Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, June 24, 1908, Image 8

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Newspaper Page Text3 'THE MORXXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1908. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Postofflce u Second-Clasa Matter. Subscription ltutra Invariably in Advance. (By Mail.) Dally. Sunday Included, one year $8.00 Dully. Sunday Included, six months 4.25 2.25 Dally. Sunday Included, three mouths. Daily, Sunday included, one month.... Daily, without Sunday, one year Dal-.y, without Sunday, six months .. Daily, without Sunday, three months.. Daily, without Sunday, one month Sunday, one year Sunday and SVeekly, one year .75 8.00 a. -m 1.75 .Ii0 2.00 a. oo (Uy Carrier.) Daily. Sunday Included, one yoar 9.00 Dally, Sunday Included, one month 75 How to Remit Send postoftlc money order, express order or persona.1 check on your local bank, stamps, coin or currency are at the sender's risk. Glvo pootofrie. ad dress in lull, Including county and st&te. i'OHtaire Rate 10 to 14 pages. 1 cent; 16 to l!i pages. '1 cents; o0 to 44 pages, a cents; 40 to 60 pages, 4 cents. Foreign post age double rates. Kiwtern Buoiaes Office The S. C. Beck with Special Agency New York, rooms 48 50 Tribune building. Chicago, rooms 510-512 Tribune building PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, JUXfi 24. 1808. IT DEVELOPS CLASS STRUGGLE. Members of the labor unions and their families are a very Important part of the citizenship of the state. But, like all associations, they are apt to overestimate their own importance The wageworker, on the eight-hour day, performs but a small fraction of the whole labor of the country. He mustn't expect the laws to be made wholly at his dictation, or in his In terest. If he expects it, he will be dis appointed. In this country no class, body or de scription of persons can expect ex emption from the law that applies to every other class, body or description. If, therefore, the ancient law, rule or procedure of Injunction is to remain. It must apply to members of labor unions as to other persons. Yet probably this process will not be abolished. It has been in use during a very long period, and Is identified with the jurisprudence of all times, since it. came into use through the Roman civil law. But for the fact that it was wanted and the need was felt, it would not have had its extend ed course of growth and development nor lasted so long. We received it, as we have received our Constitution it self, and our general jurisprudence, from English sources; our courts used it before the Government of the Con stitution was established, and the courts established under the Constitu tion succeeded to the use of it. It is consented now that no injunction shall be granted without notice; which means that the party to be enjoined shall have a hearing before any writ shall issue. This will virtually abolish preliminary Injunction, but not the writ or process itself, or a hearing un der it. Whether this is seasonable the country will judge; and whether it is reasonable that the writ shall be sus pended in the case of labor unions and members thereof, also will be subject ed to judgment. Use of the writ in the courts of the United States is founded on the rule of the Constitu tion, which gives the courts of the United States jurisdiction in all cases of law and equity, arising under the Constitution and laws. The demand tha't a particular description of the people shall be exempt from it raises a question which will tend powerfully to develop class struggle in our coun ty. THE REJECTED PLANKS. Most readers will remember that certain planks were offered to the Na tional Repliblican Convention in a mi nority report. They were rejected by rery large majorities, but, for all that, they have been widely discussed. They express opinions of the most positive character upon several controverted questions, and they represent, perhaps, :he views of agitators rather than ju dicious thinkers upon public ques tions; still it will not do to ignore them. Concerning tho railroads, the tariff and the exasperating subject of Injunctions, they contain matter which more and more forces Itself upon the attention of the country. The minority report would give many new powers to the Interstate Commerce Commission. At present the Commission can only take up cases which are brought before it on com plaint. The report declares that It ought to have power to proceed on its own motion without waiting for in jured parties to file complaints. This would be a long step toward effective regulation of the railroads. The ap pointment of a subordinate commis sion in each Judicial district would go still farther. The report does not say specifically that there should be a commission for each judicial district, but that would naturally follow from the demand for subordinate commis sions. Presumably nobody denies that the Interstate Commerce Commission Is overburdened with work. Seven men cannot supervise the commerce of the United States except in a perfunc tory way. The idea of establishing subordinate commissions with a right of appeal from them to the central body aty Washington is at least worth discussion. If the convention had not been quite so thoroughly cut and dried, if it had been more of a delib erative body and less of an automatic machine, it might have debated this and other questions very instructively. But of cour.se In a mob whose opinions are all made to order debate is not to be thought of. In such a gather ing any idea which varies from the foreordained pattern is almost trea sonable. The delegates showed their obedience to discipline by voting. down the minority planks without discussion and by enormous majorities, but they did not show much intelligence. As to "physical valuation" of the railroads as a basis for fixing rates, this demand of the minority is not by Bny means wholly unsound. The doc trinaires hold that the only true way to compute the value of a railroad is from its capitalized earnings; but since earnings may very well come from ex orbitant rates, this method is inher ently vicious. It amounts to holding that rates must never be less than they have been. To argue from rates to value and from, that value back to rates is to spin in a vicious circle. It could do no harm to ascertain what the actual property of the railroads is worth, and it might do some good. In Wisconsin it has been made the basis for rates which the courts have not enjoined. Why would it not serve as well for the whole country? As to a protective tariff, the minor ity report declares that it ought to equalize the cost of production at luune and abroad, and nothing more. If 'trusts form under the tariff and suppress competition, then" It should be removed altogether, unless the la bor cost here exceeds that In foreign countries. The reader will readily see from this that the mind of the minor ity was not clear about the tariff. There are very few manufactured ar ticles whose labor cost in the United States exceeds that in Europe, and if this were honestly made the criterion we should not have many Import du ties. But a permanent, non-partisan tariff commission as advocated by the minority would unquestionably be an excellent thing. Upon the subject of injunctions the minority report followed pretty closely the ideas of Mr. Gompers. No in junction is to be Issued in labor dis putes when It would not have, been is sued in other cases, and never so long as there is a remedy by ordinary legal process. Every person cited for con tempt is to have a Jury trial unless the contempt was committed in the presence of the court. Were these demands- granted, it is difficult to see what effective restraint would remain upon strikers who desired to destroy property. Would a jury trial ever end In a conviction? On the other hand, does not the denial of a jury trial vir tually amount to. judicial amendment of the Constitution? LIMELIGHT-LOVIXG LAWSON. The versatile, verbose and some what vainglorious Mr. Lawson, of Beantown, is again before the public with an offer to raise $1,000,000 for a campaign fund to be used in further ing the chances of an impossible ticket with Johnson for President and Bryan for Vice-President. Next to Jonathan Bourne, Mr. Lawson was probably the loudest of the third-term Roosevelt boomers. Unlike Jonathan, who has not "peeped" since the Taft steam roller flattened him out, Lawson seems to have escaped Injury, the afore mentioned roller apparently passing over his cheek, in which case it would, of course, be the roller that was dam aged. A bored public, which had grown aweary of third-term twaddle months before the convention was held, may regard this latest move of Frenzied Finance Lawson as evidence of a diseased mind, which, deprived of the opportunity of twirling around in a circle, flics off on a tangent. But there is nothing the matter with the Lawson mind, in so far as th'e ability to devise schemes for attract ing public attention Is concerned. As for the Lawson nerve, it was never in finer working order than at the pres ent time. Mr. Lawson is one of the few public characters who cannot for any protracted period remain outside the glare of the spotlight. It is a matter of indifference to the Boston ian how he secures the publicity so long as it is forthcoming. When the famous "Soapy" Smith was making his reputation as a street faker, he would cover his face and hands with lather to show the public that the stuff he was selling was actually soap. AVhen Lawson was swinging the tar brush in "Frenzied Finance" he followed "Soapy's" methods by covering him self with the same tar with which, figuratively speaking, he was smearing his Standard Oil pals. The performance was in a degree disgusting, but it was profitable for Lawson, and from an advertising standpoint far excelled in value his yacht fiasco, his 30,000 pink or his prize-winning bulldog. But a two years' diet of "Frenzied Finance," like 30 days on quail, wag too much for the public, and the spotlight shifted, leaving Tom temporarily in eclipse. From the shadow of the wings he emitted his howl for Insurance policy proxies, and, falling to secure the ex pected response, fairly bellowed in rage at what he termed "the gelatine- spined shrimps" and the "saffron- blooded apes," which was a pure I.awsonlan Bostonese description of the American people. Again the spotlight faded, but not for long. In his strong desire to dem onstrate that the American people had no more sense than he credited them with, Mr. Lawson began a sensational advertising campaign for "Yukon gold." The Guggenhelms, who pay more for gold mines than any other corporation on earth, had philan- thropically decided to let the public in on a good thing, and Lawson was cho sen to unload it on the "gelatine spined shrimps" and the "saffron blooued apes." He was so eminently successful in the undertaking that the matter of a million-dollar -contribution to any old campaign fund was incon sequential. Mr. Johnson is said to re gard the Lawson offer as a joke. Mr. Johnson is mistaken. It is simply an advertising dodge. RACE SUICIDE. In the American Magazine for July President G. Stanley Hall, of Clark University, has an article which touches upon the question of race sui cide. Dr. Hall has wbn an interna tional fame by his writings and inves tigations concerning this and kindred topics. What he says is, .therefore, well worth reading. To begin with, he lays down the somewhat startling proposition that the chief end of life is to perpe'tuate life. The old cate chism used to say that it was to glorify God and keep his commandments. But perhaps Dr. Hall's doctrine comes to much the same thing. It is difficult to think of a better way to glorify the Creator than by becoming the father or mother of a noble fam ily, while, as to keeping the command ments, what was the first one given to man? Was it not to increase and multiply? President Hall speaks out boldly for large and healthy families. Incident ally he mentions the truth, which everybody knows, that "only" children are apt to be puny creatures by hered ity, and when they are born robust their foolish parents coddle them Into precocious decrepitude. Neglect is better than too much care ' for the well-born child. Moreover, it Is vastly better for a child to be born into a large family, since by healthy quarrel ing and fighting with his brothers, and especially writh his sisters, he acquires many admirable qualities which he would otherwise never possess. How to obtain large families among "that class of the population which is now childless, or at best produces only one or two puny Infants, is a problem which Dr. Hall does not try to solve. He suggests various things. One of them is to Banish Inactivity from the schools ana make education a process of healthy use of the mus cles as well as the brain. He says also that by keeping a youth interested while he is at school or college the qualities peculiar to manhood or wom anhood will receive healthy stimulus. He would so direct education that it shall emphasize the differences be tween the sexes instead of obscuring them. Co-education is anathema to Dr. Hall because he thinks it results in a familiarity which destroys the charm of men and women for each other Certainly the figures which he xites tend to confirm his theory. In fact, all kinds of higher education seem to sweep alarmingly toward sterility. Dr, Hall points out that the number of spinsters and old bachelors among col lege graduates is something frightful. But a low birth rate is not necessar lly terrifying. One may reflect that hunger, lack of employment and vice of many kinds result from excessive population. Is it not better toJxave a small population living in comfort than a very large one living in mis ery? It has not yet been proved that the progress of the world absolutely demands slums and sweatshops. Nor must we -forget that the Increase of population depends quite as much upon keeping children alive after they are. born as it does upon a high birth rate. Suppose half the thought given to increasing the birth rate were de voted to lowering the death rate, would not the consequences be happy? Dr. Hall says that the most fecund race must in the end dominate the world, but this is very doubtful. If it were true, then by the same rule the most fecund part of the population should dominate the country. Does it? Our most prolific classes are also the lowest both in intelligence and economic power. They are very far from being dominant. Is not the same true of the world? Excepting some periods of abnormal disturbance, the world has always been ruled by intelligence and not by numbers.' May we not believe that this will hold good In the future as it has in the past? A high birth rate is a ben efft when more people are needed; but if the country is already well populated, then too many births simply mean misery. There Is no evidence that the low birth rate of France has been an Injury to that Nation, nor that the high birth rate of the London slums has been a benefit to anybody. STATES UNIVITRSITY THANKS. . With the utmost kindness and with the friendliest feeling toward the State University, it may be said that the people of Eugene assume a wrong at titude toward the state's chief educa tional Institution. This attitude is manifested just at this time by a leg. end printed on the back of a' folder advertising the excursion .to Eugene next week, which reads as follows: "We O. U. a debt of gratitude for your tote on the U. of O. appropria tion. Every honest man pays his debts. Let us pay ours." This is an assumption that Eugene has a peculiar and local interest in the University of Oregon which places the people of that city under obligations to the people of other parts of the state who supported the university appropriation. Expres sions of this kind tend to convey the idea that the State University is a lo cal Institution, which is not true and has not .been for several years. Viewed from any important standpoint, Eu gene and Lane County have no more interest in the proper maintenance of the State University than has any other part of the state. It is true that the location of the ln stitution means the expenditure of an appropriation of $125,000 a year at Eugene, but it may be doubted whether the business interests of Eu gene are materially promoted by the expenditure of this amount. The state spends something like $500,000 a year for the maintenance of state institu tions at Salem, but It has. of ten been remarked that Salem would be a bet ter town in a business way if it had not a dollar of state appropriations. A community which has public appro priations In considerable amounts gradually comes to depend upon that source of Income and to that extent enterprise in other directions is less ened. A city which secures a state in stitution is likely to be affected much the same as an individual who secures a place on the public payroll he loses the power of Initiative and becomes a helpless hanger-on. Eugene has more cause to give thanks for the Interstate Commerce Commission's decision in the lumber-rate case than for the re sult of the vote on the university ap propriation. Doubtless the people of Eugene feel a particular interest in the university because its location there gives them an opportunity to send their children to college without bearing the expense of sending them away from home. But this is a doubtful advantage. A col lege education received without special effort and because the opportunity happens to be presented is not likely to make a very great man or woman of any one. Just as likely it will make snobs. It may be asserted as a gen eral rule to which there are few ex ceptions that any young man or woman in the state who would make good use of a college education can get It regardless of the distance of residence from Eugene. The greater the sacrifice requiredto get the edu cation the more earnest and thorough will be the work and the more valua ble the intellectual training. Nine times out of ten the child who is sent to college merely because he or she happens to reside In a college town might better be taught to pile lumber in a sawmill or sew ribbons on hats. The value of a college education is not to be underrated, nor should we over look the fact that many a good worker with the hands has been spoiled by attempted training of a brain that Na ture did not intend for classical educa tion. Eugene has some apparent slight ad vantage, financially and educationally, by reason of the location of the State University, but the advantage 1b not sufficient to place that city under any particular obligations to the rest of the state further than to make the sur roundings suitable for an institution of that kind. Eugene owes it to the rest of the state to be a clean town in every sense of the word, to be kind to the young people who are sent there, and to be of such aid as it can in making the work of the university a success. Beyond that it has no debts of gratitude to' pay. Every citizen of the State of Oregon, regardless of his place of residence, should feel a desire to properly maintain state institutions, whether located at Salem, Eugene or elsewhere. Whenever Salem makes a special plea for appropriations for the Asylum, Penitentiary or other institu tion, there is an assumption of local and selfish interest which is not war ranted. The State University belongs to all the people; its appropriation was 1 approved for that reason. The sooner tlon. that they are the special guar dians of the university the better for them and for the institution. . , Some one in Eugene, with more zeal than knowledge and more preju dice than comomn sense, has sought to drive Mormon elders out of that city, .by a cowardly, anonymous warn ing and an equally cowardly usft of dynamite. It is well to remember that no point worth making in relig ion or in morals was ever made by means so low, contemptible and cow ardly as this. Apostles of Mormon- ism are usually quiet, well-behaved men. No one is compelled to hear what they have to say, and as long as they create no public disturbance nor scandal, they are entitled. In common with other American citi zens,' to go their way in peace. It may be hoped that the miscreants who, in this instance, exploded dyna mite under the porch of the house where two Mormon elders boarded, having first posted a message: "This is a warning to your tribe" thereby placing the lives of half a dozen peo ple, or more, in jeopardy and partly wrecking the home will be duly ap prehended and punished as the law provides. No community can afford to harbor fanatics of this kind. The American visible supply of wheat reported yesterday was slightly less than 17,000,000 bushels, a de crease of nearly 30,000,000 bushels as compared with the same date last year. At the average rate of con sumption credited to the people of the United States, this visible supply would last about a fortnight. There is no danger of a bread famine, however, for the "Invisible" supply Is always greater than that which is in sight. and at this season new wheat is begin ning to move in sufficient quantities to make some showing in the figures. The American visible touched its low est point .last year on July 1, with 46, 637,000 bushels in sight. Two years ago the low point was reached July 16, and in 1905 it shrank to its small est proportions, 11,875,000 bushels, on June 2 4. It made a slower retreat in 1901 than in any year on record, de clining to 26,007,000 bushels on Au gust 2 6, Immediately thereafter show ing heavy Increases. The Canadian government has de cided to exclude American vessels from its coasting trade. A law pro viding for such exclusion has been on the Canadian statute books for many years, but its enforcement has been suspended because it was to the inter est of the Canadian shippers to have the good service of the American ves sels. Just at present there are plenty of British vessels available for the Ca nadian business, and as they are ex cluded from the American coastwise trade, the Canadians are about to practice reciprocity as it is practiced in this country. The public which supplies the traffic and pays the bills, either in Canada or the United States, might prefer to have plenty of boats. regardless of the flag they might be sailing under, but it is quite well un- derstood that the interests of the pub lic are seldom considered in connection with the great system of "protection." The Port of Portland, acting under the enlarged powers granted it in the June election, has taken the first step toward accomplishing the results for which additional power was given it. At a meeting held yesterday the mat ter of issuing bonds was taken up and the details of the bond issue were agreed on. On account of the short term for which the bonds were issued the interest was placed at 6 per cent, this being regarded as a more econom ical method than long-term bonds at a lower rate of interest. A friendly suit will be Instituted to test the validity of the issue, but In view of the circum stances and of the careful manner In which the measure was brought be fore the public, there is little or no doubt as to the outcome. It is simply a case of the Port of Portland asking permission to spend its own money for improving its own facilities for doing business. Most persons will agree with Par son Dickson, of the Second Baptist Church of Hoboken, that women should dress so that their appearance on the street and In public places generally would not make them the subject of coarse Jokes, low conversa tion, side glances and unclean talk by the low-minded. Modest, self-respecting women do not need to be ex horted along these lines, and it may be added that the effort will be wast ed on women of the other sort. In this view Parson Dickson would do well to save his breath to cool his porridge. The agony is not yet over. At the last moment it has been decided that Anna and "the wickedest man in Eu rope" must reside in England for a fortnight before the marriage can take place. A London cable states that Prince Helle is reported to have re nounced Catholicism in order to marry Madame Gould. This should be very gratifying news to the Catholics, but it is rather severe on some of the other creeds, which may be invoked in the consummation of the international outrage. Morrell, the airship man, who was to operate a dally line of airships be tween Portland and San Francisco, has so far recovered from the effect of his first flight In the "Ariel" as to enter the courtroom to listen to a fraud indictment against himself. He still asserts that he will cross the Atlantic with his airship in one day, but even this statement will not cause his Portland stock buyers to advance the price of their holdings above par. Taft thinks he has all the Issues worth mentioning. Bryan thinks only those worth mentioning which Taft's platform omits. If Taft were not nom inated first, Bryan would have little to talk about. - The gathering In Eugene could heap coals of fire on the university foes by providing for them a college educa tion. Why has not the flirting girl come in for her share of the collision blame? Don't forget that this weather is best for Oregon first Industry dairying. THE "GOLD FETICH" ONCE MORE And the Pur.xle Over "the Standard" and Ve of Credit Currency. PORTLAND. June 23. (To the Edi tor.) It is recognized without cant that The Orcgonlan is the ablest ex ponent of the gold standard, which is the base of our financial system, and I would like edification on what ap pears to be a serious sttuatlon which confronts us and The Oregonian's way of escape. It is decreed by law and custom that an average of about 20 per cent of de posits must be retained in bank vaults in gold, as partial security for the de positor and to conserve safe banking. Now, it was asserted by Senator Bur rows, in his opening address in the Republican nominating convention in Chicago a few days ago, that in 1907 the bank deposits of the country reached the aggregate of $13,000,003,000, which was probably authoritative. At the same time, ' the "World's Almanac" gives the total stock of gold in the United States at a little less than $1, 500.000,000. including bullion and $200, OJO.000 of free gold in the Treasury. Now, if there were $13,000,000,000 of deposits, as stated, there should have been $2,603,000,000 of gold locked up in bank vaults, and scarcely half that much available to answer the ends of the law and conservative banking in all the country. The banking community must answer for this discrepancy of shortage in their vaults, but it is manifest that under the gold standard we are short over $1,000,000,000 of gold merely to put us on a legal footing for deposits, and, after that, not a gold dollar in sight to continue business with. Unless we can empty the world's coffers of its gold to help us out of this dilemma, the gold standard ap pears to be already broken down, and its votaries, it seems to me, must throw up their hands in surrender, In token of an untenable position. When the panic of last Fall came like a thief in the night, unheralded, not a sign' to Indicate Its approach, did not the banks at once run to cover un der an illegal issue of clearing-house certificates, whicu, with the generous aid of the Secretary of the Treasury in illegal sale of bonds and deposits out of the vaults of the Government Into that of the banks, stayed the incipient convulsion to the extent that business has since been in a moribund condi tion, while the banks are conducting sufficient liquidation to heal their wounds. And did not Congress, in its last hour of session, enact legislation which is a stab at the gold standard, in which alike the banks and the Government profaned the temple of the most high yellow god? And yet, in obeisance to trie thrall of the gold god. Congress was careful not to encroach on its preserves to a greater degree than the unholy bank crusade In clearing-house certificates last Fall, which probably reached the total of $500,003,300 to which limit Congress now extends. Having committed the unpardonable' sin and no evil consequences resulting, is it not about time that the Nation, showing $116,000,000,000 of . wealth, emerge from the superstition by which the fetich of gold has been worshiped, and legislate so that If the legitimate demands of business calls for four times the volume of money now at command, the best legal tender on earth can be had by the security of one-twentieth part of our wealth? And metre especially so since the bankers illegally, and Congress by Indirection, have led the way? CHARLES P. CHURCH. This is curious, but It only darkens ? counsel and has no practical use. Weight of gold remains the basis and measure of exchange. There must be some basis and measure, and gold, by common consent of the world, is the best No use to question such a fact. It is a fact, just as any other universal usage of human society la a fact. Let us conform to it, let us use It, and not worry. How far credit may be carried on gold and how far substitutes for gold used for gold, depends on times and circumstances; which are continually in flux. It remains to be seen whether the new five hundred millions of credit will be demanded and can be used wisely. Use of credit cur rency belongs to the realm of tentative science. Just how far it can go de pends on conditions which are chang ing continually; but men know by in stinct, which experience confirms, that credit currency must be held within careful limits. NOT' AN ENEMY OF HIGH SCHOOLS Writer Prefers Oregon Agricultural College a Now Constituted. PORTLAND, June 23. (To the Ed itor.) I am a former student of the State Agricultural College at Corvallis, and have 'noted the criticisms offered through The Oregonlan by Mr. Wilbur, Mr. Turner and Mr. Billings. The gen eral tenor of these utterances is that the college Is in antagonism with the High Schools of the state. After four years of attendance at the institution, which ended five years ago, I am led to believe that those -Whose criticisms are here referred to are not familiar with their subject. The State Agricultural College oc cupies a field peculiarly its own, and that field is largely fixed by the Na tional Government, which supplies nearly all the endowment for paying for instruction there. It is a technical school, and has little in common with the ordinary High School. The last two years of the average High School are years that the student who expects to take a technical education should spend at the college, unless he has ample means -&cd can afford to devote two years of his life in securing Instruction that has but little in common with what he acquires at Oregon Agricul tural College. If he is to become an agriculturist, a mining, electrical or mechanical engineer, the last two years of his High School work are years practically lost, and for which he must make up work when he enters the tech nical branches at Oregon Agricultural College. As one, had I been compelled to take a High School course in its en tirety, the practical education I re ceived at Corvallis would have been denied me, because I could not have afforded the time or the outlay. The same is true, as I well know, of hun dreds, of other young men who attend the institution. The latter has its pe culiar field a field that is provided for by Congress and the fact that It is so widely attended shows that it is a field of education for which there is a great need. Students go where they can obtain the education that they want, and that is within their reach. Those who urge that the Oregon Arglcultural College be raised above the 12th grade High Schools would make another university out of it, and that is exactly what is not wanted in Oregon. We have one State University. Let it be maintained, and let the State Agricultural College remain in the field designed for it by the National Government, and where it will be within the reach of the com mon people. Everybody cannot afford to take eight years of commdn school, four years of High School, and then four years of college life, with possibly an additional two or three years to finally fit them for the work of life. Mr. Wilbur wants to take the engi neering courses away from Oregon Agricultural College and put them somewhere else. Why take away from an institution where the National Go ernment is paying for the Instruction, and place them in some institution where the money for instruction will have to ba raised by the taxpayers of the Btate T J. D. ZUECHER, SAYS HE KILLED HER MOTHER Mary Morrison Identifies Murderer Suspect at Rlliiigliam. BELUNGHAM, Wash., June 23. "That's the man who killed mamma," declared little Mary Morrison at the County Jail this morning, picking James Jenkins out of a crowd of two dozen prisoners and positively identify ing him as the man who assaulted and murdered Mrs. Mary Morrison near Hazelmere, B. C, June 9. Jenkins was arrested at Wickersham, this state, two daj's after the murder, and has been held here under a vagiancy charge since. Many times the child who wit nessed the crime has been called upon to Identify suspects, but failed to do so until today, when she was brought down from New Westminster by Cana dian officers. The identification is positive and Jenkins was taken across the line to Canada this afternoon. He refuses to make a statement. DEATH OF OREGON" PIONEER Thomas G. Garrett, Who Crossed the Plains in 1852. OREGON CITY, Or., June 23. (Special.) Thomas G. Garrett, who died June 7. e.t his home near Marquam, was one of the best-known pioneers and settlers in Southern Clackamas County, lie was born in Missouri. January 22, 1S32, and in 1S61 he was married to Permelia A. Lisenby, who died Ausust 17, 152. In they crossed the plains from Missouri and took a donation land clain near Marquam, where he lived continuously until his death. After- the death of his first wife, Mr. Garrett was married to Ellen H&rdisty, who survives him. Deceased was a prominent Indian War veteran, taking an active part in the War of 1K6, serving in both Oregon and Washington. He is survived by six sons, five daughters. 31 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. RACHEL DE BOW WIN'S SUIT Supreme Court Affirms Decision In volving Valuable Land. SALEM, June 23 (Special.) The Su preme Court today affirmed the case of Rachael Do Row, et al., respondents, vs. S. Marks & Co., et al.. appellants, from Clackamas County. This wns a suit to sot aside two deeds and a bill of sale on the ground of fraud, the documents convey ing real and personal property in Douglas County. The suit was tried in Clack amas County 'and decree In favor of the plaintiff was entered by Judge MeBride. On appeal the Supreme Court finds, in an opinion by Commissioner King, that the deeds were Intended to convoy the property in trust only, and were taken with knowledge of that fact. The decree is therefore affirmed. The property in volved is valued at about $10O,C00. State Acquires More Lands. OLYMPIA, Wash.. June 23. (Spe cial.) Land Commissioner E. W. Ross was today notified by the Interior De partment of the vacation . of several decisions adverse to the state involving certain lands selected under list No. 7, for state normal schools. Originally the entire list was re jected. Now the list Is approved to cover all but coal lands and includes 20(14 acres in Eastern Lewis County, near Mount Rainier Forest Reserve, in township 13, range 6 East. When pat ented to the state", this will complete the grant of 100.000 acres given the state for the normal schools. O. R. & N. Short of Engines. LA GRANDE, Or., June 23. (Spe cial.) There is a dearth of power in ' L" " " freight department. Because of the many trains that are daily hauled over these tracks for other transcontinental roads, and the pooling of engines that was ordered this week, there Is a dearth of both engines and firemen. The Elgin trains have been running on an emergency schedule Instead of having two crews, one doing the work by leav ing here at 3 o'clock A. M. and return ing at 8, going out again at 9:3n and returning about 6. Expect Trouble on Sand Island. ASTORIA, Or., June 23. (Special.) Trouble Is looked for between the sein ers and setnet owners on the south side of Sand Island. A short time ago the Government leased to the Columbia River Packers' Association what are known as eections 2 and 3 for seining purposes. Recently, however, other parties have placed eight setnets in front of tho grounds, making the sections practically useless as seining grounds. Tongue Point Mill Resumes. ASTORIA. Or., June 23. (Special.) Tongue Point mill resumed operations yesterday under the ownership of the ilammond Lumber Company, after having been closed down for a week to take an inventory of the stock. The new company assumes all the contracts held by the former company, and the mill will be run night and day to fill the or ders on hand, principally for cargo ship ments. TALK OF BELL FOR CHAIRMAN" California Man May Preside Over the Denver Convention. DENVER. June 23. Theodore A. Bell, formerly Democratlo candidate for Gov ernor of California, is receiving conspicu ous mention in connection with the posi tion of temporary chairman of the ap proaching Democratic National Conven tion. The committee on arrangements which on Saturday will select some one to fill this place, is proceeding on the theory that the temporary chairman should be capable of making a keynote speech, and of making it in such man ner as to attract general attention, and Mr. Bell's friends give assurance that he will meet this requirement. His most formidable rival is Congressman Clayton, of Alabama, and some members of the committee suggest that the ambitions of both may be gratified by making one of the aspirants temporary and the other permanent chairman. It 1b left to the members of the committee to keep their minds open until they make the choice up to the last moment to render it pos sible to obtain the . best man for the place. Start for Denver In Autos. CHICAGO, June 23. Escorted at the start by a squad of mounted police, an automobile train containing 20 guests of National Committeeman Roger C. Sullivan, of Illinois, who are going as delegates to the National Democratic Convention, left today for Denver. The train consists of five touring cars, in cluding the car .which recently con veyed the war message from New York to Forth Leavenworth, Kan. The party expects to reach Dixon, 111., this even lng, where a reception and welcome will be given by the citizens of that city. Bryan Has Fair Visitors. LINCOLN, Neb., June 23. A hundred delegates to the National convention of the Delta Delta Sorority in session here today, visited the farm of William J. Bryan. They were shown about the place, and Mr. Bryan delivered a short address, urging the higher education In college life and commending the student organizations. SHOOT INTO PASSING TRAIN'S Brownsville lioys Arrested for Dan gerous Amusement. ALBANY, Or., June 23. (Special.) Two 14-year-old boys named Kaumgartner and Spencer, who have een amusing them selves by shooting at passing trains wit. a 22 rifle, were arrested by Detective Refley, of the Southern Pacific Company, at their homes near Harrisburg today. On three occasions recently the pnnth bound Cottage Grove local has been fired on between Muddy Station and Har risburg, which it pusses about 8 o'clock in the evening. Sunday evening at the same place on the railroad a bullet was fired Into the caboose of a southbound freight and narrowly missed the con ductor. Reiley went to Harrisburg last night and traced the crime to the two boys. No complaint has yet been filed against the boys, pending the assurances of their parents that the trouble will cease. OLD SOLDIERS AT NEWPORT Members of Grand Army Gather for State Encampment. NEWPORT, Or., June 23. (Specials Newport Is filled with old soldiers tonight for the annual state encampment, which convenes here tomorrow. Members of the Grand Army, Women's Relief Corps and Ladies of the G. A. R.. have been ar riving since Sunday, over 300 visitors hav ing gathered here. Department Com mander S. F. Blythe arrived at noon from Hood River. A reception to the old soldiers and their friends was given tonight at the Log Cabin by members of the local post and Relief Corps. The business session of the Grand Army encampment will open to morrow morning, and In the evening there will be an open meeting, when County Judce Swope will welcome the delegates. The Department Commander will respond and there will be other ad dresses and a musical programme. The encampment will conclude with a camp lire Friday night. REOPEN" NORTHERN . PACIFIC Line Through Montana Cleared for First Time Since Floods. TACOMA, Wash.. June 23. (Special.) For the first time since the floods commenced in Montana early In the month, the Northern Pacific main line was opened today. Service was re sumed from Tacoma on the regular schedule, and beginning tomorrow, all transcontinental trains will arrive practically on time. For over two weeks traffic has been badly Inter rupted, the only communication to the East being over tho llarrlman lines "or the Great Northern. An enormous amount of new work has been necessary, Including bridges, tracks and telegraph lineo. Nearly every bridge in the flood district was washed out, ami miles of roadbed enr tlrely disappeared. That the line should be rebuilt in such a short time railroad men consider remarkable. SCORES PASTOR DETECTIVES Baptist Minister Grills Muck-Raking Tendencies of Brethren. SEATTLE. Wash.. June 23. (Spe cial. ) Rev. Philip Craif severely scored the muck-raking tendencies of certain gentlemen of the cloth in his speech before the Northwest Baptist Associa tion at Kirkland this morning. His de nunciation of ministers who "sneak up back alleys with their noses in the air, ready at any time to stick them into a whiskey barrel, instead of using their time and energy in preparing gospel sermons." was called forth by a speech of Rev. A. J. Heitgelet, of Marysville. who said he had been Invited by an other divine to play detective and aid in getting evidence aguinst saloons. Dr. Craif said the methods used by some ministers to obtain evidence of violation of the law hy saloons were a disgrace to their calling. YIELDS LIFE SAVING FRIEND Ira Goodman, Lebanon Boy, Sacrl . ficcd for Andy Gorman. ALBANY. Or.. June 23. (Special.) In attempting to rescue a friend from death. Ira Goodman, a 19-year-old boy of Lebanon, lost his life in the San- tlarn river this afternoon. A crowd of boys were swimming in the south San tiam beneath the bridge at Lebanon. Andy Gorman got beyond his depth and called for help. Goodman went to his rescue and the frightened boy caught him so that he choked and drowned. Gorman struggled to the bank and was saved. The accident oc curred at 3 o'clock and Goodman's body was recovered tonight after three hours' search. Goodwin was an em ploye of the Lebanon paper mills and played on the Lebanon baseball team. He was a son of George Goodman. Physicians Sustain Dr. tie Bar. EUGENE. Or., June 23. (Special.) The physicians of Eugene have signed a state ment regarding the case of the death of a patient in Dr. de Bar's office on Juno 19, after the physician had administered a hypodermic injection of anti-toxin in the treatment of a stubborn case of asthma. The statement sustains Dr. de Bar in the treatment given, and is signed by Drs. Harris, Wall, Paine, Kuykendall, Prentice, Harris, Brown, McDougal, Titus, Cannon, Schalfe, Cheshire, Selover, Bartle and Prosser. Death of Samuel Ttainey. OREGON CITY, Or., June 23. (Spe cial.) Samuel Rainey died at 11 o'clock last night at his home in Estacada. Death was due to heart trouble. He was past 70 years of age. Mr. Rainey came to Oregon Immediately after the close of the Civil War. He is survived by a wife and the following children: Ben, of Cresham; Hurley, of Portland; Charles. George, William, Mrs. Robert Guttridge, Mrs Lena Dean, of Estacada; Mrs. Bert Whitehead, of California. Encampment at North Yakima. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., June 23. (Special.) One thousand old soldiers and members of the Woman's Relief Corps are here to attend the seventh annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Wash ington and Alaska, which opened here this morning. The meeting today was addressed by Congressman Jones, May or Lombard and S. G. Cosgrove, of Pomeroy. New Gravity System for Eugene. EUGENE, Or., June 23. (Special.) The City Council tiiis afternoon decided to ac cept plans of Engineer Kelscy. of Port land, for a jrravity system for supply of city water from Riichey Greek, :;: miles up the XIcKenzle. It will cost $2T).oOO and work on it will begin at once. Local en gineers McArthur and McClain will assist. Boy Shot While Hunting. EUGENE, Or.. June 23 (Special.) Dan Van Matre, the 13-year-old son of W. Van Matre, a farmer who lives on the Mo hawk, 10 miles east of Eugene, shot him self while hunting near home this after noon, dying instantly. The load of shot entered one of his eyes and blew the en tire top of his head off.