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Newspaper Page Text'tT' 3I0RXING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1908. 8 SIBSCKIPTIOX RATES. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. (By Mall. J c... included, one year..... $8.00 4.25 2.25 .75 6 00 S.25 1.73 .SO 2.50 l.BO 8. 50 Jmllv.' Sunday Included. six months... Dally. Sunday Included, three months. I'ailv Dai I hunaay inciuuw, without Runday. one year without Sunday, alx months.... without S-unday. three months, without Sunday, one month.... Dally I'allr, IJally Dlly Weekly', one year (Issued Thursday).. Sunday and weekly, one year BY CARRIER. Dallv. Sunday Included, one year .. 00 Dally. Sunday Included, one month . . . . ' HOW TO REMIT Send P"'""1" oneJ order, express order or personal check your local bank. Stamps coin or currency ire at the sender's risk. Give postoffice ad dress In full. Including- county and slate. POSTAGE BATES. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postofflce a Second-Class Matter. 30 to 14 Pages. .. 1 to 2s Pages HO to 44 Pages 4A I n AO Pares 1 oent 2 cents 3 cents 4 cents Foreign portage, double rates. IMPORTANT The petal laws are strict. Newspapers on which postage Is not fully prepaid are not forwarded to destination. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The 8, C. Heck with Hperlol Agency New Tork. rooms 48-S0 Tribune bunding:. Chi cago, rooms Bin-512 Tribune building. KEPT ON BALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex; Postofflce News Co.-. 17H Dearborn street. St. Paul. Minn. N. St. Marie. Commercial 'r'nmrado Springs. Colo. Bell. H. H. llenver Hamilton anQ ftenani-n. rVienteenth street: Pratt Hook Store, iji 14 Fifteenth street: H. P. Hansen, b. Kice. George Carson. , tinnsas City. Mo. Rlcksccker Cigar Co.. Ninth and Walnut; Yoma News Co. Minneapolis M. J. 'Cavanaugh. 00 South Third. ' Cleveland. O. James Pushaw. 807 Su perior tret't. Washington. I. C. Ebbltt House. Penn svl!iiu avenue. , . . Philadelphia. Fa Ryan's Theater Ticket Office; Ponn N's Co. New York City. U Jones Co.. A3 tor House; Ilrondwav Theater News Stand; Ar thur Hotallng Wagons: Empire News StaJid. Ogrten D. 1.. Boyle; Lowe Bros.. 114 Tv ciitv-llflh street. Omaha Harkalow Bros.. Union StaUon: Maceath Stationery Co. lies Moines, la. 'Mom Jacobs. fsrramrnlo, Cal. Sacramento News Co.. 4:'.1 lv street; Amos News Co. Salt Lake Moon Book ft Stationery Co.; Itnsenfeld Hansen: G. W. Jewett. P. O. corner. l.rm Angeles B. E. Amos, manager ten street wagons. Pasadena. Cal Amos News Co. sun lliego H. K. Amos. San Joe. Cal. St. Jamea Hotel News Ptmid. Dulles. Tex. Southwestern News Agent. 844 Main street; also two street wagons. marllla, Tex. Timmons & Pope. San Kranclco Forster & Orear; Ferry News Stand; Hotel St. Francis News Stand; 1. Parent; N. Wheatley; Falrmount Hotel News Stand; Amos News Co.; United News Aaenry. 14 Kdily stree.; B. E. Amos, man' auer three wagons. Oukland. Cul. W. H. Johnson. Fourteenth and Franklin street N. Wheatley: Oakland News Stand; B. IS. Amos, manager Ave wagons. Golcirleld, t. Louie Follln: C. E. Hunter. Kiireka, Cul. Call-Chronicle Agency; Eu reka News Co. PORTLAND, I SATURDAY. JAN. 18. 1908. SOMETHING ABOUT . INUNDATIONS. "That The Oregonian has said there is no Republican party in Oregon," says the Gervais Star, "does not make it so. The Oregonian has not been a consistent Republican paper simply because it has steadfastly refused to support the very foundation of Re publicanism, namely, protection." The question whether the Republi can party of Oregon has committed hara-kiri and the question whether The Oregonian has been a consistent Republican Journal, are questions apart from the inquiry whether the doctrine of protection is the founda tion of the Republican party. To Home extent the first two questions are matters 6f opinion; the last one Is mainly a question of fact. Where are we to look for "the very foundation of the Republican party"? One would say, in its early platforms, lis first National platform was adopt ed at Philadelphia in June,' 1856. Not a word in it related to protection or to tariff. A low tariff existed then. That the country was satisfied with it is proven by the fact that neither party had a word in its platform of that year on the subject. Likewise, in 1S60 the platform of neither of the parties contained the word "pro toction." The Republican platform did. however, declare that "while pro viding revenue for support of the Government by duties on imports sound policy requires such an adjust ment of these imports as to encour age the development of the industrial interest of the whole country." But I his is a very different thing from the imposition of duties merely for "pro tection"; that is, high rates, for ex elusion of foreign goods, so that mo nopollsts may hold up prices at home. There is no one who does not concede that'. In making a tariff list, the im ports should be so adjusted as to fa or, not to injure, home production l-'ut the idea that the tariffs should be so juggled with, in the name of "protection," as to create such mon Biers as the steel and sugar and cop per monopolies not to mention a dozen or forty more certainly was not "the foundation of the Republican party." It was through the Civil War that the so-called principle of protection became rooted as it is in our fiscal and Industrial system. More revenue became .necessary; the tariff was ad vaneed all along the line; prices of all kinds, with the inflation of the cur rency, went skyward, and the people were too busy with tho war and after wards with reconstruction, to notice how "the interests" were at work with the fiscal laws. During these years they succeeded in intrenching themselves so strongly that ever since it has been impossible to dislodge them. Yet they will "be dislodged, some time. A beginning was made for it by the election of Cleveland, in 1S92: but the money and industrial panic produced by the silver craze, which led to the expulsion of 1700, 000,000 of gold from the country and the substitution of silver paper for it, followed by the fatuous error and folly of the Democratic Congress In allowing its "tariff reform" measure to be dictated by the protected mo nopolists of both parties (denounced by President Cleveland as "perfidy and dishonor") all this restored the protected graft to a stronger position than ever. But it will be only for a little further time. Abuses of pro tection will yet be cut out: but it may be doubted whether it ever win b dona till the policy of robbery has led the Republican party to another smashing defeat. Even then the rob ber system will still be strong and mighty, and will renew its efforts through the Democratic party. Prob ably the only chance to kill the sys tem, or even to cut o(t lis worst abuses, will be to send men to Con press who will deal with this subject vn a high and disinterested principle, without regard to party connections or party names. At present protection is as strongly Intrenched In power as another great plutocratic interest slavery was fifty years ago. Slavery then dictated all politics, as protection latterly has done. Even the effort for silver was a phase of protective policy. . Govern ment by the people is no more secure from control by the power of wealth than . government by oligarchy or arjstocracy is, but has better hope and chance of getting clear of It. But It may prove as great an error for the Republican party to hold to protection for its foundation as It proved to the. Democratic party to make slavery its .corner-stone. Pro tection makes privilege, and results In oppression. ' BETTER SHIPPING FACILITIES. Increasing demands of commerce in every large port In the world require continued effort on the part of the people who have . Interests therein. The more. rapid the growth and the larger the port, the greater the needs and expense in connection therewith. In some ports the requirements may be better facilities for transferring freight from rail to ship; in others, deeper and wider channels. In some places good natural seaports cannot be used to the best advantage until vast sums are expended in improving the waterways leading to them. A notable example of the continued ef fort that is necessary to maintain a port's prestige is shown in New Tork, the greatest port on the American continent, destined to become the greatest on earth. The immensity of the traffic that enters New York is reflected in the port statistics for 1907, which show that in 1907 there entered 1176 trans- Atlantic passenger steamers, carrying 1,2S7,617 passengers. The comple tion of the new Ambrose channel, on which the Government as well, as the port of New York has spent millions, was celebrated late in the year by ar rival of the giant Cunarders Lusitanla and Mauretania. But while the Gov ernment was taking care of one feat ure of harbor improvement, commerce was growing so fast that it brought with It demands in other directions. A special committee of the New York Chamber of Commerce has just re ported it necessary that the entrance to East River from Long Island Sound be deepened and widened; that long piers suitable for modern require ments be constructed on North River, north of Twenty-third street; that more open piers for transient freight be provided, and that South Brooklyn terminal facilities be improved. All this is planned for the Immedi ate future: That it meets the ap proval of the business community Is clearly .indicated by comment in the New York . Journal of Commerce: 'There can be no question as to the soundness of the committee's judg ment that the municipal policy in re gard to the management of the water front of Manhattan Island should be guided by a desire for the safeguard ing and extension of the foreign and domestic trade of this city." But New York Is protecting the interests of its port, not alone from the seaward side, but from the interior as well, and Is expending $100,000,000 in en larging the Erie Canal for the pur pose of holding the trade, which be gan slipping ' away when rival ports entered the export trade on an in creasing scale. The commercial su premacy of New York will never be wrested away because the investment to be protected has reached such a fabulous sum that it would be sheer folly to place it In jeopardy by a pol icy of inaction. There Is much similarity In the situr atlon of the Port of Portland and that of New York, and the relative im portance of the two ports considered, this city is in much the safer position. Our people have spent millions in deepening the channel to the sea. They have met every emergency as It has arisen, and thus far have kept good pace with the increasing de mands of commerce. Nature made a highway to our Interior trade fields, and, like water running to the spout of a funnel, the traffic of the vast Co lumbia Basin gravitates to Portland. With two great transcontinenal lines following this course of least resistance to tidewater at Portland, . this port has no ccincern about where the traffic is coming from. There is property with an assessed valuation of more than 200.000,000 that may be affected by failure to maintain a proper depth of water and efficient pilotage and . towage service between this city and the sea. The stream of traffic, which will be doubled by the completion of the North Bank road, must be passed on to the world's markets without the slightest obstruction jn ' the way of port charges, poor channels or bad .pilotage and towage service. The situation is clearly defined, and our duty, is plain. There has been no flinching in the past and there will be none now. Portland will protect its interests as other ports protect theirs. A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. In the heart of Emil Mittag, of Ev erett, Wash., has been wrought a work of grace marvelous and mighty. Hav ing drawn a pension from the United States Government for almost two years, he now of his own accord writes to a pension agent to renounce it. Who will dare after thi3 to repeat the wicked formula that miracles no lorrger happen? If the renunciation of - a pension is : not ; a miracle, we should be glad to know what it is. ' These are times when moral re forms spread in waves. There is some danger, therefore, that Mr. Mit tag's example may be widely imitated with disastrous fesults to the public. One of the worst menaces to the Treasury is an unwieldy, surplus. If all those who are drawing pensions without need or desert should follow Mr. Mittag's example and renounce them, think of the surfeit of money 'that would accumulate at Washing ton! Let Wall street do Its worst, it could not begin to gamble It away. We should certainly have another panic, for .panics come from toe much money just as easily as from too little. It follows tha,t his example, praise worthy as it Is, cannot be imitated without danger. Calamities flow from excessive goodness as well as from excessive evil. Should the renuncia tion mania spread, as we fear It may, not only would the Treasury be flood ed with unclaimed pension money, but even Congressmen might catch It. We should then behold the uncanny spectacle of Senators Piatt and Depew giving up their salaries because they are not earned.. Indeed, what Sena torial salary ia earned in these thrift less years? There the whole venera- ble body. sits like a bump on a bass wood log doing nothing while the peo ple toil and moil to raise the money to pay its salaries. We do not really expect them to oaten the fever of re nunciation, but after all they' might. Then there would be more trouble in the Treasury. If the fever spread far enough, a time might come when the Government would have to lower the tariff to get rid of its overwhelming surplus. Such are .the evils which sometimes flow from the bst? of in tentions. Better, far would it have been had Mr. Mlttag hidden his light under a bushel and kept from his left hand what his right has done. THE TERRIBLE NORTH COAST. ; The finding of wreckage from the overdue ship Hartfield Is not conclu sive evidence that the vessel is lost, but It clearly indicates thaS the ship is far from being a good insurance risk. If the vessel is lost it will be the fifth large craft wrecked while en deavoring to enter Puget Sound within the past four years. More than 205 lives were lost In the wrecks of the Valencia, Lamorna, King David and Pass of Melfort. During the same period there have been two "vessels, the Galena and the "Peter Rickmers, wrecked while bound- for the Colum bia River, but there was no loss of life In either case. The death roll from the scores of wrecks which have been thrown un on the west coast of Vancouver Island has always been appalling when com pared with the loss of life through shipwreck at any other part of the Pacific Coast. It Is for this reason that the entrance to the Straits of Fuca is dreaded by all shipmasters who have experienced thick weather in that vicinity. The much greater degree of safety assured vessels ap proaching the Columbia River Is easily understood by a glance at the map of the Pacific Coast. Vancouver Island, with Its bleak and forbidding coast, stretches far out beyond the entrance to the straits, and the northerly current sweeping up against It catches any unlucky craft which gets too close and falls to se cure a tug. Approaching the Colum bia in thick .weather, the danger of going ashore is much less, and a ves sel caught by the northerly current which sweeps along the coast can beat off shore much easier than she can get away from the Vancouver Island coast. If the Hartfield has laid her bones where so many already vest, it will again emphasize the necessity for sta tioning a lifesaving tug near the en trance" of the straits If the Puget Sound tug service is any better than that on the Columbia bar, its superi ority has not been demonstrated this year. A JOT TO THE SOCIALISTS. Dr. Day, the amusing chancellor of Syracuse University, has written a book whose purpose is to justify the ways of Standard Oil with men and show up Mr. Roosevelt in hideous blackness. The book is entitled "The Raid, on Prosperity." It might better have been called "The Raid on Thiev ery," for It tells some truth and great deal of falsehood about the President's efforts to stop the preda tory career of "the border ruffians of finance; but to Dr. Day, prosperity and thievery mean much the same thing. To him the privilege of Standard Oil and the other syndicates to plunder is a sacred Institution of the country which it is wickeder to interfere with than it is to violate the moral law. The plain fact is, the moral law does not exist for Dr. Day when he gets pen in his hand. He loses all sense of moral values and becomes oblivious of the difference between right and wrong. There has been - much discussion lateJy of the reasons why great inves tigators of scientific truth do not arise in our universities. How can we ex pect it when at the heads of some universities are men like Dr. Day who write books for the purpose of obscur ing the truth? The influence of such a man upon the youth who come un der his charge must be something de plorable. Part of the unconscious humor of his book lies in its perverted use of language. Words do not mean to' Dr. Day the same thing as to ordinary speakers. Thus,' to him "business' means rebates, rapine and plunder. "Justice" is the uninterrupted privi lege of the syndicates to rob and steal. "An honest judge" is one who decides every case In favor of Mr. Rockefeller and a "partisan court" is one which imposes a fine upon the good doctor's beloved fetich. One, of the funniest things in .the book is the way the au thor quotes the good old maxims of morality on the side of the thieves and robbers of the poor. There is an example of this on page 221. "There can be no exact Justice," writes Dr. Day, "until all men, without regard to estate, condition or race, stand alike on terms of exact equality before the courts." The reader would never guess his object in enunciating this beauti ful sentiment. It is to justify rich employers in throwing all the risk of accidents from machinery upon help less workingmen. Verily the devil can quote Scripture. Of course the book is written to at tack Mr. Roosevelt. This purpose shines' upon every page with starry splendor. Dr. Day's principal objec tion to the President is that his poll cies are helpful to socialism. To the student who really knows something about socialists and their cause noth ing could be more absurd. If Mr, Roosevelt is helping the socialists, why do they hate him so. Readers of the Appeal to Reason, the strong est socialist paper In the country, know that its animus against the President is as venomous as Dr. Dav's and its language almost as calumnious. It is a curious and suggestive fact that the socialists and the syndicates are agreed in vilifying Mr. Roosevelt. Why? The reason Is clear enough Both socialists and syndicates are en gaged in an assault upon private property. The socialists wish to turn it over to the public. The syndicates wish to grab it all themselves. Mr. Roosevelt stands like a rock tn the way of born. Concerning Mr. Rockefeller and the trusts, the socialists use much the same language as Dr. Day because they know very well that the work of Standard Oil and the Steel Trust is hastening the triumph of their cause. No Informed socialist thinks of abus- ing -the trusts. " He loves them quite as. araentiy as ur. uay mmseir noes. No socialist wishes the syndicates and corporations to be rigorously con trolled, because he. knows that the more arrogant they are in the exercise of their power the sooner the day of their total destruction will come. By attacking the abuses of 'capitalism, or the private control of industry, Mr. Roosevelt does the only thing that can possibly save it from abolishment. By belauding those abuses and trying to perpetuate them, men like Dr. Day are hurrying on the industrial revolu tion for which "the socialists pray. Of course he speaks ,wild words against anarchy, socialism," and all that sort of- thing, but the genuine effect of his book must be to help what" it purports to condemn. Every socialist n the country will read Dr. Day's book with unmingled joy. Spelling reform meets no favor with John Kendrick Bangs. He says - he will stick to the old style because of what It cost him in larrupings, lick ings and whacks, and the consequent tears, while he was learning to spell. While Bangs is the first prominent au thor who has offered this reason for clinging to the old orthography, quite probably many are moved uncon sciously by similar considerations. Very frequently we measure the value of a thing by what it has cost, and not by the real service it renders. Possi bly many Republicans take the same view of tariff reform that Bangs does of spelling reform. In the process of learning all about tariffs the people, have been larruped and whacked by overprotected trusts, and if they would stop to count up the amount they have paid into the coffers of million aire manufacturers they would find that their knowledge of tariffs has cost them something. . If they deter mine to oppose tariff reform they can at least give as good a reason as Bangs does for opposing spelling re form. Paris Temps is complaining because Japan borrowed $11,000,000 from France atid then placed orders for guns and other war material to the extent of nearly $40,000,000 with Ger many and Great Britain. This, of course. Is unfortunate for France, but as a plain business transaptlon Japan probably bought Its guns and other goods from the countries named for exactly the same reason that "it se cured the loan from France because there were the best terms. The United States Is the only nation on the. face of the earth which pays more for commodities than they are worth in order to show friendship for the sellers, who In our case are the trusts. The discount rate of the Bank of England fell away again Thursday and is now down to the not unreasonable rate, of 5 per cent, with some transac tions In the open market as low as 4V4 per cent. This steady decline .in the bank rate Is the. most satisfactory assurance we have of the resumption, of normal conditions throughout the world. The little "old lady of- Thread needle street'". is in closer touch with the world's financial pulse than any other Institution on earth, and, now that she has .hauled down" the storm signals and is resuming her customary placidity, business will proceed under fair-weather conditions. Farmers on Agency Plains, in Crook County, raised a million bushels of wheat last season and have marketed part of it, paying 24 cents a bushel to haul It to Shaniko, forty-five miles, and 11 cents to have it taken by train to Portland. Yet, so It Is reported, they made a profit on the crop. . Wfth suitable transportation facilities they would produpe four times that quan tity. Mr. Hill has observed the op portunity and is going after the busi ness. . Mr. Harrlman Is probably watching for another Alton oppor tunity. . In view of the fact that Oregon im ports millions of eggs every year, It should not have been an out of the way idea for the Horticultural Soci ety, at Its recent session, to have de voted an hour or so to the discussion of poultry-raising as an adjunct of fr-uitraising. Orchards make splendid running, places for poultry. Scarcely any other two branches of farming will go so well together as frultgrow mg and poultry-raising. ' The Corvallis & Eastern, a Harrl man road, has refused to pay Its taxes for 1907, presumably because of some technicality or "because the tax was believed to be excessive. Litigation will result. Very likely Linn County will have an opportunity to make good use of the information the Rail road Commission has gathered recent ly concerning the actual cost of the road. Meat-packing plants, more milk condensers and more fruit canneries will afford a market for the products of a larger area of tilled land and a more intensive system of farming. Newcomers from the East need not fear that Oregon markers are already well supplied. The market will grow faster than the supply of raw prod ucts. . , Mr. "William D. Haywood, one of Harry Orchard's associates In the dark days of the Colorado mining troubles. is considering the advisability of run ning for President on the Socialist ticket. He is .now. conferring with Eugene V. Debs and the advice he re celves from that quarter will hardly enhance his prospects. Isn't It a just a little strange that Governor Chamberlain has not tried to patch up .the differences between Oregon's two Republican Senators at Washington? He must be deeply grieved to see so great a controversy going on" in the Oregon delegation. Burglars operating in Portland should be a little careful. Accidents 'will happen, and first thing they know one of the housebreakers will meet a stray bullet from some policeman's revolver. " A professional swimming teacher In Chicago boasts that he has beaten all stunts by remaining under water three minutes. Jonah overlooked a point when 'he neglected to furnish the sporting editors with an authentic rec ord. Lost, strayed or stolen A package labeled "Senatorial Courtesy" X liberal reward for return. J. B. Foraker, "Washington. D. . It is a matter for public felicitation that enough power Is. exerted by. the Federal courts to pry open Mr. Har rlman's Jaws. Let us thank our lucky stars Count Bonl lives in France. We have Thaw and that la enough. QUIT SEARCH . FOR HARTFIELiT) Wreckage Gives No Indication That Ship lias Gone to Pieces. SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 17. (Special.) Revenue cutters sent out to search for the ship Hartfield, have abandoned kage ashore. ' It as usele&s. The wrec near Estevan Point carries no spars or rigging and no bodies, and may be only the result of rough seas sweep ing the Hartfleld's decks. The ship, -at least, has been blown far off her course, as the material found indicates that though over three? weeks overdue, the vessel has fteen Tn The vanity of "th we'st "coast of j Vancouver Island. The cutters have put into Victoria and will separate, the Perry proceed In to Port Angeles, on the American side of the straits opposite Victoria, t .r..r,v' l,r.r; Seattle, VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 17. Further in vestigation of the reports from Estevan point to wreckage washed ashore, and while there is occasion for anxiety for the ship Hartfield, due from Valparaiso, there is nothing certain that the disaster has occurred. B. Howard, who assisted in Installing the wireless telegraph station at Estevan, says the wreckage came ashore two weeks ago, and, although the shore was patrolled for miles, nothing further was found. PARRISH FOR STATE SENATOR Harney County Anxious to Give Him the Nomination. BURNS. Or., Jan. 17. (Special.) Hon. Charles W. Parrlsh Is a candidate for the Republican nomination for State Senator from this district, comprising Grant, Harney and Malheur counties. Mr. Par rlsh is recognize Z cr "e of the ablest lawyers of Eastern Oregon, .laving prac tised at Burns and throughout the in terior for several years. Grant County has the district Judge; Malheur has the District Attorney and Representative, so the general feeling' is that Harney .will be allowed to name the Senator this year, and while Mr. Parrlsh has large landed Interests and his legal home in Grant County, he has been so long identified with the life and business of Harney County that this is regarded as his real home. M Mr. ' Parrlsh soent his early life at Salem, lived later at Portland, where he was elected County Clerk in 186b. arter ward moving- to Canyon City. He is a son' of the respected old Methodist mis sionary. Rev. J. L. Parrish and a brother of Sam B. Parrlsh, who was Portland s Chief of Police for riany years. RECEIVER FOK BLAINE BANK Affairs In Hopeless Tangle; "With No Assets In Slglit. BELUNGHAM, Wash.. Jan. 17. George Montfort was today appointed temporary receiver for the Kxchange State Bank of Blaine, which closed its doors January 15. The affairs of this bank are alleged to be In a hopeless tangle, and the Insti tution Is practically without assets.- It will be several days before the liabilities are known. O. C. Mathies, cashier, has disappeared and a warrant was issued this .afternoon for his" arrest. He Is charged with forg ing school bonds and hypothecating them with his own bank. It is also al leged that he looted the bank of every security held by It and hypothecated them with outside banks. No notes dis counted by' the bank can be found in the vaults, neither can the proceeds .received for themA fathies disappeared the day before the bank suspended and is be lieved to be in Canada. He was cashier of a bank In Blaine which failed two years ago. J. C. Sonter, president of the defunct bank. Is Mathies' father-in-law. VADZO ASHORE OFF CAPE LAZO Steamer Salvor Goes to Assistance of Stranded Vessel. VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 17. The steamer Vadzo, of the Boscowitz Steamship Com pany, which left Vancouver last night with cargo and settlers for Graham Island, in the northernmost of the Queen Charlotte group, is ashore on the rocks at Cape Lazo, near Comox. Captain Johnston sent a boat's crew from the Co mox and telegraphed asking that the sal vage steamer Salvor be sent. The Salvor leaves Esquimau tonight to assist the Vadzo, which has water in the after-hold, but Is not in imminent danger. It is ex pected she will be floated with the aid of the Salvor. The Vadzo is a steel screw steamer of 914 tons, built at Gotheburg for the Christiania-Vadzo run, and was bought 'at Liverpool six months ago by the Victoria Company and registered here. Clackamas Dar Indorses Schuebel. OREGON CITY, Or., Jan.. 17. (Special. The Clackamas County Bar Association today wired Senators Fulton and Bourne and Congressmen Hawley and Ellis an expression of their entire confidence In the integrity and ability of Christian Schuebel, of this city, to nil the .office of United States District Attorney for Oregon. it is expected that Senator Bourne will naturally show the message to President Roosevelt, who sent the nomi nation -of Mr. Schuebel to the Senate upon the recommendation of Mr. Bourne. The following attorneys, comprising three fourths of the membership of the Bar Association, signed the telegram: Oordon E. Hayes, president; C. D. Latour ette. secretary; D. C. Latourette, Grant B. XMmick. County Judge- John W. Loder, V. R. Hyde. J. 15. Campbell, Walter A. Dimlck, O. D Eby. M. D. Latourette, -W. S. U'Ren, Thomas P. Ryan, Franklin T. Griffith, J. F. Clark. ( Prefers to Serve Out Fine. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 17 (Special.) C. C. Case, brought here from Cottage Grove for violating the local option law, and who pleaded guilty to the four Charges, was this afternoon fined $400 and given 60 days in the county Jail by Justice Bryson. Case says that he will serv. his time out in jail at S2 per day rather than pay hfs fine. Constable Plank went to' Cottage Grove this afternoon to bring to Eu gene Harry Parker, accused of violat ing the local option law. Willamette's Girl Debaters. SALEM, Or., Jan. 17. (Special.) In a local tryout tonight the following were chosen as a girls' debating team to repre sent Willamette University in a debate with McMinnville College: Nora Emmel, Sol ma Norberg, Altha Dimmick. The judges were W. N. Gatens, John H'. Mc Nary and B. T. Marlott. Cases In Supreme Court. SALEM, Or., Jan. 17. (Special:) The following cases have been set for trial in tbe Supreme Court: January 25 Multnomah County vs. De Kum; Ireland vs. Ward; JanuaTy 29 Wag ner vs. Ooldschurdt; Watts vs. Spencer; January 30 Crawford vs. Crawford; Winter va. Union Fishermen's Packing Company. Oregon People" In Chicago. - CHICAGO. Jan,. 17. fSpeclal.) Ore gon people registered at Chicago hotels today as follows: From Portland John Dick, at the Grace: F. C, Norris, A. M. Crawford, E. L Bartholomew, at the Great Northern. i -i.t riviv i l i -t i im nv vn irn Sensational Charges Made In Suit -Against Idaho Millionaires. BOISE, .Idaho, Jan. 17, (Special.) A sensational suit has been filed in tho United States Circuit Court bv the Fed- eral Government against Harry L. Day, Edward H. Moffit. president of the Coeur d'Alene Hardware Company, at Wallace; Charles J. Morse, of Chicago, prosldrnt of the Youngstown Steel Company, and cancellation of patent for the- Leonard mining claim in the placer district. - charged There was an adverse suit Involving title to the ground. In that case It was decided that neither party had perfected title to the claim. " It is alleped that afterward the de fendants in this case filed a petition with i the land office' at Coeur d'Alene to pro- their application for patent to the Leonard claim, in- which false state ments and representations were made, both that they had established a claim and that there was no adverse claim, anil that the certificates were made for the purpose -of deceiving and misleading the officers of the. United 8tates. The com plaint states that the land office officials, relying ;pon these representations, granted a fina4 certificate of entry, and that the United' States Commissioner, afterward learning of the suit which had decided that no claim had been estab lished, required explanation, and that the defendants in this case caused the clerk of the District Court at Wallace to cer tify that the case mentioned had been dismissed and that no appeal had been taken, and that. said action is not now pending, which certificate was false, fraudulent and untrue, and was known to be so by the defendants, and was made for the purpose of deceiving and de frauding the Government, and that the deception resulted In the Issuance of a patent. The claim Is said to be a valuable one upon which the defendants have ex pended considerable money. In obtain ing their patent, they testified that they had expended $70,000 at that time In im provements and development work. "DEAD." BUT VERY MUCH ALIVE Preache, Whose Death Is An nounced, Would Know About It. SEATTLE!, Wash.. Jan. 17. (Special.) Rev. Joseph. Keenan, a retired minister of the Christian Church, had the novel ex perience of having his death announced before the congregation of the Green Lake Christian Church a few weeks ago. Rev. B. H. Llngenfelter. the pastor, in vited the congregation to pray for the "bereaved" family, and offered a most eloquent eulogy on the "departed" pillar of the church. One week ago, however, the "dead" minister. In spite of his 84 years, went to the Green Lake pastor's residence and with some asperity demanded an expla nation. He wanted to know why Llngen felter took advantage of his absence in the East to make to his congregation statements that had no foundation In fact. "I really thought he was dead," said Llngenfelter, - "and as he had been promi nently Identified with the church for many years on. the Sound and elsewhere, 1 thought it only proper that -we should remember him with expressions of con dolence and with prayer, About six of my congregation offered audible prayer for the 'unfortunate' family, and we had a most touching time. The women wept." Rev. Mr. Keenan has been one of the most prominent members of the Christian Church on the Sound. How the report of his death started is not known. BANK KEPT ON CASH BASIS Ccntralla National Made Splendid Record Daring Recent Crisis. CENTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) The stockholders of the United States National Bank of this city held their annual meeting bn Tuesday. The active officers of the bank were con gratulated on having conducted the af fairs of the bank on a strictly cash basis during the recent financial flur ry, notwithstanding the fact that the bank was called upon to protect In cash the pay rolls of the largest In land lumber manufacturing concerns In Southwestern Washington, aggre gating J75.000 to ?80.0d0 for the months of November and December. The fallowing gentlemen were named as directors for the ensuing year: Charles Gilchrist, C. S. Gilchplst, George K. Blrge and George Dysart of this city, and Hon. J. A. Veness, of Winlock. The directors later elected the following officers: President Charles Gilchrist; first vice-president. C. S. Gilchrist; second vice-president, George E. Blrge; cashier, J. ' W. Daubney; assistant cashier, Ross w. Daubney. GAME - BIRDS SET AT LIBERTY Clark- County Imports a Hundred Pairs Hungarian Partridges. VANCOUVER, Wasn., Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) Ono hundred pairs of Hun garian partridges arrived In Vancouv er this morning to be used in stocking the county. Through the efforts of Deputy Game Warden Frank Dupuis, the County Commissioners were in duced to appropriate $500 to be used in importing the birds. After consider able Investigation, the commissioners decided to experiment on Hungarian partridges, and an order was sent to Pennsylvania for the birds. Arrange ments have been made with farmers throughout the county to allow the birds the run of their farns and all have promised to use every care in protecting the birds until they have multiplied sufficiently beyond danger of extermination. EXPECT TO FIXD XOT GUILTY Defendant in Gertie Griffin Case Is Cool on the Stand. SPOKANE. Wash., Jan. 17. A special to the Spokesman-Review, from Ritz ville. Wash., says: The testimony In the Gertie' Griffin murder trial came to a close at noon to day, and Attorney Southard, for ' the state, and Attorney Davis, for the de fense, addressed the- Jury, after which an adjournment was taken until 0 o'clock Saturdav. when Attorney ,,i,,m TV,- the defense, and John Merritt for the state, will speak. The cross-examination xw- - j t . . of the defendant consumed' only about 45 minutes and was marked by coolness on the part of the witness and by lack of variation from the examination in chief. The prevailing opinion is that the Jury will return a verdict of not guilty In a short time after they take the case. PROMPTLY FOUND GUILTY Two Pendleton Men Must Serve Time for Highway Robbery. PENDLETON. Or., Jan. 17.-(Spedal.)-""Gullty as charged" was the verdict brought In this evening; by the Jury In the case of the State against Arthur Paine and Harry Kelley. These ' two, with Mark Shakelford, were "accused of rob bing a drunk on the street in broad day light and are believed, by the rlollee to be the three men responsible for numer ous recent holdups. Shakelford will be tried tomorrow. Kllcy ard Paine tried to throw the crime onto Shakelford alone. The Jury was out Just long enough to take one Danoi. VERSE BY IIAURY MUP.PHT. Tbe tstrrets of Nifiht. Howr tono and quiet Is the scene Where so much lit has recent been!. tT!ly and stark the town Ilea spread; Tl! as a thin; when- soul has fled. Clone ia the trading, trafficking throng That coursed so lute these veins along; Gone the measureless flood that rolled Through these walled-ways on quest of gold; The noise of hoof, wher 1. voire, the fall e world Is wraut In a .made snell- An hour hus wrought this mlracls! Beforo rne on the desert mart The shapeless shadows stare and start. The erholns; ground givos batk each paca T tresd alone a haunted place! Vneaslly the rustling trees. Like sleepers, mutter mysteries. In broken tones, sadly and low Whose meaning mortals may not know. Ah mystery; all's mystery. Ilin solitary, wander we , Mysteries within a night , i Of mysteries where mocked Is Bight. A Song of Age. "I. In twilight oft sitting' The shades of past yean To my memory come flitting As ghosts from their biers. From out of the shadow 1 seem to behtd A list HI Dorado Where love was the fold. The flowers now fadeA teem blooming anew; The skies thnt are shaded Again cheer the view. The HiLem-o is broken And fled the heart's p&ln; Mute voices have spoken Fond accents again. I seethropg around me The friends who are flown; T;ie bright eyes have found me That once for me enons. Fond forms lean above me I feel the sweet spell Of those who will love me Though In heaven they dwell. But alas for the yean Forever departed. And alas for the tears Of him broken-hearted 1 Like a traveler lost In a 'desert I've wandered; Like a wrecked one I'm tosd On a sea from land sundered. The West. The East may have Its merit; . 1 It may be heaven or near It Give me the West. It suits me best; I love Its frank free spirit. That traveled gpnt of atory,- Ulysses, met no glory t To match thesa plnas These plains these mine These mountains high and hoary. Oh, where live women falrar; W'here braver men or squarer? N Why, ev'n the crime Is on scale subllme A kind of epic error! , Tis clesr the Lord created From plan more elevated Than brought to b!rth The rest of earth This land ns'er duplicated. There I Should Dream the Deeper, When I am dead. Then be my bed Where human tread May never venture. Tn some lone spot I'd lie forgot; My mound marked net With laud or censura, The bird's refrain . The drip of rain The wind's complain- . They lull the sleeper. While ages fly As moments by There blandly I Should dream the deeper. The Sun. Grandly 1 sweep Through the skyey deep Tbe symbolizatlon of Godl ,j- From space afar I guide the star; A. universe needs my nod. Neath my vital ray The unbreathlng- clay Starts up and haa a soul. I'm the ultimate reason Of clime and of season; Bach atom and wirld I control. I c'olor the rose; The Jewel glows "With my glance imprisoned there. I am sprung from the fire Of chaos to sire The systems of the air. A STORY OF GENERAL JACKSOJV. It la Told by Watterson, by Way of Illustration. Louisville Courier-Journal. Says the Washington Evening Star: Mr. Beckham is a machine politician of many resources, and as such has many scalps dangling at his belt. He denied Mr. Watterson a nomination for Governor. Avast there, yer land lubber, and haul in yer line! He never "done nothing' of the sort." Mr. W. was not at any time a candidate for Governor of Kentucky, or any other office. Urged to become so, he gave tentative consideration to a proposed plan of party unification. Finding this Im practicable, quite a year before the calling of a convention, or primary, he announced his refusal, glad to be spared a very great sacrifice. The Star should give the editor of the Courier-Journal at least the bene fit of the doubt expressed by General Jackson's colored body servant, who being asked, after Old Hickory's death, whether he thought his mater had gone to heaven, promptly replied: "I ain't Jist so sho' "bout dat, sir." "Why. wasn't the General a good man?" "Yassir, he was a very good man." "Well, then, if he was such a good man, why hasn't he gone to heaven?" "It all depends, sah." the old darky answered, "on whedder de General wanted to go to heaven, or whedder he didn't want to go thar. Ef he did, he's thar. But ef he didn't, all hell couldn't 'er make him go." A FEW SQIIBS. Toung wife Am I very dear to you. darling? Young HusbandYes lovey. Just look It these receipted bills Baltimore American. Ella I know that I don t play a very good game of whist, but 1 onlyplay cards for amusement. Stella Well, jour game Is certainly amusing. Judge. She I see a good many of the girls are tn thi new a-urno of diaboio. He' - Yes. girls always like it when they cam get ' something on a string Yonkers fctatesman. I Bank president What we need is a youns ! man who has lot. f. "-Yes s7he la" t , -wrt,, wood do? Applicant x es, sir, me lasi thare was a run on jour nauK, x bioou In line for over four hours Life. Flnnertv (who takes a dhrop) I see thet wan iv thim scientillc gents says an oc casional spree is biniflcial f'r some mln. Mrs Finnerty Troth it Is; I never yet saw a saloonkaper that didn't wear fine clothes an' a dimlnt ring or two Puck. "A man who loves has kind forgives his brother's slips." "A man who loves hil kind doesn't have occasion to. He puts ashes on his pavement."-Iialtimore American. .. Tr dead husband wor a good mon." declared the sympathetic Mrs. Casey to the bereaved widow, --lie worl" exclaimed Mrs. Murphy, dashing the tears' from her eyes. "No two poiaccmln cud handle him." Judge.. Mrs. Highmus I suppose at some time in your life you struggled with the Nlbe lungenlled? Mrs. Gaswell O yes; I had an awful siege of that in 'lt:j. I had to take ail kinds of nasty medicines before I gol It out of my system. Chicago Tribune. They pasad before a Madonna of the golden age of painting. "Hem!" Loaned by Smith," said he. consulting the catalogue Smith has a catholic taste." "It would seem so," said she. "And yet his people have been Presbyterians for generations." Puck.