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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MOXDAT, DECEMBER 29, 1913. 6 bwibpot s.m nBvonv Entsrsd at Portland. Orecoa. PoatoTUca as f ukserlpUoa Klmm Invariably In AdTue' umiiT, ruuuar iik.iuww. m . - . - - ra;!r, Sunday lncluU4. six months SiiRilBV InrluilMt. IhrM BODtki . . S- tf-ly. Sunday included, on moot - - I wlHioat untf. ont J J lstl7. wltaout Sunday, siz mov.cn -rr Waekly. ooayeaj- Sunday, oaa year fl!r. Sonrtsy Inclndad. aoa ysar '!2 IaJly. feunday Included, ana month . . - Maw to Keanlt WH poatoLiic. r. azpraaa order or parsons! case " local tank. Stamps, eola or currency - at Hidari risk. Oir poauiii-a I UU. WWUWBI l." ' J PoaUMre Hataa H to 1 pafea. t rmtl ta 32 cacea. 2 cania; 4 to 4 i SO ta u pI-. 4 eanta; i o P rnta; 1H to pagea, a casta. - ---- - JC. doubls rate. sMterm potanaa (niKw ' - caco. a'tefer buudlns. ttaa trurl- Olflee R. J. Bldvall Co, f3 Market atraat. rORTI.M). MONDAY. DEC. . I811- SnCHIGAJfS COPPER STRIKE. ShooUns and expnlslon of Charles H. Moyer Is the latest Important event In the long and bitter struggle in the ' Michigan copper mining district be tween the Western Federation of Miners and the mineowners. There is every reason to believe that the au thorities were cognizant of the attack on Moyer, and that, though they may not have aided in his expulsion, they made no move to prevent it; but Moyer' version of the affair Bhould be taken with several grains of salt. Antagonism to Moyer and the pro longation of the strike may be ascribed to the character and history of the man and of the organization which he heads. Many circumstances and much evidence, went to corroborate the confession of Harry Orchard that he was hired to murder Governor Steunenberg by Moycr and other offi cers of the federation. That union had for years openly advocated phys ical force as a means of "Winning vic tory. At the best It strikes had been marked by unusual roughness and brutality and at the worst by dyna miting, slugging and murder. Its policy of violence for many years kept it in conflict with the American Fed eration of Labor. If the Michigan mineowners refuse to employ members of any union they have set themselves in opposition to the public opinion or the day. which nnhnM. th richt of labor to organ ize for defense of its rights by lawful means. If their objection is only to the Miners' Federation, they have much to say in their defense, as seems to be the case. If Its methods have been the same In Michigan as they were In Idaho, Colorado and Nevada. The leaders of the strike seem bent on preventing conciliation and keeping alive the passions which have been generated. There seems to be no other possible explanation of their charge that the false alarm of fire, which reused the terribly fatal panic at the Christmas entertainment to the strikers' children, was instigated by the employers, nor of their refusal to accept the citizens' fund for relief of the bereaved families. It Is incon ceivable that a deed so fiendish as the raise alarm could have been deliber ately instigated by the mine managers. It was more probably the act of some thoughtless, drunken fool or of some irresponsible underling of the employ ers on his own motion. The charges made against the mine managers in connection with the Christmas catastrophe on the one hand and the expulsion of Moyer on the other hand leave little room for hope that any measures of conciliation could succeed at this stage. By mak ing such charges as those mentioned. Moyer raises doubt of the sincerity of his offer of arbitration, for he must . have known that they would aggravate bitterness and would prove an obstacle to amicable settlement. The best time to arbitrate Is before such a conflict has begun, not after it has continued for months, with an accompaniment or murder, maiming and martial law. HOT nOT AT MB. BTRLKSOX. Postmaster - General Burleson' scheme of Government ownership of telegraph and telephones Is declared by that foremost of Democratic news papers, the New Tork World, to be no policy of the Democratic party," but to be a "fantastic scheme for doubling the National debt, doubling the army of Federal office-holders and plunging the country Into an ill considered Socialistic experiment," The World quotes President Wilson's speech to the woman suffragists as evidence that Mr. Burleson's scheme "cannot be made a policy of the Wil son Administration." Emphasizing his words. "I have to confine myself to those things which have been em bodied as promised to the people at an election," the World says: Tlie rtrmocrtIc National convention of the "uricanl body" of which Mr. Wil ton spoke In hla address to suffragists promised the country not Government own. emhlp of teleirraph and telephone Unas, but "efficient supervision and rate-reaulation of railroads, express companies, telegraph and telephone lines enaaced In Interstate commerce" This la Democratic, doctrine. Thnt la Democratic policy. Mr. Burleson Is reminded by the World that improvement of the postal service would be a . better outlet for his energy than enlargement of Its operations, for it says: We ran assura Mr. Burleson that if the telegraph and telephone service that we pay for vas as incompetent and unsatisfactory as ttte postal service that we pay for. it w..uld be very difficult Indeed to print a itreat newspaper. Wa can further assure him that It will be a sorry day for this country it IrteUlcent American sentiment ever countenances tba placing; of all avenues and clsannels of written and spoken conimu nlcetton unter the autocratic control of a partisan, political postofflce Department. These remarks are all the more cut ting because Mr. Burleson. In his an nual report, boasted of the high de gree of efficiency to which he had brought his department. There is un limited room for Improvement In the postal service, and there .is ample wope for expansion in the fields it already occupies. Great as has been the initial success of the parcel post, it Is yet in' its infancy. The same statement is true of the postal savegs bank. Mr. Burleson would better oc cupy fully the field which he has been given and demonstrate the efficiency f his machine to cover that field be fore spreading out Into new fields wherein England has made a finan cial failure. The Democratic, like the Repub lican, party la pledged to the policy of private ownership of telegraph and telephone as well as railroad lines tinder public supervision and regula tion. We have Just got our super visory machinery In full working order, and we desire to test Its effi ciency thoroughly. If that machinery should fail us. we may be ready to consider Government ownership and operation, but we shall approach the subject with great caution, not to say trepidation. We shall be the less willing to make the change If the Postmaster-General should, as has Mr. Burleson, treat every minor office as political spoils and should place party reward above public service. In short, a time when the spoils system is being revived Is a poor time to ask the peo ple to create more spoils. FATHER DO'CA"S WORK DONE. Retirement of Rev. William Dun can. "Apostle of Alaska." ends the active career of one of the great men of the Pacific Coast. Coming as a missionary to the Indians, he devoted himself to that work at Mctlakahtla for over fifty years and retires with the love of the Indians arid the admir ation of the whites. He not only chris tianized and civilized the Indians, but he educated them and taught them useful vocations. They learned from him to transact buslnees and to govern themselves, owning fisheries and lum ber mills and building a prosperous town, of which he is known as the "father." . Mr. Duncan has thus been far more than a religious teacher. He has taken savages and initiated them in all that is good of civilization, while guarding them from that which is evil. He has reconstructed the lives of his people. He la a constructive genius of the highest type, and had he en tered upon a larger field Instead of devoting himself to the regeneration of a single tribe, he might have been the ruler of a great colony. But he applied himself to the work he found at hand, and he did it well. At the age of 82 years he passes It on to younger hands, with the consciousness of a life well spent. WHEN THE COWARD QrAllJ. . The relief the public muist feet over the final ending of the series of Von Klein trials is not experienced by the defendant. It is natural .that this should be so. The police records dis close why Von Klein collapsed at the crisis. Here they are: Arrested for burglary In Toronto when 19 years old. Served time. Arrested in Galesburg, IU lor aia- mond thert. ssquarea tne case ay re storing money and Jewelry- Pretended to marry Ethel Mew- comb In San Francisco In October, 1911. being already the husband of Louise Illstrup Von Klein. Deserted Ethel Newcomb in Port land Hotel one week after Invalid marriage, taking $3500 worth of Jewelry belonging to her. Charged by Mrs. Webber, or asn- viile, Tenn., of robbing- her and her daughter of $12,000 worth or Jewelry. Charged by Mrs. Isabella Vermont, Nashville, Tenn.. of promising mar riage and stealing $6500 in Jewels. Identified In Chicago by Ethel New comb, returned to Portland, tried twice for larceny of Jewelry, with resulting disagreement of Jury In each Instance. Finally convicted of bigamy and sentenced to one to four years In prison. Von Klein's accomplishments are polished manners, an Ingratiating smile and criminal instincts. .Lacking courage to pursue the physically dan gerous occupation of burglary on which he started, he turned to safer deeds. He relied on the disgrace that he inflicted on his women victims to protect him from retribution for his thievery. Some criminals have nerve which they carry with them to the prison cell or the gallows trap. But as a rule they commit some more robust type of crime than- tricking, dishon oring and robbing susceptible women. The sneak is generally a coward and the coward is generally a sneak. It Is not surprising that Von Klein col lapsed when he heard the word "guilty." WHY THESE TEARS? These be grievous times, according to the Portland Journal. The Supreme Court docs not decide cases the way It used to do. "With the present con stitution before it," says our tearful contemporary, "the Oregon court, in 1876, rendered a decision almost iden tical with the California decision, de claring the private owners' title always to be tn subordination to the pub lic right of navigation.'" Having stamped Its own approval on this early decision, the aforesaid compendium of Information refers to a "recent Incor rect Oregon decision" on the same point. We are not Informed as to the pur pose of the continued misrepresenta tion of the Oregon Supreme Court's decision In the case where the Public Docks Commission attempted to seize private property without compensating the owners whether it be to brow beat the court In the hope of securing a reversal of a long-established ruling in Oregon or a malicious attempt of the loser In shoestring, newspaper fostered litigation to discredit the court in the mind of the public. But the hard fact Is that In its most recent pronouncement the Supreme Court of Oregon reiterated the doctrine quoted with approval by the Journal and de cided the dock case on, that .identical principle. Speaking of the plaintiff the pri vate owner of the lands wanted by the Dock Commission the court, said: "Its title is subject to the paramount right of navigation existing in the pub lic and subject to such reasonable reg ulation as the state, through Its mu nicipality, may prescribe." It may be said In passing that neither the early decision, nor the late one. In Oregon Is In exact line with California de cisions on the same issue, but they are In line with the decision in the Chicago waterfront case, decisions in Washington, New Tork, Georgia and other states. The trouble with the members of the waterfront dream club is that they put their own absurd construction on the term "paramount right of naviga tion existing in the public." It seems to be their theory that the construc tion of manufacturing plants, storage warehouses and wharves by private in dividuals on the shallow borders of the navigable channel of the river Impede navigation, but that such conveniences, if owned by the public, would not im pede navigation; that It Is possible for a ship to tie up to a municipally owned dock, but not to a privately owned, municipally regulated dock. Mean while their theory is refuted by the presence In the harbor of vessels called here for no other purpose than to load cargoes produced or stored by private enterprise on the harbor shore lands. Moreover the Supreme Court of Ore gon, in its latest decision, has plainly declare that the state is restricted from alienating lands under navigable waters or below ordinary low-water mark. Nobody can fill up or obstruct the ship channel or close the harbor. It is an equally false assumption that the public at large receives no benefit from the utilization of the Portland tidelands by private interests. Improvement of these lands has actually accelerated navigation, com merce, manufacturing and railroad building, increased population and added tax values to all city property. In addition, the lands themselves have paid large sums in taxes. Probably one year's tax revenues from these tidelands is sufficient to pay the entire cost of the public dock site, which it was attempted to acquire for nothing. If this attempt had been successful, the tax value of all tidelands would have been- destroyed, and it is equally doubtful If necessarily delayed leasing or franchise privileges that might have been granted on lands not Immediately needed for public docks would have fallen far short of the present tax revenues, for much land not now in use. but which pays taxes', would re main idle and unproductive. But the main point is that post mortems in such instances are un profitable. The force of the law as it was when the tidelands were granted to the upland owners. Is established beyond recall. Vested right cannot be destroyed by subsequent legislation. It is possible that in instances where the harbor line is outside the low-water line, the wharfing privilege rrom the low-water line to navigable water may be revoked The Supreme Court de cision does not deny this, so far as we are able to discover. But the advis ability of Buch a revocation is another matter. GADXARD. MARTYR OF THE CA3TAU Almost every great publio work has Its martyr. Often It has many, but it usually has one whose devotion to duty and high ambition shines above that of all others. The martyr of the Pan ama Canal was Colonel David du Bose Galllard. He dug the Culebra Cut across the continental divide. Time after time he saw much of his work obliterated by a torrent of earth from the mountains. As often he went back to the task undaunted until he finally made a gorge nine miles long. He was Invalided home shortly before the water was let In to signalize his triumph over the forces of'nature, and he died of exhaustion, due to over work. In "The Panama Gateway," Bishop says of his work: No one could say when the sun went down at night what the cqndltion of the cut would be when the sun rose the next mom. Ins;. The work of months and years might be blotted out by an avalanche of earth or the toppling over of a smalt mountain of rock. It was a task to try men's souls, and It was one also to kindle In them a Joy- of combat which no repulse could chill and a buoyant faith In ultimate victory which nothing could shake. From all quarters ot the globe came engineers and others en gaged in construction operations to view the struggle. They came in doubt often aa to the outcome, but they went away with all doubt removed. . . . They were not sur prised, after witnessing this wonderful hu man machine at work, that slide after slide went Into the cut without causing the faint est shadow of uneasiness to any one con cerned and without delaying the final com pletion of the task. In the selection of a design for a monument to commemorate the com pletion of this epoch-making work, the heroic name and figure of Colonel Galllard should not be overlooked. OUR NAVY DROPS BEHIND. Although Congress may authorize construction of two new.dreadnaughts, as proposed by Secretary of the Navy Daniels, that will not suffice to main tain our present rank as a naval power. It will hardly replace ships which become obsolete, while other nations are making a net increase in their number of capital ships dread naught battleships and battle cruisers. The report of the naval Intelligence office for 1918 makes the following ex hibit of the present and prospective strength of the great powers in capital ships: Battle Dread'ts Cruisers Nation. Built. Bld'g. Built. Bid's. Tot. Great Britain... IS 14 1 Oermanv IS 4 li United states... T B .. .. 12 Franca 2 .. .. 11 Japan S 4 1 S 10 Italy 2 v Ruasla . ,. 4 4 The United States outranks Ger many in old-style battleships of 10,000 tons or more with main batteries of more than one caliber, the numbers in each navy being: Great Britain, forty; United States, twenty-four; Germany, twenty; France, eighteen; Japan, thir teen; Italy and Russia, eight each. These ships, however, would be hope lessly outclassed in battle with modern capital ships, for the latter could knock them to pieces before they could come within their own range. . If we do not Increase our building programme materially, we shall soon be not only hopelessly outclassed by Germany, but shall be passed in the race by other powers. Great Britain lays down four or five armored ships a year. Germany has authorized for 1913 two battleships and one battle cruiser, aiming at an eventual strength of forty-one battleships, twenty ar mored cruisers, forty cruisers, 144 de stroyers and seventy-two submarines. With her new battle cruisers, Japan will be a match for us, for these ves sels have the armament and defensive strength of battleships with the addi tion of high speed. The German battle cruiser Luetzow will carry ten 12-inch and twelve 6.9-inch guns and Is expected to develop a epeed of thirty knots. If we continue to drop behind in naval strength while we expand the Monroe doctrine into the Wilson doc trine of meddling in other nations' affairs, our claim to dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere may soon be challenged. Our meddling will be a provocation and our Impotence an Invitation to the challenger. om roucT of meddling. In pursuance of his policy of pro moting constitutional government and opposing dictatorship in Latin Amer ica, President Wilson has sent to Santo Domingo a commission to "observe" the elections. The first published statement came from Mr. Sullivan, the new United States Minister to Santo Domingo, and was to the effect that the commission was to "supervise" the elections, but Secretary Bryan mod ified this. He said the Government did not ask any official sanction for the Americans who had been sent to visit the polling places, but that they went simply as Individuals to lend moral support to the President of the Dominican Republic In his efforts toward securing free elections, "in order that, If any questions should arise as to the good faith of any one concerned, undeniably Impartial wit nesses may be available to bear testi mony to exactly what happened-" This is of a piece with the Admin istration's policy of forceless meddling In Mexico. It refuses to recognize Huerta as President, but it sends John Lind as confidential agent to tell him he should resign, and sends Bayard Hale unofficially to flirt with the con. stitutlonallsts. Knowing that Ameri can supervision of the Dominican elec tions would be gratuitous meddling and would be resented with good cause, the Administration eends men to "observe" instead of "supervise.? The very fact that Mr. Llnd and Mr. Hale are sent as representatives of the President gives them an official character which cannot be hidden by withholding the credentials usually given to diplomatic agents. The facts that the Americans sent to Santo Do mingo are sent by the State Depart' ment and that their reports are to guide our policy toward that Republic have the same effect with relation to them. Our Government will be re sponsible for their words and acts and will be so held by the nations with whose affairs they meddle. Our inter ference without giving that Interfer ence full official character, and our open proclamation that we will not back it with force, render us con temptlble In the eyes of the Mexicans and Dominicans. This policy probably appears to the eyes of all Latin America as the first beginnings of an attempt to establish a protectorate over them. Mr. wu son's disclaimer of any intention to Intervene by force Is not likely to allay disquiet, for the Latin-American na tions may reasonably argue that another President may succeed Mr. Wilson who would back his words with deeds. They already distrust us, for they consider with good reason that the Monroe doctrine Is merely a pre text for our meddling with their af fairs as a preliminary to "benevolent assimilation." They have seen us ab sorb a large section of Mexico, take Porto Rico and the Philippines from Spain and annex Hawaii, and the Panama revolution appears to them thinly veiled spoliation of Colombia. They can Bcartfely be blamed if they regard Mr. Wilson's policy as an in sidious policy of aggrandizement. When the Monroe doctrine was pro claimed. It was welcomed, for the new born republics then felt the need of protection against Europe. They now have gained such strength as to have become self-reliant; they no longer fear European aggression, but, on the contrary. Welcome European Immigra tion and investment. Feeling that they have outgrown the need of . our protection, they proudly resent our continued guardianship and question the sincerity of our professed motives. Mr. Wilson's policy strengthens their suspicion at the very , time when we should most desire, in ourown inter est, to allay it. This condition of public opinion ia particularly unfortunate when we are about to increase our commercial in tercourse with Latin America. The Panama Canal will open the trade of the Pacific Coast of South America to our Atlantic Coast, and will open that of the Caribbean Sea to our Pacific Coast. Europe already has a strong hold on South American commerce, and will be helped by the canal to strengthen this hold. When we are about to enter upon a struggle for commercial supremacy In that field, It ia. especially desirable that our po litical relations should be cordial and should be clouded with no suspicion. But this time is chosen by Mr. Wilson for acts of meddling which will surely Increase that sentiment. News statements are meager con cerning the suicide of a wealthy stock man of the Payette Valley Christmas eve. With his wife he had visited Payette to buy presents, and after driving home left her at the house and went to the barn and shot him self. His body was found the next morning by the wife and a laborer. The strange part of the affair is that he was not missed and discovered earlier in the night. That he had re cently inherited $100,000 adds to the mystery, for a man with a near grip on such an amount has other prospects than death fn view. That "no mo tive for the deed can bo assigned" simply Injects confusion into contem plation. The meeting to be held at Salem at the end of the week to discuss edu cational features or-county fairs will tackle a big problem. Can a county fair be made to pay without a horse race, and is the horserace educa tional? As an announcement feature It helps the attendance, to ibe sure, but it is not a necessary part ' of the fair. The trouble has been that all the fairs have been dominated by the horsemen, even to setting the dates. When the local fair Is made a legiti mate exposition of county products, there vnll be no question of its edu cational value. Just as everybody had- finished the process of digesting an overload of Christmas dinner, Dean Small, of Chi cago University, drags out the skele ton of high cost of living, assigning and alleging numerous causes that all would overlook or forget. The high cost of living is caused by the women. aided and abetted by the menfolk. When they are all dead It will cease, and not before, for nobody will re trench. If the example of the telephone trust should be generally followed, there will be no work for the "trust- buster," for the trusts are "busting" themselves. That Is all very well ior the consumers and patrons, but how about those who bought trust stocks? The promoters and organizers sold to them at fancy prices, got away witn "the goods" and left them to undo the work and pay the price. We not onlv are slow to appropriate mnngtv foe wArshlnjv but we are slow to build them. The British warship which was secretly laid down aoout the same time as the Pennsylvania was authorized has been launched, but our own new ship Is making slow progress. Occasionally the wonder arises why the hero that could bottle up the whole Spanish fleet never thought of giving himself first aid treatment. Washington Post. What need has Captain Hobson of first-aid treatment? He can keep his tongue in action constantly, warring on either Japan or. alcohol. When Secretary of Agriculture Houston quits his study of the beef problem his finding will be a sugges tion to stop killing the heifer calves. The alternative is to stop eating beef. -The barbed-wire fence along the Rio Grande may serve as a protection to Mexico, as well as the United States, If it keeps out our confidential agents. If Bostick shall be banged at the date set people will believe there Is such, a thing as Justice in California. Unrest is growing In the Philip pines. More itch, maybe. In the matter of deportation of Moyer, William J. Burns has an alibi. Dr. Hazzard finds it as hard to get in as many do to get out. Only three days- to a "dry" -spell, j SOFT ARMY JOBS IX PHILIPPINES Farmer Resideat Sees einh Canse for ' Criticisms at Administration. ASHLAND. Or.. Dec. 24. (To the Ed itor.) As a constant reader of your paper I must take issue with" Army of ficers who are criticising the policies of the present Administration. Why is it the Army is so incensed over the way things are going In tne fnmp pines? Why do they criticise every move the new Governor-General makes? To a man up a tree it Would seem that something were radically wrong with the new Administration's policy, but to one who has been in that country for five years the explanation is simple. Whenever you hear a mart complain you can put it down in black and white that something- Is hurting him or his interests. And that is the case in the islands. As lone as the Army is in control in any part of the Philippines, the people, that is the natives, will never be ready for self-government. You can put that down as an axiom. Army politics have brought about a condition where the white troops are congregated about the principal centers In the Islands. The actual work is all done by the con stabulary and scouts, two organizations of natives. Most of tffe white troops are concentrated around Manila for no other reason than that Manila Is the social center of the islands. Yet the Army has for years hogged all the best positions in the constabulary, keeping able men down below the rank they should hold. The Army looks down upon the ordi nary civilian In the islands the same as they do on the natives. They expect the abatement of all civil laws when those laws affect their Interests. And, under the weak regime of the late Gov ernor-General they had their way In that respect. He could buy polo grounds for them and build Summer capitals for them. That is the kind of a civil Governor the Army wants. They complain that the new Governor is a man of family- and cannot mingle. To one who knows, that childish complaint is laughable. Why can t the new Gov ernor mingle as well as any other man of family. He probably won't' hold -re ceptions at which they can show off their gold braid, but neither is our most able President doing that. In addition to their Army rank, there have been a great number of Army of ficers holding civil positions under the Philippine government. For this they were well paid, both in money and prestige. Governor Harrison calls a halt on this, and the Army Is up in arms. General Pershing held the posi tions of Civil Governor and of Military Governor of the district of Mindanao, thus giving him practically the control of life and death over his subjects and the people In that district were virtually his subjects. It is a shame and disgrace ever to one man that power. This gave the Army people a great prestige there, and it is no wonder they can find fault witn Governor Harrison for replacing the despotic form of government with one of common Justice. One who has lived among the Filipinos for any length of time, and who has taken any interest In them, knows that the Filipinos are at heart a peace-loving people. They have been hectored for the last 300 years. And when the American Army took posses sion they were given to believe that they would get Justice civil as well as military. But when the would - be aristocracy made them stand to atten tion and salute every time one of them happened to pass, they soon found that they were no better off than under "Spanish rule. I heard a Major of the Medical Corps tell a native postmaster at Camp Over ton, Mindanao, P. I., that when he, the Major, entered the postofflce he wanted the postmaster to stand to attention. And that was only about ten months ago. Can you bring the Filipino to ro spect the American by such assinlne egotism? NO, not In a thousand years. The natives are shrewd, and, al though not all educated, they have an understanding of affairs that would surprise one. But what I want to make plain is that the Army is criticising the present Administration because the Army la losing all the fat things it has been used to under the former Gov ernor. I am an ardent admirer of the President and his policies long as no other Government employe is allowed to crlticlne, why should the Army officer be allowed to do so? CHAS. F. HARRINGTON. GOOD &AME OF MAN IF DEFENDED Xo Suspicion In Curry County Mystery Can Attach to Riley Cooler. GOLD BEACH, Or., Deo. 23. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonlan December 16 there appears a long article from Salem entitled "Arrest May Clear 15 Year Mystery," that contains many mis takes to the great prejudice of Riley Cooley, late a resident of this county, and his people who still reside here. Mr. Cooley wag raised In Curry County and is the youngest of four sons of Miller Cooley, a pioneer, who died many years ago. . Miller Cooley was a good citizen and his large family respected citizens. . Tom Van Pelt married a squaw many years ago, became a neighbor of the Cooleys and raised a large family of boys and girls. The two families did not get along amicably, but there never was an open rupture between them. When young Coolldge was killed in the Winter of 1897 the murder aroused great indication In the neighborhood and Riley Cooley was Outspoken In his denunciation of the crime. His people, fearing trouble and not wishing to be mixed up in the outcome of such a crime, prevailed upon Riley Cooley to move away and even bought his little farm. Some time before Tom Van Pelt was killed Riley Cooley moved to Cres cent City, Cal., and resided there at the time Van Pelt was killed. A short time' after Van Pelt was killed Riley Cooley went to Alaska and afterwards moved his family to San Francisco, where they now reside. The article referred to says in part: "Cooley, who lived on a ranch adjoin ing that of the murdered man, left his home, on the day following the tragedy and went to California and then to Paris." This, statement is not true, as above indicated, and if brought to trial on the charge of killing Van Pelt, Cooley will have no trouble In showing that he could not have been guilty of such a crime. The people of Curry had hoped that the great tragedy of 15 years ago would not again be brought to the sur face,, but are as anxious as any for a thorough sifting of the case, but, they ask, "Why should District Attorney Brown and the detective confine their investigation to the killing of Van Pelt, when by making a thorough in vestigation they could easily have been put in possession of facts that would have made It unpleasant for tnose still living who, possibly, are responsible for the killing jof young Coolidge?" . Let us have a square deal. J. HUNTLEY. Man of 7S Rejoices for Chamberlain. PORTLAND. Dec. 25. (To the Edi tor.) I wish to thank the Civil Serv ice Commission for their verdict in re storing Russell Chamberlain to his former position in the City Hall. The news came to me as a thankful Christ mas present. I am over 78 years of age and a shoemaker, and can do as much work and better than ever I could. The above news is a happy Christmas present. A. M. HOLLABAUGH. Pnssle for Sir. Staylate. New York Globe. "I don't think your father feels very kindly toward me," said Mr. Staylate, "You misjudge him. The morning after you called on me he seemed quite worried for fear I had not treated you with proper courtesy." "Indeed! What iid ne say?" "He asked me how I could be so rude as to let you go away without your breakfast." Twenty-five Years Ago From The Orezonian of December SO. 1SS3. Indianapolis, Dec. 28 The Only dis tinguished out-of-town visitor to the President-elect today was Senator Henry M. Teller, of Colorado. San Francisco, Dec 28. Joe Mc Auliffe, champion heavyweight of the Paciflo Coast, -was knocked out tonight in the 24th round by Peter Jackson, colored champion of Australia. Pendleton, Dec 28. Captain M. E. O'Brien of H troop. Second Cavalry, died this morning. Work Is being rushed on the brick work of the new hotel. The Fire Commissioners will ask the Council for $75,000 to carry them through 1889. Chief Morgan. is at work on his annual report. The steamer Geo. W. Elder Is lying up for repairs at San Francisco and is receiving new machinery. One of Cook & Kiernan's trucks, driven by James Hussey, took a wheel oft a farmer's wagon standing in front of Corbett & Macleay s store yester day. v The cetition circulated by the Alpine Club for the enaction of laws for the prevention of deer killing is 182 feet long. Willie Olmstead and Frank Hill, of Crooked Creek, trapped two cougars on their place near Astoria last Sunday, The remains of Jacob B. Kline lie at the undertaking rooms of De Lin & Holman. They were shipped from Ban Bernardino and will be interred in the family plot on Eauvie'S Island, which was Cline's home for many years. He vMll be chiefly remembered for the perennial character of the divorce cases in which he appeared alternately as plaintiff and defendant. P. F. Morey Is suffering from severe injuries incurred in trying to stop his runaway horse., The North Pacific Industrial Associa tion yesterday voted to buy the whole tract of eight blocks bonded from A. N. King at $8000 a block. Half a Century Ago On Wednesday last about t P. M. Port Angeles was nearly destroyed by a tremendous avalanche of water from the mountains, causing the loss of two valuable lives and the destruction of a srreat deal of property. The first ap proach of the avalanche was observed by Dr. Gunn, United States collector for Puget Sound. He was seated in the office in the rear of the Custom-House and nroceeded to the door, when he saw a nerfect weH'Of water rushing down the valley, bearing on its foam- lner bosom an Immense mass or up rooted trees, logs, stumps, etc J. M Anderson, deputy collector, and Capv tain Goodell, formerly of the schooner Gen. Harney, were swept away with the building. The dwelling of Victor Smith was demolished, but Mrs. Smith and her three children escaped. Married At the house of Mr. Ben lamln Brown. Marlon County, Decem ber 24. 1863. by Rev. E. P. Henderson, of Belpassl, Mr. James S. Burbank, of Polk County, and Miss Barbara is. Brown, At the residence of the bride's father, December 25, by Rev. D. Rutledge, Mr. W. N. Patton and Miss Lucy Gault, all of this city. In Portland. December 25, by Rev. D. Rutledge, Mr. James Carrico and Miss Jane Vesey. Nathan Olney, Sheriff of Wasco Coun- tv. assisted by City Marshal Charles White and Walter Pomeroy, of The Dalles, arrived on the steamer Wilson G. Hunt last evening, bringing five prisoners to the State Penitentiary, who have been sentenced by Judge Wilson at Dalles City. We were last evening shown some very line specimens of copper and silver ores and also a splendid piece of pure French or tailor's chalk taKen from his claims on Canyon Creek, in the John Day region, by M. L. Mounts. Postponed Reformation By Dean Collins. A week ago I told myself. And at the time I was not joking: "My pipes shall go upon the Bhelfi On New Year's day I'll swear off smoking. Til Join that mass of human kind That sweareth off. My resolution Shall be a protest well defined 'Gainst nicotine's vile institution." But best laid schemes of mice and men Are oft snarled up in manner fear some, And this I proved on Christmas, when A friend presented me a meerschaum. White as the driven Bnow its bowl, On which strange carven gargoyles clamber. And a delight unto the soul Is its translucent stem of amber. As a fond mother o'er her child. For nigh a week I've nursed my treasure; Tve smoked it light and smoked it mild. And watched for the first change with pleasure. Lp, at Its base, methinks the mow Is Just a tiny trifle duller, And in my heart I gurgle low: "My meerschaum has begun to color!" What, Bhall I foolishly refrain From smoking after New Year's sea son? ' My meerschaum's taking on its stain. So to abstain were vilest treason. St I will fog the Old Tear out, n-n thft nnuare. I'd be a dullard To hearken resolution's shout When l v a meerscnaum to De col ored. Movements In Chews. JAMIESON, Or., Deo. 24. (To the t--j, t . -, i punen tll me. the moves cunui. - 7 of the different characters in the game 'Chess. on wTiat conditions can you move backwards? . it) When IB tne game enuei: J. F. B. til "Each -nlaver In ehess has eight pawns, two knights, two nooks, two bishops, one queen and one king. (2) No niece is confined strictly to forward movements, except the pawn, butif a pawn reaches the adversary s kinsr row it may be exchanged for any superior piece except the king.' Move ments of the pieces vary ana. they therefore have different values. . (SI The e-ame Is ended when the king is checkmated. The king can not be taken, but when attacked by an ad versary is said to be in check. If the king can not be moved out of check or interpose one of his subjects or the checking piece can not be captured, the king is checkmated. Movements and positions In the game are too complicated to be described here. A beginner's manual of chess should be consulted bv persons desir- Iner to learn the same and can be ob tained at almost any bookstore. OREGONIAN Big Edition to Be Issued January 1, 1914, a Complete Review of State's Progress. All features of the year's de velopment in Oregon will be in cluded in The Oregoiiian Alinuai. Tho number will bo complete in . every particular. No phase of ad vancement in Portland or in the state will be neglected. . For many years the Annual has been pre eminent in it field, and the forth coming issue is fully up to the hiph mark established. Its test is con cise, reliable and authoritative and Its pietoral paes have not been surpassed. Some of the many in- . teresting features arc ' here out lined: Preparing for the " World's Ships Never before has the great Co lumbia River Basin, with its area of 250,000 square miles, been so aroused to the necessity of prepar ing for. a greater ocean commerce. Just what has been done toward deepening the river, not only to Portland, but to give direct ship ping to Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and Idaho, is related. Men of tho different sections write of the particular interest their lo calities have in the Northwest's wonderful waterway. Uncle Sam's millions are making of the Colum bia one of the World's finest har bors but there is much to accom plish and Oregon will do her' share. Effect of the Panama Canal This is a problem in which the Pacific Northwest is vitally inter ested. What advantages will Ore ' gon and Washington gain iu mar keting their lumber, grain, fruit and other products? What is the out look for immigration and what will be the character of the people we must assimilate t These questions will be answered by men who have made a careful study of the situ ation. American Consuls Will Contribute So far as the Pacific Coast Is concerned, no more interesting articles have been written than those prepared especially for the Annual by American Consuls abroad. They deal with commerce and emigration to the Pacific Coast which will follow the completion of the canal, and are written at first hand by men who know conditions in the leading foreign ports. The writers will include Consuls-General at Liverpool, Hamburg, Bordeaux, Havre, Vienna, Copenhagen and Christiania. Portland's Harbor Needs Portland is fully alive to the necessity of preparing for greater ocean commerce, exemplified by the coming in 1913 of two new Oriental steamship lines and the present or ganization of an Alaskan service, as well as the promise of many ad ditional carriers when the canal is open. The Annual will have a full page drawing of Portland's present harbor. , Pictorial Portland Section Ohe entire section of 16 pages will be devoted to Portland pictures. It will contain full-page photo graphs of the seven largest build ings erected in 1913, and other pages in which the city's principal business blocks will be grouped in new and striking style. There will be a remarkable two-page drawing of the central business section, which required two months' work by an Oregonian artist. This sec tion will show some of the results of Portland's building expenditure of more than $80,000,000 during the past five years." Oregon Industries Progressing The agricultural and other indus tries of the state at large will not be overlooked. Text and pictures will call attention to gains made along many lines. Such subjects as good roads, including the Pacifio Highway and the Columbia Eiver Highway, and important new leg-" islation will be covered. Progress of Oregon t Counties Summarized There will be a brief, definite summary of development from each Oregon county. These reviews will give the output of various com-, modities, price of land, new indus tries established," railroads built and similar information.. Pictures of buildings erected in Oregon citiea ir, 1 Q1 a Trill i nrmnan.V thii synopsis. Results of New City Charter " Mayor. Albce and the Commis sioners will tell of results of Port land's new commission charter. All phases of the city's material and social advancement will be reported. Special Staff of Writers More than 80 prominent men of Oregon and Washington will write articles for the Annual. Every sub ject will be handled by a con tributor who is particularly well qualified to write on that topic. Tho Annual will also contain the usual reliable and complete statistical re- view of the year. ORDER THE ANNUAL NOW An order blank for this edition will be found in today's paper. In Portland the Annual will be sold on the streets and at news stands, -in green wrappers, ready for mailing. (