t s THE MORNIXG OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY, APRIL. 21. 1908. fe (Itejrmitatt rBSCBITTION KAXKS. INVARIABLY IM ADViMCt By Mall.) Dslls. 6undar include, on rr. ... alls. eundar Included, tlx month. ... jj Patty. Bundar included, lnrs monlhi. . Daliy. Sunday lacluaad. lu mootn. I? Jjai;y, without Sunday, ou yaar J LaUj. without Sunday, six month..... ? Dally, without Sunday, t.lraa month. . Dally, without Sunday, oat month , Sunday. year f rx W-,,.ly. on year (Issued Thursday... J-JJJ maday and waskly. en yaar " " BV CABBIF.n. Oatlr. Sundav Included, ana year...... JJ Dallj-. Sunday Included, on month HOW IO Rfc-MIT Sand postoBlca monay arder. express older or pronal check on your looal bank. 6 tamp, coin or currsnoy ra at the sender's risk. Olv nostoBice au drass la full, including county ana at. rOSTACK BATKaV Cn(erd at Portland, Oreaon. Poaxofflca , a fiwcend-Claaa atattar. , 10 to 14 Pases 5la to it Pace " 0 .0 44 P.... tt to eo Page cent Foreicn poetaeT. double rate. 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Parent; N. Wheatley; Falrmount Hotel News Stand; Amos New Co.; United New Axency. 14 v, Eddy atreet; B. E, Amos, man es. r three wagons; Worlds N. S-. 2825 A. butter street. Oakland. C-.il. W, H. Johnson. Fourteenth nd .franklin streets: N. Wheatley; Oakland News Stand: B. E. Amos, manager nv wagons; Welllngham. K. a. Uoldtleld. Nee. Doule Follln. Eureka. Cal. Call-Chronicle Agency; Eu reka Newa Co. 1'OKTLAND, TUESDAY, APRIL SI, IMS. THE PAPER TRUST. Congressman Perkins, of Rochester, N. Y., has thrown some light on the workinirs of the International Paper Company in a recent speech. - His ac count of the "economies" which this company has effected is particularly Interesting, since one of the principal arguments for the trusts and their methods of doing business is the al leged fact that they save a great deal of money that would otherwise be wasted In excessive salaries an8 other expenses. The paper trust saves money by paying Its president a salary Just equal to that of the President of the I'nlted States, white mill managers who were previously receiving J7500 a year were listed by the trust at $15, U00. It is In this way, as a rule, that "economies" are effected by these combinations. Extravagance and waste characterize most of them from beginning to end. Having at their disposal the fruits of unlimited plun der, why should they take the trouble to save when spending is so much easlrr and more pleasant? The beautiful theory of the trusts, sent out for popular consumption, is that they not only effect great econo mies In production, but that the con sumer gets most of the benefit. The magnates give their valuable time and inspired effort solely from love of mankind. Such is the theory. We have seen what the practice is in the matter of "economy." Mr. Perkins shows in his speech how much of the saving is shared with the public. The paper trust has the benefit of a duty of 15 per cent ad valorem on print pa per, with an additional one of 33 per cent on wood pulp. Aided by this spe cial provision of a kindly Providence, the trust has steadily been pushing the price of paper upward until it has be come almost prohibitive. Every pub lication In the country feels the strain of i:s extortion. Every citizen who reads will sooner or latfr suffer from higher prices or lowered quality in much that he purchases. Thus doth the trust share Its economies with the consumer. Extravagantly inflated prices are al most, a necessity with the paper trust from the way tt was organized. As in many similar cases, the properties which went Into this combination were i apttaltzed at double, treble and some times five-fold their true value, and of ourse on this false capitalization divi dends must be earned, or at least on part of it. The common stock of the company, we learn from Mr. Perkins, paid one or two dividends at the out set, but never a one since. It was is sued to sell to the public, and the offi cers of the trust got rid of their shares as early as possible. When the whole $18, 000,000 of common stock had been unloaded, then the Inner circle of the paper trust ceased to pay dividends on tt. The plunder goes to pay Interest on the $10,000,000 of bonds and the $22,000,000 ot preferred stock. The late Roswell P. Flower, of New York, was one of the organisers of the paper trust, and it la said that he used hts personal Influence to induce his friends to buy the common stock, but at his death only one poor solitary share was discovered among his effects. Mr. Flower, as we all know, was more honest than the great majority of those who promote trust organizations. His sense of honor was exceptionally keen for the class to which he be longed, but he was not above swin dling his friends. It appears. Founded in fraud and suported by a special privilege to rob the country to fill its treasury, the paper trust has ttrTally become so hateful to everybody that Mr. . Roosevelt has asked Congress to repeal the duty by virtue of which it lives and thrives. For a time it actu ally seemed as If the duty might be repealed. The President's recommen dation, backed by unanimous public opinion, almost made a breach in the holy walls of the Bingley tariff, that city of refuge for trust robbers and privileged pirates. But Mr. Cannon came nobly to the rescue, as he always does when a measure is proposed to benefit the people and injure the "In terests." Mr. Cannon will never be caught napping when the welfare of a trust is at stake. When the welfare of the public Is under discussion he be comes suddenly deaf. This great lu minary of standpatism headed off the repeal of the paper trust's profitable duty by asking why the United States courts had not prosecuted the trust 1 and punished its officers. Mr. Can non must have smiled to himself when he asked the question. He knows and everybody else knows Just how much and how little the. courts can do tft break up a trust which has a duty to fortify it. What can be done is abso lutely nothing. The Department of Justice reports that as yet no Incrimi nating evidence has been discovered against the paper trust, but Mr. Bona parte will go on "Investigating" and perhaps In a generation or two he may find something. Thus Congress will not act because the Department of Justice has not done arty thing, and the Department of Justice has not done anything because it can't. Meanwhile the consumer Is ground between. the upper and nether millstone and the paper trust laughs and grows fat. MR. CAKE AND MR. CHAMBERLAIN. Since the people in the Republican primaries have declared that they want Mr. Cake for United States Sena tor, It would seem the clear duty of Mr. Chamberlain to withdraw from the race. There can be no need of two Statement No. 1 candidates for Mr. Fulton's seat. The people have made known that they regard State ment No. 1 the most important issue. Any persons who may now try to sub ordinate that issue to party questions are not frue to the people. Had Mr. Fulton, foe of Statement No. 1, been nominated, Mr. Chamber lain's loyalty to the people and hostil ity to the bosses would have forced him to run. But Mr. Cake's nomina tion necessarily fulfills Mr. Chamber lain's fond desire to secure the elec tion of the next United States Senator by the people. So sure is Editor Geer of the Pendleton Tribune that Mr. Chamberlain will see his duty tnat he says J We predict this step upon his part, for the reason that everybody know his dis interested motives In matters political, and since hi ole object Is to purify Oregon poli tic and to assist in the destruction of the party bosses, he will readily see the consum mation of these results in the success of Mr. Oake. Chamberlain moving spirit has been, first, to etecure for the people an opportunity to elect their own I'nlted States Senators, and, second, to further the Roosevelt policies, claiming that he is a better Rooeeveit Re publican than many men professing to be long to the Republican party. All this Is assured by the success of Mr. Cake, and there Is nothing for Chamberlain to do but publicly retire in favor of the man who represents all this and 1 a Republican besides. This would be a gracious act on the part of Mr. Chamberlain. It would show the sincerity of his frequent ut terance that party lines no longer exist and that the sole concern in politics at present is the people's interest. It would be a courtesy also to Repub licans who supported Mr. Chamber lain twice for Governor, but who now believe party lines should be restored. For there are some such persons re maining. Mr. Chamberlain Is noted for his obliging disposition. The regonian does not wish Mr. Chamberlain to follow any suggestion that would spoil his political future. Nor will it admit that it makes any difference to Mr. Cake whether Mr. Chamberlain withdraws or not. But it hopes he will see clearly his non partisan duty to the voters of Oregon, including erstwhile members of his de funct party, by accepting the verdict of their primaries. fiOOD TIMES RETURNING. C. M. Levey, in charge of the oper ating department of the Northern Pa cific, announces that, his road hs placed orders for 12 40 new cars, of which all but forty are for freight service. This is a highly important transaction at this time, showing as it does that the turn of the tide has at last set in, and. instead of sidetracks crowded with Idle cars, there will soon be a demand for the services of all that may be available. There was an other item in The Oregonian yesterday under a New York date line which pointed quite unmistakably to return of better times In this country. This latter "straw" which disclosed tjie di rection of the financial wind was a statement of gold engagements for ex port to Europe, a proceeding made necessary by the fact that "the flow of funds to New York from the interior continues In unabated volume and the surplus of the New York bank reserve is assuming an unwieldy volume." Under the stress of these enormous offerings the rate on call money fell away to less than 1 per cent, and 90 day loans wjere made at less than 3 per cent. These easy money condi tions prove quite conclusively that there is plenty of idle money in the country, and. as was predicted when the flurry last Fall attracted gold from Europe, It Is almost a certainty that nearly all of the $100,000,000 Import ed to relieve the strain will now be sent back to Europe. With the rail roads placing orders for more cars and with money becoming easier in all parts of the country, the time for a general revival of all Industries cannot long be deferred. The drastic liquidation, which before it had run its course last Fall had squeezed practically all the water out of the railroad stocks, left these se curities at a price level where they should certainly prove attractive to in vestors, providing there were no fur ther attacks on the roads. As these attacks have ceased and peace has been restored between the railroads and their .antagonists, all that is now needed to bring about a return of the old-time activity Is the return of this immense amount of idle capital to in dustrial channels, where it can be used to advantage alike of the borrower and the lender, and Incidentally to the people as a whole. The Northern Pa cific ' is spending $1,800,000 for new cars; It Is also spending considerable money in track Improvements. It needs more" money for more Improve ments. The Harrlman system Is spending mnch money on uncompleted projects In various parts of the coun try, but could also find use for a good many millions more to carry out plans Interrupted by the panic last Fall. With the return of confidence and a cessation of viat James J. Hill termed "ghost dancing." the public, which is now seeking call loans at less than 1 per cent or sending money t Europe, where Jt, per cent civic, bonds are oversubscribed 3000 per ' cent, will again turn to new railroad securities for which loans are needed. We thus have abundant opportunity for safe and profitable investment, and also plenty of available money. With these two most prominent .factors tn the restoration of .good times already In evidence,. it Is hardly probable that the return of confidence, the remaining element necessary in the reconstruc tion of our prosperity; will be long deferred. THE RECALL. The proposed constitutional amend ment known as the recall is one of the initiative measures which should be voted down by the people of this state at the coming general election. While it may be conceded that there are at times cases in which It seems desira ble that the power to recall a public official should exist, yet reflection leads to the conclusion that adoption of this amendment would be productive of more harm than good. Oregon has had. and probably will have again, public servants so unfaithful that the people would. If they had the power, demand their removal under the pro visions oPa constitutional amendment such as that proposed. But simpler remedies no less effective can and should be provided, without necessi tating the trouble and expense of a special election. The constitutional amendment known as the recall provides that, upon petition of 25 per cent of the voters, any public officer may be re called, and upon filing of such petition a special election must be held for the purpose of deter mining whether the offending in cumbent or some other citizen shall be elected to fill out the term. Upon the ballot at such election may be stated in 200 words the cause for the recall, and in another 200 words the defense of the official. The cost of the election must be borne by the taxpayers in general. It will be said by the promoters of this measure that it is Intended as a sort of last resort against unfaithful public servants, and that appeal to this power would rarely be had. Such, also, was one of the arguments In be half of the initiative and referendum, but experience has shown that the di rect legislation power has been much abused. The people of this state are now striving to devise ways of remov ing the defects and imperfections of the Initiative and referendum and the direct primary, and until they have solved the difficult .problems involved in this task no new and practically un tried feature of popular government should be introduced. . If we wish to experiment with the recall, let It be tried first as a feature of city government, where the people will be personally acquainted with the officers affected, and where the Issues Involved may be thoroughly under stood. For all ordinary, and even ex traordinary, offenses on the part of public officials, complete remedy should be found under that section of the constitution which provides that "incompetency, corruption, malfeas ance or delinquency in office may be tried in the same manner as criminal offenses, and Judgment may be given of dismissal from office, and such fur ther punishment as may be provided by law." These words, incompetency, corruption, malfeasance and delin quency, cover every possible act or omfsslon which any public servant could be guilty of, and, under suita ble legislation, there should be no dif ficulty In getting rid of any unfaithful official promptly, and with much less trouble and expense than would be en tailed if the recall were used. It is difficult to conceive of any circum stances which would warrant the ex ercise of the recall that would not also warrant removal of an officer from his position after a trial by Jury upon a criminal charge under the sec tion of the constitution Just quoted. The Legislature should provide ade quate statutes defining incompetency, corruption,, malfeasance and delin quency, and making the statute broad enough so that there can be no diffi culty In finding authority "for placing an unsatisfactory official upon trial. With such a statute in force, a suffi cient -remedy would be available and there could, be no possible need for the recall. Even without such a stat ute It is very rarely that circum stances demand the exercise of the power proposed to be vested In the people" by the recall amendment. Let the amendment be defeated. BRVCE ON JEJKFERHOX. Speaking at the University of Vir ginia on Jefferson day, James Bryce said of Thomas J"efferson that his writ ings were no longer widely read, that his name was more on the lips than his ideas were "in the recollection of those who claim to be his disciples," and finally that he was an opportunist rather than a man of fixed principles. Can it be said that any man of Jef ferson's time who wrote gravely on weighty subjects is widely read? Prob ably Jefferson's fate Is much like that of the rest of them. Here and there a scholar knows their writings well. An occasional politician dipsjnto their works to find quotations for a speech. But few others disturb their repose on the library shelves. No writer more than a hundred years old is widely read, with very few exceptions. Un less their books are made schoolroom tasks their audience is smalr. Of most great men precisely the same may be said as Mr. Bryce said of Jefferson that his name is better known than his ideas. That Thomas Jefferson was an op portunist is undeniable. Many of his public acts, like the Louisiana, pur chase, were in opposition to his the ories. But even his theories varied from year to year. He can be quoted both for and against a centralized gov ernment. He sometimes favored and sometimes opposed those entangling alliances which Washington warned us against. Perhaps it was because of his opportunism that Jefferson was, next to Washington, the most useful of our early Presidents. Rigid adherence to preconceived ideas seldom enables a statesman to accomplish much. The man who gets things done Is gener ally ready to compromise, to yield., even to alter his theories. The truth Is that human affairs are too compli cated for any single set of principles to provide for all contingencies. A set of rules which applfes very fairly in one case may be all wrong in another. There is no calculus that will resolve all human problems. Jefferson was wise to change his rules as the prob lems altered. There was a sharp advance in the Chicago wheat market yesterday. Un favorable weather conditions account ed for some of the strength, but the greater part of it was due to a de crease in world's shipments and in the American visible. The visible Is now 15,000.000 bushels less than at a corre sponding date last year, and Argentine shipments for the first time since the season opened were yesterday reported as smaller than fwr the corresponding week last year. The action of the market yesterday shows to a certain degree the part that sentiment plays in the markets. The dimensions of the Argentine crop, taking the most liberal, estimates, were not great enough -to permit of shipments of 6.000,000 bushels per .week being con tinued Indefinitely, but the wheat spec ulators ignored the fact and were in fluenced by the enormous shipments, apparently assuming that they , would be continued throughout the year, and the first signs of a slackening caused a sudden change from bearish to bullish sentiment. Carry the news to Hobson. Sound the tocsin, man the pumps, and let slip the dogs of war, for a Japanese spy has been captured redhanded in an attempt to measure the boilers on the transport Buford. The Buford is a homely old tank which carries sup plies between the United States and the Far East, and the dimensions of her boilers or any other particulars regarding her construction would be fully as valuable to the Japanese in case of war as a diagram of the new piazza which the Rock Island Club is to build up the Willamette this Sum mer. Fortunately for International peace, this modern Major Andre, with the Nippon brand upon him, was turned over to a Japanese policeman and ail is quiet along the Pacific. An official investigation may disclose the fact that the presumably innocent notes and sketches made by this naughty yellow man were only lottery ticlrets, but even at that the incident Is of sufficient impoptance to keep the cables hot for a while. Underwriters have been hard hit In the North Pacific waters during the past Winter. In addition to half a dozen damaged vessels, which limped into port for expensive repairs, they have had to pay total losses on the steamship Gota Maru, for San Fran cisco; Castle Rock, for Portland, and Hartfield, for Puget Sound, with wreckage now coming ashore on Van couver Island which indicates an other total loss to be charged up against the Puget Sound fleet. The loss of life by the three vessels which have failed to reach port is nearly 100 men. A Greek Prince Is wandering around New York In search of a position to replace one which paid a salary of $15 per week, but which "pinched out" three months ago. The fact that any kind of a foreign nobleman could re main long in New York without being purchased by some of Manhattan's vulgar rich is surprising. Investiga tion will undoubtedly disclose the fact that Prince Constantlne Paleologus is not a degenerate rake and gambler, with the kind of a "past" which seems so attractive to those who seek the titled offscourings of the Old World. Numbers of Eastern newspapers comment sarcastically on the eager ness with which Pacific Coast persons welcome the fleet and the curiosity with which California residents view the battleships. If the fleet should be held in Pacific waters where it be longs our Eastern neighbors would be Just as eager and curious after bat tleships in a lWtle while. That's an other good reason for further enlarg ing the Navy. A New York paper, commenting on the cost of living, says: "As to the cost of living, there is room for debate on some features, but none on the fol lowing, all of which come too high: The fees of receivers, the purses of prizefighters, the salaries of grand opera singers, the price of a carriage ride, the tip expected or exacted at luncheon time." To this should be added the high finance of a ' bunco bank. . King Edward and Queen Alexandra have gone to Copenhagen on a visit. Though the Queen left the simplicity of the Danish palace, a child bride, more than forty-five years ago, it Is still "home" to her. A daughter of the sea kings, she is but an adopted daughter of Britain and has spent the happiest years of her married life In Denmark. "Those people who thought the edi tor of the Tribune was a candidate," says Editor Geer In that paper,, "can disabuse their minds by consulting the election returns." Mr. Geer Is one of the very few erstwhile aspirants to whom defeat was a Joke. If Texas had a primary law with a Statement No. 1 attachment, the hand ful of Republicans might manipulate politics so as to secure the big offices. That's the way the few Democrats in Oregon work the game. That impecunious political manager of Mr. Hodson's, F. E. Reed, has trans ferred hissupport to Mr. Cake. This Is the first hard Jolt Mr. Cake has re ceived. An order for 1240 new cars by the Northern Pacific will go far toward neutralizing a popular false impression that Roosevelt ktlled the railroad busi ness. . Mr. Cake has said In times past Mr. Chamberlain Is a "good fellow." What better reason for Mr. Chamberlain's election? Miss Helen Gould is curtailing her charities. Her sister Anna is extend ing hers in the French nobility. Of course the rain kept from the polls most of the friends of the defeat ed candidates last Friday. Just to think it might have been Mr. TTRen instead of Mr. Cake, but for Widow McGrath. Mr. Fulton will be Senator almost a year yet, anyway. Now will the foes of Mr. Ellis be good? SHAICE-TP IX POLICE FORCE Iaconu Department to Have Sew Officers Under New Chief. TACOMA.Wash.. April . (Special Tomorrow at noon when Chief Malony hands over the keys of the Police "Depart ment to new Chief Dtirfy. the latter will be ready with at least a fair start of the new force. Several of the detectives and patrolmen will not be changed for the present at least. Chief Duley announces the following appointments for head quarters: Captains John W. Xeedham and A. S. Read to succeed Captains William Olson and Charles King. Sergeants Lv R. Mc Coy. Goorsre H. Walker and R. S. Cole to succeed Sergeants Daniel Costello. Charles Simons and John Forbes. Matron Mrs. Busbridge to succeed Mrs. Crcighton. Clerk--Homer Crocker to suc ceed George Knowlden. Needham and Read have both had con siderable police experience tinder former administrations. McCoy was a sergeant under Mayor Campbell and Walker was sergeant for a year or so under Wright's first administration. Gustav Beutllch was appointed harbor master of Tacoma today by Mayor-Elect John W. Linck to succeed Captain Robert M. Montfort, who has served in that capacity for the past four years. DEADLOCK IV TACOMA COUNCIL Fight Prophesied Over Election of President for Body. TACOMA. Wash.. .4prll 20. (Spe cial.) The outlok is that the new Council will open with a deadlock to morrow at 10 A. M.. and some of the more- knowing ones predict that no organization will be made tomorrow. The fight is over the selection of a president. There are two candidates for thu place. J. fi. ITnwthorne and B. A. Lynn, and It Is saki each man has eight voles. Mr. Hawthorne has been known as the probable successor of President Doud for over a year. Soon after the recent election a se cret caucus of the newly-elected Coun cilmen was held and, though at that meeting no selection for the presidency was made, it was decided that the new members would Insist on knowing what committee places they were to be given. Mr. Hawthorne, it Is said, refused to do more than to say that he would play no favorites. L. W. Roys will be re-elected City Clerk. MEAD GOES TO CONFERENCE Washington's Executive Will Meet With Others at Capital. OLYMPIA. Wash., April 20. (Special.) Governor Mead wij! leave Thursday eve ning to attend the conference of Gover nors, called by President- Roosevelt to meet at the White House May 13. 14 and 16. While en route to the National cap ital Governor Mead will stop in Chicago, Detroit. Buffalo and New York, reaching Washington May 12. in time to be pres ent at the dinner to be given on that dato by the President to the visiting Gov ernors. This conference is called for the pur pose of considering matters of deepest concern to all parts of the United States and will take up problems of particular importance to the Northwest, such as the conservation of the great natural re sources of the country. Governor Mead will return throUKh Cin cinnati and St. Louis, stopping at sev eral places to visit friends and relatives. He will endeavor to return to Washing, ton by the time the Atlantic fleet arrives in Puget Sound. SUICIDE USES DEPUTY'S GUN W. H. Beard, of Lebanon, Goes In sane and Terrorizes Neighborhood. LEBANON, Or., April 20. (Special. ) W. H. Beard, one of the best-known pio neer farmers In this part of Linn County, shot himself in the head at noon today, while temporarily Insane. He seems to have lost his mind Saturday night, when he left his home about dark and roamed about the country until today. He took with him a Winchester repeating Shot gun, and several neighbors who saw him Sunday were driven off by threats of be ing shot. This morning Deputy Sheriff Green, of Lebanon, with a posse of sev eral men. went out for him. They found him several miles from home, in the woods, and induced him to get Into a buggy with the deputy Sheriff. When they .had gone a short distance. Beard slipped a 32-callber hammerless revolver from a side coat pocket of the officer and before he could be disarmed had shot three times, two of which took ef fect in the right side of his head near the ear. Vancouver Barracks Notes. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash April 20. (Special.) A general courtr tial is appointed to meet at ort oiDDon Alaska, at the call of the president there of, for the trial of such persons as may be properly brought before It. Detail of the court: Lleutenant-uoionei ueorge rt Cecll, Captain Alfred T. Clifton, Captain James F. Hail, First Lieutenant Jacob Schick, Second Lieutenant Ernest B. Smalley, Second Lieutenant Andrew J. White and- First Lieutenant John E. Morris. Judge-Advocate. A greater num ber of officers cannot be assembled with out manifest injury to the service. Leave of absence for four months, to take effect about May 1, 1!0S, is granted to Colonel Edward A. Goodwin, Fourteenth Cavalry. Second Lieutenant Manual M. Garrett, Tenth Infantry. Is detailed member of the general court-martial appointed to meet at Fort Egbert, Alaska. Killed by Add Fumes. TACOMA, Wash., April 20. Lieuten ant John G. Cover, aged 48 years, one of the firemen Injured by Inhaling fumes of nitric acid In. the fire at the Crown Drug Company's store last week, died this morning. He had been in the service since 1889, with the exception of three or four years in the Commis sary Department and Government Fire Department at Manila. He also served in the Boxer War in China. He leave a mother and brother In Maiden, Mo. Deep Cut In Discount Rate. SEATTLE, April 20. Seattle clearing house banks have agreed to reduce dis count rates on Canadian currency one half. Hereafter the discount rates will be one-half of 1 per cent on sums not over 5100, with a minimum of 10 cents. On any sum over J100 the charge will be one eighth of 1 per cent. The new charges are Just sufficient to cover actual cost of shipping the currency back to Canada and getting returns. German Car at Sea. SEATTLE. April 20. In the New York to Paris automobile race, the German car sailed at 4 o'cl6ck this morning on the steamship Glenlogan, with Jebeon and Ostrander. On the steamship Shaw nut the American car will leave here to morrow shortly after noon. The mem bers of the American car packed their belongings this morning. Their route lies through Siberia and Manchuria. Leaps From Steamer's Deck. VANCOUVER, B. C, April 20. Charles Best, clerk, committed suiifide last night by leaping off the deck of the steamer Queen City as she was crossing the Gulf of Georgia from Van couver to Nanaimo. HOUSEBREAKER GETS 15 YEARS Punishment Meted Out by Jndge McBrlde in Clackamas Court. OREGON CITY. Or.. April 20. (Special.) John Funkliauscr was this afternoon sentenced to serve 15 years in the peni tentiary for breaking Into the illtams home, at Clackamas, several weeks ago. holding up the inmates at the point of a revolver and compelling them to empty their pockets and then stealing the family horse. He was -captured in Portland the following day. Judgw McBride imposed a sentence of three years In the penitentiary on Harry Clark and John Howell, charged with stealing chickens, but they were paroled pending suture good behavior. J. C. Spaglc. charged with wlfebealing. was paroled. Alex Robinson, who is accused with assault with a dangerous weapon, will plead Friday. J. M. Dickenson. William Dickenson, John Dickenson, Earl Ransler. John Riley and Walter St. Clair, charged with mur dering Bingwnn Singh, a Hindu, at Boring last October, will be tried next Wednes day. Vernon Hawes, who Is also under indictment on the same charge, will prob ably be used as a witness by the state. The case of Otto F. Olson, the defaulting school clerk of Willamette, will be tried this term of court. i FUNERAL OF ACCIDENT VICTIM Sfany Attend Burial of Cottag Grove Yonng Man. COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. April 20.-(Spe-cial.r The funeral of Allen Johnson, son of W. C. Johnson, a prominent business man of this city, who was thrown from the Portland-Cottage Grove local late Fri day night and died two hours afterward, was one of tne largest ever held in this city. It is estimated that 2000 people were in attendance. It is thought that when Johnson caught on the steps of the closed vesti bule of the coach, to Insure his safety, he wedged himself under the trap door. When the brakeman threw up the door It is assumed that he was so suddenly released from his position that he lost his balance and fell forward from the car. Indications point to the fact that he re tained a one-hand hold 'for a distance of some 30 feet, when he struck a culvert was dashed against the heavy timbers. The young man did not regain conscious ness. HOR-SETHIEF HAS WHITE HAIR Aged Man on Trial at Pendleton. Serves Time for Same Offense. PENDLETON, Or., April 20. (Special.) The unusual spectacle of a white haired old man before the bar of Justice on the charge of horse-stealing Is now being witnessed In this city. The man Is R. W Deal, one of the oldest pioneers of Union County, and the case Is being tried here on a change of venue. This is the second time in the past few years that Deal has been placed on trial for, horse-stealing. He was convicted before, an'd sentenced to serve a term In the Penitentiary. Owing to hts advanced years and good behavior while In prison he was pardoned after he had been at Salem a few months. He looks to be more than 60 years of age. REMODEL COMMERCIAL CLUB Tom Richardson to Help Let Grande Rejuvenate Organization. LA GRANDE, Or.. April 20. (Special.) Considerable preparation is going on here in anticipation of the visit .to T.a Grande of Manager Tom Richardson, the booster from Portland, and a mask meet ing Is being arranged. Aside from lis. tening to the vim and enthusiasm of the Portland booster the business men will organize a new commercial club along commercial lines. There has been con siderable dissatisfaction in having ath letics and commercialism affiliated, and henceforth the two will be separate. The club Is affiliated with the defunct build ing association, but Is to be reborn next Wednesday night. Judge Crawford Is president of the present club. Steel Rails for Alaska. SEATTLE. April 20. The steamer Dol phin, sailing for Skagway tonight, car ried an electric generator for the town nf Tfetrhtltnn si-hlch la in darkness rowing to a breakdown to the electric plant. The order was received Just in time to be filled before the vessel de parted, the delivery dray horses being put to a gallop to reach the dock. The steamer Seward, of the Alaska Steam ship Company, Is loading steel flat cars and steel rails for Cordova, to be used in the Copper River & Northwestern Railroad construction. The flat cars are new and their first service was to bring the rails across the continent from the Pennsylvania mills. As a car Is unload ed it is removed from Its trucks and lowered into the ship. Captain Zim Moore, of the famous steamer Dora, has left the Alaska Steam ship Company to lake command of the' Alaska Coast Company's rfteamer Bertha. He has been on the Seward-Dutch Har bor run for years and is one of the best known men In the Alaska trade. Rennme Medford Streets. MEDFORD. Or.. April 20. (Special.) Medfords streets, which were orig inally named from the letters of the alphabet, will now he known by hor ticultural names. The list, which may be corrected before adoption, now reads: Riverside, Apple'. Bartlett, Cen tral avenue, D'AnJnu, Evergreen. Fir, Grape, Holly. Ivy. King, tOakdale ave nue. Laurel, Mistletoe. Newtown, Orange, Peach. .Quince and Rose. The East Side streets are to be known as Walnut. Almond, Blossom, Cherry and Manzanlta. Socialists Adopt Platform. MEDFORD. Or., April 20. (Special.) The Socialist party of Jackson County has nominated a full ticket for county offices and adopted Its plat form, which follows the National plat form of that party. The nominees are to make their campalsrn here on meas ures demanding a full assessment of property with a J.iOO exemption law. The levying of a special tax for build ing roads, construction of electric roads, an elght-hour-da y law, en forcement of the child labor law and the enfranchisement of women are de manded. Lumbermen File Bond. SEATTLE, April 20. Bonds in the sum of $700,000, or three times the amount required by the last order of Federal Judge C. H. Hanford. were fllod by members of the Pacific Coast Lum ber Manufacturers' Association and the shingle mills in the Federal Court this afternoon. The bond is to protect the Northern railroads. Including the Great Northern. Northern Pacific and Union Pacific, against loss from lumber and shingle shipments should the In terstate Commerce Commission uphold the new tariffs. Alaska Lawyer Goes Blind. ' SEATTLE. April 20. A cable to the Post-Intelligencer from Skagway says: While on hia way to this city to ex amine title of the waterworks, plant. J. A. Hellenthal. a well-known attorney of Juneau, was stricken blind. He has been In hospital for several days and will return to Juneau. Fears are felt that he will not recover his sight. Ad vertising Talks No. 13. HOW ALEXANDER UNTIED THE KNOT BY HERBERT KAVFMAM. Alexander the Great was beinR shown the Gonlian Knot. "It can't be untied," they told him; "every man who tried it fell down.' But Alexander was not diseouraeed because the rest had flunked. He simply realized that he would have to go at it in a different way. And in stead of wasting time with his tiners he drew his sword and slashed it apart. Every day a great business general is shown some knot which has proven too much for his competitors, aud he succeeds because he finds a way to cut it. The fumbler has no show so long as there is a brother merchant who doesn't waste time trying to accom plish the impossible who takes les sons from the failures about him and avoids the methods which were their UcAvnfall. The knottiest problems in trade are : First The problem of location. Second The problem of getting the crowds. Third The problem of keeping the crowds. Fourth The problem of minimiz ing fixed expenses. Fifth The problem of creating a valuable good will. None of these knots is going to ba untied by fumbling ringers. They are too complicated. They're all involved together twisted and entangled over and about each otljer so intertwined that they can't be solved singly like the Gordian knot they must be cut through at one stroke. And you can't cut the knot with any sword except the newspaper because : First A store that is constantly before the people makes its own neighborhood. Second Crowds can be- brought from anywhere by daily advertising. Third Customers can always ba held by inducements. Fourth Fixed expenses can only be reduced by increasing the volume of sales. Fifth Good will can only be 'cre ated through publicity. Advertising is breeding new giants every year and making them more powerful every hour. Publicity is the sustaining food of a powerful store and the only strengthening nourish ment for a weak one. The retailer who delays his entry into advertising must pay the penalty of his procras tination by facing more giant com petitors as every month of opportu nity slips by. Personal ability as a close pnr chaser and as a clever seller doesn't count for a hang so long as other men are equally well posted and wear the sword of publicity to boot. They are able to tie your business into con stantly closer knots, while you can not retaliate because there is no knot which their advertising cannot cut for them. Yesterday you lost a customer to day they took one tomorrow they'll get another. You cannot cope with their competition because you haven't the weapon with which to oppose it. You can't untie your Gordian knot because it can't be untied you've got to cut it. You must become an advertiser or you must pay the penalty of incom petence. You not only require the newspapeo to fight for a more hopeful tomorrow, but to keep today's situation from be coming hopeless. (Copyright, loos.) ROOSEVELT AMI THE SEGROES They Dost Blame Him, but They're rtown on Tf. New York Evening Post. The passionate third-termer is de veloping a new armory of reasons why Mr Roosevelt should accept the Re publican nomination. Senator Bourne, for instance, has given no intimation ,,d till now that ho questions the Al ness of Secretary Taft for the Presi dency. Only, the argument has been. If we can hate the master mind, why have the follower: why take the good enough fellow In the presence of the real thing? But now the third-termer Is actually beginning to murmur his doubts of Mr. Taft's availability; noth ing but the real thing will do. The Secretary of War's chances, for In stance, have been hurt by the growing hostility of the colored voters. With him at the head of the ticket, the negro defection might lose Indiana. Ohio. Illi nois even, to the Republican party. Therefore, President Roosevelt should run again. But why are the negro voters in censed against Mr. Taft? .Because of his share in the Brownsville affair. What was the Secretary's part In the Brownevllle affair? Standing by the President's summary action in that matter. If the negro voters of this country, therefore, are embittered against .the Secretary of War. ought they not to be still more bitter against the President? They probahly are. Then would not the same reasons hold against his candidacy as against Mr. Taft's? Jo. answers the third-termer, and correctly. The Secretary of War is meVely human. The President is Mr. Roosevelt. t Other men profit by their virtues and suffer by their vices, succeed through wise action and fail through blundering. But nothing can hurt Mr. Roosevelt. From his vires and his virtues, his happy strokes and his failures, he coins the same pure metal of popularity.