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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.
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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.