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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, TUESDAY. JUNE 24, 1913. 5 t tOBTLAXD, OREGON. Entered at Portland. Oregon, Postofflcs u econd-clas matter. fcubcrijUou Rate. Invariably In Advance: (BY MAIL) Dally, Sunday Included, one year $8.00 Dally, Sunday Included, six months.... 4.2S Dally, Sunday Included, three months.. 2-25 Dally, Sunday Included, one month ?5 Dally, without Sunday, one year S-00 Dally, without Sunday, six months 3.25 Dally, without Sunday, three months... 1.75 Dally, without Sunday, one month 60 Weekly, one year X.60 Sunday, one year .'..... 2.50 Sunday and Weekly,, one year (BY CARRIER) Dally, Sunday Included, one year .J0 Daily. Sunday Included, 'one month 75 Mow to Kemlt Send postotflce money or der, express order or personal check on your local bank. Stamps, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give postofflce address in full, including county and state. Postage Rates 12 to IS pages, 1 cent; IS to 32 pages. 2 cents; i to 48 pages, S cents; 50 to 60 pages. 4 cents; 62 to 7 pages, 6 cents; TS to 3 pages, cents. Foreign post age, double rate. Eastern Buslue"a Offices Verree & Conk II n. New York, Brunswick building. Chi cago. Steger building. San Francisco Office R. J. Bidwell Co., 74 2 Market street. European Office Mo. Z Regent street S. W London. . PORTLAND, TUESDAY. JUNE 24v, 1913. GET RID OF THESE OFFICIALS. The resignation of District Attorney McNab should toe. promptly followed by that of Attorney-General McReyn olds. More than that, the usefulness of Secretary of Labor Wilson Is now so seriously Impaired as to render him undesirable In a Cabinet position. "When a public official whose duty it Is to' direct prosecution of white-slave offenders improves the chances of es cape of two such miscreants as Dlggs and the younger Caminetti, the quail ties essential to a proper conduct of the department of Justice are shown to be lacking. "When that official can offer, upon the resulting protest and resignation of a subordinate, only the trivial comment, "a Republican Dis trict Attorney has resigned and I am shedding no tears," the high Ideals set up by the President in selecting his advisers are shattered and either Mr. McReynolds and his fellow-schemers must go or the professions of the Administration must be revised to con. form to its practice. Otherwise, hy pocrisy will be installed in office at Washington. Consider the facts. Two young men are indicted for debauching two girls -under circumstances which aggravate the offense. All their wealthy and po Htically influential friends exert them selves to corrupt the witnesses for the prosecution and to delay trial until they have succeeded. The father of one of the young men, Caminetti, la appointed to high office under the Government, and soon afterwards asks leave of absence to attend the trial. His superior. Secretary Wilson, "in sists" on his delaying the trip, and pro fesses that, in order that the father may attend, postponement of the trial 1s necessary, advancing public busi ness as an excuse. He pretends to ask, for public reasons, that which his sub ordinate most earnestly desires for a private reason that a scheme for de feat of justice may be carried out. Mr. McReynolds readily compiles, and when his subordinate, after resisting endless pressure in behalf of the ac cused, finds that his chief has surren dered and for that reason resigns in disgust, the Attorney-General flippant ly remarks: "A Republican District Attorney has resigned and I am shedding no tears." Doubtless not. A man so morally obtuse as to act as Mr. McReynolds has acted and speak as he has spoken would not shed tears over any out come of any infidelity to his trust of w-hlch he might be guilty, unless it affected himself. Before he hears the last of this affair, he may shed many tears over his own deserved humilia tion. Secretary Wilson is culpable for hav ing used his influence with his col league in behalf of his subordinate and for then attempting to cover his real motive with so hypocritical and flimsy an excuse. The public can have no further confidence in such a man, and all his public acts would - be viewed with suspicion. The very last man who should have asked such a favor as he obtained was Mr. Caminetti, for he must have known that it would be granted solely -on po litical grounds. The last man to whom Mr. McReynolds should have yielded was Mr. Caminetti or any fellow offi cial.; The last case in which indulgence should be shown is one involving a crime of such vlleness. There is the excuse of parental affection for Mr. Caminetti's action, though, had he been made of such stern stuff as were some Roman fathers in the land of his birth, he would have handed over his reprobate son to th- law. But he has smirched himself with the filth which daubs his son. Having turned the law from its course, he is no long er fit to administer the law. He, too, should go. No men need more loyal support from their superiors in the perform ance of their duties than the prosecut ing officers of the Government. When ' men of wealth and influence are ac cused of crime, the pressure brought to bear on these officers directly in their own community, where there is no possibility of avoiding it. Is tremen dous. Their power of resistance must come not only from a sense of duty but from a belief that the man at Washington, who is free from local in fiuences, will stand staunchly behind them, strengthen their nerve and urge them on with brave words. If 'that man abandon a subordinate in such a time of trial, he is comparable to the General who cravenly deserts his sol diers in battle. In the present case, when the prosecutor gives up his office rather than assist a scheme to defeat justice, the coward who has deserted him lightly congratulates himself on naving got rid of a political opponent. If there was one thine above all others which the people were led to expect from the Wilson Administration it was even-handed Justice, not flinch ing Defore the rich and powerful. At the first test, these professions col lapse like a burst balloon and we And two Cabinet officers putting their heads together to defeat justice. The American boy is of the blood of which heroes are made. Size does not count; big or little, he meets emer gency and death, if need be, with the calmness of the stoic. The Spartan boy has been extolled in song and story, but the American boy goes down to fame in prose. One needs but read of the Buffalo boys, 10 and 9. who were swept to death In the Niagara rapids Sunday. When they realized rescue was Impossible "the two mites turned toward each other and calmly shook hands" and faced their doom. Just read that again, and again, you doubter who thinks this Is a decaying Nation. Some time, perhaps, when the sun grows cold and the stars grow old, and the blood runs as if In an icicle mold, .this Nation will take its place In the discard; but that time will not be until It has ceased to produce boys like the lads who faced the inevitable and met death in the rapids. POWER OF PULL. President Wilson thinks that delay in the Caminetti case will not embar rass the prosecution; but District At torney McNab saj-s it will. We rather think that Mr. McNab, being on the ground, and having di rect . responsibility fori the Govern ment's part in the prosecution, ought to know what he is talking about. We rather think,, too, that the President ought to have known what he was talking about before he said or did anything. The whole aspect in which the Cam inetti case presents itself to the public and to an extent the case against the Western Fuel Company is that the man with sufficient pull may have a controlling influence with the Wilson Administration. It is something of a shock to observe that the lofty ideals and virtuous self-exaltation of the President have given way before a de mand for personal favor or political accommodation. But the facts are too obvious for controversy. It will be interesting to learn If we ever learn what powerful hand Stayed the orderly progress of the prosecution against the Western Fuel Company. IMPROPER. The Oregonlan finds it difficult to believe that the City Council has any purpose, as reported, to grant a new franchise to Mr. Heusner. A year ago, or less, he was tendered a franchise and he declined to accept it. At the recent election he proposed a fran chise under the initiative and It was voted down by the people. The ad verse majority was large. It is incredible that Mr. Heusner can all at once have made up his mirnj to accept the original franchise; it is equally inconceivable that the Council, in the expiring hours of Its existence, may have decided to tender it, or any other franchise. Such an act savors of bad faith with the people and with the new administration. It cannot in the circumstances be Justified. The Oregonlan would like to see the city grant a franchise to Mr. Heusner and his associates on fair terms. But it thinks also that the backers of Mr. Heusner should be dealt with as prin cipals, and not as unknown accessories. It thinks also that the new adminis tration will deal Justly with Mr. Heus ner, and that there is great impropri ety, to say the least, in Jamming any franchise through just before the new charter goes Into effect. EXEMPTION OR NO EXEMPTION. , President Wilson slides around the issue over the sundry civil bill by say ing the obnoxious clause does not ex empt labor unions and farmers" asso ciations from prosecution. Certainly not. It merely forbids the use for that purpose of funds appropriated by the measuW. That is all. The Gov ernment officers may prosecute all they please from now until doomsday, out they must use none of the usual Government funds to do it. A petition with 200,000 signers. asking the President to veto the bill and making an argument against the exemption of farmers' and labor unions, had these two meaty para graphs on the subject as to whether the hill does or does not do what It essays to do: Tf It does. it CKStM A. fBVOMH flae., A lawbreakers; officially directs the unequal enforcement of the law; requires the Presi dent and executive officers to violate their oath of office. Insults the great law-abiding members of the excepted classes; subverts the administration of justice, and outrages every principle of American government. If it does not, it is a hypocritical pretense, apparently granting what It don nm .i.. catering to the dangerous and subversive de- rnunci ior exemption from the penal law, to which demand it gives to the n.ihllp color or approval, holding a bad promise to me ear ana DreaKing It to the hope. President Wilson will glen the hill because it does not accomplish what its framers intended it shbuld accom plish. That is a strange reason. MORE FORESTRY OPPRESSION. EverV few rlavs thero rrm,oc T-v, Oregonian some new complaint of the oppressive administration of' the For estry Department. The following is the most recent: RAN'DLE, Wash.. Jun m rrrt xrai tor.) We live In a forest reserve. w hi an opportunity of observing its peculiar wnrlcinirN at fin.. ...... .. i . . . - ' . i ii iiieory.ii may appeal to many; but in practice it is a sad dismal failure. The whole state suffers from its blighting- effect, and we wholive here feel its immediate oppression. The Injustice mai we nave to endure is sometimes beyond tolerance. The laws are twisted and dis torted ta nrvnt . . . - . , - . ' --.unc.nt. vv e nave thousands of acres of splendid agricultural in mi aetuoii 01 i.ewia uounty. within the forest reserve, and all of the machinery Of th Knrpit t-i. T3iti . - . . . j ...... ,D n i. hud operation to prevent the opening of these lands for When we mention injustice it may appear to Tnanv that n... , - ------ - ...bunj' wur grievances against the forestry officers, but as a single ... ...... .wuu u-3 01 iiuwer. we wish to direct your attention to the enclosed sworn statement of 24 of the most respected settlers, who have been compelled to appeal ' oocreiary 01 Agriculture for protec- t'on. ine statement Itself is explanatory o enu 11 10 ine oregonlan, knowini Its attitude on conservation as it is prac ticed. There are hundreds of communitiei itiat4 as 11- -. i i i ... . , , , . -ii-Mrii uj xne urego- nian. who have trmthi.a 1 , .. i. . .1 . nature, and who no doubt are fighting as io iu inrow on mis vicious un-Amer iiu jitttc, ana wno no aouDt keenly appreci ate an w H n t i .rr.i.t. t i ,-. , .o u i jho urvKoaiaa to secure the opening of agricultural lands ... mo iwmi reserve ior settlement. We feel that relief from this condition w be brought about through the Influence ablfl nilhlli-atlrtna a n .4 - : - , . - r - " fwv. fJi-ri! ,J 1 c BCCKing redress must look to such publications for nio ueB'rea reiier. RANDJLB COMMERCIAL. CLUB. Owing to its length, the sworn state ment of the twentv-four sAttien not be given in full, but here are the essential facts related: The Big Bottom country has been tetnea ior xorty years, although it if still twentv miles frnm a T-ai,-n-, .4 Leading into the district is a road built oy me settlers which has been used as a public highway for twenty years and was surveved and nvinmitnH such five years before the National forest was created. . The Big Bottom settler Adr- be in closer touch with the doctor, the unaertaKer, the clergyman, the store keeper and other aeenci tion, so they organized a co-operative teiepnone company and erected their poles and strung: their wires sinne- th. county road. The farmers personally dug the post iiuie, ana supplied ana placed 1 poles. Some had to borrow money contribute their shars nf iha the to of wire and insulators. The line charges no tolls and rents no telephone instru ments. Anybody may send intelligence over it iree ot cnarge. The mainte nance COSt is provided bv an anm.ol assessment of about J 5 on each phone owner. Before constructing the line the set- tiers oDtainea a permit from the coun tv authorities, and at tiu - Forest Supervisors they also appli for a permit from the Forestry Bureau, although the line was on a public high way. During construction .of the system. there was no word of protest from the Government. But since its completion the Forestry .Bureau has demanded that it be given use of the line with out assessment for maintenance and imposed other conditions with which the settlers do not feel they can com ply. Now, rather than pay $20 a year for the four telephones the Forestry Serv ice desires, the bureau is constructing its own system at a cost of J 1500, and has brought suit to compel the removal of the farmers' line and for "damages.". It is attempting to exert authority over long-established public highway bordered by a reserve, and has im posed on struggling, well-meaning, honest settlers the burden of expensive litigation. "We cannot afford to carry on this litigation," say the settlers. "We need the money it will take for other pur poses. We need hundreds of things about our places and in our homes. We need shoes and clothes for our wives and children, and we had better succumb to the unjust demands of the Forest Service than to rob our fam ilies of money spent in defending our rights." So appeal is made to the Secretary of Agriculture for some oth er method of adjusting the con troversy. That the existence of a telephone line along a public highway through a Government forest interferes in any way with conservation of National re sources may be solemnly averred by a bureaucrat who has never seen, a tree outside of a city park, but it is the height of absurdity in the mind of a practical individual of ordinary men tality. For the Government of the United States to depend for its tele phone service on the arduous toil and sacrificing enterprise of a group of struggling settlers is the extremity of bureaucratic littleness. To attempt to mulct them of damages when no dam ages other than those of doubtful tech nicality exist indicates a heartless pe- cunioslty somewhere in the Adminis tration of a great Nation. The ma licious and officious paternalism of the Forestry Bureau is unworthy of a free government. A COMING LIBEL SUIT. The anti-suffragists have stood it about as long as they can to hear vaguely from Tom, Jack and Susan that they are tied up "with the liquor interests. They are now on the watch for a statement of that kind in unmis takable guise, .and when they get hold of one they propose "to sue for libel. Miscreants who feel disposed to re peat this malicious fable will do well to Jook out for themselves. They may land in jail before they know what has caught them. The circumstance that the "Hauor interests" are active in every suffrage campaign on the anti side is pure co- Incidence. The fact that they spent large sums of money to defeat suffrage In Michigan and Wisconsin is one of those queer combinations of facts which occur everywhere and which mean nothing. Nobody but a malig nant libeler would think for an in stant that women so 6weet, lovely and truthful as the anti-suffragists would tie themselves up with gin. There is no need of any tie-up. Gin and anti suffrage have Interests so clearly iden. tical that they can walk side by side In the same direction toward the same goal for a hundred years and never have occasion to say-boo to each other. When people want the same thing; and are ready to work for it at the same time, such a thing as a formal con tract would be absurdly superfluous. - Unintentionally, no doubt, the anti- suffragists are aiding the "liquor in terests' as they are aiding to keep lit tle children at work in factories and to hinder minimum wage laws. The anti-suffragists are one of the reac tionary forces of the times, and un fortunately they are. very powerful. There is naturally no open alliance whatever between them and the forces of evil. Nor is there any conscious secret alliance. Kvil finds them help ing along all that it desires. It keeps Its mouth closed and says nothing. Evil is far too wise to kill the goose that lays its golden eggs. , If whisky should come out openly and disclose all the benefits it gets rrom the anti-suffragists, the fat would be in the fire immediately. For these are good women' and they would not for the world do mischief if they knew it. The trouble is that they do not know it and probably never can learn it. - - THE NEW CURRENCY PLAN. The banking and currency bill which has been drawn by Senator Owen and Representative Glass in collaboration with the President is better than the first synopsis made it appear. It is impossible in making a synopsis of so long and cumbersome a measure to cover all its points, or not to obscure some. Study of the full text of the bill shows that some of the criticisms heretofore made by The Oregonian were not justified and we cheerfully withdraw them. Provision is made for representation of commercial and agricultural interests on the boards of -federal reserve banks; for Inter change of business between these banks; for foreign banking. Retire ment or the bond-secured currency, however, which is one of the most needed reforms, is still in doubt, the committees having been unable so far to devise a plan. In fact, the bill embodies all the essential features of the Monetary commission's bill with this marked difference that Government control is made complete. Instead of a Na tional reserve bank governed by a board including a minority of Gov ernment members, the rest being; elect ed by the district reserve banks, we are to have a Federal reserve board of which two-thirds are to be Govern. ment members and only one-third elected by the district reserve banks. This board will control the district re serve banks. Government control is also to bh strong In each district bank, for of the nine directors on each board three are to be appointed by the Fed eral reserve board, three elected by the stockholding banks and three to represent commercial, agricultural and industrial interests. The head is chopped off the Com mission's organization and a new head put in Its place. By a Democratic Ad ministration, which professes aversion io centralization, we are given a stronger dose of that medicine than the Republicans offered. "What is there wrong about con tinuing a case?" asks the Attorney General of the United States. Yes, in deed; what is there wrong about it? What difference, if confidence in the courts diminishes as grow the . law's delays? What of it if concrete evidence adds to current belief that, there are different brands. of justice for rich and poor? Who should worry if Justice long deferred robs of our penal stat utes their crime-deferring purpose? What are the rights and expectations of society in comparison with the smooth running of a Government bu reau? Out with a man who treats the honor of his profession, the efficiency of the courts, and the welfare of the public with such flippant disregard. .The Kaiser showed his cleverness when he asked that instead of spend ing money on gifts to him on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his acces sion, his subjects make gifts to char ity or philanthropy and . eonnect his name therewith. He thus escaped be ing loaded with articles for which he could have no use and ensured the doing of many good deeds. Corpora tions made special payments to their employes, frequently to the pension funds, and almost every city and town established a park or hospital bearing the Kaiser's name. He will derive pleasure from the sight of these insti tutions and his subjects will enjoy the benefit of them. Canada will begin construction of the Hudson Bay Railroad about July 1 and will dredge a ship channel fifteen miles long to Port Nelson, which is to be the terminus. As the road will at first be dependent almost solely on wheat traffic for export and as the bay will be open to navigation only a few months each year, it cannot pay for many years. Probably after har vest each year wheat will be rushed to the seaboard, stored there in great elevators and exported when, the ice melts in the Spring. This method of handling will eat up much of the sav ing due to the short railroad haul. In St. Paul it was a department store; in Baltimore it was a news paper, but the result was the same. A bond issue which experts could not dispose of was offered to the people and taken up instantaneously. The lesson is as plain as -the nose on your face. The people know this city and trust it. If its bonds are offered in manageable denominations without too much fuss and ceremony the peo ple will buy them. France has known this for a long time'. How long will America take to learn it? By insisting on inspection of each piece of Australian beef at the port of arrival, the Agricultural Department Is depriving the people of much of the benefit of cheap meat from for eign countries. The delay in unload ing and selling enhances the price to the . consumer. . Beef Is inspected in Australia before sbipment and does not deteriorate under refrigeration. An arrangement between the American and Australian governments should be possible whereby one inspection will suffice. . The truly significant events of the day are those which show whither thought is tending. Battleships are evanescent compared with ideas. Such an event was the declaration for plain. unvarnished truth made at Baltimore by the advertising men. TKey take their stand on facts. They propose to live or die, sink or swim without lying and, better yet, they intend to make other people do the same thins-. The Job is a big one, but they are big men. The pathetic circumstance about the commencement season la that so many or the graduates Join the grand march cityward. Those from the little towns seldom go;; back home to diffuse the blessings of - culture and standards. They carry their coals to Newcastle. President Thomas, of Middlebury Col lege, adjures his graduates to choose a better part. "Go and live in the hill towns," he says, "not where there is the best Job but the greatest need." Germany is suffering more than oth. er European countries from the fi nancial strain caused by the Balkan crisis' and two large bondhouses have recently failed. The empire is doing business on borrowed money and had hardly recovered from the withdrawal of French loans due to the Moroccan trouble, when this new pinch came. The bankers can keep Germany on its good behavior in International affairs. To avoid the fate of the Titanic, the great steamer Imperator is built with a hull within a hull. That will inter est travelers more than the huge size and luxurious fittings of the vessel, for they think more of safety now than when the Titanic made her first and last voyage. The cherries that are being damaged now by rains are the pie fruit. By and by, when the Royal Anne, the Blng and the Black Republicans that make Oregon famous are ripe, the rains will have ceased, for all the water must have run off. At least, let us hope so. Secretaries McReynolds and Wilson are politicians, but the President and Mr. Bryan are high-minded men, to whom white slavers must be abhor rent. Can they get out of the hole? It Is revealed that a bank robber was once prominent socially. Had he got away with enough he might again become so. It would seem thai the suffragists and antl-suffraglsts of the National capital are on the verge of a free-for-all. It is rumored that there is a crack in the Panama Canal. . But perhaps it is in the man who started the rumor. Futurist dishes are becoming the fad. ' Let us hope cyanide of potas sium will be utilized for seasoning. It is hard for the man whose clover Is down to rejoice with the man whose grain is benefited by these rains. McNab must be a Scot and by na ture a fighter. Whatever he may be he Is out for war and will have it. Noise shortens life, says a Chicago doctor. Which leads to surprise that there are not more widows. The Japanese Emperor's son suf fers from loss of sleep. Probably wor rying over the white peril. Real Summer the country over Is predicted by the Weather Bureau. It's high time. Ex-King Manuel is to wed. one way of making a living. That's England will pay homage to Wash ington. He earned it. Where Is the. Summertime of yes teryear ! Jupe, you're .getting to be a nui sauce! ". MARRIAGE LAW TOO ONE-SIDED Writer Would Not Classify All Who Go to Vancouver mm Physically Unfit. CAZADERO. Or., June 20. (To the Editor.) Replying to R. H. Teed's re cent communication I wll say that il agree with him in his statement that the new marriage law of Oregon is an excellent one, but it is excellent only so far as it goes. Why does it not re quire both sexes to submit to a like examination? As it stands it is a de cidedly one-sided affair. The woman is protected, true enough, but how about the man? I do not in the least blame the men for preferring to have the marriage performed in Washing ton, for wouldn't it be just lovely for the man to submit to the examination and come toting his certificate of health and physical and moral fitness to the altar, when after results might show the bride to have been the one sadly in need of the examination and certificate? Are all women so morally and phys ically pure as to be above reproach? Well, I guess not yet, if my observation (not experience) amounts to anything. Then, why has not the man the same right to know the woman he is to marry, and who perhaps may bear him children, is uncorrupted. as the woman has a right to know the fitness of her husband-to-be? Mr. Reed seems to thick that all who run away from the excellent law (as he calls it) are actuated by a strong reason of physical incompetency. - There may be some that have such reasons as Mr. Reed says for going to Washington, but I believe it a rather broad step to classify ail who go there as such. I, myself, would not submit to auch an examination - unless the woman was compelled to undergo a similar test,"" but if the law included both parties, I would readily consent. I have no objection whatever, for then I would have the same protection as the woman gets under the present law. If morality is to be preserved, the law should include both sexes, for, as it is, the man would be a fool to marry without first finding out. OPTL, SPECIAL OFFICER DISCOURAGED Three Burglars He Captured Tried and Paroled AVI thou t Hln Knowledge. PORTLAND, June 22. (To the Edi tor.) One hears and reads so much about crime and criminals and leniency to criminals and so on nowadays that I should like to cite some experiences that I have had lately and ask you if you don't think they would be a little discouraging to a police officer. On January 14 I caught a man in the act of burglarizing a hardware store at Front and Salmon streets. He was indicted by the grand jury, brought before the court and paroled. On Jan uary 16 I caught another man bur- glariziner a second-hand store at Front and Jefferson streets. He also was indicted by the grand jury, brought oerore the court and promptly paroled. In each case the man was caught in the act after having gained entrance by an unlawful entry, and In each place he committed larceny therein. for which the Oregon code provides a penalty of from one to seven years. Well, now to cap the stack: On Feb ruary 15, just a month after I captured these two men, I ran on to another one robbing a grocery store on Salmon, between Third and Fourth. . This man proved to be a criminal wtih a long record who had only recently been re leased from the penitentiary after serving his. third term. Once again in dictment by grand Jury and trial. What do you suppose they did with him? He was taken in charge by the head of some Mothers' Congress (so I was told by one of the Deputy District Attor neys) and put aboard a ship to be sent to Scotland or Ireland, where. If he committed a crime, he Bure would get It in the neck. -Now wouldn't that Jar you? Espe cially if you were a believer in the say Ing that leniency to criminals breeds criminals. In each case I took a chance to arrest these men and their cases were tried and disposed of without my knowledge. What was the use? Lots of encouragement to a policeman. J. X. POTTER, Special Officer. CHANCE TO HEAR OF EARLY DAYS Vlaltora Are In City Who Should Be Aaked to Address Meeting. PORTLAND. June 20. (To the Ed itor.) Coming to Oregon, almost un heralded, are three of the most widely Known lames or Wyoming who are vis iting Mr. Buckward Hebard, a brother of two of the visitors, who resides in Portland at Alexandria Court. These ladies are direct from Laramie, seat of the state university of Wyoming, and all are members of its faculty, who, coming from the great and growing university or which Dr. Clyde A. Dunl- way. a former Oregon boy. is president very naturally attract my attention and arouse my keenest Interest. Coming as they do direct from an historic section of the Old Oregon Trail oringing with them reminiscences of great value to our surviving pioneers, it Is Indeed fitting that they should appear In our midst at this annual meeting time of the fast disappearing, out once strong and vigorous host of early path-breakers. One of these sisters, Miss Grace Ray mond Hebard, Ph. D., is author of t concise and important historical text- hook, "The Path-Breakers." which, like Mrs. Dye's "The Conquest," ought to be in tne nanas or every student of Amer ican history. The book is dedicated To my friend. Doctor Agnes Wether land," one of the three visitors, also ot the faculty of the University of Wyom ing, aiiss Alice Hebard. the youngest member of- the trio, is another member of the faculty, and the reminiscences they bring us of the endurance, enter prise and daring of the borderers who antedated Lewis and Clark, are thrill ing in the extreme. It would give the greatest pleasure to see a special public meeting ar ranged for these ladies in the assembly room of the Lincoln High School: anil I write these lines in the hope that our progressive educators will call and see tnem at the Alexandria Court and ar range a meeting tor them at a very eariy aate. it I were not a "shut in I should rejoice in helping in this mat ter; but, as it Is, I know of no better way than to appeal to The Oregonian, wnicn everyDooy reads. ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAT BACK TO GETTYSBURG. Those dear old men are going back. To Gettysburg once more: Again they'll talk of Pickett's charge Ana near tne cannons roar. Again they'll stand upon the slopes And view the solemn scene. Where rest the forms of those who fell They'll "talk it o'er again." Oh, what memories there will cluster Of those unforgotten drills. And of those who will not muster On Pennsylvania's hills. There comrade will meet comrade. And the years will roll away, And aged forms will stand erect On Gettysburg today. There Northern men and Southern men May sit beneath a tree. And talk in friendly fashion Of Hancock and of Lee. How proud the Nation is that they Are marching on their way, In a reunited country To Gettysburg today. GEORGE H. SANDS. 3C9 East Morrison street. City. Skilful Retreat ot a Veteran. Kansas City Times. He Will you be my partner She Oh, George, this Is so sudden Give me a little time He (continuing) For the next dance &ne (continuing) To catch my breath. I . haven't recovered from the last Boston yet. Twenty-five Years Ago From The Oreconlan of June 24. 1S88. Port Townsend. June 23. The funeral of the Indian chief, Duke of York, took place here today. Twenty-three car riages, loaded with old residents, fol lowed the remains to the grave in the Masonic cemetery. In the early days Duke of York, then a young chief of the Chemakum tribe, saved the Lower Sound country from war. Victoria, June 23. The boat race at Shawnagon Lake between Peterson of San Francisco and Paine of California took place this afternoon and resulted in an easy victory for the San Fran ciscan. Seattle, June 23. M. D. Egbert, of Walla Walla, is in the city. Yesterday the last events of the fire men's tournament took place and the course on Third street, between Stark and Ash, was crowded all day. The 250-yard race was a tie between Dave Campbell, of Portland, and E. Cameron or AiDany. Miss Maggie Fearnside has received the appointment of clerk at the gener al delivery window at the Portland postoffice." T. J. Farron, the Irish minstrel, will follow Gus Williams at the New Park Theater. Last evening at the close of business the clerks in Thompson. D Hart & Co.'s store presented Adolph Dekum with a handsome diamond scarfDln He leaves to commence business on his own account. In the match race for J1000 a side between Little Joe. A. C. Brev's brow gelding, and Palatina, Lute Lindsey's spotted mare, yesterday. Little Joe won n three straight heats. Judores. O. H Williams, C. P. Bacon. J. Wadell. Timers, T. M. Richardson, L. F. Chemin. Chicago, June 23. The Republican convention took two more ballots to day. The fifth ballot resulted: Sher man 224, Harrison 213. Alger 142. Alii son 39. Gresham 87, Blaine 48, McKin ley 14. Half a Century Ago From The Oregonlan of June 24, 1S63. Harrlsburg, June 17. Dispatches from Shippinsburg, 11 miles this side of Chambersburg, show that the rebels are still at the latter. dace in force. witn cavalry and Infantry said to num ber 20,000. General Jenkins commands the rebels. Rebel cavalry today occu pied Littletown, 11 miles from Gettys- ourg. Baltimore, June 16. Tre rebel move ment now in progress towards the north i3 being made by Lee's whole army. Baltimore, June 18. The rebels in vested Harper's Ferry on the 16th and attempted to surprise General Tyler. The latter repaired to Maryland Heights and the rebels retreated to Williams port. Placerville. Idaho. June 7. We had a man for breakfast this morning. His name was Jerry Hlckey. He was slain with a pick-handle by an elderly sport ing gentleman known as "Uncle Andy McKay, who had designated Hlckey as a rival agent. Lncle Andy is unani mously acquitted by the community. Lewiston, Idaho. June 17 Charles Getsler arrived at Lewiston from Placerville in the incredible time of 29 hours 23 minutes. ine waiia walla statesman says: There Is a universal complaint through out the valley of the scarcity, of har vest hands. - During the approaching harvest 400 men can find employment. WHEX IS WOMAS MOST BEAUTIFUL French Critic Have Difficulty In Answerlns; This Question. Kansas City Star. At what age la a woman most beau tiful? This question Is now the subject of a somewbat spirited discussion in Parisian art circles. M. Ferdinand Humbert, the head of the School of Fine Arts, owns to two Ideals. As an artist his favorite feminine type Is be tween the ages of 18 and 25 the time of "radiant youth." As & mere man. he considers that women of from 25 to 33 years old are the most fascinating and charming. The veteran painter, Harplgnles, is not so generous, for he sets the time of beauty at from It to 20 years the age of youthful simplicity unmarred by the cares and anxieties which years bring in their train. M. Gabriel Ferrier, on the other hand, accords to beauty a lengthy reign. He considers the woman of today Is beautiful from the age of 25 to 60, for she has become mistress of the art of how to make the best of her self with the help of skilled dress makers and modistes. M. Barthalome, the famous sculptor of the beautiful Parthenon statues, sets the time of beauty at between the ages of 18 and 25, but with the reservation that there is no true beauty without goodness, and that beauty of face and form, without beauty of soul, has no appeal to mm. Jean Boucher, another famous sculn tor, says that woman Is at her best between the ages of 16 and 30, though from youth to old age she is adorable! What would appear to be the most com forting opinion of all, however, from the point of view of the fair sex, is that expressed by the famous portrait painter, Francois Flamelng. "A woman's greatest beauty may dawn at any time between the ages of 15 and 60," he says. "Let every man form his own opinion, according to individual taste, as to which of these years a woman is at her best." Put Is Placed on Trial. London Mail. A dog was brought into court at Greenwich recently and found guilty of worrying a lamb. It belonged to Richard Fanthorpe, barrister, arnl the prosecutor was Daniel Dutton, of Holloway Farm, three of whose em ployes swore that the dog in court was the one which they saw on the farm worrying the lambs.' Mr. Fanthorpe said he had had the dog for eight years and had never known it to worry sheep, cattle, or even fowls. There was another dog exactly like his in the road. Mr. Hutton, the magistrate, said the case would have been one of consider able . difficulty had not the defendant brought his dog to court. That dog had been identified as the one which worried the first lamb, and in - this case the defendant must pay 25s. the value of the lamb, and 23s costs. Arrival of a Xevrl j-vred. ' Judge. "A famous college professor declares that there are no new Jokes." "Ah, he does, does he?" grimly returned the Old Codger. "Well, he ought to see the husband my niece has Just married and brought home to live on me!" Leg-Pulling and Teeth-Pulling. Puck. Crawford You can judge . man's character by the way he acts when he has a tooth pulled. . Crabshaw I'd very much rather size him up by the way he goes on when h The Bards to Be By Guy Kltcli Phelps. The Old World has told us its story. or the loves and the longings ot men: But the way of the human is gory vvith the hearts that have broken since then. They were rich in the dreams which they dreamed us: But hushed are their harps which were high. They were bright with the light which they beamed us, But pallid and pulseless they lis; For they sleep By the deep In the silence. Those singers of sorrow and sigh. Right well sang the voice of th Quaker, Yet languid and soft was his dream. For bards are high-born, and their maker Is the hill, is the storm, is the stream. But there's never a lyre that's telling une nan or the passion or oain: One half of the heart's heavy swelling; un nait or tne loss or the gain: For too slow Is the flow Of their rivers: Too fitful and far Is their rain. Not yet has been born the Inspired; JNOt yet has been taken the pen By the bards with their bosoms attired In the sackcloth and sorrows of men. When they come they will chant us the pity Of the mill, and the moan, and the mine: They will show the dark ways of the city. Where the bruised and the helpless repine. And they'll talk As they walk Not of Zeus, But of wounds, and of oil, and of wins. They will catch the blue swoon of the distance; They will bring us the desert's deep moan. And we'll feel, as they feel, the in sistence Of all that Is massive and lone. They will sound us the sea till we hear it; They will harp us the hurricane's song; They will picture us sin, till we fear it And hate It, as God hates the wrong. And enticed Of the Christ We will listen And learn what it means to be strong. But not by the Thames or the Tiber, And not by Corinthian wall; Nor yet where insipid and sober. The moraines of glaciers sprawl Will the bards ot the future take mantle. To walk their clear visions among". Will they bind their bright foreheads with myrtle. And sing what has never been sung: But far Where the star Is Hesperian. Shall the charm of their numbers be flung. The Daughters of Music will bear them. Who have amoured with gods that were fire. And the snows of their, bosoms will yield them Great suckles of greater desire. For they'll drink from the dream of our mountains; They will rush with our streams that are free; They will laugh with the laughter of fountains; They will moan with the tone of sea. And they'll break And will make Our hearts over. With peace and with power to be. For here where the sun weds the ocea And the sky as Its waters is clear; The bards of the better emotion The worth of a man shall appear. Where the tents of the twilight are seeming; Where the castles of morning are fair; And the beautiful muses are dreaming With opal mist over their hair By the quiver Of river And forest, They will strike us their splendid despair. Dallas, Or.. June 20, 1313. An English Joke London Opinion. Miss Hogabust (of Chicago) And what profession Is your son in. Lord Hightop? Lord Hightop Oh, when Al gy leaves college I expect he will take orders. Miss Hogabust (surprised) You don't say! 'Well, pappa has got some real nice gentlemen traveling for him. Getting at the Score. Illinois Siren. He and she arrived in the fifth in ning. He (to a fan) What's the score? Fan Nothing to nothing. She Goody! We haven't missed thing. Pause Inthe Treatment. Christian Register. Doctor (to Mrs. J., whose husband is very ill) Has he had any lucid In tervals? Mrs. J. E's 'ad nothing except what you ordered, doctor. Phllosopohy of n 6-Yenr-OId. London Tit-Bits. "When a I grow up," said a little 6-year-old philosopher, "shan't 1 feel strange for a day or two?' Hot Weather Things for Your Table. Frequently at this time of the year one is in a quandary what to provide for the most important meal of the day. ft Breakfast and luncheon are problems easily enough solved, but the dinner bill of fare is not so quickly arranged, partic ularly when there are numerous mouths to feed and the family purse is none too portly. U It is astonishing how helpful a paper like The Oregonian can often be particularly the advertising columns. Shrewd readers can find many hints of value in The Oregonian advertising columns; many things that aid in quickly deciding what "to have for dinner." ft And usually these hints af ford a pleasant opportunity for the judicious exercise of econ omy. . U The market columns, the news that is related by the grocery and fruit shops all teem with helpful suggestions. Just turn to this paper the nest time any dinner doubt en ters your mind. I has his leg pulled. ik