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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY. MAT 9, 1913. 10. PORTLAND, OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon, Postofflc Subscription Rate Invariably to Advanc (BT MAIL) n.11 On4.a Inning A - . .S8.V Iially! Sunday Inoluded. six month - Dally, Sunday included, tnm monim... I)Mi!y. Sunday Included, ona month rtallv without fiundiv. ona vear. ....... Dally, without Sunday, all month J lallv. without Sunday, thrca month.... 1 Iaily, without Sunday, ona month.. .60 Weekly, one year . - 1.6 Sunday, ona year.... Sunday and Weekly, on year a-60 Itl (BT CARRIER) Dally. Snnday included, on year. . Iaily. Sunday Included, on month . h tm, Remit Kand nostoftlc money or dr, express order or peraonal check on your local nana, buunpa. com or cwiraBi 7 sender's rlKlt. oive posiomce full, lndndtn county and state. PtMmim Rmtea Ten to 14 page. 1 cent t t ii ...... l cm: 2a to 4 pares, cents: 40 to ( paxea, 4 cents. Foralg postage, doable rates. Eastern Bnidnea Office Yerre Conk tin. Kn York. Brunswick building. Chi' casro. fitearar building. Baa rranrlaeo Office R. J. BldweU Caw Ttl Market street. Earepeu Office No. I Recent atreet a TV.. London. FOsTTXANDb FxUDAY, HAT t. 1913. CXXVSERVATTON OF UXB. It la tut a comparatively few years sine the phrase "conservation of hu man life" signified nothing more than the efforts of a more or leas well lntentloned "apothecary" to cure els eases of whose causes he knew noth lnr and of whose prevention he had never dreamed. The programme of the Conference on Vital Conservation at Reed College shows how widely scl nee has extended the field. The care of the modern world for human life Includes, of course, the old-fashioned "cure" of diseases, but this la not Its most Important purpose. The often heard hut practlcaly Ignored maxim of our fathers that an ounce of pre vention is worth a pound of cure has become the guiding; truth of medicine s well as philanthropy. In thee days our physicians, whether of soul or body,- think more of parks ana playgrounds than of incantations and doses. Wholesome food occupies more of their attention than drugs. They have developed the great science of social hygiene, which to our fathers of a century past was wholly un known. It was an ancient reproach of gov ernment that it was more concerned to collect taxes and wage war than to attend to the welfare of Its citizens. People were urged from the pulpit and enjoined by the law to multiply their kind, but there was scarcely a thought of taking pains to keep the tiny flames burning as they were kin dled. The care of children was left wholly to their parents and death rioted madly among the tender buds of life. The Reaper, with his sickle keen, as Longfellow describes him, reaped both the flowers and the beard, ed grain, but by preference the flow- ers. "Shall I have nought that is fair." said he, "nought but the ripened grain?" As a matter of fact. It was the buds and Sowers that he gathered most profusely, and all the consolation mankind had was the hope that the grim Reaper would transplant them in flelds more fair." Perhaps he did so, but now science is teaching us to rear the little things without trans plantation. How radically we have changed our concepts of the duties of government to the citizen is shewn by such topics ns Dr. Calvin 8. White and Dr. Eugene Kelley are to discuss. Dr. White will tell what the State of Oregon has done for the conservation of human life and Dr. Kelley will describe Washington's "recent achievements in conserving the health of its people." The instltu tlons of the world are beginning to realize that human beings are valua ble for other purposes than food for powder and looking after their wel- fare accordingly. When the physi cians of future years take up the same story that Dr. White and Dr. Kelley are to relate they will find It a great deal longer and more exciting. We re only on the threshold of human conservation as ye(. but achievement moves rapidly in these days and much Is done In a little time. It Is said by some students of hu man welfare that adult life Is now less thoroughly protected than that of. children. The death rate of infants has been falling with encouraging speed for the last quarter century. That of people in middle life, we are told, has remained stationary or even risen in some instances. The mala dies of childhood and youth have yielded one after another to medical science. The maladies of maturity, cancer, kidney troubles, breakdown of the nerves, stand about as they did half a century ago, and in the mean time the stress and strain of exist ence have grown more rending. Adult life seems to resist these destructive Influences with waning vigor. The av erage duration of human existence in. creases, but that is because more chil dren survive the perils of early years and more octogenarians forge ahead Into the nineties. It is in the middle period that life continues to show fatal weakness. To meet this assault of the great enemy science turns to efforts for the lightening of toll and the enrichment of leisure in mature years. It invokes the refreshment of art and music for weary citizens at publio expense. Parks are laid out for children, indeed, but with the hope that the littje ones will entice their toll-harried parents to breathe the fresh air and make friends with the flowers. It is the re proach of American men and women that they .do not know how to play. But play Is one of the great conserva tors of life, and the scientific lumin aries at the Reed conference, as we see by their programme, will enlarge upon its benefits for young and old. At the congress of American medi cal men in Washington the other day Dr. Ross G. Harrison, of Tale, showed that small bits of tissue cut from the body can be kept alive al most indefinitely and even caused to grow in suitable fluids. His results are in the same line as the famous Dr. Carrella, and all together they point to a time when wounds will be healed with a speed which now seems lncred. Ible. A writer in the current Forum Is enthusiastic enough to say that our really pressing problems in the con servation of life are no longer so much medical or political as economic We can produce all we need, but we have not. In his opinion, yet learned how to distribute it so as to prevent want and misery. This may not be the princi pal conservation problem, but all must admit that It stands well to the front. ' Of course it will be solved in time.for mankind has never yet seriously and persistently attacked a problem with out finding the answer. All the points in conservation which are to be dis cussed at the Reed conference will be made clear if we give the men of scl' ence time enough. Perhaps in the end they will double the present length of human life or stretch it out tenfold. But will length of days bring corre- sponding Increase of happiness? Who wants to live long if he must live mis erably? The hopeful point is that the conservationists are paying even more attention to the means of happiness than they are to pure food and social hygiene. Indeed, in the last analysis, what is hygiene but happiness? OBSTRUCTION ACAD?. If Mr. Dunlway'a clients, who will attack the commission charter in the courts, honestly have the good of the city at heart, as he asserts, there is no reason why they should conceal their identity. So long as they d there will be Just ground for suspicion that they stand to lose either political prestige or special favors under the new form of municipal government. Mr. Dunlway has shown a willing ness heretofore to employ bis service for purposes not to the best Interests of the city. He has never disclosed the Identity of the clients back of the Broadway bridge litigation, which cost the city delay in securing a needed im provement and for a time impaired its financial credit. That litigation was continued to the point of exasperation of public and Judges. It demonstrated nothing so strongly as that the power to misuse the courts is held by an officer of the courts the quibbling lawyer. Retain ment of an attorney who makes fetich of technicality is almost as strong an Indication of ulterior mo tives on the part of his clients as dark lantern methods In instituting suit. In common sense, whatever they may be In a legal view, the points against the charter mentioned by Mr. Dunlway are trifling. They are ad vanced for no good purpose. The prospective legal action savors of more Klernanlsm. THE WHEAT FROM! THE CHAFF. In the jumble and stir over the ad vance of the Falstaffian army of the unfit on the city jobs, the recall ap pears to have been wholly forgotten, Let us calm down a little over the possibility that the reins of govern ment are to be turned over to crooks, blacklegs and grafters. We think there is no real danger; or If through any mischance it should happen that some one of malodorous record should sneak into office the recall is there. What a ready resource in time of trou ble! Or It ought to be. We have many vigilant citizens who would In stantly turn the recall on to any un desirable citizen who might perchance get a Commlsstonershlp. The real gravity of the situation consists in the prospect that the city may be delivered into the hands of cheap and incompetent tax-eaters, or practical men, otherwise known as politicians. A black record of crimln allty, or actual malfeasance. Is a com paratively easy thing to deal with: but inefficient government and Inexpert and unintelligent public-officials pre sent problems most difficult to solve. Everyone knows what should be done with the crook and knave, but it is not so easy to diagnose and cure a plain case of municipal maladminis tration induced by the poor manage ment of unskilful managers. The problem of the public now is to separate the wheat from the chaff; and to be able to unite in the effort to get capable men in public office. The great activity In many quarters ndlcates a thoroughly stirred public conscience: but there Is danger of too many cooks. MR. BVBLESOX AS A REFORMER. Postmaster-General Burleson shows that he has been awake to public crit icism of his reported plans for modi' fying President Taffs order subject ing fourth-class postmasters to civil service rules. He felt the necessity of giving "the boys" a chance at every ffice which they considered worth fighting for. Therefore every post master who draws 116 a month or more must stand examination in or der to hold his Job. This will Include many a country torekeeper who runs the postoffice as side issue, partly to draw trade and partly as an accommodation to the community. Such men may resign rather than labor through an exam ination. Mr. Burleson evidently knew this. Had he exempted none at all from examination, there would have been ' resignations by wholesale, and In many cases no successor would have been available. He went as low In the scale of salary as he dared with, out risking such a catastrophe. Mr. Burleson's talk about the Taft order having retained in the service, under protection of civil service laws, men who had not demonstrated their fitness is all buncombe. They had demonstrated their fitness by doing the work required of them. If any of them were not qualified, an adverse report from the postal inspector would furnish grounds for removal. Presi dent Taft had only followed the Cleve land precedent and no calamitous re sults followed. Having opened the door to the horde of petty office-seekers, Mr. Burleson tries to restore shaky faith his loyalty to civil service re form by announcing that second and third-class postoffices are soon to be guarded against the spoilsmen. That well. We shall all be glad of It. He would have been accorded the more praise had he not sought to add to his glory as a reformer by trying to di minish that which was Justly due to Mr. Taft. prvcnoT A xi Alaska. Testimony of Gifford Plnchot and ex -Secretary Fisher places upon Con gress responsibility for delay In legis lation for opening Alaska. While there a large measure of truth in the charge, Mr. Plnchot and Mr. FIsherl must share the blame. They have de liberately obstructed acquisition by in dividuals of title to coal land under existing law because they are opposed to the law. As to the source of the opposition to the leasing system, they contradict each other. While Mr. Pln chot accuses ex-Senator Guggenheim of having blocked legislation, Mr. Fisher has stated that the men inter ested In the coal fields were ready to accept that system. Probably the worst obstacle to leg islation for Alaska has been Mr. Pln chot himself. He has insisted on the acceptance of his plans as a whole and has based his stand on charges which Investigation proved to be unfounded. He has attacked the integrity of men by wholesale, confounding the inno cent with the guilty, and has thrown such a cloud of suspicion about every thing connected with Alaska that men have feared to move or speak in ac cordance with their judgment. The Oregonian agrees with him that the leasing system is best for coal land, but he has proposed to attach impos sible conditions with which no Investor would or could comply. The trend of opinion in Congress is toward government construction of railroads in Alaska and toward the leasing system for coal land, possibly throughout the country. There is op position to leasing from some sections of the West, Some of It comes rrom great corporations which from selfish motives wish to own, not lease, the coal land they develop. Others op' pose the system because they object to having the Government converted into a great landlord and because they fear that the development, freedom of action and taxable property- of the states would be unduly restricted. They are entitled to as much credit for sincerity as Mr. Plnchot, and any law which may be passed may well be so drawn as to meet some of their oh Jectlons. Western Senators and Representa- tives must nerve themselves to defy the wrath of Mr. Plnchot, for he will be content with nothing which does not meet his full approval. Like all cranks, he refuses to compromise. WAS OX THE g OCTAL, KVXL. Gradually we are groping our way toward the true remedies for the so cial evil. One state and city after another has held an inquiry into the subject. The Investigators , have sought out the roots of the evil and there Is general agreement as to the principal remedial measures. As we read the report of one vice commis sion after another and as we study one article after another, we are im pressed with a sense of shame at the brutal stupidity and the abject failure of all attempts for centuries back to deal with the problem of prostitution. The central idea of all restrictive, reg ulative and suppressive laws hitherto has been to punish the victim of man's evil deeds and to let the evildoer go scot free except for what awful re venge the victim may take by trans mitting to one man disease she has contracted from another. Our laws relating to prostitution are the last survival of slavery in the lands which boast most loudly of their civilization. In old times conquerors took women as slaves to minister to their passions, Just as they took men to labor for them. Foreign women filled Rome's first restricted district. Houses of evil were frankly licensed, some were even built and owned by the state far Into the middle ages Then the conscience began to prick and nations made a pretense of sup presslon, branding the fallen women as criminals and vagabonds. This only afforded a cloak to the police to blackmail them and to drive them into segregated districts for greater con venience in blackmailing. In some European cities there has been a re lapse to regulation under license, but It has brought only a fraction of the women under strict control. Medical examination has been adopted, not out of regard to the women, but for pro tectlon of their male patrons. All these measures segregation, licens ing, medical examination and registra tion have failed, for the great ma jority of the women evade them by every device known to female cunning, The outcast condition qf these wom en has placed tl,em at the mercy of those who, while protecting them, prey upon them. Hence has arisen the white slave traffic, in which they are transported from country to country, from state to state and from city to city. The Federal Government has begun effective war on this traffic by prosecuting the men engaged in it and is securing one conviction a day. But this work must be followed up by the states and cities in order to make it effective. Even then we Shall have only touched the fringe of the evil. Vice commissions in several cities have hown a keener realization of the right way to grapple with It by pro posing to treat prostitutes as subjects for medical care, reformation, educa tion and training in useful vocations, not as criminals. That policy would take the women out of the vile houses and, if those houses could be kept clear of the traffic, the opportunity to rent property for such purposes would be destroyed. But in order to do that, the supply of women for white slavery must be stopped. There we come to the root of the evil. That root is the unbridled passion of men gratifying Itself at the expense of weak women. The man usually goes unpunished, but the worn. an gradually sinks lower In degrada tion until the white slaver catches her. Once branded as a scarlet woman, she cannot recover herself. The secret of her fall is Ignorance or weakness, mental or moral or both. Records in New York City show that over half the women sent to the Bedford Hill Institution have the barest rudiments of education, - about one-fourth are mentally defective and a considerable number are insane. Their fall dates from their 17th or 18th year, few women of maturer years entering the downward path. These girls do not realize the consequence of their first lapse and, even if they did, very many of them lack the strength of will to resist the importunities of men. The true beginnings are in rational instruction of both boys and girls in the secret of sex. In parental care and restraint over children. In supervision of public places of entertainment, by Inspiring boys with respect for wom anhood and girls with respect for-) themselves. The law and all its offi cers should enforce the same code of morality for men as for women, se verely punishing the seducer. Society should treat him with the repro bation It now visits upon his vic tim. Early marrying should be en couraged and young couples should be taught contentment with a modest beginning at a home. War upon the social evil should be conducted by women as well as men, who will act as friendly monitors io the young and erring, not by the police, who have lready been thoroughly corrupted by contact with it. The best energies and brains of the best men and women of the Nation should be enlisted in this war, for it is war to save both manhood and womanhood from wreck. WASTED ROOFS. The world loses as much in wasted opportunities as , by the actual de struction of health and property. We let enough slip by us In the current of the day to fill our existence with hap piness if we caught and used It. We are moved to these moral reflections by the news that a certain ingenious architect has built a bungalow on the roof of a skyscraper, where he pur poses to live in more than rural sim plicity and peace. Far from the busy hum of earthly life, nearer to heaven than the builders of Babel ever got, he will breathe a serene atmosphere, sleep the sleep of the righteous and trouble no man with the smoke of his kitchen. This brings us to the first neglected opportunity of which we set out to speak. What perverse demon misled mankind to put the kitchen in the basement or even on the first floor of the house? Is it not perfectly i clear that the proper, the only suitable, place for the cookstove, with Its nox ious fumes and pestilential smells, is on the roof? The dining-room ration ally situated would be on the next floor below and the food would be let down in a bucket by a windlass, to the Joy of kitchen maids. The aggregate space included in the roofs of a city as large as Portland must be something enormous and It all goes to waste, or pretty nearly all Occasionally - an inspired genius like the architect of whom we spoke does something in a small section of it, but even he neglects more than he puts to use. There Is no reason in the world why every ,roof that Is flat, or nearly so, should not have outdoor apart ments, especially outdoor sleeping rooms, on them. . The Independent, that fruitful source of new Ideas, describes some pretty nooks that New York people have fitted up on roofs far above the city's racket. It is only fair to say that most of the people who have had sense enough to do this are women Men are too busy to make themselves happy in such an innocent way. An awning protects the rugs and furni ture, a tea table cheers without inebri ating, and a lounge beguiles the brain to the restful novel. Does it not seem superfluous to travel to the seashore when ond has a roof 5 The worst trouble the'Panama Ca nal diggers have had thus far came from sliding strata in the hills along the route. These strata are not firmly fixed in position and the pressure of the overlying hills squeezes them out Into the canal. Whence it costs time and money to remove the debris. The engineers are now going to attack the trouble at its source. Their plan is to assault the treacherous hills with hy draulic batteries and wash them bod ily away. This will forever end the nuisance of sliding strata. , At last the cause of woman's suf frage begins to gain ground in the South. One might have imagined that Its first victories would have been won in the land of chivalry, but chiv alry often means talk, while suffrage is action. Louisiana takes the lead by forming a "votes for women" party, which will not, of course, antagonize other parties, but seek to bring them around to its point of view. Once started in the South, the movement will probably sweep over the whole region. It was a happy thought on Mrs. Kate S. Stephens' part to take the state motto for the subject of the state song. "She files with her own wings combines charming sentiment with a beautiful melody, two requisites for good song. Mrs. Stephens' state song has already acquired an enviable vogue among musicians, and it seems likely enough to be accepted perma nently as the melodious expression of state pride. How can President Wilson reconcile his prohibition of the shipment of arms to the Mexican rebels with his failure to recognize the Huerta gov ernment? Of f lclally," the United States knows of no government in Mexico Then what offense can there be in shipping arms to an unrecognized gov ernment? The Presidents action seems to be the first step in recogniz ing a ruler stained with the blood of Maderff. Despite intention and effort of the Justices of the State Supreme Court to clear the docket, litigation Is bound to overwhelm them. Going to law is one of the Inherent rights of the citi zen of this great and glorious common. wealth when he has the price and the desire for vengeance. Sam Gompers and his partners would better take the little dose and wind up the agony. They have won the contention that started the trouble. To be sure, a question of principle is involved, although slight. Stubborn, ness and obstinacy feed on principle. If Mr. Kaufman, who was driven Into bankruptcy by a vengeful trust against which he had testified, should be given a Job under the Attorney Gen. eral, he would probably be an enthusi astic trust-buster. The immigrants Drought to the Pa cific Coast by the North German-Lloyd will be welcome provided they are of the right kind. That does not mean any. kind of a human being who pays passage money. Suffragists are taking many tricks In State Legislatures, while suffra gettes get only rebuffs in England. Mrs. Belmont should weigh this well before she starts a militant campaign on this side of the water. Germany is Joining England Jn dis content over Panama . Canal toll". China is Joining Japan in anti-alien law protests. How the world must love us! As Jack Johnson's past is brought to life, all the glamor that surrounds the champion bruiser disappears and he is revealed as a mere animal. Six thousand Mexican insurrectos hired a couple of foreign blrdmen to rout 600 federals at Guaymas. That's the true Mexican spirit And Just as the Jobless and irre sponsible were planning on a political raid, along comes the committee of one hundred. If Marshfield would provide about 200 hammers and abundance of rock to be broken, the I. W. W. would soon fade away. The Army scandal was hurriedly and mysteriously stopped. Perhaps the Captain got orders from the Ma jor. J One man with an ax killed twenty five persons in three years. It usually Is done with an operating knife. The competitive test will have to be made mighty easy, for the man who holds a fourth-class office. An educated monkey has been steal. ing gems in Chicago. That comes of humanizing the poor beast It may become simpler to present a list of those who are not candidates. Showers Friday make good roads Sunday. - COMMISSION FORM NOT SO YOUNG. Gray Mule Expert Demands "Ken Gov ernment Next Easter." PORTLAND, May 7. (TO the Edi tor.) Now that we have the charter commission government well on the wiv and a vast multitude or canai dates, answerable to nobody on earth. readv to eacrlnce themselves ror -pap and pension, I say, we may now, for a short spell, stand free of the charge so often cast in our teeth that we as a people so venerate the old moon that we-will not look at the new moon unui it crets old. Are we going to be progressive? Watch us. Have we not progressed? Well, yes, somewhat; but what we are going to do will be a plenty. We are trained to the minute at as a naoi and we are sroine to go. Yassah. Napoleon. In his palmiest days, when he was disposing of "courts and camps and crowns as If they were titular dig nitarle of the chessboard," had noth ing on us. For have we not, in five short years, dispensed with parties and conventions and platforms ana legis latures and courts as though they were the perfumery of fools? We have; and having made these resplendent cnanges, so creernant with possibilities, we have but to abolish the office of President of the republic, elect three self-nom lnated commissioners to rule the roost, embrace Miss Emma Goldman and set sail upon the uncharted sea of progress our sails bellying with the gentle winds of prosperity. What care we for a captain? - Any of us can "box the com pass." We are progressives, we are. For 60 and five years I have lived, laughed, prospered and enjoyed every rirlvileire of a freeman a lord of cre ation under the Institutions founded by illustrious Jefferson and perpetuated by the great ana loving uncoin. so have you who have seen as many years, and that which was mine has been given to each and all; and you have waxed "rich ana Kicnea unaer a iorm f zovernment that knew no material change from Patrick Henry's speech until Roosevelt threw his hat in the ring. Now. however, we have sometning new. well, nave wer inoi oy a jug ful. Commission government ante dates the era In which we live. Is that so? Why, the Idea! I thought It was something entirely newl That's why I voted for it. Can you possibly mean to say it is last year's stylo of government"? Yes, Geraldine, dear, tne riomans tried It out; the chartered cities of ancient Gaul . took a chance with it; Danton, Robesplere and Marat nom inated and elected themselves commis sioners to govern France in the year 1793; and Napoleon presided over the commissioners until his army collected some Jewels for his new crown. Yes, honey, it s quite ova. "Well, why didn't you say so Derore voted? You know good and well I never voted before. Why didn't you tell me?" The fact Is, dumpling, I was away ost of the time, looking for a dead gray mule; but if I had told you some one would have said I was talking in Interest of the paving companies, and, furthermore, I married you right after you graduated. But don't fret, dearie; I'm going out tomorrow and nominate myself for the Mayorallty. Am I! Do vou want your tiusDana standing around on one foot while about half of the population is pirouetting in the Mayorallty marathon? Yes, and ril have the cutest little platform cer tainly I'll write it myself! My slogan will be "a new government next Easter." And. say. honeybug. I m sure to oe elected. You see I have a novelty for my campaign. I'm going to give trad ing stamps. Here, quit that Turn me loose ana get over here and ask me to announce for the office. Do you think I want to ask myself? ROBERT Q. DUNCAJ. 649 East Forty-ninth street North. CALIFORNIA'S OTHER ALIEN LAW Native Son Mandate Held More Vicious Than Japaneae Act. PORTLAND, May 8. (To the Editor.) The State of California is a wonder ful state. In Its natural resources God has seen fit to make it the most pro ductive and wealthiest state in the union. It Is wonderful in the people which It contains they are God's chos en few. Upon them he has bestowed his most sacred blessings, such as there never has been given to any other class or race of people. They have Just passed their famous anti-alien bill, excluding Japanese from ownership of their sacred boh. This Is not strange or anything un usual. Why shouldn't they? What distinction do the Japs possess to give them any special rights or privileges? True, they are honest, trustworthy, hard workers and tillers of the soil, That Is no reason why they should be allowed to possess any part or tne sa. cred domain of California. They in fact are lust like any other human be ings (outside of the state of California) who want to live ana lei live. This Is not the first antl-alien law the mighty people of California passed rn vears aeo they passed an anti- alien mandate against all the people of the United States, and which manaate la in full force and effect. The "native eon" mandate which was and Is more pernicious and vicious than the anti- Japanese bill. Under the "Native son Association a noor devil rrom anotner state was hounded from pillar to post. The op portunity of earning a livelihood was denied so long as mere was a native on to be taken care oi even a poor washerwoman from a sister state, could tarve on the streets by reason of their association. ' " But being so bountifully possessed and sacredly blessed, why should they want to mingle with the oommon herd? In the event that tne Japanese should declare war, they would not earl the aid of sister states. Being the chosen few. they do not believe In Na poleon's theory thai God Is on the side which has tne neaviesi ariuiery. Long live the Native sons or Califor nia! JOHN C. 6HILLOCK. Voting for Other Parry Candidates. PORTLAND, May 8. (To the Editor.) Can a voter who has registered as a Democrat write in a -Republican can didate's name on a Democratic ballot at a primary election? If so does this vote count? This Is with the supposi tion that there Is a Democratic can didate up for this office. G. E. V. A registered Republican may write In the name of a Democrat on his pri mary ballet, but the vote Is counted as for the Republican not the Democratic nomination. In the recent election the name of A. L. Barbur, Republican, was written in on enough Democratic tick ets to give him the Democratic nomlna tlon. - He was also nominated by the Republicans.' Toilet Preparations. EUGENE, Or- May 7. jtTo the Ed itor.) Can a person sell (1. e., wouid It be lawful) face bleaches and creams one mixes himself If he has no phar macist diploma and is not a doctor? In othfer words, can anyone mix and sell skin preparations? E. W. L. - Yes, If their contents are not such as are prohibited by law. Where to Find Treaties. . PORTLAND, May 8. (To the Edi tor.) Will The Oregonian please in form me where I may obtain a copy of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and of the Hay-Fauncefote treaties? BUBBU1J1. Volumes containing all treaties are available for study at the Portland Publio Library. SIRS. DUNIWAY IS NOT CANDIDATE She Score Ignorance of Some Voters and Ask New Registration. PORTLAND. May 7. (To the Editor.) One feels that the spirit of common sense is yet alive in the city when reading the leading editorial in The Oregonian this morning. It seems that Just such a shock as the primary vote of Saturday was necessary to arouse the majority of citizens from the apathy and ignorance under which they bad been sleeping. All patriotic women must heartily Commend the spirit of awakening that now proposes the appointment of that much-needed "Committee of One Hun dred." It is too much like "locking the stable after the horBe has been stolen altogether to satisfy the women who foresaw the workings of that proposed commission charter and did their fee ble best to focus their light upon the attention of the majority of really hon est and capable men and women who could have checkmated the political trickery they now attempt to combat If they had done tneir auty at tne prt mary election. I have no word of censure to offer the large number of women who tell me they voted yes on the "charter, merely, as they thought, to get it on the ballot for the June election, and now discover -themselves entrapped. But I must say to men, to whom the exercise of the franchise is not new, who are pleading the same excuse, that they ought not only to be ashamed of their ignorance, but to be ready to sue tain the proposed Committee of -One Hundred In its efforts to redeem our city from the ring rule which had the audacity to line up Its petitioners of 100 for Unpolitical slate within call of "headquarters before the polls were closed on- primary day. By all means let the demand be made for a new registration, so that tardily awakened voters may know what they are now up against. . I learn that many women are talk ing up a scheme to ask me to become a candidate for the Mayoralty. Couldn't do it, ladies, though I thank you for your allegiance, which I shall always do my best? to deserve. I think I am a pretty good woman as matters stand but there is danger, if I should become a candidate, that I might learn of hav ing some time done something naughty, of which I now know nothing. Only think of It! One of our very leading citizens who became a candidate was actually accused of being a member of a club with headquarters in San ran Cisco! Not only that, but he had tQ. bear the disgrace of buying an auto mobile from the agent of a California firm! , ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY. WOMAN FINDS MANY KIND HEARTS Worker In Home Treated Well Churches Not Narrow. - PORTLAND, May 8. (To the Edi tor.) In reply to "Ten Years a Word ing Woman": There must have been a lucky star In the heavens at my birth, for I must say right here I found Port land the "city of kind hearts." I came here two years ago, no income, handi capped In many ways. One of my chil dren was stricken by that dread dis ease, infantile paralysis. I was reared In the Southern states; was not taught to look upon drudgery as a blessing. Those whom I have worked for have treated me as though I was their mother. Civilization does not require that a woman should powder her nose and pin on her false hair while women starve for the want of the money that goes Into powder and false hair. I will admit, as times are, that even salt pora; and potatoes cost consider able and poorly fed people may per haps become saints, but they will be vigorous workers for some church. I may be classed as self-styled Chris tians. I attend the Evangelical and Baptist and Mormon and Christian Science churches although I am a Uni tarian, but am not able to pay car fare and don't feel strong enough to walk. I find the churches are able to rise above a narrow prejudice. Knowing that pure pleasure is seldom possible, I do not seek It. Those two girls born and reared on farms deserved praise for not killing their babes before they entered this life.' When girls make a mistake In trusting to man's honor, as a rule they have all the disgrace to bear, all the expenses to pay. Yes, I believe in help ing Jt.he fallen women by Influencing them to a better life that will in some degree lighten the great heartache and bitterness of the world. Custom draws a soft curtain over the imper fections of man. I believe In equal rights and special favors to the women. There will be a resthouse for. tired, sick, clean working women. Happily for me, I have learned to live much In the spirit and in the brightness on the other side of life. , M. E. OADES. 403 East Sixth Street COLORED SIGNS ON STREETCARS. Aid for Night Patrons of System Sng- geated by Writer. PORTLAND, May 8. (To the Editor.) Standing on a Portland street corner the other night, patiently waiting for a car, the writer was one of a goodly number of citizens homeward bound A streetcar emerged from the mist, and as it approached the group there was much speculation as to Its destination. craning of necks, and anxious looks di rected toward the illuminated destlna tion sign in front of the car. A few short-sighted folks even ventured off the sidewalk to the roadway to assure themselves whether It was "their" car or not, thus risking their necks at the hands of the omnipresent, reckless chauffeur necks that may perchance (at least some of them) be needed some day for a loftier purpose, and should not therefore be exposed to present dangers. It was observed that the Illuminated1 sign was the usual black background with white letters. Can The Oregonian Inform whether the law governing that color design Is Immutable In this state? If not H is suggested that It would benefit all concerned to vary the de sign so that the destination could be observed Instantly, say as follows: Purple background with white lettering Portland Heights car. White background with black lettering, St Johns car. Red background with white lettering, northbound car. Green background with white lettering, east-bound car. And so on. Should it be too prodigious an under taking to make such a radical altera tion at one fell swoop, the change could be made gradually, so that the shock' to the public would not be too severe. There Is nothing experimental about the scheme. It has been tried and adopted In the chief cities of America lo these many years. Portland is now assuming proportions and should be up-to-date in this respect iy or before the next Rose Festival. A. w. NEALE. One on tke Mother. PORTLAND, Or., May 7. (To The Editor.) From the epidemic agitation now going on from pulpit press, and women s ciuds ana vice commissions about the girls of our day going to the bad, a thing in my opinion altogether overdone, may I give an incident, of recent aate in my oia nome county in Illinois? A girl In rummaging over some pa pers found an old love letter written by her father to her mother when they were in the halcyon days of their court ship. The daughter read this letter to her mother, substituting her own name and that of a young fellow tagging around after her. The mother was Instantly In a rage. and forbade her daughter ever speak ing to a fellow who would write such a letter to a girl as that The daughter then banded the letter to her mother to look over, and the house suddenly be came so quiet that they could hear the grass growing In the front yard. U. 2. UUNU. Twenty-five Years Ago Prom The Oregonian of May s, 1SSS. The Multnomah Street Railway Com. 1 pany is negotiating with parties in the East for the conversion of its lines into a cable railway system. The Portland Cable Railway Company are making preparations to go on with the work of constructing the road to Portland Heights. Yesterday car No. 5 was put on the Morrison bridge railway line. Three more cars have been orderfd from San Francisco. Efforts will he made to extend the line to Lone Fir Cemetery by Decoration day. Mr. George -Evans, who has been under engagement with the Northern Pacific Railway Company at Tacoma for the past three years, got lost last even ing In trying to find the residence of his brother-in-law, P. E. Brigham, on Nob Hill. Judge Stearns made an order yes terday excheatlng the property of John Fenstermacher to the state. The prop erty is worth about $15,000. Rev. Arthur J. Brown will be In stalled as pastor of the 'First Presby terian Church this evening. C. B. Woodworth, secretary of the Northern Pacific Cannery Company, has been to San Francisoo. J. H. Jones has let the contract for the four-story brick building which ke is about to erect at the northwest cor ner of Front and Madison streets to Mr. George Brown. Recently Archbishop W. H. Gross, of this city paid a visit to Union County and was hospitably received. A. Noltner, United States weigher and gauger, has been appointed postoffice Inspector for this district In place of the late George Mason. Half a Century Ago From Tha Oregonian of May 9, 1883. New Yory, May 2. Wheeler's brigade marched out from Fredericksburg, in tending to check the advance of Hooker's Army, but, heaTing of the magnitude of the movement, he ordered his brigade, which was panic-stricken, back to their fortifications. Generals Lee and Jackson are in command at Fredericksburg. Four brigades were three miles above the city, with orders to fall back on the rifle pits on the approach of the Yankees. Chicago, May 2. Memphis dispatches to April 30 say Ferguson's cavalry, which started from West Tennessee, had penetrated to Central Mississippi, threatening Columbus. Russia has granted a full and entire amnesty to all Poles and Russians who lay down their arms and return to theiT allegiance by May 80. The amnesty has been universally rejected and a protest against the amnesty circulated. The insurgents were victorious at Cischo, Cineo, Konln and Polabl. The insurrection is gaining ground. L C. Fuller bought yesterday from packer named Tregasens $1000 In gold dust from Boise River, where he had taken It In trade in less than six hours. The wharf boat belonging to the People's Transportation Company at Lower Cascades sank on Thursday with considerable freight on board. Plea to Young Men. PORTLAND, May 8. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonian's editorials many times have appeared articles which have discussed tjie problem of the girls. Some of them stated that the cause which makes girls go wrong Is that the parents of children do not teach them properly when they are young. Others said that it was the small sal ary; but the main cause, I think, no one has mentioned. Now these facts are from my own experience. I am 20 years of age, and going to school and making my own way. I have three sisters and they are younger than I am. We were left orphans when I was 14 years of age and we never had candid advice from that time. But let me tell you that we are virtuous and noble today and are very glad of It Yes, the lack of teach ing by parents ana small salaries may have something to do with girls going wrong, but if we boys mind our own business and eliminate our Immorali ties and extravagant doings, then th girls can easily make their own way honestly. We are livinar in the ZOth century. We claim that we are the most civil ized people today, so then let us use our own conscience and do what is tha only proper thing to be done treat each girl as though she were our own sister. G. D. JONES, 625 Y. M. C. A. Life of Napoleon. SALEM, Or., May 7. (To the Ed itor.) Please advise me as to what you consider a good work on the "Life of Napoleon." READER. Life of Napoleon, 2 vols., by J. Hol land Rose. Pub. London, 1905. SUNDAY FEATURES A Kicker She is beautiful Olive May, and she has kicked her way into the English peer age. An absorbing page tells of her career from chorus girl to wife of a Lord. Yachting A feature page, elaborately illustrated, on the fast craft that sail Portland har bor. Theodore Roosevelt Another chapter in his autobiography in which he tells of early associa tions and the very beginning of his political life. A most inter- esting part of the Roosevelt autobiography is here unfolded. Go Barefoot Paris ladies are doing it, and it promises to be come quite the fad. Gibson Pictures The widow becomes a trained nurse. What Do We Read? You will be surprised to learn the trend that Portland readers have taken in their reading. Grow Your Own Pipes You may easily do so with the aid of a few calabash vines. Firing Miss Cohen Another Potash and Perlmuter tale, by Montague Glass. Ia Old Tunisia An account of the strange human ant hills of that distant realm. At the War Game Further observations of an Oregonian correspondent at the Navy- ma neuvers off the Virginia capes last month. Many Other Features Order today of your newsdealer. a