .... 1 .HtlflotlATtC are asked, no pouucai are required, and no partisan results are possible? e RAISING HIS OWN SALARY. County Clerk Fields says he was entitled to that per cent raite-oii. He was entitled to it. he explains, because he was gettisg lees salary than the Sheriff or the Assessor; so he took this petty and pitiful means of "evening up." - . -n i. nun tnr a nublic officer who li dissatisfied with his salary ffier.hnlder anvwhere ever 4L3 ttl'J - . satisfied? Is to scheme around and get hold. If he can, or some oi mo county's money, put it in the bank In his own name (not the county's), grab the Interest for himself (not (h county), and' say nothing whatever to anybody. What nobody knows won't hurt anybody. k taw- v the County Clerk shall receive his $3000 salary and no fees or emoluments wnatever nu i- c-ii,t entitled in this cheap and sneaking little 4 per cent draw-down? He was not entitled to Jt. The county was and Is entitled to It. t leias too u ...irhi nver attain to have a chance to "raise his own salary" with out the public knowledge and at the public expense. NORTH AND SOCTH RAJI.ROADS. -ov.. c.ohorn Pacific is reported to have let a contract for construction of 10 miles of road from a point near Wadsworth, Nevada, through North eastern California. Over roads al ready built and to be built, this new line is expected to reach Lakeview and Klamath Falls and thence north to Portland. The distance between Fernlev and Hazen. the point at wnicn Via vpvaiia & California connects with the Southern Pacific, is but a few miles, and from Hazen to Mojave. a few miles north of Los Angeles, there is an excellent road. By con necting up these links, most of which are already complete, it win oe seen ...... .k. r.mirt nf adding another north and south line through Oregon and California Is not an unacnaainB u .... i i yi nfirtanen -from a con struction standpoint. Commercial and Industrial possibilities or the line, however, are immense. When com- ,..,. it hii undoubtedly tap a greater traffic-producing region than any other roaa inai coum m eun structed north and south through the three states. - The only exception to this migni oe a north and south road along the coast. That the- latter will some day become a reality is now highly prob able. The . development under way throughout the entire State of Oregon and Northern California fully war rants the extensions of transportation facilities now planned. The new ex tension from Nevada Into Northeast ern California and Southeastern Ore gon is a Harriman project- By con necting In the Klamath country with the extensions that are now being pushed south from Portland territory, the big svstem would have a remark ablv easy grade all the way from the Columbia River to Los Angeles.- The need of the West Is population, and both Oregon and Northern California can support more people to the square mile than any similar area of country fronting on the Atlantic. That the need of numerous north-and-south roads will be felt In the near future can be understood by a slight study of railroads In the East. The New England country has always been noted for Its rocky, barren lands, and yet the density of the population that ekes out a living on those lands and in the cities that have sprung up is such that the country Is fairly grid Ironed with roads all of which pay handsome dividends. The Southern the MonyixG otiegoniax, Wednesday, Pacific's Shasta route will always at tract tourist travel and there will be an Immense trafric hauled out of the Willamette Valley and Southern Ore gon by the lines already constructed. But there will be plenty of business for a new north-and-south line traversing the country lying further to the east, and when this is completed the north-and-south line along the coast will be heard from. The latter road from the Columbia River to the Golden Gate would pass through scarcely a mile of non-productive territory. Its scenic possibilities are great. The Pacific Coast In the past has been sadly neg lected by the railroads, but the mile age now under construction or pro jected is sufficient to make the entire North Pacific coast the most prosper ous part of the United States. MMKKVKL.T VS. LA KOI.IJ--TTE. "Will Oregon, the home of the in itiative, the referendum, and the re call, continue to .allow Itself to be mis represented la the House (Congress) as it has so emphatically declined to be in the Senate, by 'system" statesmen of the calibeV of Ellis and Hawley?" This sounds like Tom Law son; but It Is not. It Is the exordium of a formal attack on the two Oregon representatives by Senator La Follette, of Wisconsin. What La Follette wants Oregon to do Is to send men to Wash ington of the "caliber" of Bourne and Chamberlain. We think Oregon will do nothing of the kind; but we do not know. Oregon does queer things, as the election of Bourne and Chamber lain abundantly proves. The La Follette Indictment against Hawley and Ellis Is that they sup ported throughout the "regular" House organization. They did; they also supported all the great Taft measures such as the postal savings bank, railroad control, publicity of election expenses, and the like, that made the Taft Administration one of remarkable achievement. They aided the Taft programme as they had con spicuously upheld th,e Roosevelt pro gramme In the previous Congress. Ellis and Hawley do not suit La Fol lette. but they suited Roosevelt. It may help a little to reprint part of a formal statement Lssued May 29, 1908, from the White House: The President (RooaovelM today said ood by to the two Otvgon Congraaamen. Mosara. Hawley and Ellla. and ataled publicly that ha took the x-caelon to thank them for the attitude they had conelatently maintained In support the Admlnlatratlon'i pollciea. and to wish them sucreas In the election which U to take place on Monday next. The Praaldent atated that ha wlnhcd pub licly to rapreea hia appreciation of tho cor dial manner In which the gentlemen bai backed up tha policies and the meaeurei which the Prealdent felt were of such con sequence for the welfare of the country, in connection, for lnalance, with such matters aa the upbuilding of the navy, the upbuild ing of merchant marine, the conservation of our natural reaourcea. Including both the reservation of the foreata and the conatruo tlon of tho waterwaya: aecurlng proper em ployers' liability leglalation. both aa re gard., Interatals commerce and as regards the employes of the government lt aelf: securing child labor legislation, and tha effort to eecure.- the proper administration by the courts of tb power of Injunction, and finally aecrlng by the Nation of thor oughgoing and adequate control over the great Interstate corporations, a control which hall be both effective to prevent any Wrongdoing by them and at the aame time of aurh character aa will permit tha re ward In ample fashion of all bus'nesa which la so conducted as to be for and not against the public Interest. The La Follette method Is to assume that everything done In Congress by any others than himself or his Imme diate following was wrong, and that the men who did It were inspired by unworthy motives and dishonest pur poses. - It Is the fashion nowadays, when in doubt, to believe and assert that public men are criminals and thieves. Doubtless Hawley and Ellis would be in a bad way with some peo ple exc'pt for the explicit testimony of the ex-President In their behalf. SlTiSTAXTIAl, IMPKOVEirEXT. . The' Boston-Harvard aviation meet, after a succession of brilliant events covering a period of nine days, came to a close with a record remarkably free from accidents. Many new rec ords were made by the bird-men In the management of their machines, the more Important being experiments looking to the use of the aeroplane In war. It was a matter of some local chagrin that the English aviator, Grahame-White, carrfed off the greatest, number of prizes. He won four first places and three seconds In Bifferent events, which carried with them prize money aggregating $22,100. The chief feature upon which avia tors are congratulating themselves and one another, however. Is the absence of accidents a fact that, considering the great chances taken, even under the most favorable conditions. Is cer tainly gratifying. No one was injured during the meet, and no machine was damaged to the amount of over $500. This is important as showing that the criticism that every advance made In aviation has been at a disproportlon ateeloss of life, limb and property. Is losing Its force. The advance In aviation has boon rapid; It has necessarily involved enor mous expense. Its fatalities and cas ualties have been many and in a sense appalling, as -out of all proportion to the advance made. If, therefore, the element f safety has been Improved, as Is indicates oy me latest meet, n may be said' that the most Important advance yet made in the history of aviation has here been recorded. HACK TO THE SMAIX FARM. A 600-acre farm near Medford was sold a few days ago for $50,000 to a man who' will divide It into small tracts to meet the requirements of a colony of Germans who .will come from Iowa In search of a milder cll fnate and better opportunities. In The Oregonlan of Monday, which con tained the dispatch announcing the Medford sale appeared a local item stating the Intention of the Y. M. C. A. to purchase, from 500 to 1000 acres of land within' ten miles of Portland and divide . It Into ten and fifteen-acre tracts which are to be sold at reason able prices and on easy terms to young men who are desirous of securing homes. By reducing ihe size of the tracts and Increasing the number of people dwelling on them, the pros' perlty of all the people In the state Is very greatly enhanced. There are many thousand acres of land within the ten-mile- limit mentioned by the Y. M. C. A. which Is susceptible of a high degree of cultivation and which can support a heavy population. The man of limited means who must depend largely on his own efforts to get the maximum returns from his farm cannot secure the best results from a large holding where assistance Is needed In taking. care of It. The small farm, however, which will take care of a cow and chickens, and pro due plenty of fruit and garden truck. If properly handled, will in time make the owner independent. The Iowa farmers who are coming to Southern Oregon will rind a sou ana cnmw that will nroduce more remunerative crops on ten to twenty acres than can be grown on five times tnai amount of land In the country they are leav ing. The economic advantages of these small farms are not all confined to what they produce in the country. They not only Increase the supply of food for the city toilers but they offer a field for endeavor which in time will coax increasing numbers or city people to the country. The man who may have proved a failure a a a harrier, a blacksmith, a painter or at some other employment may We a success as a iarmer. mo return tn tha aoll thus improves his own condition and at the same time it ioen,i the etmln of competition on some other craftsmen in the city who might be less adapted to the country life. The more small farms that are brought into a productive state n.,n.i.).Aitt the cmintrv the less we will hear about . the higher cost of living. - c. ... r the nrecon Short Line, which Is controlled by the Union Pacific, will be asked to approve a proposition to Increase the capital stock of the company from $27,600, 000. to $100,000,000. The matter will come up at a meeting to be held in cn t ni.. riKinhcr 12. Usually there pail uaww v -v ..... . Is much unfavorable comment over heavy Increases In the capital siock oi . v. ku ..ti.nii.ia hut tn the present case such comment is forestalled by .nnn,or, that the Stock Will either be held for emergency purposes . . . I n n fat rtf or usea lor.new conn ul.w... - the anti-rallroad feeling that was created in the old days was over the enormous amount oi waiereu nt nut fnr the DurDOSe of enriching the manipulators without In any way Improving the service. The Oregon Short Line with its projected extensions down the Snake" River and across Oregon, can spend a great, many mi - tn v. a nn.t few vears and can secure these millions only through stock issues. " in have fallen at a number of points in the wheat belt within the past few days ana nave proved highly beneficial for Fall plow- . .ri .hot fella alnnar in May Ilia.. in" - arul early June Is the one that is most welcomed by the wheatgrower; put. me troll lna are also of the greatest im portance to the wheat industry. This year, -with high prices Insuring a good acreage, sufficient moisture to loosen the anil will be exceptionally valu able. The Northwest has made great strides In the development oi iruit. hops, dairying and diversified farming, but wheat still remains the premier wealth producer of the larm Deit ana ..the. i-nniiitinns. favorable or unfa vorable to that Industry, are watched with keener interest than in any other of the great staples which, nave maao the Pacific Northwest famous. t .v.. ieeth nf Municipal Judge Bennett the community has suffered a' loss that Is always Incident . to the death of a capable, ambitious, earnest young man. Judge Bennett waa a use ful citizen and a man eager to succeed . a.i i Ha brought industry and devotion to duty to his aid, and, though relatively young in his profes sion, he was esteemed in it as an ea- nest, conscientious womer. xie w.. be missed. Note that the President of the United States, while favoring the direct pri mary, does not oppose conventions. Still here in Oregon the charge is made hv an assembly deco rates any candidate with the bar sin ister. A yelping gang cry auv. ...." a Republican who believes in party. Taft is that kind of a Republican. On the West Side of Portland, where politics is a more popular game than on the East Side, there were regls 1709 Democrats. If any one .i-k. in male a small bet that the Democratic nominees for Governor and Congressman will not receive nr i tint vntes on the West Side in November, he can get long odds. , . i. .unto a worthy Providence does not reach downward and smite some of these contestants in divorce - air their nastv troubles in complaint and defense. Yet they em phasize the DieseeanuBs i t..6c...-. unions by their brutal wickedness. The ball from the "noiseless" gun that killed a man at a moving pic ture show in Los Angeles was a spent ball from a rifle a mlla away. The noiseless gun has not been invented, and for the Rake of humanity is to be hoped it never will be. The learned people at the National capital who are finding poultry af flicted with what they surmise Is In fantile paralysis are waiting time seek ing a remedy. The only cure for a Ick hen Is the ax and cremation. Roosevelt is trying to down the New York bosses. Commendable warfare, trulv. Still, a great many people re member that a typical boss made him Governor of New York and a candi date for Vice-President. -wots. -VftrV courtship that began sixty years ago has Just culminated In marriage. It is to oe nupeu i couple exhibit more speed in the next three-score years. The end of Frank Bennett's polit ical career by sudden death in earry manhood gives force to the question, Is the game worth the powder T The human .brute in this latest case of cruelty to a horse deserves a Vock pile sentence, and the Humane Soci ety must see that he gets It. The finding in Seattle of an heir to a Danish title is of small moment In this region, where every man Is a sov ereign these election times. Now the cucumber crop of the Coun try is reported short, to add to the fifty-seven varieties of troubles of the economical housewife. Let September SO be put in red fig ures on the calendar, to mark one day when Mr. Roosevelt had nothing to gay for publication. When they read the returns next Sunday morning several candidates will wonder where their promised sup port went. Since when, men and brethren, is tt disreputable to say openly that you be long to a political party? seftejiber 21, 1910. SELF-DEFEXSE PLEA IS MADE J i Tony Moe, Shot by Goodager, Al leged to Have Made Threats. At the trial of Hans Goodager for man slaughter, which Is now In progress in Judge Gantenbetifs department of the Circuit Court, an effort will be made by Attorney Seneca Fouts. representing Goodager. to show that he shot Tony Moa In self-defense. In his opening statement, made to the Jury yesterday afternoon. Attorney Fouts said that the evidence would show that It was only when Moe. who was a logger of large frame, reached to the floor for a re volver, which he had knocked from Good ager's hand, that Goodager reached be hind the bar for another pistol and shot his assailant. Moe was shot In Goodager's saloon, at B1V4 North Third street. February 4. 1909. According to the evidence which the defense expects to bring out. Moe had a reputation among loggers for be ing a "bully." Liquor had been refused him at a saloon near Goodager"s, it Is said, and when Goodager also refused him because he had. apparently been drinking already, he reached over the bar In an attempt to grasp Goodager, who had met with a streetcar accident, and was wearing a wooden leg. Good ager ordered him out, dui ne soon i tumed to ask where a friend named Benson was. Goodager, it is said, replied that he did - , . v. i v. la alH tn have nut niiuv , m wim-ii demanded more liquor, and upon being refused to have saia ne woum iut other tree leg" on Goodager. The evi j show that Goodager UCIIVO ,S C4DV. ' " " " again ordered him out of the saloon at the point of a revolver, mob ia aam w i - i , .Ue wennnn from his hand kiiwacu . " v. 1 and with a curse to have picked it up .1 -Via rt,Vl htmseir. wnen uooqukci er weapon and shot him. t- i A. . p.. t-cp.l with murder In the first degree, and upon being con victed of manslaughter was sentenced . . i .He xienitentiarv.' The m i 1 c' - Supreme Court having reversed the de cision, tne case is now vcm ....... -.- another department or tne circuit, com l. t.... 4.. .o . -ecured and sworn at 11:50 yesterday morning. At 2:45 the 12 men went to view inn dence for the state will be brought out by Deputy District Attorney Pge. The Jury Is as follows: E. D. Ttmms. A. v.. . j -r i..ne. w. J. Baker. Ed- WOOO, VJ. J " . - - - ward Beck. John Alstadt. C. F. Adams, Everett Ames. W. O. Whltesfde, Frank Dooley. W. H. McFarland and Thomas J. Shea. CHILDREN CONFESS BURGLARY Woman Who Lost Property Must Sue Parents to Recover. . . . t -rtr iTrriHra. who now wnen jnra. tf. ... , . -a jdtu rantenheln street. DUt uvea st i7 u - . . who formerly lived at 621 Kerby street. returned home rrom a trip n - . t... hn..-e had been ran- louna mw .. sacked, evidently , by burglars. Upon Inquiry she found mat tne tncua been made by children of the neighbor . . n-i i i. An a trunk and bu- reau in the basement had been pried off with a hatchet ana large quaniii.ee of clothing and other valuables taken, while from the house upstairs articles were also missing. The children were oeiore juibuu. Judge Gantenbeln yesterday afternoon and admitted the theft. Nellie Comp ton. -13 years old. appeared to be the ringleader. With 1W brother, Willie, she had entered the house Beveral .t Thev a re the children of Mrs. Norma Compton. Others Involved were Florence Franey, 13-year-oia aauBnier of John Franey; Arthur Farley, a 9-year-old orphan; HerDeri mra, mo 14-year-old son of M. F. Bird, and Clar ence Hextrom, who was not in court. . -krnnnA. the 12-veA.r-oId daughter of Mrs. Anna O'Connor, said that Nellie traded some or me blui-h articles to her. Three parasols, she m .t.. tnlr In e-rehancrn for a 12.50 doll Dresses, waists and other arti cles of wearing apparel had been cut In two by the enlioren wnea mey uiviueu the plunder. Judge Gantenbeln placed the children on probation. .He told Mrs. McGuire It would be necessary for her to sue If she wished to enforce her legal right to recover the value of her lost prop erty from the children's parents. Mrs. McGuire said that she lost jewelry val ued at $200, but no evidence was pro duced to show that the children took it. WOMAN DETECTIVE TESTIFIES Wife Gets Divorce, However, After Property Is Settled. 1 Jlen.e wea irrantnil in the Circuit Court yesterday to Mrs. Lillian A. Hus ton. The property was aiviaea ay agree ment between her and her husband, Wil liam J. Huston. She will have the home at Montavilla, and the furniture, while he is to have two lots adjoining, said to be worth $600. He la to care for their two boys, while she has the custody of the girl. John F. Logan and John H. Stev enson represented Mrs. Huston. When the case went to trial yesterday morning. Attorney Conrad P. Olson, rep resenting Huaton. placed on the witness stand Mrs. May Spencer, a Swedish wo man who acted as a detective for the Hartman Detective Agency. Huston had employed the agency to keep watch of hia. wife. Mrs. Spencer was accordingly sent to the Huston home to secure lodg ings, as Mrs. Huston kept boarders. Mrs. Spencer told yesterday of telling Mrs. Huston she was going out for the evening, and of returning to her room, which Is above that occupied by C. H. Hoi brook, another roomer. She said she kept watch through a ventilator and saw both Holbrook and Mrs. Huston In neg ligee attire, Huston being away. An ef fort was made to Impeach her testimony by showing that the heat of the room below would have prevented her from remaining at the ventilator in the floor. Judge Morrow suggested that the hus band and wife settle their property in terests, and he then gave the' wife the divorce. Huston la 47 years old and his wife is 36. They were married 16 years ago. Name of Brown Is "Common." A hearing In the County Court before Judge Cleeton, at which Ernest Brown, a traveling salesman, will show cause why his name should be changed to Ernest Bru, will be held at 9:30 A. M., October 28. Brown says in his petition that he is 25 years old and unmarried. His reason for wishing to change his name, he says. Is that for three years he has been constantly annoyed by hav ing other persons receive mall Intended for him and by receiving In turn mail Intended for others. He says It Is all because the name Brown Is so common. Death Claim Settled for $250. An' order authorizing Louis E. Ranch, administrator of Ira L. Dewey's estate, to accept $250 from the West Oregon Lumber Company, in settlement of all elalms on account of Dewey's death, was signed by County Judge Cleeton yesterday. Dewey was killed August 30 when trying to load a car, one of the logs striking him. Knight of the Garter to Load Here. Emll Bhulse, of the China Import & Export Lumber Company, yesterday re turned from San Francisco to prepare for loading the British tramp Knight of the Garter, which Is due tomorrow from the .Orient to work lumber for China. The vessel will go to Inman-Poulsen's mill and will sail early in October. She car ried the record cargo from this port in June, for Tslngtau. $150,000 DAMAGES ARE ASKED Alleged Furniture Trust 13 Sued for Large Sum. Upon allegation that a furniture and carpet trust, operated under the title of the Northwest Furniture Exchange, and composed of some of the largest re tall firms In the Northwest,' had driven them to abandon a business in Portland that returned a net Income of $10,000 a year, the Gilman Auction & Commission Company yesterday forced a hearing of its claim for $150,000 damages. The case has been on file in the United States Court since September. 1007. In June of that year the Northwest Furni ture Exchange pleaded guilty to being an Illegal corporation and violating the National anti-trust and Interstate com merce acts. It is charged' that a conspiracy, em bracing many of the large retailers of Portland, was entered into in 1903, by the terms of which no retailer on the Coast was to be supplied with furniture or carpets manufactured for the trade at Coast cities. The Gilman Auction & Commission Company, according to the complaint, was a member of the combination until 1907 and asserts that it built up a busi ness of $60,000 a year because. of the in side prices the combination was able to give its members. After withdrawing from the organization the Gilman Auc tion & Commission Company asserts it was unable to secure furniture from any. of the firms belonging to the trust and that it was finally forced to abandon the attempt to do business in this city. A. E. Clark appeared as the lawyer for the plaintiff and had not finished his opening address at the adjournment of court last night. He Is revamping the evidence which has been taken before a commissioner of the court in the past two years. . C. H. Carey and A. King Wilson will represent, the defendant merchants. COURT WILL GO TO MEDFORD Jurors Dravn to Act During Term Beginning Octolicr 4. Charles E. Wolv-ton, judge of the United States Court, is arranging to hold a regular term of that court at Medford, beginning October 4. when f- ieea are rtni-keted for hearing. t.i . ,nni,re ti.e minims nf Laura Hitch, Mariah Kahl. Rose Hugrhes and Sallie Bilger against the estate oi jerciiii.ni Noonan and others. The following named Jurors have been drawn to act during the term: W. T. York.- real estate. Medford; t xtrrtrtif f.rmpr Menford: John D. Olwell, real estate, Medford; J. W. Bon- ar. farmer, Medford; Sam stringer, iar mer, Grants Pass; faui J. a nun. -mer, Ashland: H. G. Myer, farmer, Ijike Creek; C. C. Birum, miner. Grants Pass; n r- Tsvinr hntel-keener. Wonder; J. W. Dodge, farmer. Phoenix: W. H- Nor cross, farmer. Central Point: Sam Eg- ger, farmer, Waldo; c. L. uigeiow, im mer, Willams; John Grubb, farmer, Bar ron; B. R. Stevens, manufacturer, Ash land; E. V. Ingles, assayer. Grants Pass; S. J. Myers, farmer, Central Point; B. F. Hathaway, farmer, Dryden; Theo dore A. Class, farmer, Beaarle; J. W. Merrttt, merchant. Central Point; Jack Morris, merchant, Ashland. J. P. Hoag land, farmer. Central Point: C. H. De marcy. druggist, Grants Pass: Peter Van Hardenburg. farmer. Central Point; H. E. Gothing, farmer. Murphy. COURT OF APPEALS ADJOURNS McKinley-Montague Laud Case Last One Argued. i The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District, which has been In session in Portland, concluded Its work last night and adjourned without handing down 'any decisions. The last case argued was an ap peal from the Oregon Federal Court de cision, bv which title to a quarter sec tion of Polk County timber land was obtained In the name of a fictitious person bv Horace G. McKinley and Robert B. Montague, then Deputy County Clerk of Linn County. The land was afterward sold to William C. Mc Clure, deceased, who traded It with the Government for lieu lands. Ap proval of the latter transaction is still withheld by the Land Office. The Gov ernment is seeking a cancellation of the patent. Judge William W. Morrow and Ers kine M. Ross left for California last night, OPERATOR TO BLAME, ALLEGED Elevator Accident Fault of Plaintiff, Asserts Hotel Company. Negllsence of Earl F. Jenkins in operating the street elevator at the Portland Hotel, is alleged by the com pany in answer to his suit for damages, because of an accident. The Portland Hotel Company says Jenkins, who was employed by the Bag gage & Omnibus Transfer Company, failed to fasten the iron siilawalk doors, when he went down on the elevator to take out from the basement the trunks of a guest. As the elevator came tip the heavy door fell upon him, and he Is said to have attempted to jump to the .cellar, being caught between the elevator and the sidewalk. The ac cident happened April 24. LAMBERT PLEADS NOT GUILTY Lawyers Appointed to Defend Man Accused of Murdering Wife. Harvey Lambert, accused of murder in the first degree for shooting his wife, Margaret Grace Lambert, pleaded not guilty before Presiding Circuit Judge Cleland yesterday afternoon. After he had told the court that he did not mur der his wife, the Judge asked him if he had secured an attorney yet, to which he answered that he had not. He sug gested the name of John A. Jeffrey and the court appointed Jeffrey & Ambrose to defend him. Lambert will be taken before the court again tomorrow, when his case will be set for trial. Case May Go Higher. Only rarely Is there an appeal from the Juvenile Court to the State Su preme Court. But Clyde C. Le Valley told Juvenile Judge Gantenbein yester day he would appeal. He has four chil dren, who were turned over perma nently to Superintendent Gardner, of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, by Judge Gantenbein yesterday because Le Valley has failed to pay the society $52 for their maintenance. He told the Judge he had some. patents which had failed to turn out as he expected, and that this was the reason he had not made the payments. 1500 Men Now at Barracks. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash., Sept. 20. (Special.) With the addition of the battery which returned last month from the Philippine Islands and the troops which have been fighting forest fires since the maneuvers at American Lake were discontinued, there will be about 1500 soldiers and officers in this post- i Southern Pacific .Official Here. James Horsburgh, . Jr.. general pas senger agent for the Southern Pacific, with headquarters in San Francisco, passed yesterday In Portland. OXG VIEW OF MAINE , ELECTIOX Better Claaa of Cltlaena Tired ( the Prohibition Farce. Washington Saturday Review. Since visiting the state of Maine two years ago, the editor of this paper has predicted on many occasions "that un less the Republican party changed front on the prohibition Question Maine would go Democratic either in 19 1 or 1912 " For years the better class of citizens in Maine have been heartily sick of tne prohibition farce. The Republican party in order to keep the hootlegsrers. blind-piggers and prohibitionists in line have declared tor prohibition in their platform. The Issue has been resubmission oi the constitutional question to the peo ple The Republcan party standing aganst resubmission, and the Democratic-party favoring resubmission. The Democratic victory in Maine is entirely attributable to local dissatis faction with the Republican party in the administration of state affairs, na tional issues beinpr entirely ignored by both parties in the campaign. The Democratic victory means that the people of Maine will be given an opportunity to repeal the obnoxious prohibition constitutional provision that makes the law-abiding element in Maine heartily sick of the abortive at tempt at regulating man's appetite by law. That is, this will be done unless those Republican members of the lower houee of the Maine Legislature stand absolutelv pat against resubmission, in which case the Democrats will fail in the House, as they lack 13 votes of the necessary two-thirds in order to pass a constitutional amendment through that body. In the state Senate the Democrats have the necessary two-thirds. " The battle-cry of the Democrats in Maine was "economy." No other department of the admin istration in Maine cost the taxpayers of that state so much money as the en forcement of the so-called "Sturgis law." The law is bound to be repealed. The octopus that must bo shaken off by the Republican party if it expects to retain the confidence of the people, spells its name prohibition. The Republicans of Washington can learn a lesson from Maine on the evil effects of sumptuary legislation. BRYAN ANSWERS ROOSEVELT Monopolies Must Be Owned, Not Con trolled, by Government. Commoner. There are a few unfortunate phrases In the Osawatomle speech, one of the most unfortunate of which deals with the trusts. Mr. Roosevelt adopts the so cialistic idea that the trust is an eco nomic development and has come to stay. He says: Combinations in industry are the result of an impnratlve economic law which cannot tie n-p..aled hy political leKiIation. The effort to prohibit all combinations ha substantially failed. The way out Ufa not In attempting to prevent such combinations, but In com pletely controlling them In tho Interest oi the public welfare. This is a dangerous fallacy. He had a seven-years' trial with all the executive powers of the Government at his com mand and there were more trusts when he went out than when he went In. One of the worst of the trusts actually coerced him Into consenting to the ab sorption of a rival and then, in return, helped him to nominate his candidate. It la futile to think of controlling pri vate monopolies. "A private monopoly Is Indefensible and intolerable" that is the Democratic platform and It presents the only sound remedy. It is useless to talk about driving corporations out of politics as long as they have millions invested in legislation and must control the Government in order to secure ex tortionate dividends. If Mr. Roosevelt can convince the country that a private monopoly Is necessary then the only question will be whether a few people shall continue to corrupt the Government, and. through this corruption, enjoy the benefits of the monopoly, or whether the Govern ment shall own the monopoly and give the benefits of it to the public. But Mr. Roosevelt will not be able to convince the public that the monopoly is a neces sity. When the public understands the extent to which the favor-seeking cor porations now control the Government they will Join with the Democrats and make It Impossible for a private mo nopoly to exist. Ed Howe's Philosophy. Atchison Globe. Some men can't have a good time on an excursion unless they have a fight. There is one fortunate thing about a woman losing her pocketbook: the loss is not great. When you decide more than once not to do a thins. It is a sure sign that you will do it sooner or later. Another person's secret is like an other person's money; you are not as careful with it as you are with your own. A man who keeps his mouth shut, and is reasonably industrious, will get along; If he adds a little politeness and fairness, and good habits, and educates himself as he goes along, he will become famous and rich. Pointed Paragraph. Chicago News. Get the best of a man If you would see his worst side. , Avoid the green and overripe when selecting fruits and friends. The successful man doesn't bonst of what he is going to do tomorrow. A woman's argument reminds a man of the way she pins her clothes on. The sting of defeat is felt long after tha sweetness of victory disappears. One nice thing about being rich Is that people will listen when you want to talk. Every time a woman takes a moon light ride with her husband she trie3 to act romantic. It's easy to distinguish between a married man and a bachelor. The for mer always has an explanation ready. Still Waiting. Cleveland Plain Dealer. , The leading man had urged the star to marry him. She-shook her queenly puffs. "No, George," she said. In a voice that was vibrant with emphasis, "that would be folly. In the present stats of the drammer we couldn't count on tho press giving us anything better than a four-line item with a one-line head. We must wait until there's something In it for us." The leading man admitted the force of the argument, and the waiting still goes on. Lessening Chances. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Well, daughter, do you come back engaged?" "No, papa. There were only three single men at the beach two were clerks and the third a bookkeeper. I don't see what's to become of a poor girl." "A poor girl of six seasons," replied her parent, a little bitterly, "cannot afford to be fussy. Last year you turned down two paving contractors and a boi carpenter." Simple Treatment. Louisville Courier-Journal. "1 want you to take care of my practice while I'm away." "But, doctor, I have just graduated. Have had little experience." "You don't need it with my fashion able patients. Find out what they have been eating and stop It. Find out where they have been summering and send 'em somewhere else."