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8Af'.TV IOK WORKMEN.
The draft of a, bill for an act to
provide for tho protection of Pr!"ns
engaged in the construction of build
in - and in various dangerous occu
pations, printed y.-storday by The Ore
tnalan, deserves attention.
All safeguards, within reasonable
possibility, ought to bo afforded to
workmen in all occupations: and espe
ciailv to workmen engaged, in those
that" involve unusual danger. Still, of
course the workman mu-t be expected
o have a care for himself. Hid natural
,'lesire to protect life and limb should
he and must be his chief cuaranty or
safely.
It i the business of the contractor
and of his superintendent to take-all
i.wihle measures for the highest pos
sible safetv of men cnguged in danger
ous employments. It should be en
forced bv law. Every operation of
the kind should be tinder the constant
direction of a controlling mind. The
principal, moreover, must not employ
Iniompet.rrt men. whose incapacity or
necliKenco mliiht bring Injury to
olliers.
Tho bill proposes, however, to make
the owner of the property responsible
i Na. Question will arise how far this
mav be In accord with reason and
justice. The owner cannot be on the
ground at all time., lie wants a build
ing erected, but ho must let it to a con
tractor. The owner is unacquainted
with the art of building. He must
depend on urchltcct or contractor, or
lie can't build.
The owner employs a contractor to
paint a houso or repair a roof. The
owner cannot possibly look after the
details; he can't know about the
painter's scaffolds and tackle, or the
carpenter's equipment. It Is their duty,
of cours", to rook after the safety of
their employes. Hut how can the
owner do it? And how far Is he to be
' held responsible for accidents that
occur In such situations? Is the work
man no longer to take the ordinary
rishs of his trade?
On a basis qulto different is the
operation of fixed machinery. There
the owner properly Is held to respon
sibility for any imperfection of the
machinery or oversight in the, man
agement of It. Operation or the ma
chinery comes directly under his
notice or under that of his superin
tendent. The owner must be respon
sible even for the consequences of an
unseen defect. It Is most unfair that
the employe should be burdened with
such risks.
l;ut in another class of employments
the risk must fall largely on the work
man. He knows the employment is
hazardous, and that his safety depends
mainly on his vigilance and skill. This
Is. or should be. taken into account in
his rate of wages. The owner of elec
tric current poles cannot possibly as
sure safety to those who climb them;
yet there should be strict regulations,
by law, for minimization of danger.
But it is in building operations
where the effort to hold the owner to
responsibility for accidents Is most
likely to result In injustice. The work
is in the hands of the contractor, and
the owner can know nothing about its
processes. Workmen must be pre
sumed to know. Else they should not
engage for the work-. The danger to
men who are putting up these high
Kteel frames in Portland is apparent.
They know it better probably than the
spectators below them. But is it in
power of the owners to reduce the
risk? Only bv declining to build.
A WOKIi AIJOIT A MYSTERY.
Man can breed the lower animals
end get results. Hut he can't breed his
own species, in these ways. It is easy
to teli off "the best stock" In breeding
cattle: but the best stock, in the breed
f human beings w hat can you know
about it '.'
You can know a great deal, and yet
what you know may mislead you. Tou
never see the best sheep or the most
wonderful horse or pig come out of
"scrub stock," but now and then the
most remarkable man. the most aston
ishing woiiuui. come out of obscurity,
spring from no "stock" at all. Yet,
i f course, behind such person, man or
woman. away back In ancestry
there was culture, there must have
been intellectual and moral force, Man
Is the mystery of nature.
The Empress of China Just now de
ceased was born a slave, A boy of
Corsica, a stranger by birth and a
scholar by charity, became the master
of Europe. Averago intelligence and
ability in the human race can be pro
duced by careful breeding, in poverty,
Biid by steady Inculcation of moral
maxims. Hut out of a. life of ease
such as we give our prize animals for
the country' fair, great intellectual men
and women are never bred. They are
"respectable," of course; unfortunately
not all of them.
What does ail this teach? Simply
that while the likeness on one side
between man and other animals
presses itself on all experience, yet the
difference is amazing and insoluble.
We haven't got much further in this
Inquiry, and probably never shall, than
the though; or expression of the
Vergillan hexameter, the first hemi
stich of which is the motto or legend
Df the University of Oregon "Mens
Pgitat molem." The motto might well
have included the, remainder of the
line "et magno se corpore mlscot."
Man's prudential motives may con
trol and do control the breeding of
snlmals. for his own use: but man
liimse:f refuses to govern himself by
bis prudential maxims. He "falls in
love," and to love and be wise Cicero
quotes the old maxim and it was
mouldy with antiquity when he got It
is not given to man. And yet In this
folly may be highest wisdom prob
ably is. It seems to underlie the mbc
up that makes for the general ad
vancement of the race. Here again, we
reach the conclusion that the Univer
sity of Oregon ought to have appropri
ated the entire line of Vergil not the
half of it.
But of course the college games can
not be expected to give place to these
problems of life and mind.
ONE MORE SHORT 6CMMAKY.
"If, as The Oregonian asserts," says
the Eugene Guard, "a majority of the
people of Oregon do not want Gov
ernor Chamberlain elected United
States Senator, they should have voted
against him last June." There are
many reasons why they did not vote
against him, while yt they did not
want him.
First of all. it is a method outside
the Constitution, and they expected the
Legislature to do its duty. Second,
they knew the candidate who stood
against Chamberlain was nominated
by supporters of Chamberlain, who
didn't Intend to vote in the election as
they had voted in the primary; and
moreover, they felt that this candidate
was not a proper man for the place,
and they thought they would give the
Legislature an opportunity to elect
some other.
Finally they were disgusted thou
sands and thousands of them with
the whole proceeding, and they voted
against Cake to emphasize their dis
gust; not because they wanted Cham
berlain. Not a soul in. Oregon who
does not' know that the enormous Re
publican majority of this state no
more wants Chamberlain for Senator
than it wants Bryan for President.
Yet probably Chamberlain will be
elected elected by men caught in a
trap which they had no idea of enter
ing, but who see no way out but
through their valley of humiliation.
TIM K IVR SOUTIIKRS lEAnERSIUP.
With the Baltimore Sun The Ore
gonian fully agrees that the South
should now take the lead in direction
of the Democratic party, and should
control the next nomination of that
party for the Presidency. Such leader
ship would commend itself to the
country far more strongly than that of
the faction in the ascendant in the
Northern section of the party. The
"safe and sane" element of the party
is now in the South, and it ought to
assert itself.
It is sixty years since a President
was taken from a Southern state.
General Zachary Taylor was the last
one. Since his day the great constitu
tional conflict has prevented the South
from even naming a candidate ex
cept in the case of Breckenridge in
1860, who was merely the sectional
candidate of a divided party.
During many years the South has
been supporting the policy of a North
ern section of the party with which
it does not agree. Various phases of
the negro question have kept it "solid"
for whatever has borne the name of
the Democratic party, for which it has
furnished most of the available
strength, ye-t has been permitted no
direction of the general policy. In
1896 Brynn had 176 electoral votes, of
which 130 came from the South. In
1900 Bryan got 155 electoral votes, of
which 142 came from the Soufh and
the rest from the Rocky Mountains.
In 1904 Parker got 140 votes, all of
which camo from the South. In 1908
Bryan will get 162 votes, of which 139
will come from the South, exclusive of
Oklahoma. In all the years since the
war, says the Sun, the South has been
content to stand aside and permit the
nominations to be made by states
hopelessly Republican on election day
and which in consequence contributed
little or nothing to the election of the
candidate. The Sun therefore Is
surely right in saying that tho time
has come for the South to assume its
rightful place in the management and
leadership of the Democratic party.
THE STANDARD OIL TRIAL.
If Captain Kidd had not been in
considerately hanged one might im
agine him in a serene old age sur
rounded by admiring friends as he
blithely recalled the deeds of his far
off prime. As the reverend old pirate
narrated what he had seen and done
naturally the color of blood which
once stained his career would bleach
to the hue of roses, the ships he had
scuttled and the sailors whom he had
forced to walk the plank would re
appear changed and sublimated into
"exigencies of navigation," Just as the
regrettable incidents of Mr. Rocke
feller's early adventures figure in his
testimony before Judge Ferris as "the
outcome of an economic development
and exigencies of the oil business."
A satirist might liken the cloud of
eminent counsel round about Mr.
Rockefeller to Captain Kidd's imagin
ary circle of admiring and applauding
friends. Perchance there would be
two or three among them who had
shared the moving accidents and perils
dire of the days when "exigencies"
meant murder, arson and the betrayal
of friends. To them the roseate seren
ity which pervades that comfortable
temple of Justice where the Stand
ard Oil Company is "on trial"
must be thrice charming. Mr.
Rockefeller's placid amenity as he
beautifies riot and robbery with
pretty names is something not to be
rivaled unless by a bishop conducting
a young ladies' confirmation class. The
trial might be a pink tea for debu
tantes, so devoid is it of anything sug
gesting the slightest discord. Evidently
as he collects his engaging reminiscen
ces Mr. Rockefeller mistakes the Judge
and the obsequious lawyers for his
guests.
Were this most harmonious of trials
proceeding before some judges not un
known to fame the aged veteran of
commercial warfare might treat them
as his guests, or employes, without
much of a mistake. The common be
lief that a great part of the Federal
judiciary dances whenever Mr. Rocke
feller fiddles is of course nonsense; yet
there are many known circumstances,
and perhaps still more hidden ones,
which would seem to warrant him in
treating the bench with a benevolent
and patronizing condescension. There
Is no ground for saying that the Stand
ard Oil Company has publicly assisted
this or that judge to put on the ermine.
Doubtless the cases where no such
kindly service has been rendered even
In secret are very" numerous. But the
inexcusable Mr. Hearst has indiscreetly
turned a ray of light upon certain
sacred Judicial mysteries and revealed
secrets which the most confiding mind
cannot quite ignore. The Spirit of
Doubt Is wakened and he obtrudes his
irreverent questions. "Were the Penn
sylvania judges the only ones?" he
asks with a Mephistophelean sneer.
"If not, then whither and how far did
the blight strike?"
Doubly enchanting was Mr. Rocke
feller's manner while he graciously
chatted with the reporters during a
lull in the day's social function. He
spoke of the pathetic struggles of his
humble youth before the Lord had
rewarded his prayerful exertions with
gold and glory. Like St. Paul almost
in sight of his heavenly reward ha
could say to the young scribes "I have
fought a good fight, I have finished my
course, I have kept the faith. Hence
forth there is laid up for me a crown
of righteousness." He spoke pensively
of the friends of his young manhood.
"Alas, where are they now?" he
sighed. A faithful answer to this in
quiry might have seemed rude amid
the gracious amenities of Mr. Rocke
feller's trial. To recount how some
of them had been plundered of their
property by the Standard Oil Com
pany, how the mills of others had been
fired and still others had lost their
lives would have been sadly out of
place in those serene festivities. The
eminent counsel who had been Invited
to the function would have been much
disturbed by the lack of savoir-faire
in any uncouth person who might have
spoken of these inelegant transactions.
Fortunately they were not referred to
and one may venture to hope that they
will not be. Why mar the genteel re
poso of Mr. Rockefeller's party with
rude allusions? W:hy talk of ropes to
a man who has missed hanging? Let
us breathe the wish that the perfect
gentility of the Standard Oil trial may
be preserved to the end and that the
end may be as mild and harmless as
good breeding requires. ,
PUT THE I.II ON SHYLOCKS.
In Portland are a number of Shy
lock money lenders, exacting the
pound of flesh from unfortunate and
unknowing persons. These Shylocks
are the most despicable characters
within the city's gates. They wear fine
clothes and ply their traffic in elegant
offices and are full of snares for the
unwary'. The men and women who
fall into their clutches are Blaves to
oppressive usury.
It is the clear duty of the Legisla
ture to put an effective ban on this
traffic by enacting new laws for its
suppression. The old laws are use
less; they are evaded and dodged by
tricks known best by the money sharks
and learned to'J late by the victims.
It is common for these moneylenders
to exact tribute for loans, at the rate
of 10 or 20 or 30 per cent a month.
This loads up tho victims with debt
which they can nver get rid of unless
rescued by friends or relatives. Dread
ing their employers or their kin they
dare not expose the illicit business.
The men living in luxury on the
tribute thus wrung from the misfor
tune and disgrace of their fellow-creatures,
should be made to feel the dis
honor of their traffic. There ought to
be enough sentiment and pity in the
Legislature to drive them out. The
gambler, the rum-seller and the pimp
are no more despicable than they. For
them there should be a "lid," too.
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A PLEA FOR MOUSE.
A former director in some of the
notorious New York high financier
Morse's corporations, Mr. C. T. San
ford, of Ashland, writes The Orego
nian asking for a suspension of judg
ment upon that convicted felon until
the lawyers are through wrangling
over his case In the higher courts. Mr.
Sanford's letter appears today in an
other part of the paper.
Why should anybody suspend judg
ment on Morse? An impartial Jury
has heard the evidence in his case and
found him guilty. An impartial judge
has weighed his guilt and sentenced
him. What more do we need to form
a fair opinion upon? Tho lawyers may
wrangle till doomsday, as they prob
ably will, in the higher courts without
altering a single fact or producing a
single valid reason why Morse should
not serve out his sentence. If there
is a reversal it will be on technicali
ties and not on the merits. It will not
affect the question of his guilt or inno
cence in the slightest degree. That is
as firmly settled as it ever can be.
Since most of the trials of our emi
nent buccaneers of graft and finance
go finally to the higher courts and are
there endowed with eternal life, if we
waited for the final decision of the
last tribunal before commenting on the
miscreants ave should wait forever.
This practice would silence the voice
of criticism and leave the formation
of public opinion to lawyers like Mr.
Ach, of the Ruef defense. It will be
a sad day for morality when press and
pulpit begin to follow Mr. Sanford's
advice.
FOB WATERWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
The recommendations of the Chief
of Army Engineers for waterway ap
propriations for the Columbia River
and its tributaries ar all of great merit
and should be adopted by Congress in
making appropriations. The entrance
of the Columbia Rivr, which is of
course the keynote to all waterway Im
provement in the, Columbia Basin,
seems to be well provided for with
$450,000, which, with the amount now
available, is sufficient to provide a
channel of sufficient depth to meet
all present requirements for many
years. Another important item in the
budget arranged by General Marshall
is the J200.000 appropriation for the
Columbia River between Portland and
the sea. This is a sum sufficient to
lighten materially the burden which
the Port of Portland has been carrying
for so many years.
The injustice of Portland's being
forced to shoulder, this burden with
out assistance from the Nation, or
even from the State of Washington,
whose citizens are among the chief
beneficiaries by the improvement, has
frequently been pointed out, but the
recognition of Portland's position has
been much belated. That Portland
has at great expense provided a deep
channel for a vast amount of traffic
originating in the State of Washington
Is at last appreciated by the Govern
ment, and we may be relieved of at
least a portion of the burden. The
budget Includes an appropriation of
$10,000 for improvement of the. Co
lumbia River between the mouth of
the Willamette and Vancouver. What
Portland has done for the river can be
understood when it is noted that this
6hort stretch of river, for which the
$10,000 is recommended, would be
useless had not Portland Improved the
ninety-mile stretch between the en
trance of the river and Astoria. In
recognition of this fact the recommen
dations of the Chief of Engineers
should have the earnest support of
even" -man In the delegation at Wash
ington. It is matter of regret that perma
nent work in the river channel be
tween Portland and the sea cannot be
undertaken at this time, and that we
must, continue to maintain a proper
channel by dredging. In his recom
mendations the Chief Engineer deems
it inadvisable to ask for funds for
these permanent improvements "while
expensive work is in progress at the
mouth of the Columbia and at Celilo."
For the latter project $1,000,000 is
asked, in addiition to $146,000 author
ized at the last session. The attitude
and unmistakable language of the
Chief Engineer on this point supply
excellent food for thought for those
who have continually urged improve
ment of the upper river before the
lower river was in a condition to han
dle the big vessels on which we must
depend for cheap ocean freights.
The dredging, as it is now conducted,
and probably will be conducted until
a permanent system of revetments or
bulkheads at certain points along the
river is adopted, will continue to be ah
expensive tax on our industries. This
work now becomes subordinate to that
at Celilo, for there will be no appro
priation asked for it so long as the
Celilo work is. making such heavy
drains on the Government funds. This
diversion of funds from points In the
river where they are vitally needed to
the upper river, which Is as yet less
important than a good channel to the
sea, will hardly be pleasing to the
taxpayers who ere forced to take care
of the temporary dredging until such
a time as the permanent work can be
undertaken.
The death of Professor Burnham,
after 26 years of faithful service in
the Portland schools, will cause wide
spread regret and sorrow. "Professor
-DOTiam,a niirtlls" bv hundreds, and
even thousands, have gone , out into
the world with tne most pieasam re
membrances of the efforts of the kind
old instructor and guide. Many of
them have won fame and fortune and
have builded homes fr6m which other
n.,niu havB irnnfl forth to receive in
structions from the same Professor
Burnham, and in all of these homes
will, be sincere sorrow at the, passing
of a man who played well the part
allotted him as a life work. The
"boas: of heraldry, the pomp of pow
er" never worried Professor Burnham,
but he lived out his life In the faith
ful discharge of a humble duty, which
If well performed, as It was in his oase,
was of inestimable value to city, state
and Nation. The mind of the school
boy is receptive and plastic, and the
early impressions it receives from the
teacher have a distinct bearing on the
more serious work of after life.
The young man who elopes from
college to get married acts unwisely,
not to say foolishly. He is, presuma
bly at least, dependent upon his father
financially, and to marry while In this
dependent condition Is to subject him
self and his wife to a certain degree of
humiliation and an almost certain lack
of money with which to set up house
keeping or engage in business. It is
not so much that a college course,
which might or might not have been
advantageous. Is ended, as that all dic
tates of prudence in the" matter of
making a living are ignored in such
a marriage. If the boy wants to quit
college and the girl wants him to quit
and go to work, at some vocation that
promises a living, well and good. That
way lies independence and manly pur
pose which college training can do no
more than develop. But to marry
precipitately without training for any
vocation and without settled purpose
looking to a livelihood, is at best haz
ardous in this age of a multiplicity of
wants and high standards of living.
The men who go down to the sea
in ships bring back with them strange
tales. Some of these are gobbled up
by the space writers and transformed
into veritable thrillers, and some of
them are so thrilling without any
dressing up that they lose their in
terest in being retold. The big tramp
steamer Craigvaar, which arrived at
Port Townsend yesterday with empty
bunkers and the boat platforms, deck
ing and other woodwork converted
into fuel and burned, offered great
possibilities for one of these thrilling
tales. The modern tramp steamer is
but poorly equipped for carrying can
vas, and when the fuel is exhausted
she soon becomes helpless and a prey
to the elements. In such a condition
the Craigvaar might easily have
drifted in on that terrible north coast
and become a total wreck. Even with
out such a finish for the voyage, it
was probably sufficiently exciting to
satisfy officers and crew.
The onslaughts made upon Chinese
pheasants by rapacious hunters have
decimated the numbers of these birds
to an extent that forebodes their ex
termination. To prevent this the Leg
islature will be asked to provide a
closed season for these birds, covering
a period of three years. Though wary
and good hiders, the pheasants stand
no chance for their lives against a
combination of men, guns and dogs.
After giving them three years in which
to replenish their depleted numbers, it
would then be well to forbid the hunt
ing of these birds with dogs.
This may be said to the credit of the
Chinese of this city: They are mourn
ing their dead rulers in quiet, decorous
fashion. Of course they do not really
mourn the imperial dead whose wasted
bodies He in regal state in Pekin, but
they are required to make semblance
of mourning, and this they are doing
decently and circumspectly. For all
of which remembering the din of the
ordinary Chinese obsequies our citi
zens should be duly thankful.
Here are the Oregon woolgrowera
without respect to party opposing re
moval or reduction of the duty on
wool. Of course. The tariff is a local
question. It makes a great difference
whose sheep is sheared.
Tom Johnson, of Cleveland, is now
bankrupt. He has followed into bank
ruptcy his socialistic schemes of mu
nicipal reform" in Cleveland. In his
day Tom Johnson was a great man.
Certainly that Sagan Prince wants
the children to stay with Anna. If
they should go to Boni, a big pile of
Anna's cash would go with them. Sa
gan is an ideal stepfather.
The very Idea of Washington's try
ing to take that ugly Sand Island from
Oregon! It ought rather to wish the
old thing out of the Columbia River.
Now we behold on Fourth street the
MitmA ctt lnr ff buncombe in the
City Hall. How now are the lawgiv
ers going to get rid. of the cars r
.TiiKt one month hence the days will
begin to grow longer and the sun wiH
be coming back. There is awlays
something to look forward to.
No other kind of weather is so good
nnirnn this time of year. The
man who complains couldn't be pleased
even In heaven.
The fish factions of the Columbia
are warring about so many things that
they have even dragged in miserable
old Sand Island.
Everybody knows Ruef is a grafter
and a thief, but a lot of lawyers think
he ought to have a chance to beat the
law.
The Kaiser would not so readily ex
cuse any other man in his empire who
talked so mucl".
BEATS WIFE AND CHILDREN
Brutal Myrtle Creek Husband Ar
rested,. Can Get No Bail.
ROSEBURG, Or., Nov. 19. (Special.)
One of the most shocking cases of
crueltv ever brought before the atten
tion of the officers of this county came
to light yesterday when F. W. Ilewes,
who resides a few miles from Myrtle
Creek, was arrested. charged with
beating his wife and children.
The case first came to light when
the two children, a boy aged six and
a girl aged five, came to school with
their faces bruised and their eyes
blackened. Their condition excited
the curiosity of the teacher, who soon
drew a detailed story from- the little
boy.
It was learned that Hewes, who Is a
great, big strapping fellow, has been
In the habit of beating his wife, and
on the occasion in question he not
only beat his wife, but picked" up a
heavy stick and unmercifully beat and
pommeled the two helpless children.
When in possession of all the facts,
the school teacher Informed the au
thorities and Hewes' arrest followed.
So great was the general indignation
among the citizens of Myrtle Creek
against Hewes that none of the law
yers of the city would defend him
when ha was brought before a Justice
of the Peace for his preliminary hear
ing, and when he was placed under
$1500 bonds he could secure no bonds.
He now occupies a cell in the County
Jail.
Hewes and his wife have been mar
ried twice. After their first marriage.
Hewes seenred a divorce, and married
another woman. At the death of the
latter he remarried his first wife.
FOR DIVORCE AFTER 49 YEARS
Wife of 70 Accuses 80-Year-Old
Husband of Jealousies.
BELLING HAM, Wash., Nov. 19. (Spe
cial.) After, 49 years of wedded life,
when all her children were grown up
and had families of their own, and
when the golden wedding of herself
and spouse was less than a year off,
Mrs. Martha Winkler, a septagenarlan,
today filed suit for divorce from her
husband, David D. Winkler.
The woman's reason for desiring a
separation is a mystery and she makes
no mention of alimony In her suit.
An Insane and absurd jealousy on the
part of Winkler, when she was 60
years old. Is one of the grounds for the
divorce. Winkler isfcalleged to have
been jealous of a man 80 years old, a
youth of 16 and even his wife's rela
tives and, Mrs. Winkler alleges, showed
disapproval of her alleged improper
conduct by often threatening her with
bodily harm.
Mrs. Winkler has not lived with her
husband since 1902, having been cared
for by her chifdren. -
TAXING "NEAR-BEER" SELLERS
Pendleton Conncll Will Demand An
nual $100 License.
PENDLETON. Or., Nov. 19. (Spe
cial.) Dispensers of "near beer" in the
City of Pendleton will be compelled to'
pay an annual license of $100 hereafter.
Since the advent of prohibition the
first of last Juiy the numbor of "near
beer" resorts has been but a few less
than the number of saloons to be found
here, prior to that time, and the ques
tion of regulating them has been a
burning issue ever since the introduc
tion of the new drink.
The problem has been wrestled with
at nearly every session of the City
Council since that time, but It was not
until last night that any definite ac
tion was taken. The license ordinance
was passed so as to give the Council
control over the, houses as much as for
the purpose of deriving some needed
revenues.
Some of the places have acquired the
reputation of disreputable joints, and
these will probably be put out of busi
ness. GETS AVRONG DOSE, HE SUES
Wants $2000 Because He Drank
Formaldehyde for Whisky.
OREGON CITY, Or.,. Nov. 19. (Special.)
The damage suit of Alfred J. Howland
against Enos Cahin for WOOO will be on
trial before a jury tomorrow. This will
be the last Jury trial of this term of the
Circuit Court, as Judge MoBride goes to
Hillsboro Monday and will hold an ad
journed term here In January.
About one year ago, while Cahill was
driving from Oregon City to his home in
New Era, he stopped at Howland's place
and offered the latter a drink from a
bottle that he supposed contained whisky.
Howland drank deeply, without looking,
and says that the bottle contained formal
dehyde, and that Cahill had made a mis
take and had given him the wrong bottle.
TO SHOW YAMHILL APPLES
County Exhibit Will Be Held In Mc
Mlnnvllle Next Week.
M'MINNVILLE, Or., Nov. 18. (Special.)
The second annual apple show of Yam
hill County apples will be held at the
pavilion in this city on Friday and Sat
urday. November 27 and 28, under the
auspices of the Yamhill CountyHortlcul
tural Societv. A splendid silver cup will
be awarded to the grower who has on ex
hibit the best display of not less than
eight boxes of apples containing not less
than three varieties of apples.
Minor prizes will be awarded for plate
and box exhibits. There will be no ex
pense attached to the entry of exhibits.
J. C. Cooper has been appointed general
manager of the- apple show.
EXCLUDE
ALL
OUTSIDERS
Soptiomores Make New Ruling on
Dance to Be Given December 12.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Or., Nov. 19. (Special.) For the flret time
in several years all outsiders will be ex
cluded from the annual sopnomore aa-nce,
to be held December 12. The class of
1911 tonight decided that only students,
ex-students, the faculty and members of
the alumni will be admitted. The action
Is causing a great deal of talk around
the campus, as many outsiders from Port
land -and other cities have already been
invited to attend. There Is a growing
feeling that one of the four big college
dances should be purely a college affair,
and the sophomores will be the first to
exclude outsiders.
Editors Oppose State Printery.
BOISE. Idaho, Nov. 19. (Special.)
The Eastern Idaho Press Association
completed its quarterly business ses
sion in Boise today. The matter of
supporting a bill in the next Legisla
ture relative to the establishment of a
state printery was opposed, the edi
tors classing it as a Government mo
nopoly. They support the present plan
of farming out the state printing.
More Paving for Eugene.
EUGENE, Or., Nov. 19. (Special.)
At the next meeting of the City Coun
cil a petition will be presented asking
that Pearl street, from Fifth to
Eleventh, be paved, adding seven
blocks to the work that has already
been done in making a total of 67
blocks of paving for Eugene in the
last 18 months.
FARMERS INVITE RAILROAD
Pledge Rights of Way and Bonns
for Line From Vancouver.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 19. (Spe
cial.) A number of the farmers living
between Vancouver, and Sara, about 12
miles north of this city, have formed the
Union Push Club, with officers as fol
lows: President. Emmett M: Irwin; vice
president. A. C. Austin: secretary. J. D.
Eaton; treasurer, Walter Gunning. The
object of the club is to Induce the Van
couver Traction Company to extend its
electric line through their district.
The club has promises from property
owners of free rights of way and a total
cash bonus of between $12,000 and $15,000
which the club is now in a position to of
fer the railway company.
The club officers expect to be in a po
sition by Saturday to make their formal
offer to the Vancouver Traction Company
and they already have the assurance of
that company that the preliminary sur
vey will be mada at once.
TO MEET IX SEATTLE TODAY
First State Conservation Congress
Will Convene.
SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 19. (Special.)
The first Washington State Conserva
tion Congress will assemble in the city
tomorrow. E. H. Libby, of Clarkston,
presiding officer and president of 'the
Inshlngton Forestry Association, ar
rived today, and numerous other dele
gates are also In the city. About 260
delegates from other parts of the state
will be present.
Among the speakers will be J. N.
Teal, of Portland, chairman of the Ore
gon State Conservation Commission,
who wfll speak on "What Oregon Is
Doing to Conserve Her Waterway In
terests." and E. T. Allen, of Portland,
chief inspector of the United States
Forest Service, who will tell of Gov
ernmental work in the Northwest.
Y. M. C. A. FUND XOW $21,200
Eugene Campaigners Confident of
Securing $50,000 for Building.
EUGENE, -r.. Nov. 19. (Special.)
At 1 o'clock today the hands on the
big Y., M. C. A. clock were moved up to
the $21,000 mark, this being the amount
raised by the 20 committees in the first
three days of the eight-day campaign.
The amount raised from the noon hour
vesterday to the noon hour today was
$6055. The exact total is $21,200.
The boys of the High School have
already raised three-fourths of their
stake. Everybody is giving, and all are
hopeful of securing the full $50,000.
Smelter Proposed for Santiam.
ALBANY, Or.. Nov. 19. (Special.)
To Interest the people of Albany in the
project to erect a smelter in the San
tiam mining district. Paul T. Gladsen
and Attorney Arthur Langguth, of
Portland, met with the Albany Commer
cial Club last evening. The project was
discussed last evening and a subcom
mittee, consisting of F. .1. Miller. Dr.
W. H. Davis, George Taylor. F. M.
French and B. I. Dasent, was named to
investigate the matter further. This
committee met today with Gladsen and
Langguth and F. H. Colpitts, a local
assayer. who is familiar with the dis
trict. Action will be taken on the mat
Orders Delinquency Court.
ASTORIA. Or.. Nov. 19. (Special.)
Orders have been received irom aoju-tant-General
Flnzer directing the es
tablishment of a Delinquency Court in
First Company. Coast Artillery Corps,
to discipline members of the company
for Infractions of the Department reg
ulations. The orders appoint Firat
Lieutenant Carl Knobloch as president
of the court and today Mr. Knobloch
named C. V. Malagamba as Clerk and
John Sayer as Marshal. The first ses
sion of the court will be held on next
Friday evening, when its organization
will be perfected.
Saloonmen Have Hopes.
CONDON, Or., Nov. 19. (Special.)
Five saloon licenses were granted by
the City Council yesterday at $1000
a year each, which is a raise of $400
above the amount paid before the clos
ing of saloons July 1. The saloon
men think they will be permitted to
proceed with their business notwith
standing the dry vote in June, basing
their hopes on the Kedford decision.
It is understood' that the District At
torney will proceed against any sa
loons that attempt to run in violation
of the local option law and the matter
will probably be carried to the State
Supreme Court.
Marine News of Taconia.
TACOMA, Nov. 19. The ship W. F.
Babcock cleared today for Australia.
The British ship Latimer also cleared
and will leave port tomorrow for the
United Kingdom with her wheat cargo.
The German steamer Wangard ar
rived in port this evening to complete
her grain cargo for the United King
dom. '
The Kosmos liner Ammon will shift
to Seattle during the night to com
plete her cargo for the West Coast and
Hamburg. She will leave for San
Francisco tomorrow night.
Harry Tabor Not Guilty.
EUGENE, Or., Nov. 19. (Special.)
After a deliberation of about two hours,
the Jury in the Harry Tabor man
slaughter case, returned a verdict of
not guilty. Tabor stated that he was
confident of acquittal. Harry Tabor
shot and killed Harry Stuckey a few
weeks ago near the Alpha Postofflce,
In the Siuslaw country. Tabor claimed
that he shot In self-defense.
Takes Appeal In Locks Suit.
SALEM, Or., Nov. 19. (Special.) The
Portland General Electrio Company has
notified Attorney-General Crawford
that it will appeal to the United States
Courts from the decision of the State
Supreme Court establishing the right
of the state to receive 10 per cent of
the net profits of the operation of the
Oregon City locks.
Root Confers With Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. The first
caller at the White House today was
Secretary of State Root, who had just
returned from a trip to New York. He
said that there had been no developments
in the Senatorial situation. His trip to
New York was on private business, which
"a man may still have, although he is
in office."
Linotype for South Bend Paper.
SOUTH BEND, Wash., Nov. 19. (Spe
cial.) W. B. Goode, of the Mergen
thaler Linotype Company, is In this city
installing a linotype machine for the
Willapa Harbor Pilot.
Faneral Largely Attended,
BROWNSVILLE, Or., Nov. 19. (Spe
cial.) The funeral of George C. Cooley,
a pioneer merchant of Brownsville, which
was held yesterday from the Presbyterian
Church, was very largely attended.
Ice Forms In Alabama. i
COTTONWOOD. Ala.. Nov. .19.
There has been ice here one-eighth of
an inch thick for three mornings and
all tender vegetation both here and
across the line in Florida has been
killed.
ADVICE FROM A MORSE DIRECTOR
War Heed Proven Frt, If the Court"
Are Not Yet Doner
ASHLAND, Or, Nov. 17. (To the Ed
itor.) I have noticed In several recent
Issues of The Oregonian editorial com
ment and arraignment of C. W. Morse,
of New York, who w-as recently con
victed and sentenecd in one of the low
er Federal Courts.
It is common observation, however,
that courts and Juries occasionally con
vict and punish the innocent and more
frequently let the guilty escape.
My contention Is that editorial com
ment should wait on the completion of
court procedure, wherein a party de
fending himself has the right of ap
peal, and conviction Is not confirmed
until higher courts so decide. Hence,
would It not be a square deal to sus
pend criticism pending final outcome
of C. W. Morse's defense? A defendant
has the benefit of the doubt until final
confirmation of guilt by higher tri
bunals. The, sifting of evidence, the
law polnffc, the separation of truth
from error, are the functions of our
higher courts, and the safety-valve In
one's defense.
Truth crushed to earth will rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers;
But Error wounded writhes In pain.
And dies amid her worshippers.
I have the pleasure of Mr. Morse's
acquaintance, and have served with
him as a director under his chairman
ship of corporations of his own crea
tion. In the formation, promotion and
management of his gigantic "American
Ice Cmpany" he has always met with
acrimonious and Intense political oppo
sition. Could this have had any int'lu
enoe on the evidence in this case? I
have always believed him to be an hon
orable man. and shall give him the
benefit of any doubt, unless proved
otherwise at the completion of his de
fense. I believe in the moral uplift, rather
than the knock-down argument, when
a man 1b fighting for his life, his
property, his reputation or his honor.
C. T. SANFORD.
Rrcrudeacenee of Tipplnn Problem.
New York Herald.
With the filling up of the city's ho
tels with visitors, attracted by the
horse show and the opera, there is a
recrudescence of the great tipping
question. Visitors assert that the sys
tem of tips in some of the fine hotels
and restaurants of New York Is a great
evil, and goes beyond anything known
In other American cities or in Europe.
Like the domestic servant problem, the
tip question is a burning one and smol
ders for a time, only to break forlh
anew in flames of indignant discussion
and protest. Like the tariff, the tip is
a tax, and the tip-gatherers are alert
as the tax-gatherers in levying toll.
Originating in the occasional bestowal
of a coin in recognition of some special
attention or Bervlce, tipping has grown
into a gigantic and universal system.
An unwritten minimum scale of fees
has been established, and fees are ex
pected by attendants as a matter of
right, even when they have rendered no
special service or perhaps no service
at all.
Children's Power Over Parents l&enaced
Philadelphia Ledger.
It is very evident these days that tho
problem of how to bring up one's par
ents properly is giving concern to a
number of the children of our best
families. There seems to be a grow
ing Inclination on the part of parents
to assert themselves unduly, to regu
late the hours and occupations of their
offspring, to prescribe the regimen of
their lives, even to select their friends
and acquaintances and dictate their
choice of amusements. If something Is
not done about it shortly the rod of
power will pass from the hand of tho
child to the parent.
The Truth of Hlntory.
Chicago Tribune.
Caesar tore up the blank telegraph
form on which he had started to write
something.
Taking another sheet, he wrote the
words, "Veni, vldl, vicl," signed it, and
handed it to the operator.
"I was about to make it, 'We have
beaten them to a frazzle," he said,
"but that would set everybody to ask
ing what the deuce a frazzle is and
the other is shorter, anyway."
Cautioning the reporters to suppress
all mention of the incident, he turned
away and strode haughtily into his
tent.
Carnegie Pension for Dean Crane.
New York Press.
Dean Thomas Frederick Crane of
the Cornell University faculty, who
has been connected with the Univer
sity for 41 years, has resigned, his res
ignation to take effect a. the end of
the academic year. Dean Crane will
have reached the age of 65 next July,
and will retire on a Carnerle pension.
"Elktns" Picture Crd for Ituly.
Washington (D. C.) Post.
Italian laborers employed in the coal
mines of West Virginia are sending
many post cards containing pictures
of the home of United States Senaton
Elkins at Elkins, W. Va, to Italy.
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
ROOSEVELTS PEEDE
CESSOESINTHE BIG-GAME FIELD
Distinguished men who have won
fame in many lands.
PICTURES OP MEMBERS
OF G COMPANY, 0. N. G.
Full page of portraits of Port
land's crack organization, which
celebrates its 25th anniversary to
night. THE "BIGGEST EVER"
AND FASTEST YET
Achievements during 1908 in
speed, size and skill ; deeds of dar
ing, and the rewards.
THE HOTEL CLERK
ON MASCULINE GARB
Irving S. Cobb pays his respects
to the present ultra-fashions for
men.
GETTING OUT THE WOMAN
VOTE IN DENVER
British suffragettes see remark
able sights ab the capital of Colo
rado. ORDER EARLY FROM YOUR!
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