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FORTLANn, HEDXFSDAY. HKTPT. SI. 1010.
ROOf-rTVtLT ON THE TAKIrT.
Vhfn Mr. Roosevelt was President
lie 'wrote a good many messages, but
In rone of them had he much to say
about the tariff. He may have avoid
ed the subject because he is afraid
of it,- or possibly because he knew
nothing about tt. It Is even conceiv
able) that both reasons Influenced him.
However that may be. he has now
conquered his fear and partially over
come his Ignorance so that the coun
try ha. been favored with an Outlook
-editorial on the subject. Anybody
who reads the article with the expec
tation of finding anything new about
the tariff will be grievously disap
pointed. Nor does It present a great
deal which Is true. The only para
graph It contains which appeals to
an Instructed Intelligence Is the one
that speaks In favor of "a thoroughly
efficient and well-equipped tarirf
commission." This project Is one
vHoh Mr. Taft and others have long
n urging upon the country, and It
Is agreeable to f'.nd Mr. Roosevelt tak
en it up even at this late flay; but
pf course he cannot claim to have
originated ll or to have helped It
Tnuch In tho time of Its struggling in
fancy when help would have been val
able. Now his advocacy resembles
Jrd Chesterfield's belated offer t
Tia.trr.nlz. Johnson's dictionary. I
It
came, when the work was finished am
needed no assistance.
Coming from a man of hi3 distinc
tion, it Is curious to peruse the rea
sjona Mr. Roosevelt advance for desir
ing a protective tariff. He believe"
thi country Is "fully committed to
the principle of protection." and for
whose benefit? 1 Why. "primarily In
the; Interest of the standard of living
of the. American workingman." that
Is. of the American wage-earner.
This view of the case has the merit of
ftreat Tenerabillty. but there Is little
else to recommend it. Hoes anybody
suppose that the duties imposed by
the Payne-Aldrich bill were for the
benefit of wage-earners? The advance
on lemon, for example, was supposed
to be for the sake of the California
farmers. The sugar duties are osten
sibly for Qn beet-root growers, really
for the Sugar Trust. What do wage
earners fret out of the tariff on rub
ier, a product which Is eti-hrtly under
the control of a trust? The trust
pays dividends of 'some 18 per cent a
quarter, but we do not understand
that Mr. Aldrich's workingmen receive
correspondingly high waged.
The fallacy that protection raises
wages, or keens American wage-earners
from being poorly raid, ought not
to Impose upon intelligent people any
longer. There is noe thing and only
one which fixes the rate of wages In
every industry. Whether the industry
is protected or not makes not the
.lightest difference. The persons who
conduct It will pay the wages which
they are obliged to pay In order to
get the men they need.aand they will
mot pay a cent more. The rate, of
wages depends upon the number of
hands who are bidding for the Job and
not upon the duty which Congress
happens to attach to the manufac
tured article. The only way to raise
wages effectually Is to limit the num
ber of workingmen. The unions un
derstand this well enough and they
direct their efforts accordingly.
The folly of expecting to raise wages
by a tariff while foreign laborers are
pouring into the conntry literally by
the million ought to have penetrated
to Mr. Roosevelt's brain some time
ago. There is no industry in. the
Union bett.-r protected than the vari
ous manufactures of iron and steel,
and yet the survey of the Page Foun
dation found some of the hands work
ing under the aegis of the sacred
tariff twelve hours In the day and
seven days in the week, while their
homes were unfit for swine to live In
and the'.r daughters were tlje prey of
their bosses. They had to sell the
virtue of their children In order to
hold their Jobs. Such Is the practi
cal working of that protection which
Is "primarily in the interest of the
standard of living of American work
Ingmen." Some peoplo of amiable In
tentions and moderate Intelligence no
einubt believe that protection really
does raise wages. It never did and
never could, do anything of the sort.
Wages were high and the standard
or living excellent before protection
existed. The duties were put on In
order that capitalists might afford to
pay the current high wages and thus
establish Industries which otherwise
could not exist here. This is the
whole theory of protection so far as
wages are concerned, rrotectlon U
the consequence of high wages, not
the cause. Those who maintain, the
contrary simply ignore history.
There Is no way to confpel tho cap
italist to turn the benefit of protec
tion over to his workmen. The rretty
theory Is that ho will do so out of the
heavenly goodness of his heart. Tho
stern fact Is that he will put his wages
at the lowest figure Ms hands will
accept, and experience shows that if
he can find, ignorant foreigners to do
his work he will hire them in prefer
ence to the much-lauded American
workmon every time. Wages are a
cold matter of business. They depend
v. , .titlnn between those who
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have labor power to sell. The tariff
keeps out some I me s wn.-
foreign workmen, make, but It doe"
. hA r,a it nrr worker hlm-
self who comes here and underbids
in native in almost every
-mploymcnt. Perhaps we ought to
apologize for presenting these high
to the reader, but
avi " -
-i - . man of Mr. Roosavelt s emi
nence appears not to know anything
about them, it anay o jusi tut i-
rehash tnem occasionally.
A dispatch from Bums. Oregon.
a7 that th Government has trted
"Pally. Pund-iy tacts-ted. on year
raily. Sunday Included, eta roonthe.... J ;J
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five surveying parties on the unsur
veyed land In the southern part of
Harney vand the eastern -part of Lake
County. The magnificent distances
that abound In that' land of undevel
oped -riches are reflected in the state
ment that it will require about three
years for these parties to complete the
surveys. The territory will embrace
mot;? of the Stein Mountains, the val
leys of the Wild Horse, Trout Creek
and Alvord and part of Catlow. and
Barron valleys. When this land is
surveyed and open to settlement there
ought to be a rush of settlers equal
to many of the big rushes that have
made the Government's Indian reser
vation land lotteries famous. It Is a
certainty that -the people who .settle
in the new empire in Southeastern
Oregon will draw on an average much
richer prtxes than will fall to the In
dian land-lottery players.
THE DEMOCRATIC GAME.
The total registration of voters for
the coming primary In - Multnomah
County Is 36,370, of whom 28.397 are
Republican and 5201 are Democratic.
The proportion of Republicans to
Democrats Is five and one-half to one.
The actual ratio Is two to one. The
Republican registration exceeds by
10,578 the Taft vote In 1908 (17,81).
and the Democratic registration falls
short by 449 of the Bryan vote (9860)
In 1908.
There Is no way to aceount for the
extraordinary discrepancy in these
totals except by the conclusion that
many thousand Democrats in Multno
mah (from 6000 to 7000) have regis
tered as Republicans. That their ac
tion Is 'the result of concerted effort
and definite co-operative purpose Is
clear from various facts. The most
significant fact, aside from the figures
themselves, is the complete and stud
led failure of the Democrats to put
forth any kind of a ticket sn thU
county. There are practically no
Democratic candidates; there is no
Democratic organization worth the
name: there Is no effort to preserve
even the party name, for candidates
nominated by petition after the pri
maries must be described as "inde
pendents." There 1 a small contest
between two Democratic candidates
for Governor; but their activity em
phasizes only the absolute aoanuon
ment of party action and party com
petition for all other offices.
Democratic papers are mixing up
. . v. mint nrn manner In the Re-
publlc-an primary: Democratic voters
have shamelessly regisiereo. as
KM;...na for the numose -Of destroy
ing the Republican party; anti-
assembly candidates every nere
with Democratic
ItUlMIIA e a'- - -
politicians and Democratic papers;
there Is fusion Deiween ucuuiiei.
c..nr. rtnora all Hown the line to
defeat every effort, every attempt.
ver- practicable plan lor nepuui.i...
unity and assembly.
What Is the use or a itepuoucau
primary if it shall be controlled by
i-v .., what Is the use of a
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Democratic primary if Democrats
refuse to participate xnere.u. . ..j
free-for-all non
partisan primary where no questions
- .... 1 .HtlflotlATtC
are asked, no pouucai
are required, and no partisan results
are possible?
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RAISING HIS OWN SALARY.
County Clerk Fields says he was
entitled to that per cent raite-oii.
He was entitled to it. he explains,
because he was gettisg lees salary
than the Sheriff or the Assessor; so
he took this petty and pitiful means
of "evening up." -
. -n i. nun tnr a nublic officer
who li dissatisfied with his salary
ffier.hnlder anvwhere ever
4L3 ttl'J - .
satisfied? Is to scheme around and
get hold. If he can, or some oi mo
county's money, put it in the bank
In his own name (not the county's),
grab the Interest for himself (not (h
county), and' say nothing whatever to
anybody. What nobody knows won't
hurt anybody.
k taw- v the County Clerk
shall receive his $3000 salary and no
fees or emoluments wnatever nu
i- c-ii,t entitled in this cheap and
sneaking little 4 per cent draw-down?
He was not entitled to Jt. The county
was and Is entitled to It. t leias too
u ...irhi nver attain to have a
chance to "raise his own salary" with
out the public knowledge and at the
public expense.
NORTH AND SOCTH RAJI.ROADS. -ov..
c.ohorn Pacific is reported to
have let a contract for construction
of 10 miles of road from a point near
Wadsworth, Nevada, through North
eastern California. Over roads al
ready built and to be built, this new
line is expected to reach Lakeview
and Klamath Falls and thence north
to Portland. The distance between
Fernlev and Hazen. the point at wnicn
Via vpvaiia & California connects
with the Southern Pacific, is but a
few miles, and from Hazen to Mojave.
a few miles north of Los Angeles,
there is an excellent road. By con
necting up these links, most of which
are already complete, it win oe seen
...... .k. r.mirt nf adding another
north and south line through Oregon
and California Is not an unacnaainB
u .... i i yi nfirtanen -from a con
struction standpoint. Commercial and
Industrial possibilities or the line,
however, are immense. When com-
,..,. it hii undoubtedly tap a
greater traffic-producing region than
any other roaa inai coum m eun
structed north and south through the
three states. -
The only exception to this migni oe
a north and south road along the
coast. That the- latter will some day
become a reality is now highly prob
able. The . development under way
throughout the entire State of Oregon
and Northern California fully war
rants the extensions of transportation
facilities now planned. The new ex
tension from Nevada Into Northeast
ern California and Southeastern Ore
gon is a Harriman project- By con
necting In the Klamath country with
the extensions that are now being
pushed south from Portland territory,
the big svstem would have a remark
ablv easy grade all the way from the
Columbia River to Los Angeles.- The
need of the West Is population, and
both Oregon and Northern California
can support more people to the square
mile than any similar area of country
fronting on the Atlantic.
That the need of numerous north-and-south
roads will be felt In the
near future can be understood by a
slight study of railroads In the East.
The New England country has always
been noted for Its rocky, barren lands,
and yet the density of the population
that ekes out a living on those lands
and in the cities that have sprung up
is such that the country Is fairly grid
Ironed with roads all of which pay
handsome dividends. The Southern
the MonyixG otiegoniax, Wednesday,
Pacific's Shasta route will always at
tract tourist travel and there will be
an Immense trafric hauled out of the
Willamette Valley and Southern Ore
gon by the lines already constructed.
But there will be plenty of business for
a new north-and-south line traversing
the country lying further to the east,
and when this is completed the north-and-south
line along the coast will be
heard from. The latter road from the
Columbia River to the Golden Gate
would pass through scarcely a mile of
non-productive territory. Its scenic
possibilities are great. The Pacific
Coast In the past has been sadly neg
lected by the railroads, but the mile
age now under construction or pro
jected is sufficient to make the entire
North Pacific coast the most prosper
ous part of the United States.
MMKKVKL.T VS. LA KOI.IJ--TTE.
"Will Oregon, the home of the in
itiative, the referendum, and the re
call, continue to .allow Itself to be mis
represented la the House (Congress)
as it has so emphatically declined
to be in the Senate, by 'system"
statesmen of the calibeV of Ellis and
Hawley?" This sounds like Tom Law
son; but It Is not. It Is the exordium
of a formal attack on the two Oregon
representatives by Senator La Follette,
of Wisconsin. What La Follette wants
Oregon to do Is to send men to Wash
ington of the "caliber" of Bourne and
Chamberlain. We think Oregon will
do nothing of the kind; but we do not
know. Oregon does queer things, as
the election of Bourne and Chamber
lain abundantly proves.
The La Follette Indictment against
Hawley and Ellis Is that they sup
ported throughout the "regular"
House organization. They did; they
also supported all the great Taft
measures such as the postal savings
bank, railroad control, publicity of
election expenses, and the like, that
made the Taft Administration one of
remarkable achievement. They aided
the Taft programme as they had con
spicuously upheld th,e Roosevelt pro
gramme In the previous Congress.
Ellis and Hawley do not suit La Fol
lette. but they suited Roosevelt. It may
help a little to reprint part of a formal
statement Lssued May 29, 1908, from
the White House:
The President (RooaovelM today said ood
by to the two Otvgon Congraaamen. Mosara.
Hawley and Ellla. and ataled publicly that
ha took the x-caelon to thank them for the
attitude they had conelatently maintained In
support the Admlnlatratlon'i pollciea. and
to wish them sucreas In the election which
U to take place on Monday next.
The Praaldent atated that ha wlnhcd pub
licly to rapreea hia appreciation of tho cor
dial manner In which the gentlemen bai
backed up tha policies and the meaeurei
which the Prealdent felt were of such con
sequence for the welfare of the country, in
connection, for lnalance, with such matters
aa the upbuilding of the navy, the upbuild
ing of merchant marine, the conservation
of our natural reaourcea. Including both the
reservation of the foreata and the conatruo
tlon of tho waterwaya: aecurlng proper em
ployers' liability leglalation. both aa re
gard., Interatals commerce and as regards
the employes of the government lt
aelf: securing child labor legislation, and tha
effort to eecure.- the proper administration
by the courts of tb power of Injunction,
and finally aecrlng by the Nation of thor
oughgoing and adequate control over the
great Interstate corporations, a control which
hall be both effective to prevent any
Wrongdoing by them and at the aame time
of aurh character aa will permit tha re
ward In ample fashion of all bus'nesa which
la so conducted as to be for and not against
the public Interest.
The La Follette method Is to assume
that everything done In Congress by
any others than himself or his Imme
diate following was wrong, and that
the men who did It were inspired by
unworthy motives and dishonest pur
poses. - It Is the fashion nowadays,
when in doubt, to believe and assert
that public men are criminals and
thieves. Doubtless Hawley and Ellis
would be in a bad way with some peo
ple exc'pt for the explicit testimony
of the ex-President In their behalf.
SlTiSTAXTIAl, IMPKOVEirEXT. .
The' Boston-Harvard aviation meet,
after a succession of brilliant events
covering a period of nine days, came
to a close with a record remarkably
free from accidents. Many new rec
ords were made by the bird-men In
the management of their machines,
the more Important being experiments
looking to the use of the aeroplane In
war. It was a matter of some local
chagrin that the English aviator,
Grahame-White, carrfed off the
greatest, number of prizes. He won
four first places and three seconds In
Bifferent events, which carried with
them prize money aggregating $22,100.
The chief feature upon which avia
tors are congratulating themselves and
one another, however. Is the absence
of accidents a fact that, considering
the great chances taken, even under
the most favorable conditions. Is cer
tainly gratifying. No one was injured
during the meet, and no machine was
damaged to the amount of over $500.
This is important as showing that the
criticism that every advance made In
aviation has been at a disproportlon
ateeloss of life, limb and property. Is
losing Its force.
The advance In aviation has boon
rapid; It has necessarily involved enor
mous expense. Its fatalities and cas
ualties have been many and in a sense
appalling, as -out of all proportion to
the advance made. If, therefore, the
element f safety has been Improved,
as Is indicates oy me latest meet, n
may be said' that the most Important
advance yet made in the history of
aviation has here been recorded.
HACK TO THE SMAIX FARM.
A 600-acre farm near Medford was
sold a few days ago for $50,000 to a
man who' will divide It into small
tracts to meet the requirements of a
colony of Germans who .will come
from Iowa In search of a milder cll
fnate and better opportunities. In
The Oregonlan of Monday, which con
tained the dispatch announcing the
Medford sale appeared a local item
stating the Intention of the Y. M. C. A.
to purchase, from 500 to 1000 acres of
land within' ten miles of Portland and
divide . It Into ten and fifteen-acre
tracts which are to be sold at reason
able prices and on easy terms to young
men who are desirous of securing
homes. By reducing ihe size of the
tracts and Increasing the number of
people dwelling on them, the pros'
perlty of all the people In the state Is
very greatly enhanced. There are
many thousand acres of land within
the ten-mile- limit mentioned by the
Y. M. C. A. which Is susceptible of a
high degree of cultivation and which
can support a heavy population.
The man of limited means who must
depend largely on his own efforts to
get the maximum returns from his
farm cannot secure the best results
from a large holding where assistance
Is needed In taking. care of It. The
small farm, however, which will take
care of a cow and chickens, and pro
due plenty of fruit and garden truck.
If properly handled, will in time make
the owner independent. The Iowa
farmers who are coming to Southern
Oregon will rind a sou ana cnmw
that will nroduce more remunerative
crops on ten to twenty acres than can
be grown on five times tnai amount
of land In the country they are leav
ing. The economic advantages of
these small farms are not all confined
to what they produce in the country.
They not only Increase the supply of
food for the city toilers but they offer
a field for endeavor which in time
will coax increasing numbers or city
people to the country.
The man who may have proved a
failure a a a harrier, a blacksmith, a
painter or at some other employment
may We a success as a iarmer. mo
return tn tha aoll thus improves his
own condition and at the same time it
ioen,i the etmln of competition on
some other craftsmen in the city who
might be less adapted to the country
life. The more small farms that are
brought into a productive state
n.,n.i.).Aitt the cmintrv the less we
will hear about . the higher cost of
living. -
c. ... r the nrecon Short
Line, which Is controlled by the Union
Pacific, will be asked to approve a
proposition to Increase the capital
stock of the company from $27,600,
000. to $100,000,000. The matter will
come up at a meeting to be held in
cn t ni.. riKinhcr 12. Usually there
pail uaww v -v ..... .
Is much unfavorable comment over
heavy Increases In the capital siock oi
. v. ku ..ti.nii.ia hut tn the present
case such comment is forestalled by
.nnn,or, that the Stock Will
either be held for emergency purposes
. . . I n n fat rtf
or usea lor.new conn ul.w... -
the anti-rallroad feeling that was
created in the old days was over the
enormous amount oi waiereu
nt nut fnr the DurDOSe of
enriching the manipulators without In
any way Improving the service. The
Oregon Short Line with its projected
extensions down the Snake" River and
across Oregon, can spend a great, many
mi - tn v. a nn.t few vears and can
secure these millions only through
stock issues. "
in have fallen at a
number of points in the wheat belt
within the past few days ana nave
proved highly beneficial for Fall plow-
. .ri .hot fella alnnar in May
Ilia.. in" -
arul early June Is the one that is most
welcomed by the wheatgrower; put. me
troll lna are also of the greatest im
portance to the wheat industry. This
year, -with high prices Insuring a good
acreage, sufficient moisture to loosen
the anil will be exceptionally valu
able. The Northwest has made great
strides In the development oi iruit.
hops, dairying and diversified farming,
but wheat still remains the premier
wealth producer of the larm Deit ana
..the. i-nniiitinns. favorable or unfa
vorable to that Industry, are watched
with keener interest than in any other
of the great staples which, nave maao
the Pacific Northwest famous.
t .v.. ieeth nf Municipal Judge
Bennett the community has suffered a'
loss that Is always Incident . to the
death of a capable, ambitious, earnest
young man. Judge Bennett waa a use
ful citizen and a man eager to succeed
. a.i i Ha brought industry
and devotion to duty to his aid, and,
though relatively young in his profes
sion, he was esteemed in it as an ea-
nest, conscientious womer. xie w..
be missed.
Note that the President of the United
States, while favoring the direct pri
mary, does not oppose conventions.
Still here in Oregon the charge is made
hv an assembly deco
rates any candidate with the bar sin
ister. A yelping gang cry auv. ...."
a Republican who believes in party.
Taft is that kind of a Republican.
On the West Side of Portland, where
politics is a more popular game than
on the East Side, there were regls
1709 Democrats. If any one
.i-k. in male a small bet that the
Democratic nominees for Governor and
Congressman will not receive nr
i tint vntes on the West Side in
November, he can get long odds.
, . i. .unto a worthy Providence
does not reach downward and smite
some of these contestants in divorce
- air their nastv troubles in
complaint and defense. Yet they em
phasize the DieseeanuBs i t..6c...-.
unions by their brutal wickedness.
The ball from the "noiseless" gun
that killed a man at a moving pic
ture show in Los Angeles was a spent
ball from a rifle a mlla away. The
noiseless gun has not been invented,
and for the Rake of humanity is to be
hoped it never will be.
The learned people at the National
capital who are finding poultry af
flicted with what they surmise Is In
fantile paralysis are waiting time seek
ing a remedy. The only cure for a
Ick hen Is the ax and cremation.
Roosevelt is trying to down the New
York bosses. Commendable warfare,
trulv. Still, a great many people re
member that a typical boss made him
Governor of New York and a candi
date for Vice-President.
-wots. -VftrV courtship that began
sixty years ago has Just culminated
In marriage. It is to oe nupeu i
couple exhibit more speed in the next
three-score years.
The end of Frank Bennett's polit
ical career by sudden death in earry
manhood gives force to the question,
Is the game worth the powder T
The human .brute in this latest case
of cruelty to a horse deserves a Vock
pile sentence, and the Humane Soci
ety must see that he gets It.
The finding in Seattle of an heir to
a Danish title is of small moment In
this region, where every man Is a sov
ereign these election times.
Now the cucumber crop of the Coun
try is reported short, to add to the
fifty-seven varieties of troubles of the
economical housewife.
Let September SO be put in red fig
ures on the calendar, to mark one day
when Mr. Roosevelt had nothing to
gay for publication.
When they read the returns next
Sunday morning several candidates
will wonder where their promised sup
port went.
Since when, men and brethren, is tt
disreputable to say openly that you be
long to a political party?
seftejiber 21, 1910.
SELF-DEFEXSE PLEA IS MADE J
i
Tony Moe, Shot by Goodager, Al
leged to Have Made Threats.
At the trial of Hans Goodager for man
slaughter, which Is now In progress in
Judge Gantenbetifs department of the
Circuit Court, an effort will be made
by Attorney Seneca Fouts. representing
Goodager. to show that he shot Tony
Moa In self-defense. In his opening
statement, made to the Jury yesterday
afternoon. Attorney Fouts said that the
evidence would show that It was only
when Moe. who was a logger of large
frame, reached to the floor for a re
volver, which he had knocked from Good
ager's hand, that Goodager reached be
hind the bar for another pistol and shot
his assailant.
Moe was shot In Goodager's saloon,
at B1V4 North Third street. February 4.
1909. According to the evidence which
the defense expects to bring out. Moe
had a reputation among loggers for be
ing a "bully." Liquor had been refused
him at a saloon near Goodager"s, it Is
said, and when Goodager also refused
him because he had. apparently been
drinking already, he reached over the
bar In an attempt to grasp Goodager,
who had met with a streetcar accident,
and was wearing a wooden leg. Good
ager ordered him out, dui ne soon i
tumed to ask where a friend named
Benson was.
Goodager, it is said, replied that he did
- , . v. i v. la alH tn have
nut niiuv , m wim-ii
demanded more liquor, and upon being
refused to have saia ne woum iut
other tree leg" on Goodager. The evi
j show that Goodager
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again ordered him out of the saloon at
the point of a revolver, mob ia aam w
i - i , .Ue wennnn from his hand
kiiwacu . " v. 1
and with a curse to have picked it up
.1 -Via rt,Vl
htmseir. wnen uooqukci
er weapon and shot him.
t- i A. . p.. t-cp.l with murder
In the first degree, and upon being con
victed of manslaughter was sentenced
. . i .He xienitentiarv.' The
m i 1 c' -
Supreme Court having reversed the de
cision, tne case is now vcm ....... -.-
another department or tne circuit, com l.
t.... 4.. .o . -ecured and sworn at
11:50 yesterday morning. At 2:45 the 12
men went to view inn
dence for the state will be brought out
by Deputy District Attorney Pge. The
Jury Is as follows: E. D. Ttmms. A.
v.. . j -r i..ne. w. J. Baker. Ed-
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ward Beck. John Alstadt. C. F. Adams,
Everett Ames. W. O. Whltesfde, Frank
Dooley. W. H. McFarland and Thomas
J. Shea.
CHILDREN CONFESS BURGLARY
Woman Who Lost Property Must Sue
Parents to Recover.
. . . t -rtr iTrriHra. who now
wnen jnra. tf. ... , .
-a jdtu rantenheln street. DUt
uvea st i7 u - . .
who formerly lived at 621 Kerby street.
returned home rrom a trip n
- . t... hn..-e had been ran-
louna mw ..
sacked, evidently , by burglars. Upon
Inquiry she found mat tne tncua
been made by children of the neighbor
. . n-i i i. An a trunk and bu-
reau in the basement had been pried
off with a hatchet ana large quaniii.ee
of clothing and other valuables taken,
while from the house upstairs articles
were also missing.
The children were oeiore juibuu.
Judge Gantenbeln yesterday afternoon
and admitted the theft. Nellie Comp
ton. -13 years old. appeared to be the
ringleader. With 1W brother, Willie,
she had entered the house Beveral
.t Thev a re the children of Mrs.
Norma Compton. Others Involved were
Florence Franey, 13-year-oia aauBnier
of John Franey; Arthur Farley, a
9-year-old orphan; HerDeri mra, mo
14-year-old son of M. F. Bird, and Clar
ence Hextrom, who was not in court.
. -krnnnA. the 12-veA.r-oId
daughter of Mrs. Anna O'Connor, said
that Nellie traded some or me blui-h
articles to her. Three parasols, she
m .t.. tnlr In e-rehancrn for a 12.50
doll Dresses, waists and other arti
cles of wearing apparel had been cut In
two by the enlioren wnea mey uiviueu
the plunder.
Judge Gantenbeln placed the children
on probation. .He told Mrs. McGuire
It would be necessary for her to sue
If she wished to enforce her legal right
to recover the value of her lost prop
erty from the children's parents. Mrs.
McGuire said that she lost jewelry val
ued at $200, but no evidence was pro
duced to show that the children took it.
WOMAN DETECTIVE TESTIFIES
Wife Gets Divorce, However, After
Property Is Settled.
1 Jlen.e wea irrantnil in the Circuit
Court yesterday to Mrs. Lillian A. Hus
ton. The property was aiviaea ay agree
ment between her and her husband, Wil
liam J. Huston. She will have the home
at Montavilla, and the furniture, while
he is to have two lots adjoining, said to
be worth $600. He la to care for their two
boys, while she has the custody of the
girl. John F. Logan and John H. Stev
enson represented Mrs. Huston.
When the case went to trial yesterday
morning. Attorney Conrad P. Olson, rep
resenting Huaton. placed on the witness
stand Mrs. May Spencer, a Swedish wo
man who acted as a detective for the
Hartman Detective Agency. Huston had
employed the agency to keep watch of
hia. wife. Mrs. Spencer was accordingly
sent to the Huston home to secure lodg
ings, as Mrs. Huston kept boarders.
Mrs. Spencer told yesterday of telling
Mrs. Huston she was going out for the
evening, and of returning to her room,
which Is above that occupied by C. H.
Hoi brook, another roomer. She said she
kept watch through a ventilator and saw
both Holbrook and Mrs. Huston In neg
ligee attire, Huston being away. An ef
fort was made to Impeach her testimony
by showing that the heat of the room
below would have prevented her from
remaining at the ventilator in the floor.
Judge Morrow suggested that the hus
band and wife settle their property in
terests, and he then gave the' wife the
divorce.
Huston la 47 years old and his wife is
36. They were married 16 years ago.
Name of Brown Is "Common."
A hearing In the County Court before
Judge Cleeton, at which Ernest Brown,
a traveling salesman, will show cause
why his name should be changed to
Ernest Bru, will be held at 9:30 A. M.,
October 28. Brown says in his petition
that he is 25 years old and unmarried.
His reason for wishing to change his
name, he says. Is that for three years
he has been constantly annoyed by hav
ing other persons receive mall Intended
for him and by receiving In turn mail
Intended for others. He says It Is all
because the name Brown Is so common.
Death Claim Settled for $250.
An' order authorizing Louis E. Ranch,
administrator of Ira L. Dewey's estate,
to accept $250 from the West Oregon
Lumber Company, in settlement of all
elalms on account of Dewey's death,
was signed by County Judge Cleeton
yesterday. Dewey was killed August
30 when trying to load a car, one of
the logs striking him.
Knight of the Garter to Load Here.
Emll Bhulse, of the China Import &
Export Lumber Company, yesterday re
turned from San Francisco to prepare
for loading the British tramp Knight of
the Garter, which Is due tomorrow from
the .Orient to work lumber for China. The
vessel will go to Inman-Poulsen's mill
and will sail early in October. She car
ried the record cargo from this port in
June, for Tslngtau.
$150,000 DAMAGES ARE ASKED
Alleged Furniture Trust 13 Sued for
Large Sum.
Upon allegation that a furniture and
carpet trust, operated under the title
of the Northwest Furniture Exchange,
and composed of some of the largest re
tall firms In the Northwest,' had driven
them to abandon a business in Portland
that returned a net Income of $10,000 a
year, the Gilman Auction & Commission
Company yesterday forced a hearing of
its claim for $150,000 damages.
The case has been on file in the United
States Court since September. 1007. In
June of that year the Northwest Furni
ture Exchange pleaded guilty to being
an Illegal corporation and violating the
National anti-trust and Interstate com
merce acts.
It is charged' that a conspiracy, em
bracing many of the large retailers of
Portland, was entered into in 1903, by
the terms of which no retailer on the
Coast was to be supplied with furniture
or carpets manufactured for the trade
at Coast cities.
The Gilman Auction & Commission
Company, according to the complaint,
was a member of the combination until
1907 and asserts that it built up a busi
ness of $60,000 a year because. of the in
side prices the combination was able to
give its members. After withdrawing
from the organization the Gilman Auc
tion & Commission Company asserts it
was unable to secure furniture from any.
of the firms belonging to the trust and
that it was finally forced to abandon
the attempt to do business in this city.
A. E. Clark appeared as the lawyer
for the plaintiff and had not finished his
opening address at the adjournment of
court last night. He Is revamping the
evidence which has been taken before
a commissioner of the court in the past
two years. .
C. H. Carey and A. King Wilson will
represent, the defendant merchants.
COURT WILL GO TO MEDFORD
Jurors Dravn to Act During Term
Beginning Octolicr 4.
Charles E. Wolv-ton, judge of the
United States Court, is arranging to
hold a regular term of that court at
Medford, beginning October 4. when
f- ieea are rtni-keted for hearing.
t.i . ,nni,re ti.e minims nf Laura Hitch,
Mariah Kahl. Rose Hugrhes and Sallie
Bilger against the estate oi jerciiii.ni
Noonan and others. The following
named Jurors have been drawn to act
during the term:
W. T. York.- real estate. Medford;
t xtrrtrtif f.rmpr Menford: John D.
Olwell, real estate, Medford; J. W. Bon-
ar. farmer, Medford; Sam stringer, iar
mer, Grants Pass; faui J. a nun. -mer,
Ashland: H. G. Myer, farmer, Ijike
Creek; C. C. Birum, miner. Grants Pass;
n r- Tsvinr hntel-keener. Wonder; J.
W. Dodge, farmer. Phoenix: W. H- Nor
cross, farmer. Central Point: Sam Eg-
ger, farmer, Waldo; c. L. uigeiow, im
mer, Willams; John Grubb, farmer, Bar
ron; B. R. Stevens, manufacturer, Ash
land; E. V. Ingles, assayer. Grants Pass;
S. J. Myers, farmer, Central Point; B.
F. Hathaway, farmer, Dryden; Theo
dore A. Class, farmer, Beaarle; J. W.
Merrttt, merchant. Central Point; Jack
Morris, merchant, Ashland. J. P. Hoag
land, farmer. Central Point: C. H. De
marcy. druggist, Grants Pass: Peter
Van Hardenburg. farmer. Central Point;
H. E. Gothing, farmer. Murphy.
COURT OF APPEALS ADJOURNS
McKinley-Montague Laud Case Last
One Argued. i
The United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth District, which has been
In session in Portland, concluded Its
work last night and adjourned without
handing down 'any decisions.
The last case argued was an ap
peal from the Oregon Federal Court de
cision, bv which title to a quarter sec
tion of Polk County timber land was
obtained In the name of a fictitious
person bv Horace G. McKinley and
Robert B. Montague, then Deputy
County Clerk of Linn County. The land
was afterward sold to William C. Mc
Clure, deceased, who traded It with
the Government for lieu lands. Ap
proval of the latter transaction is still
withheld by the Land Office. The Gov
ernment is seeking a cancellation of
the patent.
Judge William W. Morrow and Ers
kine M. Ross left for California last
night,
OPERATOR TO BLAME, ALLEGED
Elevator Accident Fault of Plaintiff,
Asserts Hotel Company.
Negllsence of Earl F. Jenkins in
operating the street elevator at the
Portland Hotel, is alleged by the com
pany in answer to his suit for damages,
because of an accident.
The Portland Hotel Company says
Jenkins, who was employed by the Bag
gage & Omnibus Transfer Company,
failed to fasten the iron siilawalk doors,
when he went down on the elevator to
take out from the basement the trunks
of a guest. As the elevator came tip
the heavy door fell upon him, and he
Is said to have attempted to jump to
the .cellar, being caught between the
elevator and the sidewalk. The ac
cident happened April 24.
LAMBERT PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Lawyers Appointed to Defend Man
Accused of Murdering Wife.
Harvey Lambert, accused of murder in
the first degree for shooting his wife,
Margaret Grace Lambert, pleaded not
guilty before Presiding Circuit Judge
Cleland yesterday afternoon. After he
had told the court that he did not mur
der his wife, the Judge asked him if he
had secured an attorney yet, to which
he answered that he had not. He sug
gested the name of John A. Jeffrey and
the court appointed Jeffrey & Ambrose
to defend him.
Lambert will be taken before the court
again tomorrow, when his case will be
set for trial.
Case May Go Higher.
Only rarely Is there an appeal from
the Juvenile Court to the State Su
preme Court. But Clyde C. Le Valley
told Juvenile Judge Gantenbein yester
day he would appeal. He has four chil
dren, who were turned over perma
nently to Superintendent Gardner, of
the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, by
Judge Gantenbein yesterday because
Le Valley has failed to pay the society
$52 for their maintenance. He told the
Judge he had some. patents which had
failed to turn out as he expected, and
that this was the reason he had not
made the payments.
1500 Men Now at Barracks.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.,
Sept. 20. (Special.) With the addition of
the battery which returned last month
from the Philippine Islands and the
troops which have been fighting forest
fires since the maneuvers at American
Lake were discontinued, there will be
about 1500 soldiers and officers in this
post- i
Southern Pacific .Official Here.
James Horsburgh, . Jr.. general pas
senger agent for the Southern Pacific,
with headquarters in San Francisco,
passed yesterday In Portland.
OXG VIEW OF MAINE , ELECTIOX
Better Claaa of Cltlaena Tired ( the
Prohibition Farce.
Washington Saturday Review.
Since visiting the state of Maine two
years ago, the editor of this paper has
predicted on many occasions "that un
less the Republican party changed
front on the prohibition Question Maine
would go Democratic either in 19 1 or
1912 "
For years the better class of citizens
in Maine have been heartily sick of tne
prohibition farce.
The Republican party in order to
keep the hootlegsrers. blind-piggers and
prohibitionists in line have declared tor
prohibition in their platform.
The Issue has been resubmission oi
the constitutional question to the peo
ple The Republcan party standing
aganst resubmission, and the Democratic-party
favoring resubmission.
The Democratic victory in Maine is
entirely attributable to local dissatis
faction with the Republican party in
the administration of state affairs, na
tional issues beinpr entirely ignored by
both parties in the campaign.
The Democratic victory means that
the people of Maine will be given an
opportunity to repeal the obnoxious
prohibition constitutional provision
that makes the law-abiding element in
Maine heartily sick of the abortive at
tempt at regulating man's appetite by
law.
That is, this will be done unless
those Republican members of the lower
houee of the Maine Legislature stand
absolutelv pat against resubmission, in
which case the Democrats will fail in
the House, as they lack 13 votes of the
necessary two-thirds in order to pass
a constitutional amendment through
that body.
In the state Senate the Democrats
have the necessary two-thirds.
" The battle-cry of the Democrats in
Maine was "economy."
No other department of the admin
istration in Maine cost the taxpayers
of that state so much money as the en
forcement of the so-called "Sturgis
law."
The law is bound to be repealed.
The octopus that must bo shaken off
by the Republican party if it expects
to retain the confidence of the people,
spells its name prohibition.
The Republicans of Washington can
learn a lesson from Maine on the evil
effects of sumptuary legislation.
BRYAN
ANSWERS
ROOSEVELT
Monopolies Must Be Owned, Not Con
trolled, by Government.
Commoner.
There are a few unfortunate phrases
In the Osawatomle speech, one of the
most unfortunate of which deals with
the trusts. Mr. Roosevelt adopts the so
cialistic idea that the trust is an eco
nomic development and has come to
stay. He says:
Combinations in industry are the result of
an impnratlve economic law which cannot tie
n-p..aled hy political leKiIation. The effort
to prohibit all combinations ha substantially
failed. The way out Ufa not In attempting
to prevent such combinations, but In com
pletely controlling them In tho Interest oi
the public welfare.
This is a dangerous fallacy. He had a
seven-years' trial with all the executive
powers of the Government at his com
mand and there were more trusts when
he went out than when he went In.
One of the worst of the trusts actually
coerced him Into consenting to the ab
sorption of a rival and then, in return,
helped him to nominate his candidate.
It la futile to think of controlling pri
vate monopolies. "A private monopoly
Is Indefensible and intolerable" that is
the Democratic platform and It presents
the only sound remedy. It is useless to
talk about driving corporations out of
politics as long as they have millions
invested in legislation and must control
the Government in order to secure ex
tortionate dividends.
If Mr. Roosevelt can convince the
country that a private monopoly Is
necessary then the only question will be
whether a few people shall continue to
corrupt the Government, and. through
this corruption, enjoy the benefits of
the monopoly, or whether the Govern
ment shall own the monopoly and give
the benefits of it to the public. But Mr.
Roosevelt will not be able to convince
the public that the monopoly is a neces
sity. When the public understands the
extent to which the favor-seeking cor
porations now control the Government
they will Join with the Democrats and
make It Impossible for a private mo
nopoly to exist.
Ed Howe's Philosophy.
Atchison Globe.
Some men can't have a good time on
an excursion unless they have a fight.
There is one fortunate thing about
a woman losing her pocketbook: the
loss is not great.
When you decide more than once
not to do a thins. It is a sure sign that
you will do it sooner or later.
Another person's secret is like an
other person's money; you are not as
careful with it as you are with your
own.
A man who keeps his mouth shut, and
is reasonably industrious, will get
along; If he adds a little politeness
and fairness, and good habits, and
educates himself as he goes along, he
will become famous and rich.
Pointed Paragraph.
Chicago News.
Get the best of a man If you would
see his worst side. ,
Avoid the green and overripe when
selecting fruits and friends.
The successful man doesn't bonst of
what he is going to do tomorrow.
A woman's argument reminds a man
of the way she pins her clothes on.
The sting of defeat is felt long after
tha sweetness of victory disappears.
One nice thing about being rich Is
that people will listen when you want
to talk.
Every time a woman takes a moon
light ride with her husband she trie3
to act romantic.
It's easy to distinguish between a
married man and a bachelor. The for
mer always has an explanation ready.
Still Waiting.
Cleveland Plain Dealer. ,
The leading man had urged the star
to marry him.
She-shook her queenly puffs.
"No, George," she said. In a voice that
was vibrant with emphasis, "that
would be folly. In the present stats of
the drammer we couldn't count on tho
press giving us anything better than
a four-line item with a one-line head.
We must wait until there's something
In it for us."
The leading man admitted the force
of the argument, and the waiting still
goes on.
Lessening Chances.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Well, daughter, do you come back
engaged?"
"No, papa. There were only three
single men at the beach two were
clerks and the third a bookkeeper. I
don't see what's to become of a poor
girl."
"A poor girl of six seasons," replied
her parent, a little bitterly, "cannot
afford to be fussy. Last year you
turned down two paving contractors
and a boi carpenter."
Simple Treatment.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"1 want you to take care of my
practice while I'm away."
"But, doctor, I have just graduated.
Have had little experience."
"You don't need it with my fashion
able patients. Find out what they
have been eating and stop It. Find
out where they have been summering
and send 'em somewhere else."