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j M'NAB 13 VINDICATED.
Thanks to Mr. McXab, Maury
j Diggs has not escaped conviction of
hi crime. The nature of tha defense
j shows that, had not Mr. McXab forced
; the haad of the Attorney-General and
caused a prompt trial by exposing the
!: scheme for delay and its motives. Jus.
'. tice might have been defeated.
The testimony for the defense re-
veals the naked skeleton of a. skillful
! "frame-up" which was- already in
' course of preparation. The attempt
:: to coach Marsha Warrington in a per.
jured story of the elopement was the
' first step in working; out this scheme.
The testimony of Diggs" father and of
: Judge Hughes tended to complete the
structure. Doubtless the elder Diggs
stormed a good deal about his son's
misdeeds, but the young reprobate had
committed like offenses before and
had gone scot free. The father had
; not caused his prosecution then; what
- reason was there to believe that he
I would do so on this occasion? But
every circumstance waa so exaggerated
and twisted as to create an appearance
of design to escape prosecution, and
the finishing touch was put to the
story by Diggs" charge that he took
Miss Warrington with him at her own
' urgent request. After having ae
' bauched the girl and ruined her life,
i he tried to make her the scapegoat.
I Diggs- defense was badly construct
ed and Ineffective because he had not
time to fit together neatly all parts of
i his fictitious version of the escapade.
With more time he might have
; coached his witnesses so carefully and
I skillfully as to build up a plausible
i story which might have raised doubts
j in the minds of the Jury. He might
! -have reached the girl and induced her
I to testify as he wished. Every day
gained iwould have Improved his
I chances of escaping punishment. Hence
the anxiety of the elder Caminettl to
f procure delay, for both prisoners were
j in the same boat; they must sink or
I swim together. By consenting to de
; lay. Attorney-General McReynolda
1 was. therefore, knowingly or careless
( ly, aiding a scheme" to defeat Justice
j toy perjury. By his public protest Mr.
! McXab foiled the scheme and ensured
that a young profligate should meet
I the fate he richly deserved.
Had Diggs' story been true, it would
have proved that, when offered the
choice between two courses of action,
he chose the worse. He could have
' broken off his association with the
I ' girl and made what amends were la
!'5 his power. He chose to cap his vil
' lainoiis actions by an elopement which
"i spread the notoriety of the girl's shame
I from Sacramento to the whole states
of California and Jevada and finally
-K to the whole country. He could have
i drawn back, but he chose to go on.
1 ; On his own admission, he is a persist.
! ent offender, caring; not whom he
j ; drags down or to what depths of deg
h radatlon. Had there been in him one
; spark of manhood, he would have en
ij d savored to shield the girl he had
! ' wronged, not have tried to hide behind
hr.
The verdict In this case gives all
; such men as Diggs and Caminetti and
: the prosecuting officers of the Gov
. ernment to understand that the white
V slave law .means Just what it says.
" The Attorney-General has undertaken
,. to distinguish between violations or
the law which should and those which
should not be prosecuted. He has
1 issued instructions to District Attor
: neys which he explains thus:
' The distinction drawn by the Attoraey-
' oencral In hla instructions to District At-
' tornsys Is eloar. Unless It Is shown that
i tha accussd has bosn aasaa-ad tn oom-
: msreialised vice and has been making
; profit out ot hla Tiolation of the white
I alave act. District Aiiornrva are nut to onus
i the matter to the attention ot the (rand
j Jury.
In deg&nse of this distinction, which
, probably explains the reluctance to
prosecute Diggs and Caminetti, it is
: explained that Representative Mann
1 in his report on the bill and in his
speech in the House, waa careful to
point out that the act was intended
solely to strike at the commercial traf
fic in girls and not at private immor-
t " allty. It was held that the states
should be left to deal with the latter
j class of cases. But the act Itself draws
; no such distinction. As quoted by
' Judge Van Fleet, 'it, applies to "any
j person who shall knowingly transport
i in interstate commerce any woman
! or girl for the purpose of prostitution
! or debauchery or for any other lm
j moral purpose." The Supreme Court
! has held that the law covers cases of
immorality, not merely cases of com
mercialized vice.
The order of the Attorney-General
quoted above was issued long before
i the Dlggs-Camlnettl case came up
and was excused on the ground that
Federal Juries refuse to apply the law
to the cases which that official would
1 ! exclude and that the law was in dan
ger of breakdown. But it is no part
cf the Attorney-General's duty to de
cide which offenders agalnsi a law
shall and which shall i;ot be pr ise-
j . cuted. His assumption of such author.
', ity is a dangerous precedent, all the
I more so because it furnished a pretext
to confer a favor on a political asso
ciate.
Styling woman the uneasy sex, the
r. New York Commercial cites a few ex-
J ample. One is of a woman who has
obtained a license to drive a cab. An.
i other woman asked separation from
her husband because he had old-fash-
t ioned ideas that the stork should visit
the family periodically and because he
j attended to his medical practice to the
L tieglect of her. As he testified that his
wife had cost him $11,000 more than
f his income during four years, she
' j' seems to have been the cause of his
j neglect. In contrast with this woman
i is one who asked the town of Babylon,
L. I., to lease a tract of land to her for
the erection of a home for expectant
mothers. Tet another example is a
French woman who makes her living
by her ugliness and who will put a
ring in her nose to enhance her on
attractlveness. All goes to show that
it takes all kinds of women as well as
all kinds of men to make a world.
When women get a chance to edit
newspapers they may regale us with a
catalogue of male freaks to show man
to be the uneasy sex. -
sriNiii.Ess wrLOMAcv.
The policy of peaceful mediation
In Mexico has railed, or will certainly
fail. It is strange that President Wil
son or Secretary Bryan, knowing Mex
ico, could have had any hope that it
would succeed. Tet the President is
Justified it la Imperative that he
should exhaust every possible diplo
matic method of solving the Mexican
problem before intervention or a re
sort to arms. But he has handicapped
his own policy by-making it clear that
there will be no forcible pacification
of Mexico, no armed repression, no
military aggression, nothing but moral
suasion. The wonder is that President
Huerta permitted Private Emissary
Lind to enter Mexico. -
Mexico is either our business or it
Is not our business. In the present
turbulent situation there is no middle"
course.- If it is our . business to set
up or tear down the domestic concerns
of Mexico, we must be prepared to
use all the power of government,
through military coercion, to vindi
cate our policy. If it is not our busi
ness, but only Mexico's business, who
is the Mexican President, we have no
recourse but to recognize Huerta, If
Mexico wants a murderer for Presi
dent, that is what Mexico deserves.
President Wilson has put himself In
a position where he must go forward
or go backward. He must either
pacify or abandon Mexico. If ha had
mader it clear at the outset that he
was determined at any cost to restore
peace, peace would now be possible,
and very likely would be assured. But
having plainly disavowed our purpose
to intervene and having embarked on
a career of spineless diplomacy, he
leaves Mexico worse off than he found
It.
qcrxonc.
Brother McPherson should persevere
In his long-distance efforts in Gov
ernor Sulzer'g behalf. The Governor
is not past praying for, though Tam
many is. There appears to be no real
doubt about the nature of the Gover
nor's Wall-street, operations, and
Brother McPherson'a appeal to the
throne of grace is about the only way
out for Sulser.
Brother Lawson, too, from his re
treat in the sheltering sagebrush of
Central Oregon, rushes to the rescue of
the more or less prostrate ftw York
Governor, and wants to spend a mil
lion or more to trim the Tammany
tiger's claws. Or cut off its head, or
something like that. Very well. It is
worth the investment of Brother Law
son's money. Let him rurnlsh the mil.
lion and Brother McPherson will pro
vide the prayer. The combination
would easily be too much for Tam
many. But what have Tammany's bitter el
forts to disgrace Sulzer got to do with
the actual question of his guilt or in
nocence? We guess Sulzer would have
been a good enough Governor for
Tammany If he had obeyed Tam
many; but the question is not Tam
many's motives and actions, but Sul
zer's fitness to be the executive of a
great state. Sulzer cannot plead the
baby act and say his wife is to blame
for using certain campaign funds for
Wall-street speculation. He indorsed
the checks; and Mrs. Sulzer is not on
trial.
The admitted facts are that funds
contributed to the Sulzer campaign
were diverted by him to private uses.
Probably he intended to pay them
back; but that is what your embeziler
of trust funds always intends. It was
criminal to take them, whether or not
he Intended to put them back, or did
put them back. It Is not material to
the issue whether Wall-street margins
were bought, or stocks were pur
chased outright.
Sulzer cuts a sorry figure in this
business. The outcome does not sur
prise persons who knew him. Brother
McPherson and Brother Lawson ought
to be encouraged to Join their forces
of money and prayer to crush Tam
many; but they have no special call
to rescue Sulzer from the tiger's maw.
DOES COMPENSATION INCREASE ACCI
DENTS?
Whatever of accuracy there may
be in the assumption expressed in
Mr. James Cassidy's letter to The Ore-
gonian today on the Washington com-
pensation law, the evil he believes he
has discovered need not be antici
pated in the compensation law of Ore.
gon.
Mr. Cassidy believes the large in
crease in number of industrial acci
dents reported in Washington last year
was due to failure of employers to
provide adequate safeguards and that
this dereliction was indue'ed by the
state compensation law. The workmen
prefer safety to compensation. There
fore, in his opinion, the Oregon law
should be voted down on referendum.
But in the very particular that Mr.
Cassidy .believes the Washington law
has operated detrimentally, the Oregon
law was safeguarded by the Commis
sion which drafted it. Whereas- in
Washington the payment for injuries
caused by neglect of one employer to
provide every safety device is taxed
against. all the employers In his par
ticular classification, in Oregon the
individual employer is in effect pen
alized. Repetition of accidents among
the workmen of any employer oper
ate to raise that employer's rate of
payment to the general compensation
fund. In Oregon it will be to the em
plover's interest to provide against ac
cidents. He cannot take refugn amontt
a large number of employers -whose
premiums rise or fall alike.
In any event, there was not enough
information in the figures taken from
the Washington report and printed in
The Oregonian to justify Mr. Cassi
dy's assumption. . Mr. Cassidy is a
Washingtonian, and with all due re
gard to his sincerity, it may be said
that an employer might upon as good
ground assert that the increase in re
ported accidents came from malinger
ing and that therefore the employers
ought not to desire compensation. It
Is not likely that the increase came in
large part either from employers' care
lessness or workmen's deceptions. The
figures cited were not percentages.
Gross number of accidents Is affected
bv the number of men employed and
by the number of months in the year
which are covered by employment
Moreover,, one serious disaster in a
given industry may materially increase
the monthly average for a year.
In one of the Industries street rail
ways in which accidents showed a
larg gain, greater lack; of safeguards
than In the preceding year could hard
ly have been the cause. Street rail
ways pay out far more for injuries to
passengers than for accidents to em
ployes., The patrons, who run almost
as great risk as employes, outnumber
the latter many times over. It is il
logical to assume that because a rail
way company has been provided with
an easier means of meeting its liabil
ity to employes it will involve them
in greater risks when those risks will
apply to patrons for whose safety the
company is also responsible.
A definite conclusion as to the ef
fect of compensation laws upon the
number of industrial accidents will
not be reached in one or two years.
It will be attained, too, only after
deep and careful research. A few
figures taken from a lengthy report
do not provide sufficient basis for
rejecting the principle. '
CONCERNING FASTS..
It may be ouspected that tfiore is a
hygienic as well as a religious motive
underlying the fondness of ail the de
nominations for fasts. It is confessed
by everybody that abstinence from
food benefits the soul. The wise un
derstand that it benefits the body,
too. " The pious Mohammedan who
goes without solid food for a month
at a certain time of the year fortifies
hla health while he pleases Allah. No
doubt Elijah grew in physical strength
as much as in the spiritual graces
during his fast in the wilderness. The
Fletcherites have taught us that the
Biblical accounts of abstinence are en.
tirely credible. They have equaled
and surpassed anything recorded of
the scriptural heroes and their sage
leader assures the world that no evil
has befallen them.
Fletcher gives an account of a sixty-day
fast, during the whole of which
the patient went about his dally tasks
with unabated energy. But most of us
need not think of emulating such
achievements. They are the deeds of
heroes and prophets. If the ordinary
individual fasts twenty or thirty days
his conscience ought to.be appeased.
Perhaps a full half of our bodily
ills arise from overeating. A great
many persons have experienced the
refreshment, the revival of health and
energy caused by omitting a meal.
The cold and scant' New England sup
per Would have been a good thing
if the dinners of that section had
not been cooked so wretchedly. The
European habit of eating a slight
breakfast might well be imitated in
America. If we limited the first meal
of the day to a roll and a cup of weak
tea the health of the Nation would
improve. Our lunches are also too
heavy. The best lunch consists of a
slice or two of bacon with eggs or
some other simple tare, r-ie ana
rich meats in the middle of the day
are open invitations to disease. Even
dinner would be better for pruning
both at the beginning and the end.
Dessert ought to be omitted and. half
the usual, courses dropped. Stomach
worship is the worst form of idolatry
in this age. As a rule the man who
eats least is the healthiest and able to
do the most work In a day without
excessive fatigue.
MAKING THE WORLD PERFECT. J
The old issue between heredity and
environment has been revived this
Summer. Which of the two factors is
the more efficient in making us what
we are? The Jews, as usual, are cited
by both sides. They are an ancient
race who have passed through many
vicissitudes. . They are reasonably
long-lived, enjoy as good - health as
other people and have produced more
thin their nhsrA of sreniuses in the
arts and sciences. Although a German
Jew differs in marked particulars trom
the Russian type and Dotn 01 mem
f.nm fenrlm0iu nf the race found in
other countries, still there Is an un
mistakable racial standard to wmcn
thtf all ivinfarm and which has sur
vived for many centuries without sub
stantial change.
In mental and physical traits tney
are so unlike other races that it Is
aainm Aiffir.iilt to rftcoftrnize them.
Shall we attribute their excellent bio-
logical standing to their heredity or to
their environment? Thia question is
Mai,nM,ii hv Dr. J. Snowman in the
current number of the London Jewish
Review.
TTntn vrv recant times the Euro-
nun Jews have not lived in the most
favorable surroundings. Frequently
their quarters in the various ghettos
were as bad as possible. If they had
nn Vlmii ramnrkablv tenacious of life
they might have perished utterly. But
since they were tenacious, it is liKeiy
.nn..v. that fhAft had environment
Improved them by killing off the weak
lings. Those who survived possessed
vigor enough to thrive under the most
deplorable conditions and whehever
life opened decent "opportunities to
them they were found to have a sur
plus of energy which carried them to
the prise in almost every species of
competition.
The vitality wnlcn Barely suiricea
to keep them healthy in the ghettos
gave them great surplus stores to draw
upon whenever they escaped to a bet
ter environment. It "would seem,
therefore, as far as the Jews are con
cerned, that heredity has been more
potent than environment in determin
ing their racial destiny. . And yet this
will not be quite certain until we have
seen how they endure the stress of
modern urban civilization, with its
noise and worry and incessant tension
of the nerves. ' ,. '
That it la not without an effect upon
them is conceded by Dr. Snowman. He
finds that nervous disorders are more
frequent than formerly among the
T&..-. ant arrnnrtta for it bv the DrSS-
sure of city life. Degeneration of the
nervous system is sure to De io;iowea
In the long run by physical disorders,
so that it may be. feared that the Jew.
Ish race is in some danger or .sinking
to a lower biological level than lt has
Malntcifmit inthA RHSL In tilifl" TC
spect it is not exceptional. Evary oth
er civilized people seems, to be men
aced by we same pent i c t
Dr. Snowman draws comfort from
h A ..nnaManatlnn thai the Jewish ail
ments can be traced to the effect of the
environment. The race is sound at the
core and may regain Its ancient vgor,
it . v.. hoan lost bv imDrovinsT its
living conditions. Whether the same
remedy will surnce to redeem irae
wreoks and. ruins of other . races is
.mki.maHc' Mendel's laws assure us
that congenital defects which appear.
in both parents are mainemaucauy
certain to be transmitted to their chil-
T thta ! an. no no&sibie im
provement of surroundings will rid the
world of the insane ana criminal as
long as marriage is unrestricted. Idiots
rill h.Mt Irilnta until the end of time.
This rule has proved itself infallible
in the palace' also In the slum. ,
And yet it is inexcusable, to over
iaaI. th. Amlnnm fart that social rnn
dltions are constantly recruiting the
numbers of the criminal and detective.
Society, as Shelley put ft long ago,
makes new criminals every day and
then punishes them for being what
they are. It manufactures mental and
physical wrecks without much thought
of the consequences and soothes its
uneasy conscience by building asylums
and falling into occasional spasms of
charity. Of course, these things are
very fine in their way, . but,, as most
students of conditions agree, they do
not go to the bottom of the trouble.
Two great social campaigns are under
way which boldly profess to attack the
causes and not merely the symptoms of
our biological degeneracy. One army
marches, under the eugenic banner.
The other aims its guns at the environ,
ment. Eugenics would clear the world
of defectives and criminals by pre
venting their propagation. Those whose
heredity cannot be relied upon to pro
duce desirable "offspring are to be de
prived of marriage 'privileges; per
haps some of them are to be im
prisoned or sterilized. The other par.
ty would so improve living conditions
that everybody could pass through the
world comfortably, even if he were a
little -defective or inclined to pick
pockets. The theory is. that miscon
duct would be eliminated by eliminat
ing temptation and natural selection
would of Itself extirpate defectives If
society ceased to recruit them.
Obviously there: is truth in both
these contentions. The-sounder chil
dren are lnrjrilnd and body when they
are born the better fitted they are to'
meet the requirements of existence.
And the more hygienic we make our
surroundings the better work we can
do and the more normal lives we shall
be likely to lead. There ought to b
no strike between those who. depend
upon heredity for race improvement
and those who seek it through a bet
ter environment. The world has sadly
neglected both factors and probably
the desired end cannot be attained
without allowing to each all tha effect
of which it is capable. - The problem
of producing a happy human race in
a world of peace and justice has al
ways baffled those who tried to solve
it, but it by no means follows that no
solution will ever be found. The most
impressive certainty about the busi
ness n these times is that nothing
worth while will be effected without
the co-operation of the- best thought
and effort from all quarters..
They that sow the wind must expect
to reap the whirlwind. The male offi
cials who so blithely undertake to
censor women's clothes are laying up
trouble for themselves in the day when
female officials shall return the com
pliment. Trousers are the most im
modest garments ever Invented. It is
only custom that prevents our blush
ing at the sight of them. No doubt
our first woman Mayor will awake to
their enormity and the consequences
may be imagined.
The acquirement of a?new editor by
the Century Magazine is hot so excit
ing asa Mexican revolution, but there
are eome who think it is not less im
portant, i The Century has been a
weighty factor in American civilization
and the man who sucoeeds Holland,
Gilder and Johnson has a great tradi
tion to sustain and a great field for his
ambition. The new editor's name is
Robert Sterling Yard. The country
wishes him well.
Improved agricultural education In
Sweden has demonstrated its value by
cheaklng emigration. Better crops
bring immediate prosperity to Euro
pean, farmers because their markets
are near ana never oversuppiiea.
American farmers must not only pro
duce crops, but must afterward over
coma the handicap of distant and glut,
ted markets. This trouble will natur
ally diminish yas population grows.
Law-abiding people this side of the
border must admire the way the Cana
dians administer the laws. All the
presidents of the miners' unions on
Vancouver Island and as many mem
bers 8s can be caught are held on
charge of riot in connection with re
cent strikes. The Canadians show lit
tle fear of the possibilities tn dynamite.
Fate Is hard, yet kind, to the news-
paper man. None was seriously hurt
when a carload of them turned over
early yesterday morning in Los An
geles. It was not a Joy ride. They
were going home f,rom Work. Jour,
nalists might have been killed, but
these were the real article and so es
caped. The name accepted for the Portland,
Eugene & Eastern Is "Willamette Val
ley Line," which is mere geographical
nomenclature rather than strikingly
distinctive or catchy.
Fifty hours' work a week Is being
urged for working women. - The soci
ety woman. Of course, will continue to
toll sixteen hours a day.
Finding of an anclent.carving In an
Idaho excavation reminds us that
many civilizations lie forgotten under
our feet. "
The Sullivan's Gulch train robbers
must have been amateurs. Profession
als would have been -caught before
this. - ' -' .. ' ,
Tariff tinkering does not ' affect
fleeces in Wall street.. Sale of a seat
in the Stock Exchange brought $4S,-
000. .
The Governor of Oklahoma, like the
ordinary star, shows great fear of his
understudy,- the Lieutenant-Governor.
In Kansas the mercury, has bvn
above 100 for twenty days. - Later it
will be below twenty for 100 days.-
With Rev. Mr. McPherson praying
for his downfall, how Tammany must
tremble. - .
It would appear that a' Lieutenant
Governor is a good deal of a nuisance.
- A noted Los Angeles racer has quit
the game.. That's cheating the Reaper.
Attorney's Tees la a'$4IO case were
S00. Why give the client so much?
Having- learned that insolence, goes
unrebuked.t Huerta goes the limit.
New Hampshire will not tolerate
Thaw. No other state should.
: Fashion roay, yet provide the rock
pile with a few' lady cooks.
Congress grows restive' under this
temporizing with Mexico. .. .
, To-Thaw and his kind the law is a
mere game to be beaten. . - -
.Is there no policeman with courage
to make the first pinch? - y
Let the fate of .Diggs serve as a
stern warning. T
Life's Sunny Side
Mrs. Helen .P. Longstreet, widow of
the famous soldier, said at Gettysburg,
apropos of an oration that had failed:
"The windy, spread-eagie oratory of
the past is dead, thank'goodness. Such
oratory reminds me of the boy who
said:
"'Pa, what is a brilliant conversa
tionalist?" " 'A brilliant conversationalist, . my
son." replied the old man, "is' the
woman who frets tha first start." "
Philadelphia Record. - .
'a e a '
A farmer, : in great 'need, of extra
hands at baying time, finally asked SI
Warren, who was accounted the town
fool, if be could help him out. '
, "Whatil ye pay?" asked SL ,
'. "I'll pay what you're worth," an
swered the farmer. .-" '
SI scratched his head a minute, then
announced decisively: . '
"1 11 be darned if Til work for that!"
Everybodys Magazine. -( . -.
'-. a f. -1
On the last night of the season the
skating rink was crowded. It seemed
as though the young folks hated to end
the amusement. Suddenly in the midst
of the crush a man dropped to his
knees and groped aboirt .the Icy sur
face. One akater barely vmissed the
nose' of the recumbent man; another
steered clear of him with- difficulty,
but another, less fortunate, fell right
across him. A.t that an attendant hur
ried -up and ' inquired what 'was the
matter. ' . . - -
,vrve dropped ' a piece . of chewing
gom," replied the searcher, J
""The Ideal You're up"sottlng all these
people for a piece bf hewlng gum; I
never heard of -such' a thing," ex
claimed the attendant, "GetvUp at
once." . : -
"I dorit" care a hang about the gum,"
safd the man, "but I want my teeth."
Cincinnati Enquirer. . '
a a V' .
The young rector of an Episcopal
Church in Alabama, an Englishman, by
the way, was asked recently to offi
ciate at the wedding of a negro couple
on a nearby plantation. He consented,
but thought he would beforehand learn
something about the contracting .par
ties, so he said to the plbspectlve
groom:
Have you ever been, married be
fore T" .
"Yes, sir," said the negrOv
The alacrity of the response "put a
crimp" in the rector, so to speak, and
he asked with some uneasiness:
"Your wire is dead, la ahe not?"
"Naw, sab.," waa tha unexpected re
ply. "sn In Norf Callna."
"Why did she leave you T then asked
the rector, '-
"I can't exzactly tell you, sah." said
the negro. "Yuh see, I wus erway from
home at de tiriio, an' I ain't been back
dere since." Houston Post.
e
They were talking about the won
derful sayings Of the sons Of the Em
erald Isle at a Washington club re
cently, when Senator Charles E. Town
send, ot Michigan, recalled an Incident
that happened In Detroit. '
Some time since, the Senator said,
a party named Pat returned to Detroit
after an absence that bad extended
over several months. One of the first
to meest him was his friend Mike, who
naturally began to question him as to
where he had been.
"Share. Molke, an Ol have been down
In Tlxls," answered Pat, "an" it's m
sllf thot's znolghty glad, to be back
agin."
"Faith, an is thot so?" replied Mike,
with a thoughtful expression. "An'
phat's the matter wld TlxisT"
"Everything is the. matter wld It,"
was the prompt response ot Pat. "Down
where Oi worruked the t'ermometer
marruked wan hundred an' sixteen de
grays in the shade."
"Begorra, an' phat of thot, Pat,"
quickly rejoined Mike, "they didn't
make yes worruk in the shade, did
they?" Philadelphia Telegraph.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbllt. in his
apartment on tha top floor of the
Vanderbllt Hotel, in New York, talked
about the London Horse Chow, where,
as usual, he had carried off the hon
ors. "A feature of tha show." he said,
"was the magnificent riding of certain
Arab chiefs. These chiefs gave a din
ner one evening, ail .Arab dinner, and
they ate the first course kous-kous
with their fingers.
"An Englishman asked for. a fork
for his kous-kous. When it was
brought to him a young chief said:
" 'I beg your pardon, but I don't see
how you can bear to eat with a fork.'
" T," the Englishman replied, "was
about to remark that I didn't see how
you could bear to eat with your fin
gers." " 'But my fingers,' said the Arab,
"are clean clean. I know it. I see to
it myself. But you. sir. how can you
feel sure about the cleanness of your
fork?"" New York Sun.
a -
"Women are so impulsive," said a
man tho other day. "I was awakened
from a sound sleep one morning by my
wife crying in an excited manner,
Henry. Henry, come quick 1" I sprang
from bed and ran to the head of the
stairs and at ones smelled smoke. Then
I shouted, 'Take the baby, run to the
corner and turn in an alarm 1' I scram
bled back to the room and snatched up
some clothes, thinking I'd put them on
later. Then I grabbed little Elizabeth,
who was sleeping with me, under my
arm and dashed downstairs. 'Where Is
ltr I exclaimed, running here and there
to locate the Ore. Behold, my wife was
sitting in tho dining-room with the
baby in her lap as calm as could be,
with nothing out of the usual except a'
smile of Joy .on her face. ,
"'Why don't you get out of here?
Do you- wantf to be burned silver I
shouted. . .
" Why. Henry. -what-in the world .is
the matter with you? Are you crazy J
" 'No, I'm not orasy. I want to know
wnere lac iiro is.
- Tire! , inert is no nre. Bam iqd. .
"What tlid you yell fire for,- thea?
" 1 didn't.' . - :
"Well, what In thunder is it then?"
"'Why, Charlotte has a tooth!" '
"Goodness! VI thought the house
was on Ore!' '-v'
""How stupid!', remarked my wife,
coolly, as she placed the baby- in her
high chair and started or the kitchen.
'Why don't you put Elizabeth down?
Do you Intend to carry her under your
arrh-.all day? And you bad better get
dressed. too. Breakfast . is almost
ready.' " Kansas City Star. . .. j
At a recent -social session in Mount
Holly. Surrogate Joseph Huff, of that
place, told of an incident which con
vincingly demonstrates - that soma
kicks are eminently Justified, says the
Philadelphia Telegraph.
In a certain section of Jersey, so ran
the story of the surrogate. ere Is a
village grocery store, where, besides
salt and prunes, even thing may be
purchased from, a collar for a pet
rhinoceros to a sprocket wheel for a
pianola. Together with this the gro
cery store is the local postofflce.
A few days ago a farmer entered the
store with aoxnething on his mind, and
after taking a fresh chew of tobacco
to fortify himself, be leisurely ap
proached the' counter. ' -
"Look here, David. ", he complalnlngly
remarked, addressing the proprietor.
"I ain't klckln" none, but hain't ther
some way that ye kin kind o" separate
yer grocery bizness so that they won't
mix aulte so much?"
"There you go complainln" agMn.-i
Joshua!" responded the grocery man.
"What's achin' you this time?"
"No' hard feelin's. David," rejoined
Ciicle Josh, "but t'other day I got some
postage stamps here jes' arter Jake
smith n-nt two- rallons o' lie. an' every
darned one o' them tasted o' iroeno."
COMPENSATION; 'LAW - DISCTSSEIJ.
Wagalastoa's laereaae la - Accldeata
lader Syateaa Alarms Mr. Caaaldy. '
PORTLAND, Aug. 19. (To the Edi
tor.) I have read with deep interest
the report of Tho Oregonlan's corre
spondent from Olympla on "Workmen's
Compensation Law is Issue In the Poli
tlca or the State of Waahington." There
is much food for reflection for the Ore
gon Voter In this article. The great
value of your Olympla correspondent's
article lies in this, and I quota the cor
respondent's own language: "A remark
able feature of the report is the state
ment that during the last seven months
more than twice as many accidents
have Occurred per month as there were
during the first year's experience under
the Act." : In Clasa S3, Fish Canneriea,
there were during the first year, the
report states, thi accidenta par month.
Now there are 6 3-7. In Class 14. Street
Railways, the rate per month has jump,
ed from 12 to 2 4-5. while 'the log
ging class accidents have increased
from 25 1-3 per month to S 6-li. The
logging class has proved the most
deadly. Out of T80 accidents 5 per cent,
were fatalities and an additional 10 per
cant, resulted in permanent disabili
ties, the report shows.
The Bureau -states - that "there is
much to . indicates an indictment due-to
John Barleycorn as a considerable fac
tor in the number of accidents. It
would be well worth an effort on the
tart of the employers to banish all li
quor from their works. - All the safety
applances in the world will not prevent
a man from getting injured, whose
mind is occupied with his next spree
instead of his work." ' .t
Think of this, men and women, our
brothers, our sisters when in November
next you cast your ballots on whether
"Oregon's Compensation Law" shall
stand or fall.- -Under "Compensation"
twice and mors as many" accidents have
occurred in the first seven months ot
the second year of the marking of the
Washington compensation Act as there
were during the first year of Its opera
tion. . It would Indeed ba Instructive if we
could from official figures show the Im
mense increase of accidents during the
first year of ,. the Washington law's
workings over the year preceding their
compensation . law going into effect;
but. unfortunately, official figures are
not at band, but while official figures
are not at band, those of us who work
on skyscrapers, those who work in the
fisheries and In the logging camps
know that the increase since Compen
sation" went into effect is very greatly
in excess of what it was before ther
was an "Compensation law" la that
state. The report of the "Bureau of
Inspection on the Industrial Insurance
Department" says that this increase Is
largely due to "booze." to "John Bar
leycorn," to use the exact language of
the report
But; is this honest? Does anyone
imagine that In the second year of the
"Compensation law" that drunkness has
Increased twice as much among work
Ingmen to what It was under tha first
year of the 'Act, or that it has increased
twice as much and more since the
"Compensation law" went into effect, to
what It was before there was any com
pensation law in the Stats of Washing
ton? No sane man would so reason.
The reason, and the sole reason why
accidents have more than doubled In
Washington since "Compensation" went
into effect is that the safeguards, the
protection, tha looking after the work,
men which the law Imposed npon the
employer before "Compensation" went
Into effect, the employer feels that he
Is now under no obligation to perform
Why should be look after tha safety of
his workmen when he contributes to the
insurance fund, whereby his workmen
may be compensated in case of perma
nent injury, or hi wife and children
may receive a pittance In case he is
killed outright.
I do not minimize the great evils of
the drink habit referred to by the "Bu
reau" in it' report, but I do so hope
that the statement made in it is not
true that the workmen were made
drunken by the procurement and con
nivance of the mployera. No. this is
a slander upon tha employer. No em
ployer ever ' aided in making his em
ploye drunk. This reason is a. mere
pretext, a subterfuge, to hide the true
reason, viz.: the taking from the em
ployer the responsibility of looking af
ter his workman's safety.
Your correspondent's letter, however.
sheds a flood of light upon the report
of the "Bureau." He Informs us that
Mr. L. D. McArdle, a mortal enemy to
every act to protect the workmen, and
who opposed every effort to Improve
the "Compensation Law" or wasning
ton, prepared this report, though it
bears the name of the "Bureau." "The
voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands
are the hands of Esau!"
Let me voice once for all the stand
we take upon "personal injuries" and
"Compensation." We do not want com
pensation. We do not want to be killed.
maimed or Injured. W e want the pro
rtectlon which the Employer's Liability
Act of Oregon gives us. We want the
employer to safeguard in every way the
safety of his men. Alter we are killed.
It is some, but not much consolation
for us to know that our wives and
children will get 33000 or 34000; after
we are maimed or permanently Injured
and thrown to the scrap heap it Is small
comfort to have a pittance doled out
to ua from weeek to week or month to
month. We do not want to be killed!
We do not want to be injured!
Men and women of Oregon, may I ask
you to take page of the Oregonian,
of Sunday, August 1?, 1813, and cut
from it the article from the corres
pondent at Olympla, headed "Work
men's Law Is Issue in Politics." Read
it every Sunday morning from now un.
til the November special election which
shall determine tha fate of the Orego;
Compensation Law, which means
much to us; and may I further ask you
to read in connection with this article.
the entire fifth chapter of Bt Jams'!
epistle. Then If you think you can vote
for "Compensation," you do so with full
knowledge of th facts; but you will
not. We are all children of a common
Father, though we may differ in many
things, our common and and home is
the same. You will not vote to dimin
ish more than twofold -those of our
ranks who are forced to work at hazar
dous callings.
JAMES CASSIDY.
Who in collaboration with C. E. S..Wood.
prepared and drafted the Employer's
Liability Law of Oregon. Number 330.
Sparrow Poass ta Baa.
PORTLAND. Aug. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) Seeing the account of Warren H.
Sprangler, of MAntclair. N. J., catch
ing a bass with a live mouse in it
belly, "i wish to ay thia has nothing
over Oregon. M. S. Magee, D. A! Reese
and L. Bmrth, three bricklayers work
ing at Dayton. Or., -went. -fishing in
the Yamhill Kiver on Wednesday, Aug.
W, and caught a three-pound baas
which, when opened, had a full-grown
SDarrow Inside. It - was dead, but
Lperbap ,' wouid have been .all v if
recovered sooner. iney naa not
thought much of it "until seeing, the
item of Mr. Sprangler's experience.
FISHERMAN.
Why Do the Mem Ear a pet
PORTLAND. Aug. 20. (To the Edi
tor.) I read an account of the arrest
of one Rosie Thompson lor being in
"a South' Portland house." It seems
Strang that th -poor wayward girls
must be persecuted and th men who
run after such girls can go scot free.
Why doesn't the law look, after some
Of thes married men. who sneak
around after such girls and run them in
onca In a while? MRS. E. - CLARK.
Street Baadlt la Seared. .
Life. -Street
Bandit (to Professor) If you
move you are a dead man. "You'r
wrong, mr man. If I move, it will
show that I am alive. You should be
more careful In the nse ot your words."
Twenty-five Years Aga
From The Oreconian of August IS. list,
Washington, Aug. 21. The Senate
refused to ratify the fisheries treaty
by a vote of T to 30.
Spokane Falls, W. T., Aug. 21.
The Chronicle. Democratic organ, has
an editorial advocating the nomination
of J. J. Browne, of Spokane, for Con
gress by the Democrats.
Atlanta. Ga, Aug. 21. A heavy rain
storm deterred many people from go
ing to the Georgia Chautauqua today to
hear Hon. William McKinley speak on
protection.
The coasting steamer Alliance, owned
by a Portland company, has now ben
making regular trips between this city
and Shoalwater Bay, Gray's Harbor and
Tillamook for about six weeks, and the
business is no longer a hazardous ven
ture, but is an assured success.
'' Sells Brothers' great three-ring circus
will parade this forenoon and every
lady and child la town will be on hand.
-The Presidential campan may be
said to have fully opened In Oregon.
Monday the Republican State Central
Committee began active work. Yester
day the Democratic State Central Com
mittal opened its headquarters in Ma
sonlo Hall.
Charles T. Smith, manager of E. J.
Bowen's wholesale seed store, died at
St. Vincent's Hospital last evening.
Mr. J. Frank Watson Is down from
the Keystone mine. Baker County. He
brought down 150 ounces of gold and
says they have lately shipped $8000
worth.
Th Harrison & Morton Flambeau
Club met last night. Th following or.
fleers were chosen: Captain L, C Far
rar; first lieutenant, C. D. Lownsdale;
second lieutenan F. C. Newton; first
sergeant. A. W. Witherell; second ser
geant. A. W. Newklrk; secretary and
treasurer. C. D. Lownsdale. A uniform
was adopted; consisting of nickel hel
met, blue coat, leather legglns and
flambeaus.
The funeral ot the lata Judge W. T.
Trimble took place from the Catholic
Cathedral yesterday morning. Th pall
bearers were: Hon. Raleigh Stott, Hon.
J. K. Kelly, Judg Julius C. Moreland,
Judge John Catlln and Judge C. B. Bel
linger. Mrs. A. B. Plllabury and son, went
down to the seaeide yesterday.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian of Augaat ti. 184.
New York, Aug. 15. A. letter from
Winchester, Tenzu, says: Fugitives from
conscription say every male citizen
capable of bearing arms has been forced
into th rebel service and carried off.
New York, Aug. 15. A telegram from
Niagara Falls says that Vallandigham
leaves there for Quebec..
Yreka, Aug. It. A fight took place
last night between H. K. White, editor
of the Union, and R. Nixon, publisher
of the Journal. Nixon assaulted White
with a club. White struck him four
or five times with a knife, and would
have killed him but for the Interfer
ence of a bystander.
Yesterday afternoon Eldrldge Tib
betta, about It years of age, was
drowned while bathing in the river
near th upper sawmill. ,
The Dalles steamer brought down a
large number ot passengers from th
upper country last evening, most of
whom appeared to be well supplied
with . tha wherewithal to make the
mar go.
E. J. Northrup Jt Co. have just re
ceived a large number of improved
apple-pearers.
This evening the drama of "The Ide
of St. Tropes, or Lannay, the Poisoner,"
will be performed.
His Idea af a Good Job.
Everybody's.
Two Irishmen were comparing notes
about politics. Jobs, hard times and the
like, when Pat O'Rourke, a third one,
joined in the discussion.
"Sure and I'm satisfied with things,"
said Pat. 'Tve a pache of a job."
"Is that so?" said the others. "And
what might ye be doin'?"
"I'm pulling down th Episcopal
church," replied Pat, "and I'm gettin'
paid for it."
Parrot Tkat la a Salat.
London Bystander.
VjUD LUI1.I.I vu, - -' u a. bwvi
mean, I hope he doesn't use dreadful
language. Dealer 'E's a saint, lady;
sings 'ymns beautiful. I 'ad soma par
rots wot used to swear something aw
ful, but, if you'll believe me, this 'ere
bird converted the lot.
Many Features of Inter
est in Magazine Section
of
The Sunday Oregonian
,Type of Modern Skyscraper
Rising in Portland Full page
picture showing progress of lay
ing steel on a new Portland
building.
Comes High, to Keep a King
Enormous sum that George V
and his establishment cost Great
Britain.
Should You Never Have Mar
ried? Laura Jean Libbey says
no man deficient in domestio
and paternal qualities can make
a success of matrimony.
Enter the Oyster. Scientists
rnake a study of the food qual
ities of the succulent bivalve.
' Sea Serpents Are a Reality
and Not a Myth. Strange crea
tures live in unexplored three
fourths of the earth.
Colonel Eoosevelt's Own Story
of His Life. Another chapter
on the days of his work as Po
lice Commissioner.
' Plain John Lind. A charac
ter sketch of President Wilson's
unofficial representative in battle-torn
republic.
Noted Beauties Are Slaves of
Superstition. Parisian celebri
ties hold endless strange obses
sions. America Has $1,000,000,000
Invested in Mexico. ilore than
50,000 persons are interested in
neighboring republic.
Romance of Ragtime as Told
by Girl Behind Music Counter.
Most of the popular song hits
are written by unknown per
. sons and sre sold cheap to men
who publish them.