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Newspaper Page Textn T'TE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1908. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. (By Mall.) Iat1y, Sunday included, one year Iaily, Sunday included. six months... I'aily, Sunday included, three month. I-alty, Sunday Included, one month,. Dally, without Sunday, one year Laily. without Sunday, six months.... Lal!y. without Sunday, three month. laily, without Sunday, one month.... Sunday, one year Weekly, one year (Issued Thursday).. Sunday and weekly, ono year BY CARRIER. Pally. Sunday Included, one year 8 00 Lallv, Sunday included, one month o . HOW TO REMIT Send poatoftlce money order, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency ore at the sender's risk. Give postofflce ad dress In rull. Including county-and state. POSTAGE RATES. Entered nt Portland, Oregon. Postofllce as Second-Class Matter. 10 to 14 Pages 1 nt I to 2S Panes - cents 3t to 44 Pages 3 cents 46 to 0 Pages cents Foreign poftage. double rates. IMPORTANT The-postal laws are strict. Newspapers on which postage is not fully prepaid are not forwarded to destination. EASTERN BUSINESS OFFICE. The 8, C. Beck with Special Agency New York, rooms 4S-50 Tribune building. Chi cago, rooms M0-612 Tribune building. KEPT ON SALE. Chicago Auditorium Annex; Postofflce News Co.. 178 Dearborn street. St. Paul. Minn. N. St. Marie. Commercial Station. Colorado Springs. Colo. Bell. H. H. Oenver Hamilton and Kendrick. 908-012 Seventeenth street; sPratt Book Store. 1214 Fifteenth street; H. P. Hansen. 8. Rice, Oeorge Carson. Kansas City. M, Rlcksecker Cigar Co., Ninth and Walnut; Yoma News Co. Minneapolis M. J. Cavanaugh. SO South Third.' Cleveland. O. James Pushaw, SOT Su perior street. Washington. D. C. Ebbltt House. Penn sylvania avenue. Philadelphia. Pa. Ryan's Theater Ticket Office; penn News Co. New York City. L. Jones er Co.. Astor House; Broadway Theater News Stand; Ar thur Hotallng Wagons; Empire News Stand Ogrien D. I.. 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PORTLAND, ) TUESDAY. JAN. Zl, 1D0S. THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN. It will take time, and long time, to enable Japan to create conditions un der which the great resources of the Orient can be made to contribute to her power; but pursuance of a firm and judiciously aggressive policy in Corea and in Manchuria, together with use of judgment in management of relations with China, will assure her the hegemony of Northern Pacific affairs of Asia. But she must make no blunders, nor plunge further for many years Into war with any great power. For the possible achievements of any people, no matter what their spirit, .are bounded by their material resources, as those of our Confeder ate States were during the Civil War. Maugre all the talk of the time about Japan's hostility towards the United States, there can be no danger of war;, for Japan has not the financial and industrial resources to maintain such a conflict though she doubtless would be able to inflict great losses upon us. She has a strength at sea that is formidable, and possibly might even land an army on our shores almost certainly could, if she could clear the seas. This, however, it is by no means likely, or even possible, she could do. Our greatest trouble would be to defend our , Paclflo islands. But the issue of war is a question chiefly of material resources for sup port of war. The population of the Kniplre of Japan is about 43,000,000; the area :.bout 161,000 square miles. The country is not very productive; much of It is mountainous and wholly barren; yet Its resources are chiefly agricultural, and such a country can not have a great amount of realized or surplus wealth. Its industry must be pushed to the utmost to enable its people to live, and they are now taxed about to the full limit of their ability to pay. Of course they are very in dustrious and frugal people. So great a population, collected in so limited an area, made them such long time ago. Their national debt is about $960, 000,000 of our money; revenue from all sources $250,000,000 a year, ' of which abuit one-fifth Is required to carry the National debt. The army and navy, though large, are supported on a scale of economy to which our country is a stranger; yet they cost Japan a large share of her remaining meager revenue. The present strength of her army is about S20.000 men, and no reduction of it is expected. Her navy, till the recent addition of many new vessels to our fleet, was larger than our own. By the Russian war Japan was led nearly to the limit of her present power to create arma ments or to support them. No nation ever was left by war more sorely in need of rest and recuperation. Our frontier lies over against Japan, and It Is the Interest of both nations to maintain amicable relations. There can really he no ground for war be tween' them. The commercial rela tions between the two countries are sure to become very important, and questions arising out of them must be handled with care and consideration Most of the stuff we have heard from Japan about the fury of the people towards u because we object, to re ceiving Immigrants from Japan freely, and treating them as our equals for citizenship), is the t mcombe and blus ter of parties In Japan striving for advantage against each other. For Japan has reached a stage where pop ular opinion has much to do with control of ministries and direction of affairs. Jingoism there, as elsewhere. consequently becomes a weapon of partisanship, and the Jefferson Brick stlye of Journalism Is having its in nings. But In reality Japan wants no war. It might prove her undoing, and almost destroy her national existence, of course the United States could have nothing to gain by such a war, yet probably would suffer much from It. The talk of war is irrational. There is nothing between, these na tions to go to war about. THE SLUMP THAT FAILED. One most Important feature of the financial situation at the present time bears a striking resemblance to that which existed during the closing days of the Lewis and Clark Fair in this city. We all remember how every dwelling-house and every rooming house in the city was filled to over flowing, and we also remember how hundreds of our own people, with plethoric pocketbooks and bank ac counts, sat back and patiently waited for "the slump after the Fair." They intended to buy real estate for home bulldlng and for business purposes They actually needed that real estate while the Fair was on, indeed had for months been enduring cramped quar ters rather than pay the price de manded; not because the prices asked were exorbitant or anywhere nearly so high as those prevailing elsewhere, but simply because our people had twanged on the Bingle string of their harp for so long that "the slump after the Fair" had become a certain event which seemed as impossible of post ponement as the changes of the sea sons or the coming of death. But there was no slump after the Fair. The spasmodical rushes of Fair visitors gava way to a steady stream of new arrivals who- came to stay. They filled all of the vacant rooms and houses left by the Fair visitors, and the overflow spread out Into the sub urbs faster than architects and build ers could prepare quarters for them. The rush was halted a few weeks arro by the panic which started in New York, and, while it caused much in convenience and some loss in Oregon, the effect on values has been only temporary. However, the same ele ment which two years ago was with holding its funds in anticipation of the slump after the Fair" Is again pursuing the same tactics. There is also accumulating evidence that these prophets of woe are about to experi ence a disappointment similar to that which they encountered in 1905. In the two years that have passed since the Exposition closed we have shipped more high-priced staples to the world's markets than in any pre vious three years In the history of the Pacific Northwest. Before the com mencement of the recent panic the people of Oregon, Washington and Idaho had enjoyed nearly ten years of the greatest prosperity the country had ever known, and since the begin ning of the trouble, from wheat and flour exports alone, they have realized nearly $20,000,000 and are still mar keting the crop,- which in the aggre gate had a value of nearly $50,000,- 000. The effect of this stream of money that has been poured into cof fers already well filled is daily becom ing more apparent. With restoration of confidence has come a decline In Interest rates, and the people In in creasing numbers are tiring of waiting for the slump that will never come. They are already buying In a small way, and In dwelling-houses, archi tects and builders have nearly twice as many orders on hand as were in sight at this date last year, when the upward movement was on at full swing. In big 'buildings there was an enormous amount of unfinished work carried over from last year, and in consequence less activity in new proj ects at this time; but there is every assurance that by the time the work now under way is completed there will be a flood of new orders to take its place. There will be no slump, for the simple reason that both city and country are developing more rapidly than ever, and because the newcomers are filling up the city and the country as they did during' "the slump after the Fair." Hoarded money is again comlhg out because, if judiciously in vested, it can purchase more at this time than will ever again be possible in Portland or In Oregon. ANOTHER POLE HUNTER. Captain Raold Amundsen, who scaled "the starry heights of fame" by sailing through the Northwest Pass age, has announced his intention of making a trip to the North Pole. The voyage on which this famous explorer succeeded in navigating this far north ern opening from the Atlantic to the Pacific was far from a pleasure trip, and on more than one occasion prom ised to end in the same way so many expeditions of a similar nature had ended. But the lure of the frozen north seems to be too strong to resist, and, like many of his predecessors in the dangerous pastime, Amundsen will tempt fate In the land of eternal whiteness. The expedition which he will com mand will set sail from San Francisco, the port from which the Jeannette sailed with the unfortunate Lieut. DJe Long and followers In 1879. For this reason its movements will be followed with more than ordinary, interest on the Pacific Coast. There has always been a difference of opinion among Arctic explorers as to which is the best direction for approaching the pole, and the evidence of whalers, who as a rule come near to being expert authority on northern navigation, has nearly always favored the Pacific side of the continent as a starting point. Captain Amundsen, with the professional pride of the true-blue son of the sea, ridicules Walter Well man's attempt to reach the pole with an airship. . - The experience of the discoverer of the Northwest Passage Is, of course, a point In his favor in the quest for the pole, but, as it required about 600 years of effort to get a ship through that long-sought channel, it may be that the discovery of the pole is not yet due. Lieutenant Peary has prob ably had more continuous experience in Arctic exploration than any other man living, and, so far as results go, he is not much nearer the pole than he was when he started. REPREHENSIBLE FICTION. It is a question how far a paper may go in fiction. Humor that is hu morous Is clean. Most love stories have a moral uplift, sometimes ob scure, yet it is there. Even the de tective tale brings . the criminal' to Justice always. The product of the writer's brain must be more than en tertaining it should point the way. A paper like Collier's Weekly would hardly be expected to furnish instruc tion in the art of beating a life in surance company, as it does in the current issue in the story of "Mr. Chadwlck's Trial Balance." Mr. Chadwick is In the paint and varnish line. His wife wears a sealskin coat that touches the floor and has other like habits no pun Is Intended. Fl- nancial stress is so great that Mr. Chadwick borrows from his book keeper and repays It from a loan on his Insurance policy. The balance of the loan he invests in more and much greater insurance, and jokes with the agent on the suicide clause. Then, on the night of his daughter's coming-out party, he very deliberately contracts pneumonia and, when .doc tor and nurse tliink he Is on the road to recovery. In just as deliberate man ner he undoes their work and is suddenly dead. It is reprehensible fiction, well played up, but the editor of Collier's, who has found room at times for some literature of a startling kind, should know better. . DANGEROUS FRIENDS. ' Many voters who would naturally prefer Governor Hughes to any other candidate for Mr. Roosevelt's succes sor feel misgivings when they read that one and another of the robber syndicates declare their predilection for him also. The syndicates are tn politics for what they can .make out of it. Their patriotism to both coun try and party is strictly limited to con duct that will produce financial returns.- If they favor any man for of fice it is not because they believe he will be an honest official or because they think - he will transact public business for the public good. Not at ail. It is solely because they have reason to believe that he will help them in some or all of their schemes of robbery. Therefore, wh,en the syn dicates and billionaires profess to sup port Mr. Hughes, one of two conclu sions is unavoidable. Either they ex pect him to desert the people after he is elected and join hands with tie pirates, or their professions are insin cere. There is not the faintest reason to suppose that Mr. Hughes would alter his code of morals and conduct should he become President of the United States. In that office he would be the same conscientious, well-poised, reso lute and courageous man that he has been as Governor of New York. The fine qualities of his nature have not been weakened like those of most men by the exigencies of politics; they have rather been emphasized and strengthened. For Mr. Hughes, in fact, politics has -no exigencies pe culiar to itself. The same code of morals and personal honor which served him well as a private individ ual serves him equally well as a poli tician. It is incredible that, were he to become President, he would sell the great historical reputation which he could make by steadfast Integrity for anything the syndicates have to offer. The hierarchy of Mammon can buy Paul Mortons, Shontses and such hu man ruck, by the wagonload, but not Mr. Hughes. We fancy the Governor of New York is one of the few men on the surface of this mundane sphere who are not for sale. It follows, then, that the syndicates and their hangers-on and parasites are not sincere in their pretended support of Mr. Hughes. This is the conclusion to "which we are led by sound logic. It is also the conclusion to which cer tain significant facts inevitably lead. For example, Timothy L. Woodruff is bitterly opposed to Hughes. Now Woodruff is the team-mate of McCar ren, the former a "Republican," the latter a "Democrat." Working to gether turn by turn, one off and the other on, like Sairey Gamp and her dear friend Betsy Prig, they hold the political influence of Brooklyn Bor ough solid for Standard Oil and Its allied interests in the New York Legis lature. When the people of Brooklyn Become disgusted with Republican vil lainy they naturally turn for relief to the Democrats. The relief they get is the deputation of a set of Democratic rogues to do exactly the same things which the Republican rogues whom they turned out were . doing. The party name is changed and some of the old syndicate employes are re placed by new ones, but the good old game of robbing the people goes mer rily on without interruption. The pirate syndicates keep two classes of retainers In the field. One class says what the syndicates want said. The other does what the syndi cates want done. And the two do not always harmonize. When they disa gree,- as they do about Hughes, how shall we form our opinions, by what the syndicate retainers say or by what they do? Part of the subsidized New YoTk press talks loudly for Hughes The subsidized politicians are raising heaven and earth against him. Timo thy Woodruff, who is one of the men that do what the syndicates want done, leaves no stone unturned to in jure Mr. Hughes. Rather significant, is it not? Woodruff and McCarren are the. two dummy heads to the sin gle body of pirate politics in Brooklyn. The former is now advanced, of course, by his owners, though tey keep well out of sight, to run for the Vice-Presidency with Mr. Taft. The plain intent is to withdraw support from the Governor. But let no one be foolish enough to fancy that the syn dicates mean to help Mr. Taft. Their plan is to ruin both Hughes and Taft by playing one oft against the other and then at the critical moment slip in some Fairbanks, Cortelyou or Can non. It is a pretty game; but will It fool the people? COOD FOR CONSUL MANNING. '"That the manufacturers and ex porters of wines and liquors in the United States are entirely overlook ing Colombia as a possible market," is one of the early discoveries of I, A. Manning," who' was recently sent fromi Oregon to Cartagena as -United States Consul. The fact has been made the basis of a report by Mr. Manning to the Department of Com merce and Labor, together with sug gestions for the building up of a trade in these commodities. While Mr. Manning's many friends would not have expected him to discover so aoon a lack of American trade In this class of goods, there will be general satisfaction over his manifestation of interest in our commerce. His prompt ness in . discovering a market for American wines, whisky and. beer may reasonably be attributed to his knowl edge of the fact that a "dry" wave is sweeping over this country and that in case of a diminished home mar ket it will be desirable to find- foreign sales for American products of brew eries and distilleries. Mr. Manning says there is a consid erable demand for whisky in his new field of activity. "Scotch whisky be ing most generally in use, but it would seem that American ryes and bour bons should be able to compete with any other liquors of the world." Hurrah for Manning! American products against the world! Accord- ing to his report, the purchase of American whisky in Colombia has not been very heavy. "In the matter of beer the United States has done rather better, yet her proportion of the im ports of this product has not been as large as It could be." He -says that beer was formerly imported from the United States in casks and retailed in the bars at 5 cents a glass and he has no doubt that this could yet be done. He does not say what the price is at present. Copies of the report can be had by addressing the Department of Com merce and Labor. Oregon breweries located in dry counties might do well to read it. While Portland has been worrying over the site for a garbage crema tory and has as yet been unable to se cure one, Vancouver, B. C, has in stalled an incinerator that takes care of the city's refuse with perfect satis faction. The plant consumes fifty tons of garbage daily, feeds its own fires by devices arranged for that purpose, and apparently leaves nothing to be desired in the manner in which it works out the problem of disposing of the city's waste. United States Con sul Dudley, who reports the workings of this plant in detail, says nothing of the noisome odors that Portland propertyowners scent from afar when any site is suggested for a garbage crematory in this city, the inference being that this crematory disposes of the odors along with the dead rats, refuse butchers' meat and the offal of the city in general. A residue of cin ders is all that remains after the fierce heat of the furnace has done Its work, and these, clean, hard and thoroughly! purified by fire, are used to fill in the waterfront, and eventually to form a useful dock. The' subject is an Inter esting one to our citizens at the pres ent 'time, and will bear exploring in its most minute details. The Congressional delegates from the Philippines reported on arrival at San Francisco that economic condi tions in the islands were worse than they had been for thirty years. This is not a verv flatteriner reflection on the American policy, for it is much less than thirty years since the Stars and Stripes were planted on Philip pine soil. The overshadowing factor in the trouble Is the unfair discrimi nation against Phllpplne sugar and to bacco. Reduction of the duty would prove of great benefit to the strug gling island planters, and it would not have any effect of consequence on the business of the American planters. The sugar trust might feel a slight loss, but it would be Inconsequential In comparison with the enormous profits which now enable its chief spokesman, Mr. Oxnard, to announce publicly that there will be no legisla tion at this session of Congress adverse- to the sugar trust's interests. Dr. L. L. Rowland, who died at his home in Salem Sunday afternoon at the age of 77 years, spent nearly" the entire period of his long and useful life In Oregon. In the prime of his life he was active in the educational work of the state, both in private and official capacity. As State Superin tendent of Public Instruction from 1874 to 1878 he was well and widely known. He was superintendent of the Insane Asylum from 1891 to 1895 Since his retirement from public, life Dr. Rowland ha- lived' and enjoyed the "simple life" in his country home near Mehama, Marion County. His passing was that of a pioneer, known and honored inthe history of the state in the specific lines of his endeavor. Hawaii will memorialize Congress for admission of Chinese laborers, which are needed on the sugar planta tions. It Is hardly probable that much favorable attention will be given the memorial, for the reported amalgama tion of Chinese and Japanese interests in the Far East hardly warrants this country In taking any unnecessary risks at this time. The problem of the yellow man is causing enough Ifard thinking Just now, without drawing in any new complications or establishing any new precedents. The Louisville Courier-Journal is making' a vigorous fight against elec tion of Governor Beckham, the Demo cratic boss of Kentucky, to the United States Senate. It implores the Legis lature, which lsDemocratic, but only by three majority, to elect any reputa ble Democrat, but to reject Beckham, who is the man mainly responsible for the Democratic plight in Kentucky. The Insanity feature is about the only thing about the. present Thaw trial that Is different from Its prede cessor. Nothing that has yet devel oped offers any good reason why Stanford White was not entitled to a killing, but it Is yet to be demon strated that Thaw was justified in be coming an alleged instrument of the law. - In Lima, the capital of Peru, the municipal authorities control all out door advertising, such as on bill boards, walls; moving vehicles, etc. This is as it should be. Billboards are placed where the general public must see them, whether they so desire or not, Peru is just that much ahead of us In that respect. It is hardly good policy, it would seem, for -the Administration forces In New York, lined up in support of Taft, to squelch the Hughes men the way they do. Every public meeting seems to have the one purpose of preventing the Hughes men from being heard. There may be consequences of all this, later. . - ' A dash is now to be made for the South Pole, with Chinese ponies as a means of travel.' Good-bye. If there Is any means of communication be tween the Antarctic and Paradise, we will meet you In the hereafter. , Speaking of the fleet at Rio Janeiro It is much better to know all about a plot that didn't exist than to know nothing about a plot that did exist. There is at least one act for which Roosevelt - deserves censure he spoiled a good stenographer by plac ing him In the Cabinet. . . 4 There might be such a thing as a political situation which would make Bryan ; Republicans as . plentiful as Roosevelt Democrats. Senator Aldrlch yesterday "spoke in high' terms of the Secretary of the Treasury." That makes another be sides Cortelyou. NINE DIVORCES ARE ALLOWED District Attorney Returns Indict ments In Criminal Cases. OREGON CITY. Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.) Judge McBride this morning convened a special term of the Clackamas t-ounty Circuit Court and handed down nine de crees of divorce in the following cases: Cynthia Addington vs. William ri. Ad dington. Herman T. Dow vs. Lotta Dow, Riley Billings vs. Effle Billings, r-eart Rltter vs. Nicholas Ritter. Josie Smith vs. Flovd Smith. Zelma A. Borgmaa vs. John Borgman, Margaret Foster vs. E. W. Foster. Jennie L. Bowers vs. a. m. Bowers, Lena Schtnnaman vs. John Schlnnaman. Many other decrees will be handed down tomorrow. , District Attorney Hedges returned In dictments against Ben Bermosher, Peter Holberg, H. K. Xackeison ana James Jesse, of Canby, on a charge of selling llauor to minors. They all entered a plea of not guilty and the trial of Ber mosher and Holberg was set lor feDru ary 3, and of the other two men on the following day. The four men -are saloon keepers and barkeepers oi janoy ana their arrest and indictment grew out of the death of Charlie Kinzel. who was strangled at Cartby last Fall, after drink ing whisky purcnasea oy nis Day com panions. Indictments will probably be returned tomorrow against the seven men charged with the murder of Bhinwan Singh, a Hindu, near Boring, ucioner at last. There will be no trials of criminal cases until next week, and the Jury was excused today until next Monday. In the suit of J- L. r-urveyor vs. ins Mllwaukle Country Club to recover money lost while gambling at the resort. Judge McBride overruled t-ne demurrer or the defendants and gave tnem unui Apru 1 .to file a reply. SESSION OF IDAHO ASSESSORS Question of Taxation Brings Out In teresting Discussion. BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 20. (Special.) Idaho assessors met In annual con vention today with all but two answer ing roll Call those from Castro and Bear Lake counties. ney are ex pected to be present In the morning. Assessor Smith, of Shoshone, was chosen chairman, and Shepherd, of Ada. secretary. Members of the State Board or Equalization were present at the afternoon session and there was some interesting discussion of taxation problems, during which the trouble some question of railway valuation for purposes of taxation came up lor an airing. The subject was opened up by Mc Millan, of Twin Falls. He called at tention to the fact that the law makes it obligatory' upon assessors to assess all property at Its full cash value, but In reality most of it is assessed at only f'om one-third to one-half Its value. He said he assessed In Twin Falls County at 60 per cent and the state board cut It down one-third. Governor Gooding said he favored increasing all assessment, irrespective of class, 25 per cent and he favored higher assessment of railways. Aud itor Bragaw doubted the ' wisdom of rapidly Increasing railway valuations. FEARS TO GIVE HIM LIBERTY Governor Mead Will Have Prisoner Examined as to Sanity. OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.) Governor Mead has advised Warden Reed, of the State Penitentiary, to have Christopher, alias Chesterfield, taken be fore an examining board and: examined for his sanity. Christopher, or Chester field, was convicted and sentenced from King County in 1D05 to serve three years in the penitentiary for the crime of criminal assault. While- In the King County jail he attempted to destroy him self, his fellow prisoners and the jail with dynamite. His past record is a bad one, and the Governor feels that he is a dangerous character to turn loose to again prey upon society. HEAVY FINE FOR KROSCHEL Caught Selling Liquor, He Must Pa; $400 and Serve-tJall Sentence. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.) Lewis Kroschel, convicted last Thurs day of selling liquor in violation of the local option liquor law, was sen tenced by Justice Porter today to pay a fine of $400 and serve 30 days tn the county Jail. Kroschel's attorneys at once appealed the case to the State Circuit Court. It is the. heaviest penalty yet imposed here for a similar offense.. This was Lewis Kroschel's first offense, but his brother, Charles Kroschel, who is his' partner in the Franklin House, was convicted last Summer on two charges. William Olln, an employe of tbe Franklin House, was placed on trial this' afternoon on a similar charge. Smallpox Scare Comes to Naught. OREGON CITY. Or., Jan. 20. (Spe cial.) Some excitement was created here this morning by a report that smallpox had broken out. among the employes of the Oregon City Manufac turing Company's woolen mills. The wife of B. F. Hayhurst, watchman at the mills, was stricken with the dis ease and the house quarantined, Hay hurst remaining at home. The man agement of the woolen mills denounce the report as untrue, and the city and county health officers have no knowl edge of any new cases in the large factory . where 300 people are employed. J - .,'f From the Chicago Tribune. MAP OF THE UNITED STATES AS SEES BY THE FINANCE COM MITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE. WORK OF THE PARDOS BOARD Long List of Men Paroled Because of Good Behavior. .WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Jan. 20. (Spe cial.) The recommendations of the Board of Pardons pre as follows: For pardons: Edward Crowley. Chehalis. because of extreme youth and recommenda tions from citizens and Judges; Hugh Cal lahan. Walla Walla, recommended by pros ecuting attorney and Judge. For commutations: Archie Doyle, Whit man, commuted to three -years, one month and 25 days; William Carrey, Seattle, com muted to 11 years, nine months and 14 days. Indorsed by trial Judge, prosecuting attorney. Jury and citizens of Seattle; Ed Costello. Snohomish, commuted to six years, one month and 13 days; E. L. Moody, Chehalis, commuted to ten years; O. H. Brace, Yakima, commuted to . one year seven months and two days. For final discharges because of exemplary conduct while pn parole: Orley Sullivan, Lou Parton. Mary A. Latham, Jacob Jnnes. Paul C. Cowan, W. J. Yoflrex, Henry Nich ols. Tommy S. Howard. For paroles: J. L. H. Anderson, Yakima County: J. . E. Young. Whitman r-ontv Malcolm Cooper, Spokane; Benjamin Cooper. King; Tmomas Forrest, Thurston County; S. J. Graham, Yakima; C. H. Howe, Pierce Frank Keller. Yakima: Wallace Ketterlan, Whitman; Joseph Leahy, Spokane; Joe More, Spokane; Emmett Mitchell, Sno homish; William Moran, King, recommend ed by citizens and because of good prison record: p. H. Nelson. King, recommended by citizens and Sheriff's office, good record; William Newman, Okanogan; W. J. Purtte man. Spokane; L. M. Poole, Spokane; Ed ward Sladen. Cowlitz; J. F. Schmidt, Stevens; Henry Stredemier, Douglas: w. H. Sloan, Spokane; Walter Steadman, Snohom ish; George Thompson, Spokane; Charles E. Williams, Snohomish: William Waldron. Walla Walla; H H. Williams, Yakima. Excellent prison records on the part of the convicts are the cause of most of the paroles. The board, consisting of Warden C. S. Reld, chairman; Walter L. McCallum. secretary, and T. H. Jones, J. H. Davis and Matt L. Piles, meets four times a year in January, April, July and October. Recommendations for two complete pardons, eight final discharges from parole, five. commutations of sentence, and 26 paroles were included In the board's report. During its session, the board considered over 100 applications for clemency. AVHEAT RATE CASE UP AGAIN Olympia Judge Takes Under Advise ment Request to Postpone. OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.) Judge Linn, in the local Superior Court, tonight took under advisement the ap plication of the O. R. & N. for a stay of proceedings in the cases brought by that road to enjoin the State Railway Commission from enforcing its orders for Joint wheat rates, for physical track con nections and for a new rate on potatoes. Attorney Zera Snow, for trite O. R. & N., and L. C. Gllman, for the Great Northern, presented arguments on behalf of the motion. Assistant At'.orney-General A, J. Falkner, for the ft ate, opposed the stay. He declared frankly that he ex pected a favorable decision as to the legality of the commission and its or ders both from the local Superior Court and latter from the State Supreme Court, and that he wanted to hurry the litigation in the State courts so that Supreme Court decision could be raised by him as a bar to further proceedings In the Fed eral Court. The railroad attorneys in sisted that the Federal questions Involved must ultimately go before the Federal Court. JAIL-BREAK IS FRUSTRATED Man Held for Robbery Canght Try ing' to Escape at Albany. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.) Sheriff Smith today detected Gus John son trying to effect liberty from the Linn County jail, where he is confined await ing the Circuit Court on a charge of ar aeny." Johnson is the Swede hobo, who held up William Fallis in the latter's home Christmas eve and terrorized Kingston county by his peculiar actions later. Sheriff Smith had become suspicious of Johnson and has been watching him co vertly. This afternoon he suddenly opened the outer. Jail door and con fronted Johnson working with the lock of the inside door. "I guess you can't unlock that," Sheriff Smith said. "I guess not," coolly replied Johnson, as he handed through the bars the- spoon with which he tried to open the lock. ' Joins New Paper Company. OREGOjN CITY, Or., Jan. 20. (Special.) George E. Pusey, superintendent of the sulphite department of the Crown-Columbia Pulp & Paper Company, has tendered his resignation to take effect, February 1, and has accepted a position with the Hawley Pulp & Paper Company, which is preparing to erect a large mill on the east side of the river. Mr. Pusey has been with the Crown-Columbia Company for 16 years. Work on the Hawley mill is expected to begin in a few days, an nouncement to this effect being made to night. Record Session In Benton. COR V ALUS, O., Jan. 20. (Special.) A special term of the Circuit Court for Benton County was held here this morning by Judge Harris. Benton has a reputation for holding short court terms, but this one beats all former records. It only lasted 20 minutes. It took the place of the regular term, which was due to be held in Novem ber, but was put out of commission by the bank holidaxs. The next regular term convenes the fourth Monday in March. POTPOURRI By Nancy Lee. s BY NANCY LEE. Any one who believes that "Truth Is stranger than fiction" has evidently not encountered Beadle's dime novels. " - Man is a creature of environment. Caruso gets $3000 a night for singing on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House. If he sang on the street he would probably get $10 for disturbing the peace. I made a joke the other day A brand new Joke in a brand new way. I said, "The men at the crematory Are earning their salt and earning their glory" (Now here was the point of my little story) "By urnlng the dead." That's what I said And that was the way It should have raad. Really wouldn't that incinerate you? But the typo man with a spelling bee Set thus my little verse for me: "The men at the crematory , Are earning tueir salt and earning their glory" (Where, oh, where, was the point of my story?) "By burning the dead." That's what I read Next day In print. So peevishly in turn I said, "I'd like to Incinerate him." A Harvard man tells the following story: Walking one afternoon down a certain avenue he saw great volumes of smoke and flames coming from a second story of an attractive looking residence. Rushing madly up the steps he rang the bell,whlch was answered by a deaf woman. "Good heavens! your house is burn ing up." "What?" "I say the entire house is a mass of flames." , "Is that all," she squeaked. "I'm sorry, madam, but that's about all that I can think of just this minute.", Most of us would prefer to have Dame Fortune smile upon us rather than to have her give us the laugh. When a woman enters any of the local department stores in a myster ious manner, pauses hesitatingly in front of the book department and then whispers to the clerk, you can depend upon it she is asking for Elenor Glynn's latest novel, "'Twenty One Days." P. S. l.us is not Intended as an advertisement. State Senator Dan J. Malarkey fel ishes this little Joke on one of his lawyer neighbors who recently ordered some books from an Eastern firm. "So pleased was he," said Mr. Malarkey. "that be sent a- order for another lot. By re.urn mall he iceived a letter stating that upon payment of the first bill lue second order would receive prompt attention. My friend in turn replied, 'Can't wait that long, cancel the order." ' Relatives People who say disagree able things that ro cr. el.su r.onlrl dare. Somehow an al'tinity never can r member the tl-.lngs that ousht to be remembered- till later. It Was tbe "Gocda." "That was an awful yarn, iirs Bi'!l B. Gosh told us about her $S0u Paris gown. "Yes, made out of whole cloth." V- O'ShauBbneasy Out of Place. A New York dlspatoh announces the ar rival from Europe of a number of guests for the Vanderbllt wedding, among them being Count Denes Siechenyi, Count An ton Sigray and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson O'Shaughnessy. The appearance of an O'Shaughnessy in the crowd recalls an Incident in which a number of well known local railroad men participated. Soon after Assistant-General Freight Agent Fogarty of the Northern Pacific came to Portland, he went down to the depot one morning to meet Traffic Man ager J. G. Wood worth. Mr. .Woodworth's car pulled into Portland at the same time that the car of General Manager O'Brien of the O. R. & N. arrived. Mr. O'Brien and two of his lieutenants stepped from the car andcordially greeted Wordworth, who. In years gone by had also worked under the Harriman banner. - Introduc tions followed. Woodworth dolng'the hon ors about as follows: "Mr. Fogarty, this is James P. O'Brien, general manager of the O. R. & N.; this is Mr. Michael Buck ley, general superintendent of the O. R. & N., also Mr.i Tom Walsh, division su perintendent of the O. R". & N." ' Mr. Buckley responded: -"You look all right, Mr. Fogarty, and I am glad to meet you; but with a name like yours, why are you working for the Northern Pacific?" For similar 'reasons one is prone to wonder why an "O'Shaughnessy" should be trav eling with the Sigrays and Szechenyis. ,The consciousness of beauty Is often more than skin deep. . The following fellcltious conversation was carried on between two tramps: Weary Willie Is your idea of perfect bliss bein" a rich man.? Lazy Larry Nope; I'd rather be a rich man's dog too old to hunt. . On a British ship which tied up at one- of the docks in Portland's harbor wete two husky English lads wtio had made up their minds to leave the ship and settle In this country. Hearing of the scarcity of farm hands, they readily obtained a position with . a threshing crew at Pendleton, Or. Seated one evening at dinner the crew discussed foreign countries. One of the men, turning to the English chaps. Inquired from what quarter of the globe they had come. "Oh, we are from Scotland," One re plied with a straight face. "How long have you been here?" "About a month." "Gee whiz! You're apt at picking up our language. I've known Dutch men and Swedes that have been around here for years, and they can't begin to talk as well as you do." In the long run you will usually find that, although skepticism is the hare, there is a tortoise called faith which wins the race. Finds Hlddesi Gold la Planted Cron. Philadelphia Record. Having- founda piece of gold in a chicken's craw, Henry Dunkelberger of Seven Points. Pa., was Induced to dig. with the result that, he says, he hat found a gold mine on his farm.