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TUB MOKNTNG OKEGONIAX, MOXDAV,. XU, li)VJ. PORTLAND, OREGON.. Entered t Portland. Oregon. Postofftea a eecond-claaa matter. Subecrlptloa tutu Invariably In Adno (BT MAIL) fallr. Sunday Included, one year. Lil7. Sunday Included. HI month Vmiy, Sunday inciudd. three montha... I-- Laily. Sunday Included, one month..... - Daily, without Sunday, one year j XJaiiy. without SunJey, an montha Iially, without Sunday, three montha.... Lie Iaiiy. without Sunday, one montft...... Weekly, one year J-J Cunday. one year. ............ . Sunday and Weekly, one year - (BT CARRIER) Dally. Sunday Included, one year Msmuy. OUIIIl.J MKIUUCM! v - How te Kcjnlt Send poatofflce money or der, expreae order or peraonai cnc " local bank. Stamp, com or currency are at ender-e rlek. Give poetoffl addreaa In full. Includlnc county and etata. Poetaca Hatea Ten lo II paiea. 1 cent; 11 to 2 paaea. t eenu; SO to 4 P; cent.: 49 to patea. eenta. Foreln poataae. double rates. Eaatera Buslaea Offlrea Verree Conk lln. Mew York. Brunawlck buildlne- cni Cairo. Sieger bulldlnc. -B. J. Biaweu .o.. I4Z Market street. V" nrnimn Offlo -No. S Recent atraet a W.. London. portiajntj, MOXD.tr. mat i. 1B1S- MAXrACTTKENQ WAK BEVrWEM. The American people, or any other nation for that matter, la always will ing to fight when there la any real cause. History proves that. But we are not disposed to be driven Into war by manufacturers of suns and muni tions, that they may earn big divi dends, or by ambitious soldiers, that they may win glory and promotion. We will not permit our patriotism to be exploited by those who have a self ish interest in provoking war. These remarks are prompted by the recent exposure of corrupt relations between the Krupps and certain Ger man officials, the purpose of which was to keep alive an alarm of impending war and to maintain at fever heat the, military ardor of those who had fighting blood. The aim was not the worthy one of inducing the nation to keep ready for a real danger, but the mercenary one of inducing the Ger man people to bend their backs will ingly to bear added burdens of mili tary expenditure in order that more guns and munitions might be sold. The means used was the conjuring up of imaginary dangers as a nurse scares a child with bogeya These intrigues are seconded by army and navy offi cers, whose trade is war and who re gard service in time of peace as mere preparation to follow their trade. In England and France there is similar exploitation of patriotism, though no exposures have been made of such coarse methods as have been used in Germany. We have on a smaller scale the same kind of manufactured warlike feeling in this country. It is pro moted by builders of warships and by makers of armorplate, guns and am munition. It Is kept alive by officers in Army and Navy, who yearn, most naturally, for distinction in active serv ice and for that rapid promotion which war brings. They have before their minds the rise of Commodore Dewey to be Admiral of the Navy, of Captain Sampson to command the Atlantic fleet, of Generals Wood. Funston, Law ton and McArthur to high commands in the Army. The younger men rightly chafe at the slow advancement per mitted by the seniority rule and, con fident In their capacity to achieve re sults "which cannot be overlooked, they long for war to give them the oppor tunity. W cannot blame them, for in their place almost any norma man would think and act as they do, but when talk of war is heard in such quarters, we should discount It in pro portion to the personal interest of the speaker In bringing about war. The Oregonlan has hitherto said, and still maintains, that we are Inade quately prepared for war. Our Army needs strengthening by addition of a trained reserve and of much field and coast artillery, and should be better distributed with a view to rapid moon, lxation. Our Navy should be main tained at a parity with that of the strongest nation with which trouble is even remotely possible, by the addition of three instead of one battleship yearly and of many more minor ves sels than we are now building. But that is no reason why, whenever Mex ico has a revolution and sends stray shots across the boundary, or when ever we have a diplomatic tiff with Japan, every man with military pro pensities should rattle his sword in the scabbard, assume a martial mien and talk portentously of intervention or invasion. The time of difficulty with other nations is the time, above all others, when we should keep our heads cool and not allow ourselves to be stam peded. Many more serious disputes than that with Japan have been set tled amicably. Many revolutions in Latin-American countries have been fought without our intervention. Let us be amply prepared for war, but cultivate peace. While watchful for real dangers, let us not make oar selves ridiculous by magnifying every little cloud on the horizon of diplomacy into an occasion for a death-grapple with a foreign foe. PVT ON THE DEFENSIVE. A speech of Senator Knowland at Lake Mohonk puts the opponents of toll exemption for coastwise ships on the Panama Canal on the defensive. They have assumed that they were so unquestionably right that there was no room for argument and that there was for us no alternative but to repeal the provision in question lest we stand dis honored before the world. They have taken it for granted that Congress sim ply overlooked the clause in the Hay Pauncefote treaty requiring equal treatment for all nations and that this phrase, " all nations," included the United States. Mr. Knowland completely disposes of the whole case. He shows that the subject was fully debated in the House and that in adopting the exemption clause that body overruled the major ity of its own committee oh the very point at Issue. He shows that, when the Senate was debating the Hay Pauncefot treaty, an amendment re serving our rights to discriminate In favor of coastwise vessels was rejected because the Senate held that this right was unquestionable under the treaty as It then and still reads. In corrob oration of this statement he quoted Senator Lodge, an opponent of exemp. tion, who stated during the debate on the subject that our right to fix tolls was undoubted and that The Hague tribunal could "by no possibility" be disinterested. Mr. Knowland's showing of the or igin of the British protest is most significant. It began with the Cana dian railroads and at first related ex clusively to the exclusion of railroad owned ships. American railroads Joined In it later and extended it to the exemption clause, raising the ques tion of treaty violation, with the ob vious purpose of enlisting champions of arbitration in their cause. The protest could not apply to "American merchant vessels unless American warships were also included, nor could it apply to the latter unless it applied also to ships owned by the Panama republic- Therefore, the protest was extended to all, although , the exemp tion of Panama's ships' under the treaty with Panama signed la 1904 had gone unchallenged by. Great Brit ain for eight years. Yet the phrase, "all nations," in the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, on which the controversy main ly hinges, was understood so clearly by the Senate not to include the united States that an amendment so defining it was rejected as unnecessary. Fur ther, this term could only bo Inter preted as Including this Nation on the theory that our diplomats blindly or wilfully contracted away the right of our Government to pass its own war ships through its own canal without paying tolls to itself. Mr. Knowland has made out so strong a case that those who are trad ing on American sensitiveness to their national honor in order to serve the selfish ends of American and foreign corporations cannot easily find an an swer. BETTER. YET WORSE. Desire for reform or novelty often leads to Irrational reasoning. The Pen dleton East Oregonlan wants the Sen ate abolished, for example, and pre sents a staggering line of argument to sustain its position. "The Senate," it remarks, "is usually the bulwark behind which the special Interest finds protection," and there fore should be abolished. But with only a few paragraphs Intervening, It conveys the further information as ar gument for bisecting the Legislature that "the abolishment of the Senate would automatically raise the standard of the House, which is now the in ferior of the Senate in personnel." If these things be true, the problem of securing an Ideal Legislature Is graver than we, had supposed. If the Senate is superior to the House in per sonnel and yet is the bulwark of spe cial Interest, would It not be danger ous to raise the standard of the House to the same level? I IT MEN TILE REQUISITE. Doubtless the State Grange is sin cere In its belief that the State Senate should be abolished. In any event, it Is sincere in seeking some means to elevate the state government to a higher standard. i But like many in dividuals, it is carried away by the idea that election forms or readjustment of governmental machinery will remedy a fault that exists in the people them selves. If the Legislature is not efficient, the short cut to betterment Is the election of a higher type of lajvmakers. Cheap politicians in control, a single-house Legislature will produce as poor as and perhaps worse results than cheap politicians in control of both houses of the present bicameral form of as sembly. If the Grange and numerous other organizations that are seeking change in method and form will devote the same effort in unison to the election of good men to office. Instead of work ing Independently or at cross pur poses in the matter of candidacies, as they generally now do, the battle can be won. Improvement may be ob tained here and there by experiments with new machinery, but the chief re sult desired will be obtained in but one way. No matter how perfect the plan under which public servants work, the men who operate it must be competent and trustworthy. THE OOAT AXD THE SHEEP. Judging from the acts of Con gressman Underwood and his Demo cratlc followers the goat is a respect able "citizen" while the sheep la an undesirable. Congressman Slnnott, of the Third Oregon District, pointed this out in the House a few days ago when he referred to" a clause in the Baltimore platform. Later Mr. Sln nott called attention to the fact that during the last campaign the success ful Democratic candidate for the Senate, Dr. Harry Lane, iterated and reiterated this clause to the sheep growers of Eastern Oregon. The clause in effect states that In readjusting the tariff the Democrats would harm "no legitimate Industry." Of course that statement Is of such a general nature that It can be con strued a good deal according to the times and the man who construes it. Before the election the sheep business was a legitimate industry, according to Senator Lane and other Democratic speakers, and would not suffer; since the election the Democratic statesmen have changed their minds, or almost all of them, enough anyhow to carry their point. Now . the sheep business is an illegitimate industry. That is, by Inference, because the Democratic brethren by the tariff bill, which will undoubtedly become a law, will practically knock the tar out of the sheep business. As the sheep in slaughtered, or his owner bankrupted, which means death to the sheep in the end as the sheep goes down the An gora goes up; for the goat's hair Is protected by a stiff duty. Why? No one can answer that question officially, but we may be able to get at least a partial solution by inference. In the United States there were In the Spring of 1910. 52.838,748 sheep of shearing age. valued at 1234.664. 528. Of these there were but 6.114,216 in the thir teen southern states, and 1,812,717 of these were in Texas. Montana -had 5.414,325, Utah 1,866.969, Idaho 3,018, 352. Washington 478,512 and Oregon 2.700.890. Taking the value of the wool clip in 1909 we find it amounted to 165,472, 828, and of this Oregon's product amounted to the respectable sum of 13,782,721. We say "respectable" fig ure, but how can any part or portion of the Industry branded "illegitimate" by the Democratic Congress be "re spectable"? Turning from this illegitimate In dustry -to the goat, which has been branded legitimate by the action of the Underwoodlans, we find the num ber of Angoras in the country to be 3.029,795, valued at $6,542,172. And of this total Texas had 1,160,145, or mighty near half of all in the coun try. That Oregon has more than any other states save Texas, New Mexico and Arizona was probably overlooked. Why is Congress wiping out the sheep business? Does it believe the sheep owners can exist when all ex penses of the range and farm are so much greater here than in Australia, New Zealand and other sheep-growing countries? Dr. McClure's article in The Oregonian, Monday, shows that the average monthly wage of a herder In this country is 853.60, while In South America it is J26.50, in En gland, 819.60, In Africa S8. Reduced to cost per sheep the herder gets in this country 82 cents per head per year, in Africa 7 cents. How much would it- avail the sheep herder of this country to reduce, by putting wool on the free list, the cost of his clothing by 50. cents a suit if his wage were to eome down even to the European level? To the man ou of a Job and out of money, as most of the herders are likely to be, it makes little difference whether clothing is worth 5 a suit or 815; with a steady Job at a good wage the difference in the cost between a suit, on a free wool basis and a protective basis, as at present, is not worth mentioning. I HAWTHORNE IN PRISOX. If Julian Hawthorne should be re leased from prison on parole it would be a matter of regret. The thought of a man with his name serving time for a felony Is not agreeable, yet he broke the law and deserves the conse. auences. Julian Hawthorne stands almost alone among English and American authors in his guilt. Many famous men of letters have been Imprisoned, but almost always for resistance to tyranny or for .venial faults like debt. Hawthorne, we are told by the Bxpok. lyn Eagle, toad the latter, too, and in aggravating form. 'But if we pass over Oscar Wilde and his pitiful trans gression, it is difficult to remember an instance as nearly unpardonable as Julian Hawthorne's deliberate vil lainy. Sir Walter Raleigh, who wrote a history of the world, was imprisoned many years, but not for any definite crime. Bunyan wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress" in Bedford Jail, as every body knows, where he was confined because he would not forbear to preach the gospel. We can hardly call that a crime, whatever the law of his day might have said. In John son's time and Goldsmith's it was common for authors to get into Jail, usually ' for debt. Wilkes stood in the pillory and lost his ears for crim inal libel, but in our day and age he would not have suffered any penalty for what he wrote. There are worse things in some of our newspapers every afternoon. This generation may take Just pride In the moral character of its literary men. Poe was almost the last of our greater authors to permit his appetite to run away with his genius. Once it was common for newspaper writers to tipple. Many an old Journalist was an old sot. but all that Is past. The bright young reporter in the modern office is as staid In his morals and as clean In his personal habits as any Puritan, without the Puritan's Jaundiced opin ions. This Is real progress. OLTXCrNG TO A LOST CAUSE. "The hearts of those who made the fight In the ranks of the new political party last Fall will not go out with overwhelming kindness to Senator Cummins, Senator Borah, former Gov ernor Hadley and the other Progres sive Republicans who are conferring upon the reorganization of the Re publican party," says the Chicago Eve ning Post. We do not know so much about that- They seem to have gone out with considerable kindness to Re publican candidates in the Spring elec tion In Michigan and in those cities and counties which elected municipal of ficers. The. hearts of Mr. Munsey and Mr. Hanna are going out to the old party. Those gentlemen are willing to write off their 8406,000 investment in the Progressive party as a total loss and are begging their mother to take them home. There never was a more striking ex ample of the effectiveness after elec tion of campaign arguments than is afforded by the disintegration of the Progressive party. The seceders have since the election become convinced by thousands of the soundness of, ar guments to which they turned a deaf ear while they were in the heat of passion over Colonel Roosevelt's de feat at Chicago. It was proved then that Colonel Roosevelt was an elev enth-hour Progressive and that he gave cold comfort to men like Senator La Follette when the latter and his as sociates most needed aid and comfort. It was proved by the records that practically all the progressive legisla tion passed since the Civil War was the work of the Republican party and that the Progressive movement had Its genesis in the belief of the most advanced thinkers in that party that it did not progress fast enough. Colo nel Roosevelt was put out of court on his cry of fraud by his own action in using excessive Southern representa tion to secure his own nomination in 1904 and Mr. Taft's In 1908, also by Mr. La Follette's cold analysis of the flimsy character of his contests and by the admission of his lieutenants that many of these contests were brought for political effect . Mr. Borah and Mr. Hadley were champions of the nomination by the Republican convention, not of his nom. lnatlon 'at any price. They condemned the rules under which he was defeated, but submitted to the result and set to work to procure a change in the rules. Their loyalty to the Republican party in the crisis, and that of Mr. La Follette, Governor Deneen and many other leading Progressives stamped the third party as a party organized to promote the candidacy of one man and as having no distinctive princlplesijus- tifying its permanent existence. Now that the third party men have oppor tunity to think calmly, they are real izing the truth 'of these statements and are acting upon the conviction by returning to the Republican party, not as an organized body nor with any loud confessions of error, but singly and quietly, though in great numbers, as recent elections show. The Post argues that "with the Pro. gressive party founded on progressive principles and with the Democratic party aggressively progressive, the Re publican party inevitably tends to be the conservative not to say reaction ary party." The conclusion is silly. The Progressive party is already break ing up. It was founded on adherence to one man. He has already shot his bolt and missed the mark. It is highly Improbable that he can ever again secure a nomination for President with any hope of election, either from the Progressive or the. Republican party. With or without him as its candidate, the Progressive party promises to be come a negligible factor in future elec tions. True, the Democratic party is now controlled by its progressive element, but so Is the Republican party. We will match the Post's prediction that the Cummins conferees cannot hope to "do more than wrest a thin con cession of progressivism from Barnes and his, friends, whose party over lordship they still recognize," with a counter prediction that at the special convention the progressives will dic tate terms and that the -reactionaries will accept them. The progressives are already guiding the Republican party in Congress and. each election will strengthen them in the Senate. There is nothing in the basic prin ciples of either Republican or Demo cratic party which Is Inconsistent with progressiveness. The principles of each can be applied in a progressive spirit, though the state rights doctrine is an obstacle in the way of the Democracy. There is no probability that a frankly conservative party will ever exist in the sense in which it exists in Euro pean countries. There privilege Is but tressed by law and constitution and centuries of custom; here it is con trary to constitution and such law as is on its side is recent and has always been attacked. There the struggle still is for removal of old established priv ilege; here It is between tw methods of making progress, while privilege Is declared by both parties to be re- nuenant In thn snlrlt Of OUT institu tions and to have crept in against the popular will. There is, for these reasons, no ex cuse for a Progressive party. The fact is becoming patent to many more minds every day, and Its remaining adherents are simply clinging to the remnant of a lost .cause. Admiral Dewey says: "A higher power than we fought the battle," re ferring to Manila, but many will be disposed to amend this by saying that the victors followed the dictates of a higher power, while the vanquished were deaf to them. The higher power endows men with Intelligence to build modern ships, equip them with mod ern guns, man them with skilled sail ors and gunners and place able and Intrepid commanders over them. The Americans yielded to the guidance of thl Intelligence, the Spaniards re- .ictoj it Vion thn Americans won. The higher power rules, but through human instruments, wnicn are tne biggest, best-trained and best-commanded battalions and ships. Sir William Osier enumerated what he called the seven -nursely virtues in an address to the graduating class of Johns Hopkins training school, as fol lows: 1BCI, WllIIOUV V. ii iv. 1 1 in' ..vine... . successful and her chief protection in the meenanuin oi ihb, mi nnon, - - primary duty of a woman In this world to i l. Ait. i,Hrnfiv whth ehould be cul- -a .Iff vmnnthv s-pntleness. the blrthrHfht or a nurse; tuucuuHHrM charity, tha last and the greatest of all. pprhanv nurses' nossession of the vlrtiiA of taciturnity explains why so many of their patients ran in love with them and why so many more leave them fat legacies. The concessions made by the Demo crat lo Senators in resrard to publicity of tariff hearings before the finance committee amount to a complete Dacic- down. Protests heard by tne commit i nnri afterward nublished will be to all intents and purposes public. though the small fraction or tne puduc which desires to attend in person be excluded. The views of Rector Pennewell, of Oak . Park, 111., on the marriage fee are wrong. The man who can afford to marry can also afford to pay for it. Instead of abolishing the fee, why not make it a perquisite of the clergy man's wife, if he has one? If there be no wife in the rectory, he might save it until there is. Mr Kellaher challenges everybody in cio-ht to contest with him at one of his two occupations Jawsmithlng but gets no takers, wny not iounu a subject on the other one? What could be more Interesting than a de bate as to whether Mr. Kellaher sells liquors lnv his grocery store or groceries in his liquor store? nrnnind lnhnr in New York has tens to assure Wilson it is not pro- tnoHntr no ft rirol Tl t m Pn t Of Page. With Page' safely placed lna foreign post. who knows that nis open snop win nn horim n closed issue? All the pol iticians are not holding political of fice. Soattln console herself "with the knowledge that she has one honest mart wiiilp the errand iury exposes crofi in tha sain of a dock-site and in the exhumation of dead paupers, one of her citizens refunds tu wrongiuny taken from the Postofflce. If Colonel Harvey's prediction as to Senator Borah's election should prove as accurate as that regarding Woodrow Wilson, it would be a high honor for a state which Cleveland said needed the civilizing influence of missionaries. rirAo-rtn Vi h more than 4500 regis tered automobiles, worth probably from $8,000,000 to 810,000,000. They rlo not seem to affect the value of the horse nor the market, as one who de sires to purchase will learn. It would be Interesting to hear read, In opposition to Senator Williams' mo tion allowing the President of the Sen ate to count a quorum. Representative Williams' remarks when Speaker Reed actually counted quorums. Tho widow of General Homer Lee sees disaster to the Pacific Coast in National inactivity. That, like any worldly affair, is possible; but your Undo Sam has never taken the count and never will. Tk. .ran fnp nlantlnsr loganberries in ihi.Id tn nn.rn.llpl the Drune fever of twenty-five years ago, with resultant elimination to make it prontaDie ror the man who sticks.' fornjuHfl in tn mneratulate the Kaiser on reigning twenty-five years without a fight, arter wnicn ins ivaiser may. as the weatherfolk say, make up the deficiency. There Is an encouraging unanimity of opinion on inigatldn between the two Lanes, Secretary and Senator. Let us hope that they will travel the same road. The Progressive party is coming back from Armageddon in ones, twos, dozens and battalions. - It fought one battle for the Lord and then got tired. Not . many of the 76,651 qualified to vote' at the municipal election next month will neglect their moral duty. Aquarius has lost count of the seven Sundays after Easter or his old water wheel has slipped a cog. It I 1. n n n Vilerh wn t AT rrtElrora? The time is short for"ulflllment of prophecy. : Records of candidates show that am bition hits the high and low spots. NO NEED FOR ONE TO SINGLE-SHOT Twelve Acceptable Candldatca May Be Found In List of Eighty. PORTLAND, May 17. (To the Ed itor.) At this election four Commis sioners are to be elected from a list of over 80 candidates. Each voter has the right to vote favorably on 12 names. If he can satisfy himself that there are as many as 12 on the list who would make good Commissioners, it is his duty as a citizen to vote for 12. He may, of course, divide the ranking as he likes. Into firsts, seconds and thirds. If he canot pick out 12 who, in his opinion, would make good Commission ers, he should vote only fop such ones as he can feel satisfied to have elected. If he finds 12 who are acceptable, he can cast that number of votes for good government. If he finds only one, or four, or eight, he can cast only one or four or eight votes ror good govern ment. The fact that he Is thus dis franchised as to eleven-twelfths or two-thirds or one-third of his voting power and influence would be unfor tunate, but, luckily, In this election Is quite unnecessary. No one doubts that there are as many as 12 candidates on the ballot for Commissioner who would make good officials if elected. Few doubt the unfitness and incompetency of others. The great mass of the people of the city are interested in the question of voting solely as a means of securing good government. With an opportunity of casting 12 votes ror candidates you feel would give you good government. why limit yourself to four, or six, or eight? The advocates of the single- shot" method fear that a vote for a second or third choice may- neutralize one or more of your first choices. So may one of your first-choice votes neu tralize another . If you vote for only two or four. No candidate, and the friends of no candidate, ought to ask you, even par tially, to disfranchise yourself for. his benefit. No self - respecting citizen should heed such a request. If made. With a chance to cast any part of 12 votes for the Commissionershtp, a voter should use as many of those votes as he can find satisfactory men. Each vote should be based on character and fitness, and not on personal or parti san grounds. Voting on such a basis. there Is no need for any one to single- shot." It Is only by voting on that basis that we may avoid a minority election. It Is only on that basis that we can elect Commissioners favorably considered by a majority of the voters. CHARLES D. MAHAFFIE. YELLOW PERIL ALARMS MAJOR Be Believes Japan Wants Trouble and That This la Psychological Time. PORTLAND, May 16. (To the Edi tor.) I learn from The Oregonlan that "Mr. Wilson will not frighten Japan." It Is to laugh. To be sure The Orego nlan Is right, as usual, for nothing can be more certain than that Mr. Wil son will not frighten Japan. What has Mr. Wilson to frighten Japan with even did he so desire. Our Army Is a sad jest. It wouldn't make a good breakfast for a single Japa nese division. Our fleet is good as far as it goes, but our fleet is now divided. A squadron is in Asiatic waters. Then there Is the Atlantic fleet as well as the -Pacific fleet. Further than that many warships are on special duty In Mexican and Central American waters. Do you imagine the Japanese -would permit our fleet to mobilize? Or would they pick It off, a few ships at a time, until the Japanese fleet would be far more powerful than our remnant? Our part Is not to play the weakling because we are not prepared. No real American would think of such a thing. For It is not our nature to be pre pared. A fearful drubbing from Japan will bring us to our senses in the mat ter of military and naval prepared ness. I do not profess to believe that Japan would conquer us, but I am in clined to believe that she would put something new into American history and that we would be glad, after a year or two of hopeless reverses, to make a costly peace erompact in which we would cede the Pacilic Islands and pay heavy indemnity, in view of which we would be permitted to bar the yellow man from the Coast. I belteve, with many others, that Japan Is looking for trouble right now and I believe we are going to present her with the desired opportunity. A clash, sooner or later, between the Jap and what he terms "the white man's clique" Is inevitable, and so this Is the psychological time before the Panama Canal Is completed. MAJOR DUNK AN SEEBERG. Why Xot Make It Compulsory! PORTLAND, May 17. (To the Edi tor.) You Oregonians do not seem to know how to digest the second and third-choice proposition as well as your neighbors over in the State of Wash ington. There, If the voter does not exercise the second choice as the law provides, the ballot Is declared defective and thrown out, the first choice thus being lost. , Why would not this correct the evil you complain of in your editorial to day?" W. A. CATES.S No. PORTLAND, May 17. (To the Ed itor.) Please tell me If Judgment can be forced In this case: A sells property to B to be paid on the Installment plan. B pays one - third of the purchase price and then, owing to sickness and reverses, cannot pay more and offers to deed back property. Can A recover more by suit? PUZZLED. Another Kale Record. AUMSVILLE, Or.. May 17. (To the T.in t .nllfiail n ftrtlr.lft In The i.i.ilwi.; iii-i. ...ii Oregonlan i stating tHat Clackamas County grows itaie i ieei iucc high. We have in Aiimsvllle kale that measures 7 feet 9 inches. Also rhu bard that weighs two pounds to each stalk. G. W. RESLEH. Yea. PORTLAND, May 18. (To the Ed itor.) I was born In America: lived here all my life. I married an English man who had out his first papers be fore I married him, ten years ago, but has not got his finsl papers. Have I the right to vote? SUBSCRIBER. Pleased His Audience. Pittsburg Post. "Wombat made a big hit at the ban quet last night." "How's that?" i "Tiir.o.mlniifo Rnper.hps were billed and he finished within the time limit." The Bargain Instinct By Dean Collins. I felt myself In duty bouol, (Seeing the burden women tote In handling their right, new-found) To teach somebody how to vote: Ann n In kind and helDful way To Arabella did I say: "I'll teach to thee the wily thing In preferential balloting." She listened Ion?: she listened well. The while I did elucidate; She nearkened all that I might tell; She noted all that I might state. Nix," said I In seductive voice. 'Pas? ur the third and Becond choice! Be foxy! You can do the worst By voting only on the first!" Quoth she: "The dope sheet that you fix To guide me In my vote, I ween. Advises Just to vote on six And I'm allowed to vote eighteen. Oh foolish gink! Oh hopes misplaced! Twelve good votes shall I let them waste? I scorn your wasteful scheme and you I'll vote all I'm entitled to SUCCESS NOT ALL DUE TO YALOHf Doubt Expressed That Japan Fairly Won Krom Russia. PORTLAND, May IS. (To the Edi tor.) Having closely followed the edi torials and letters from the people about the Japanese question In Califor nia, I take this opportunity to express my views of the question. It am not an avowed politician or a military authority; but It seems to me that Japan, occupying the same lati tude geographically as do the British Isles, and having shown her valor aud military tactics over one of the power ful nations Russia she thinks herself invulnerable and capable of dictating what other people should do or not do. first of all, I doubt If Japan won a fair fight with Russia, as some time ago there leaked something about a Russian General, now an exile in Switz erland, claiming some millions for the secret of Port Arthur which ho sold to the Japs. Second, it is an open secret that Gi eat Britain helped Japan financially, as John Bull is and was afraid of the Bear moving a step form aid on &rcuint of her Indian Empire, as we daily see in the affairs of Persia. I am not here tn disc .s thee. and I giva every cieJit due to their valor, heroism and patriot ism, but when anything goes to the ex treme it must sooner or later be doomed, if not by the United States, by some body. If passing an anti-alien law touches the dignity of Japan, tl.en every nation, especially England, should and ought to demand of the Japs free trade, as she allows froo trade with her colonies and herself. Everybody knows tnai there Is a high tariff in Japan on for eign manufactured goods except ma chinery and books. In the latter part of 1909 and the beginning of 1910 a bill was Introduced In the. diet to tax the foreigners' food articles, thus set ting a hue and cry all over the world: while the Japanese send their manufac tured goods to England and her de pendencies practically duty free. How would Japan like it if John Bui! threatened war? The argument that Japan invites anybody to booome a cit izen so that he may "hold title to land has no legs to stand on, since an indi vidual who keeps open house cannot compel his neighbors morally and le gally to keep the other's house open also. Of course, might is right, and ll will be making a fool of oneself to show his might. Just or unjust. Iso lated as they are, and thereby blind, they talk of Tokio mobs singing war songs ar.d saying they would lick a nation that slew their own fathers, brothers and cousins to gain independ ence a nation that had no refrulai army to fight against the well-trained English, who in those days were daily at war. Has that patriotism and brav ery of your fathers been washed away from your blood? You who have the all-absorbing English blood in you don't want to go In search of fight. I have read in tho papers that the Uni ted States 13 not prepared for war. Tell me whether it was the spirit or prep aration for war that maiie you sons of the free and tha brave. R. K. NOT SAFE TO EMULATE BERNHARDT Mow Attempt to Suppress Ilalpln Dan ger Resulted In Ptirtland. ' PORTLAND, May 18. (To the Ed! tor.) Having read with admiration in a recent Sunday Oregonian the method of Madame Bernhardt In dealing with a foolish person who wore a long hatpin, I to-day attempted to show such a per son the folly of her ways, with but Im perfect result. Reaching up to ring the bell, my wrist was scratched by a projecting pin which protruded fully five inches from the hat. Saying, in the most suave tones, "Pardon me, your hatpin Is dangerous worn that way," I was glared at and answered with these words: "Is that so?" given with an intonation common among the hoi polloi. I reached up and pushed the hatpin back a little and she quickly pushed it out again, at the same time giving me a shove with her shoulder in the most approved Bowery fashion, saying, "Say, you must be crazy!" As we have no Sarah Bernhardt to forcibly deprive these foolish people of their property, may we not have a law passed authorizing the streetcar con ductor to cut off the long ends of these pins, as is done in German cities? We surely should be protected from such ignorant and lawless people. MRS. A. E. CLARK. Taxes on Inheritances. PORTLAND, May 17. (To the Ed itor.) I have seen It stated that prop erty Inherited Is exempt from taxation up to $3000. Does this mean both money and real estate? Would the coma lour hniH it mnnftv inherited In Ohio, and the heirs came to Oreeron and invested It in real estate: at. n. Oregon levies a specific tax on In heritances. Money or real estate up to $5000 in value Is exempt from this tax, but is not exempt from the general property tax. The tax, laws of Ohio would apply as to the inheritance there. When inherited money is brought' to Oregon and invested In realty, the land would be assessed for real property taxes. Deed to Railroad Lnnd. HILLSBORO, Or., May 17. (To the Editor.) A buys a quarter section of land from the railroad company about 18S0 and gets a deed from same, and then the land changes hands three or four times, each man receiving a war ranty deed. Then B finally buys this land and gets an abstract and also a warranty deed in the year of 1909. moves onto the place, builds and Im proves the land, In fact, makes It his . T V. i .- n i n .nlnlnn rtt tha IlUiiiC i iiuri ici.i.11. ,j..i,, ...I,., n .. court will B have to pay Uncle Sam 12. BO per -acre ror inis mnn. A SUBSCRIBER. No. The decision affects only land that has not been sold by the railroad company. Speedy Trial. PORTLAND, May 17. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly let me know how long the authorities can keep a man under bail on a criminal charge without giv ing him a trial. T.GAVIN. The law in Oregon requires that trial shall be had within "a reasonablei time." Judge McGinn has released on their own recognizance men who have been out on ball for three or four months, when trial delay was not their fault In Washington and California a person may demand trial within 60 days after criminal charges have" been filed. Woman's Voting Right. PORTLAND, May 18. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly advise me If a woman who was born in the United States of United States parentage, whose second marriage was .to a subject of the Ger man Emperor who has taken out no United States naturalization papers, and with whom she Is now living, is entitled to vote under the equal suf frage law if properly registered? OLD SUBSCRIBER. It is the consensus of opinion that she is entitled to vote, though there Is an element of doubt In the matter. Tulna; of Mortgage. LINN, Or., May 17. (To the Editor.) (1) If a person holds a mortgage In Oregon or Washington, Is he required by law to pay taxes thereon? (2) If a person purchases a hunting license Is he protected by the law written thereon! SUBSCRIBER. (1) No. (2) Yea j Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oregonlan of Way 19. 1SSS. Walla Walla, May 18. Fire broke out In Palousa City. Washington Terri tory, at 5 o'clock Thursday evening in Daniel Preffer's Hotel, in the center ot town, and burned both ways. The flre fighting facilities were nothing and the citizens turned th.-lr nttentlon to sav ing goods from tho doomed buildings". The following buil(i!ns were luirimd. H. Komminsky's general store, Ander son & Frank, hardware; Daniel Cook, restaurant; G. Miller's jewelry storo, telephone office, barber shop; Settle mire's grocery, Naiver's saloon, Jack son's shoe shop; the brewery, ware house, depot building and sawmill. Seven blocks were burned, and the es timated loss is t:'30,000; insurance, $75,000. Salem. May 18. Articles of incor poration were today filed by the Kings Prairie & Quarf.ville Wagon Kor.I Company; Incorporators, H. Smith, M. J. Smith and Lulu M. Smith. San Francisco, May 18. This after noon news was received that the steamer Yaqulna struck bottom at Whiteshoro and was beached at Little Hlver, Mendocino County. The Yaqulna was built by Sorensnn In this clty and launched in November, 1881. Paul F. Mohr, chief engineer of the Seattle, Lake Shoro & Eastern Rail road, is at tho dllman. He said that work on the line is progressing fairly well. The contract has been let to Ryan & McDonald, of New York, and Smith & Burns, of Baltimore, to build the entire uncompleted portion from Squab, 42 mileg oast of Seattle, to a point near Davenport. Among the well-known Republicans who are stumping the state are Hon. George II. Williams, of Portland; Hon. John F. Swift, of California: ex-Governor Woods and A. H. Tannnr. Thn Democrats have four speakers" in tho field, Colonel John P. Irish, John SI. Gearin, the nominee for Congress: Gov ernor Pennoyer and Colonel W. II. Effingcr. From Professor Thomas H. Crawford. City SuperintendPnt, it is learned that a complete exhibit of the work done by pupils of the public schools of Port land wil bo made at the teachers' Na tional convention to bo held In San Francisco. Timothy Brandon, well known, par ticularly amonir merchants, died yes terday. For more than 20 years ho lived in Portland, during which time he pursued the occupation of expressman. The contract for tho masonry foun dation of the Skldmore fountain was awarded yesterday to Vincent McCul lough. Half a Century Ago prom The Orecnnlan of May 19. 1SB3. Headquarters of tho Army of the Po tomac. May 12. Tho Richmond papers of yesterday announce the death of Stonewall .iackson on Sunday after noon from the effects of the recent am putation of his arm and pneumonia. Cairo. Slay 13. Grant had a severe battle with the rebel General Bowen, at Clifton, ten miles from Jackson, last Wednesday. Bowen was beaten and driven back. The steamers Wilson G. Hunt and E. D. Baker left this city yesterday morning. The former arrived at Van couver about half a mile in advance of the latter, and, we are Informed, kept ahead all the way to the Cos cades. Returning, the Hunt reached her wharf one hour In advance of the Baker. It now appears from the report of the committee on the conduct of the war, that General SlcClelian Is responsible for the Balls Bluff disaster, and not General Stone, as heretofore reported. Ladies' Oregon Sanitary Aid Society. The ladies of Portland are requested to meet at the Methodist Church today at 2 o'clock P. M. By order of the presi dent. Sirs. H. W. Corbett; Mrs. E. D. Shattuck, secretary pro tem. Ho! for Boise, John Day and the Powder River gold mines. Through without detention. Tho only sure and safe way for miners to reach the new mines without being detained is to se cure their supplies in Portland and be prepared to go either by land or water from The Dalles to the new diggings. Twenty thousand pounds choice Oregon bacon, '30,000 pounds extra fine flour, 10.000 pounds of assorted beans, 300 pairs of Oregon gray blankets, to gether with a full supply of groceries, boots, shoes and all kinds of mining articles can now be obtained at Harker Bros.. No. 123 Front street, opposite the upper wharf. N"o. SALEM, Or.. May 17. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly state if any one can manufacture a patented article for hia own use. providing ho does not offer It for sale. J. A. B. THE "NEW KIND" OF ADVERTISING Have you noticed the great change that has come into ad vertising in recent years? Tho old-time flamboyant, ex aggerated, highly-colored stylo is fast fading, and in its place has come the solidly sensible, particularly persuasive, truthful, newsy and informative style of advertising. Truth is a mighty and grow ing power in advertising. Advertising is news; it is in formation; it must be presented as an accurate statement con cerning something worth while buyingind having. Advertising must be expressed in sentences marked by brevity, by clearness, by accuracy and conviction. It must not be stilted; must not be boresome, but bright and chatty. The best writers take the public into their confidence and talk "from a newspaper with that easy, friendly spirit that marks ordinary conversation. The merchant who talks about his store, his, goods, their prices, why people should buy from him, and the many other things that concern good storekeeping, gen erally builds up his business rap idly. There are some kinds of ad vertising that are so interesting that people turn to them as quickly as they do the news or special feature pages. Are you doing that kind of advertising? Many Oregonian advertisers are.