8 . TIIE MORNING OREROXTAX. TmTRsnT , m. Tllll' '" " vJ-'-rm. -a. aj. J.V1U XVHJU. Z)t (Dmnrntan PORTLAND. OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon. Poatoffl.es as fiecond-laas Matter. subscription Rates Invariably In Advance. , ,, T MtIL) pal jr. -Sunday Included, on year ..SS.00 H? y- funly Included. .11 month. 4 25 la . Sunday Included, three month!. . 2.25 c 1 . . Z" ' ........... 1. one year... 2 60 Sunday and weekly, one year! . '. '. " '. '. i.60 (By Carrier.) nlWl' ,nc'u'a. one year 0 Dally. Sunday Included, one month.:! .74 -j - vemii send noutofnce money ,0Io'L",a"e " 10 to 14 pages. 1 cent; 10 a 'i.8. 2 cents; 30 to 44 oaeea. 8 cent.: 1 ' DU Pa sea. 4 cents. Forelan no-iaea flouble rates afh"s"7iSUa,:2rfTl. C Back. ' Ch.cr.o.rroKomr.T15.5?i PORTLAND. THURSDAY, APRIL t!, 1(M)9. MR. BRYAN'S HOPES. In the bosom of Mr. Bryan hope spring eternal. Nothing- can discour age him. Nothing- can daunt him. failure- causes the star of hia confi dence, to blaze with renewed brilliance. Defeat brings to his unconquerable heart more than the Joy of victory. In a recent number of Munseys Maga- ne puousned an explanation of the success of Mr. Taft and hia own downfall, which satisfied him so well that he has reprinted It in The Com moner. A hasty reading-, almost de ludes the amazed student Into the con viction that Mr. Bryan is President of the United States, so amply sufficient are the reasons he advances to prove that he ought to be. It requires some careful reconsideration of the article to make it clear that the great son of Nebraska really admits that he was defeated, and there Is nothing- what ever In it to create the Imnrculnn that he expects to be defeated next time he runs. A glorious victory over the wicked Republicans Is what Mr Bryan predicts at the next Presidential election. Indeed, the last one was lost only by a paltry hundred thousand votes. Distribute these votes properly through Ohio. Indiana, Missouri, Kan sas, Vest Virginia, Montana and Dela ware and transform the men mho cast them from Republicans Into Demo crats, and behold! you have wrested the last election from Mr. Taft and given it to Mr. Bryan. The trick is o facile that it is wonderful it was not performed. Marvelous forbear ance the Democrats showed in leaving all these states to the Republicans when they might so easily have had them themselves. ..... Casting -a. retrospective . glance over the dark and dubious past as far back as 1892. Mr-jBryan. finds his party always on the. point of winning, but never quite at the goal. In 1892 to be sure, it had control of the House of Representatives, and Mr. Cleve land was President. This happy con dition had been attained by flooding the country -with promises to reform the tariff. The Democrats being In power, kept these promises Just as they have kept promises throughout the entire history of their party. They passed the nefarious "Wilson bill, which heaped .so many favors upon the priv ileged tariff barons that Mr. Cleveland in disgust refused to sign it. and very naturally the next Congressional elec tions went heavily Republican. In .1888 occurred the first perihelion of Mr. B.-yan,,so to apeak.. ..That brilliant comet which has ever since been ca reerlng through our political heavens then made its initial appearance. Peer ing over the records of the election of 1896 and casting up the -whys, and wherefores of his defeat. Mr. Bryan cornea to the conclusion that it was because his party Avas divided on the gold issue. In 1900 he made his sec ond appearance, and was again de feated. This time the party was "quite harmonious." he says, but it "was embarrassed by -a new Issue," that of Imperialism, while the Repub licans had; the prestige of finishing a successful war. By whose fault it was that the Democrats "were embarrassed with the issue of imperialism in 1900 Mr. Bryan .does not explain, . EvidenU " lV.rhe believes that It was forced upon .".them against their wiser will by some outside power. PerhaOs he mean tn the wicked Republicans can compel thom to ftprfint Dnv to.... ..!.( 1 J twua w 11111 geema I likely to prove embarrassing. At any ! d.i.tcpieu it, ana again lost. In 1904 came the woeful candidacy of Judge Parker under the aegis of the; reactionary Democratic twing. Mr. Bryan speaks of him with cold charity as a "man of high character who pos sessed the confidence of the business world;" but for all that he lost the election. He" lost it so badly. Mr Bryan exultingly records, that "the Republican victory surprised even the Republican leaders." The most en huslaetla c-f them had not predicted . majorities half big enough. Then - came the campaign of 1908, when the radical Democrats were again in con trol of the party, the old reliable Mr. . Bryan was the candidate and every thing. 'looked lovely before election, only to take on the hues of midnight the- day afterward. Irv "Bry-8-11 sees no ground for de- -.pbur-in an mis. indeed, he deduces 'from these repeated misfortunes rea sons for the most Jubilant anticipa tions. It is a long, lane which has no .turning, and in his. opinion the turn--;: ing'ls not Jar away. Mr. Taft cannot - jioHsioiy satisry DOtn the radical and the reactionary wings of the Repub lican, party. A yawning schism will be the Inevitable consequence, and from the Jaws of the schism, to bor row a striking figure, he expects to pluik . the fruit of victory. Reform as a-Republican policy is entirely, out of place, according to his opinion. It belongs to the Democrats, and by 1912 the country will have perceived how monstrous a maladjustment It is to have entrusted the . work of tariff re vision or any ' other reform to Mr. Taft and his party. Before that time .'comes the Democrats will" have" devel oped a . .number of strong' leaders, .one of whom may be chosen for a Presi dential "candidate," and he, cries Mr. Bryan in great enthusiasm, "by the aid of events and with a united party behind him, can win a National vic tory for Democracy and inaugurate those reforms the advocacy of which has given the Democratic party its wonderful vitality and strength." "What reforms? Mr. Bryan's party has been vociferous in -calling for some dozens of -reforms, but what one of thefn.-has it ever tried to put in prac- ties.- when it had. tha power? There v.. . uuiuuea, one month. .. .75 pal y. without Sunday, one year e 00 r?l Z' w '5ou- Sunday, alx month 3.25 R! J- without Sunday, three monthi... 1.T5 Dally without Sunday, one month..... .60 Weekly, one vMr . .a DV mir ; 1 personal cneck oa I?e at .h banJt- stamP. "in or currency nress In full. . Including muntv mA are as many DemnwAtiV 01 d.i. llcan tariff standpatters. Touching the trusts, the currency, the courts, the banks, they have nothing to offer which is not stale with failure or rank with folly. Take, for example, what Mr. Bryan has to say about competi tion in this article. The people long for its restoration, he asserts. The truth is that they long for nothing of the sort. Competition as an unvarying rule of trade has passed away forever, and the people know it. .What they want is to participate in the benefits of concentration. In this instance Mr. Bryan shows the same Inability to grasp accomplished facts that he does in every other. His party may" pro duce new leaders as time passes, but it is certain that he will not welcome them. He will do all he can to sup press them. If Mr. Bryan has his way he will be the next Democratic candidate f6r" President, and will con tinue to be the candidate until death hushes his voice ana paralyzes his tongue. As for his brain, death is not likely to affect it very much. WHY NO AMENDMENT? Professor Henry Jones Ford, of Princeton University, in his comment on the Oregon situation, makes some candid and incisive criticism of the Primary law. For example, he points out the great advantage given to can didates whose names begin with the early letters of the alphabet. It is a striking fact that the great majority of members of the late Oregon Legis lature was made up of members who had profited by the unfair alphabetical arrangement of names on the ballot. It will be said, of course, that such a defect is no real impeachment of the primary law, since it may be cured. If so. why isn't it cured? The Oregon primary law was enacted in 1904. It has remained on the statute books and has been In operation for five years with all Its acknowledged faults, and no effort to amend it or correct it has been permitted to succeed. Indeed, every suggestion that a change of any kind be made has been cried down as emanating from the enemies of the primary law. Any one who offers the slightest objection, to any of its fea tures or ventures to suggest that there be amendment is branded as a public enemy. But who are they that have so far successfully posed as the friends and guardians of that sacred statute? What has been the fruit of their la bors?. The Republican party has been utterly disorganized and every possible effort under the primary law to bring It together has been resisted. So it is with the late assembly scheme. It Is a plan wholly in accord with the pri mary lajw. Tet because it gives some promise of uniting the -various ele ments of the Republican party a shout goes up that an effort is being made to set aside the primary -law. How? Is no participant In the" primary to have any previous advice or suggestion or admonition from any source, espe cially from any public source? He is not to - have, if the "friends" of the primary are to have tnelp-way. They are "frlendB" of the primary because they are enemies of the -Republican party. A TAUIABLE REUC. : ' ' The Washington State Historical Society has Just secured a highly valu able relic in the. boiler of the old Hud son's Bay Company's steamer "Beaver. The Beaver was the -first steamer to enter the Pacific, and, while she came out. from England under sail, it .was at what is now the site of Vancouver, Wash., that, steam was first raised in the famous boiler. Steam navigation In the Western world began early In May, 1836, when the diminutive Beav er steamed away from the old Hud son's Bay fort for a trip around Men zles (now .Sauvles) Island. The Beaver played a very important part In the early life of the Pacific North west, and in the service of the great fur monopoly steamed around the wa ters of-the Pacific from California to Alaska, for many years before her companion, the Otter, put in an ap pearance. . . The boiler f rom " ' the famous old craft will be placed on a foundation in a prominent street In Tacoma, and Its value as a relic of the. early days of steam navigation on the Pacific will increase, as -the years roll by. The Pa cific is destined some day to surpass the Atlantic. as the scene ol the world's greatest commercial conquest, and millions yet unborn will gaze with awe and interest on this relic from the flTst steamer that ever turned a wheel in the mighty Pacific. OUR INCREA8IXO A8SKT8. It has been raining-dollars all over the great wheat belt of the Inland Empire for the past few days. Not any. limited number of these coins of the realm, but hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, for Nature, the great alchemist, transforms the gentle rain into golden grain over a vast stretch of country,, and' April showers will hurry the grain on with a vigor ous growth that will enable it to" with stand any possible unfavorable cli matic conditions in The acreage in the Pacific Northwest! Including Spring and Winter grain, is undoubtedly the largest - on record. mm everyming now points to a bump, er. crop. Of wheat alone, there Is now excellent prospects of a 60.000,000 bushel crop, and the high prices at which oats and barley have been sell ing .for the past year have insured an increased acreage" of these' grains. Fortunately for the farmers, and in cidentally for all the Test of us whose prosperity, is to a. large, degree depend ent on the success of the farmer. It now seems a certainty that the prices at which this coming crop will be marketed will be. far above the aver age of recent years. At the present time, there seems but small likelihood of the price being much below $1 per bushel. Returns from a. sixty-million-bushel crop of dollar, wheat would bring in their train the greatest pros perity this country has ever known, but they would only partly represent the natural assets on which our pres ent and future prosperity is founded. Throughout the Eastern Oregon coun try the sheepmen - are marketing a wool clip that will place, in circulation a vast Bum of money, long before the wheat begins to move. On the Columbia River, Puget Sound and the coast streams north and south .of Portland, the waters iwill yield up their millions in 'salmon and other, food fishes, and-, from all parts of the three states will move an un ending procession of cattle, horses and other livestock, for which there is an ever-increasing demand at ever-Increasing prices. .The fruit Industry, whether prices are. high or low, will 1 this year bring m6r& money into the) .country than ever hefor " ih im promises to he far and away-the larg est on record. The lumber trade is somewhat depressed at this time, but shows signs of improvement, and, with an ever-widening market, the output will undoubtedly be close to the rec ord. This brief review of tle present con dition of some of our . principal re sources offers ample explanation for the unparalleled growth and develop ment noticeable in all lines of business In this city. Best of all, there is no discounting the future, and -when the returns are all In for the 1909 out put of the great staples of the Pacific Northwest, there will be so much more money In circulation than ever before that the present growth of Portland and other Pacific Northwest cities will seem slow -in . comparison with that which will follow the next period of realizing on our great sta ples. A POOR EXCU8K. The explanation which Albion B. Smith gives of his attempt to rob a Jewelry store in Salem may not be altogether wrong. Perhaps whisky did excite him to break the law, as he says. But who put whisky Into a po sition where it could excite him? Who or what compelled Smith to drink? After all, we come back to the inevita ble conclusion that, if he had not swallowed the drink, it could not have affected his mind, and therefore that nobody but himself is responsible for what he did. The fact that a man has put himself under the Influence of liquor is no excuse for the crimes he may commit while he is drunk. If it were, then anybody who wished to "break the law could secure immunity by first making himself Intoxicated. Smith's defense is that of .a weak man who grasps at the most obvious excuse for his wrongdoing. Probahly he has no other to offer. There is this to be said, however, for him and others who are similarly weak that if it were not possible for them to obtain liquor enough to make them intoxicated, in all probability they would not commit crime. Put ting aside the question of the advisa bility of total prohibition of liquor selling, everybody will agree that It 13 wrong to sell a man liquor when he is drunk or likely to get drunk. It is hardly conceivable that there could be any dispute over this point. When a man like Smith demands whisky, if the barkeeper knows the use he will make of it, he commits a moral crime In. selling It, and there ought to be some way to make it a legal crime also. New Jersey has tried to reach this end by appointing "boards of pro tectors" in each municipality of the state. Every board is composed of three citizens, whose duty it is to warn barkeepers not to furnish, liquor to habitual drunkards or those who are likely to become such. '. If-the warning is disobeyed, the law first fines the sa loon man -and finally ' cancels ' his li cense. This is an- interesting experi ment toward the control of the liquor business, and In small towns It may partially succeed. Not so much can be hoped from it In larger places, be cause three .men can hardly keep track of all the sots. Even in-villages this New Jersey- scheme will not do everything, since moral cowardice and cunning will both wofk against it. Still it Is worth trying, as all experi ments are which seek to check vice. THE ALASKA TRADE. Completion of the North Bank Ralll road, -with its' main' line and connec tions, opens up for Portland art enor mous trade territory from which this city has previously .been barred. All of that vast region traversed by the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and ( Spokane and Inland, as well as the territory lying along the north bank of the- Columbia River, can now be reached from this city. The railroad to Tillamook is being hurried to com pletion, the Wallowa extension of the O. R. & N. is opening a new field, and the Central Oregon projects await only the sanction of the Government. With all of this internal railroad develop ment and the attendant expansion of industries in the territory around us, the time is approaching, when Port land will have a little time and money to devote to a more distant field 'in which the possibilities for commer cial expansion are wonderfully rich. Portland is now in an excellent po sition to engage in the Alaska trade." The business of that new country in the Far North has not yet assumed the boom proportions that are claimed for it by those who are so helplessly dependent on" It for a livelihood, but it is growing and in the last year reached proportions that "a few years ago would have been beyond the wild est dreams"" of the original Alaskans. The Department 'of. Commerce and Labor, in a recent statement of the business of the United States with non contiguous territory, places the value of the. gold shipped to the United States from Alaska .for the. first eight months ; of- the current fiscal year at 16,750,fl00, or more than twice the purchase price of the territory. 'During the same period Alaska shipped to the United States more than $10,000,000 worth of canned fish, $400,000 worth of copper ore, and nearly $500,000 worth of furs, skins. etc. In return for this, Alaska bought from the United States more than $9,000,000 worth of manufactures and food products. Of the ..imports from Alaska, San Francisco received $5, 567.535. and Seattle $5,065,312, but in the shipments to Alaska, San ' Fran cisco secured but $507,482, the remain der going out of the various Puget Sound ports. Of the $9,000,000 ship ped from this country, more than one naif was food stuffs and the. greater part of the remainder was manufac tures, ready for consumption. Port land has been too busy growing rich in the development of a trade field right at her doors .to pay much attention to this far away field, which is still com paratively' untouched,- but now. that the position of this city as the com mercial metropolis of .the .Pacific Northwest is so firmly assured, it might be a good plan to establish communication with the rich terri tory lying in the north. Portland, as the center of the great est agricultural country on earth, has exceptional facilities Tor supplying the commodities of which Alaska Is most in need. As a matter of fact, the greater part of the provisions and farm products which" now find their way to the Far North, through the ports of Puget Sound, originates In Portland territory, and is shipped from this city through the Puget Sound ports. This business is worth having, but it is not the proper manner for hamlling the Alaska trade. We must put on a line of steamers equal -to the best craft that sail between.'- AUska and. other ports, and w must Borne money in working up business for such a line. There are a number of ports in Alaska where coal can be secured at extremely low cost, thus supplying the steamers with return cargoes, which would find a ready market in this city. For a city that can raise J100.000 for advertising pur poses, the matter of getting together funds for an. Alaskan steamship line would not be a serious matter, and it is well worth the effort. Abdul Hamid, like his long line of predecessors. Abode hla destined hour and went hla way. Death would no doubt have been preferable to the humiliation that has been put upon him oy those whom he must consider upstarts in hia im perial realm, yet but for the outward semblance of power the new estate of the deposed Sulta will not Mffo- greatly from the old. A splendid ! palace with gorgeous equipment and ' .merai allowances will be his, with slaves to wait upon his lightest whim, with such other accessories of pleasure as wealth can procure. His successor in the meantime, already an old man and unused to the affairs of the gov ernment, will succeed to the honors and troubles of a ruler of a turbulent and corrupt empire. Even in this view, which it is not likely, however, that he shares, Abdul Hamid has the best of the late shuffle and deal. Certainly Mohammed Rechad EfTendi Is the man who has trouble coming, and, to all appearances at least, the troubles of Abdul Hamid are over. The steamer Riverside is again in port, discharging her regular fort nightly cargo of eastern freight, much of it being consignments that left the Atlantic ports less than thirty days ago. Since the Riverside has been placed on the regular schedule, freight offerings, both to and from the At lantic, have increased to such an ex tent that a weekly service is a possi bility in the near future. Not only is the ocean route from the Atlantic seaboard delivering American freight in Portland In railroad time, and at less . than railroad rates, but we are also receiving by this new route much European freight. Perhaps if the Spokane Review and the Interstate Commerce Commission would examine the freight bills and consult Portland Jobbers who pay them, they would be convinced that water competition ac tually exists, and, what is more to the point, they would find that it is in creasing more rapidly than ever be fore. The most successful colonist move ment ever known in the Pacific North west ends tomorrow. It will be sev eral days before the extent of this movement can be determined accu rately, but the railroads estimate that the number of newcomers entering the Pacific Northwest in the two months in which special colonists' rates were in effect will approximate 150,000. Not all of the 150,000 new comers will remain, but the percent age of those returning. East will be small.. The attractions and possibili ties of this country are so great that it can absorb many times 1.50,000 peo ple without their presence exciting more than passing notice. - Tet the presence of these people will be felt both socially and commercially in the near future. They will scatter out over the 250,000 square' miles of terri tory in the .three states and the effect xf their labor and capital will be no ticeable In a surprisingly short time. The policy of the Department of the Interior as administered by Secretary Ballinger indicates that private capi tal, where proper guarantee of ability is given, will be encouraged to open public lands to settlement, through in stalling irrigation systems, leaving to the Government ' those sections less attractive to private exploitation. Pri vate enterprise is in this field" seeking encouragement in many sections of the semi-arid districts of Eastern Oregon and Idaho, notably In Malheur Coun ty and in the Boise Basin. Many thou sands of acres are. involved in these holdings that only await irrigation to "laugh into plenty" under the feet of a thrifty American farming class. AT- UAnA,r -1 T J 1 . . . . . i-nose wnom the gods wish to de stroy they first make mad." News re ports of -the graft trials In San Fran cisco indicate that if the gods have anything to do with the case they will find the task of making Mr. Heney mad a very easy one. Five carloads of wheat were ' re ceived In Chicago yesterday and the cash quotation on No. 2 red Winter was $1.42 per bushel. The obtuse farmers who own those mysterious 143,000,000 bushels discovered by Sec retary Wilson are probably feeding It to the chickens. That Seattle man who whiningly says he is unable to resist the habit of forging checks to liquidate gambling debts, and who hag put his family into penury by cardplaying, is too good for the Jail. He should be turned over to a woman's club hickory preferred. There Is. the Ministership to China, too. . Doubtless Senator Bourne got President Taft to offer it to Mr. Ful ton. It's a good Job now for the Sen ator to get for some other Oregon man.- - . . . United States Steel has a surplus of $3,000,000 over the corresponding quarter of last year. This represents what Mr. Carnegie, who has been on the Job, calls unnecessary protection. Foolish, say Admirals Evans and IJlchi, about any . possible war with Japan. Wars are usually foolish, but sometimes we must have 'em. Patten,, now in the wilds, could also get about $2 a word If he would write it all out and say how the wheat mar ket looks from the inside. A. would-be robber at Salem blames whisky, a weakling at Seattle blames the gaming table. In their puerile egotism they miss the mark. Abdul Hamid took eleven of his women with him. At-long range one cannot tell whether this means sorrow or Joy: - Before they hang this latest China man they might work off the surplus that encumbers the Jail. Put a few "of the speeders- in Jail, Judge Van Zante. Paying a fine is a Joke. The scorecard - looks good. I . - I ALLEGED TTBERCIILOSIS CCRJE f Tbla Time It la a Klrh Enillihraaa Whoa Remedy Will Be Tented. London Cable by W. T. Stead to New Tork American, April 23. I am in a position to give the Ameri can public the first information of what promises to be one of the most valuable discoveries in medical science amounting to nothing less than a cheap and speedy cure for tuberculosis. Sim ilar claims have been made so often that I would have hesitated in making the announcement if I had not secured evidence sufficient to Justify me in bringing forward the facts of this present cure. The fortunate discoverer is William Doig. head of the firm of William Doig & Company, the noted Bond-street pub lishers of all the more famous histori cal pictures of royal ceremonies and celebrations.. William Doig retired from business several years ago, de voting himself entirely to his hobby, medical study. He has a natural gen ius for such research. He is" capable of indefinite patience in experiment, and fortunately was in a position where he could command both leisure and subjects for his experiments. He first discovered he could cure tu beculosis of the bone, and, only in re cent years, he found a method of ap plying his discovery to the cure of consumption. His results have been so astonishing that they have been brought before the highest authorities and have been subjected to tests so crucial as to leave little doubt that the name of William Doig will go down to posterity as that of the man who rid civilization of the great white plague. The treatment is extremely simple. A poultice containing aclte and chlo ride (the exact prescription has not yet been published, but there is no In tention on the part of Doig to keep It secret) is placed on the body of the patient as near as possible to the or gan or membrane that has become prey to the tuberculosis bacilli. In about a week an ulcer is formed connected by what is called a ray of Inflamma tion with the diseased organ. This forms a kind of duct through which the muco pus is drawn out of the system. The ulcer needs to be carefully dressed twice a day with a salve, whicil is also the discovery of Doig. If this is neglected, the ulcer spreads, be comes black and the patient dies. But. if it is properly attended to, the ulcer steadily works off all diseased matter from the lung, until. In from four- to six months, a complete cure Is ef fected. . William Doig has brought his dis covery before the .American Ambas sador, who was much Interested. It was determined, however, to postpone reporting on the subject until the final series of 'tests has placed the ef ficacy of the remedy beyond all dis pute. Doig declared that. In his prac tice, he has never had a single failure. Thanks to his connection with the court as an art publisher, he has been able to bring his discovery before the attention of the highest authorities and officials in the realm, and as a re sult, one of the most distinguished physicians was induced to examine the remedy and report thereon. As a test case, Doig was challenged to undertake the cure of a youth. 17 years old, who was certified to be suf fering from advanced tuberculosis in both lungs, and also from tuberculo sis in the glands of the throat, which rendered it Impossible for him to speak except in hoars whf an.,.., fK- . l - h' 1 ' -- J ' ' - JUUUI weighed about 100 pounds, and. in the opinion of the physicians, his death within two years was a foregone con clusion. Nothing daunted. Doig under took to cure this unpromising case to the amazement of evervone. The lad is now quite cured. He has put on flesh, he sings merrily at his work, and all trace of tuberculosis has disaD peared. "- The sensation occasioned by auch a triumph may be Imagined. The con sumption hospital authorities are gravely considering whether to sub mit one of their patients to the new treatment, but before the discovery Is officially recognized a final test on a larger scale is to be made. Six pa tients, certified by physicians to be suf fering -from unmistakable tuberculosis are to be placed in a private hospital and subjected to the Doig treatment, under close supervision by scientific ex perts, who will carefully watch each case from first to last. Doig is confident that within six months, barring accidents, he will have cured all six sufferers. The cost ? .'h experiment is estimated to be tVi"? c. f the annunJ cost to the United States of the 150.000 persons Z eh iyear from tuberculosis is estimated at anything from one to three hundred millions of dollars, and -.r c oimr countries suffer in pro portion, this sum required for the sci entific experiment, under the best con ditions, Is regarded as a bagatelle The treatment Is not painful, al though somewhat troublesome. When the ulcer is started a dressing twice a day Is all that is required. No inter! nal medicine is administered, nor do patients need to lie abed during the treatment. In the case of the youth whose cure has been described, he re mained at work all the "time. Why Should R read win 11 era Complaint . Kansas City Times. There are people here and there and a good many of them who are so unreasonable as to complain about the diminution in the size and weight of the loaves of bread they buy since Mr. Patten has succeeded in running a cor ner on the wheat market. These grum blers don t seem to have any imagina tion whatever. They allow the sordid consideration of the price of bread which is. at best, a bagatelle to close their eyes to the magnificent burst of genius by which Mr. Patten, by a sim ple turn of the wrist, so to speak, wm pull in millions of dollars by way of profits on his masterly deal ruble,ls that those people who allow themselves to fall into the rut of mere bread-winners and who think only of what they shall eat and where withal they shall be clothed, really become too ossified to appreciate th. effulgence and grandeur of tuct bril! llant speculation as Mr. Patten and other plungers of his stripe are car.a aPPCar to hav no concepl llT rffJ 0t h&t a du "d stu pid affair life would, soon become If all persons were cantent to go in the beaten path of honest and legitimate accumulation. . ' Printer". Error Cleap,., . Weddlnjf. Kansas City (Mo.) Dispatch Complaint was made that a typograph ic ad- Adding in Fulton. 4aP,--.The nnouncemen read: "Earl Roberts and Miss Iva Mar evening?" marr,ed at 630 Wednesday Sims of Spring-. New Tork Sun. Par flunr on tha horizon wide The Clauds ariae. a golden tide And o er the meadowa ireah and green The aun hath caat a radiant aheen! Tha trees with blossoms ail are ear In garlands decked to greet the Mar: And all the rivers gayly sing The meaourea of the dawning Spring. The birda ara aoarlng in the sky And sound their carols cheerily While in the garden close we sea' The waking of the busy bee; ' ' And flung across the distant height In letters brilliant hued and bright. The message rises, stirs and thrills: : USB AUNT MARIA'S ROUGH : ON CHILLS. . f HOW THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DOES ITS WORK Little. Known Facta About the World's Greatest Ntnr...!. 1 r. tlon Kxten.i,. mu EpelT. Sy.tem for CsauS J?"? J"" Me,., Employed to Prevent Hla. Creep.- I.,. Tele sS New Tork Times. The annual meeting of the Associated Press waa held this week at its offices. 195 Broadway, and the representatives of nearly 800 newspapers from all parts of the country had an opportunity for discussing the methods adopted by the greatest news-gathering and distribut ing agency in the world. The Associated Press, or A P., aa it is generally called in newspaper offices, supplies news to most of the daily newspapers in the United States and Canada, and came into existence through the great difficulty and expense of col lecting the world-wide news demanded by the modern reader. It has been a gradual growth from before the Civil War. when the principle of co-operation between newspapers in getting the news common to all was first recog nized. It is not a money-making institution and it is not owned by any set of stock holders. When Congressman Sibley wrote to Mr. Archbold to suggest that Standard Oil should buy up the Associat ed Press he showed absolute Ignorance of its character and organization. ' It is best described aa a clearing-house for news. Certain newspapers are mem bers of it. They guarantee to put at its disposal all the local news in their territory; they recelve'ln exchange the news from all over the world that the organization has collected by lta own agents, the foreign news agencies with which it Is affiliated, or the other mem bers of the A. P. can supply. It makes no money. It declares no dividends. It has no surplus, and it sells no news. Its expenses, which run to near ly $2,500,000 a year, are defrayed by a weekly assessment on its members, varying according to the service they take. These regular expenses Include, besides salaries, the maintenance of offices, telegraph and cable tolls over public lines, the cost of leasing and operating day and night 41,000 miles of private wires. They form a network of trunk lines from St. John. N. B.. and New York, in the East, to Seattle. San Francisco and San Diego in the West, and from Duluth in the North to New Orleans. Galveston and the City of Mexi co In the South. In this country, the local news is col lected by making the newspapers which are members of the Associated Press responsible for the news in a prescribed territory in their places of publication. In addition, in all the large cities, the Associated Press has its own office, with a competent staff of reporters and editors, who have access to the offices of the members of the organization. The general headquarters are in New York, and there are also divisional headquarters in Washington, Chicago and San Francisco. In foreign countries the Associated Press relies to some extent on the similar agencies existing there. Thus, in England Router's agency provides it with the news of the United Kingdom, the British Empire, with the exception of Canada, and of China and Japan. In France the Havas agency supplies in formation from the Latin countries of Europe, the countries bordering the northeast of Africa and the French pos sessions abroad. The Wollf bureau cov ers Germany, Austria, Russia. Turkey In Europe. Scandinavia, Denmark and the German colonies. In addition there are a number of smaller agencies, such as the Stefanl in Italy and the Fabrl in Spain, which deal with more limited fields, to which the Associated Press also has access. But the . great successes of the Associated Press in foreign news have been gained by its own corps of corre spondents, who are posted in every capital in Europe. They are men spe cially selected for their positions and are invariably trained American news paper men. A few of them are not Americans by birth. Thus Mr. Psanoff, who represents the Associated Press in St, Petersburg, is a Bulgarian, but he had received an American college edu cation and was carefully trained in SIGNALING TO MARS IS FEASIBLE Eminent French Astronomer Think, Electric Light Will Serve Purpose. Paris Cable to the New York Herald. Professor W. H. Pickering's plan of signaling Mars by a series of mirrors was submitted by the Herald corres pondent to M- Camllle Flammarion. The proposition has the full approval of the eminent French astronomer, who said: "The project certainly is quite feas ible. Signaling with light reflectors, of course, is the only practical method of attempting to communicate with other worlds, and Professor Pickering has very wisely suggested July as the best time for making the experiment, because, although Mais will be nearest the earth In September, the two plan ets at that epoch are In opposition so obviously that it would be impossible to reflect the sun's rays from the latter to the former. "In July, however, while only 90,000. 000 of k-ilometers, roughly, will sepa rate the two worlds, they will be so placed that if lines were drawn from one to the other and from each to the sun, they would form a triangle, and signaling would become theoretic ally a very simple affair. "Other savants from time to time have studied the possibilities of such a scheme, but, personally, I think a still better way of putting a system of mighty reflectors In practice would be by electric light reflectors at night, as the luminous projections thus thrown from the dark surface of the earth would be seen much more easily than a reflected light Intense enough in It self, but neutralized to a certain ex tent by the bright surface of the sun lit earth. "In either case, the signals could certainly be seen by the Martians, provided they possess Instruments and other means of perception equivalent to our telescopes. The experiment might be tried In' any part of the world. Supposing the signals were seen and answered, the rest should be easy." Pointed Paragraphs. Chicago News. Some people cannot even do the best they can. When duty calls a man up It often gets the busy signal. The eighth wonder of a married man's world is why he ever did it No matter how silly a pretty girl talks, men never seem to notice it. And many a man after robbing Peter to pay Paul tries to stand Paul off. Usually a man's shyness prevents him from wanting to meet his cred itors. It doesn't take long for a handsome young widow to convince a woman hater of the error of his ways. Has , Better Job. New York World. We are unable - to congratulate the Portland Oregonlan on the report that its editor. Harvey W. Scott, la to be made American Ambassador to Mexico. To be editor of a newspaper like The Oregonlan Is a far higher and more re sponsible office than the diplomatic service affords. There are a thousand men who would make capable Ambas sadors to Mexico. Lut there are very few men who can make as good a newspaper as the Portland Oregonlan. American newspaper methods before he rt" SCnt abroad- His qualifications largely with the political affairs of Southeastern Europe, and he can speak. JaV, tonerues as readily as a native. The foreign correspondents of the Associated Press are lert to work out their own plans for the covering of a OonfIyV, K ,nstan- "e man In Constantinople Is responsible for the news of all Turkey, and Is the only representative recognized bv the head quarters of the Associated Press in this ' city. It Is his business to establish such relations in all important parts of nlfl lorritftfv .. v. , j T V v can relv on telng . supplied immediately with the new In the present crisis he is reinforced from the other offices of the Associated Press in Europe. As soon as the revo lution broke out the Associated Press man In Berlin -. I..... i n-,j 1 1 1 go at once . to Constantinople. He left uccunj, 11. sin. Dy ine Oriental ex press, and the first dispatch received from him In Turkey came in on Sun day. He then wired from a town a few miles from Constantinople. It is the headquarters of the Constitutionalist party, and probably information came to him en route that news might be gathered there, and he dropped off the train to pick up what he could. He would then. It Is expected, go on to Constantinople, communicate with the regular correspondent, and form what plans seemed to them best for cover ing the situation, without reference to New York. Meanwhile, if it seems necessary, men will be sent from Paris and St, Peters- " burg to give further assistance. Orders have been also sent to the Associated Press men in such Important capitals as London and Vienna to send imme diately all Turkish news which appears in the newspapers. This may caue duplication, but the extra expense Is Justified by the security it gives against the Associated Press - being beaten through the publication of important news exclusively In some European newspaper, and. moreover, gives the headquarters of the Associated Press the means of editing the news sent in to them. e Since the Associated Press serves 800 newspapers. It strives to give absolute ly Impartial statements of the world's happenings. It aims at giving the facts of the case In a thoroughlv un- colored manner. Tr ha. r..iu ties for doing this. Its foreign editor receives dispatches throwing light on the same event from several different countries. The Associated Press also is sent official communiques by high per sonages. It does not always accept these on their face- value, but at any rate they enable It to Judge of the way a government would like to make it ap pear an Incident happened. It can and often does go to the high est sources of Information for news. A month ago cables were sent to the Presidents of Nicaragua and Salvador at 10 o'clock one morning. By 3;30 o'clock that afternoon replies had been received from both these potentates. In this way an excellent opportunity was gained of finding out the true tate of the case between these two republics, and the foreign editor was able to de termine exactly in what terms he rnnM couch later dispatches that he might have sent out In regard to this par ticular part of Central America. The members of the Associated Press expect that the dispatches sent to them shall be absolutely unbiased. They em ploy for themselves other experts in foreign affairs, who follow world poll tics as closely as the Associated Press does. They would be the first to de tect any coloring of the news, for they, too, have often their own private means of information, and it Is in their power to re-edit the Associated Press dis patches in accordance with their views of the truth of the case. It Is the ceaseless vigilance of the men work ing on the newspapers which belong to the association which forces It to ab stain from the least suspicion of propa ganda in its statements. MEX OX HORSEBACK IXCUDED Vigorous Protest Against Speed Manl ca. Who Menace Pedestrians. PORTLAND. April '27. (To the Edi tor.) I heartily agree with Mr. T. T. Geer in everything he says about the automobile nuisance, except that he should have included equestrians with pedestrians. Surely that portion of the public which uses the streets and roads while driving or riding horses have also a right to protection? . I know of one Instance where a lady driving alone was roundly cursed hy the occupants of an automobile be cause she dared to attempt to retain her share of a rather narrow road. On another occasion I was riding horseback down Ford street hill when the asphalt was very slippery. There was an auto coming behind me. and the occupants doubtless noticed that my horse was slipping a good deal and thought they'd make him slip some more, for they swerved over from the left to the right side of the street and almost grazed my horse In passing. As there was no other vehicle in sight. I presume they wanted to see how much they could scare my horse, and went out of their way to try to do so.. Coming off of the Vancouver ferry last Saturday, I overheard a "chuffer." who was boarding the boat, say to an other who was leaving it. "Run over the son of a r-." He referred to the driver of a team, who was a little bit out of line and in the road of the ad vancing Juggernaut. I may mention, en passant, that he had a lady beside him, and that there were two laviies in the other machine. On the country roads the auto driv ers claim everything in sight. If you happen to be riding or driving a horse that Is not accustomed to autos. the majority of the "chuffers" think it a Joke to pass you so fast that your horse is rendered almost frantic. If there Is not some means found of protecting equestrians and pedes trians alike, I would suggest that horse-owners at least should provide themselves with revolvers and become acquainted with the most vulnerable parts of an automobile. DILLON T. JONES. The Only Kind Left. Everybody's Magazine. The guest glanced up and down the bill of fare without enthusiasm. "Oh, well," he decided finally, "you may bring me a dozen fried oysters." The colored waiter became all apol ogies. "Ah's very sorry, sah. but we's out ob all shell fish 'ceptln' aigs." Lines to an Heiress. Harper's Weekly. I do not want a motor car; I do not want a yacht; I do not pine to roam afar And over Europe trot. I do not seek rare works of art. Beloved. It la true. The only object of my heart Is You, Tou. You. For when I've got you. don't you see. These other things will come. For In the line of , s. d. You've got a tidy sum. For all these luxuries I'll wait Yacht, travel, motor, too Till I shall dwell la blissful state With You, You, You.