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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.