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. rORTLANI). SATTROAY, 'FEB. 15. 1908.
A PKOBLKM IX JAPAN.
Japan is feverishly anxious to ob
tain full recognition in the modern
world. To the aspiration she has an
undoubted right. The difficulties,
however, are not merely of race, of
color, of general customs, but largely
also of language, spoken and written.
The language of Japan, spoken and
written, cannot but be regarded as a
chain that -holds her fast to long-past
centuries of Oriental semi-barbarism.
The look of the written language of
Japan seems to Identify it to an extent
with Chinese. But In fact it is very
different. The apparent resemblance,
however, creates a sort of prejudice
in the minds of the people of America
and Kurope. Of course the language
of Japan cannot be wholly changed.
But whether the Roman alphabet may
Hot be used Is a question under dis
cussion in Japan.
The language, as it now exists, is
both alphabetic and Ideographic. For
an alphabet the Japanese have taken
certain Chinese monograms, forty
seven in number, selected as sounding
signs, and make words upon the com
binations of these characters. The
characters have, however, undergone
considerable changes, through the
long period that has elapsed since
their adoption. Latterly the use of
Chinese has much' increased in
Japan, since its monosyllables offer
uncqualcd facilities for the coinage
of scientific terms; and a recent writer
nays the whole terminology of modern
science in Japan has been translated
into Chinese compounds by the Japan
ese. The result of the use of Chinese
ideographs, phonetically, or as letters
of an alphabet, as well as for expres
sion of single Ideas, is mystifying even
to the Japanese their specialists ex
cepted. 'In the outer world the fact
that Japanese writing seems to resem
ble Chinese, and by most may be mis
taken for Chinese, is enough to create
a prejudice against it, and to main
tain a prejudice ag;Jnst the people
who use it.
Even the characters of their alpha
bet, as used by the Japanese, are
written in two different forms, one
rendered complex by the addition of
variations; the other without these
variations and consequently much'
simpler. The method reminds tta of
the different forms of writing in an
cient Egypt, discovery and decipher
ment of which is one of the achieve
ments of modern scholarship. Again,
the written Japanese language has one
peculiar style for religious and mys
tical composition; another for secular
or profane subjects. But this may
not be much greater difference than
that between what English writers
have called "the sacred style" of Eng
lish, which reaches its highest ex
pression in the English Bible, and or
dinary written composition in English.
The great fact that Isolates Japan
from the larger civilized world and
confirms everywhere the impression
of its relation to the Chinese is the
language and the form of the written
character. Adoption of the Roman
alphabet would go far towards re
moval of this impression; but enor
mous changes in the structure of the
language would necessarily attend it,
and the whole process would be a
very long one. Ordinarily we should
say such a problem would be impos
sible; but the fact that Japanese
statesmen and scholars are debating
It seems to show they think it might
be undertaken and slowly effected.
Through its system of public educa
tion a country under a government
virtually despotic ' might accomplish
what would be impossible in any
other.
The public roads in France are
probably better than in any other
country though in Italy the - roads
about the Mediterranean and Adriatic
have received almost the last touch
of completeness and are worth a trip
across the Atlantic to see.. But there
are more good roads in France than
In any other country. Consul-Gcn-ral
Skinner, of Marseilles, recently
made a report to the State' Depart
ment at Washington on public high
ways In France, which contains highly
interesting matter. He shows that
the public roads in France are good,
not because of any superiority of raw
materials nor because of any extraor
dinary talent for roadbuilding pos
sessed by the French, but because of
the constant, intelligent supervision
of the department having charge of
them. France has 316,898 miles of
local highways, built at a cost of
1306,800,000, of which the state fur
nished $81,000,000 and the Interested
localities 227,740.000.In addition to
these local highways the national
system consists of .23,658 miles of na
tional roads, which cost the govern
ment $303,975,000 to build. The area
of. France is a little more than twice
the area of Oregon. ,
THE TWO WAYS TO JUSTICE.
"The object of the English rules Is
to provide the best and quickest and
simplest method of bringing before
the court the merits Involved in any
particular case." This, says the New
York Times, "is the' statement made
at the recent meeting of the New
York State Bar Association by Mr. El
bridge L. Adams, of the New York
bar, in summing up the results of an
investigation Into English rules of
civil practice and their working, made
at the request of the Board of Statu
tory Consolidation, created in 1904."
But this is not the object of the
American rules. The object of the
American rules, and of the practice
under them, is to obstruct the presen
tation of the merits of each particular
case; to keep the actual facts away
from court and Jury, to object to all
testimony that would throw actual
light on the case as incompetent and
Irrelevant, and to fortify the objec
tions by quirks and quibbles built up
on the law of evidence.
Then, if testimony should be got in,
that throws light on the particular
case, exception is taken, and often al
lowed, on one shallow pretext- or an
other; . until, through obstruction and
delay, the proceeding is dropped and
the matter is forgotten.
Our courts in general are wonder
fully fond of all this. It covers their
proceedings with mystification, in
creases their dignity and importance,
and inspires the beholders with
wholesome awe. And yet perhaps the
plain way of bringing all the facts out
is better. Still, one might say it all
depends on the query whether Justice
is wanted, or not. '
SCHOOLBOY PUNISHMENT.
People who prosecute the teacher
for punishing their children usually
belong to a certain well-marked type.
They are likely to be without much
sense of responsibility, their homes
are undisciplined, their relations with'
their wives and children alternate be
tween foolish indulgence and pettish
cruelty. Their motive for going into
court with an alleged case against the
teacher is seldom a desij-e for Justice.
On the contrary, it is either the appe
tite for notoriety or a sudden gust of
passionate vlndictlveness. Often such
parents are offended because their
property sense is infringed. They
look upon their children, and their
wives, too, as pieces of personal prop
erty, and It irks them to think of the
teacher daring to handle it, even
when the handling manifestly im
proves it.
The person who has begun a legal
action against Principal Hughson for
paddling his son may or may not be
long -to this undesirable class of par
ents. The case is to be investigated
In court,' and it behooves the public to
withhold Judgment until the evidence
is known; but it is a'remarkable feat
ure of the affair that the Matthews
boy Is the only one out of a dozen or
so who seems tp have been injured.
Either the teacher had some special
reason for treating this urchin with
excessive severity or the boy has devi
ated from the facts in his account of
the affair. The paddle is a compara
tively harniless instrument of retribu
tive justice much beloved by reform
ing officials and advanced pedagogues.
At the famed Elmira reformatory, in
New York, the paddle is said to work
miracles of grace. Applied to a cer
tain section of the numan form divine,
it seems to exercise a regenerative In
fluence truly magical.
If boys must be flogged, the paddle
seems to be an almost divinely ap
pointed Implement to do it with. That
area of thV body which it most aptly
fits Is not very susceptible to mortal
wounds; it has merely a sufficiency of
nerves to unlock penitential tears by
their tingling when temperately flag
ellated; and the bones which it con
tains are so abundantly swathed
about with muscular tissue that there
is no danger of breaking them. It is
fashionable in these degenerate days
to deny the hand of Providence in ar
ranging the affairs of the world; but if
there is one piece of evidence more
convincing than another that the Al
mighty actually did fit this and that
together and adapt one thing to an
other in our mundane sphere, it is the
perfect adaptation of this portion of a
boy's body to receive Impulsive stimu
lation from a paddle.
But must boys, be flogged? What
is the ultimate effect of paddling upon
the boy himself and upon the teacher,
upon paddler and paddlee, to borrow
a legal terminology? In the opinion
of The Oregonian the paddle is dis
tinctly and unequlvocably a means of
grace. It edifies not only the physi
cal and intellectual parts of the oy,
but also his soul. Manyj an unruly
youth, apparently foredoomed to per
dition and predestinated to wrath, has
been plucked like a brand from the
burning by a regenerative paddling.
The world is full of men of light and
leading whom Satan thought he had
bought and paid for in their early
youth, but who were redeemed and
washed of their sins by a good, sound
whipping. Marvelous are the virtues
of the paddle; salutary is the smart
thereof, and the parent who rails
against it is not wise. Better far -had
it been, we venture to guess, for the
adolescent scion of the Matthews stirp
had his daddy reduplicated the pad
dling he received at school instead of
taking the case into court.
Teachers as a rule have no disposi
tion to injure children. Retribution
is too swift and sure if they give way
in the slightest degree to vlndictlve
ness. In particular a teacher of six
teen years' tribulation, like Mr. Hugh
son, a extremely unlikely to knock a
boy around so roughly as to injure his
knee or any other part of his frame.
First, because in sixteen years even
the most Impulsive schoolteacher be
comes wary and cool; second, because
no man who did not like boys, even
bad ones, could stand it to teach.
school for sixteen years; and finally,
because if Mr. Hughson had any dev
ilishness within him it would . have
been forced out so often by the trials
of his profession that he would have
been driven into some other calling
long and long ago. It is only men of an
exceptionally innate salntllness who
can remain a long time in the thorny
paths of pedagogy. The chances are
that when Mr. Hughson resorted to
the paddle it was after ripe delibera
tion and with a firm conviction that
nothing else could save the erring
youngsters from their evil ways, and
probably he was entirely right.
TROUBLE IX MACEDONIA.
Macedonia, once the ruling nation
of the world, has for a long time been
subject to Turkey. Like all Turkish
possessions, it has been misruled. The
object of the government is to extort
as much money as possible from the
inhabitants with no thought of their
welfare. Bad as Turkish rule Is uni
versally, in Macedonia it has been so
much worse than elsewhere that the
Civilized nations of Europe have
viewed it with constant misgivings
and have frequently interfered to pro
mote reforms. But their interference
has accomplished little.
The concert of Europe is at best
but a rope of 'sand. It breaks with
the slightest strain and the Sultan un
derstands the art of keeping it from
ever becoming, stronger. He is mas
ter of the game of playing off .one
power against another by secret con
cessions, and of making promises to
be broken as soon as the pressure is
lightened. For the past ten or fifteen
years Germany has been the member
of the European concert which has
prevented effective action for the. re
lief of the victims of Turkish tyranny.
and It has received substantial re
wards for betraying the cause of hu
manity and civilization. At the time
of the Armenian massacres it was the
Kaiser who stayed the hand of the
world from punishing the brutal Turk,
and In return he received rich conces
sions in Asia Minor. The German
railroad to the Persian Gulf is the
fruit of William's connivance at the
slaughter of the. Christian Armeni
ans. Maladministration in Macedonia has
now reached another of its frequent
crises, and the concert of Europe has
been intervening with more or less
hope of effecting changes for the bet
ter. But at the critical moment, Just
as heretofore, the hand of civilization
is stayed and justice thwarted by" the
double dealing of Germany. Instead
of supporting the proposals of the
concert, William decides to give the
Turk a free hand to murder and rob
his subjects. The Kaiser was terri
bly shocked at the thought of the
heathen Japanese defeating the Chris
tian Russians, but th6 spectacle of
the heathen Turks murdering the
Christian Macedonians does not dis
turb his serenity in the least. The
reason is simple enough. The defeat
of, the Russians in Asia interfered
with Aymiam's plans for German ag
grandizement in China. The security
of the Turk furthers William's plans
in Asia Minor and the "Valley of the
Euphrates.
William's conduct In Turkey and
the near East Is part of the battle for
markets which he is waging with
England and Russia. Perhaps he
cannot be blamed for playing his
hand for all it is worth. ' The victor
in the fight for markets will ultimate
ly rule the world. The prize is glit
tering and very likely the temptation
to strive for it surpasses human pow
ers of resistance. At any rate, the
nations are all engaged in the4 strug
gle, and if any of the others had Ger
many's advantages they would use
them just the same as William does.
RECORD WHEAT SHIPMENTS.
Argentine wheat shipments for the
week ending Thursday reached the
enormous total of 6,864,000 bushels.
For the preceding week they were
5,700,000 bushels, and on the la.st
week in January - 5,078,000 bU3hes.
These figures far surpass all former
records from the Southern Hemis
phere and present rather alarming
evidence of the increasing prominence
of the Argentine in the world's mar
kets. High-water mark in American
shipments was reached several weeks
ago, and from iow until the end of
the Reason, there will be a steady
dwindling until the new crop begins
to come on the market. The foreign
buyers have apparently satisfied
themselves that the enormous Argen
tine shipments can be maintained un
til there is another crop available in
this, country, for they welcomed the
news of the big shipments yesterday
with a decline of 2 pence per hundred,
equivalent to nearly 24 cents per
bushel. - ' ,
The American markets failed to re
flect the weakness in Europe, for the
close In Chicago was practically the
same as for the day previously. There
is, of course, a possibility that the for
eigners, whose market day is over be
fore the Chicago market opens, were
yesterday reflecting the pronounced
weakness of Chicago for the preced
ing day, but in both markets the
weight of the big Argentine surplus
has been hanging heavy for a long
time. It Is an old saying' that there
is no sentiment in business, but not
Infrequently we are confronted with
commercial problems which in pro
cess of solution disprove the truth of
the old adage. The statistical posi
tion of wheat is strong and the mar
ket is weak. The weakness, not be
ing Justified by the statistical position,
must naturally "be traced in part to
sentiment created by the enormous
quantities of wheat now floated in the
Argentine and in this country. -
The foreign buyer, confronted by
these heavy offerings which are actu
ally in sight, is inclined to forget that
the most liberal estimates do not place
the exportable surplus of the Argen
tine at more than 20,000,000 bushels
In excess of that of last year, while
the American crop from which we
have been making such heavy ship
ments is 100,000,000 bushels less than
its predecessor. Perhaps the most
remarkable feature of the 1907 crop
In the United States is the rapidity
with which it has been floated. The
shipments from July 1 to February 1
have reached a total of 156,453,000
bushels, compared with 115,810,000
bushels for the same period in the
preceding season. In "other words, we
have already shipped 40,000,000 bush
els more from a crop of 635,000,000
bushels than we shipped in the pre
ceding year from a crop of 735,000,
000 bushels.
VThls seemingly contradictory situa
tion is due, of course, to the abnor
mally, high prices which early in the
jseason not only caused a free selling
of new wheat, but also brought Out
heavy reserves that were carried over
from the big crop of 1906. But in
the end there is only a given amount
of wheat available, and unless the
world's crop has been greatly under
estimated, there will be a changed
tone in the market after the senti
mental effect of these record-breaking
shipments wears off. Future require
ments must be based exclusively on
actual, stocks available, not this month
or next month, but f6r the coming
five or six months which will elapse
before the new American crop- is
available in liberal quantities.
Next to the young woman who sells
herself In marriage for a title, she'
who sues a wealthy man for breach
of promise of marriage is the most
contemptible of her sex. It passes
the comprehension of ordinary self-"
respect that any woman between
whom, and a man who has Jilted her,
there Is nothing more serious than a
simple promise of marriage, should
seek to enforce the fulfilment of the
promise. The woman who meets
perfidy of this character with thank
fulness for her escape from what
would have been a mockery of mar
riage is worthy of the admiration that
the exercise of simple common sense
in an unexpected situation. Inspires,
while she who pursues a recreant
lover with a demand for money de
serves the contempt that is the due of
the woman who places marriage on.
a soclassor mercenary basis and seeks
to realize on the investment.
A London cable announces that
there is. a prospect of Ralsull's ap
pearing on the variety stage. If he
should, his appearance will open up
a new and rich field for exploitation
by theatrical managers, and in due
season we may find the boards of the
"continuous" circuit thronged with
the famous bad men of the world.
Just at present Ralsull would be a
strong drawing card, but the next
time the Mad Mullah met with one of
his periodical deaths he would be res
urrected by some searcher for vaude
ville talent and "Rais" would be rele
gated to the "ten-twenty-thirty"
houses. Even Abdul Aziz, who is on
the verge of being "Abdul Azizn't,
would be an attraction In his way, and
if the other Abdul, who "lies dream
ing of the hour" when his creditors
will let him alone, is ever forced to
leave Constantinople, the variety stage
wjll greet him with open arms.
Another Tillamook steamship line
proposition has been put before the
Chamber of Commerce. For the good
Of the port, we trust something may
come out of it. If a systematic effort
were made to drive the trade of Tilla
mook away from Portland, it could
not accomplish much more along that
line than is now done by the misera
bly inadequate service with which our
merchants - attempt to doN business.
Tillamook is so near Portland and has
so many rich resources that the trade
should De cultivated instead of dis
couraged. San Francisco, nearly two
days' travel farther away, has always
had more of the Tillamook business
than Portland. It would seem that
the time was ripe for us to make a
change in the system and keep the
trade where it belongs in Oregon.
The Iron heel and the mailed fist
are very much in retirement in the
kingdom of Portugal just at present.'
The proprietor of a department store
has opened a subscription for the
family of the dead assassin of the late
King, and a number of persons have
openly contributed money to the sup
port of the children. While this is
most humane and in a civilized coun
try would be eminently proper, it dif
fers quite radically from the treat
ment which Russia and some other
despotic governments of the Old
World extend to the families of as
sassins who attempt to set thlng3
right by committing murder.
"A Republican" has written a letter
to The Oregonian, in which he admits
that he Is one of those who have been
voting "waywardly," but says the
need of the party Is a leader. We
should think Republicans who reject
ed George H. Williams as a leader and
took Harry Lane would feel the want
of a leader by this time.
It is estimated that the amount of
wood that went into the manufacture
of paper in this country last year was
3,500,000 cords. An area hatf as largo
as the State of Rhode Island is
stripped every year to make wood
pulp. Wood suitable for making pa
per is not growing half fast enough
to supply the waste.
Objection was made yesterday in
Judge Cleland's court, on argument
upon demurrer filed by Banker Ross
and, 'others, that the information was
not sufficiently specific in its statement
to enabHJ the defendants to know
whether they had looted the bank or
not. This seems to be a nice point of
law.
From the epitomized telegraphic re
port, both parties will be able to use
extracts from Champ Clark's speech
for campaign literature next Summer.
The popular Missouri Congressman
has taken the thirty-third degree in
political versatility.
A New York eye specialist informs
the members of the Illuminating En
gineering Society, of Chicago, that the
old kerosene lamp is the least harm
ful of any artificial llluminant- This
ought to be cheering news to Rocke
feller. The tornado season has opened ear
lier than usual this year. Like other
things that appear with Spring, the
South is always first in the field, and
the pioneer 1908 cyclone tore through
Mississippi and Texas.
The London lady suffragists who
created a disturbance at the House of
Commons all went to jail rather than
pay a small fine. London, since the
days of Julius Caesar, was always a
favorite place for martyrs.
What with the crematory, vehicle
license, streetcar fender and barring
females from saloons, the City Council
is doing a lot of unfinished business.
It may help Governor Chamber
lain's prospects if Senator Bourne
could get Roosevelt's written indorse
ment of Statement No. 1.
That conductor who threatened to
smash Mr. Wittenberg's face, if elect
ed to the School Board, could con
tinue the conflict.
VANCOUVER BARRCKS NOTES
No Orders Yet for Troopp to Be Sent
to Alaska.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.,
Feb. 14. (Special.) Leave of absence for
15 days Is granted to Frederick W. Phls
terer. Coast Artillery Corps.
The leave of absence granted First
Lieutenant William K. Gibson, Third In
fantry, has been extended two months.
Inquiry at Department Headquarters to
day revealed the fact that up to this
time no orders have been .issued through
these headquarters for any movement of
troops in Alaska, incident to the labor
troubles at Fairbanks. The nearest sta
tion of troops to Fairbanks Is at Fort
Gibbon, 260 miles to the north and Fort
Liscum about the same distance to the
south, and the only means of transport
ing troops in is by dog sleds, and would
take at least two weeks to make the trip.
Both forts, are in constant communica
tion with the authorities to Fairbanks,
and should the order be issued will rush
troops to Fairbanks.
The maneuvers for the regulnr troops
and the Militia of the Department of the
Columbia will be held during the month
of August at American Lake, Wash., and
will be under the command of the Com
manding General of this department. The
regular troops to participate in the
maneuvers will consist of four troops of.
the Fourteenth Cavalry from Fort Walla
Walla, two troops of the Fourteenth
Cavalry from Boise Barracks, two bat
teries of the Fourth Field Artillery from
Vancouver Barracks. 12 companies of
the First Infantry from Vancouver
Barracks, eight companies of the
Third Infantry from Fort Wright,
four companies of the Third Infantry at
Fort Lawton, four companies of the
Sixth Infantry from Fort W. H. Har
rison, four companies of the Sixth In
fantry from Fort Lincoln, four companies
of the Sixth Infantry from Fort Mis
soula. Available regular force: Six
troops of cavalry, two batteries of field
artillery and 29 companies of infantry.
From August 1 to 10 U:c rational Guard
of Washington and Oregon will partici
pate, and from August 16 to 30 one regi
ment each from Montana and Idaho. .
Chaplain C. C. Bateman. of the Coast
Artillpry Corps, who has been on duty at
Fort Bayard, New Mexico, has been pro
moted to the grade of Major. Chaplain
Bateman has a splendid record in the
Army, not Che least of which has been
obtained by him at Fort Bayard. He was
stationed at Vancouver Barracks for a
number of years, and Is well known by
a large number of people on the Pacific
Coast.
CONFERENCE COLLEGE WOMEN
Student Gathering of Y. W. C. A. at
Whitman College, Walla "Walla.
WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla Walla,
Wash., Feb. 14. (Special.) College, acad
emy and Normal school girls from all
over the Inland Empire .gathered this
afternoon under the auspices of the
Young Women's Christian Association,
of Whitman College, as the Eastern Stu
dent Conference. At this conference over
50 delegates are In attendance from
Washington State College, University of
Idaho, Lewiston Normal, Cheney Nor
mal, Weston Normal and Pendleton
Academy, besides those in attendance
from the local institution. Rev. Paul M.
Rader, of the Hassalo-street Congrega
tional Church, of Portland, is one of the
principal conference leaders, as is also
Mrs. Jessie M. Honeyman, of Portland,
president of the Oregon and Idaho State
Board of the Y. W. C. A. Rev. John C.
Abells, of Moscow, is another leader.
Misses Maude E. Ross and Frances Gage,
Y. W. C. A. secretaries, and members of
the local college faculty, are also as
sisting. ItOAD'S FIGURES RUN WAY UP
Realty Values Twice That Estimated
by State Experts.
OLYMPIA. Wash!, Feb. 14. (Special. )--At
the hearing before the Railroad Com
mission today it was shown upon cross
examination that the railroads are list
ing property used entirely for railroad
business, in order to swell the valuations
as much as possible. Realty values of
railroad holdings at Spokane, Pasco, Oak
ville, Kennewick, Rosalia, Lind and
Cheney were testified to today by really
experts of the railroads. The valuations
as placed by the roads are 100 to 200 per
cent greater than that given by the state
experts.
At Lind the state listed the property
at ;28, while the railroads place it at
$39,220; Rosalia, state one-half as much;
Cheney, state KU0S, railroad, $16,400; Pas
co, stale. $23,750; railroads, $1:3,375.
FUNERAL OF WRECK VICTIM
John A. .MacDonald Buried From
Home at McMinnvlIIe.
M'MINNVILLR. Or.. Feb. 14 (Spe
cial.) The funeral of John A. MacDonald,
who was killed In the railroad wreck near
Forest Grove Tuesday night, was held at
his late home near this place this after
noon. The deceased wa's a stonemason
by trace, and came here about three
years ago from Salem, where he had long
been a resident. He was married a year
ago to Mrs. Mary Allen, of this pise.
Besides his widow, he leaves a mot tier
and brother residing in Boston," Mass. Mr.
MacDonald was aged about 63 years.
Lately ho was engaged in hopgrowing,
and was building the first brick hor,ous8
in the state at his farm, Just west of
town.
YAMHILL SLOW TO REGISTER
Less Than 600 Names Have Been
Placed oh Rolls.
M'MINNVILLE, Or., Feb. It. (Spe
cial.) Voters are slow to register this
year, thus far less than 600 having placed
their names on the rolls. At the last
general election the vote of this county
was about 3300, which, in the natural or
der of the general progress of the county,
should be much greater this year. One
significant fact is that according to the
present registration the Republicans out
number the Democrats about two to one.
At the last election the Republican ma
jority was near 700. Something like 4
per cent of the registrations up to this
date are Prohibitionists, and a little more
than 1 per cent call themselves Socialists.
Probably a like proportion refuse to be
classified politically.
LURES YOUNG GIRLS TO ROOM
Tacoma Man In Jail With Serious
Charges Against Him.
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 14. (Special.)
Charged by two young glrjs, neither
of whom is yet 16 years old, John
Wyman, a Northern Pacific switchman,
was arrested and is In the county Jail.
Wyman is accused by Hazel Switzer
and Mabel Taylor with having lured
them to" his room in a lodging house
and there drugged and assaulted them.
Wyman refused to make any statement,
further than to deny his guilt.
The wife of the accused man has
been absent from the city for seme
time past and she returned to find him
in prison.
Thurston Mills to Reopen.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Feb. 14. (Spe
cial. )' Shingle mills of Thurston
County will open Monday, giving em
ployment to severaf hundred men. They
have been closed all Winter,
WILL DISALLOW NATAL ACT
Otta,wa Government Overrules Ac
tion of Provincial Legislature.
VANCOUVER. B. C, Feb. 14. The
new provincial Natal act, now in force
in British Columbia, providing an edu
cational test before their entry for
Japanese and other Oriental immi
grants, will probably be fully tested
before the end of next week, at which
time It will undoubtedly be disallowed
by the Ottawa government.
For some reason, which it Is im
possible to learn today, the provincial
government, has ceased to impose fees
for the examination of Immigrants un
der the Natal act. This morning, on
the arrival of the steamer Waiateale
from Seattle, two Japanese were ex
amined and given certificates and no
fees were charged. Yesterday two
Japant-se who debarked from the Iro
quois after passage from Seattle were
examined and each was charged $1. It
is understood that this money will now
be refunded. The two Japanese ar
rivals this morning were able to nil
out the educational form satisfactorily
and they were admitted.
GUARDIAN FOR THE ESTATE
Petition for Guardian for Person of
C. F. Vonderahe Denied.
OREGON CITY. Or., Feb. 14. (Special.)
County Judge Grant B. Dimic-k has
just handed down a decision in the appli
cation for the appointment of a guardian
of the estate arid person of C. F. Von
derahe, who is 79 years of agei and worth
$35,000. The court, after reviewing the
law and evidence, grants the petition for
the appointment of a guardian of the
estate, but denies the prayer for the ap
pointment of a guardian for the person.
The Vonderahe case has obtained con
siderable prominence through a isuit
brought by C. W. Vonderahe, to restrain
Mrs. 'Erikke Trullinger from associating
with his father, stating that the woman
was endeavoring to obtain possession of
the old man's property.
NEGRO TRIES THRICE TO DIE
Starts Out First to Kill His Wire,
hut Police Interfere.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Feb. 14.
(Special.) Mortimer Moore, colored, was
arrrsted today, after having armed him
self to kill his wife and then himself
He attempted suicide three times after
his arrest, the last time by hanging him
self in his cell. A letter was found on
his person in which he declared his pur
pose to kill his wife because she refused
to live with him and then take his own
life.' He was armed with a large re
volver, which he attempted to use when
arrested, and a bottle of carbolic acid.
He tried to use the latter while being
searched. It is believed that Moore. i3
mentally deranged.
DEAD OF THE NORTH WEST
J. C. Glover, of Union.
UNION, Or., Feb. 14. J. C. Glover,
essoc-iate editor of the Union Republi
can, j:lit-d at his home In this city last
night of pneumonia. Mr. Glover was a
veteran newspaperman, having worked
in the various departments of a coun
try paper for over 30 years. In 1S83 he
formed a partnership with G. A. Scl
bird of this city, which continued un
til his death. For 19 years they were
proprietors of the Del Norte, Colo.,
Prospector, and in 1903 took charge
rtf the Union Republican. The remains
were shipped to Colorado Springs for
burial.
H . F. Kayler.
ORISON CITY. Or, Feb. 14. (Special.)
H. F. Kayler is dead at his home In
Molalla, aged 87 years. He was born
in North Carolina and came to Oregon
in 1S50. Death was due to an attack of
grip.. He is survived by a widow and
the following children: Ellen, George,
W. P., P. J., H. A., Perry and Florie
Kayler, of Molalla; Mrs. R. J. Moore,
Mrs. F. E. Schatzman and Mrs. J. F.
Adams, of Molalla: N. P. "Kayler, of
Sumpter; Elmer Kayler, of Heppner, and
Mrs. Linnie Swift, of Eugene.
Mrs. Levi- Chrisnian.
THE DALLES, Or., Feb. 14. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Levi Chrisman, wife of
Sheriff Chrisman, of this county, died
at her home here tonight of pneumonia.
Mrs. Chrisman, who was formerly Miss
Clemtinc Martin, was reared in The
Dalles and was one of the best-known
young matrons of this city. Besides
her husband, she leaves five little chil
dren, the youngest two weeks old.
Given Fatal Morphine Dose.
GRANTS PASS. Or., Feb. 14. (Spe
cial.) Earl E. Dotson died yesterday
from the effects of an overdose of mor
phine administered by William Fehley.
Dotson and a young man named Farlow
were out late the previous night and
fell in with Fehloy, ' a disreputable
character. The coroner' jury returned
a verdict finding William Fehley
guilty of furnishing Dotson the mor
phine. SCHOOL. BOOK PROTEST.
Parent Sayn Texts Are Required
Which Are Not Vr.A.
PORTLAND. Feb. 14. (To the Editor.)
Bcllevlna; an Injustice is boliiff perpetrated
upon the pupils of the publlr schools and
their parents In this city through a . per
nicious school-book system. whl'h com
:pells the purchase of many school books
which are scarcely or never used, I request
the courtesy of The Oreconlan for space
to voice a few words of protest. At the
commencement of the school term Just
passed, my little Blrl was given a list of
the books to be used during that term.
Among others were "Pranu's Text Book on
Art Education. No. 4" and the "Kiw Edu
cational Third Music Reader." The school
term has been comr.'leted and my little slrl
honorably promoted, having passed her
studies successfully. Again she has been
requested to change those books for num
bers 5 and 3 respectively, notwithstanding
the fact that text book No. 4 was opened
but once (at page 7) during the entire term,
and music book No. 2 scarcely used at all.
It is unnecessary for me to say that she
is not learned in either book. While at the
book store to purchase the new books, a
person happened to bring in a copy of
"Prang's Text Book No. 5" anf offered it
for sale. The book was perfectly new and
the little girl who owned it Btated that
her school had never used those books after
the pupils had all been supplied, although
they had been compelled to get them. I
have since spoken with several children of
different schools, and without exception
all tell the same story. I would like to
hear from others through the columns of
this paper In regard to this matter, and
while the reform movement is on. let us
try to remedy this evil condition or affairs.
I do not object to purchasing the necessary
school books, but I protest against this
wholesale robbery of the public, compelling
books to be purchased which are never to
be used.
GEORGE C. HELD.
Simple Discount.
Philadelphia Ledger.
San Francisco was about to issue a
large amount of bonds.
"We have to name a big sum." the
citizens explained, "so that even if
our grafters get out of Jail there'll be
some left for public use."
BOOf6
mats
THAT there are stranger adventures In
real life than ever were pictured in
books, is shown in a recent experience
connected with Myra Kelly. ' the young
authoress who has excelled in writing
stories of Hebrew life in New York City,
for the magazines. Not very long ago.
It was announced that Mis3 Kelly had
niarrieS Allan MacNaughton, a well-to-do
New Yorker, and her friends said: "My
ra'll never be poor again."
The proverbial crash came when Mac
Naughton tried to establish "Blue Ridse
Stock Farm" in New Jersey, and convert
the tract of land into an ideal colony for
literary folk. From time immemorial.
literary folk and money never have got
along together, and the MacNaughton col
ony failed after he had spent on It $10.
000 of his own money, and also sums ad
vanced by his wife. MacNaughton ap
peared at Newark, N. ' J., the other
day before a referee in bankruptcy, for
examination, and claimed exemption for
the personal Jewelry he was wearing,
making a special appeal to George H.
Pierce, counsel for Wilfred C. Roszel.
trustee of the estate. "I ask you as a
gentleman to allow me to keep the
watch," he said. "I have carried It for
20 years."
"It is not a question of gentlemanly
courtesy, but of creditors." replied Mr.
Pierce, and Mr. MacNaughton reluctant
ly handed over his gold watch and chain,
cuff-buttons and fam-y pin, as assets of
his estate in bankruptcy.
Mrs. MacNaughton had been summoned
as a witness, but was too ill to appear.
' "Ten to Seventeen," by Josephine Dns
kam Baton. Is a sparkling diary of girls
In a boarding-school during those tender
years when the world is chiefly made up
of these two kinds of excitement senti
ment and "scrapes." The three misses
who principally tell the story are Roberta.
who writes tlie events; "Ben." whose
cleverness inspires them, and Constantina,
who prefixes each event with a remark
able "poem." It's a typical story for
healthy, young folks.
How E. Phillips Oppenhelm can write
two sensational novels every year and
still keep up a uniform standard of liter
ary excellence, is a mystery. He is now
about 40 years old, and has a strong,
good-looking face. At 18 years old, he
began writing stories and has been hard
at it ever since. His first novel was en
titled "Expiation" and was so blood
thirsty that all the prinicipa! characters
were killed off before the middle of thq
book was reached and to finisli the book
decently. Oppcnheim was obliged to
create new people. Soon after the novel
was published, the author was traveling
one sunny afternoon in Ensiand and
chanced to see a. man near him on the
train reading "Expiation,"
"What Is your opinion of that novel,
sir?" asked Oppenhelm, but the critic's
views would not look well in print. Op
penhelm then wrote. "Mysterious Mr.
Sabln," and a man who said that he was
"the" Mr. Sabin called on Oppenheim de
manding heavy damages for the use of
his name. "A Prince of Sinners" Ulti
mately brought ducats and fame to the
persistent story-writer.
s
"The Lady of the Decoration." rated
by the Bookman from carefully gathor.-d
figures as the best selling book in 1W,
exhairMed 17 editions In the 12 months
just passed, and has Just been sent to
press for the 25th printing.
Harry C. Evans, of Des Moines, Iowa,
editor of The Yellow Shield, has suddenly
discovered that Longfellow was a plagiar
ist, and that Longfellow's poem "Hia
watha" was largely copied after the an
cient Finnish "Kalevala" written before
Homer's time. The two poems referred
to are of puzzling similarity, the measure
and meter being the same, and both deal
with Indians, fiiaglc and the Northland.
The moving spirit of "Kalevala" is one
Wamamoinen who Is spoken of as "the
eternal wonder-worker," who "builds his
vessels by enchantment," and the poem
proceeds:
Why should I sing other legends.
Chant them in the gl-n e.nd forest;
Sing them on the hill and heather.
Only will the forest listen,
Pacrrd hin.'hes, sighing pine trees ,
As a lark 1 VarncI to ivaii'lrr.
Wander a. a lonely snng bird.
Through the fnrertt and the fenlftnds;
Qulftly o'er hill and henther:
Walked In pnlr. nbout the rnarshrs.
licamed the songs of wind and waters.
This is from "Hiawatha:" '
Phould you ask where Newsdnha,
Fnunil tbeso songs so wild and wayward;
Found these legends and traditions;
All the wild flowers sang them to him
lu the moorlands and the fcnlandi".
In the melancholy marshce.
' Ttound about the Indian villages, ,
And beyond them stood the forest.
Stood the grove of singing pine trees.
But a more deadly parallel is found in
Wamanolnen's departure:
Ieft hl.? tribe in Knlevnla
Sailing o'er the rolling billows.
Sailing through the axure vbpot-s.
Sailing through the du.sk of evening.
To the lower verse of heaven.
Hiawatha's departure:
Westward, westward, Hiawatha,
Sailed Into tbe tlery sun?t.
Sailed into the dusk of evening.
To the land of the hereafter.
Among the Flprlng novels about to be:
published is "The loartstone." by Will
l.illibridge, author of "Ben Blair." Dr.
IJlllbridge Is a Dakota man. born and
bred In that country. He has been far
mer, rancher and cattleman. Even now.
busy as he Is with his profession and
literary work, he has a mania for being
out of doors.
What etories do children prefer to read?
Interesting answers to this question have
been personally obtained from the chil
dren of today by Claude G. Leland. libra
rian of the Board of Education of New
York City. At his request teachers in the
grammar grades in the public schools,
especially those In charge of the work in
English, collected and sent to him re
views or opinions written by pupiLs on
favorite authors or favorite books, which
gave reasons for the choice. About 40no
such reviews, representing the higher
classes in nearly every section of the
five boroughs, were obtained tills way.
The reviewers were between the ases of
10 and 14 years. "Little Women" headed
the list. The 10 favorite authors in the
order of their preference were: Louisa M.
Alcott, K. D. W'iggin, F. H. Burnett.
Charles Dickens, H. A. Ilcnty. John Long,
H. B. Stowe, H. W. Ixngfellow. Sir Wal
ter Scott, and A. E. Barr. Tim 10 favor
ite books in the order of the preference
were, "Little Women" (Alcott): "Sarah
Crew" (Burnett): ."I'ncle Tom's Cabin"
(Stowe); "Black Beauty" (Sewe'I):
"Bird's Christmas Carol" (Wiggin); "Rob
inson Crusoe" (Defoe): "Rebecca of Sun
nybrook Farm" (Wiggin): "Old-Fashioned
Girl" (Alcott); "Grimm's Fairy Tales";
and "Evangeline" (Longfellow).
Within a few days, will be issued what
Is probably the first fiction in English,
the characters in which are Chinese. The
attractive title is "The Vermillion Pen
cil," the author being Homer Lee.
Harper's Magazine announces that Its
editors received for consideration curing
one year, 22.000 manuscripts. The present
issue of Harper's contains 22 contribu
tions, including two serials. In a year
this would amount to 2GI contributions,
the larger portion of which are, of course,
by writers of reputation.
Before sailing for Italy. William Dean
How-ells gave the last revision to a new
novel.