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THE MOITXIXG OTiF.fiOXIAT. SATURDAY. APKIL. 11. 1914. ommt 4.Si ifcZu .75 6.U0 3.25 1.70 .00 ... 2.J4I Xu rOBTLAXO, UBGOM. Entered at Portland. Oregon. lostorr!ce oond.-class matter. CubsufitioD latea .Invariably In AdnuM (BT &LIL. raily. Sunday Included, one year $s.w Dally fctanclay laciuded. aix montlia. - Ijrij v. buwlay ineluded. three montbax Dally, buaday included, one month. . Laily. without Sunday, one year. . - - Daily, without Sunday, aix months... Lfaily. without Sunday three month. Daily, without Sunday, on month.... v ee Kiy. one. year. ... - . . . - - fcunday, one .year. - . ....... - aunuay-and weekly, one- year.. (BY CJLH.BIER) Eal!yk Sunduy. included, n rar. J1-" Daily, Sunday included, one month...... How to Remit Send poatoffice money or der, expreaa order or personal ctaecit on your local bank. Stamps, coin on currency are at sender's risk, tiive poaioilica.ad.ttre" Is IUil including county and. slate Postage Bates 12 to 16 pages, 1 cent; Is to 32 pages, 2 cents; 34 to 48 pages. 3 cents: to to 60 p-se. 4 cents; 62 to 7tt pages, a tents; 78 to U2 pese. t cerna Foreign, post age, double, raea Eastern Business Offices Verree OnK lln, .New York. Brunswick building. Chi cago. Sieger building. can Francisco Office R. J. Btdwell Co.. 742 Market street. FORTLAXD, S-WTBDAJC ATRU. 11, 191- BCTING COIyOXBLft'S tiOOr- WILL. Colombia is to be paid $25,000,000 by the United States as a salve to the wound her feelings received by the secession of Panama. We are to obtain no concessions in exchange for this sum; it is simply the price we are to pay for- Colombia's good will after having incurred her ill will by recognizing the republic of Pan ama, and by paying that republic for the canal concession, the sum which Colombia had scornfully rejected, but which, wheat too late, she offered to accept. We get no Atrato- River con cession, ajid no- coaling, stations as we should: have got vuider the treaty pro posed', by President Taft. We get Co lombia's gaood. will and clear our sen sitiva. console rite of any qualms grow ing out of our conduct on the iRthirrus. By implication we admit that, our conduct, was. reprehensible. There- are two -versions of the events- leading up to this treaty. One represents- Coiomhia. as an innocent and. -deeply wronged, people; the other as a, nation beaien in a great black mailing; scheme. Colombia claimed that she- was entitled to. compensa tion, aside from the Jl 0.000.000 cash and the J25O.0OO- a. year she was to have received; under the- Hay-Herran treaty, and that this compensation should come eithetr from the Unit ed: States or tlie New Panama Canal Company. '.That company had acquired both, the canal concession, which required payment of a share of the profits to Colombia, and the rail road concession, for which Colombia received Jl.000,000 cash and J250.000 a year. This annual payment was to have continued for 99 years, after which time the road was to have re verted to Colombia. The canal com pany owned- the majority of the rail road stock and sold it with the canal to the- United States. Under the terras- of the conces sion it could not be transferred with out Colombia's consent, for which Minister- Concha, in 1902, came to Washington instructed to demand from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000; cash and an annual subsidy of Jl, 000, 000 a year from either the canal com pany or the United States. Mr, Concha's successor, Mr. Herran, came down to the terms finally ar ranged when Senator- Cullom warned him. that the United States might seize: the Isthmus on the ground that the canal was needed as a world utility. The treaty was signed- on Jtwiuary 22, 1903. 'o man can say Colombia was not fully warned of tho probable conse quences of refusal to ratify the treaty. But Colombia was determined to squeeze all it could out ef a., bank rupt concern which was unable to finish the enterprise and: which was selling its assets for a fraction of the amount invested. A congress was elected in Colombia early Hi 1902 in the manner usual in South .America. Mr. Bunau-Varilla held Colon. Tb Cleveland Adminis tration criticised Captain Keane, of the Galena, for not having prevented righting at tbe latter place. The United States landed troops at Pan- ajnav which arrested tbe rebel leader and compelled him to sign an agree ment not to tight in Panama. When government troops arrived the Amer icans forbade them to disembark. Mr. Bunau-Varilla says: This established tbat In tho eyes of th American, authorities the obligation result ing from the. treaty-- of 184C was. to arevent by fore- of arms all conflict on the railroad tine. All Mr. Roosevelt need do was to follow established precedent as to the interpretation of that treaty and. Pan ama might become free to. arrant us the canal concession. Knowing that a revolution was probable. he. ordered warships to the isthmus and obtained information a to means of defending the territory. He followed precedent by preventing; the Colombian troops from going from Colon to Panama to attack the rebels and b-t compelling them to depart- for Cartagena on No vember 5, 1903. The same- day the United States recognized the. new re public and os November 13 Mr. Bunau-Varilla was received as- its Minister by Mr. Roosevelt., i'ive days later the canal treaty with Panama was signed. This is how Mr. Roosevelt "took" Panama. He simply followed the precedent established by a Demo cratic predecessor and took prompt advantage of circumstances to obtain that which he had vainly endeavored to obtain by friendly negotiation, with Colombia, He might have seized the canal route- under the implied rights given by the treaty of 18.4 S and left the price to be settled at leisure by arbitration. He considered himself absolved' from showing consideration for Colombia by the. grasping pro pensities and the- intended- bad. faith of that republic's rulers. Had he yielded to their demands, he would have imposed on the commerce of the world a burden which would; have grown heavier century by century. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan now propose to pay to Colom bia a. large part of the. blackmail which Mr; Roosevelt refused, to pay. says: The elections in Colombia are what the party in power wishes to make them. For the most piart they are but sham elections. A dotachmant of soldiers spontaneously take the place y? the electors anil pack: the balr lot box wiun votes. The- treaty was unanimously- re jected by the Colombian Senate on August 13, 1903, after the leaders had informed Minister- Beaupre that it would be rtatifled if the canal com pany would, pay $15,000,009 for the right to transfer. On August 29, after the treaty had been rejected, a mo tion was maide naming as terms of a new treaty payment by the United States of 20. 000.000 eash and a ren tal of MOQ.OOO a year until 196T, after which -date the amount was to be increased 25 per cent every cen tury. If these terms were rejected the scheme was. to delay action until after October 31, 1904, when tho original concession would expire, and then to declare invalid the six-year extension from that date which had been granted under dictatorial rule, the theory being that the Congress had authority to annul this decree. After the Panama revolution Mr. Beaupre cabled an offer from President Reyes that if the United States would pre serve Colombian sovereignty on the Isthmus he would declare martial law and then ratify the treaty by decree. or would call an extra session of Con gress "with new and friendly mem bers" to ratify the treaty. In other words he would pack Congress in favor of the treaty as it had previously been packed against the treaty. President Roosevelt was reluctant to adopt the alternative Nicaragua route, under the authority of the Spooner law, for he was convinced of the superiority of the Panama route. Another was suggested by John Bas- sett Moore in an interview with Mr. Bunau-Varilla. who states reasons for believing it to have been recom mended by Mr. Moore to Mr. Roose velt. This was to claim that the treaty of 1846 with New Granada (now Colombia) granted the right to dig the canal. That treaty provides The government of Granada guarantees to the Government of the United States that the right of way or transit across tha isth mus of Panama by any mode of communica tion that may already exist or that may be hereafter constructed shall be open and free to the Government and to the citizens of the Vnlted States. Thus Mr. Roosevelt could Beize the canal route under the treaty of 1846 and leave the question of payment to future settlement. He certainly had the courage to do so, but from many quarters he learned that a rev olution was brewing on the Isthmus. Mr. Herran telegraphed to Bogota that threatening statements made by Mr. Roosevelt in private conversation indicated he would indirectly favor it. Mr. Bunau-Varilla shows how he could do so consistently with prece dent. In 18S5 a revolution broke nut and the revolutionists captured Panama City, while the government Blil President Wilson Is popular, un doubtedly. Everybody says so. The Democratic orators tell us all about it with undiminished vigors and. appar ently with undiminished enthusiasm. It appears to be a. fact, however., that some persons are fearful that some other persons will not believe It, for every Democrat everywhere, protests on every occasion, tbat it is so We wonder if the lady (viz., the Democ racy) doth protest too much? The Wilson popularity- appears to have, reached what may be described as the "but' period. A study of the recent to Us debate in the House, made by the correspondent of art Eastern newspaper, revealed, the- following: in teresting uniformity of expression; and qualification: Mr. Harrison, of Mississippi Tho Presi dent of this Nation la a patriotic, sincere and able man-. tfce la. in my opinion, in great-eat president this Nation- has slnr-o. tho days of Jeftrson. But Mr. Knowland, of California I entertain a high regard for the President of the United States. H.is patriotism and honesty or pur pose I would not- attempt to question. But an 0'4haunessy. of Rhode Island- On of the greatest Presidents this country has ever seen. I bow- to his magnificent states manship in many matters. But-- Mr. Flood, of Virginia His wide vision, his- extraordinary acquirements, his acute Insight Into the heart of economic, political and international questions. Therefore Mr. Stephens, of California I honor- ana respect President Wilson for his- honesty and incerity. 1 have commended him often; so as every member of Cortgrew. But Mr. Curry, of California The President la an exceedingly erudite, well-meaning, kindly. polished gentleman; more highly educated and possessing mora knowledge, if aot more wisdom, than any of hia predecessors. But Mr. Pou. of North Carolina Ma would pre serve the honor and good name of -bia coun try. He would preserve inviolate tha con tracts his predecessors, hava made. There fore Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York The result attained during his brief incumbency- of bis present office hava awakened hope in the hearts of many- patriotic men who ware despairing of the useful continuance of our ree institutions. wUlla the achievements of our party under his enlightened leadership have been little leas than marvelous. But What next for the popular Presi dent with whom so many of his loyal followers disagree? POOR LAFFEBTY. The aristocratic Mr. Lafferty, Con gressman, from Oregon and "friend1 of labor, is quite unable to worry along on 17500 a year and the usual Congressional perquisites, without the most rigid economy." as he dolefully describes it. Mr. Lafferty practices economy by living at the exclusive and expensive Army and Navy Club, having moved thither from a sump tuous hotel. Finding he cannot make both ends meet on 17500 a year, he demands the perpetuation of the mile age graft, which many honest and scrupulous Congressmen desire to suspend.- But not Lafferty. He travels from Washington to Portland and from Portland to Washington in luxurious palace cars and draws 20 cents per mile from the Government for the round trip a total of something like $1400 yet he hardly reaches his ele gant quarters in his Portland hotel at the middle of his Journey, and takes his bath, manicures his nails and pol ishes his patent leather shoes before he gives out to a waiting world a yarn that he has been obliged to travel to his home on a second-class train, along with the immigrants. The special session of Congress last December merged into the regular session, and members were unable to go to their homes during the recess yet the greedy proposal is neverthe less made that the Congressman is entitled to his mileage; and Lafferty demands his share of the spoils. If Lafferty, with no family. home and no visible dependents, is unable to live in Washington on S7500 a year, he ought to be relieved of th struggle for a precarious existence in official life. make up for loss of coast-to-coast traffic by the increase in traffic be- ween interior points and the coasts. The canal will stimulate shipment of such Western products as canned goods, dried fruits, lumbcrr and other products to Europe. He expects the canal to prove an aid to world peace by making our Navy a unit and by enabling war vessels of otruer nations to reach their destinatirsns more readily and thus to forestall trouble. Mr. Shonts opinion is crrjefly re markable for the admission tjiat rail roads will not suffer by canal compe tition. Railroads opposed construc tion of the canal through fear of such competition. They now covertly op pose exemption of coastwise vessels from- tolls from the same motive. When their treasuries are enriched by the. dense traffic between the coasts and interior points they may desire more of it. Then they will re gret having helped to discourage it by opposing coastwise exemption. VSJNO TltE PARCEL POST. The efforts of the Postoffice De partment to make the parcel post a useful as possible- should receive sup port from both producers and con sumers. It is now possible to send farm produce in convenient parcels at very low rates. The Postoffice will not only transport the goods, but it will deliver them and collect the pay. Preparations have been made for an extremely useful service if only the public will avail themselves of it. They are not yet doing so for many reasons. Old habits no doubt staml in the way. It takes a long time for people to realize what an efficient and economical instrumentality the Government has provided for them. Farmers will no doubt continue to ship- their produce to middlemen anil consumers will pay out their "good money tor inferior articles for a long time to come. Fundamental changes usually evolve slowly. But it is possi ble to hasten them a little. The postoffice has compiled lists of farmers who are willing to ship food to city people by the parcel post. Thexa lists, are. at the service of any body who will ask for them. Lists are also being made of the names of people who wish to obtain produce direct from farmers, and these will also be given out freely. Thus it is hoped that consumer and producer will be brought into friendly commu unication to th-e. benefit of both. But something more is needed, than this. There shoujd. be a propaganda throughout the city to organize parcel post clubs. Similar work is needed in the country. It is not sufficient to of fer advantages to. the public. People must be taught and. urged to use them. There is no better work for the- missionary spirit of the Civic League than this. JUSTICE ANT JUSTICE. It Is notable how. much more effi ciently the. British government deals with the suffragette than it does with the bold rebels who. are defying it in- Ulster. The leaders of the re bellion against home rale openly col lect arms, drill soldiers and utter the most outrageously treasonable threats against the government. Tet thus far none of them have been disturbed. In one or two. instances Mr. Asquith has made meek concessions to them either Sir Edward Carson nor any f his fellow conspirators has seen the inside of a jail. There has been no ccaston to feed them forcibly', nor have they been driven to seek an asy lum in. France. With the suffragettes the case stands far differently. Although their disobedience has gone no farther than break a few- windows and set Are to a house or two in remote rural dis tricts, they have been handled with severity. Their meetings are forcibly dispersed. They are arrested on every provocation, and bundled, tnto Jail, where, if they refuse to. eat, they are fed forcibly. Little, as any one may admire the suffragettes, it is Impossible not to no tice the difference between the kind of Justice that is meted out to them and the kind the Ulster rebels receive. How shall we explain the contrast? It Is easy enough to do so. The Ul ster traitors belong to the British aristocracy. Their cousins, uncle and family friends are in the Cabinet and in both houses of. Parliament. Many of them have all sorts of rela tions in the army. To punish them for their rebellion weuld be to lay hands, upon the sacred aristocracy of the realm. Hence they commit their rimes with impunity. But the suffragettes are nobodies. Some of 'them perhaps could claim kindred with the aristocracy, but for the most part they are very humble persons. Their cousins are not lords. Their uncleg. are- not in the govern ment. It is reasonably sale, there fore, to punish their misdeeds, and British Justice wears its severest frown when, they are brought into court. divert from New York business which natursUly flows thither. It will divert bualmisu which the old reserve system artificially drew thither. It will prevent money from being at tracted to Wall street for stock spec ulation which, without that artificial suction, would have been applied to other uses of commerce. The evil of he old system wan twofold. It of fered a premium, on lending of money on .call, and thus stimulated stock speculation unduly. It thereby di verted capital from trade and com pelled trade to pay higher Interest competition with the stock mar ket. That condition will cease. The present districting it not final. for the Federal Reserve Board may from time to time readjust it, and un doubtedly will do so. As the working of the system shows it to divert busi ness In any locality from its natural channel, local pride will yield to busi ness convenience and will consent to readjustments. The board may cor rect the most glaring errors of the committee Immediately after its or ganization. Others may be corrected as the working of the system reveals them, and further changes will be rendereH necessary by changes in the course of business as the country and its commerce develop. shoxts" opixioj of Tins canal. The opinion of Theodore P. Shonts on the effect of the Panama Canal on commerce is valuable, because be Is qualified to speak both from hav ing had the direction of canal con struction and from being an expert enced railroad manager. He looks for the Pacific Coast ports to become great distributing centers with steam ship lines which can give as prompt delivery to goods from Atlantic an Gulf ports as the railroads can give. He predicts that other Atlantic ports than New York will get a larger share of Pacific Coast trade and that th Gulf ports will get much traffic from the Middle West. He thinks our man ufacturers should successfully com pete with Europe for South American trade, provided they cater to its de mands. He foresees an enlarged de mand for American coal. He believes that tha railroads will Half a Century Ago The Pennsylvania Railroad is owned by 89,000 stockholders, whose I From The Ores-onian of April 11. 18M. lTnion state ticket For Congreasmaa. J. H. IX Henderson, of Lane County; for State Printer. Henry L. Pittock. of MultaotnaJi County; for Presidential Electors. George L. Woods, of Wmco County, H. N. George, of Linn County. J. T. Gaaley. of Iongla County. Ju dicial district nominations. Second dis trict, for Judge, K. r. Strattoa. of Ine County. Prosecutlnsr Attorney-. J. F. Watson; Third district, for Judge. R P. BoUte. ef Polk County, for Prosecut ing Attorney. R. Mallory. of Marion County: Fourth district, for Prosecut ing Attorney. G. W. Hodgklnson, of Multnomah County: Fifth district, for Judge. J. G. Wilson, of Wasco County, Prosecuting Attorney, C. R. Meigs, of Wasco County. ' Knoxville. April 3. General Stone man has advanced to Bull's Gap. New Tork. April S. The Columbia. from New Orleans March reports our army still pushing up Red Kiver. The Klghty-third Ohio Cavalry reached Alexandria on the 14th, having marched 170 miles in five days. Cincinnati. April 4. By order of Governor Morton the entire Indiana Legion hold themselves in readiness to take the field at any moment required. Washington. April General Meade in a written statement to the war coin- average holding Js worth $12,500, and I mittee a-sserts that he never irsued an 4 8 per cent of them are women. They ; are being punished on the false as-1 sumption that the road Is owned by I a few millionaires. Other Hmall In vestors are frightened away from rail road securities by the shrinkage in the income of these 89.000, and thus the American people are being pun ished with lack of improvements and of the business they wuuld create. Oovernor Glynn, of New York, has come out for durable roadbuilding. Is I meets at once. there any good reason why our roads shouU not last as long as those the Romans built? Governor Glynn thinks not if we will spend the time and money to build as thoroughly. We do not get forward with our roads be cause the work done this year must be done over again next year, and so on In endless futility. It is time for a change- order to retreat from Gettysburg on July 3. It seema to have been written by General Butterfield witbout orders. Liverpool. March 24. Maximilian em barks for Mexico on April 14. Liverpool. March 24. The Times' tel egram from Vienna states that Eng land's proposition for an sraniatice has been accepted by Austria and Prussia. The territorial integrity of th Danish monarchy under the present dynasty will be maintained. Toe conference Rev. Mr. Atkinson was surprised last Thursday with the presentation of a purse of 1365 and Mrs. Atkinson with one of 152.60. the latter contrib uted by the ladies exclusively. Frail and unstable as the aeroplane is. it is hardly as aeadly as. the dirig ibles. The latter promises much In the way of safety and fulfills little. A mishap to an aeroplane injures one or two persons. An exploding dlrigi- first Lieutenant. William Young; Sec The bark Ocean Bird, Captain Blake. turned turtle on ths lower coast on April S. The Ocean Bird was an old acquaintance in Portland, having been one of Abernethy & Clarke's lien of packets In ths earlier years of Oregon lumber producing and was subsequent ly sold to George A. Meigs, proprietor of the port Madison Mills. Company B. Captain Mills, on Patur. day elected the following officers: ble may kill fifty or sixty at once. We hear of many mishaps with aero planes and few with dirigibles, but death gets a heavier tribute from the latter. Miss Davis, tuead of the New York City department of corrections, hopes to prevent the introduction of drugs, whisky, tools and weapons into the ond Lieutenant. T. B. Borst: First Ser riant, B. B. Decker; Second Sergeant, J. M. Howe; Third Sergeant, C. C. Phil lips; fourth Sergeant. L. C. Henricb sen; First Corporal, Charles Hull; Sec ond Corporal, H. Cook; Third Corporal T. J. Johneon; Fourth Corporal. XA . R. McCord. 1 SHORT BALLOT SEW IDEA TO HIM ' Mr. Bane Aware ot Nsveaint Is Wales President Has Skews Interest. PORTLAND. April IB. (To the F.dl tor.) For the purpose of correcting a possible erroneous impression gleaned from the comment on my letter. "A shorter ballet, a truer registration and a fair representation'" by way of pro portional representation in the As sembly, please examine and publish the enclosed copy of the amendment as it appears on the bill. Note that no change is made in nom ination of the candidates or districts. It does not provide that SO names ap pear on the ballot. The only change demanded of the elector is that he con sider but one candidate of any political group whero more than one appears on the ticket. It does provide that any elector de siring to acquaint himself with another candidate in another district may do so and cast his vote for the samo by writing or sticking the name of the candidate or the blank rpace on the ballot. This is all the voting change siade by the bill. With regard to a short ballot the question has never been raised as to the length of the regular ballot. Tt la the Irregular ballot coming through the Initiative that has been questioned. The people of Oregon now have this constitutional amendment and there is no popular demand to abolish It. It la the correction of the evils It Is sub ject to that Is desired and I can tnink or no better plan than, as stated, proportional representation. If The Oregonian has a better plan let us have it and compare them and draw right conclusion. C. W. BARZKB, The Oregonian does not tee the ne cessity of republishing the text of the proportional representation amend ment, inasmuch as It was given prom In e nee in The Oregonian quite recently. Nor Is tt to be expected that any but the most indifferent readers will obtain an erroneous Impression from the com ment in Mr. Barzee's former letter. Mr. Bargee needs ts Inform himself before he makes promiscuous use of the term "short ballot." Has he never heard of the National short ballot or ganization with one Wood row Wilson as the head? Bat his assertion that proportional representation would shorten the iniatlve ballot Is more fan tastic than the statement that it would answer the short ballot cry. Anybody can now get any kind of bill Intro duced In the Legislature. That is one reason for legislative ln:f ficlency. If Mr. Barzee means that proportional representation would take the abuse from the Initiative and heap it upon the abuses in the Legislature he has supplied aa excellent argument for de feating the amendment. As a better plan The Oregonian sugests abolish ment of paid petitioning and the elec tion of representative men to the Legislature. Twenty-five Year Ago From Tho Oregonian of April 11. KSS. Washington. April in. The Adminis tration has announced its Intention of vigorously enforcing: the lawa aaain?! land grabbers and persons trespass! ne on the public domains. Jesse I. Carr. and tha large land grabbers In Cali fornia and southern Oregon have re newed tholr efforts to have the civil and criminal proceedings for unlaw fully enclosing S8.O00 acres of land In Modoc County nolle prossed. but Sec retary Noble has refused to Interfere. Seattle. April 10 Mayor Moran has suspended Chief of Police Mitchell pond in if investigation of charges of malfeasance and collusion with gam biers. Captain Willard has been ap pointed acting chief. Lafayette. April 10. The Presbytery of orepron assembled today. The or ganization of a Presbyterian Church at Oregon City was reported. Rev. J. V. Milligan was re-elected state clerk and Rev. W. O. Forbes permanent clerk. Salem. April 10 The Governor today granted a full pardon to Captain Hora tio Cook, of Portland, who was by court martial dishonorably discharged from the service of the state for dis obeying orders. Spokane Falls. April 10 S. C. Hyde today bought the Warren property on Main street for JSO.OuO. The Oregon Humane Society, assist ed by the children of the public schools, gava Its ninth anniversary en tertainment at the Tabernacle last night. tin the stage sat Rev. T. L. F.llot, Rev. Dr. Bloch, D. P. Thompson. W. T. Shanahan and the pupils of the high schools. Several gentlemen of this city have bought the road from Hood River to Kliot Glacier on Mount Hood and will construct a hotel at the glacier. A Raymond and Whitcomb excursion arrived yesterday. At the office of the brick trust on First street, Mr. Caywood has a pho tograph of the old Washington Guard. Portland's first military company, tak en in 1S4 on the day- they received their uniforms and had a grand picnic in a beautiful grove of tall timber where is now the corner of Columbia and Kleventh streets, on which occasion they were addressed by George Francis Train. Charles Rivears has taken a contract to clear off the timber and stumps from 140 acres owned by Mr. Hale, railroad contractor, in the northwest portion of the city formerly owned by the water compnn". O. Jacobs and Samuel Culver, of Jackson County will address the cltl Tombs prison by forbidding the send- ens of Portland at the Courthouse this outside. she win provide lor cure a little child of S. R. Holcomb fell of tbe drug fiends; she will do much I Into a well some 20 feet deep contain- good. If she does not. the prison may I ing about 10 feet of water. The little be converted Into, a madhouse. lone cluruf to a board until he was res cued. Cl 1 ..1 11.1 boys have taken to cooking. A boy Oregon, to provide for suitable proiec beat the girls at making biscuits in a tion to the overland emigration to the school contest, but the girls will prob ably beat the boys at the primaries. Huerta is not likely to admit that Villa has won a battle until the ban dit general enters Mexico City, but Villa has a hard road to travel be fore he gets there. as Removal of the appendix may be, Dr. Moore, of Minneapolis, says, Interference with the designs of the Lord," and the undertaker will agree with him. "T. R.' turned down In Maine and the "T. R.." reported lost merlca are the same T. ill turn up when time for trouble begins. A boy of 16 has been sentenced to life for murder. By the time he reaches maturity it will be like doing penance for tho folly of another per son. Maine Republicans refuse to In dorse Teddy for President in 191 . Teddy has got to come back to the fold. The fold will not go to Teddy RESERVE BAXK DISTRICTS. While Chicago is serenely satisfied with the treatment it has received from the reserve bank organization committee. " New York is consoling itself with the reflection that the re serve banks cannot change the course of business, that banks in other cities will find It necessary to carry con siderable deposits in New York, and that In snv event the work of the committee is subject to revision by the Federal Reserve Board. There Is no doubt that the com mlttee deliberately sought to diminish the financial importance of New York by taking out of that city's dU trict territory which Is directly trib utary, for example, parts of New Jersey and Connecticut. The New York Times quotes Chairman Glass, father of the currency law, as ex pressing a purpose to "deprive New York of its prominence in the bank ing field," and to "take these funds out of the clutches of Wall street-' But the Times truly says that busl nees does not divide itself according to state lines with so many men, so many acres, so many banks to make a district. It says that the Federal bank system, not New York, will suf fer by the artificial division. Business will continue to follow its natural course, and New York's commercial supremacy will continue to draw thither the banking funds necessary to transaction of business by other cities with, that city. The fact that a bank is ths Federal reserve bank of its district does not prevent member-bank from carrying deposits in another bank in another city. That fact does net Imply that the Federal reserve bank will be the largest i its cltv. It will be overtopped 1 New York by several unaffiliated banks. Just as the Bank of Englan is surpassed in amount of deposits by other London. banks. But it must be large enough to perform Its functions. In short, the new system cannot Pacific; States has passed both houses of Congress. The hill appropriates $40,000 of which it is provided that 1 10.000 shall be used In providing a suitable military escort on the Fort Benton route; 10,000 shall bs used on the routs from Niobrara on the Mis souri River to Idaho Territory. The remainder will be expended on the usual route. Captain Crawford, who has so often successfully taken across military escort, will leave ths Mis souri Kiver with his command on June 1. Married On ths 10th inst, by Rev. Julius Ecknian, at the residence of B. Levy. Esq.. Mr. Ij. Velller to Miss in South I Mathilda Levy, both of this city, who The Republican state committee of ndlana has established a school for 3000 politicians, as though all Hoo ters were not born politicians. The Bulgarian Queen, however, will not be the only one In the country in June. She'll have to divide honors with the Rose Festival Queen. High Taxes. PORTLAND, April 10. (To the Edi tor.) Pleaae state the name and ad dress of the Assessor of Coos County. I have some acreage there; It Is 1m proved but has some timber. I am assessed at the rate of 2 cents per acre for it and thk cents added for fire patrol. Its assessed value Is 14-0, yet the real estate men assure me It is not worth more than $2.50 per acre. You can please tell me where I can find why the taxes are so high. SUBSCRIBER. The Assessor of Coos County, is T. J, Thrift, of Coquille. The Oregonian has published several lengthy articles on high taxes. The causes that apply In one locality are generally found in another. Villa impressed a British Consul into service as a messenger boy. He knows he's on safe ground since the British sold out for free tolls. Dr. Equl says she is a nervous wreck as the result of her soapbox activities. Bitter agitation harms only those, who participate, in. it. Florida has been hit by frost and hail. Oregon seems to be the only place left where the weather can, be depended upon to behave. The captain of the California idle army was sentenced to sixty days and the Major to ninety days. How'd you like to be the Colonel? Lawi of Descent. MOSIER. Or.. April 9. (To the Edl tor.) A marries B; to them are born four children: the youngest Is IS at tha time of B's (the wlfes) death. (1) Has A the right to sell or deed any of the real property owned by them at the time of B s death? (2) Do the children come in for their mother's share? If so, how much Is It? & P. 1. If the property is in the husband's name or held by Joint deed, yes; if In the wife's name, no, without order of court. 2. If the property is in ths mother's name It descends to the children sub ject to the father's curtesy of a life interest. In ths Income from one-half the estate. GREAT BRITAIX OUR GOOD; FRIEND, Writer atea Statistics of Ceananere as latflcatlaar Seatlmeat. PORTLAND. April 9. (To the Ed itor.) "If Great Britain is not Amert ca'a friend, America hasn't a friend on earth." The above is not taken from the harangue of any London Socialist or anarchist, but is part of the sagacious. emphatic comment on public affairs that is making "B. L. T." of the Chi cago Tribune, internationally famous as a writer and thinker on current events. It was evoked, too, by what "B. L. T." calls the "yappery" of the Se nior Senator from Oregon, with whose ridiculous antics in the Senate about Great Britain and his charge that "it is universally understood that Great Britain la not ths friend of America," we are all familiar. There are thousands of good. Intel ligent reuders all over America who are naturally Impressed by such re marks, coming, as they do, from a United States Senator, and especially would this apply to his Democratic followers in Oregon. These same people, too. or those of them who read tbe sditorial rubbish of the Hearst newapapera, are similarly deceived and impressed by the mass of words and phrases and sentences printed from day to day by these Journals. British friendship, as all clear-headed residents of this republic know, has been one of our moet val uable assets, and the masses here and there as well appreciate this at its true value. More than mere sentiment al friendship, however, binds tbe peo ples of both countries, as the follow ing glanca at figures proves: Last year ths United States pur chases from Great Britain amounted to I295.000.0OO and Great Britain bought of us to the enormous amount of $597, 000,000 or much more than half of the whole business done by us with Europe In 1913. Hearst and our Senator keep shout ing: "Great Britain, (t is universally understood, is not the friend of Ameri ca." but "figures epeak louder than words." THOMAS COOK. Debt Is United States. VANCOUVER. Wash.. April 9. (To the Editor.) How does ths total The patrons of the Bhattuck School araou,nt ,.of. m.un.lclpa.lJl"-teir.1?". have, given a- logical turn to the .itua- J. F. tion by leaving choice of site to the I School Board. I Ths municipal Indebtedness (debts of cities, counties and minor civil dlvls- Ths local playhouses ire Jn the ions), according to the Census Bureau periodic- Juggle. A man must know reports, was 1.9I9.E$1,616 In 1902. This whither he Is bound before he starts. I ia the last census compilation. Munici pal Indebtedness has greatly increased Montreal, by a freak of election time, finds itself without governors. We know Just how it must ssem. since 1902. In the same year tbe debt of the Nation was t2.175,Z4.l(t. On October 1. 1913. It was $:. 26.434.34 J. Reports of casualties in the swat ting campaign Indicate that Portland Is no place for the dirty little fly. Vetera' Q ual 1 f 1 ca tlo aa. BRUSH PRAIRIE. Wash.. April . (To the Editor.) Please tell me if one I who la a taxpayer end not a ciuian. or has taken his nrat citlmensnip pa era has a right to vote In public achool electiona In the State of Waah- Ington? J- L The Republicans will win at the To vote at any election in Washing. next election, says Senator Cummins. I ton one must have final cltlsenshlp White cottons will be the rule for graduation day in Spokane. Which will spare many heartaches. It's a cinch. Rain tomorrow would suit the woman who hasn't, a new Easter bon net, The New York gunmen due to die next week have resourceful attorneys Join the Federals and get a Job for life. A rainy Easter horrors! papers. Ledsre Im Portias. BLIND SLOUGH. Or, April t. (To the Editor. Should esteem it a great favor if you would give me any infor matlon regarding "The Modern Broth erhood of America." vis: whether this aoeietr is organised In Portland or not. THOMAS PINT A. The order has three lodges In Port land. The state manager Is C. A. Am brose. 33 Lafayette building. Apple Box Bill im Jeopardy. MEDFORD. Or.. April 9. (To the Editor.) Word has Just been received tbat the apple box bill which was in troduced by Judge Raker on December 23 and referred to the committee on coinage, weights and measures, and on which a hearing was held before said committee February 11 end 12, "has been laid on the table for this session of Congress." A strong effort will be made by Con gressmen Raker to have the bill taken from the table and acted upon at this present session, in which effort he should be strongly supported by all In terests having this bill at heart. Strong telegrams and letters should pour In upon Hon. Thomas Hardwlck. chair man of the committee, urging that this matter be taken from the table and cted upon st once. Letters and telegrams of the same character should be sent to the Repre sentatives In Congress urging them to une their Influence with the committee to have this done. Publio sentiment Is a powerful fac tor in securing action, and a strong demand will doubtless bring the result Much time, money and effort has been apent In bringing the publio to united support of thla bill and the time for action ia now. Let everyone consider himself a com mittee of one to do something, and do la now. C, E. WH1SLF.R, President Oregon State Horticultu ral Society. Taxes Is Parties. HOOD RIVER. Or. April 9. (To the Editor.) 1. Whst is the tax rate In the city of Portland? . What are the cltv activities aside from street Im provementa, etc, not eupported by the general tax? 3. What is the assessed valuation of the property In the ctty of Portland? A TAXPAYER. 1. Twenty-aeven mills. 3. The Water Department ia aup ported by water rates. Soma other da pertinents are In part self-sustaining In an indirect way. In that feea charged relieve the tax burden. But fees, auch aa thoae for certain Inspections, go Into the general fund, which alao receives the tax revenues. There are but two current funds, the general fund and the water fund. 3. Assessed valuation Is 3314,105,777. FEATURES FOR EASTER SUNDAY EASTER IN ART A full page in colors of r mons Paintings That Illustrate the Story of Christ's Death and Triumph. Ia THE OREGO NIAN tomorrow. LOVE YE ONE ANOTHER A striking half-page cartoon by an eminent illustrator. Cupid has the pulpit for the Easter sermon. MUSIC AND SERMONS A directory f services that will he held in Portland's churches tomorrow. FASHION FEATURES Dame Fashion ripht up to the minute occupies a total of three elaborately illustrated pages. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE A paye of communications to the editor setting down varied ideas and opinions on current events and topics of interest. ELLIS PARKER BUTLER, The author of "Pigs Is Pigs" contributes another "Breezy Suzanne" story to The Sunday Oregonian. "Breezy" tackles the new feminism in the true breezy Bntler style. SEEING A JOKE If the wedded pair cannot see the same joke, pity them, says Eita Reese, who writes on the effect of humor upon wedded bliss. MRS. CHAMP CLARK Contribute a special article on Thomas Jefferson and his descendants, on the occasion of Jefferson's approaching birth anniversary. Mrs. Clark knows many of Jefferson's descend ants personally, and her article is both timely and interesting. THE PANAMA CANAL Theodore Roosevelt writes cf stirring days when canal history was hot in the making. WITH THE CONFEDERATES A Portland veteran presents the first of several remin iscences of his service with the Southern army, in which he served as both enlisted man and officer. AX HANDLES BREAK STRIKE Furthermore the strike was in New Zealand. Just how it was broken and broken quickly and effectively is told by an Auck land correspondent. Illustrated with photos. CHARACTER PEN POINTERS Another page of handwriting analyses by Edith Macomber HalL SILHOUETTES They are being revived again. The fascination of the shadow shape is shown in a half page of clever drawings by a leading German artiat. THE SUN'S MANNERS A clever feature for the chil dren, supplemented by a full page of attractive illustrated features. SCORES of Other Features. Order TODAY of Yonr Newsdealer. I 7T