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PORTLAND, SATURDAY. SEPT. IS, 1906.
INTERVENTION IN CUBA.
If Cuba is an independent nation, her
Internal troulbles are no concern of
ours. The revolt must be eettled be
tween the government of the Island and
the rebels. "Which party triumphs
makes no more difference to us, legally,
than ,the outcome of the Russian dis
sensions. If Americans in Cuba feel
unsafe they ehould come home. If they
stay It is at their own rtek. A person
who chooses to remain in a country
where civil war is waging does so with
full knowledge of the consequences.
and should be understood to take all
the risks. He cannot expect his gov
ernment to dispatch a fleet for his pro
tection. He is there because he ex
pects to make money by remaining.
The possible profits outweigh the dan
ger in his Judgment. He has a perfect
right to make such, a decision if he
pleases, but it should be at his own
peril. It Is preposterous for him to
wish to involve the United States in
war for the sgke of his private busi
ness.
The dispatch of cruisers to Cuba
suggests Intervention and intervention
means, first, war, and, secondly, the
destruction of the Independence of the
Island which we are under every obli
gation to respect and guard.
It is reiterated that no sailors are to
land from the ships; they are in Cuban
waters simply to protect American in
terests. Or, again, it is said that they
will only land In case of riot. The fact
remains that American vessels have
gone to Cuba in overwhelming force,
far beyond what can possibly be re
quired to protect Americans In case of
riot. Notwithstanding stringent orders
to the contrary, marines have already
landed, and it is reported that much
discretion is left to the commanders in
respect to landing more. The concen
tration and mobilization of American
troops have also 'begun. We are as
sured that It is with no purpose to in
tervene. "We hope not.
"We have no more right to Intervene
In Cuba, so long as foreign nations
keep out of the quarrel, than we have
In Russia. Why do we not send ships
to St. Petersburg to protect American
Interests? The disturbances in Cuba
do not compare with those In Russia,
either in magnitude or in danger to
foreign investments. The fact is that
the American Government, notwlth-
standing the most 6olemn pledges, does
not look upon Cuba as an independent
nation. Does it purpose to destroy
the delusive shadow of independence
which she enjoys by the familiar pro
cess of intervention to protect life and
property, followed by conquest? It is
possibly hoped to make the business
develop 60 slowly and with such seem
lng necessity that the Nation will be
engaged in war before It realizes what
Is going on, and will have overthrown
the Independence of a sister republic
with no sense of the enormity of the
3eed.
A writer in Harper's Weekly remarks
the contempt of Americans for small
and struggling republics. He points
out that we seldom seem to think their
rights of any consequence; that we
sneer at their difficulties and despise
their struggles for advancement. In
doing so, he insists with point and In
cisive satire, we forget the lessons of
humility which our own history
teaches. The early years of American
lilstory after the Constitution was
adopted were full of dissension, riot
and rebellion. States of the Union,
have repeatedly defied the central Gov
ernment. At one time enough of them
joined In secession to wage one of the
greatest civil wars of history. We have
had more rulers assassinated during
the laBt 100 years than any other na
tion in the civilized world, not except
1 lng Russia. During the revolutionary
war our troops went barefoot. Just like
the Cubans In their war against Spain,
only with ours It was midwinter and in
Cuba it was perpetual Summer, gome
of Green's soldiers in his famous cam
paigns of retreat had only a breech
clout to cover their nakedness. Still
we laugh at the poor equipment of the
Cubans.
We are like people who began life
poor, and, having finally attained to
comfort and stable fortune, despise the
struggles of our neighbors to rise to
the same level with us. The writer in
Harperts remarks upon our singular
lack of sympathy with peoples fighting
for liberty and the rhost elementary
human rights. If there is American in
tervention 1n Cuba it will be to uphold
a government which is in power
through fraudulent elections and which
has exasperated the people it rules by
Inexcusable outrages. We 6hould play
a much nobler part and one vastly
more consistent with our theoretical
principles to keep our troops and ships
at home and warn those of our citizens
who do .not wish to run the risks inci
dent to civil war to return to their own
country. The temptation to use a pow-
erful fleet always follows hard upon Its
possession. After all our professions
of disinterested humanity and our
pledges to safeguard the Independence
of Cuba, intervention in the internal
affairs of the Island will cause the
world to sneer with justifiable contempt
for our hypocrisy.
WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE?
It is hard to be patient with the
anonymous correspondent who today
wants the St. Paul saloon-keeper held
as accessory to the recent murder there
and presumably to be hanged. Whisky
did it, says the writer, and the saloon
keeper's .pistol was used; therefore.
hang the saloon-keeper. The Oregonlan
is willing, If he was accessory; but was
he? We do not know. Nor does our
prohibition friend. What he wants is
for the saloon-keeper to be hanged be
cause he is the saloon-keeper. That Is
enough for him.
But if the man who sells the liquor is
to be punished merely because he -sold
It, how can you stop there? Why not
arrest, try and hang the County Com
missioners or the City Councilmen who
licensed the saloon-keeper to sell the
whisky, and the lawmakers who passed
the law that authorized the Council
men to Issue the license that permitted
the saloon-keeper to sell the liquor to
the man that grabbed and used the pis
tol thaf shot the City Marshal of St.
Paul? Why not arrest, try and hang
the man that sold, the death-wielding
pistol? Why not arrest, try and hang
the distiller who made the whisky?
Where is the distinction?
The saloon-keeper and tne tjivekeeper
must be dealt with on a basis of rea
son and Justice. If the St. Paul saloon
keeper was, or is, conducting a disor
derly and disreputable place, as seems
probable, his license should be revoked
and his place closed up. There is no
other sensible and practicable way to
handle such problems. But you cannot
hang him because the murder was in
his saloon and the liquor was sold by
him; nor can you hang the saloon or
the whisky. But you can hang the
man who committed the murder, and
punish all who were implicated with
him; and doubtless that is exactly what
the Marlon County authorities are go
ing to try to do. .
A SERIOUS DRAWBACK.
The University of Oregon will toe
open for the enrollment of students on
Wednesday, September 26. The Indica
tions are that the coming year will be
the most prosperous In Its history. It
may be Just as well to say that this In
stitution will never flourish . as it
should, nor occupy the place that It
ought to occupy in the educational ef
fort of the state and the Northwest,
until suitable and sufficient provision is
made for boarding and lodging the
young women who take up work in Us
classes. At present It is almost Impos
sible for this class of students to find
accommodations in the university town.
This, is a serious matter, and one that
should be corrected by the construc
tion of a suitable dormitory for girls by
the time the next college year opens.
In the meantime residents of Eugene,
who are loyal to the university and
would strongly resent a proposal for its
removal from the town, should rise to
the situation and open their homes, for
a rair consideration, to the young
women, singly or In pairs, who are not
only willing but anxious to pay for the
privilege of an abldlng-place during
the opening school year. The Legisla
ture has been remiss In its duty in that
suitable prevision has not long ago
been made for this class of students,
It may be hoped that this mistake or
neglect will be corrected at the coming
session of that body. As long as the
University of Oregon is a coeducational
institution, equal provision ehould be
made for both sexes. Until this is done
the college will not advance as It
should, and otherwise would do as the
educational Institution par excellence
of the state.
THE SEATTLE VERDICT.
No doubt Seattle has done wisely to
decline a proposal to build a competing
system of street railways. These utili
ties are In their nature monopolies and
competition can be only temporary at
best. The only possible result of it in
the long run would be loss either to the
city or the companies already operat
ing lines on the streets and an ultimate
merger. This is the unvarying history
of all attempts at competition between
transportation companies. The busi
ness is not one that admits of perma
nent competition, and to attempt it is
to throw money away.
Whether the city could have made
the proposed lines pay need not now
be discussed. Statistics are offered to
prove that It could not, though they
are partisan In their source and must
be taken with a grain of salt. Grant
ing that the lines could have been made
profitable, still It would have been in
advisable to build them In competition
with the existing system and thus de
preciate the property. The purpose of
the city should not be to imitate those
piratical financiers who ruin the prop
erty of a competitor in order to buy it
In cheap. A municipality may well set
a more excellent example in this re
spect. The -better way would be to
Issue bonds to cover the entire street
railway system and place the Whole
under non-competitive municipal man
agement, or ownership, at least.
So far as the expense goes, citizens
ehould remember that they must pay
for the maintenance and operation of
the lines, whoever owns them. Whether
they meet the bills In the form of high
fares or In the form of taxes seems to
make very little difference In the end.
That a municipal system of street rail
ways would In the long run lnorease
taxes may be doubted. Such property
is, perhaps, on the whole thejnost pro
ductive in the country, and it need be
no less profitable to the city than to
private owners. That the city would
manage It so wastefully as to put profit
out of the question may be set aside as
a special plea of the franchise-grabbers.
The way to make city govern
ments honest is to heap financial re
sponsibility upon them in which every
citizen is directly interested. Then mis
management will not be tolerated.
It is well known, moreover, that the
principal cause of municipal dishonesty
and inefficiency at present Is the per
nicious meddling of franchise-grabbers
with polities. In their greed to control
Councils they resort to corruption of all
sorts. They are themselves directly
and almost solely responsible for the
corruption which they perpetually ad
duce as a reason for leaving utilities
under their control. They first poison
the patient and then cite his lllness'as
a reason for keeping him forever under
their guardianship. It is fairly certain
that the cessation at once and forever
of franchise-granting to private per
sons would work a most wholesome ef
fect upon the morals of municipal gov
ernment. It would destroy at one
stroke the very source and fountain
head of corruption.
Of course mistakes, carelessness and
folly would still remain. How to elim
inate these elements from human af
fairs is a problem never yet solved.
THE PEOPLE'S INTEREST MONEY.
The Oregon Legislature next Winter
can pas3 a law for a long-neeaea re
form to turn Into the people's treasury
the Interest revenue that accrues from
deposits of state funds and goes into
the pocket of the State Treasurer. This
money belongs to the taxpayers of Ore
gon, and the State Treasurer has no
right to it; he has been lining his pock
ets with it these many years, building
up private fortune at the expense of
the public. It is a graft of the first
magnitude, and should not be tolerated
by a people that are trying to eradicate
graft from high and low places.
The State Treasurer s salary, fixed by
law, Is to be $4500 a year, after Janu
ary 1, 1907. The new Treasurer, Mr.
Steel, who then is to ibegin his four
years' term, is a worthy man and de
serves well of the people of Oregon.
But the people, who are paying the
taxes, have a right to demand that the
interest on their money be their own,
and not the Treasurer's. Besides, the
$4500 a year salary is a new thing, and
hereafter should be received by the
Treasurer in lieu of the $20,000 annual
interest money, more or less, that has
accrued from the people's deposits, to
the purse of the State Treasurer.
When the $4500 salary was enacted at
the legislative session of 1905 it was in
tended that the next Treasurer should
relinquish the interest money and that
it should be turned Into the State
Treasury. But the Legislature neg
lected to pass an act to that effect, and
the result is that the new Treasurer
will receive more compensation than
his predecessors, whose only legiti-
mate salary was the $800 a year allowed
by the constitution.
The state has more than $1,000,000 In
Its treasury for long periods of time, or
rather to the credit of its treasury.
This money is not kept in the State
house treasury that would be impos
sible or unsafe; it is placed with banks
In several parts of the state. It is al
together proper that the money ehould
be so placed, for the additional reason
that it Is kept In the channels of trade,
as It would not tie were It locked up in
the Statehouse.
But this system allows the Treasurer
to keep for himself the interest. More
over, it permits him to favor friendly
banks with deposits, for banks that
have "Influence" are glad to use It for
obtaining state deposits at 2 per cent
Interest. A Treasurer may say that all
banks are treated by him with equal
fairness, but It is easy for some -banks
to think that such is not the case. The
right system would be that of require
ing banks to bid for the funds in com
petition with each other which has
been proved a very good method in the
City of Portland, the interest on whose
moneys goes not into the pocket of the
City Treasurer, b.ut Into the city ex-
rchequer.
The present method of depositing
state funds Is fraught with an element
of danger, lest the money should be
placed with unsafe banks or with
banks that could not stand the strain
of a money stringency or panic.
This .subject is an old one in Oregon,
Its dangers and evils have been dis
cussed often, but nothing has been done
to ward them off. The .present Legis
lature has opportunity to render the
state valuable service in this matter,
A STUDY OF LEPROSY.
Leprosy, despair of medical science,
scourge of Oriental peoples for ages,
has been studied ' at close range In
.uatin-tAmerlean countries for many
years by Dr. Eugene H. Plumacher,
American Consul at Maracalbo, Vene
zuela. As a result of his investigations
Dr. Plumacher, Is convinced that this
baffling malady is not contagious, but
Is hereditary to an uncommon degree.
in fact to a degree not attained by any
other disease. Having studied the mal
ady closely since 1878, he is well quali-.'
fled to report upon it, and has done "so
at great length in a paper recently filed
in the State Department.
Dr. Plumacher's study has been most
revolting, yet, pursued in the name of
science and of humanity. It has
brought Its daily reward in alleviating
the distress of the miserable outcasts
heralded through the ages as "un
clean." More than this, It has given
reasonable assurance that leprosy, un
der proper conditions and treatment, is
curable. These conditions combine nu
tritious food with sanitary habits of
life, adjuncts that are wholly heyond
the reach, either through knowledge or
material means of the miserable creat
ures who are subject to Its ravages.
Where Ignorance and poverty of low
grade go hand In hand, as is the case
Laraong the mixed races of the Latin-
American countries, leprosy Is In
trenched as in an impregnable strong
hold. While th'j nature and origin of the
disease are unknown, enough is known
of those most commonly afflicted by .it
to warrant the assumption that poor
and insufficient food and unsanitary
living nourish the hereditary taint and
develop the tendency to leprosy. It is
curable. In the opinion of Dr. Plu
macher, ibut only through means that
are beyond the reach of a vast major
ity of its victims nourishing food, effi
cacious medicine and intelligent sani
tation. For his long and conscientious study
of this disease among those afflicted
with it in its most revolting stages. Dr.
Plumacher is entitled to be reckoned
among the world's heroes. Such serv
ice gives point and force to the dec
laration that peace has heroes not less
renowned than those of war.
In the semi-public announcement of
Tammany's Congressional slate, the
most interesting personality is ex-Congressman
Francis Burton Harrison,
who will be Murphy's candidate in the
Eleventh District, now represented toy
Hearst. No doubt Hearst will put up
his own man and supply him amply
with jammunltion. Harrison is a mil
lionaire, and. the prospective contest is
spoken of as a fight between "dough-
bags." Harrison retired from Congress
to run for - Lieutenant-Governor with
Herrick, and has energy and ability.
He Is a sort of Mrs. Burton Harrison,
the novelist. Another feature of the
slate of more than local interest is the
proposed turning down of Charles A.
Towne, the silver-tongued, now Con
gressman from the Fourteenth District,
in favor of some Tammany man longer
in its service.
Within a period .of ten years the
square-rigged sailing vessel the pio
neer seagoing craft has felt the com
petition of steam vessels more keenly
than ever before. The decrease in num
bers of this class of our merchant ma
rine has in that time ibeen over 60 per
cent Specifically stated In a recent
article In The World Today, some 633
square-riggers were In 1894 flying the
American flag and doing fairly well.
Today less than 290 remain, and this
number Is diminishing rapidly through
wreck, condemnation and dismantling.
Furthermore, there has not been a
square-rigger built in the United States
in two years, and our shipbuilders have
not a single order on their books. There
Is no marvel in this, nor does it herald
the decline of American shipping. Sim
ply stated, the old square-rigger Is
more expensive, more unwieldy and
less commodious as a freight-carrier
than are the modern freighters that
have succeeded it. The regret that Is
expressed In some quarters at the dis
appearance of the old type of freight
ers is based largely upon sentiment,
and with that the commercial spirit of
the age has little or nothing in com
mon. Commenting on the recent flurry In
Wall street, the United States Investor
says: "A good feature of the present
outlook is the relatively small extent to
which the outside public, and especially
the mercantile world, is Involved in
speculation. It has not engaged In large
operations for some time past, and, al
though there -has been something of a
rush into the market since the recent
boom began, the amount of actual-capital
belonging to the outside public and
thus tied up has been relatively small."
Alarmists always see general disaster
when one crowd or the other among
the colossal gamblers gets squeezed.
but genuine business interests have not
suffered sympathetically. In the past
ten years there have been any number
of disturbances that shook Wall street
from one end to the other; still the
business of the country went along
without even so much as a temporary
setback. No one has yet devised im
munity from financial disaster, yet our
condition is such that if Wall street
has a chill the United States doesn't
have to take quinine.
Dr. Emil B. Hirsch, rabbi of Slnal
Congregation, Chicago, philanthropist
ana scnoiar, sees notmng nut Hopeless
misery for the hapless Jews of Russia.
It matters not, in his opinion, whether
the revolution in Russia fails or suc
ceeds, the oppression of the Jews will
continue. If they escape from the
physical outrages to which they are
now subjected, they will become sub
Jects of oppression in a thousand name
lees ways, making existence a burden
which with difficulty can be borne. The
correctness of this estimate cannot be
doubted; the remedy for the conditions
that It proclaims lies in the unfath
omed future. In the words of Rabbi
Hirsch, "it will take years and years
of patient endeavor as well as of un
told suffering before the prejudice in
Russia against Hebrews Is wiped out,
If it ever is." The condition is one that
appeals to the very heart of enlight
ened humanity, through Its utter hope
lessness. Colonel Watterson wants Mr. Bryan
to understand distinctly that he Is go
ing to support him enthusiastically for
President, no matter what his opinions.
If Bryan says and believes one thing,
and the Democratic platform says an
other, every true Democrat will be for
both Bryan and the platform, anyway.
This is Colonel Watterson's view, and
it is Colonel Bryan's view. Yet it is
only ten years since Colonel Watterson
read himself out of the Democratic
party because he couldn't stand the
Democratic platform; and for years af
ter 1896 Colonel Bryan read everybody
out who hadn't subscribed to free sil
ver.
The Island of St. Helena, where Na
poleon was six years a captive, is to be
abandoned as a garrison by Great Brit
ain. Since the opening of the Suez
Canal it is no longer important as a
stopping-place on . the route to India.
In this connection it may be remarked
that the hostile attitude between the
French and the English which followed
the Napoleonic wars has long since
been abandoned. Times change; so do
men and nations.
The Pendleton Tribune wants to
know "who is Varnum, anyway"?1 Be
lieving that we are no longer justified
in withholding from the public the se
cret of the great spelling reformer's
identity, we now disclose it. Varnum
is really Barnum, who used to be
showman. He has simply gone into a
new business, and Varnum is his way
of spelling it. Dhe publik luvs to be
hjumbugd.
Mr. Bryan refuses to have his little
discussion with Mr. Sullivan reduced to
the low plane of personal controversy,
and goes on to show that Mr. Sullivan
is unfit for any Democrat's confidence,
All this In an entirely Impersonal way.
of course. But somehow Mr. Sullivan
seems to fancy that it was the toe of
the Bryan boot that picked him down
stairs, or tnea to.
Jack London and his new wife are to
sail around the world in a 45-foot boat,
with only a cook and a cabin boy for
crew. This prompts the Springfield Re
publican to remark that if the cabin
boy should prove to have literary tal
ent a good book should ensue.
Enforced emigration of homesteaders
and timber men from Oregon to Mc
Nell's Island will swell the population
of Washington, but the thought that
these immigrants will not figure in th
census of 1910 creates a rift in the dark
cloud over our state pride.
Thaw has added two more to his
large and growing assortment of law
yers. His next move may be to acquire
a few Jurymen, and then preparations
for his defense will be perfect.
The Wyoming Democrats are putting
forward the Peerless One as the "tri
omphant candidate of 1908." Neverthe
less, there will be a general disposition
to examine the returns.
The Hlbernla Bank, of San Francisco,
strongly suspects an English, fire insur
ance company of causing the late run,
We patiently await J. Hennessy Mur
phy s opinion.
It has somehow escaped public notice
that the total number of convictions
secured by Mr. Heney is 23. Undoubt
edly all the land-fraud defendants see
the joke.
The little diversion in Cuba came Just
in time to give the President a chance
to let go the tail of the spelling reform
bear.
So far as we have observed, the gen
tie rains fell on the defenseless hop in
the wet and dry counties alike.
KKTIRES AS HEAD OF ARMY
General Corbin Today Ends Long
Military Career.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. Lleutenant-
General Henry C. Corbin will be retired
at noon tomorrow, having reached the
age of 64.
General Corbin has had a long military
career. He entered the volunteer service
in the Civil War in 1862 as Second Lieu
tenant in are tjnio regiment, mm wo
mustered out as a Colonel of a colored
regiment in 1866. He entered the regular
service as a Second Lieutenant when the
Army was reorganized in 1866, and re
mained in the infantry until 1S80, when he
was appointed to the Adjutant-General's
department.
He became Adjutant-General In 1898,
Just before the Spanish-American War
and during that war he made a reputa
tion that resulted in his being made a
Major-General while still being Adjutant-
General. The office or Adjutant-ijenerai
under the conditions obtaining at that
time made General Corbin practically the
head of the Army, and as he was the in
timate and trusted friend of President
McKinley, no man had more power In the
management of the Army.
General Corbin served as commander oi
the Atlantic division and later of the di
vision of the Philippines, in iveDruary
last he succeeded General Bates as" Lieu-
tenant-General of the Army, but at his
own suggestion he wa not made chief of
staff. General Corbin asking tnat a youn
ger man with longer service before him
he assia-ned to that position, so . xnai
policy could be carried out without inter
ruption by frequent changes. General
Corbin was assigned to the command of
the Northern division, with headquarters
at St. Louis, the position he noms wnen
he retires. His future home will be the
District of Columbia.
Chester Will Go Unofficially.
BUDAPEST. Sept. 14. Consul-General
Chester declares that the advices received
bv him from the State Department at
Washington concerning the unveiling of
the Washington statue nere aeptemoer io.
merely Instruct him to attend tne cere
mony unofficially and make no references
whatever to Charles s. rancis, tne
American Ambassador to Austria-Hun
gary. Mr. Chester therefore will be pres
ent at the unveiling in the capacity or
an American citizen only. The Hunga
rian government regards the unveiling as
sort of family festivity, uniting the
Hungarians in the United States with the
motherland. The occasion Is being made
as purely Hungarian as possible.
It seems the Hungarian government aid
not Invite Ambassador Francis, which
seems to have occasioned the Instructions
to Consul-General Chester.
JPinishes Hearing on Rate LawC
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. The Inter
state Commerce Commission today con
cluded Its hearings regarding the peti
tions of the various railroads for a
waiver of the 30-day notice provision of
the railway rate law regarding intended
changes in rates. The commission an
nounced It would take the whole subject
under advisement and announce Its de
cision as soon as possible.
No More Naval Shooting Galleries.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. Secretary
Bonaparte has Issued an order discon
tinuing gallery practice for small arms
on board all ships in commission as soon
as they are supplied with the sub-target
gun. This sub-target gun is a substitute
for practice in gallery shooting and has
proved very satisfactory in the navy.
Northwest Postal Changes.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Sept. 14. Sadie M. Woodman has
been appointed Postmistress at Wlnslow,
Wash., vice William T. Finch, resigned.
John T. Pierce has been appointed regu
lar, Frank R. Dickinson substitute, rural
carrier, route 1, at Puyallup, Wash.
Sultan to Receive Lelshman.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. 14. John
G. A. Lelshman. the American Ambas
sador, has been notified officially that
he will have an audience of the Sultan
on September 21.
BLOW AT LUMBER SHIPPERS
Law Compelling the Allowance of
Weight for Standards Invalid.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. 14. (Special.)
The Supreme Court has declared uncon
stitutional the law passed by the last
Legislature requiring railroad companies
and other ' common carriers to Include
in the weight of- cars used in the ship
ment of lumber the weight of standards.
supports, etc., and arbitrarily fixing that
weight at 1000 pounds. The case came up
on appeal from Spokane County ancl was
entitled "the State ex rel. Washington
Mill Company, appellant, vs. the Great
Northern Railway Company, respond
ent."
The lower court found the law to be
unconstitutional because it requires the
respondent to carry freight on each car
free of charge and is therefore a taking
of property without due process of law.
Says the court:
We think this contention, must be sustained.
If the Legislature may say that the common
carriers must deduct 1000 pounds from the
net weight carried, then there is no limit to
which it may not go. . . . Any arbitrary
regulation of weight cannot be said to be rea
sonable regulation. When It is once conceded
that the Legislature" may require 4O.000 pounds
to be carried as 39,000 or lees, then the right
to confiscation is at once maintained.
The act referred to Is in contravention of
section 1 of article 14 of the Constitution of
the United States, and Is therefore void.
Earl Grey Visits Victoria.
VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. 14. His Excel
lency, Earl Grey, Governor-General of
Canada; Lady Grey and suite arrived
here this afternoon on the government
steamer Guadra, being received by a
guard of honor furnished by the local
militia:
A MODERN
"WHERE ARE YOtT GOING, MY PRETTY MAID 7"
"DON'T ASK ME; ASK THE CALF," SHE SAID.
WAXTS TO KEEP HIS DANES
King Frederick's Answer to France's
Compliment to Them.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 14. David R.
Francis and L. M. Dozier, two of the
members of the deputation sent abroad
to bestow on various monarchs of Eu
rope the gold medal and the, diploma of
the exposition, were received in audi
ence by King Frederick this morning.
The King heartily thanked Mr. Francis
and Mr. Dozier for the medal and the
diploma and expressed his admiration of
the progress made by the Unltea States.
He accompanied his remarks with several
complimentary references to President
Roosevelt.
Mr. Francis commented on the good
qualities of the Danes in America and
asked His Majesty to send over all he
could spare. The King replied that he
Was glad the Danes were honoring their
motherland by making good citizens in
America, but he hoped the emigration
would not increase, as Denmark needed
to retain her own sons. King Frederick
expressed the desire that Mr. Francis
and Mr. Dozier dine with him at the pal
ace, but the Americans were compelled
to leave this afternoon for Brussels.
AXOTHF.K ALLIANCE LIKELY
France and Japan May Agree on
Asiatic Policy.
PARIS. Sept. 14. It is declared here
that there is a proposition" on foot to
supplement the Anglo-French entente
and the Franco-Russian and the Anglo-
Japanese alliances by a Franco-Japanese
agreement, the conclusion of which la
calculated to allay French fears relative
to Indo-Chlna. A Franco-Japanese agree
ment Is furthermore absolutely necessary
for the commercial development of the
islands.
TURKEY PROTESTS TO EUROPE
Calls Attention to Bulgaria's Pre
paration for War.
PARIS. Sept. 14. In a formal note to
France and other powers. Turkey draws
attention to the warlike preparations
which are going on in Bulgaria. She
points out that suddenly and without
reason Bulgaria has called the reserves
to the colors and that rifle 'drill Is being
conducted with activity In the-small forte?.
This formal notification from the Porte
is regarded as ominous.
LINARES FIGHTS SORRIANO
Duel Fought in Spain Over War
With America.
MADRID, Sept. 14. Newspapers de
clare that the duel between General
Linares, who commanded the Spanish
troops at Santiago In the Spanish-Amerl
can War, and Senor Sorrlario, editor of
the Espano Nueva, occurred this morn
ing near Saragossa. Details of the duel
were not given.
Americans at Hague Conference,
WASHINGTON. Sept. 14. Although the
date has not yet been definitely fixed,
the second Hague conference probably
will be held next May or June, accord
ing to Dr. David J. Hill, American Min
ister to the Netherlands, who is now in
Washington on a special mission. As
result of Secretary Root's South Ameri
can tour. It Is possible that nearly all
the governments of these countries will
participate in the second conference,
which was not at all certain had the
conference been held as originally
planned. The representation will thus be
increased from 30 nations to about 45.
Find Kaiser Most Hospitable.
BERLIN, Sept. 14. The American Army
officers, Including General Barry and Gen
eral Duvall, who have been attending the
German maneuvers, returned here today.
They will reserve their critical and de
tailed report of the operations for their
official reports. General Barry said he
was charmed with the Emperor's courtesy
and cordiality, and that the most com
plete facilities had been given the observ
ers for professional study.
Dominican Government Loses.
CAPE HAYTIEN, Sept. 14. There
has been an engagement between sol
diers of the Dominican Government
and the rebels. The rebels succeeded
in driving back the government forces,
who withdrew on Haytien territory.
The government losses were heavy.
Central American Peace Meeting.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica,. Sept. 14. Dele
gates from Guatemala, Salvador and Hon
duras to the peace conference to be held
here as a result of the signing of a treaty
of peace on hoard the United States Cruis
er Marblehead last July, have arrived.
Prince Henry to Command Fleet.
BERLIN, Sept. 14. Prince Henry,- of
Prussia, has been appointed Commander-in-Chief
of all the squadrons in active
service. He succeeds Admiral Von Koes
ter, who retains the post of Chief In
spector of the Navy.
Make It Easier for Automanlacs.
BERLIN, Sept, 14. As a result of rep
resentations of the Imperial Automobile
Club, restrictions on foreign automoblllsts
touring the country will be lightened..
Five Children Are Drowned.
WHITEHEAD, N. S., Sept. 14. Five
children, aged from 5 to 14, were
drowned In a lake at Port Felix, a
village near here. The children had
spent the day picking blueberries on
an island, and on their return their
small boat sprang a leak and sank.
VERSION
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
SOME FEATURES
OF THE SUNDAY
OREGONIAN x
First and foremost, all the world's
nrws by Associated Press, special
correspondents and members of The
Oregrooian staff, making the fullest
and most complete record of any
Pacific Coast newspaper.
SHAMELESS CRIMES OF
PRIVATE DETECTIVES
A startling exposure by Thomas
Beet the American representative
of the chief Inspector at Scotland
Yard. Without mincing words
he tells how the public is black
mailed and the courts hoodwinked
by legalized criminals. He charges
these vicious agencies with re
sponsibility for the Stanford White
murder.
PHYSICAL TRAINING IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
What has been done in Portland the
past 12 years toward better health,
stronger muscles and rational
recreation by a system of simple
athletics regularly pursued by all
grammar-grade pupils under the
eye and after the plan of the
physical director.
RESIST SHERIFFS AND
MILITIA WITH RIFLES
In the heart of the Northern Wis
consin forest district there dwells
a man who for two years, aided
by his sons and daughters, who
know how to shoot, has resisted
every effort of the constabulary
and the National Guard to serve
him with a summons. He owns a
dam, and refused to allow a lum
ber company to float logs through
It without pay. The company
brought suit, but no power can get
the rancher into court. This is a
romantic story of lawlessness for
protection of Individual rights.
ROMANTIC BEGINNING OF
AMERICA'S UNIVERSITIES
Not a stone was laid In anv of
our colleges 270 years ago. Today
the United States has 450 colleges
and universities, with 180,000 stu
dents, who will begin work next
Monday and one week later. The
money value of these Institutions
reaches the enormous sum of $600.
00.000. Dexter Marshall tells how
the struggles to establish the first
six colleges were such as tried
men's souls. Fine Illustrations ac
company his article. '
LUTHER BURBANK.
THE MAN
Warm personal side of the Cali
fornia wizard who develops flow
ers, fruits and vegetables, with
portraits of the distinguished agri
culturist in his Santa Rosa hpme.
THROUGH OLD VIRGINIA
IN AN AUTOMOBILE
Robertus Love writes from Nor
folk of a tour over historic soli In
search of a route for an expedition
to Jamestown, and sends some fine
pictures to illustrate It.
DEATH THE ONLY CURE
FOR THE SPEED MANIA
Ten years ago Barney Oldfleld.
Eddie Bald, Cooper, Klser, Jay
and their Ilk found In the bicye'e
a means for satisfying the craze
for "splitting the wind" at rail
road rate. Now the automobile,
far more dangerous. Is the only
agency left them. And those dare
devils who still live cannot divorce
themselves from the "sport" which
sooner or later must kill them.
SHOULD MARRIED
MEN FLIRT ? '
So well known a writer as John
Strange Winter (Mrs. Stannard)
answers yes but with restrictions.
And she seriously takes up the
question, arguing that It would be
a queer, dull world If all wives and
all husbands were to live exclu
sively for each other.
MR. DEVERY AND
REFORMED SPELLING
This New York sport tells how
Parisians are delighted with
President Roosevelt's Indorsement
of It.
BOOK REVIEWS AND NEWS
OF THE LITERARY FIELD
With the approach of Autumn
days, news books are pouring in.
Gossip concerning men and women
workers in the field of letters ap
pears on the "literary page, and
among the books reviewed this
week are: "The Balance of
Power." by Arthur Goodrich;
"Cities of Northern Italy." by
Grant Allen and George C. Wil
liamson; "A Son of the People."
by the Baroness Orczy; "A Puri
tan Knight Errant," by Edith
Robinson; "Miss Frances Balrd,
Detective."
KaufTman;
by Frank
Blue," by
eel: "The
by Reginald Wright
"The Sphinx's Lawyer,"
Danby; "Born to the
Florence Kimball Ru
Dole Twins." bv Kate
Upson Clark;
Hour Book,"
"Gabriel and the
by Evaleen Stein;
Mildreds Inheritance," bysAnnle
Fellows Johnston; "Our Little
Panama Cousin." by H. Lee M.
Pike; "Our Little Spanish Cousin."
by Mary F. Nlxon-Roulet; "Scissor
Pictures," by Ethel Elaine Barr;
"Edlotic Etiquette," by Gideon
Wurdz, and "The Treasure Trail,"
by Frank L. Pollock.
GOSSIP AND NEWS IN THE
WORLD OF SPORTS
All of the latest sporting news is
given accurately In The Sunday
Oregonlan. The football season is
soon to commence and the pros
pects of the teams of the various
colleges and clubs are discussed.
The horse races at the State Fair
are covered by staff correspond
ence and baseball and other games
are not overlooked. With the serv
ice of the Associated Press, special
dispatches and letters and a thor
ough resume of the local field. The
Oregontan's sporting pages are
more thorough than those of any
other paper in the Northwest.
SOCIETY, MUSIC AND
THE DRAMA
A complete resume of these fields
is presented in The Sunday Ore
gonlan. The social season is open
ing with many important functions,
all of which are covered and the
pages well illustrated. Profuse il
lustrations are also shown on the
dramatic page, and this depart
ment is of unusual Interest Owing
to the fact that all of Portland's
playhouses have now opened for
the Winter season.
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING ACTIVITY
Large transactions are now occur
ring almost dally and the realty
business of the Fall promises to
surpass that of the corresponding
season last year. The weekly re
view tells the trend of the market
and the progress upon new build
ings. It is Illustrated with pictures
of new dwellings and business
blocks.
Jesuits Elect Officers.
ROME, Sept. 14. The Congregation of
the Company of Jesus met today to elect
a monitor and five generals.
The election resulted as follows: As
sistant general for Italy, Father Fredi;
for France, Father Fine; for Germany,
Father Ledochowski. nephew of the late
Cardinal Ledochowski; for Spain, Father
Abald, and for the Anglo-Saxons, Father
James Hayes, of Liverpool.
It is asserted that Father Fredi will be
created a Cardinal at the next Consistory.