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THE MORNING OREGONIA.N. MONDAY, MAT 11, 1914. TOBIUND, UKEdO.N. entered at Portland. Oregon. Postoffice a second-class matter. Subscription Kate Invariably In Advance: (BY MAIL) Dally. Sunday Included, one year. . -.. .vS.OO 'Dally, Sunday Included, six montba. . . . 4--o Daily. Sunday Included, three month.. ,;? Daily. Sunday Included, one month.... .76 Daily, without Sunday, one year...... o.uu Dally, without Sunday, six months. .... o.-3 Dally, without tiunday, three llMtntha... X.40 Daily, without Sunday, one mouth . . . . . .eu Weekly, one year J-j0, Sunday, one year Sunday and Weekly, one year. ........ 00 (BY CARRIER) Daily, Sunday Included, one year "-S? Daily, Sunday included, one month. ... 1D How to Bemit Bend poatomce money or der. express order or peraonal check on your local bank. Stamp, coin or currency are at sender's risk. Give postofflo adrirewi In lull. Including county and state. foatage Bates 12 to 1 paces. 1 cent: to HI pages, 2 cents; to 48 pases, it cents; 60 to 60 pases, cents; ea to To pases, cents; 78 to 2 pases, cents. Foreign post' as double rates. Kagtern Basines Offices Verree A Conk tln. Mew York. Brunswick buildins- -t1'-raso. Stcser buildins. ban Francisco Office K. J. Bldwell Co. 7z Market street. as "governemnt by suspicion" worthy of attention, for it seems to emanate from a guilty mind. Enjoying great privileges, corporations should be re quired and should be willing to show that they are not abusing- those privi leges. Those which obey the law will readily open their books and those which protest are Justly objects of suspicion. PORTLAND, MONDAY, MAY 11. 1BU. THE KEASON. "Why," asks a friend of Dr. C. J. Smith, "why does The Oregonian go so far out of its way to oppose Dr. C. J. Smith for Governor, when it is saying nothing at all about the sev eral Republican candidates? What business has The Oregonian to mix up la a Democratic primary?" The Oregonian has a proper con cern about the Governorship of Ore gon, whether the candidate for that exalted office shall be Republican, Democrat, or what-not; and it will say frankly that it regards Dr. Smith as a formidable aspirant for the place. In a field contested by several candi dates, it appears to The Oregonian that the struggle lies between him and Mr. Bennett, and The Oregonian makes no concealment of the fact that it thinks Dr. Smith ought not to be nominated nor elected. As to the nomination of Mr. Bennett, or Mr. Manning, or Mr. Miller, it professes Indifference. The chief count in the indictment made by The Oregonian against Dr. Smith is that he is avowedly the Re siduary Legatee of Governor West and that he will carry forward his poli cies. In him we are to have another Oswald West if C. J. Smith can make of himself an Oswald West for four years more. We are to have under him, therefore, four more years of turbulence, sensation, self-explolta tion, dissension and distraction. We are to have a Governor who quarrels with every sane counselor in his own administration. We are to have for Governor one who accounts everyone that differs from him his personal enemy, and who seeks always to twist an advantage for himself out of the most trifling controversy. vv e shall continue to find the great office of Governor of a great state reduced to a low level in influence and the gen eral respect: we shall continue to have government by whim, caprice, malice or prejudice. The spectacle is not encouraging. But we are free to say that Dr Smith could not be another West, however strenuously he may try to qualify as a Residuary Legatee. He is a man of entirely different mold and temper. But he has nevertheless an nounced his adherence to policies that to The Oregonian violate the soundest tenets of patriotism and fidelity to our institutions. He has said he indorses Governor West's spurious and lawless law-enforcement schemes, and has indicated that he will pursue the same methods. No man who lightly over rides the constitution . and who sets himself above the civil power of state, as West has done, will now or hereafter be supported for office by The Oregonian, be he Republican, Democrat, Socialist or Prohibitionist. The Oregonian would feel that it is remiss in its duty as a public Journal If it failed to protest against the law less usurpation of the civil authority by the lawless Governor of Oregon. It will rebuke its every manifestation; it will stand now and always for law and order, and for the lawful exercise of lawful authority by Governor, by courts, and by the officers of the pub 11c peace. A vital principle for the mainte nance of our free institutions is in. volved in the strict subordination of the military power in civil govern ment. If we tolerate and condone an abuse of his rightful powers by a Gov ernor, for any cause except resist ance of armed invasion or any other appearance of grave public peril- surrender our rights as citizens to the protection of the established instru mentalities of public justice, and yield our faith in the inviolability o: constitution and the laws. When fail to resent usurpation by President, or Governor, or other high function ary vested with public authority, care no longer for liberty through law and freedom under the guaranty of precious constitution. Then we shall have taken a step a long step prcrb ably toward an abandonment of the heritage given us by our forefathers gained by them through a thousand years of sacrifice and battle. Are so habituated to the daily phenome non of our own personal liberties i the American Union that we forget how they were won, and are indiffer ent as to whether or not they shall be preserved? It would seem so. It is no trifling thing that a Gover nor should make a tyrannous use of his position by overriding the courts and should arrogate to himself through the military forces of the state the one supreme power in, or above, the state. It is no trifling thing that a Governor may summarily dispossess a citizen of his property, and hold it against all established civil processes. It is no trifling thing that a Governor should expel from office by his troops the lawful officers of a duly organized municipality. It is no trifling thing that a Governor should assume the prerogative of determining, without a hearing, in or out of court, that any citizen is guilty of a crime. It is no light thing that a Governor should regard himself as above the judiciary and the Legislature. The Oregonian opposes lawlessness In high places, and in low. Dr. C. J. Smith approves lawlessness in high place. He is the only candidate for Governor who supports the unlawful acts of Governor West. The Orego nian thinks he ought not to be Governor. OREGON FIRST. Robert A. Booth, candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator, has a clear field in the primary election. That fact may be attributed to a widespread recognition of his qualifications and a general realization that he could not be defeated. Tet the certainty that Mr. Booth will be nominated is not a good excuse for ignoring his name on the ballot. The primary will be followed by a campaign in which he will have oppo sition. Absence of other Republican candidates is but an implied indorse ment. The indorsement Is not com plete until it is made positive by the affirmative vote of the full strength of the Republican party. Mr. Booth's election in November ill be made much easier if he now receives somewhere near the unani mous indorsement of his party. More over his is the only name on the ballot which offers to the Republicans of the entire state an opportunity to put small number of years after losing his Oregon right at this time on questionsprevious business and shattering his of National importance. . His office is divorced from local issues. His posi tion is clear and positive on all ques tions now pending in Congress in which Oregon has a -vital interest. There is no party contest to cloud the verdict. A vote for- Mr. Booth is a declara tion against the repeal of free tolls for coastwise shipping; it is a demand for the public land legislation needed by the West; it is a protest against the discriminations of the Democratic tariff. Oregon has the first oppor tunity of any state to give a clean- cut pronouncement against - Demo cratic policies. Let Oregon show her colors, vote for Mr.' Booth will do it. for-revenue-only long enough to give it a fair trial had the Administration's course in other respects deserved ap proval. The income tax and currency laws won almost universal indorse ment. So probably would the anti trust bills. The Alaska railroad law was taken as an earnest of what the West might expect in the opening up of the public domain and new land laws would have conciliated this sec tion. Had Mr. Wilson pursued a firm. patriotic course in foreign affairs, he might easily have held public confi dence so completely that his party's control of Congress would have re mained unshaken through his present term, the divisions among his oppo nents would have been accentuated and he would have been re-elected President. As it is, his party is divid ed on canal tolls, his foreign policy has failed and he has provoked his most formidable rival to take the field against him on an issue which furnishes an irresistible appeal to pub lic sentiment. Unless the unexpected should happen the epitaph of the Wil son Administration will be: "Died of an overdose of grapejuice diplomacy.1 A big THE RISE OF C. . POST. C. W. Post was unable to withstand the brain strain caused by excessive business activity and ambition. He had made enough fortune on which to retire made It in an incredibly curity were established, the filthy dungeons were cleansed, the people enjoyed a measure of freedom to which they had long been strangers. and a wish was expressed that the invaders might remain. It was thus proved that the best messengers of peace to a people who respect force as the sole arbiter are- not the shells of good .will fired by the battleship Friendship, but are real warships ami well-equipped armies. Emperor William, despite all . his martial speeches perhaps because of them has prolonged Germany's peace to forty-three years. His ever-ready army and navy and his known readi ness to use them have warned coun tries like Mexico not to offend. In actual results he has done much to preserve peace, while Mr. Bryan has done much to promote war. SAYING AND DOING. It might be well for those Individ uals who are now telling how during a long acquaintance with Dr. C. J. Smith they always found him out- poken for law and order to remember that Dr. Smith's verbal professions are not denied. It seems to us that such interviews make his case all the worse. The record of his administration as Mayor of Pendleton is down in black and white. He did not run the gamblers out of town or close the disorderly houses. Lawlessness was not molested twenty-nine days in the month, but on the thirtieth the lawbreakers were subjected to a small fine. Demoraliz ing and degrading crimes were winked at because of the revenue derived from them. The main contention is that Dr. Smith's record does not parallel his promisee. According to his friends he was strong for law enforcement in 1898. They, know it because he said so. Tet there are the Police Court books of Pendleton to show that he did not practice what he preached. The thing for Dr. Smith s friends to do, if they can, is to prove that the written record made by a fellow Democrat sixteen years before he thought of becoming a candidate for Governor is false. It is true that, with many voters what a candidate says is given more weight than what he does. If it were not so there would be fewer Laffertys and fewer Wests in office. But perhaps some day actions will speak louder than words to the great majority of electors. Perhaps it will be this year. health. He had too many irons in the fire and lacked the physical ability to handle them. The story of Mr. Post's career is in teresting as showing what a man can do when spurred by necessity. After a contest with a labor union that dis rupted his manufacturing business, he went to Dr. Kellogg's sanitarium at Battle Creek for rest and recovery. The foods upon which he was fed improved him and after convales cence he proposed to the doctor to enlarge the business and begin a sys tematic campaign of advertising the products. To this the doctor could not agree. He was supplying the de mand from "his own people" the sect of which he is a zealous member, and was not laying up riches on earth. Dr. Kellogg, by the way, must not be confused with a relative who believes in extensive use of printing ink. So Mr. Post started a factory and began his publicity work. He inter ested an advertising agency and was extended thousands of dollars' worth of credit before a sale was made. The demand for his product was enormous and he made it more so by never ceasing to advertise. He put the agent on Easy street and as he increased the number of his wares organized that branch of the business to be con trolled by a relative. He never forgot or forgave the cause of his early troubles, although in view of later success, he might have rewarded the men who knocked him out. His bitterness toward or ganized labor found vent in many Robert J. Kerr, who was appointed Civil Governor of "Vera Cruz on Wednesday and took office on Thurs day, was removed by cable on Friday. Has the following speech, which he delivered at Chicago on March 7, any thing to do with his summary dis missal ? We find the United States Government favoring; the government, or the act of In dlvlduals, or the political party, or the mob of bandits pledged. If they get Into power, to do things which will 'be favorable to the Standard Oil company a Interests. I am not making; the charge that Presi dent Wilson or any member of his Admin istration is taking any position because of the influence of Standard Oil, but I do say that It 1 a most remarkable fact that the Interests of Standard Oil and the moral Ideas of tha Democratic Administration hap pen to coincide. General Funston said that he and Admiral Fletcher appointed Mr. Kerr because he seemed to know more about the Mexican situation than any other man on the spot. He seems to have known too" much to please the Administration. Half a Century Ago HOW HIEHTA PROMOTES ENMITY - Portland Bey Senda'lnflammatery Et traets f La Pas Srwupasrr. From The Oregonian of May 11. 1S4. U. S. S. JfflTETL. Off La. Paz. Lover At me city election in Eugene t-u- California. April SO (To the Editor.) Twenty-five Year Ago May 2 the following; officers -were elected: President J. B. Underwood; trustees. J. B. Dunn. J. J. Walton. Jr.. B. F. Skinner. J. H. McClung and T. G. Hendricks. Jones & Edgar's express was sur- From The Oregonian of May 11. Chicago, May 10. The mystery sur rounding tha disappearance of the Irish-American, Dr. P. II. Cronin, deep ens. Frank G. Woodruff, who was ar rested last night, told that he was hired week ago Vednesduy to drive two men. one of whom ho believes to. have been Cronin. with a trunk to Lincoln Park, where the men opened the trunk and took out a body in several pieces. A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun suggests aa means of strengthen ing our ties with Latin America that the major league baseball teams tour that part of the world every year and that some patriotic millionaire fpllow Cecil Rhodes' example by founding scholarships for Latin Americans at our universities and thus provide an ever-growing number of Latin Ameri cans who would at least understand us. Of the two schemes the baseball tour promises the best and quickest results. A fellow-foeling among fans would make Anglo-Saxon and Latin Americans wondrous kind to each other. inclosed Is a translation from a La I Pas paper which Indicates the manner Huerta - takes to arouse ill-feeling among the natives against the United States and againat the rebels. The Jupiter is now doing service as a float i n w rnal derjot- and will nrobablv rounded by about 25 Indians on May remain here for several months. A tor- 4. robbed and the wagon destroyed.! pedo-boat destroyer remains with us 1 Mr. Jones. Mr. Howard and Mr. Mont- a guard boat. In addition to the crew gomery escaped by hiding In the I we have on board 300 marines, who bushes. The treasure was afterward I could be landed at I -a Paz in case of all recovered but 300 or 1400. Mr. a hostile outbreak. La Paz at present Howard lost JI60O. The Indians took! is held by federals. None of the war- two mules and a horse, but seemed to I ships allow liberty to their crews on attach no value to the gold or letterl Mexican soil. bag. . I I write this as a note to you. hoping 1 it mav interest vnn I ltvArt In Port- Old Wilderness Tavern, May 9. The land 31 years, prior to my entrance into in the" butcher business. most terruic battle yet iougnt cioseo the Navy two years ago; was born and today. Lee's entire army made repeat-1 raised there, and my family subscribed el ana lurious assaults upon our ngni to The Oregonian ever since I can re- and left wings, commanded by Hancock member. EUGENE SIBLET. and Sedgwick, with temporary success , in each case, but has been driven back Supplement to No. SIS ot "El Partae." with great slaughter. A simultaneous LA PAZ. Lower California. April 28. attack was made aoout 4 f. M., out various American ships have been sunk was gallantly repulsed. Towards dark at Vera Cruz. Japanese and Spanish they concentrated upon our extreme 1 warships taking part in the combat. right and fell suddenly upon General I The Superfecto Politico, of San Jose del Cabo. sends to the Jefe Politico the following message: From San Jose del Cabo, April 26. via Fodos Santos I send you the latest news received from a sailing ship which left yesterday, the most sensa tional being that of the bombardment stration against the railroad between of Vera Cruz, which resulted in the Petersburg and Richmond succeeded sinking of several American ships. after a severe fight in breaking the Japanese and Spanish warships aiding rebel communication. " and taking an active part in the I combat. Washington. May 7. Sherman isl The following is a literal translation fighting his way through Tunnel Hill I of a proclamation published by the "El I birthday. successfully and is pressing upon JJai-i racinco, ' a newspaper published In the ton. The enemy are falling back. I Spanish tongue by the Mexicans at La I Paz. Lower California. Mexico, dated Our attention was directed a lew 1 April zg: days since to several hundred pounds I people of California: of Orearon nutter and cheese in one ofl The nation has arrived, unfortunately, at our grocery stores. We have the most 1 the moat distressing moment in the life ot about 1000 birds for Portland, McMinn- ample proof that " " .ita to nSito .toi l.i7ln7 ud J'11 st Helens and private parties in Sedgwick, crushing in his line. Sedg wick, however, succeeded in reforming his line and securing it against fur ther disaster, when the enemy with drew under cover of darkness. At 7:S0 P. M. the enemy were retreating. Gen eral Butler telegraphs that a demon- ine dcbi i .v.rjuiiug '". sovereign, as our fathers left us. nome consumption anu. nave rauuu Tk. President ef tha Renubl e has notified for exDort if her farmers will but make! us that the struggle has begun against the the effort. I invader of the north, who has never masked 1 nis ammtion, nor nss ever loroorn to junge wlrm Smith haa Inst left the Mis- us Incapable or enjoying the- rights ot ..-! Hlvu .nnth.... norlanil trlnltree people. OWUl. ' ' ' - - ' I T V. .. . . . 1 1 number . """.". " -rI -..1.- . to Oregon, accompanied by f females. Two years ago Mr. s. I ay to himself the duties of the land of our I r,rt fOvnrlnLr to secure tha rlarhta of piloted a iiosi ul laum wobo no 1 oirtn. nlalna. all of whom, with one exeeo-l Will you permit that insted of the trl- tion. we believe, have since become color, that has always floated proudly over wedded and prosperous. """Vf v " .... rr, tlt Winston whn hll for "m "ow yourselves to oe govemeu 1 Major T. M Winston, who has lor fcy to ba tyrlinmlle, by our enamles. to ba The stockholders of the Portland veral years Been stationed at rorl 1 mmi.hrt .i.h hands anotted with the blood I t . rn.n.. ....-., .. .v.. several years dered to report at Washington. Vancouver as paymaster, has been or0f our brothers, and to be ridiculed by those I f jr,,,. aiih Km,., tt i who bate our race which has always been I . . , . . . . . A. . . . - ,, 1 i .. ers will some time learn that terri- ways that attracted trade and there tory cannot be carved without regard mav hu been method in it 10 win or lis mnaonanis. Now he is dead, at 60, when he should begin to enjoy life through Der Deutsche Bund should not be many years. The business circles of confused with the Confederated Ger- the Nation lose an energetic member, man Speaking Societies which repre- His friends regret his departure. So, sent the real thought and purposes too, will his enemies, for he. was a I of the various German organizations good fighter, of the caliber they de- of Oregon. Der Deutsche Bund has ire to defeat. given a public indorsement of certain candidates. It Is now apparent that it Kra lfs nnlv for a. Kmn.ll frrnurt or. eanized for ourelv political Durooses. The one man in the Cabinet who is The Confederated German Societies doing good work for the West is Sec- make recommendations to their own retary Lane. It consists at present members but are not organized for principally in cutting red tape, in political purposes. sweeping away the conweDs 01 teenm- cauties wnicn tne uuia umce lawyers ,- TTr,Itfl Rtatoa Senate a fAw nave jovingiy spun in tneir enori to a la)d asl(Je the business of demonstrate how not to do it and in tne Natlon to a bm providing for issuing patents to settlers who have tnfi removaI of -now nd ,ce from There Is no cause for alarm in the estimate that reports of corporations to the proposed Interstate Trade Com mission will cost an aggregate of J10, 090,000 a year. If the reports are complete and if the Commission has adequate powers and uses them ef fectively elimination of monopolistic practices and stimulation of healthy competition will save the consumers many times that sum. Nor is the char acterization of the Commission's work WILSON'S POLITICAL. BLU DKR. The Bryan treaty of apology and Indemnity to Colombia is not only a National humiliation; it is a political blunder such as only the Democratic party could perpetrate. Together with the toll exemption repeal bill it throws mud at the Administrations of Presidents Roosevelt and Taft. It does so at the very time when the people are exulting over the completion of this great work and when the world is ringing with applause for the Ameri can energy and genius thereby dis played. Thus at the time when the people will be naturally inclined to turn a sympathetic ear to the man who made the canal possible. Colonel Roosevelt Is given good reason to come before the people as a defender of his acts and the party which divided in 191 is furnished a good issue whereon to reunite. There is growing impatience at the policy of impotent meddling in Mexico; of tolerating murder, out rage and robbery of American citizens in that republic; of surrender to Eng land and of apology to Colombia. It needs but a telling speech from a keen reader of the public mind to cause this smoldering discontent to burst into a flame of indignation which will shrivel up Democratic control of Con gress. Colonel Roosevelt Is that kind of man as the Democrats well know, Some people have guessed that the motive behind the Colombian treaty and the repeal bill was to besmirch Colonel Roosevelt's record as Presi dent and to discredit him as a possible candidate in 1916. If that be the mo tive it is the most stupid political blunder of a party notorious for blun ders. It will force Colonel Roosevelt to fight as he never fought before in defense of his own record when cur rent events will have teade his off! cial acts the chief topic of discussion and will have inclined the people fa vorably to him. But everybody know that the Colonel is not merely a de fensive fighter: he can be depended upon to take the offensive, and the Wilson foreign policy will surely be riddled in his most approved style He can reawaken the National patri otic spirit in the Middle West, which has been put to sleep while the people were deluded with the specious argu ment that exemption is a ship subsidy He can rally all loyal American citi zens against the Administration, leav ing it the support of only those who have been bitten with Anglomania, those who have outgrown patriotism in their regard for foreign opinion those for peace at any price and those whose selfish interests conflict with National interests and honor. These last are the owners and managers of railroads who have fought the canal bitterly and persistently for a genera tion and who. now that it is finished wish to rob the Nation of its benefits on the false plea that National honor demands surrender. Mr. Wilson has thrown away splendid opportunity to establish the Democratic party firmly in office. The country was generally disposed to accept his domestic policy. The peo ple would have tolerated even tariff- complied with the spirit and purpose of the law. Having title to their land, the set tiers can then raise money to improve it either by mortgage or by working elsewhere. Under former Secretaries their claims were often contested and they were tied hand and foot, unable to raise ' money on -mortgage, or afraid to go away and earn it. lest they loso all. The Increase in the number of claims approved shows that Mr. Lane is making great inroads on the accumulation of contests Democratic leaders in Congress are evidently growing nervous lest the neglect of Western interests should in ure their party's prospects at the Every' time the great powers try to carve up the Balkan peninsula without regard to racial divisions, they sow the seeds of new discord. In order to prevent Greece from holding part of the Adriatic coast opposite and dangerously near Italy, they included a part of Epirus inhab ited by Greeks in Albania. . Greece submitted, but the inhabitants did not, and the recent massacre of Mo hammedans is the result. The pow. brave nri irrand T "- cmnn, w. vv . opaurains. w hit. .amnios of wheat raised in Remember that for your land a MUares Benjamin 1. conen. feitton. c. ti. WsLshinirton Territory and corn raised arose, accompanied by many patriots and Woodward. A. b. IMichols, A. F. Hil- oniuvtosf island in this state which ht this hero gave his life for the life of dreth, L. G. Clarke. C. Rockwell, on Sauvies Island. In tnis state, wnicn the natlon and e us M exampIe for real will take the conceit out of any Sucker patrlotIsm. thlnk ,hat tn1 n.tio,, ahould be Mr j T ... who ..nd prove that Illinois is not the only Stove factions, that when danger menace. , .AhldaTrrthrcertennUl cele ste that raises big kernela the life of the country we must not be n ItL ,,?rnVr. h 1 trienas or enemies, dui only Mexicans; xn 1 - " . E. M. Burton, of this city, is putting to her we owe more than to our mother. I in Oregon City yesterday, accompanied a very fine buBiness structure at I because she is tne mother 01 all, tne most 1 oy ner sister, Mrs. ur. i. a. wniie. sidewalks of the District of Columbia. In other words, it was officiating aa the Council of the City of Washing ton. Senators are elected to apply their superior brains to more impor tant problems, and should leave the people of Washington to arrange means for removing their snow and ice. The old-time sea captain who dosed the hands by schedule from numbered medicine bottles and gave them equal quantities of Nos. 17 and 6 when No. 23 bottle was empty, has his coun terpart in the local woman who took medicines prescribed by different ti .iwht t m. t the grave. Human ailments nowa- r.nmmenrtation of land law revision. davs re f Bucn complications that but they now evince feverish haste to lne capacity ur "U8 .u report water power and leasing bills. nostrums is limited. Trifling with Their purpose is probably only to one s interna-i eu..o.ny u.6C.ui. make a show of doing something, for Congress will be so occupied with A Chicago woman sent her serv-antl-trust bills, canal tolls, rural ants to church in her automobile on credit and aDDroDriation bills that it Easter Sunday. The chauffeur was will have little, if any. time to spare drunk and smashed up car ana oc for so highly controversial a subject as cupants. The servants are now suing land laws. I the owner for damages. The Chicago The measures mentioned come first Record-Herald deduces .from tnese on President Wilson's programme; his facts the possibility that when a car programme Congress obediently fol- I was wrongly used by an employe for lows. About all the West will get a Joy ride, the owner might be sued from Washington this year, aside from for damages. -There would seem to such stepmotherly favors as the tolls be no end to the risks involved in repeal bill, will be what Mr. Lane can owning a car. do within the limits of his adminis trative power. Stealing Ice cream and cake to be eaten at a birthday party to which 1 . . 1nu4t.J to holil ha nv ,,, Knv, and srrown vouths Events have proved that tne great- bllt Salem iustice calls it larceny est menace to the peace which Secre- d r,..,,!.,,,. th offenders. ProDertv tary Bryan so dearly loves was his Tighia must be respected in all but declaration after assuming office that, watermelons and mischievous lads so long as ne was secretary or otate, shoul(j take notice. there would do no war. 1 ne Mexicans took nim at nis wora, ana. neiieving lf tne more than a quarter-million mat tne uniLea oiatca vou.u lisllv, ,stered wl vote Friday gome they provoked us witn numDeriess i . ,, ar,xiaa.a win h nnm. wrongs to American citizens until the lnated. Dut -will they? It all depends Climax at uampico ieo to our seizure .eaUle, Friends of the most of Vera Cruz. objectionable will not neglect this Mr. Bryan's failure is evidence of - t h rfiffinotit citizen will hn to tne miscmevousnesa 01 u. v""- blame Jf poor men are nominated. llldKer BUU UL tuts .1' "UC V l me Albany. Or.. May ' 10. A workman named Butterneld was crushed to death in the quarry above Yaquina City yes terday. Salem. May 10. Louis Lapre. an old. respected citizen, died this afternoon. He came to Oregon in 1S62 and engaged There is now under way and pro jected more street work than at any time in the history of East Portland. The Baptist Church of East Portland has engaged as chorister K.. V. Millard. of Oakland, Cal. Mayor E. C. Wheeler, of East Port land, who has been 111, was removed to Pendleton last night, in charge of J. T. Stewart and Mrs. Wheeler. Dr. Patton and his little daughter. Bertha, have returned from Astoria, where they went to meet Mrs. Patton. who has been visiting in San Fran cisco. Yesterday the pupils of the first grade in the Park School beautifully I decorated their room as a surprise to their teacher. Miss A. L. Diraick, on her Charles F. Pflueer, secretary of the Society for the Importation of German Singing Birds, yesterday received a dis patch from C. Kastenbeln saying that he had arrived in New York, bringing Clackamas County and elsewhere. Surveyor-General D. W. Taylor has let a contract to John W. Hamilton, of Linkvllle, to complete surveys at the north end of Goose Lake, The Willamette Bridge Company. is way for their electric motor line across the gulch on J. B. Montgomery s prop erty between the Holladay Addition and Albina. The Dalles for Elfelt Brothers. building is of stone and iron. Th. magnificent: imagine that the invader comes I 10 neiiroy aii our rwiw; inai ne cuiuob m 1 irnll Weber, Keeper ot a gambling take awav even our language and that that house, was shot and instantly killed Daniel Wagner. well known In - t-.itn. ,mni.r rin.. not rirnd Portland, leaves on tne steamer tor me the land of his birth, he who stands indlt Atlantic states, wnere ne lnienas io 1 rerentiy neiore ine most ternme onenao Join the Union command under Gen- against our people and our race merits death eral Slgel. matter how small, to aid the enemy. : , . . . - . 1. o.l People of California: jar. KlCKaruB. slcwo.u I r .riv Mr the tr.i?l. for the nation er John H. Couch, presented us with that la the moat emcred. imitate the ex- beautiful salmon last evening fresh amnle of our fathers loin the army to de- from Chinook. I fend the Mexican soil and do not permit 1 tne roDber to gam a single men ot our The Portland Foundry. D. Monastes land a land washed with the blood of our proprietor, has taken the contract for about 1:16 P. M. yesterday at Third and Alder streets by 'Sandy Olds, a pro fessional faro dealer. The new steam tug Geo. H. Mendell was launched yesterday at tbe yards of John F. Steffen, North Portland. fathers. Bear in mind that the world life than without a country. ... , , . . , 1 ,. whchh our aitiLuae, mat it must oe oocot- urnlshing the brackets, sills, cornice d d toraet that better without plates, arcnes. pilasters, clc, iur new stores of J. JU rarrisn uonn. Lyon & Co., to be erected on Front street. BATTLE OF THE ENGLISH FU RIES GREAT AIVIJ SMALL. If you and I were really great, as great as we sometimes feel. We'd often let the kindly smile over our features steal. The smile of appreciation, the smile that says, "Well done," And sends a man home happy at the setting of the sun. We'd have such a stock of good morn ings, such a store of hearty good nights. Athletic Dames Keep- Order and Expel From Meeting; SO Sof frasrettea. Indianapolis News. A little Incident which London naDers That the man who chanced to be under the crossing of Milton Creek, a cougas describe as "the Battle of the Furies" I would brood less over his rights. jumped from under the bridge, caught took place in that city a few days For we're brothers all in this game ot the child and bounded in tne direction 1 ago. A meeting had been announced life, and it seems to be holyvwrit of the forest. The agitation or tne as a rally of members of the Independ- That, some are always winners, and A daughter of Mr. Thomas, of St. Helens, while returning with her fath er from church last Sunday, was run ning ahead when, as they approached father was so great and the cries orient Labor party. Into which a large the child so vehement that tne Deast number of militant suffragettes In dropped his prey and made off. The I truded. They raised such a din that girl was not materially injured. I the chairman was about to adjourn the meeting, wnen aoout zo dames or atn- niTRir.RS THAT MUST BE CURBED. ,etlc ouild, who Had helped to organize . . n.niiii Tmimiloa of militants ana tnen sometning was ao- I came rags, the suffragettes scratching PORTLAND. May 10. (To the whll - th , athl eti cd ames count ered wi th Editor.) Did it ever occur to our hl. .t,.i.ht from th. hn..iH.f Mayor and his Commissioners. ' to Twenty suffragettes were dragged out our canummra anu " "":lby their feet or hair by their furious in Daneiiciai nroKren. luul il is 1 1 11 1 i . 1 . ... .4 1. . . . , ICKm IIKUb A . n " 1 n rwnar in tAhair er . m Ht.nt, areas, witn oisin.curu they, too, were thrown out by the fe- ana a aisn rag to T"" .1 male athletes. over onto ner neisnoor a ion iw beneficial -progress suggest the great necessity of an Inspector ot KlIesT Then again tnere are tnose nism thieves, those slimy, crawling gastro-1 pods, called snails, that eat up our gar. some are always "it.' We'd throw off sometimes, if occasion came, our mantle of dignity And give to the young subaltern who needed, it worse than we. We'd call up and congratulate the man with the brand new boy; And lf a girl got married we'd be sure to wish her joy. We'd create such a mental aura that whatever we wanted to do, A projected thought would rally a host ready to see us through. For a thousand good thoughts and wishes are stronger than coat ot mail. And the one who has these for weapons will win where others fail. We're careful of the air we breathe. and the water that we drink; Cslcago'a Meltinar Pot. Exchange. Jt is noted that the changes in na tionality in the population of Chicago -rtr..., minrtfni nf .h. tnn w oat ' hut den truck and flowers while virtuous have been more rapid and varied than I not th6 thoughts we think. tax payers sleep. Doesn't beneficial 1 in any city in tne united states or in The one who "has a foul disease we nroarress suggest an addition to a ponce tne wona. i.e man a quarter ot a Isnlat from other force such as a snail department? This century ago the Germanic races pre- But the one who poisons our mental in no nun. but a progressive protest. I dominated greatly in the foreign-born The snail department should oe armeo population, loaay tne &iav races out with - lanterns and buckets of salt or strip all others numerically. The Brit- lime and their hours should be from I ish Consul at Chicago in a recent re- 8:30 P. M. until daybreak. I wonder 11 port says: 'Tne majority of the lm there is any analogy between our gar- I migrants are unskilled laborers and it dens and our governments and snails. I is this class of cheap labor that fillB Then again a statute empowers tne 1 the great number of industrial works Mayor and his Commissioners to de- in this country. The immigrant from clare certain acts a municipal nuisance. 1 continental Europe tne Kusslan Jew, Why should law-abiding citizens be the Russian and Austrian Pole, the Bo compelled to shake hands with a candi- hemlan and the Italian -comes here date say every forty feet on the street, 1 for no other purpose than to seek em when say ninety days after he's married I ployment at living wages, and he is he don t have to snaae nanos witn nisi content to accept a wage and a stand wife and with our knowledgs of germs ard of living which the native Amerl- even kiss her without a gutta-percha, I can and the usual type of immigrant antiseptic lip protector? Kenenciai from the United Kingdom would con- progress, forsooth! What Is beneficial aider Insufficient," progress anyway? will someone tell us what it is not? rield moves brothers. free among his J. HENNESSEY MURPHY. GOD AND MOTHER. Mothers' Day. 1914. Fit thanks to God and mother dear. Great sources of all weal. What earthly utterance e'er can tell Or actions e'er reveal? With love pre-natal infinite. Both watch with tenderest care The tiny offspring love conceives So wondrous and so fair. EYEXIVG IS SPRING. A bank of blue with a golden rim. That the sun bad sunk behind: A robin's song from the swaying limb. Arid the lilac's scent in the wind. And my happy childhood comes back with the song. And a lover's vows on the wind: And shadowy faces of loved ones gone For the past was not always kind. But it's Spring in the world, and my heart is glad. And when the babe of faith and hope FJJ. tw T know that throUgh sorrow la ushered into sight. Unselfish, constant love keeps watch Lest aught of earth should blight. or snow. Spring will always come again. MAUD SPAFFORD BURLEY. orator as a practical administrator. Had he duly considered the character of the Mexicans he would have known that they would take his pledge to prevent war as a license to do what they pleased with Americans and to fear no punishment. Had he duly considered the character of the Amer ican people he would have known that their anger at heaped-up Mexican misdeeds might finally drive Congress to declare war, that the President would have no alternative to prosecu tion of the war and that then Mr. Bryan must either forget his pledge Mr. Bryan launched his battleship primary election, opening of the pub- Friendship on the ocean of Love, say- Is President Wilson's foreign policy I an elaborate method of gaining his desire to see Mr. Bryan "knocked into cocked hat"? Many thousand Americans are quite willing to see him thus knocked, but they do not relish the incidental discomfort they suffer. Credit must be given Emperor Wil liam for refusal of German steamship men to land arms and ammunition at. Mexican ports. The War Lord is not seeking trouble. This is-a strenuous week, with the Ing that it carTied the "shells of good will" and that "no target will with stand the projectiles which friendship sends abroad." The shells of good will produced no impression on the iron front of Huerta; as a target he has withstood the projectiles of peace. The American forces no sooner oc cupied Vera Cruz than peace and se- lie market and close of the contest for Queen of the Rose Festival, Cultivate the bulgaricus bacilli habit and become rosy-cheeked and happy. With Carranza and Villa out of It mediation will not get very far. Arrest of Dicky Davis is the crown ing Insult to the United States. Pure, sheltering wings of angels guard And guide each tiny step. Such care above such care below. How can we e'er forget? O'er childhood's sunny hours watch. So fraught with pleasures gay. What dire misfortune could befall With guardians twain like they? When garlands fair of love and hope Bedeck each youthful brow. Their love along our pathway twines E'en as it does till now. When tolls and cares of later years On cheek and brow leave trace. What comforts like "Our Father's" words. Or cheer like mother's face? E'en if on weary wings of Time We reach of years four score. We'll find One tender, true-and kind. Just as He was of yore. Then, with His arms around us twined. Let's smile at every 1U Till ushered into endless life. Becau- " - His will." B. O, C Tobacco Care. LIXNTON. Or.. May 8. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly give me the address of a doctor in Portland who gives the silver they I nitrate cure for cigarette habit. AAUMt. Probably any reputable physician will give the remedy on request. Lsaalsg Maary to GeoloartsC Grit. Professor (in geology) The geolo gist thinks nothing of a thousand yeara Sophomore ureal guns: Ana 1 loaned a geologist 110 yesterday. His Wife's Gentle Rapping. Life, i Medium Hush! Listen! I hear the gentle rapping of your wife? Vict';n Gentle rapping? That's not my wife. Aapllcatloa for Alr-Mra. Life. Tbe Sweet Young Thing Does flying require any special application? Oh no. Arnica or almost any kind of horse liniment will lo. Believe In auras? We certainly do. and halos, and that aort of thing: And think his mental nebula is the real crown of the-4tirrfp."T -' So release that smile! Invest your all: Dignity Is going down! You're sure to win if you smile a while; you'll lose If you wear a frown. MARY H. FORCE. Portland. May 7. 1914. Peddlers' Lleesaca. PORTLAND, May 6. (To the Edi tor.) Kindly state law in regard to selling articles from house to house in city and state, wravn license is required or not. especraHytif article Is manur factured by onuwrf. is it possible to require license when you make and sell your own goods. SUBSCRIBER. It depends upon the method employed in selling the goods. To go from house to house and solicit for future delivery, without exacting a payment down does not require a license. To peddle from house to house requires a license of $5 a week regardless of where or how tbe goods sold are manufactured. Principals of Normal Schools. PORTLAND. May 10. (To the F.d itor. ) Kindly tell me the names of the principals of the State Normal Schools of Washington? A. N. DODSON. There are three State Normal Schools, the principals are: Belllngham. E. T. Mathes, will be succeded August 1 by George W. Nash. Cheney, N. D. Showalter. Etlensburg. W. E. Wilson. The Call of the Garden These are the days when the little birds are cheeping "Come Out In the Garden." But gardening is not all play. The correct implements, how ever, make for fewer blisters. What about a wheelbarrow, lawn mower, hedge trimmer, shovel, spade, trowel, rake, hose, hose reel, sprink ler, grass trimmer or a lawn roller? The Advertising News in The Ore gonian quotes these very necessary garden tools at a reasonable price. Do you read the ads? Does this talk remind you of the tough cutting last Summer with that antiquated grass chewer of yours? BUY A LAWN MOWER. .