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THE 3IORSTXG OREGONIAX, MCTN'PAT, SEPTEMBER 2, 1912. s INTEREST CENTERS IH.TAFr-T.R. FIGHT California Primary Contest : Develops Into One for Control of Party. LAW QUESTION INVOLVED President's; Supporters! . Will Chal lenge Right of Party Conven tion to Designate Xomlnee of Another Party. ' SAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 1. The first primary election Involving the ultimate selection of Presidential electors under the new California direct primary law will be held September 3. interest in the election centers around the contest of the Taft and Roosevelt supporters for control of the. party machinery of the state. finvernnr Johnson's political allies. heading the state organization of the Roosevelt Progressive party, contend hat 4f they succeed in nominating Presidential electors pledged to Roose velt they will be entitled to the party designation on the Dauot in me nu vember election. Taft adherents take the ground that the action of the Re publican convention ; in nominating President Tuft committed the state' to the choice of electors pledged to their candidates. . Candidates lo Cnooae Elector. The names of Republican. Demo cratic and Socialist candidates will ap pear on the ballot, at Tuesday's pri mary, the Prohibitionist party not be ing represented on account 01 us imi iipi to secure three per cent of the votes cast at the last state election. Eighty candidates for the State Assem bly and 20 candidates for the Senate will be nominated. rnese nominees, with the holdover Senators of each uartv. will constitute the state con vention. All three state conventions will be held in Sacramento September 2. The Republican party, having 14 holdover Senators, will have a total of 114 at the state convention. The Demo cratic party, with six holdovers, wHl liave 106. and the Socialists 100. The convention will nominate 13 Presiden tial electors each. Tart Mea Plan Petitions. Taking Into account the victory of the Roosevelt Progressive faction at the last state election, Taft followers are planning to nominate electors by separate petition after the convention, In the event of the selection of candi dates pledged to Roosevelt. Whether the Taft wing of the party will be en titled to a designation on the ballot which will Indicate the pledging of their candidates is still a matter of con tention between the two factions. . The Taft supporters . challenge the right of the state convention elected by the use of the legally constituted party machinery, to nominate electors pledged to another party. Roosevelt Progressive leaders maintain that precedent exists by which any party convention, municipal, county or state, may indorse the candidates of another party for any office. Court Derision Pending. Alva - Udell, a San Francisco attor ney. has raised the question of, the right of the holdover Senators to par riclpate in the selection of the elec toral candidates by filing with the Su perior Court a petition for an injunc tion restraining Secretary of State Jor dan from issuing the requisite election forms. He contends that, as the elector ate represented by these Senators will by this method be deprived of any direct participation in the choice of the nom inees, the law constitutes, in effect, a violation of the Federal statute gov erning elections. The decision of the court still is pending. Taft leaders have shown no indication of joining Cdell in his attack on the election law. The state primary law provides that the election of Judges and school offi cials shall be non-partisan, and the candidates for these offices will not appear in party groups at Tuesday's election. One-third of the total num ber of judges in each county will be elected in November, twice that num ber appearing- as candidates at the primary. Delegates to the county com mittees which will select the new county central committee will be elect, ed Tuesday. NEVADA TO HAVE PIUMARY K.Dosevelt Party Not to Participate, but Will Vse Petitions. RENO, Not., Sept. 1. A primary elec tion fr Congressional, state and coun ty officials will be held Tuesday throughout Nevada. Key Plttman. of Tonopah. is at pres ent tie only Democratic candidate for the nomination for United States Sen ator to succeed the late Senator Nixon, and Senator Massey. of Reno, is the or.ly Republican candidate tor the nom ination. A contest will be held for the Republican nomination for Representa tive K. K. Roberts, "standpat" Incum bent, being opposed by August Frolich, who has "progressive" tendencies. In the Democratic party there is no rival aa.afn.it Clay Tallan for the nomina tion for Congress. A. H. Herr and P. A. McCarran are opposed for the Demo cratic nomination for Justice of the Supreme Court. James M. Lockhart, Republican, is unopposed for the nom ination. The Roosevelt Progressive party does not participate in the primary. Its ticket being one to be placed on the regular election ballot In November by petition. .Scuttle Holds Booth Memorial. SEATTLE, Sept. 1. Public services in memory of the late General William Booth were held here. Governor Marion K. Hay. Mayor George E. Cotterlll and leidlng ministers participating. After the service at the theater, a parade led by the Salvation Army band of Vic toria marched down Second avenue to PJoneer Square, where brief open-air services were held. More Honor Heaped on Rostron. NEW YORK. Sept. 1. Captain A. S. K siron. of the steamer Carpathia, which raced to the scene of the Titanic disaster last April and picked up 704 SLrvivors. was the recipient of more honor today when the LJfesaving B nrvolnnt Society presented him with a gold medal. Hoppk-ker Dies at Aurora. AURORA. On, Sept. 1. (Special.) A Japanese hoppicker at the .Frederick Ynrgen yard died yesterday afternoon from a hemorrhage of the lungs. . Dr. Downey was called, but nothing could be done for the patient. The body was brought to Aurora and shipped to Port land tor burial. The Kn of Plsm has approved the 1,-hfm of stabllshtng- a "University of Bangkok." it will tm-lud ifcht (.acuities. t;i.. arts, medicine, law, engineering;, agrl-cvltur-. "ftmjnerce, pedagogy and political PASTOB WHO DECLARES THAT ONE MATE IS ENOUGH FOB MAN ANT USES OSTRICHES TO PROVE IT. DR. CHARLES ONE MATE ENOUGH Dr.C. E. Locke Disagrees With Dr. Jordan's Views. OSTRICHES ARE EXAMPLE Pastor Says Theory That Man Is Capable of Loving More Than Once Is Dangerous and Is Step Toward Free love. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 1. (Special.) With the assertion that Cupid is un justly maligned and ejected from his sovereign position of arDiter oi au things matrimonial. Dr. Charles Ed ward Locke, of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, formerly of Port land, came to the support of the little cherub today and, while agreeing in some respects, threw down the gauntlet to Dr. David Starr Jordan, of Stan ford University, in many of the points of Dr. Jordan's recent address. rr r.onke sirreea with Dr. Jordan in the latter's statement that fathers and mothers should not be "Burbanked" and that scientific selection of the parents of the coming generation should not govern all marriages, Cupid to me con trary' notwithstanding. Sentiment is the sovereign power. said Dr. Locke. Love and adoration between the parents of the coming gen eration has more to do with the charac ter and fitness of the offspring man nas erely physical perfection. Free l.ove" Doctrine Feared. "That nortlon of Dr. Jordan's address in which he is quoted as saying "We are getting rid of the Idea that one man can love only once and only one woman always, or that woman is similarly han dicapped.' is pure nonsense. It is a direct step toward free love and its kindred horrors. "T am in heartv accord with the idea of teaching fathers and mothers to urge their children to iook upon healthv condition of their friends and possible sweethearts as one of the po tent factors in forming attachments. I also believe that fathers and mothers should themselves watch over the health of their children ana against mismating. but to attempt to place the sacred marriage ties upon a scientific and coldblooded basis is hor rible and could result in Homing oui chaos. Ostriches Are Example. "Man wants naturally one mate, and a - n Hattr Aft so does a woman, -fvo ' 7 history goes it has Deen touno mit man desires out one no uu . " a to fight for her and work for her. I know of no better illustration that to take a trip out to the ostrich farm and have the manager there show you the widower' Quarters, wnere maie . , wkUh hav nn mates are con fined. An ostrich mates but once, and when his wife' dies ne goes into .i-.n.n All of the allurements of other female i ostriches cannot entice him out of his widowerhood. On the other hand. If we should look Himrre courts, what are the character or physical makeup of the majority, of the applicants for divorce? 1 think that the facts will bear me out when I sav that the majority of appli cants for divorce are physically very strong and seem to show a class of peo ple where the animal predominates over sentiment." . PRINCE OF WALES MISSED Parisian Tradespeople Take Fancy to Rojal Englishman. PARIS. Aug. 31. (Special.) All Paris misses the rnnce oi wie. ra especially the humble folk of the quar ter in which he lived. Every day the shopkeepers of the Rue Rude were on the alert for a glimpse of the Prince. The cobbler whose trade kept him at the window was the most fortunate. "I saw Dim every uaj. Justifiable pride. "Every time he went out he passea my hp. u you he never failed to give a glance at it. He was a charming young man and not a bit proud. One day a little I girl I saw it with my own eyes ran into blm as she waa playing. The Prince held her to keep her from fall ing and asked her so pleasantly if she had hurt herself." Still more precise are me iuiirc.-"u.. of the news agent at me n w . Rue Rude and the Avenue de la Grande Armee. for the Prince used often to buy picture postcards from her shop. When the Prince came to live in Paris she purchased fcngusn m . the hope that she would some aay oe honored by royal patronage. Honored she was. but. in her own words, "the Prrnce seemed to take no Interest in the Encllsh goods I displayed. Ht:j bought French Illustrated cards, which - X - - EDWARD LOCKS. he chose himself, and I could see him smile with pleasure whenever he found a card which represented some historic monument he had Just visited. Every time he came to my shop he bought picture postcards; every street in Paris must have been represented among his purchases." Then the good woman told with pride a more personal incident how one d&y the Prince; in pulling a magazine from a rack had brought down several others; how she had run forward to pick them up, and how her royal cus tomer had excused himself "Si senti ment." "He was charming, and not a bit proud," she ended, and that is the verdict of all. GERMANY'S VIEW IS GIVEN Organ of Agrarian Party Does Not Trust England's Peace Expressions. BEJtLIN. Aug. 31. (Special.) In a leading article In the "Deutsche Tages zeitung," the organ of the Agrarian party. It is announced that the recent speeches of British ministers and the strengthening of the British navy have made but little Impression in Germany, as hardly any new idea is advanced in them, and hardly any fresh develop ment revealed. It is immaterial, says the Agrarian organ, that the state ments made about and against Ger many were of a more friendly char acter. Germany has to reckon with the fact that England contemplates the possibility of a conflict with Ger many, although this conflict is not de sired, and nothing will be done to bring it about. It has been announced in the British Parliament with gratifying clearness, it adds, that England will regulate the size of her navy accord ing to that of Germany, and little im portance need be attached to the as surance made 'by the way that, in adopting measures for the strengthen ing of the British fleet, the government considers only the necessity of pro tecting and defending the vital inter ests of the British Empire. "While we admit all this," the Agra rian organ writes, "we expect that England will adopt a similar attitude towardB Germany. We have not built and strengthened our fleet in order to embarrass England or even to irritate her, but solely because we have con sidered, and still consider, that a suf ficiently strong navy is necessary to Insure our future. We must, of course, also reckon with all the possibilities, and also, therefore with the possibility of warlike complications with England. We should indeed be political children and fools if we left this possibility, far off as it may He, out of considera tion. We cherish against the Island Kingdom neither resentment, nor envy, nor even dislike. We are glad if the mutual relations of the two peoples re main correct and friendly, so far as this is possible. But in political cal culations feelings and sentiment have no place because these, to use a mathe matical expression, are imaginary val ues. Even from the standpoint of an unqualified peace friendship, the right to determine for themselves the strength of their armament on land and on water must be conceded in prin ciple and in fact to those nations which wish to pursue a rational policy In the present and for the future, and a pol icy which must follow up their his torical task." BEERS CHIEF CANDIDATE Connecticut Man Would Be National Head of Grand Army. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 1. The first National officers of the Grand Army of the Republic to arrive here for the grand encampment which will be held September 9-17 came today, headed by Quartermaster-General Stowits, of Buf falo. N. Y. He will be in charge of the arrangements here until the arrival of Commander-in-Chief Trimble. According to the quartermaster-gen eral, Albert B. Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn., is the leading candidate for commander-in-chief, and he predicts (he election of Beers to succeed General Trimble. H. Z. Osborne, president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and executive officer of the encamp ment, is a candidate for the next im portant of fice that of senior vice-commander-in-chief. PRINCESS IS SPEEDER Kaiser's Daughter Can't Drive Fast When Incognito, However. DAXZIG. Aug. 3. (Special.) The following amusing story is told here of the Crown Princess and her motor car. Not long ago the Princess asked the Kaiser's permission to use her car without a crown being displayed on the panels. She wished, she said, to drive about more freely. Recently the Kaiser noticed that the crown had been replaced in a promi nent position on the car and inquired the reason why. "Oh. because we were so often held up by tne police tor furious driving," was the Crown Prin cess reply, "but now we have put the crown back we are not botnerea any more " COLONEL GIVES OUT CAMPAIGN LETTERS "Ugly Word" and "Practical Man" Missives Included , in the Exhibits. L0EB CALLED TO WITNESS Private Secretary Heard Conversa tion With Mr. Harriman, Says Ex-President In Long Letter to Senator Clapp. (Continued From First Page.) any one else connected with the Na tional committee in 1904. it was not merely done without my knowledge, but was done against my express direc tion and prohibition, and in spite of the fact that I was assured that no such request had been made, and that no such contribution had ben or would be received." , In support of this statement. Colonel Roosevelt includes here his letters and telegram of October 26, 27 and 29, 1904, to George B. Cortelyou, the Republican National chairman. These letters, made public recently, called Mr. Cortelyou's attention to a report that Standard Oil interests had contributed $100,000 to the Roosevelt campaign, and directed that the money be returned if the re port were true. The telegram was one asking if this had. been done . and add ing that there should be no delay in so doing. Contribution Denied by Cortelyou. "Subsequent to this telegram, Mr. Loeb, my private secretary, called Mr. Cortelyou up on the telephone," the letter continues, "and later I did so my self. He notified me first through Mr. Loeb. and then directly, that no such contribution had been received or would be received. He tells me he saw Mr. Bliss, showed him the letters and telegram, and that Mr. Bliss then told him that no Standard Oil money had been received and that none would be accepted." Colonel Roosevelt communicated also with Senator Penrose. One letter from Colonel Roosevelt to Senator Penrose, dated the day after the 1904 election, read: "Upon my word. Of all phenomenal returns, the Pennsylvania figures are most phenomenal I congratulate you and heartily thank you." Penrose Henchman Removed. Colonel Roosevelt continues: "In all my communications with him before or after election I spoke of con tributions but once. This was in I letter to him of October 28, 1904, in re sponse to a request of his that I should retain the services of one of his hench men, named Bunn, in the Philadelphia postoffice, who had been recommended for removal by the Civil Service, Com mission because of collection of politi cal assessments -from among his sub ordinates in the postoffice. My letter ended as follows: "I have no alternative but to direct his removal. Suppose you won't like this, and I am awfully sorry, but I bee vou to believe that if it were feasible for me to act In any pther way I would do so, and it is only be cause I have no other alternative that I must remove Bunn." "Ugly Word letter Included. Here Colonel Roosevelt replies to an allusion in the recent Washington tes timony to Alton B. Parker's charges in 1904. In reply to this charge, that big corporations had contributed liberally to the Republican campaign fund through the solicitation of Cortelyou, Colonel Roosevelt includes the letter he wrote to James S. Sherman, now Vice-President, on October S. 1906, in which he reviewed at length the Roose- velt-Harriman controversy over the $260,000 contribution of. the late E. H. Harriman in 1904.- This letter, published shortly after it was written, contained correspondence between Roosevelt and Harriman and characterized Harriman's statement that Roosevelt requested him to raise $250,000 as "a deliberate and willful untruth by rights it should be char acterized by an even shorter and more ugly word. It also discusses the letter written by Colonel Roosevelt then President to Harriman on October 14, 1904, in which Colonel Roosevelt said: "Now, my dear sir, you and I are practical men." Colonel Roosevelt's letter to Senator ClaDo then says: "This letter . was written in Mr. Harriman's lifetime, and neither was contradicted then nor can be contradicted now. Loeb Had Talked with Harriman. "Mr. Loeb, my private secretary, heard my conversation with Mr. Har riman and can testify about it, Mr. Harriman never even discussed- with me giving anything to the National committee ana I never spoae to mm about it or requested a dollar from him. "I communicated with Mr. Bliss very infrequently and never made any al lusion to contributions in any letter that I wrote him or any conversation I had with him. From Mr. Bliss, as from Mr. Cortelyou, I received the ex plicit statement that no promise had been made and no obligation entered into, directly or Indirectly, in connec tion with any contribution that had been received or would be entered into in connection with any contribution that might be received in the future. "I hiva never discussed the question of contributions with Mr. Perkins save ir, onnnectton with discussing the ac cusations brought before your commit tee. I have never, aireciiy or muntti ly asked him for a contribution, and I did not. so far as I can remember, ask any human being for a contribution, either while I was running for Presi dent or for Vice-President, or during the recent primary, or since the recent primary." rallcing Done by Archbold. After referring to Archbold's state ment of a visit in company, with Rogers, the letter continues: "The subject of campaign contribu tions was not alluded to. Messrs. Arch bold and Rogers, the former doing al most all the talking, stated they had come down In connection with the ac cusations made against the Standard Oil Company regarding rebates. : I in formed them that Mr. Garfield had in formed me that he was about to report very strongly against the Standard Oil Company on this matter, and I referred them to Mr. Garfield, suggesting that they see him or Mr. H. K. Smith, and go over the matter with them before coming to me. "Mr. - Sibley, then a Congressman from Pennsylvania, called on, me once What the Internal Bath Is Doing for Humanity Under our present mode of living the large intestine (or colon) cannot get rid of all the waste that it accumulates so it clogs up, and then biliousness, constipation, is the result, and that lack of desire to do, to work, to think. This waste in the colon, as we all know, is extremely poisonous, and if neglected, the blood takes up the poi sons and brings on countless very serious diseases appendicitis 'is di rectly caused by waste in the colon. If the colon is kept clean and pure you will always feel bright and capa ble never blue and nervous always up to "concert -pitch." There is just one internal bath which will keep the colon as sweet and clean as nature demands it to be for perfect health that is, the J. B. L. Cascade. Many thousands are using it, and doctors prescribing it with great suc cess all over the world. It is now be ing shown and explained by Woodard, Clarke ft Co., Drugg-nts, Portland. Ask for Booklet, "Why Man of To day Is Onlv 503fe Efficient." or twice to speak on behalf of the Standard Oil people, and urged upon me that they were very good men, and that their accusers were unworthy and mis. guided creatures; but he did not make any specific request about them, as far as I remember, nor arrange an inter view for them." CANAL TO HELP MEXICO CABINET MEMBER SAYS STATION IS AWAKENING. Assurance Given of Friendly Atti tude of Madero Administration Toward United States. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1. Senor Rafael Hernandez, Secretary of the In terior of Mexico, who arrived in San Francisco on a business trip last night, gave assurances today of the friendly attitude of the Madero administration to the United States. "Mexico has awakened to a new realization of its opportunities." said Senor Hernandez, "and It has further realized that Its progress must keep pace with that of the States. Mexico will profit bji the Panama Canal more than any other nation except the United States, having the second longest coast line on the Pacific Coast, and President Madero is keenly alive to the possi bilities of development accruing from the building of the canal." The Mexican statesman, who is ac companied by Albert Madero, uncle of President Madero. and Emerterio de la Garza, his attorney, was entertained today at a luncheon given by represen tatives of the city administration, the Chamber of Commerce and the Panama-Pacific Exposition after he and his party had been taken on a trip around the bay. LOS ANGELES PBEPAKES 'OK CAN All OPENING IN 1913. Letter From Goethals That Ships Will Pass Through Panama Next Year . : Outlines Plans. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 1. (Special.) Announcement by Colonel Goethals yesterday that the Panama Canal will be ready for shipping in 1913 and that the first boat will possibly pass through the locks in September, has clarified Los Angeles' position relative to the speed with which it is neces sary to pursue the harbor improve ment plans. On the first of this montn secretary Mntsnn. of the Lob Angeles riarDor Commission, wrote to Engineer Goethals saving that Los Angeles was at worK on various extensive municipal harbor improvements in preparation for tne commerce that is confidently expected to come when the Panama canal is opened, and that the date of the canal's opening had an important bearing on the city's harbor plans. The letter from Goethals, which was received yesterday, says every effort is being made to complete the excavating and the work on the locks by June 30, 1913. 'If this is accomplished," continues Goethals, "the water will be auowea to rise from the 50-foot elevation to the 80-foot elevation, where it will be held to enable the construction or a dye at the headwaters of one of the tribu taries of the Trinidad River. This should be completed in time to permit the lake to rise to the full height of 85 feet some time in September. The first boat will then be put through. If tho nassaare is made successfully an nouncement will be made that the canal is in. condition to pass snipping, in any event, we expect to be able to pass vessels the latter part of 1913. so that we can have at least a year's try- out before the formal opening." RESIGNATION IS SURPRISE Rome Is Astonished at Action of Ecumenical Patriarch. ROME. Aug. 31. (Special.) The an nouncement of the resignation of the Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantino ple, John III, has caused great aston ishment here. For some time a quarrel over a matter of church discipline has heen in progress between the patriarch. supported by the Pope, and the coun cil of administration of the patriarch ate. During the recent elections in' Turkey the Young Turks, in return for the support of th Armenians, promisea their destitute patriarch offices. In fact this promise was carried out by the late Cabinet. The French Am bassador in Constantinople, in virtue of the rights of France as protector of the Catholics in the Levant, mtervenea in the quarrel. It is believed that the Pope has agreed to the resignation of the Ecu menlcal Patriarch, in order that a new patriarch may be elected who will have the support of all parties, ana mat ine rpurm for the resignation which is published is inexact Should it prove to be the case that the Vatican has accepted the patriarch's resignation, that fact would show that it has acted out of deference to the French Am bassador. That the ground chosen for the set tlement of the fight between the Vati can and France should be Constanti nople, fulfills in a remarkable manner the prophecy of Cardinal Macchi made seven years ago to the effect that the church and France would be reconciled in Constantinople. IRISH SELLING DEAD FLIES Carload of Flypaper GiTen Away and Bonus Paid for Filled Sheets. DUBLIN, Aug. 12. (Special.) Amer ica set the example to the world In a great campaign to "swat that fly." Dublin has followed suit and now med. ical men all over England are urging cities there to follow Dublin. Dublin's civic authorities bought a Our First Message of FALL SUITS For Women and Misses No season has ever before known the creation of such beautiful styles and materials as those that have appeared this season. With our many new arrivals in Tailored Suits, Gowns, Dresses, Coats and Blouses, seems that Paris has contributed her best efforts to in the new shade, Ink Blue, are pic tured here. The one at $30 is of Government Serge, has coat 32 inches long with braid edge and is lined with Skinner satin. Skirt has high This Model at $30.00 side plaits. $30. ,The Suit at $25 is a perfectly plain ' model of Government Serge, with coat 32 inches long. $25. Also at $25 is a Norfolk style, made pf Government Serge, in the new Ink Blue shade. Coat is in this season's new length and is lined with Skinner Satin. New Arrivals Coming in Daily by Express R. E. FARRELL CO. Alder and Seventh "JUST A LITT7-E DIFFERENT" carload of flypapers, each calculated to attract and hold the attention of 3000 flies. These papers are being distrib uted free and when filled six cents a paper are being given to householders presenting them to the health offl- At the city hall every day there is the weirdest death roll called that ever Ireland has experienced and housewives are making money by it, for the stream of Llffey is a favorite haunt of the winged disease distributers. BELFAST RESIDENTS ARM Large Sale of Weapons Is Cause of Uneasiness. LONDON, Aug. 31. (Special.) A despatch from Belfast says that police In the West Division of Belfast have 't-jf J:-: washing i? i::: COMPOUND ipi f V :":.!."; THC GREAT IIVEHTI0H Safety, Freedom from Worry getting a sure receipt, building up credit, doing business in a modern way, these are a few of the. advantages of keeping a check account. . Find this out for yourself by opening an account at the Security Savings and Trust Company MOERISON AT FIFTH STREET Capital and Surplus, $1,400,000 Established 1890 our showing for the Fall Season. Such assortment, too, and with the mark of distinctiveness in every garment truly will women who seek "just a little dif ference" in their dress, find it here. Particularly noteworthy in the new arrivals, and something that we wUl specialize this lseason, are Blue Serge Suits at the popular prices of $25.00 and $30.00 Made of U. S. or Government serge the kind that has a perfectly soft finish and which is used by men tailors. These Suits are very heavily lined with Skinner Satin. Two of the new models, This Model at $25.00 discovered that a certain shopkeeper in that district who deals in arms and ammunition has received an unusually large number of revolvers lately, and that he has disposed of the weapons to customers who live in the same vi cinity. That part of the city, however, is not remarkable In that respect, as in other districts it is perfectly well known that a very large number of similar weapons have been sold dur ing the last few months. The authorities are powerless in the matter, and are now finding that a grave blunder was made when the Peaco Preservation Act was allowed to lapse in Ireland by the present gov ernment. Under that act the postal authorities were empowered to seize any consignment of arms, while the police authorities had such powers that they could have stamped out the traffic In arms which haa been going on for some time.