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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1911)
J 2 ' . TIIE MORNING OREGOMAX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, lOtl. - ' 1 i - - - i ' -' LIVERPOOL STRIKE Without Volunteer Workers Cities Are at Behest of Destroying Mobs. DARKNESS IS THEIR AIM Vnion Would Prwnl KlMlrlcltr Relnz Turned On and Soarcnrers Oran Work Ins 8hlnownrs Prove Grnerona. LfVEBPOOU Oft 29. Portal. II la said that corn good people lived In rris through th Communa and never Vnrw anything about It. No one 1 1 Ted In Liverpool during Auguat without knowing a great deal nor than they cared tbou) the Ms atrlke. The three week of Tom Mann' ascendency are Indeed an extraordinary aplaod In the history nf a civilised town, and tn events that filled them have aet many to think furiously how to strengthen and bnttree the slight rampart that stands between the orderly life of cm- and sudden anarchy. y'. Liverpool had a very bad frlarht. In de1. Htrana-ers are a little Inclined to talk about nerves and the Strang effect of unwonted proximity to vio l-nce. But they have not watched that moat terrible of all sights, an angry mob turning fiercely on the auardlane of order. They have .not waited In tense anxiety wondering v. here next the sound of rlflea would ring out. They have not (rone through t-rrtbl hours In the Imminent danicer that a rrat city would be plunred In darkness, and all the undisciplined hordes of the slums let free to riot and plllaae without fear of detection. Fuch a thins; does not happen in the reign of Oeorge V. declares the optim ist, but It very nearly did happen In IJverpool when a great mob of strik ers frightened the men from the Brest electric power station at Lister Irtve to leave their work. In the end. the forces of order ar bound to triumph, for they have got the rifles and the Vaxlm guns, but even a slugle night of anarchy Is no pleasant prospect. Mtaaf loa Was Critical. It is not without reason that those In authority speak of the state of Liv erpool f r two or three daya as crtt l. al. and the warning of tbelr experi ence roast be taken to heart by all who profess to loin In the government of a country where great Industrial renters lie thick. No doubt Liverpool has special and not very creditable dif ficulties which multiply danger. But had a second strike been begun and protracted for three weeka In Hull or Manchester or Cardiff, or even In Iindon. the pre-eminence In disorder might easily have passed from Liver pool to another center. Notwithstanding the fact that the esreement had been signed on behalf of the men by the appointed repre sentatives, some hundreds of the dock era again left work In protest against the method of organising work adopt ed bv one firm of stevedores. The. preaching of Mann had taught dis content at the trivial triumph of a few pence a day. On August It Mann announced at the demonstration on 8t- George's Plateau, which waa the occasion of the notorious riot, that tha strlka com mittee had addressed a letter te all the rait war companies Involved In the dispute affecting the goodaworkers. demanding a conference with the strike committee on the matter and stating that unleea a reply were re ceived wltl-ln t hours a general strike would he declared. Including all lasses of railway workers employe. on b-itti passenger and goods traffic cart em. dockers, stevedores, coal heavers, sesmen. firemen, stewards and other sections, of the workers In connection with the port. No reply was. of course, received from the railway com panies, and on the following day the threatened lock-out was declared bv the -shipowner and a general strike of all transport worker was an nounced. No further demand were put forward by any sections of the workers at the docks. Valaateera Saved City. But the energetic strike committee was not content with thus paralysing te whole allied services dealing with the transport of goods. It must be re membered that the riots had broken out. and excitement waa at fever pitch. Assisted by mobs delighting In rowdy intimidation the striker made effort to get out the worker at the electric l.ght stations and on the municipal tramway. The scavengers also ceased work. It Is Important to notice that the stoppage of scavengers and the electric light workers, totally uncon nected with the transport workers. was a definite fulfilment of the "gen eral strike- Idea, and It was countered, as was the general strike In Sweden, bv the ucceful organization of vol unteer workers drawn from other classes. The sudden complication of the na tional railway strike and It fortunate settlement checked the development of the Liverpool situation, since with the return of the railway men the official reason of the strike was at an end. and the shipowners consented to open the dock. What would ultimately v happened or will happen In the rase of the rallwaymen It Is Impos sible to rir. but It Is possible to af firm with confidence that the general strike had already failed. The volun tary workers hart succeeded In keep ing the electric light and sanitary services going. while the dockers tnemeelves were beaten. Two day more would have left the union penni less, and the men could not possibly have been kept out any longer. They were beaten to a standstill, beaten so completely that if the shipowners had rhoeen to go hack on the agreement of August I the men weuld atlll have had to return to work. n the morn ing after the end of the railway strike men went down to the dock expect ing to get work. When they found them lill closed some were so broken that they sat down and cried. Other fainted In the streets. The distress throughout the poorer quarters was heartrending. The official of the Ixvckers' I'nlon are full of praises of the conduct of th shipowners, who. Instead of exacting rigorous terms, gave freely the full concessions of August 3. OLCOTT CUTS 'HONORABLE 3fai Xo Better After Serving; In Office Than Before, He Say. SALEM. Or- Oct JO. (Special.) Sec retary of Stat Oleott today confirmed th report that he had given orders to II the department head In hi office "t the- prefix "Honorable" should no WORLD WARNING longer be used In the official corre -apondence. "Webater says that Honorable Is a title of quality, conferred by English usage upon the younger children of earl and all th children of viscount and barona " said Mr. Oleott. The maids of honor, lords of session and the supreme Judges of England and Ire land ar entitled to the prefix. In American usage It ia a title of courtesy merely, bestowed upon those who hold, or have held, any of the higher public offlcea. especially Governors. Judges, member of Congress, or of th. Senate, and mayors. "In thl country one mn I a good a another, and public office doe not. In my opinion, entitle th offlcUl to any special badge or title of distinc tion. To Illustrate. I am now desig nated as Honorable," while a year ago I was not. I am no better now than I waa then. "Thl 'honorable' bualne ha been greatly overworked. Almost everybody la now designated a 'honorable.' and the title haa lost a large part of what ever merit It may once hav had aa a in.rk f ennrtear or distinction. It 1 thoroughly un-American." RABBI .SCORES POLICY CITT KET TAPE BLAMED FOR LACK OP PLAYfiROn'DS. Jonah R. AVIne Shows Benefit to Children That Ar Lot by Meth od of Officeholders. r.vi.. mm. his theme the law of i ... . i a , 1 .. . Israel that a corner or tne -' unharvested for the poor. Rabbi Jonsh B. Wise, at th regular weekly eervlce t... 1- .1 i.t nteht. devoted hi attention largely to the P1"'rou,n,d situation In the city, pleading for the elimination of official red tape where children Interest are concerned. -Portland' cltlsen hav made ample- provision for playgrounds and recreation center." ald Vr. Wise. -When 1 say ample I mean they have given what waa asked of them, but their generosity ha been, to a certain extent, nullified by the slownes of ., , , . ,, ,rmimA as-ent. Due to th vsararle of our charter, the Park c.mmiuimi cannot expend the money voted to It. but must defer to th wlshe of th general administration ana "' ..in ti.eir nUns dovetail with the pol icy of the power that be- Now when a man In politic, or a group of men I th same place, are given a choice between generosity and policy, th lat ter la usually the obvloua course and 1 generally chosen., ' "Portland la mora In need of public playgrounds than any city of Ita ie tn th country. It treeta ar nar row and crowded: Ita congested dl-trir-ra ore tha travel route of commer cial vehicle as In no other center; It cllmat 1 so mild that children are attracted to the open air practically all th time: th present poor popula tion ia a small on compared with th numbers soon to come when the sea rout from th congealed district of Knnins in made direct to the Pacific Coast through th Panama Canal. It U obvlou then that our preent needs and provisions for the Immediate fu ture would dictate a mosi ira"" plan of park and playground activity. The system of selection semes to me a mistake, but on that need not be complained about except In comparison. I do not think that th location of the playground In th lesa populous parts of th city should be criticised were It not ror tne saci ion me nawi crowded district 1 absolutely without uch a center, although on has been promised for some year. . "Children ought to b outdoor in every month of th year In this climate. To keen them tn would be a crime against their good health. The play ground which we have are now closed a far aa their supervision and care are concerned and are absolutely useless to those who can and would use them, because It I legally an Inclement sea son. A child that Is forced to stay Indoor now la being handicapped, yet there la no place to put 4 he child or th average family except In the house or on the street. "The worst feature of all la that in the part of the city which la beyond all doubt the most congested there la ab solutely no breathing pot for th chil dren. " There Is a part of our city, wide In extent, peopled by the poor and the families of laborers, where the streets are narrow, where car run at most frequent Intervals, wher vehicle of all kinds crowd the thoroughfare from curb to curb, where children ar mors numerous than In any other section. yet thl part has no playground. The money Is ready, tne xunos nave Deen voted, the citizens there and all over the city have gladly agreed to bear tne tax. but not a single yard of free ground Is offered. The result of this I too horrible to contemplate. The In nocent children hav suffered because of th crfty policy of the city ruler. Thre little children In one family have been sacrificed to th theory that sav in (t at the expense of the poor Is a Lsood rnd wise plan. -TM last lataiity, tn sicnnc oi a little, toddling boy, took place on the ele of a hldeoua gulch which was. thee teveral year, to hav been trans formed Into a playground. We as cllisena are now placed opposite the question whether we are going to pre pare cur mind for more such accident or whether we are going to Inalst upon the authorities getting to work and putting a playground where it la abso lutely most needed tn our whole city. We need more recreation center in the open air. We need one moat in our poorest district. In South Portland. We must keep them open all year and w ought to make it mandatory that money voted for these purpoees be spent and not have the generosity of the cltlsena nullified by the policy of he officeholders. HUNTER SHOOTS HIMSELF Carl Burgoyne, of Portland, Falls Over Gun; Badly Wounded. OREOON CITT. Or- Oct. In. (Spe cial.) Carl Burgoyne. son of John Bur. gnvne. a prominent fruitgrower of New Era. and brother of Herman Wurgoyne. proprietor of the Burgoyne Hotel. In Portland. wa shot and seriously wounded this afternoon while hunting near West Oregon City. The young man fell over his gun. the charge taking effect tn his left shoul der. He was removed to this city and given medical attention. Physicians said that the wound was not fatal. Burgoynea father and brother were summoned immediately after the acci dent and came with him to this city. The young man ia employed by the Southern Pacific Company tn Port land. Wife Peserted I Charge. PENDLETON. Or Oct. !. (Spe cial.) Jam E. Fsrlong. of Portland, wa arrested at Umatilla and brought to Pendleton thl evening, wher he I being held for th Sheriff of Multno- mach County. Jamea E- furlong Is alleged to hav ,nmA tn .unnnrt hi wife for a Vir before July ti and the warrant for his rest has been oat sine tnat aate. Furlong la a son of James H. Furlong. former employe in the Alblna car shops, and lived at 641 Kerby street. THREE TALESMEN MAY SIT ON JURY Sifting Process Brings Visible Results in McNamara Preliminaries. RECORD GROWS CONFUSED FxamlntUlon Into Socialistic Belief Caux9 Lively Interest In One Instance Dynamite The ory Prominent. - I ins AVCJELES. Oct. 20. Out of 11 talesmen who eat tn the Jury bog at the McMamara murder trial at the opening of court today, only six wer left when court adjourned until Monday. Of these six. however.. It 1 considered more than possible that two or perhaps three will find themselves on th Jury aa It 1 sworn In. Those locked up tonight after having been passed for cause by Dotn iaes were Seaborn Manning, rancher; F. D. Oreen, orange grower, and Robert r. Bain, carpenter. It 1 possible that all of these will become member of tha hirv. no animus against thVn on either aide being apparent tonight. A. R. Mcintosh, challenged by the state because of his opposition to the Infliction of the death penalty on cir cumstantlal evidence, will be ques tioned by th court before be I held or excused. Dynamite Rsllag Awaited. Geora-n W. McKee. who says he is firmly convinced that the Lo Angeles Times was blown up by dynamite.' was under interrogation by the court at tne close of today's session. He is not wanted by counsel for the defense, who assert that James B. McManara could not have dynamited the building and caused the death of Charles B. Hag gerty, because the building was blown up by gas. They therefore challenged McKee and are awaiting a ruling from Judge Bordwell. McKee says he haa no opinion as to the guilt or, Innocence or tne nerennant. C. Robinson, after being- challenged because of his opposition to conviction on circumstantial evidence, waa held by th court, the challenge being dis allowed for the time. T. w. Adams. Ernest F. Decker. E. J. Shower. Otto A. Jesaen and H. T. Quackenbush. all were excused upon challenges for Indirect bias. This la the closest the state could come, under California statutes, to formal challenge. because each man said he would not In flict the death penalty upon circum stantial evidence, and Judge Bord- well's efforts to learn whether thla was their real state of mind seemed to reveal that It waa. Socialistic Tread Taken. The case of Adams created lively In terest because the examination ran much along the lines of his Socialistic hir Robinson stretched the Ingenuity of both aide in tneir errort to learn whether he would not be willing to in flict th death penalty on circumstan tial evidence. "First he says he will and then lie ays hs will not. He Mow hot and he blows cold. Who shall say what ar th facts"' asked Chief Trial Deputy Horton. of the court. "The people ar entitled to a Jury of IS men who will Inflict the death pen- It y." asserted DUtrlct Attorney Fred erick; "to 12 men who will go the limit. Thl man won't." "How do we know he won't?" queried the court. ' He says he won't," replied the Dis trict Attornsy. . The court mused over the tangled record. "I'm not sure he said that." said th court, and he ordered that Robinson must stay. "If I find 'my ruling Is wrong. I shall change It," he added. rirewsBBtaattal Evidence Explained. In the examination of Talesman Mc intosh, desertcraft, known more or lesa by nearly every man in th courtroom, wa drawn upon by Attorney Darrow to explain c'rcumstanlla: evidoTic. The cunning art of trailing men across great wastes with only the slenderest threads of clews, was cited by Darrow and common frontier traged'.oa were touched upon. - "If you knew a man bad a revolver of unusual caliber and another man was found dead with a bullet of that caliber In him, would you consider that circumstantial evidence T he asked Talesman Mcintosh. "Yes." "Or f you found a horse trail with three good shoes and one half shoe and knew of a horse with thre good shoe and a half hoe'?' "Tea" ' "Or the trail of avian showing only on heel mark and If yon knew of a man who had lost one boot heel 7" "Tn" "But If th only evidence before you ere circumstantial evidence, you couldn't convict hlrnT" DeaM Wewld Revaala. "No." "It wouldn't make any difference whether It was a murder case or lar ceny case: you would object to cir cumstantial evidence T" Te." ' "Would you entertain a reasonable doubt aa to the guilt of th defendant if the evidence wa entirely circum stantial." asked Judge Bordwell. "Tea." , Mr. Darrow said h thought th tales man did not understand. "Ton understand. Mr. Mcintosh, tha defendant Is presumed to be Innocent?" continued th court. "Tea." "Now. suppose th evidence was en tirely circumstantial, would you find the defendant guilty In any case?" "I might find him guilty, but I would not Impose the death penalty on cir cumstantial evidence." answered Mc intosh. Th court also took this challenge under consideration. Pioneer laloa M Kxaaalaed. Taleaman Robert F. Bain, a carpen ter, more than 70 yeara old. told Attor ney Horton that he organised th first labor union In Loa Angeles. "Is there a feeling In yonr mind that General Otis got about what be de served In th destruction of hi prop erty" asked Attorney Horton. "I never had any such feeling." "Do you feel that because th atti tude of th Time toward labor unions was considered pretty stringent, labor union men wer Justified In using un usual means?" "T. to hold their own." He aald hi wif would not permit htm to tak the Time. Although he beat a drum In District Attorney Frederick's election campaign, he had voted on both Bides, he said. "Ever vote th Socialist ticket?" asked Horton. "No." Bain was passed for caus and th state began the examination. A. C Robinson, th final taleaman of the first IX. wa taken up. Robinson said he had conscientious scruple against voting for the death penalty on cir cumstantial evidence, and would not vote for It under such evidence. Judge Bordwell took th talesman In hand. "If in a criminal caa tha proof of circumstances satisfied your mind be yond reasonable doubt thst the defend ant was guilty, would you vote to find him guilty?" ssked the court. "Tea," said Robinson. The stat than pasaed Robinson tern porarily. Jadge May Change Ruling. Robinson wa recalled by"Dlstrict At torney "Frederick and said positively that he could not hang a man on cir cumstantial evidence, and waa chal lenged for Implied bias. The defense soon withdrew Its objection to the chal lenge, but Judge Bordwell asked the juror further questions. "If I were aatlsfied that the defend ant were guilty, I would vote him guilty," finally said Robinson. The court disallowed the challenge. "Does your honor wish to hear argu ments on the law?' asked Attorney Horton. "I hav three cases." He was allowed to cite the celebrated Cluverius murder case of Virginia and soma others. "If I think the ruling ls wrong. I'll change It," said the Judge. "I will ex amine your cases." H. T. Quackenbush waa recalled by the defense, which had reaerved the right of examining him further. H aid he had no prejudice against labor unions. Attorney Darrow referred to a typewritten slip. "Did you ever say labor unions ought to be driven out of the country?" "1 never did." Talk M lth Grocer latimated. "Or that the member ought to b hanged?" t No." "Or that the McNamara ought to be hanged?" No." Ever talk to John Walker about the case?" I don't know John Walker." "He run a grocery stora near you." "Oh. that Walker I didn't know his name was John. Perhaps I talked to him." Attorney Darrow passed Quacken bush until Monday, announcing that he would produce Walker at that time un der subpena. Quackenbush was challenged by the state for indirect bias after he had insisted be would not" vote for the death penalty on circumstantial evi dence. I haven't the face to resist that chal lenge," said Darrow, and Quackenbush was excused. The court then called Otto A. Jensen. challenged by the defense after he had testified that he had a fixed opinion that the Times building was dynamited. Would you change your opinion if you found It was Incorrect?" asked the court. "No." "Do you mean to say you would ob stinately adhere to your opinion in any event?" "Yes, I think so." He said he could not act fairly and Impartially and was excused. The stat declined to resist the challenge. George W. McKee. against whom challenge also la pending by the de fense, was Interrogated by Judge Bord well. W hen court adjourned McKee was still under examination. There will be no session tomorrow. SALT LAKE RCMOR DENIED Bridge Workers Agent Says lie Did . Xot Conceal J. B." MeN'amara. SALT LAKE CITT. Oct. 20. J. E. Munsey. business agent at alt Lake of th International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, denied today that he had been request ed to testify in the trial of Jamea B. McNamara at Los Angelea. It was said that the prosecution in tended to use every effort to secure the presence of Munsey and hi wife to tes tify regarding the assertion that Mun sey concealed James B. McNamara at his home in Salt Lake immediately after the Times disaster, and that McNamara told him at that time that the Times building was destroyed. Statements from Los Angeles allege that the prosecution declares that Mrs. Munsey. after a quarrel with her hus band, made a signed statement to Dep uty Sheriff Shelton. now in Los An geles, that McNamara, under the nam of J. B. Bryce, waa hidden in the Mun sey home for two weeks in October, 1910. It is said that Mrs. Munsey later became reconciled to her husband and that she haa refused to go to Los An geles to testify. Munsey today denied that he bad con cealed McNamara or that be had re ceived letters and telegrams for Mc Namara addressed to J. B. Bryce. He declares that he did not arrive In Salt Lake from the convention of the Bridge Workers in Rochester until October 11. 1910. although McNamara is alleged to have arrived here October S. He de clares that he stopped off in Indianapo lis on union business and was sitting In a cafe wltb John J. McNamara when he picked up a paper containing; an ac count of tha Times explosion. According to th report from Lo Angeles. McNamara wa traced by meana of a Salt Lake tailor' tag. It being alleged that Munsey aecured a ult of clothe here for McNamara un der an assumed name. Governor Spry today denied that any attempt had been made to Induce the Utah state authorities to take official action to Induce Mrs. Munsey to go to Los Angeles, LOS ANGELEdPoct. 20. Assistant Dlstriot Attorney Ford today denied that J E. Munsey. of Salt Lake, had been asked to testify in tha McNamara case, declaring that Munsey's alleged connection with the case was news to him. , "I never made or authorised any statement." he added, "that the prose cution intended to prove that Munsey concealed McNamara." TRUST PLEAS UNHEEDED 'Continued From First Pac through Northern Wyoming. He started at Sheridan In the morning with the mercury down around 2j. and stopped for the night In' Newcastle. " Not much improvement In the temperature wa noted. For hour after hour today hi train passed through country half cov ered with snow, anU at times th clouds overhead spat snow enough to make a bllsxard look Imminent. His speech here was begun Just as snow began to fall. It was not a heavy fall, but It cam fast. At Sheridan th President was taken for a three-mile ride to Fort McKen- sle. It wa cold nugn to make buf falo robe and heavy overcoat com fortable and Mr. Taft stopped fer a few minutes in post headquarters to get rm. Ha spoke there In the taber nacle under canvas to several thousand persons on peac and arbitration. Klamath Women Arrested. KLAMATH FALLS, Or, Oct. 20. SpeclaL Three women were arrested today by Chief of Police Walker, who with City Attorney Elliott and hia as sistant. W. H. Shaw, appeared against them In Police Court. Th women pleaded guilty and were fined S10 ach on th charge of sailing liquor without a license. RECIPROCITY iM STILL BE FACTOR Politicians, According to Com plexion, Differ as to Pre cise Effect. RECOIL ' TO ' HIT CLARK Democratic Speaker's Declaration That Agreement Was "Entering Wedge" of Annexation May Lose Him Nomination. . BT HARRY J. BROWN. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash. Ington. Oct 20. Is Canadian reel procity any longer- a political issue or a political factor tn the United States? Sine tha overwhelming Canadian vote against reciprocity American politi cians hav been discussing this issue pro and con, and there are about as many opinions aa there are politicians. According to tha insurgent, the Ca nadian vote leaves the President in a very deep hole; according to the sup porter of the President, the rejection of the treaty by the Canadian voters is the strongest sort of evidence that the agreement, had it been ratified. would have operated to the enormous benefit of the United States; according to the Democrat, the Canadian vote was a pieces of very bad business, and the only consolation Democrats derive from the situation Is tha fact that th reciprocity fight in this country served to divide the Republican party into two bitterly-opposed factions. I Reciprocity Shelved f But when it comes to predicting whether Canadian reciprocity will con tinue to be an issue in American poll tics, or whether It waa really shelved by the vote of the Canadian people, there is no consensus of opinion. No body, at this time, professes to know what tha future holds in store. Be yond the admission that reciprocity with Canada cannot be brought about during this Administration or the next and perhaps never, politicians are not declaring themselves. But there will be declarations a-plenty In Congress next Winter, and it will then be de veloped whether Canadian reciprocity Is to be carried into the campaign of 1912. or whether it Is to be cast aside in favor of the bigger and broader question of general tariff revision. It was made to appear during the special session of Congress that tha main difference between th Insur gents and the President arose over Canadian reciprocity. That wa not the case, as a matter of fact, but that was the inference thrown out by the Insurgents themselves. Everyone knows that the Insurgents opposed Ca nadian reciprocity because President Taft had championed it. and It does not necessitate much of a tax on the memory to recall the reluctance with which insurgents took a stand on this question. When the agreement was first sent to Congress, only two or three insurgents were ready to declare themselves. Slowly, however. Senator La Follette brought his followers into line and finally arrayed them almost solidly against reciprocity. lanrscata forced v Opea. It is also to be remembered that many Insurgents, in opposing reciproc ity, were forced to go back on their own tariff professions of two years previous, and were compelled to take the direct opposite position to that which they assumed when the Payne Aldrlch law was being framed. But aside from this, the Insurgents having made their fight on the Presi dent because he advocated Canadian reciprocity, and reciprocity having been killed by the voter of Canada, will the Insurgents patch up their dif ferences with the President, or will they again demonstrate the shallowness of their words, and find some new is sue on which to differ with the Presi dent? They have thus far been con sistent only in their inconsistency. Will they continue this record next session? If their main quarrel with the President was over reciprocity, how can they rec oncile further differences when that is sue is removed? There Is one respect In which Cana dian reciprocity may play a part In next year's campaign, however, es pecially the campaign preceding the conventions. According to all reports from Canada, reciprocity waa voted against very generally because the Ca nadian people were led to believe that tha approval of this agreement might be the "entering wedge" for a Cana dian annexation movement. Responsi bility for this false idea can be laid directly at the door of Champ Clark. Democratic speaker of the House of Representatives, for It waa Champ Clark who so alluded to the reciprocity agreement In a speech he made on tha floor of the House of Representative. Champ Clark Lark Tact. . Until Champ Clark spoke of reci procity aa a step toward Canadian an nexation, no on had mentioned this question at. all. and all who bad pre ceded Clark had studiously steered away from It. Nobody -believed that the reciprocity agreement waa ne gotiated with any such object In view, and very few people In this country be lieve It now. But Clark, who Is utter ly lacking in tact, and 1 profoundly Ignorant of sentiment In Canada, blundesed Into making this fatal re mark a remark, by the way, which was promptly repudiated by President Taft and instantly the hostile press and hostile speakers in Canada seised on this declaration of the Speaker of the American House of Representatives, and used It with great effect to the end of the Canadian campaign. From all reports of the Canadian campaign It appears that this fear of annexation did more than anything else to defeat the reciprocity agreement. Now that the agreement ia defeated. Champ Clark Is very Indignant; he lay it to tha Improper use of money among Canadian voters, but that Is all Clark buncombe, and Clark knows It- He Is trying the old trick of muddying the water, so that he can get away undis covered. The fact that Clark's unfor tunate utterance In the House of Rep resentatives did so much towards de feating Canadian reciprocity (In which Clark was intensely Interested) prob ably will rise to embarrass Clark In hia race for the Presidential nomina tion. Not alone will it hurt him be cause he contributed to the defeat of reciprocity, but because th incident show that he ia an unsafe man to be entrusted with th affairs of th na tion. Clark Show Smarter. If he waa ao lacking In tact aa to make a speech which .endangered th ultimata success of reciprocity, while he wss advocating that very thing. Is he possessed of sufficient diplomacy to handle other big National and In ternational problems which constantly confront a President? Champ Clark is a bungler. That la th plain fact, and his break with ret- vWEE Steel Boilers S ti " 3 11 : - "V - 1ri0 ft' I iji 4 SO Look in the Basement First! When you flat dwellers start out to rent a new flat what are the things which make you sign the lease? Simply these the number of rooms, the form of their arrangement, the style of decoration, the oak beamed ceilings in the dining room and the nickel-; plated toothbrush holder in the bathroom. How, many of you ever ask questions about the heating nlant? Not onevin a hundred: and yet that's th most important thins in the whole outfit J It has ten times as much to do with your comfort as all thej other things combined. ! What eood does style do youi " rsiv '?. nrxf ml J do you get out of the oak beams in the ceiling if your heating boiler is on hustle up and down your niVlrLrfaferl soan dish MlVal.Va " p rwwajaj- - your overcoat to breakfast comes out f And would ennnrinrr rrifc triincrci fn and wish they were home is style alone that makes you rent a tlat it it is tne. cute little wall pockets or the color of the fresco that induces you to sign a lease you remind us of the man who selected an automobile because nis wne KVrA thr- hrasc font-rail in the tonneau and the $1.50 -V.WV vW W - flower holder on the front If the flat attracts you at all, Do Your First Looking in the Basement After that vou can rthT friinors Ann when p M m -! - si J sfr T - mm mm- vss- J -mr ment see with your own eyes ptlll KK fJUMf AIMI appear - J boiler. If you hnd them tnere, the you ve got me jinesi reason tn the world for renting that very fat. All other things pale into in significance. It will interest you miles of Chicago's finest pat ouxiavngs are neatea oy r.wwr.c boilers and KEWANEE radiators, and everybody connected riVi thft huildinr owner, occuoants and ianitor is happy as dams over the excellent work that these boilers do.. And they are all solid steel plate They are insurable at a wormng pressure oi do pounas ana there is no other boiler in the world that can be insured for more than 15. Think of that! It's food for reason. The Ke wanee boilers will burn any kind of fuel and burn it more skorvnrvmJMjilir than ft-nv rithpT boilpr madp. Thev ara the safest. soundest, cleanest, best, most determined and most loyal boilers the world ever produced, and it is actually becoming the habit of flat owners to use this boiler in .preference to all others. Get in the band waeon. When you find a ebod thiner. buy it. The maker can say of his product is that "it is as good as a Kewanee, " but he can't say anything else and prove it. This is the one boiler in the world for flat buildings, apartment houses, hos oitals. clubs, hotels, office buildings or any other building of size which houses lots of people and most give them the steady comfort that they pay for. EvVANE Makers of BRICK -SET STEEL FIREBOX BOILERS RADIATORS, TANKS AND KEWANEE WATER-HEATING GARBAGE BURNERS Kewanee, Illinois Branches: New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City Portland Office, Crane Company, 1 4th & Irving erence to reciprocity will serve to briny I that fact home to the Democratic Na- tlonal Convention. His political record Is filled with other like blunders, on non of them had such vast conse quences. Now that he is in the lime light aa a bunglesoms legislator and public official, hia record will be more carefully examined, and if Champ Clark falls to land the Democratic nomination in 1U he need loolc no further than his Canadian reciprocity speech for the explanation. To that extent, at lease Lanaoian reciprocity Is likely to be a political factor In American poiuica nexi year. Great Northern Revenue Big. SAX EM. On. Oct. 20i (Special.) The largest railroad report so far re ceived by the state . Kanroaa commis sion was filed today when the Gieat Northern submitted its annual rqfort showing operating revenues amounting I61.2H.29S and operating expenses amounttng'to t37,3S0.929, or a net op ? Hnw mnrh nlpasnrft its base and cnniy tremors spine? Do you enjoy the much if vou have to wear " - a or stay in bed till the sun you hnd mucn pleasure in tmests if the CueStS shlVef by their own fireside? If it . window of the limousine. &o on a hunt for the von are looking in the base- mmm that the words "KEWANEE on tne iront aoor oi tne neacmg . .1 a- intensely to know that 65 solid not the people but the boilers. best that any other boiler, COMPANY erating revenue of J23.663.369. The (Jreat Southern report showed operat ing revenue of $61,536 and freratlnjr expense of $28,735. or a net revenue of $32,790. The report of the Columbia River & Oregon Central also was re-, ceived. hut it shows no Income account. Portland Printing House Co. J. 1. Wright. Pres. and Gen. MLnijr.' Book, Catalogue and Commercial PRINTING Kallnx. Binding and Blank Book Hakmc. phonei Main 6201. A 228lT Tenth and Taylor Sta, Portland. Orecon. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Clftii - and lxait;fie th bclr. Protnotel lax uriant rrowth . Never Fail to estore Gray Cum scalp diwaiM fc hair laiiis& sVOcandsjlOat Draggift 11 1