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XXTYISIOX AT TUX CTTJCIAI. BE98IOX.
Th disposition of Congress toward
reciprocity and tariff revision at tho
extra session will Dot be quit the
am aj that &t the body which has
Just expired. In the House of Repre
sentatives, of course, the change of
sentiment will be complete. A large
Democratic majority will replace
Republican majority and naturally
tariff I'ruUUon will be correspond
ingly affected. But the Senate has al
tered also.
It Is estimated by those who have
made a study of the subject that fully
fifty of the Senators who will assemble
In answer to the President's call are
p regressive. Not all of there forward-looking
men are Republicans by
any means. A considerable number of
them ars Democrats. The fact Is that
both parties have their conservatives,
or standpatters, and progressives. Mr.
Bailey, who makes some pretensions
to being- the leader of the Democrats,
Is perhaps the most indurated stand
patter In the Senate. Hut It Is Impos
sible to conjecture how the Senate will
deal with the tariff from the designa
tions of Its various groups. All of the
Republican progressives are avowed
protectionists, while the Democratic
progressives claim at least to be reve
nue tariff men.
The reader who depends upon these
Indications, however, la apt to be mis
led.' The Democrats who theoretically
stand for a low tariff are likely in
practice to rote against revision which
affects their own localities. On the
other hand, the Republican progres
sires asill no doubt advocate revision
which goes somewhat beyond merely
adopting tho reciprocity agreement
with Canada. Men do not always feel
bound to follow their theories with
strict accuracy when It cornea to a
matter of practice.
The President. It Is said, hopes that
at the special session Congress will not
attempt to carry Interference wltfthe
tariff beyond tho adoption of the reci
procity agreement. Hl preference
would be to allow the schedules to
remain as they are until the Tariff
Board haa had time to report upon
them. rUUl his own words indicate)
pretty clearly that some schedules
might very well be handled without
waiting for any further Investigation.
Mr. Tart baa said more than once that
the wool schedule, for example. Is In
defensible. If It Is Indefensible It may
very properly be reduced at once.
A large amount of Information was
gathered concerning wool, cotton and
other subjects while the Aldrich tariff
eras under way. This ought to be of
some service at the extra session.
Where any duty Is manifestly Injuri
ous to the country, or where It Is de
clared by all unprejudiced students to
be Iniquitous, there Is no good reason
for deluy In dealing with It. That
there are several such duties can
hardly be denied. Very likely the
President will not object to the reduc
tion of these schedules at, the special
session. Some observers believe that
he has made a more careful study of
the tariff than he had deemed neces
sary when the Aldrich revision was
under way and that It will nbw be less
easy to mislead him that It was for
merly. If this Is the case we may ex
pect hlra to Join heartily in an effort
to cut down the duties on several
schedules at the special session. But a
general revision would be a very dif
ferent matter.
Mr. Taft apprehends some disturb
ance to business even from a partial
revision at this time. No doubt there
would be a little flurry, but nothing
of consequence. Business men know
that the tariff is In unstable equilib
rium. Nobody has expected that the
country would tolerate the Aidrich
tariff a great while and business Is
prepared for further reduction of the
schedules.' But It Is not prepared for
a general overhauling of the tariff.
Should the Democrats be foolish
enough to undertake as old-fashioned
orgy of revision there Is no like
lihood that their work would be ap
proved by the Senate. Even If It were
Mr. Taft would certainly veto It. and
the country would sustain him In do
ing so. Party expediency forbids the
Democrats to think of a general revi
sion. The attempt. If they were to
make It, would almost certainly be a
failure. The concentrated forces of
opposition would defeat It as they
have defeated every other such at
tempt and It is not le for a party
Just entering upon a lease of power
to Invite disaster.
But It Is from the point of view of
the public welfare that reneral revi
sion Is most to be deprecated. It would
accomplish nothing desirable, while It
would almost certainly put off the ef
fectual revision of the most Injurious
schedules for several years. Of course
the forces of riirtd protection under
stand this and w may expect them to
work with more or less subtlety for
the undertaking of a general revision.
They need fear very little frcra that,
while an attack upon the schedules
separately would do them serious
damage. The sound precept to follow
In revising the tsnff Is to "divide and
conquer." Hitherto the practice has
been to unite as many enemies as pos
sible by an assault on all the duties
at once.
We sincerely hope that the Demo
crats will manage to shun this rock.
If they suffer their craft to strike.lt
shipwreck is almost certain to ensue.
The President expects them to work
with him for such a degree of tariff
reduction as can be secured under
current conditions. He thus pays
them the high compliment of assum
ing that they will live up to their
party principle. If they fall to do so
the country will know whom to blame.
"Dumdum" or soft-nosed bullets
are being used In the present war in
liaatlo by boUk federal and revolu-
I tionlsts. The use of these terrible.
mangling musics is iwromuca vy
rules of war In all civilized countries
and their use In Mexico is further
evidence that the present struggle Is
not one In which men of a very high
order of civilization or intelligence are
engaged. The loss of life among
either the rebels or the government
troops haa not been, heavy, but the
strife has reached a point where It Is
not apparent that much quarter would
be given by either of the contestants
If the opportunity arose for either to
deny it.
ooLovrL Koonevrt-T ox the recall.
Colonel Roosewelt told the people of
Arizona some things about their pro
posed constitution that they doubtless
wanted to hear and other things they
did not., likely enough, want to hear.
The Colonel was Just a trifle .delphlc
about the Initiative and referendum.
In so far aa he gave utterance to the
not altogether, profound opinion that
it Is good for some states and not very
good not good at all. Indeed for
others. But the Colonel patriotically
and enthusiastically Informed the peo
ple that. If that was the sort of thing
they wanted, why they wanted, and
were entitled to have, that sort of
thing.
But Colonel Rooeevelt does not like
the recall, when It comes to the Judi
ciary. Not at alL You Arizona peo
ple made a sad mistake there. Ton
did. Indeed. You really ought not to
have done It. But of course since you
have decided to recall the Judiciary
when it suits your sovereign pleasure,
you will have to take the conse
quences. Besides, its nobody else's
buslnesa
Here in Oregon we have the recall
nourishing like a green bay tree.
Naturally It will occur to any citizen
of Oregon, who has observed the
workings of that Interesting and more
or less potent device, that If It Is un
wise to InUmidate the Judiciary by the
constant menace of removal from of
fice, why may It not be Just as unwise
to subject other Important public offi
cers, such as governors, mayors and
representatives In Congress, who have
grave and responsible duties to per
form, to Intimidation and perpetual
annoyance through popular clamor or
prejudice or momentary public pas
sion? Why the recall at all for any
officer elected for a short term?
Incidentally It may be remarked
that there never haa been the slight
est suggestion of use of the recall on
any Oregon Judge. Will anyone say
that we have no Judges who ought to
be replaced by other and better
Judges?
AS TO TKE IwrOJCB TAX.
Th Federal Income " tax amend
ment Is not yet "out of the wilderness,
but those who favor It can see light
ahead. Since January L, 1911. It has
been ratified by It states. Before that
date seven had acted upon It favor
ably, so that It has now been adopted
by 2 legislatures. Should nine more
favor It the amendment will become
part of tha constitution.
There Is no particular limit to the
time for ratification.' Apparently a
legislature may . act whenever It gets
ready, be It now or a century from
now. Again a legislature which has
once rejected the amendment may
change Its mind and decide to ratify.
It seems, on Uie other hand, that a
ratification which has been made and
certified to Washington, can not be re
considered! Hence the chances favor,
adoption. New York Is one of the
.,0. uhirh niaeipii the amendment
at first, but now. It is reported, the
prospect Is blighter for it at Albany.
In some other states there may be a
similar change of sentiment as time
passes.
Thus far the amendment has fared
better In the popular branches of the
state legislatures than In the upper
houses. In the Arkansas senate, for
Instance, It was rejected after the
assembly had ratified It. The senators
seemed to see In the amendment an
Infringement of the doctrine of state
rights so precious to some Democrats.
Legislators who take this view of the
subject forget that Congress has al
ready an unquestioned right to tax
Incomes. All It need do Is to appor
tion the tax according to population.
The new provision would not add a
Jot to the Federal power or lessen the
rights of the states. But It would en
able Congress to tax Incomes In terms
of money and relieve It of the neces
sity of taxing incomes under the pre
text of taxing population. Thts would
be a great practical gain, of course,
but it would really add nothing to the
Federal authority nor would It sub
tract anything from, the sovereignty
of the states.
XAIK. rROHIMTlOX IsATTLIXlllOOrn.
Nearly everybody professed to gain
some comfort from the political up
heaval In Maine last September, with
the possible exception of the stand-pat
Republican. The Democrats saw
therein a forecast of return to Nation
al power: the progressive read a les
son on tariff revision; liquor dealers
rit.u-tl nrnmlsai of the opening to
legitimate traffic of a long closed field
and even the prohibitionists round
cause for rejoicing.
It is to be no longer doubted, how
ever, that the real Issue In Maine was
constitutional revision on the subject
of prohibition. Mslne's example, per
haps, had some Influence In later
state elections, but developments have
shown clearly the real cause for the
Democratic landslide In a rock-ribbed
Republican state.
Maine haa had atatutory prohibition
since 18S4 and constitutional prohibi
tion since ISM. During this long time
prohibition haa been a constantly re
curring Issue that has entered Into
every political problem In the state.
Failure to enforce the taw In msny
districts resulted In numberless propo
sition and laws for better enforce
ment and affected the political fata of
countless candidates.
In a statement prepared for the New
York World late Inst Jarar by the As
sociated Prohibition Press we observe
that admission Is made that prohibi
tion has been partially nullified In
Maine "by hostile official and Inter
state traffic In this statement a note
of rejoicing I found over the defeat
In the 110 election of the "nullifying
Republican state administration." it
la declared that better enforcement I
expected. "
Whatever may have been done eon
anforcament la Main the
Democratic Legislature and the Dem
ocratic Governor seem to have heard
an antl-prohibltlon not In the elec
tion returns. Th Legislature has
adopted a resolution providing for re
submission of the prohibition amend
ment at an election to be held Septem
ber 11 and the Governor has signed
the measure.
The National Prohibitionist had
TIIE 'MORXTN'G
planned a campaign for Ull'for the
enactment by Congress of legislation
prohibiting interstate traffic In Intoxi
cating liquors. It would not be sur
prising, however. If this campaign
were now made secondary - a con
centration of effort to maintain Maine
in the ranks of th prohibition states.
The popular faith in the old saying
that "as Maine goes so goe the
Union". was strengthened by the gen
eral political result In 1310: State
wide prohibition, as a principle, has
heen notably weakened, too. by results
of elections on prohibition amend
ments in Georgia and Oregon. In
Georgia statutory prohibition went
Into effect in 1308. In 110 a consti
tutional amendment was defeated and
a Legislature elected that repealed the
statutory provision, presumably re
taining local option. In Oregon, both
statutory and constitutional prohibi
tion were defeated and local option
lost material ground by the enactment
of the home-rule amendment.
It Is impossible to forecast the re
sults of the re-submission election In
Maine, but whatever the outcome. It
should serve to lay aside the prohibi
tion issue for a time, and enable the
state to voice Its real sentiment on
National Issues In the election of 1312.
There Is ample Justification for the
belief that Main will go Republican
next year.
A REG RETT ABIJt INOIOK-VT.
a It Is Inconceivable that Booker T.
Washington could be guilty or the or
tnn nt which he Is accused. The
explanation of Dr. Washington Is sim
ple and stralghtiorwara. e was, no
says, closely scrutinizing hallways In
quest of a number that had been given
him as the home of a man whom he
wished to see when an alarm given
hv a woman and the approach of a
policeman caused him to flee.
While the majority of well-Informed
Americans will accept Dr. Washing
ton's statement, as true, there will
doubtless be raany who will seek to
make capital out of it an Indicating
that even the most hlgrly educated
man of his race na not overcome i
brutal instincts that belonged to his
ancestors.
Tha inrldimt In deeDlr regretted on
account of the cause of negro educa
tion, for which the naarie ana enaeavor
of Booker T. Washington stands.. Oth
,niu i waa a trifllnn- occurrence. In.
stlgated by a hysterical woman, nat
urally frightened at seeing a strange
negro closely scanning the door num
bers In her vicinity, and exaggerated
by the foolish flight or ur. nasning-
tan w V an rwlf ! hv her husband.
Tragedies sometimes grow from small
beginnings and It would be a tragedy.
Indeed, were this .incident 10 casi
baleful blight upon the educational
work of a man who stands for the
uplift of his race In th United States.
BCBBERXECK CHRISTIANS.
Dr Aked's resiirnation from his
fashionable New York pulpit, with
discouraging remarks aoout nis con
gregation, has set many pens in mo
tion. Much of the comment upon the
affair Is rather critical of th rever
end Doctor. He cam to America, it
is remarked, expecting to set a great
furore going. He thought th dulcet
tones of his pulpit oratory would
rather the multitude togemer ua
the sand of the sea. Since nothing
of the sort happened he haa betaken
himself elsewhere in a huff. It eems
that some of hi rich parishioners are
disposed to say "good riddance" as
his sacred garments vanish in the dim
Dna dpunn as reDorted to
have said that for hi part he did not
care to worship "in a crowa 01 ruo-
r'Vrlaf lann vhA SO tO Church
on Sunday and to a baseball game
the next." No douDt mere is some
thing serenely satisfying In exclusive
worship. .To have the Almighty all
to oneself and Impress him satisfac
torily with 'one's personal Importance
1. ..,nnnnitT- to be valued and
we do not wonder that Dr. Aked's
millionaire parishioner ao not wm
to relinquish It.
Wo fear, however, mat ineir wor
ship, agreeable aa It Is. may be more
satisfactory to themselves than to the
Lord. Th ruler of th universe, ac
cording to all accounts. Is an extreme
ly democratic being who set a much
store by a bepgar as fcy a millionaire.
He la not at all displeased by the sight
of a "crowd of rubberneck Christians."
Indeed that Is the sort he likes best
unless th authorities are mistaken.
W are Informed by on who 1 sup
posed to know that th Lord and
those near him In Paradise rejoice
mora over one sinner that repenteth
than over ninety and nine Just men
who need no repentance. It follow
with fair certainty that the rubber
neck Christians who offend Dr. Aked's
deacon are Just the sort who do not
offend Jehovah. In a matter of that
kind It may be supposed that Jeho
vah opinion is of th greater consequence.-
.
Sine Dr. Aked h th court of last
resort on his side he pro-bably retains
a certain dogre of complacency In
spit, of th disapproval of hi well
garnished deacons.
rOBT Or PORTLAU FROBXCaf.
It 1 quetionabl whether th resig
nation of Captain Crow from th
newly appointed Port of Portland
Commission ha simplified matter,
although the reason for his resigna
tion I commendable. The work
which 1 now being carried on by th
Port of Portland is entirely too impor
tant to b Interrupted or hampered
by any family rows. Captain Crowe
apparently thought that his with
drawal would tend to restore har
mony, without which best results are
Impossible.
Th Oregonlan haa at various times
criticised some of th work of the
Port of Portland. This paper never
ha favored the building of a large
liver towtooat at a time when sailing
Teasel were rapidly disappearing from
tlr ocean. It would be a waste of
money. Operating expenses. Insur
ance, depreciation, repairs and inter
est on the Investment would be more
than double the sum paid out last year
for chartering extra boat when emer
gencies arcs.
In Judging th work of any Indi
vidual, corporation or public body,
however. It Is but fair and proper that
such work be considered" as a whole.
From this standpoint the work of th
Port of Portland ha made an excel
lent howing. When the organisation
began operations, vessels of IS feet to
10 feet draft were obliged to lighter
a portion of thair cargoes during low
water. Now vessels of nearly 27 feet
draft make the trip between Portland
and the sea without lightering. This
Is a direct, tangible result of the effi
cient work of the Port of Portland.
The work of channel building has been
so highly satisfactory that th thirty
foot channel la now a certainty In th
.OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY.
near future. It is the knowledge of
these facts that ha caused many
Portland taxpayers some misgivings
about engaging in the practice of
"swapping horse while crossing a
stream." '
Captain Crowe, by reason of hi
profession and experience, was well
qualified for the position on the new
board, but tha manner of the ap
pointment, being at variance with that
prescribed by law, raised a doubt and
promised to Interfere with complica
tions which might prove disastrous to
work of much greater importance
than the personalities injected In the
present trouble. If the Port of Port
land will get the additional three feet
of channel needed in the river with
no greater expense or delay propor
tionately thad was experienced in se
curing the last six feet added, most
of tha taxpayers will be willing to
postpone any radical changes, espe
cially if these chahges involve any
legal complications. Captain Crowe's
withdrawal from the contest Indicate
that he considers the, port's interests
more important than his own.
"Portland's bank clearings are run
ning a little larger than Seattle's,"
says th Argus, "but that Is because
Seattle hasn't yet gotten on to Port
land's system "of padding them." It
would be of.no use whatever for Seat
tle to discover "Portland' system of
padding." for It never would and
never could be used In Seattle. The
principal Item which figures In this
''padding" in Portland la a matter of
more than $1,000,000 per month that
Is being spent in this vicinity by the
railroads for new construction work.
As nearly all this is paid out for labor
It circulates in a great many channels
of trade and thus shows up well on
the bank clearings figure a Then there
are the stock yards which are paying
out more than 1 25.000 per day in this
city. Instead of In Seattle. Mean
while Portland sawmills are turning
out more lumber every twenty-four
hours than Is manufactured In the
same period in any other city on earth.
The wages paid to the army of mill
workers, loggers and stevedores also
assist in the "padding" which Seattle
has not yet ' "gotten on to." The
Oregonlan hopes that Seattle will thor
oughly Investigate this system of
"padding." While It may not be
adopted In Seattle, it is worth study
ing. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sun
day devoted 120 pages adequately
lllttatreta In nrMtfntlnr rjhBSeS Of the
growth of the city in the last decade.
Seattle Is one of three clues on tne
Tnftir Cnamt whonA commercial and
Industrial advancement seems incred
ible even to those who have person
niiv witnMuuil It when it is Dresented
In the form of illustrations and com
parative statistics. Seattle' popula
tion haa Increased from 80,671 to
237,194 In ten years. Seven mile of
paved streets existed ten years ago;
the city now ha 140 miles. The
mileage of sewers haa heen Increased
from 75 to 314; sidewalks from-X12
to 840. Cluster lights now illumine 16
miles of street whereas th city had
none In 100. Parks, libraries, schools,
xhnrrhaa. hankinar. manufacturing.
shipping and every phase of civic life
show corresponding advancement.. The
Post-Intelligencer able and interest
ing presentation of this record should
promote stronger home confidence in
the future and attract the Nation' at
tention. ' '
The death of Tom L. Johnson, ex
Mayor of Cleveland, now Impending,
will remove from the scene of his vig
orous political and economic activities
a man honored and revered, though at
times censured by hi fellow-citizens.
He was noted. In a time of great stress
between faction of labor and capital
In that city, for his strenuous advo
cacy of a 8-cent streetcar fare and
during a strike Induced largely by this
Issue Borne years ago, was severely cen
sured or extravagantly lauded accord
ing to th fickle temper of public sen
timent. Whatever else may be said
of him, all must concede that he was
a game and valiant fighter for what
he conceived to be the right of the
masses.
"Don't do" it. girls," eald Miss Carrie
Holbrook. president of the Y. W. C. A.
of thl city in a talk last Sunday.
"Don't talk to chauffeur ' in the
streets, don't attend theaters without
escorts, eschew cheap shows and
chewing gum. Wholesome advice,
truly, and greatly needed by a large
class of thoughtless but Innocent
young girl who unconsciously cheap
en themselves by doing the "dan'U"
noted.
The idea of Booker Washington
annoying a white woman Is ridiculous.
Some woman of an excessively nervous
temperament may perhaps have been
frightened when she saw him looking
around for a doorplate, hut her hus
band ought to have had eense enough
to understand the situation. A woman
married to such a simpleton has every
excuse for being nervous.
European cabinet are little more
than fleeting ihowa these days. France,
Russia and Italy have all found it
necessary to get new ones within a
few week. In Russia money, or the
lack of It, makes trouble. In Franc
and Italy It 1 "reform." The one
salient fact emerges that, for a states
man, this Is a weary world.
As The Oregonlan foretold in the
heat of the excitement, there is to be
no Invasion of Mexico. The "maneu
vers" are maneuvers and nothing
"more. That Is not very much more,
unless something should happen to
change their nature.
Capable Oregon boys are not crowd
ing th vacancies at West Point. Per
haps they are waiting for actual
service. ' ' .
Colonel James Jackson is a veteran
fighter, to whom the smell of powder
smoke is Incense. Naturally he scents
war.
Mexican would better not kill
Americans, for the Colonel's Rough
Rider axe- tha boys to make reprisaL
The old reliable Oregon, In fresh
armor and always ready, will stop the
Invasion at the start.
t 9
Th Russian and Italian cabinet
became old furniture yesterday.
There" ha been no attack on th
Bull Run pip line so far.
If these Jingoes -continue "to talk
war, we shall have war:
Mailboxes on streetcars will prevent
tie-ups.
MARCH 21. 1911.
ACT'S VALIDITY IS QUjtSTIOXED
Test May Be Made of Initiative Iayv
, Closing Rogue River Fishing.
SALEM. Or., March 20. (Special.)
To test the validity of the act passed
by tfie people at the last general elec
tion In which the water of the Rogue
River are closed to all kinds of fishing
except by hook and line. It is under
stood on good authority that attorneys
for the Hume interests are making In
vestigations which may result in a
fight in the courts. .
Grounds for the contest will 'be found
in an alleged unconstitutionality of the
people's act. It will be contended that
f. n.vl.lr.n. nt thla art fall under the
police power of the state. It will also
UD VV1ILCUUQU U.S.. x r ---- -
to regulate and not to Inhibit and that.
the act as passed ey tne people
plainly an inhibition.
With these contentions in view It
will be declared that neither the Legis
lature nor the people have a constitu
tional right to pass an act of this na
ture, which Is plainly and eitnply inhib
itory In Its nature and in its construc-
Itlon. . v
x Members of the Hume lamuy nnvo
been In the city recently investigating
questions of this character. Whether
the state could be made a party to an
action of this kind Is a question that
has not been determined, but it Is con
sidered possible that the Master Fish
Warden might be Included should such
an action be commenced.
SWEET PEAS TO BE SHOWN
Efforts Made to Interest School
Children In Agriculture. '
County School Superintendent Robinson
la making arrangement to hold an edu
ritinnal meeting: in G re sham. Troutdala,
Linnton and Orient in April at dates
(yet to be fixed. Also during the season
- sweet pea exhibits will be held In St.
i Johns, the western division of the coun-
I . " i k. - mimi, HMfr4it- and in
lj , vnrBUBui, ... u.
Columbia Grange hall, the district east
of Sandy River. The dates for these
latter events will be dependent on the
westner. -
iph. .diutitlniiftl tnaatinffM are for the
purpose of extending the scope of educa
tion. Talks will be made by Mr. Robin
son along this Jine. Besides there will
be musical ' programmes to supplement
. Shnnl an4 hlTHfl flSnita-
tion and beautlflcatlon will be emphasized
In tne aaaressesL aibo eieuic u 1.1 Maw
culture and manual training will be made
1 n -n , ,Koa trAtinffa. Tha county
has been divided Into western, middle
and eastern divisions; the points selected
lor tne ampiays. o l. uuub, uiwu
Oblumbla Grange hall, being central.
n.1 V. 1 - libjul tt TTIftka &
specialty, of sweet peas as In former
yeara An early season wu onus iuv
date of the displays at an early time,
i - Aooi-va mrm nfrrina' school chil
dren sweet-pea seeds at reduced rates.
SUVDAT SPEEDERS ARE FINED
i
Fifteen Convicted, Doctor Excnsed,
Roy's Sentence Suspended.
Fifteen violator of the speed regula
tions appeared In the Municipal Court,
yesterday as a result of Sunday's work
. v. nr th nnlbv, motnr-cvele
squad and a speed trap manned by Ser
geant Smith and rairoimen touiier uu
Stillwell. All but two were convicted.
Dr. El A. Sommer told the judge that he
was answering a hurry call from a
patient when he was) arrested, and this
plea won- dismissal of his case.
William Vale, rode a motorcycle at a
speed more than 20 miles an hour on
Belmont street. He was fined 325. Ed
ward Beletskl. a youngster, was sen
tenced to pay 33S for speeding on his
motorcycle. He said that he . had Just
bought the machine and was paying for
It by installments. His sentence was sus
pended. John Carr, having a mother and sister
to support, his fine was suspended,
upon his promise to speed no more. A.
B. Beck and C. M. Cass fared likewise.
J." McMillan was fined $25.
W. F. Blddle, a retired capitalist; W.
H. McMonieo, merchant; Finley Morri
son, tlmberman; B. E. Flske, optician;
Frank Gage, chauffeur, and B. Crowley,
chauffeur, were fined 335, each. C Krav
kwal paid 335 for speeding on a motor
cycle. A. Delovage, a Jeweler, obtained
a continuance,
COAL COSTS MAST LIVES
Pennsylvania Produce 31,96,
070 Ton9) With 1125 Men Killed..
HARRISBURG, Pa, March 20. It
cost the lives of 1125 men to mine 231,
366.070 tons o't coal in Pennsylvania
last year, according to the annual re
port of the chief of the State Depart
ment of Mines, Just issued. The report
gives the following statistics:
Bituminous coal produced, 148,696,776
tons; persons employed. 187,711; killed,
627.
Anthracite coal produced, 83,269,294
tons; persons employed, 467,327; killed,
693.
The loss of life in the bituminous
districts for every 1,000.000 tons pro-,
duced was 3.64; in the anthracite dis
tricts. 7.18. The number of lives lost
In the bituminous region per 1.000,000
tons produced will compare favorably
with the record' of any other' state or
any continental country, the report
says, but when the loss of life in the
anthracite region is included. It raises
the number of lives lost to 4.85 per
I, 000.000 tons.
Even this rate, according to the re
port, Pennsylvania Is producing more
coal per life lost than is produced In
Great Britain or in most of the states
in the Union. ,
DANCES MAX BE ALLOWED
Council License . Committee Angry
When Citlxena Fall to Appear.
Private dances will be held at Council
Crest Park if the CRy Council tomor
row morning upholds the recommenda
tion of the license committee, which met
yesterday afternoon and held an indig
nation meeting because of the failure
of Portland Heights property owners to
put in an appearance. Councllmen Dris
coll and Dunning were particularly out
spoken In their opinion- of the people
i i ..-ni,iT.i ahout dance at the
I WHO f .
I paak. who- had promised to go before th
committee to r v'
i had this license referred back with
th understanding that M. C. Banfleld
and his crowd ' would be here today to
protest." said Councilman Dunning.
Now, not one of them Is here. I. for
one. am In favor of recommending the
license." Mr. DriscoU felt likewise and
It waa so ordered. .
Woodburn to Have Horse Snow.
WOODBCRN. Or., March 20. (Special.)
Th Woodburn Horse Breeders' Asso
ciation ha decided to .hold a horse fair
In this city March 31. A large sum has
been donated by citizens) to defray the
expenses and special prise are offered
by merchant. Seven classes will be
Judged Percheron. Belgian. Clydesdale,
Shire. Coach, Hackney and Standard
bred. The Judges will be Dr. Jamas
Withy combe, of the Oregon Agricultural
College, and Dr. Toung, veterinarian, of
Salem. ' Officers of the association are:
President, Colonel J. M. Poorman; vice
president. fYed Dose; secretary and
treasurer, Blaine McCord; superinten
dent. Dr. W. H. Goulet- Many entries
ar promised,
FAST VESSELS COMING NORTH J
Vale and Harvard; to Enter Trade,
Steamship Men Believe.
That Portland has for some time
been competing successfully with Se
attle In the coastwise passenger traf
fic came to light yesterday, although
it has been realized by officials of the
steamship companies for a long time.
It is believed that this condition is well
known to the officials of .the Pacific
Navigation Company, who are plan
ning to extend the route of the fast
steamers, the Yale and the Harvard,
from San Francisco north to Portland.
Portland's success is due to the dif
ference in tares, making it possible
for a traveler to come- by rail trom
Puget Sound to Portland, sail from
here south on a passenger boat and
save as a result a material amount, ac
cording to the class of passage he
takes out of this port.
The steamer rates between Seattle
and San Francisco are 320 and over,
while from Portland they are 35 second-class,
and 310. 312 and 315 first
class. The faTe from Seattle to Ta
coma by boat Is less than 60 cents,
and from Tacoma to Portland . it Is
$4.35 by rail. Thus it will cost less
than 35 for a traveler to go from either
Seattle or Tacoma by rail, and after
arriving here, embarking on an ocean
voyage at a material saving. Includ
ing, during the Summer season, a mag
nificent river trip. That many have
taken advantage of this condition of
rates is well known to steamship men.
Captain James H. Bennett and Cap
tain Goodall. who are operating the
steamers Yale and Harvard between
San Francisco and Los Angeles, are
both old-time navigators In and out of
Portland and are familiar with the
conditions here. It is thus believed by
those familiar with the situation that
these men are not necessarily "bluff
ing" when they declare that they will
come into this port with their new fast
steamers.
There are so many vessels operating
between San Francisco and Los Ange
les that it is believed that the new
line of steamers has not met with the
success expected, and that the only
hoye of making a profit will be to
extend the service to Portland. Nine
passenger steamers are operating be
tween San Francisco and Los Angeles,
as follows: Steamers Governor and
President, of the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company; Bear, Beaver and Rose
City, of the San Francisco & Portland
line: steamers Roanoke, and Geo. W.
Elder, of the North Pacific Steamship
Sompany. The North Pacific boats
make weekly trips, the San Francisco
& Portland Company's vessels main
tain a five-day service, and the Yale
and Harvard make, together, four trips
a week between the two California
cities, and thus It is -'deemed probable
that the competition has been greater
than the traffic can Justify, and the
plan to reach out to Portland Is not
prompted entirely by the rate war
started by the San Francisco & Port
land Company.
It has been announced that Captain
Bennett will reach Portland this morn
ing to arrange for the berthing of the
Yale and Harvard. '
STEWARD'S BODY NOT FOUND
Missing Member of Burned Mascot's
" Crew Believed Dead.
WOODLAND, Wash., March 20.
Special.) J. Allen Harrison, superin
tendent of the Lewis River Transpor
tation Company, whose Steamer Mas
cot burned at Pekin Landing yester
day morning, was In Woodland this
forenoon. He says another steamer
will take the run until the Undine is
off the ways, which will be In about
two weeks.
No trace of the missing steward. II
lldge, has been found, and It Is believed
his body is In the hold of the burned
boat. - ' s-
Nothing has been disturbed on the
sunken hull and It Is not known
whether the cash and checks in the
safe of the boat are Intact or not. The
safe Is in the hull of the sunken vessel.
Mr. Harrison believes that as soon as
the machinery of the hull is removed
there will be little trouble in raising
the hull, when the extent of the dam
age to it can be discovered.
In the meantime the Woodland office
of the company is only accepting
freight subject to delay which depends
on securing a new boat for, the Port
land to Woodland run.
DOCK EXTEXSIOX ABOUT DOXB
New Section of Ainsworth Pier to
Be In Use In Few Day. .
In a few days the extension of the
Ainsworth dock -.will be ready for use,
and this will greatly Improve facilities
for the Harriman vessels. Whether the
Breakwater will then be docked at the
new section of the Ainsworth dock, has
not been definitely decided, hut r
rlleved that this ,will be the case.
a portion oi tne AiasKa dock has been
devoted to the use of contractors for
the new Harriman bridge, but a portion
of the dock is still available for use,
and may be used occasionally a a store,
house.
There will be no more dock Improve
ments done by the Harriman interests
until after the present steel bridge has
been removed. Then it Is planned to con
struct a large dock extending from the
southern end of the Ainsworth dock to
the new steel bridge. It Is expected that
the new Harriman bridge will be com
pleted In a few months, and that the
old steel bridge will be removed im
mediately afterward.
Pioneer Oswego Woman Die.
OREGON " CITY, Or., March 20. Spe
cial.) Mrs. Sarah Cllnefelter, wife of
Albert .Cllnefelter, and a well-known
woman of Oswego, waa buried Sunday
afternoon. She was born In Lawrence
County, Ohio, March . 4, 1843, and was
married 46 years ago to Albert Cllne
felter. The family (resided in Ohio until
29 years ago, when they came to Oregon,
making their home at Oswego. Mrs.
Cllnefelter la survived by her husband
and the following children: Thomas
Cllnefelter, of Oswego; Mrs. Rosa Ship
ley, of Gresham; Mrs. Nora Zimmerman,
of Oregon City; Lester Cllnefelter. of
Oswego.
Forest Grove Lodge to Celebrate.
FOREST GROVB, Or., March 20. (Spe
cial.) Delphos Lodge of Knights, of
Pythias, of Forest Grove, will celebrate
Its 20th birthday next Thursday eve
ning when a rolicall and banquet will
be held. Rev. William Wallandigham. of
Hillsboro, will be the principal speaker.
Delphes Lodge owns its own castle hall,
which Is fitted up with lodgeroom, club
parlors and dining-halL . The castle is
a three-story structure.
Aviator and Reader Wedded.
OREGON CITY, Or., March 20. (Spe
cial.) Olive Elizabeth Davis, a dramatlo
reader of Chicago, and Jonathan Edward
Caldwell, an aviator of Seattle, Wash.,
were married here this afternoon by
Rev. S. A. Hayworth, pastor of the Bap
tist Church. Olim A. D. Joye and C. B
Malarkey, of Portland, obtained a mar
riage license in this city this afternoon.
Japanese Receiving Anna.
PENDLETON, Or., March 20. Three
dozen rifles and revolvers were re
ceived a few days ago by a crew of
Japanese employed on the O.-W. R. &
N. Company at Barnhart Station, 10
miles vest of Pendleton, according to a
resident of that section who is in town
tonight, and who Insists that he saw
th box and Its contents.
Life-'s Sunny Side
Out in the Oranges of New Jersey,
Mrs. Philip Carr owns a handsome
farm. As she lives In the city, it Is
about as expensive a proposition! as
owning a yacht. No farm owner who
doesn't live on his. place ever made a
dollar In- this neighborhood.
"I wouldn't care," said Mrs. Carr, if
I could only get good apples from my
farm. There Is a lovely- orchard on it,
but my hired man tells me that it
doesn't bear. So I have to buy my
apples."
Her guests told her that she cer
tainly had good taste In the matter of
buying apples. The dish in the middle
of the table was heaped up with big,
red globes. Her guests liked them so
well that they insisted on finding out
where they came from. Mrs. Carr
gave them the address of her grocer.
The grocer said said he got them from
a i middleman in the Oranges. The
guests, having nothing better to do
and owning a large car that was eat-
lng its head off, rode out to the mid
dleman the next day.
"We got some delicious apples from
a grocer." they said. He said he got
them from you. We want to buy. a bar
rel or two."
The middleman took the order at
once.
"But I won't be able to deliver them
until next week," said he. "That's
when Mrs. Carr's hired man conies to
town. They're all grown on her place."
That hired man has lost his Job.
New York Cor. Cincinnati Times
Star. aaa
Daniel J. Shera, who practices law
when he Isn't guiding the House of
Representatives, was reminded of a
story when he read the verdict In the
breach of promise case against young
Walling in New York. .
"I was counsel for the girl in a case
once," aaid the lawyer, "and 1 thought
we had a good case. One of the strong
est points was the ardent wooing of
the defendant. We stipulated at least
1244 kisses he had planted upon the
fair one's ruby lips. Imagine our sur
prise when the defendant admitted it.
T " That's true,' said he, testifying. '1
had to do it.' he explained. .
" "Had to do It?" I roared, hoping t
embarrass him.
" Yes,' he answered. T either had ta
keep kissing her constantly or permit
her to sing, and well, I preferred the
kissing.' " Philadelphia Times. -
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The following is told of former Senator
Joe Blackburn, of Kentucky:
In the days of his youth the Kentucklan
was asked by a friend to second him in a
duel. He consented and at sunrise the
parties met at the appointed place. Now,
it was this Kentuckian's duty to say tha
lest words touching the terms of the
duel. But, although he faithfully per
formed this duty, the duel never took
place.
A murmur of "Why not?" invariably
goes around whenever this story is told,
whereupon the answer Is as follows:
"For a very simple reason. When Joe
finished speaking it was too dark for a
duel." Harper's Magazine.
aaa
' "When Lincoln was on circuit in his
lawyering days," said a Chicago veteran,
"he used to put up at some pretty bad
taverns taverns where, big as he was,
by Crinus, he and the judgea and tha
lawyers would have to 6leep two and
three in a bed.
"And what bed they were! Once, after
a wretched night, Lincoln got up and
walked in his long nightshirt to a notice
on the wall that said, 'No smoking In
the bed rooms.'
"He chuckled grimly. Then he took a
pencil from his nightshirt pocket and
scribbled beneath the notice:
"The fleas don't like-it.' "Pittsburg
Gazette-Times.
a - . a a
An archdeacon engaged as a new foot
man a well recommended youth who had
served as stable boy. The first duty
which the youth was called upon to per
form was to accompany the arohdeacon
on a series of formal calls.
"Bring the cards. Thomas, and leave
one at each house,"' ordered his master.
After two hours of visiting from house
to house the archdeacon's list was ex
hausted. "This is the last house,
Thomas," he said; "leave two card
here."
"Beggln' your pardon, sir," was tne
deferential reply. "I can't; I've only
the ace of spades left." Ideas.
aaa
Two milllonaries met In a hotel lobby.
"Yes," said one of them. "T was born
in a log house and went to school
Winters and worked my way up from
office boy. I'm self-made."
But the other millionaire hung his
head.
"I'm Carnegie-made," he faintly mut
tered. Cleveland Plain Dealer. -
Half a Century Ago.
From The Oregonian March 21, 1861.
A large number of mifrers are notice
able about this time, fully accoutred
for the campaign on the Upper Colum
bia. There is no doubt there will be
an unusually large number pass
through here this season.
Common Council: On motion of Mr.
Hlggins, the Council went into an elec
tion for City Attorney. On the first
ballot George H. Cartter had four votes,
John H. Mitchell one, blank one. Mr.
Cartter was declared duly elected. :
The steamer Santa Cruz left this port
on the 16th of March and arrived at
Victoria on the Sunday following. Un
loading a heavy cargo of produce, she
started back, on Monday, the 18th.. and
arrived here at 6 o'clock A. M. on
Wednesday. Before night she was filled
up with Oregon produce and by
6 o'clock P. M. was off for San Fran
cisco, having, as we think, rather out
done any other, craft that ever piled
in these waters.
Victoria, March 18. A meeting waa
held last night to take into considera
tion the project of direct steam com
munication with San Francisco. Six
resolutions were offered and passed.
The gist of them is that the citizens
of Victoria will guarantee in addition
to the Colonial subsidy an amount
net necessary to justify a steamer in
running; that a Hudson Bay Company
steamer should be employed and that
steerage passage should be fixed at
310 and 310 per ton charged as the
maximum for freight. A great many
windy speeches were made and fears
expressed that the Americans would
put on an opposition line. One man,
with an unpronounceable Dutch name,
said that you Portlanders went around
with a bell drumming up miners to go
by next train to Cariboo via The Dalles
route.- Is it rue? ("It is as false as
helL" Everybody that Is acquainted
with the country prefers the Columbia
River route. Eds.) -
Honey Left for Teachers' Annuities.
New York Tribune.
The sum of 312,000 is left to the
Congregational Educational Society by
the will of John Ward, of Newton, the
income to be used toward the payment
of salaries in educational Institutions
In Minnesota and Nebraska conducted
by the society.
The French - American College at
Springfield receives 310,000, to be applied
to teachers' salaries. The residue of the
estate, which Is estimated at about 3150.
000 Is divided equally among the Ameri
can Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions, the Massachusetts Home Mis
sionary Society, and the American Mis
sionary Society,