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Brunielck buUdlns. caso. Siesar bulldlaa. , . ,, - baa Fraarte-a omos R. J. Bldwall Ca 142 Market at. . Eorwaeu Office No. 9 Rerent atreet W .. London. . PORTLAND. WEDMSDAT, SEPT. 8. Ml. THK ADVANCE Ei FLYING. It appears that M. Pegoud's extra ordinary exhibitions of aviation at Jurtsy and Versailles were something mora than a dare-devil feat. His pur pose iraa to prove that the limit of stability in aeroplanes of ordinary construction had not yet been reached. Much had been done with them before M. Pegoud described a vertical letter S In the air, but many failures had also been made. The his tory of the aeroplane up to this time has teen a record of brilliant achieve ments ending- too often In the death of the performer. The common belief Is that flying; machines fashioned after the Wrig-ht pattern, as all of them are more or less closely; demand more from the aviator than human endur ance can supply for Ions at a time. The strain upon nerves and muscles is something almost Inconceivable. Everybody who has driven an auto mobile on a dangerous road knows that safe riding depends upon unre laxing attention. Sight, hearing and tha muscular sense must be upon the alert, not merely now and then, but Incessantly. The least lapse or at tention even for an Instant may be fatal. It Is likely that a great many dreadful automobile accidents are not due so much to recklessness as Is commonly supposed, but rather to the Inevitable fallibility of the human brain. It cannot be always at the ex tremity of tension. Indeed, psychol ogists tell us that our consciousness Is granular. At Its best It Is subject to blanks and nobody can Insure him self against the occurrence of these dark Intervals, no matter how he may strive. Of course an aviator Is no more ex empt from human frailty than an au tomobile driver and the results arei more terrible In proportion to the I greater dangers of his element. A sec ond's Inattention, which an automo bile driver might easily retrieve by the exercise of his skill, can hardly help being fatal to a navigator of the air. Once thrown out of balance and headed downward his machine must conUnue to fall until It collides with the ground. This at least has been the history of flying up to M. Pegoud's exhibition. The astonishing charac ter of his flight Is seen when we re flect that he not only descended ver tically for some seconds, but actually flew with his head downward and re covered the upright position without any difficulty. Still It Is too much to hope that M. Pegoud's feat can be repeated at will by an aviator. His success de pended, after all, upon unusual skill and daring. It made demands upon nerve and muscle which we can ex pect to see others fulfill only on the rarest occasions. Perhaps even M. Pe goud at his next exhibition will suffer the fate which has befallen so many of his gallant predecessors and end his career with an accident. It al most seems as If the path marked out by the Wright brothers for aerial nav igation were destined to end In a dead wall. Like many of nature's Inventions In animal and vegetable life It can progress up to a certain point, but perhaps its inherent limitations pre vent it from going any farther. This was the case with mechanical motion in a straight line as the ancients knew it. They had no device for transform ing forward and backward motion in to that of the circle and therefore their Inventions never progressed be- yond a certain fixed point. There was a dead wall in their way and they reached it very soon after they set out. If the Wright brothers really did begin upon a wrong scent In the construction of their flying machines it might easily happen that with all Its ingenuity their work would. In the . long run, hinder rather than help aerial navigation. At any rate, somewhere near the time when they were making their marvelous pioneer experiments in flying Lieutenant J. W. Dunne, a Brit ish naval engineer, began to work upon a different plan. The Wright brothers did not long cling to the no tion that a flying machine ought to imitate a bird as closely as possible. Difficulties accumulated in the way of this alluring theory so fast that they thought best to abandon it and there is not much resemblance to na ture's models in the aeroplanes which we now see In use.. But some aviators have nevertheless continued to cherish the conviction that the perfect model would follow the structure of the bird and this is the basis upon. which Lieu tenant Dunne has been working. His experiments have been con ducted with the utmost secrecy in a remote' corner of Great Britain. The engineers who were chosen to assist him were conveyed to the place by night and often did not know where they had been after their return When his machine was completed and ready for flight it was painted to de ceive the eye and cause spectators to believe that it was like those of the usual pattern. But It differed from them greatly. His model Is shaped like a letter V. Its wings ter minate In flexible tips which curve downward like those of a bird. It has no tall and, still following nature, no rudder. In consequence of the Improve ments he has made Lieutenant Dunne Is convinced that he has attained sta- billty In his flying machines. In other words, their upright position In the air and steady, continuous flight do not depend entirely upon the nerves and muscles of the aviator, but will ha maintained independently. If his expectations turn out to be warranted we shall see an immediate develop ment of aerial navigation. The risks will diminish incalculably. The aero plane will at once become practicable for carrying passengers and lines will be Instituted on all the great routes of travel. Lieutenant Dunne has already gone a long way toward proving his claims. He flew 170 miles, from Casa Blanca to Fes in Morocco, and followed up that successful test by the far more serious one of crossing the English Channel in a storm. The tempest did not Interfere in the least with the sta bility of his machine. If subsequent experiments fulfill the promise of these Initial ones it Is fair to assume that the problem of safe flying has been solved. rREMITM ON FORGERY. The decision of Circuit Judge Gallo way in the referendum ' case of the compensation act is a virtual confesr slon that the public has no protection against fraud In petitions. Thus the referendum may be grossly and out rageously misused for the purpose of attacking and overturning meritorious legislation; whereas the proper func tion of that legislative instrument is to uphold desirable acts and to defeat undesirable acts. Judge Galloway blames the law for the trouble that may be wrought in Its name. We are to assume that he perceives and reprobates the . utter dishonesty of the referendum on the compensation act, but that he Is help less as a Judge to reject any wrong or correct any injustice so long as the forms are observed by the promoters of any referendum. A thousand bogus names ten thousand bogus names may be written on a petition for a ref erendum, and the Secretary of State has no alternative but to accept them, though he may know absolutely that forgery is their essence and falsehood their substance. It is high time that something be done to end the petition farce in Ore gon. DIRECT ACTION. The public gets from Attorney-Gen. eral Crawford's official Inquiry into the Coos County "outrage" a philo sophical treatise on the relations of capital and labor and a virtual exon eration of the county officials for per mitting the deportation of Dr. Leach from Bandon. There are hints that the Governor will not be satisfied with the results of the Investigation. Ob viously the Governor made a mistake In not sending to Coos County a rep resentative whose prejudices harmon ized with his' own and whoso precon ception of the facts would have made it easy to find what he was looking for. Or It may be wisely conciuaea at Salem to drop the matter and let Dr. Leach seek redress for his grievances in the courts. The Attorney-General discovers that the Independent Workers or tne World had made a lot of trouble in Coos County. A series of surprising accidents in the mills, such as spikes in ion for the destruction of saws. and oil on the tracks of logging roads for mischief to trains, and the like, were all attributed to the evil ma chinations of the so-called I. w. w. The consequent unrest and excitement among the mill workers are not ror gotten in Coos Bay or elsewhere. They were being made the victims of the celebrated I. W. W. policy of direct action, along with the mill owners. Direct action of another Kina 101- lowed. The agitators were aeportea from Marshfield and later Dr. Leach was politely but firmly requested to leave Bandon. Just why Dr. Leach . should desire to live in a community which plainly does not want him Is not clear. He may say with propriety, no doubt that his own motives and desires are not the question. The provocation to riot and disturbance his very presence will create is. of course, not to be considered In determining whether he has a right to live where he wants to live, .Yet the uncomfortable conse quences of direct action to himself were perhaps not given due thought when the- doctor hailed the I. W. W. as men and brethren. FATE OP TARIFF AT STAKE. Fate of the tariff bill may hinge on the Senate's decision as to (whether Representative Clayton's appointment by Governor O'Neale, of Alabama, to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Johnston Is valid. The pro longed illness of Senator Culberson, of Texas, has reduced the Democratic majority In the Senate to five. The opposition of the two Louisiana Sen ators reduces it to one. A vacancy from Alabama or any other Democrat ic state at the time when the final vote is taken would make the Senate forces a tie and the bill could be passed only by the vote of Vice-President Marshall. Senator Newlands and other Senators are known to oppose free wool and they might take advantage of such a situation to force material changes. Therefore, It is of vital Importance to the Democracy that Mr. Johnston's successor take his seat before the final vote Is taken on the tariff. The direct election amendment pro vides that vacancies shall be filled by special election, but that the Leg islature of any state may empower the Governor to make appointments to hold good until the people elect. Alabama has no law providing for direct election of Senators by the peo ple and the Legislature has not given the executive the power to make ap pointments ad interim, but the Gov ernor has made an appointment not withstanding. He has done so under the last clause of the amendment, which reads: Thia amendment shall not ba o eon trued as to affect tha election or terra of any Senator ehoeen before It becomes valid aa part of the constitution. Those who uphold the validity of the appointment of Mr. Clayton main tain that the word "term" as here used means, and has always been con. strued to mean, the full period of six years for which Mr. Johnston was ap pointed. They contend that the amend ment, therefore, does not apply to the present case, but that the vacancy Is to be filled In the manner prevailing prior to the adoption of the amend ment. They hold that Mr. O'Neale had full power to appoint, that It was his duty to do so and that the amend ment will become operative only as to the Senator for the term following that to which Mr. Johnston was elected. The great Issue hanging on the de cision of this question Insures that it will be debated and contested with much vigor by the constitutional law yers of the Senate. The Democrats, anxious to secure Mr. Clayton's vote on the tariff, will doubtless do their utmost to force a decision before the final rollcall on that measure. The Republicans may be expected to strive with equal vigor to postpone the de cision until the fate of the tariff is sealed. In the hope of killing the bill. Having hitherto delayed action on the tariff, they may now seek to hasten it. Both parties will at the same time become extremely solicitous for the health o all their Senators. Serious illness of a single Senator In the next few weeks may have great conse quences for both parties and for the industries of the United States. MISAPPLIED LEOAL LORE. Justices of the Peace .Jones and Dayton are more than mildly excited by the law In Oregon which requires bridegrooms to secure a certificate of hoaifh before going to the altar. In asmuch as the law doesn't place the same requirement upon the prospec tive bride, these eminent Jurists nave concluded that it is discriminatory and rank class legislation. No doubt they reached this ripe conclusion after mi nute and painstaking scrutiny of many huge law volumes, but Just to put at rest any misgivings that may linger in their Judicial temperament they will pass the matter up to Attorney-General Crawford for an opinion. Without recourse to an extensive law library It would be difficult for the ordinary person to see how a legal distinction between the sexes could be termed class legislation. Does sex constitute class in the legal sense? Is the law regulating the working hours of women class legislation? Has the rriT nf rlnsst legislation any standing in states where men vote and women do not? But why argue the point? Our au gust Jurists admit that the sin and shame of the matter, as they see it, lies in the practice of young couples in going out of the state to wed. That takes the license lee away iri countv and Incidentally a possible knot-tleing fee away from the local Justice of the peace. Marriage fees are looked to by your Justice of the peace as a special dispensation for helping meet the high cost of living, even as the Chautauqua proves a sort of raven to Klijah Bryan in the wil derness of small official salaries. Blinded by Its financial shortcomings they fail to see the real flaw In an otherwise worthy law. That flaw Is its lenience. Either a larger fee should be allowed for medical exam inations or a state board should reg ulate the scrutiny. The ordinary com petent physician will not always make a thorough examination for the pres ent legal fee. As to the rush of couples to our neighboring state, if that commonwealth continues the practice of permitting unfit and in fected persons to marry at will, at least the sin of much future misery r.n manv irrlm domestic tragedies will not ba upon Oregon's conscience. progress rx Tire scnoots. The Buffalo congress on. school hy giene is one among many symptoms of an improving public concept of the meaning and methods of education. We can all remember when the minds of the young were supposed to be benefited in some magic way by a mere sojourn In a schoolroom. No matter if the air were foul, the light miserable, the heating bad and the seats made for the plain purpose of deforming the pupils' bodies, such things were mere trifles which count ed for little or nothing in comparison with the "education" the children were getting. Perhaps It required the startling discovery that this education was largely a mental and moral fail ure to rouse the public to the disas trous effects of the oldtime school methods upon the bodies of the pupils. The country might have continued to regard with equanimity the annual r-roo of tuberculosis victims, crooked spines and deformed legs which our schools turned out had the intellectual products come up to the mark. But when It appeared that the vaunted ed ucational system was filling the coun try with misfits in business ana tne nrofesslons the spell was broken and It became possible to get a hearing for other defects. Th movement for the conservation of children's health, once started, has ,.rfMirt raDidly. We now have mnrn or less thorough medical inspec. tion in many city schools. The rural districts know little of it as yet, but their turn will come In good time. Appliances for cleanliness and de nonnv have invaded pretty nearly vrv achoolhouse in the country, They are by no means perfect, but the beginning has been made and nothing can stay the march of im provement. Pupils are no longer bus- matized as stupid because they are mvnni nr deaf. The bad conduct xt-hifh Is caused by adenoids is at tributed to the right source and dealt with accordingly. The outlook for hygiene, both phy sical and mental. In the public schools is excellent. The better conditions can hardly fail to train up a generation more efficient In mind and body than the one which. Is passing. The hygiene f thA sexes still lingers. In the rear, By some belated parents It is deemed no imnroDer to teach children the nor- mni functions of their bodies as it wan once to provide wash basins and send populous urchins home to have their hair raked. Civilization always eddies here and there, but upon the whole It moves. It Is Interesting to speculate about the next great re form in the public schools. Will It be the abandonment of huge build ings? TJXrnXQ OF PARTIES begins. The first actual fusion of the Re publican and Progressive parties has been effected at Baltimore. A mass meeting of members of the two parties adopted without dissent a platform bearing the Republican name, but em bodying many reforms and principles nrtvorated bv the Progressives. It was nrirtrpsaed on behalf of the Republic o... vvrr nnvemor Goldsborough, of Maryland: Senator Jackson, State Chairman John B. Hanna and Thomas Parran, and on behalf of the progres sives by Colonel E. C. Carrington and Charles R. Schirm. Senator Jackson urged the neces slty of reunion In order to form a strong opposition party and to save Maryland from a corrupt ring and from remaining a one-party state. He favored "a platform that Is progres sive without advocating everything that happens to be new." He described the meeting as "the nrst step mat tore shadows National reunion." The Governor said he was looking fcrward to a Republican Legislature, that he could fulfill his camyan ni.rlirp for good roads, for abortion of convict contract labor, for making tha rjrisons fit places in wnicn to live, mr submitting the woman suffrage amendment to the -people for a vote for uniform election laws, for tax re form and for the betterment of the munitions of the farmer and tne reor. ganlzation of the State Agricultural College. v That is a distinctly progressive plat form. When the reunited party has made It law, some of the measures DKEUO.MAX, WKUAKSUA SETTiaiBEIl 3, 1913. which the Progressive party particu larly favors may be ripe for action. As the dissensions of 1312 fade far ther Into the past, the Republican an Progressive voters of other states will see, as those of Maryland have seen, that their differences are temporary and superficial, not permanent and fundamental. They will see that con tinued division postpones Indefinitely hope for the triumph of those princi ples which they hold in common, re will also recognize the force of what Senator Jackson said, that a strong op position is needed to save us from one party rule. Such an opposition party will raise the standard of government given us by the Democrats by keeping them on the alert and putting tnem on their good behavior. All patriotic citi zens desire good government, and, whatever their party, should welcome the reorganization of the Republican party, that it may prove an effective critic of its opponents and prevent the canker of misrule from growing out of long sway by one party. Over production of apples Is denied by the New Tork Times, which says over production spells bad distribu tion, not shortage. It urges apple growers to imitate the methods of tha banana trust by improving market conditions. That is what the fruit growers of the Northwest are doing. They have also learned the truth of the Times' saying that "more apples would be bought if they were packed more honestly and attractively," for by this means they have increased their sales. The apple-growers of the East may well learn from, those of the Northwest. Great quantities of potatoes, pump kins, celery, apples, grapes, beets, beans, peaches, cucumbers, asparagus, peas, onions, squashes and melons go to waste In Michigan while Chicago pays high prices for like produce. A plan is now being formulated to have Michigan's surplus turned over to Chi cago charities, but what Is needed Is not charity, but a means of bringing producer and consumer together, by a proper system of distribution. Charity demoralizes, but economical distribu tion benefits both producer and con sumer. The news of the Philadelphia mob's attack upon a visiting baseball team will remind pessimists of degenerate Rome. The mob in those days took no more part in the circus games than we do in baseball, but they were ex cited sDectators. Occasionally tneir fury led to great street fights which could only be quelled when the Em peror ordered out the troops. It Is enthralling to hire somebody to take our exercise for us, but character does not grow robust under such condi tions. For all the worry some of the au thorities profess to feel over women's garments the sex holds Its own pretty well in the struggle for existence, ine young laundryman who failed so dis astrously the other day to snatch a girl's purse at an East Side corner can hardlv persuade himself that women are his inferiors either physically or mentally. His pommeled face tells its own story as to muscle, while as to mind, what comparison Is there be tween this sottish thief and the.brlght girl who punished him? The continuation schools which are now in sight for Portland furnish an other list of evidence that we are awake to the practical problems of life and mea'n to solve them. Lovely but airv theories about the nature and value of schooling must give way to the demands of life. Here Is a mass of young people who cannot earn a living. Is it better for tne city 10 support them as paupers or teach them to he self-supporting common sense admits of but one answer. The schooner American, from As toria to Sydney, has been out 178 days, Her Japanese cook, serving time in California, put the curse of his ances tors on her In revenge for alleged mistreatment. Sailors put much faith in these things, and the American needs a new crew for every trip. If she finally enters the "missing" list their faith' will be Justified, Nippon win he exalted and makers of "bad medicine" all over the world will re Joice. An American Consul In China has made the discovery that hens there lay a heavier egg than fowls in this country, going as few as four to the pound, while here they are as ngnt as six or seven. While eggs are soia here by the dozen there is nothing to stimulate production of a larger arti cle other than pride of the poultry- man In his business. When eggs are sold by the pound the size may be duly increased. They say a good cheesemaker is known by the holes he puts in his product. One over at Menlo put an $11,000 hole in the business and disap peared. He must have been an ex pert. - The Portland Fire Department Band opened the eyes of Father Knickerbocker and the provincials of little old New York. The I. W. W. have been read out of the Socialist party in Massachusetts. It Is a bad season for the I. W. W. all around. City 'water may be withdrawn from use In hydraulic elevators. But how will the things be run without Bull Run? A Vancouver, Wash., waitress ran a man down with her auto. Tending table must be profitable in Vancouver, Edison returned yesterday from his vacation. 111. He should have invented a more pleasant way of spending it, In Tacoma a woman of 60 beat all the voung girls in a footrace. Per haps the girls wore hobble skirts. . Our ancient yellow peril was noth ing compared with the present Yankee peril of the Mexicans. United States trade with Japan is Increasing rapidly. More yellow peril, These are the showers that put the water, in watermelon. Now the elements are pitted against the X-ray skirt. This is Buyers' week, umbrella. Tes; buy an Wolgast beaten again. Everybody's doln' it. - The slit skirt is now a closed incl dent. Life's Sunny Side Said She Was Shopping;. Some of the saleswomen In the local department stores are complaining about the Insincerity of some of the women who were prominent in the movement to have tne stores close at 6 o'clock In the afternoons, declaring that many of them begin their shopping so late that it is often 8:30 or later before some of the saleswomen can get away from tha stores. Three young ladies who had been kept at one of the stores rather late r, ovenine this week by a late shopper, were sitting in a Texas-street -ofroohment tiarlor and one of them was telling of a woman who had spent about four hours in the store. I believe she had visitea every ue- r.s.r.rrr.Ant in the store." said the young saleswoman. "We were all getting our stocks straightened out preparatory to nl still the woman loitered about, turning over and fingering first one thing and then another. "She came over to my counter, where I was getting my stock In order as fast as I could, for It was then 15 minutes to six, and began to move oi-nurwl. I sure was mad. but 1 triea 10 look pleasant, and 1 saia jusi aa omoci I could: "faAam are von sho-oDlng here: Tt aura did sret next to her, girls. She braced herself up and said: ' "Certainly, what else 00 you uiw rm doing?" . , "Well, Madam,' 1 said, 1 m6' perhaps you might be taking an in- ofnrir " Well, srirls. believe me, tiiai melted her," concluded the saleswoman Shreveport Times. Remorse at Last. Whn Senator John Sharp Williams nracticlne law he was appointed .rntm- nf tha estate of a wealthy client who left, as sole heir, a lively son of JO eager years. Hardlv had the funeral-baked meats hpn consumed when tne eiiietuui' ,,th hitherto held in surjjecuon uj stern parental rule, came around after a hunch of money ior an uimi t, "VnuMl hav to wait a few days until I qualify as executor," said Mr. Wil liams. "Come around next week, my boy" . , . The youth departed in ona.... ment, but promptly turned up the fol lowing week. anrrit vnnnr man. but I cant pay out anything until the will is probated," said the executor. "Jjrop wuuuu fow davs. won't you? It'll be all right, With deeper disappointment tne nen hl onnrtnre. A weeK later lie -allxrl a or a In at the office, t "I'm sorry, my boy," explained me ex ecutor, "but I really can t pay oul u, money of this estate until certain claims are adjusted. Come back in a couple of weeks and I can let you have all you want." Tha hnv tnrnpd erioormiy to ma noahlnir there, he Dent a sorrowiui toward the lawyer. "Mr Williams" he said, witn a sien, don't you know, sometimes I feel right sorry the old man mm; -Houston (Texas) Post. A Ship's Strangre Nome, "When members of the crews of war ships of different Governments meet while on 'liberty leave' at port there nsmallv follows badinage and banter ho mniiiii make eood reading," said a former bluejacket of Uncle Sam's Navy a few days ago. "The funniest thing I h.n. hoara was when I was at Hong kong with a liberty party irum mo Wisconsin, and we met a similar squad from the English man-of-war Goliath. "ao usual, we started to 'kid' them, about having odd names for their boats. " 'Our scrappers may ave nuuu namco to vou Yankees,' spoke up the boat swain of the squad, a burly cockney, but we 'aven't such bally names as O. H. Ten.' "This brought a laugn irom rvinB Edward's men, but we could not see the Joke. '" 'O. H. Ten?" questioned one of our men. 'Why, we haven't such a name as that on any of our boats." " 'Cawn't 'elp It' came back from the cockney, 'I saw it wit my own heyes only lawst night as the boat cleared port. She had It on her stern. "O. H. Ten.'" . M "Then there came a laugh from my party that could almost be heard to the state their ship was named for. The battleship that had cleared Hongkong h. nlirht before had on her stern In . . - . hto-h Ahln", hriiia letters, twu icbi Pittsburgh Gazette. Brown's Strategy Falls. It was the early hours of the morning and Dot yet light, when Brown woke up with a sense of Impending dread. He suddenly remembered that It wag his wife's birthday. And he had bought her no present. And Mrs. Brown would want to know why. Ah, an Idea! Creeping stealthily down stairs, he put a very large plate on the hall table, and then, still silent ly, let the dog Into the house. The preparations were complete. "Many happy returns of the day, my dear!" he chortled. "As It is your birth. day, I have got a little surprise ior you. Be quick, and come down stairs and see it." ... Full of anticipation,' the good lady followed him, and was just in time to see him kick the dog and stare in amazement at the empty cake plate. "If that wretched dog hasn't eaten all that beautiful cake I brought home for you last night!" he cried, in well-acted anJlut he had overlooked one little fact The dog had worn his muzzle. It took a long time to explain the Incident away. Louisville Courier-Journal. A Redeeming Distinction. Berton was sent tb school for the first time. At the close of the first day he came home wearing a very happy expression. "Well, Berton," said his mother, "you look so' pleased that I'm sure you got on very well indeed. How did you get on with the spelling?" "I, couldn't spell many of the words, mother," admitted Berton, "an" I couldn't read much of anything either." "Why, that's too bad," said the moth, er, rather shocked. "Did you do well with the other studies?" "Not very," replied the boy. "I couldn't remember the 'rithmetic or Joggerphy very well." Berton's mother's face wore a look of disappointment. Berton, rushing to ller, exclaimed Joyfully: "But that don't make any difference, mother. The girls all like me, an' I've got the biggest feef of any boy in the room!" New York Evening Post. They Molt Have. E Berry Wall, more beautifully dressed than In his early youth, when his attire was the theme of New York, said on the Imperator: "The Paris races were very interest ing this year on account of the new fashions for women mat tney reveaiwi, These fashions were very stunning. Thev were also very daring. "Filmy blouses revealed the contour of the bosom. Filmy SKirts reveaiea th contour of the limb up to the knee. ks it this were not enough, there were Urnllette frocks and frocks with a slash dear me! "At the Grand Prix a little boy, heard a man sav to his father: 'I never knew a woman yet who wouldn't Jump almost out of her clothes if she saw a mouse.' "At this the little boy aald to his father: . - " 'Papa, have all these ladles here seen mouses?'" New York Sun. WORKS RESOLUTION uisiussii" Lose of Revenue on Distilled I, iq 11 ore to Be Made l by Beer. BELKNAP SPRINGS, Sept. 1. (To the Editor.) Personal controversy m the newspapers is of no interest to the public except as it may bring out some new features of puDIlc lnteresi. iu "" about so in reply to -roiessor oe ietter of August 27 anent the Works resolution, permit me to point out some of the reasons for temperance reform along the lines of the amendment re ferred to. , ,, ,, Thi. monrtmont would abolish an distilleries and all importations . of dis- tiii..3 Urtnrti- ThA revenue 01 erjv.wv,- 000 per annum thus lost to the Gov ernment w"ould be made up, for tne most part, from an increase 01 revenue on beer. , This proposed amendment wni u ncoBAt hv nnnreia Ull to tne '-Ldtt Legislatures if pudho upunuu rant. It Tha mnKllrn is ODDOSed Dy l"lt- ris9 nf reoDle: First, the whisKy vendors; second, the moderate anntei. who are unwilling to make the sacri f.n fni- th u-plfara of the Nation; third, the radical Prohibitionists, who see in beer and wine as much evil as in whisky, and who would not. uo satisfied with half a loaf, but demand the abolition of all liquors or none. To the last class belongs Professor Coe. We hope he is not numerous. He does not think the cutting off of all distilled liquors will diminish the use of alcohol 1 per cent and Intimates that the users of distilled liquor will secure their "usual quota or alcohol in other ways." Where unless from beer and wine? To say they could get It elsewhere would be to admit the futility of enforcing entire prohibi tion. The professor says it is now time to try prohibition. What has he and his Prohibition party been trying all these years, and how far have they got? With half of the people in the United States living in dry territory and with the enormous increase in the consumption of liquor,. I should say it was high time to try something, but would Jiot call it by that name. Mr Coe belongs to that class tnat said "amen" when the Army canteen was abolished. And what was the re- SUThe War Department has testified many times to the demoralizing effect that had upon the soldiers in substi tuting whisky for beer. Major-general Wood in an interview in Portland expressed the hope that this amend ment would carry; that it would be a great blessing to the enlisted men. It is true the Government could well . th i-Bvenue from liquor. as liquor is responsible for all the evils attributed to it by Professor Coe but I am not to blame, nor is Senator Worles to blame, because Congress re , . it that wav hence tne "distilled" is and will remain in the nr. r rr nrifl m U II t" There is a resolution now slumbering in the Judiciary committee of the i,-.." .t.inl hv Mr. Hobson, ot Alabama, on April 7, 1913, which is to th nmfKsaor's likintr. Tt is for entire prohibition. It lies alongside of a slm f iti intrnrlucert in February, Lltir 1 rniu .... . . , 1911 Neither ever saw daylight. Ana why? Because it proposed to take from H-tt-i.- st.t.a Treasury 1220.000,000 per annum, or one-fourth of the entire income of the Government. That is why the word distilled" is In the Works resolution. It may likewise flumbeT in the Senate committee, but If so 11 will be because Congress will be made to believe with Brother Coe that the people don't want and won't accept half a loaf. Then the whisky vendors will smile and their sales will In crease next year anotner 5." ions. E. B. COOVERT. WHAT WAS THE ISSUK IX 1012t Roosevelt Was NoT Running on Any Antl-Mexicnn Platform. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 1. (To the Editor ) The editorial article Monday, "If Roosevelt Were President," is rath er paradoxical. Not that I do not ap prove of what you say. Alas, I do! But when the fight was on between the Taft and Roosevelt forces for control of the Chicago convention, why, you remember of course you remember it. what a bad man Roosevelt was7 The leopard and his spots you remember that, too? And the stand The Orego nian took on the question, and I was with you, and Tom and his apostates we surely have not forgotten it so BAlmost every dispatch from Wash ington makes me shudder. How our after-vision ridicules our foresight, and realization mocks our cherished hopes! For a certainty we let our prejudice run our Judgment amuck that time. What dupes! We had kept Bill Bryan out thrice, and then, God save the mark! he adjusted a mask to his face and slipped one over on us. Come, brother, and let us for shame turn our backs on this grape-Chautauqua-Julce diplomacy in Mexico and walk apart and murmur low, "'Come back to me, Douglas, Douglas, Douglas, tender and true." A. WHILOM STANDPATTER. Intervention in Mexico, or the con quest of Mexico, had no part In the Presidential election of 1912. If the Mexican question had then been the issue, and a vigorous and definite pol icy had seemed desirable. The Orego nian would doubtless have supported Roosevelt. NOTHING WROXG IX X-RAY DRESS Forma Thus Displayed Are High Art, Says Gold Hill Man. GOLD HILL, Or., Sept. 1. (To the Editor.) The Oregonian says editorial ly "The X-ray dress is neither moral nor decent," which is only another way of saying that the female form is in decent. Clothing and dress of them selves, when lain aside or hung on a peg, can hardly be called indecent, but when they are placed upon the female human form, then they may become Indecent, or transcend the "bounds of decency." ThA writer has always thought that the female human form was the highest expression of physical oeauiy ana use fulness and the most perfect type of animated nature, and he cannot quite understand why clothing or lack of clothing can render that form inde cent; and by stating that certain female apparel is indecent you reflect upon the decency of the female rrm. W. W. TRUAX. BRYAN'S ABSENCE3 WOULD HELP. Country Wonld Gain, Says Correspond ent, by Keeping Secretary Off Duty. CHEHALIS. Wash., Sept. 1. (To the Editor ) In your editorial on "Our Grasping Secretary" you say that "pub lic business does suffer and will suf fer" by Mr. Bryan being away and neglecting it. Now I disasre with you most decidedly. If Mr. Bryan wou d only go away and stay away it would be the best thing that could happen for all our public business under his charge and especially in our foreign relations. Mr. Bryan should be given all possible encouragement K- T- Confusion of an Orator. Puck. "For 12 long years," roared Spar- tacus, "I have met every form of man or beast the broad empire of Rome could furnish. The Numldian lion" A voice "How about the Welsh rabbit?" (Cheers and cat-calls and much confu sion in the rear of the arena.) j Too Long For Such a Favor. Chicago News. Brown I wonder if Smith would In dorse my note? Jones How long has he known you? Brown A month. jones I'm afraid that's too long. Ballad of the Cars By Dean Colllna. A lone gink stood on the curb at Third, And gazed and gazed, with k. wistful eye Adown the street, and ha spake no word. But watched the cars as they rum bled by. The clock struck six, and his visage took A "sorrowful, hungry, pork-chop look. Ding-ding: ding-ding!" with a fret ful gong. Car after car rolled slow along. With hope he spotted them coming far Adown the street past the place he stood. But signed as he saw the Kenton car, Irvington, "S." and "All no good." He groaned, "I hunger the while I wait:" The clock struck seven, the clock struck eiirht. He sighed again, "I would give a dime TQ reach St. Johns before breamasi time." The Williams-avenue cars went by. Rose City Park cars many a time; Famine gleamed in the poor man's eye; Then by the clock he heard it chime; He clung to a copper's arm and sobbed: "Tell me, sir. am I being Jobbed By the St. Johns cars?" and the cop said: "Nay! Nix on this Third street try Broad way!" Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of September 3. 1863. The following dispatch was received by private parties in Yreka: "San Fran cisco. August 20. 7 P. M. The Ameri can flag waves over Forts Sumter and Wagner. Prepare to hear of it in Char, leston, if there is enough left to hoist it on." New York, Aug. 28. Between one and 2 o'clock on Saturday morning 15 shells of Birney's invention were pitched over the James Island batteries, across the harbor and Into the City of Charleston. The effect was perfectly satisfactory to ourselves. Perhaps Beauregard had considered Gilmore's threat to Bhell Charleston at a dis tance of four miles too preposterous to demand attention. Beauregard claimed that the city had not been evacuated by all non-combatants. There was a most uproarious panic and uni versal confusion. Skedaddlers were soon discovered by the light of burning buildings; the bells were rung from every steeple and a general screaming of locomotive whistleB was heard. A letter from Colonel R. F. Maury to Governor Wallace, of Idaho Terri tory, dated Camas Prairie, August 7, contains the following: "We have met thus far about 100 wagons containing families. They are In good health and well supplied. From Information ob tained from them, I am inclined to the opinion that the immigration to this part of Idaho and to Washington and Oregon will bo small, a great many going to the Beaverhead country, but most of them to California." Company A. First Brigade, Oregon Militia, Captain William Powell com manding, are now encamped on John Powell's farm, some six miles east of Portions, where thev are undergoing daily drills preparatory to their visit to the state fair. xne company con sists mostly of farmers. Twenty-five Years Ago From Tha Oresonlan of Sept. 8, 18S8. Th nallns. SeDt. 2. This morning at 2:30 o'clock a destructive fire occurred, consuming property amounting to S2S.000. The losers are: Max Vogt, Mr. Saunders, George A. Llebe, Mrs. Ron K-nrten. O. D. Taylor, Air. tsrooa- house, French & Co., Mrs. A. Gray, A. Wintermier, P. J. Nicholas, B. mine, DIetzel Bros., D. W. hiowaras, oici.- ar land & French, A. H. Coy, Mrs. Rob- bins, L. W. Johnson, Airs, uoneriy auu Mr. Kerns. Proposals for furnishing the mate rial and labor necessary for the erec tion of a lighthouse at Cape Mears were opened on the SOth ult. at the office of Major F. N. Handbury, United States Engineer. W. S. Ladd, who engaged In the banking business some years since, finds his present quarters inadequate to his business. The south part of his bank building, long occupied as a store, is to be made into an addition to the present bank. Miss Emma Nelson, sister of Mr. A. Nelson, bookkeeper for H. B. Battln & Co has arrived at tne imcrnuuu' and was a passenger on the Thlngvalla at the time of that steamers collision with the Geiser. W. W. Spaulding is having his build ing, 186 First street. Improved by the addition of handsome galvanized iron work. Over 40 hunters went down the river Saturday night for the first duck shoot of the season and returned last night, having enjoyed very good sport. E. W. Moore captured 65 ducks and snipe and was supposed to be high gun; What Life I and the End of It. Presbvterlan Magazine. A colored philosopher is reported to to have said: "Life, my brethren. Is mos'ly made up of prayln' for rain, and then wlshln' It would cl ar off. Measurement of Flnanclera. Baltimore American. "It Is hard to take the measure of great financiers." "Oh, I don't know! With some of them it is done by the Bertillon system." In the Hookworm Zone. Birmingham, Ala., Age-Herald. "Is Dobbs a hard-working roan7 "I guess you can call him that.Any kind of work seems nam w Hold Out Your Hats, Merchants The Oregonian printa the adver tisements of many manufacturers of nationally distributed product. You merchants know how many families read The Oregonian every day and vou know that this news paper Is directing the attention of Its readers to the advertisements doing its utmost to cultivate the "ad-reading" habit. " What do you do to "cash in on this interest that the manufacturer is arousing? Do you help the man ufacturer who helps you? Do you help YOURSELF? Why 'not display in -our windows and on your counters these goods that are advertised in The Orego nian? Isn't that a good way to Bo more business? It simply means "holding out your hat" for the profits that are sure to follow through Increased sales. Whether you advertise In The Oregonian or not, you can easily take advantage of the advertising we carry in our columns. (Manufacturers interested in na tional or sectional newspaper ad vertising are invited to address the advertising manager of this news paper or the Bureau of Advertising, American Newspaper Publishers' Association, World Building, New York.)